A lesson that look at the gunpowder plot and gets students to investigate whether the plotters were guilty or there was a conspiracy theory to frame them for the attempted murder of the king. Lesson includes challenge tasks, a GCSE source question with model answer and sentence starters.

A lesson in a SOW intended for a three year GCSE looking at the AQA: America 1920 -1973. Students look at the impact of the car industry on America. The lesson is largely teacher led with information and question to pose to the class, as well as discussion about images and graphs. There is a GCSE question included with sentence starters for the less able and challenge tasks to stretch the top end. There is also a model answer for students to evaluate as a class or on their own.

A great revision activity that I’ve done in lesson and in revision sessions. Students given score cards and rules and off they go. I recommenced laminating the score cards so they can be written on and wiped off. Add questions to the question cards cut them up and place them in cups. This idea may take some preparation and set up time You will need to get yourself some large cups and ping pong balls, recommend your local pound shop. This really worked for getting Low attainment boys to voluntary come to revision after school. Would then get some exam skills and practice in afterwards.

The lesson gets students to look at a different interpretation of the Norman Conquest. The task of reading parts of the Anglo-Chronicle is difficult and I would recommend that it is differentiated for some students. The aim is to get students to think about how an event can be interpreted differently by different people. Students work in groups reading through the chronicle and create a sketch chronology (picture flow diagram) of the events it discusses, allowing them to compare it with the events of the bayeux tapestry. Students in the next lesson will attempt to answer a GCSE interpretation question.

I use this task as a mini plenary or starter or a form of revision, each time a student answers as question correctly they can choose a block to remove, they then attempt to guess what the picture is showing and how it links to what we have learnt. The process is repeated until students can guess it. To add a picture past it and shape it to whole screen. Then send the image to the back for it to be behind the numbers that disappear. This works really well for historical sources but also other images and diagrams.

A lesson that looks at how the power or parliament and the monarchy has changed over time, students make a living graph of the changing powers of both. This can be set as a homework and just print out slide 2 and the dates.

Inspired by the game show Only Connect, students have to work in groups to be the quickest to work out the link/connection between groups of 4 words, works well for a recap lesson or plenary. Students click on the word to change its colour and must group the board into 4 groups and work out the links between them. The timer gives them 2.5 minutes to do this. Or show the words on the board and set the timer and use the worksheet for all students to try and work out the link. Students liked working in groups and competing to get the fastest time.

This lesson looks at how castles changed over time. Students work in groups to write a dragons den themed speech trying to persuade others to invest. Chance to build up literacy with practicing writing to persuade. Students then do their pitches whilst people complete the sheet. Then are there a GCSE styled question with sentence starters. There are challenge tasks to stretch the higher end of the group.

A good revision task that get students to improve description and understanding of key words. Create key word cards with 5 words/facts they need to include. Students take it in turns to be told the key word and describe it trying to get as many of the 5 points in the key word. however many of the points they get off the card they score that many points. Students take it on turns after 3 rounds whoever has scored more wins.

A pointless inspired themed plenary, it is interactive so the answer if correct will reveal a unique score which in teams they can keep track of, for each round. Press the small circle to reveal score. If the answer is wrong click the large purple circle to reveal an X and students score 100.

I have a copy of these on each table, it works well for extended writing. They can be printed out, cut up and then laminated and turned into a key chains.

After struggling to find lots of sources for exam practice here is a selection of Public Health sources. Ideas: Students have to try and place them into time period. Get students to work out the message and purpose of each source. Print them out and link them with each other or with key words.

This task works well for a recap activity. The images can be swapped if wanted. Students annotate the images with notes on what they can remember about the topic. Students can then try and make links between the different images.

This sheet recaps the voting patterns in Supreme Court cases. As well as their nomination and confirmation statistics.

This lesson forms part of a SOW for AQA America 1920- 73 Opportunity and inequality. This lesson focuses on the TVA and gets students to investigate its impact on America. Students use the information to create their own fireside chat, with sentence starters for those that need it. This task also has a literacy focus of making the writing more persuasive. The lesson includes some challenge tasks and a GCSE practice question, with a model answer to analyse on their own or as a class.

A lesson where students create a twitter account for a person they have been learning about or a book. They need to think about they key things that they would say and maybe hashtags. Also done this as a summary task where students have to create tweets for their subject and at least 7 tweets about what they have learnt.

A visual hexagons activity with prompt questions to help with task as well as some practice GCSE questions for students to try.

A Year 7 lesson that recaps what has been learnt so far about the Romans. There is a focus on literacy in this lesson. The lesson culminates in a GCSE styled question with a writing frame for those that needs support. This lesson also gives you a chance to get students to reflect on their work using the Book Review sheet.

This task is designed around recapping the Topic, students have 10 minutes to complete each sections, 5 minutes without their book, 3 with their book, 2 with their partner. This helped just before their assessment as they have produced one A3 page of revision

This version of connect four involves printing off the tokens and laminating them. This allows you to write on key words. At the end of a lesson students can be chosen to choose a key word and define it and then place it on the game grid. This is a good way of using AFL to gauge students understanding, this works especially well for revision of a topic