This is a four page knowledge organiser which outlines the key ideas of Drake’s circumnavigation (the Historic Environment for the Elizabethan topic for AQA)
A four-page knowledge organiser outlining the key information about Hardwick Hall including:
Context - Renaissance, Great Chain of Being, Gentry
Who was Bess of Hardwick?
Why was Hardwick Hall built?
Interior of Hardwick Hall
Exterior of Hardwick Hall
Key themes of the historic environment
A complete history revision booklet, designed for the UL curriculum. It covers the following topics:
World Views in 1000AD
Norman Conquest and Control
Religion in the Middle Ages
Medieval Mali
Challenges to Medieval Monarchs
A3 worksheet and information sheet which can be used to look at the causes of the English Civil War. This was aimed at top-set Year 8 as a revision activity, but this would also work as a learning activity too.
A knowledge organiser which focuses on the 2026 AQA Historic Environment site: The Globe.
It covers:
Context - Golden Age, Rise of Gentry & Great Chain of Being
The creation of permament theatres
William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage
The creation of the Globe - why was it built? where was it built?
Features of the Globe - annotated diagram
The importance of the Globe in Elizabethan society
An hour-long lesson on the 1930s and its popular culture, as part of the AQA GCSE syllabus for America: Inequality and Opportunity 1920-1973.
It features:
A lesson PowerPoint
An activity sheet
An information sheet
All my lessons are designed with a range of abilities in mind, providing scaffolding for weaker pupils and extensions for the more able. They also integrate exam question skills to ensure that students are not only learning the material, but are able to deploy it effectively for their exam.
Revision booklet designed for the United Learning curriculum. It covers the following topics:
The Reformation
Religious Rollercoaster
English Civil War
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Revision booklet designed for Year 7s, which covers the basics of the Norman Conquest including:
Claimants to the Throne
Battle of Stamford Bridge
Battle of Hastings
This uses a mixture of retrieval activities and question planning (sources, describe questions) to support students with their revision
These lessons are taught at the beginning of Year 7 to introduce students to world religions, and the beliefs which connect Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
These lessons have been planned for 100-minute lessons, but can easily be adapted to suit the needs of your class / school.
The lessons featured are:
Religion locally and nationally
The story of Genesis
Noah and the Ark
Abraham’s Covenant
Moses and the Exodus
Bunting for a display showcasing students’ work. It is modelled on the concept of a ‘WAGOLL’ (What a good one looks like) which is used widely in schools, however it is fully editably for those who have a different slogan in mind.