This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that childbirth was dangerous in the Middle Ages. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the danger of childbirth. The task could also be done as a diamond activity. It could be done as a venn diagram using the venn diagram template.

A pair of resources, in the same document, to use on a GCSE field trip to RAF Cosford in Telford, and Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker near Nantwich. Questions are arranged in groups based around exhibits in the museums. Non-specialists supervising students on the trip can easily keep up with the answers.

A lesson featuring a chronology activity for students and an opportunity for extended writing and source analysis. Students can cut up the cards and have students arrange them into the correct order. Answers: B, F, E, A, G, C, H, D YouTube link covers causes more than events - but a great lead-in. Potential questions to ask students either orally or as written answers:- Questions – answer in any order: Do you think that the peasants were right to march to London and attack the city? Or should they have protested differently? Why? Was there a point where it became a real threat to the monarch’s power? Why? / why not? What do you think of King Richard tricking the peasants at the end? Why? Should the peasants have gone home when they were promised what they wanted? Why? / why not? This could be turned into a storyboard or article afterwards.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that the Peasants’ Revolt started. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the revolt. It could be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

A lesson on the development of Medieval Parliament. Students begin by discussing what they know about Parliament today. They then look at information on the slides, which should be printed off and stuck around the classroom. They fill in thee activity sheet as thy look around.There are extension questions for the more able students at the end of the activity sheet. Students complete a judgemental paragraph at the end of the lesson. There is a writing frame and key words to help less able students.

This is a source based assessment in which students look at a source about King John, and decide how accurate it is. A writing frame and mark scheme is included. The mark scheme applies NC levels, but can easily be converted to GCSE-style grades.

This PowerPoint allows teachers to show students some of the goods, ideas and knowledge that retuned to Europe from the Holy Land. The details on the third slide can be brought up on the whiteboard one by one for students to fill in to their own copy of the table, or the slide can be printed and used as a cut and stick.

A card sort to show the aims of the Big Three leaders at the Treaty of Versailles. Students can use this to make a decision on why each of the leaders held these aims, and which were the more or less reasonable of the aims. More able student can explain which was the most likely to achieve an agreeable peace settlement, in the short and long term. This is an ideal activity for preparing students for longer-answer exam questions. It allows discussion to develop as students explain their thoughts and defend them in front of their peers.

An interactive decision-making sheet for students to fill in. They place themselves in the position of the League and decide what they would do in each scenario. More able students have a version where they explain heir choices and evaluate the actual responses of the League. There are extension questions on the powerpoint on the actual responses of the League. The final slides cover the Geneva Protocol, with questions on its role. Information on each scenario is provided, as is space for students to give an explanation of each of their choices. Use the powerpoint to support whole lesson, especially when covering the actual responses of the League. This could be done as a group, paired or individual activity.

A cut and stick activity which leads to a piece of judgemental writing on successes of the League of Nations. Students match up point of success to the evidence surrounding it. They stick each matched point and piece of evidence into the table. This could alternatively be recorded in the venn diagram. They then give their own explanation, such as ‘This was a more / less meaningful success because…’ Students can categorise and prioritise the different aspects of success, into areas such as local peacekeeping, global peacekeeping and global improvement. More able students can explain which was the most significant of the achievements, in the short and long term. This is an ideal activity for preparing students for longer-answer exam questions. It allows discussion to develop as students explain their thoughts and defend them in front of their peers.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise reasons that the League of Nations failed to stop the invasion of Abyssinia. It can be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet, or as a diamond 9. Categories for a diamond 9 could include: Self interest of members Failure of sanctions Inability to make decisions Others More able student can explain which was the most significant of the consequences, in the short and long term. They are encouraged to give their thoughts on the role of the League and its weakness. This is an ideal activity for preparing students for longer-answer exam questions. It allows discussion to develop as students explain their thoughts and defend them in front of their peers.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise reasons that Mussolini conducted the invasion of Abyssinia. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the invasion. It can be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

The first resource is an information sheet which students can use to identify the successes, partial successes and failures of the Gulf War. More able students can decide for themselves how successful the Gulf War was. The second resource is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise the successes, partial successes and failures of the Gulf War. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important successes and failures - in the short and long term, and apply their knowledge to a GCSE style essay question. The task could also be done as a diamond activity. This is an ideal activity for preparing students for longer-answer exam questions. It allows discussion to develop as students explain their thoughts and defend them in front of their peers.

A card sort which allows students to place in chronological order the events (from 1996 to 1999) which happened in Kosovo. More able students can be challenged to explain what each of these events meant, and how much of a threat it was, with the higher end resource. The PowerPoint gives background to the events and can be used as a discussion point with students. The chart can be filled in by students to assess how far American aims were fulfilled in Kosovo.

A card sort which allows students to place in chronological order the events (from 1991 end of 1995) which happened in the Former Yugoslavia. More able students can be challenged to explain what each of these events meant, and how much of a threat it was, with the higher end resource.

A card sort which allows students to place in chronological order the events (from the start of Glasnost and Perestroika to the end of 1991) which led to the fall of the USSR. More able students can be challenged to explain what each of these events meant, and how much of a threat it was, with the higher end resource.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that the Berlin Airlift was successful. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the Airlift’s success. The task could also be done as a diamond activity. It could be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that the Soviet Union failed in Afghanistan. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the USSR’s failure. This could also be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

A lesson on the development of thee British Empire. A blank copy of a world map is attached for a labelling exercise of the colonies of the Empire. Students complete card sorting activity on the reasons for the development of the empire. They can be challenged to come up with their own categories, or those on the table in the PowerPoint can be used. It can be done as a diamond 9 activity for more able students. There is a differentiated copy for lower-ability students. Students can decide on the key reason(s) and give their own explanation. It could also be one as a venn diagram using the venn diagram template, Finish by explaining the main trading routes, and have students draw these on their blank map.

An assessment for Key Stage 3 students about assessing the accuracy of a source. Students are invited to label the picture of slaves working on a plantation. They then fill in what they notice on the worksheet, which is differentiated for the lower-ability students. They give their own explanation of the evidence in the picture. E.g. P - slaves’ clothes, Ev - they are European, and look new and fresh, Exp - Slaves did wear European clothes, but after a long day in the fields they would be looking more tatty than they are how to be. There is a writing frame and mark scheme attached. The mark scheme is NC levels, but can easily be adapted to GCSE style grades.