Hi there, I am a head of History based in South Yorkshire.
My strengths and passion are in teaching and learning. I enjoy making my lessons as engaging as possible as it is this, which I believe, to be the most effective behaviour management strategy and the key to helping students achieve excellent results and become engaged and excited about history and learning.
Hi there, I am a head of History based in South Yorkshire.
My strengths and passion are in teaching and learning. I enjoy making my lessons as engaging as possible as it is this, which I believe, to be the most effective behaviour management strategy and the key to helping students achieve excellent results and become engaged and excited about history and learning.
A well presented lesson serving as an introduction to Slavery by introducing topic keywords. Students are engaged through detailed, well presented resources.
The lesson provides keyword gap fill/jumbled words to choose as time/ability suits. In addition an answer sheet is provided. Students are then challenged to use the words in context in sentences to improve use of key historical language and vocab.
4 mark question layout used in the starter.
This is the third lesson in my SOW for Y7 which introduces students to the 4 key areas of life in 1066 and (monarchy/religion/the people/law and order) and focuses on improving literacy skills (PEE paragraphs) in history using clear and engaging scaffolds.
The lesson is ideal for paired/group work and was originally planned for a mixed ability group.
This lesson looks at who Elizabeth I was and the ways in which she wanted herself to be viewed by her public.
Students get to decode hidden messages in Elizabethan portraits.
As always the lesson is presented in an excellent way and designed for maximum student engagement.
This lesson looks at William the Conquerors problems when he initially became King of England on 25th December 1066.
The lesson considers solutions to each of his problems and allows students to practice 4 mark detail questions.
Same style as all my previous lessons to ensure maximum student engagement.
This resource looks at the concept of Pals Battalions (locally in Barnsley but can easily be adapted to other Pals Batallions). It looks at the reasons men were convinced to sign up to the war through Pals Battalions and the attraction/ pit falls of these battalions.
Activities include: Settling activity, link to previous lesson (propaganda), Media from National Archives, Scaffolded exam technique and extension tasks.
Resources are hidden slides at the bottom of the Powerpoint.
This lesson is designed for my current Y11 students starting AQA Paper 1 (Old Spec).
It covers the content to the event in steps which studentscan work on either independently or in groups. The activity for this can be structured in a carousel if you wish. The event has been broken down in simple points as students can sometimes get a little confused with the names and agendas of people in Anschluss. Each step is accompanied by images to prompt memory.
Quick AFL checkpoint in the form of a Pop Quiz is in there.
The penultimate task in this lesson is for students to become familiar with the 10 mark question on Paper 1. Students are provided with the answer and have to figure out the exam technique behind it. What do they need to do and what do they not need to do. The question allows students to use prior knowledge of the Rhineland crisis and students then need to consider which event was more significant in causing ww2.
Model answer & student scaffold are provided as part of the pack and all resources have been produced to an excellent standard.
Please review!
This lesson looks at President Hoover’s Reaction to the 1930s depression.
The lesson begins with a team pop quiz - students then look at the things hoover did and did not to challenge the Great Depression.
Students begin to look at how Hoovers political opponents used Hoovers failures to generate support (through the provenance of Q3)
Exam Technique covered in this lesson
Optional 4 mark Q - which you can direct students to in order to challenge/ peer assess.
Q3 (how convincing is this interpretation) - new style question for the new exam.
As always - if purchased please review!
Thanks
This lesson is designed to be taught over 2 - 3 hours as not only does it explore the roles of women and the changes they experiences in the 1920s but it also looks at new Paper 1D Q1 - 3 Interpretations exam technique.
The lesson provides the following.
An overview through video on how life for women changed.
Card Sort looking at whether life changed for all women & were there some limitations.
4/8 and 12 mark question.
The ppt offers further extension and exploration of 2 interpretations (provided by AQA for the new spec) on how life for women changed in the 1920s. Mark Schemes are also provided for each of the 3 questions to support in accordance to the new spec assessment.
This is a prerequisite for the assessment I have created for my Y10s this term on these style questions (also available for download)
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Thankyou :)
A well presented lesson on the 1066 The Battle of Stamford Bridge in the run up to the penultimate lesson of the Battle of Hastings created for KS3 history students on Microsoft Powerpoint
A little about the lesson
Students explore the Battle of Stamford bridge between two of the contenders Harold Godwinson and Harald Hardrada. Students are provided with the pieces of the events that occurred at the Battle of Stamford Bridge which they must piece together themselves. There are 2 optional tasks provided in this resource to accommodate with teachers printing budget allowances in schools! Students can either cut the cards with the images provided or they can arrange the statements and put them into a storyboard of their own, adding their own images for a potential homework task.
