A PowerPoint that introduces World War One, looking at why it started, who was involved and how many people died as a result.

A reading comprehension that includes a fact file about The Colosseum and is then followed up with three differentiated worksheets that check their comprehension skills (answers included).

Five different activities that work on the ability to use timelines in different ways as well as considering centuries and the years that form each century. Included is: A timeline labelled with BC and AD A blank timeline An activity that requires events from history to be sorted on to a timeline An activity that requires events from history including dates and centuries to be sorted on a timeline An activity that requires periods of time to be marked on a timeline An activity that requires periods of time and events within these periods of time to be marked on a timeline An activity sheet with questions and answers linked to centuries.

Timeline of key events in the Weimar Republic from the end of the First World War up to the Wall Street Crash in 1929. Also included is a map of Germany with the territories taken from them as a result of the Treaty of Versailles for a visual context and election results between 1924 and 1929. Useful for revision and asking questions based around the events outlined.

A British History quiz that includes 20 questions about British history, including a range of topics and spanning over 1000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 23 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of British history and can be done individually or in teams.

A sequence of lessons of four lessons for whole-class reading comprehension lessons based on a text on the Ancient Maya. Included is the PowerPoint with all four lessons (written with 5/6 in mind but easily adaptable), the information text about the Ancient Maya and an activity and answer sheet for each lesson. The focus over the week covers vocabulary, retrieval, inference and the ability to summarise.

A fact file about Queen Victoria that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 12 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Queen Victoria at the same time.

A reading comprehension that includes a fact file about Mount Vesuvius and is then followed up with three differentiated worksheets that check their comprehension skills (answers included).

Attached is a page with the Viking Runes for letters and five different activities that children can work through to practise changing writing into runes or vice versa that includes writing messages to one another, writing a Viking attack message and decoding the names of Norse Gods.

A fully planned and resourced writing unit working on creating a set of instructions for mummification. Included in the resource is: Lesson PowerPoints Lesson activities including a sequencing task and a editing task Fronted adverbials and imperative verbs word mat Instructions knowledge organiser Model text With drafting and redrafting, as well as then publishing a final piece, there should be enough lessons for between 6 and 8 lessons. The ‘lessons’ as they appear on the PowerPoint may take more than one ‘lesson’ and form sequences of learning. The first step is looking at the features of instructions, including a focus on the knowledge organiser before then identifying these in the model text. The second sequence then moves on to being able to sequence the steps of mummification when given a set of instructions that can then be improved as part of a challenge. This moves on to then taking a simple set of instructions and improving them, with teacher modelling and guided practice before completing the activity. This then leads into drafting and redrafting, including teacher modelling and providing feedback based on how pupils write, with the previous activities and word banks still being available to support during the writing process.

Roman reading task cards that include a mini fact file for children to read before having five questions to answer linked to the text. These are great for warm-up exercises, quick read tasks or an activity for children to do as they come in at the start of the day/ lesson. Included are 15 different cards that link to a range of topics including: Gladiators Colosseum Roman Empire Mount Vesuvius Roman Currency Roman Emperors Augustus Arch of Titus Roman Baths Roman Roads Invasion of Britain - Julius Caesar Invasion of Britain - Caligula Invasion of Britain - Claudius Hadrian’s Wall Iceni Rebellion Each fact file also has an answer sheet provided.

A mini biography/ fact file that introduces Rosa Parks life for KS2 children.

A fact file about Remembrance Day that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 12 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Remembrance Day at the same time.

A fact file about Rosa Parks that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 12 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Rosa Parks at the same time.

A lesson that focuses on Martin Luther, including a presentation and three differentiated comprehension activities. Comprehension activities - A fact file about Martin Luther King Jr. that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Martin Luther King Jr. at the same time.

An information text about the Ancient Maya that then includes a vocabulary activity and a comprehension activity based on the text. Answers are also included for both activities.

An information text about the Stone Age (extract courtesy of the History channel) that is then linked to three different comprehension activities (suitable for Upper KS2). One activity is based around vocabulary and the other two are based around general comprehension. All three activities include answer sheets.