Students are then encouraged to draw conclusions from the Battle of Stamford bridge and communicate these in writing through PEE paragraph exercises (which could be extended through a suggested homework piece included in the resource)
Whats included?
A whole 1 hour lesson powerpoint is included (there are teacher notes also under some slides). Student worksheets/resources are included in hidden slides in the relevant points of the presentation and also as an additional Powerpoint for ease of printing. Homework, Learning Objectives and outcomes have also been completed in this resource, however, they can easily be tweaked to suit the needs and ability of your classes.
Keep an eye out for more new and updated lessons in my store and my weekly tutor time quizzes!
If you enjoyed this lesson, please review and check out my other lessons in this scheme of work looking at the Norman conquest 1066
Edward the confessor
Who should be king?
Harold Godwinson’s problems
The Battle of Stamford Bridge
The Battle of Hastings
Why did William win?
The problems of William in 1066
This lesson is designed as an introductory lesson for Y7 students into the topic of William the Conqueror. This is the first of a sequence of lessons I have planned as is aimed at introducing historical/topic language to students.
This lesson has been created for KS3 students and covers life in Medieval England. The purpose of the lesson is to get students to consider how life could be viewed as both healthy and unhealthy in Medieval England using source statements.
Students initially search for Medieval public health features within a ‘Wheres Wally style activity’. Students then plot on a living graph using statements to guide them in pairs. Finally students apply their learning by writing a section of a 12 mark style question (AQA) using the sentence scaffolds provided to coach pupils into using accurate exam technique.
All accompanying resources included and suggested learning outcomes provided with space for you to add your own accompanying grades. I teach this lesson in full to my higher ability Y7 students (and reduce the number of statements to differentiate for my lower ability students). I have been graded ‘Outstanding’ in observation with this lesson also.
I really hope you enjoy teaching this lesson as much as I do!
This lesson is designed to fit over an hour. It informs students about the April 1938 Anschluss. Students look at the story and events of the Anschluss and how its outcomes led to WW2 being more likley.
In this lesson I introduced the Paper 1 10 mark question and supplied students with a model answer to break down into a plan. I work with students to highlight the many points made on each argument and review the paper again to get students to highlight the key language and words used in the text to promote each point as the most significant
In addition to this there is a mini Pop Quiz to check understanding.
As always the lesson and resources are well presented to the highest of standards.
If purchased - please review!
Thanks
This lesson is made for old AQA Spec but can easily be amended for any exam board as it is heavily focused on content.
It covers Hitlers FP so far and the reasons why Hitler & Stalin wanted the Nazi Soviet Pact.
This lesson looks at the origins of the Cold war and compares the opposing ideologies of capitalism vs communism.
As always new AQA exam technique (4 mark source comparison question) is included.
This resource is designed as an introductory lesson to life in 1066 (prior to your hastings lessons) to help Y7 students understand the differences between medieval england and england today. There is a literacy focus to the lesson and a differentiated worksheet is attached.
A must have if following my Y7 SOW.
Lesson 5 in my SOW - one of my favourite lessons to teach because they students have so much fun!
This lesson is as engaging as you choose to make it - LAP adaptions of the resources have been included and this lesson was originally designed and taught at mixed ability students.
Paired work/group discussion/ diamond 9/ strengths and weaknesses & literacy all incorporated!PLUS x factor music clips embedded and attached the the folder.
All you need now is a cardboard crown!!!
This lesson is designed to look at the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings and explore the reasons why William of Normandy won at the Battle of Hastings.
Again lessons have been differentiated to suit mixed ability and differentiated resources are incorporated within the pack.
This lesson has been designed to cover the 3 main events of the Civil Rights Campaign in the 1950s.
Brown vs Board of Education 1954
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1956
Little Rock 9 1957.
The focus is mainly on whether each even could be considered a success or not towards the civil rights campaign. The exam technique focus for this lesson is on good conclusions to 12 mark questions.
This is designed for AQA GCSE exam technique but can easily be adapted.
All worksheets/info sheets included. An excellent resource for both new learning or revision.
This resource has been created for the new AQA Spec.
Paper 1: Section A: Period Study: America, 1920-73.
This lesson covers life for Native American Indians as one of the people who didn’t benefit from the 1920s/US treatment of immigrants.
The lesson covers exam technique and practice for 4 & 8 mark questions with mark schemes and peer assessment.
Fantastically produced, detailed resources.
Links to videos to watch.
Lesson on Sacco & Vanzetti. Looking at guilty or not guilty in order to obtain information about the case and allow students to understand the unfairness/prejudice against S&V based on their political beliefs and nationality.
The lesson includes new exam technique from AQA Paper 1D (new spec)
Videos included
8 Mark Exam practice
Revision of the topic (with video links included)