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.
I made this for a quick fix to fill a lesson at the end of term. Included is a word search/crossword and poster/leaflet activity comprising of Medieval England studied so far by my Y7 groups.
I have quickly put together this resource to commemorate the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The intention of this resource is solely to share and discuss the Queens significant passing with tutor groups using this powerpoint and get students sharing their thoughts and feelings.
The powerpoint covers a brief overview of the Queens early life up until her ascension and then looks at some of her successes and achievements as monarch. I have also included a link to CBBC Newsround at the end of the powerpoint as they have currently a video covering the Queens reign and news of her passing.
The resource was created with secondary students in mind, however, that is not to say the content is not appropriate for younger audiences - the language may be a little tricky though.
I hope this is helpful
A 24 question crossword puzzle designed for KS3 and KS4 secondary students. This is a stand alone activity that can be used to support a lesson or as a tutor time activity to celebrate Black History Month.
There are 2x versions of the same crossword puzzle. One has a word bank to support students in completing the puzzle and one does not. Much of the content within the crossword questions is covered within my Black History Month Quiz and my Black History Month stand alone lesson.
Teachers are provided with an answer sheet which is a completed version of the crossword puzzle.
Fancy all 3 resources at a discounted price? Download my Black History Month lesson, quiz and crossword puzzle bundle here.
A picture quiz of 14 famous historical faces. Designed for students to be in groups of no more than 4 students. Full answer sheet is included.
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Thankyou :)
This lesson covers part of the ‘Mid Tudor Crisis’. It explores the boy king Edward VI as a ruler of England and the problems he causes with regards to the succession.
Lady Jane Grey - his choice of successor is included and offer students the opportunity to find out her fate also. Students are to assimilate an idea that Henry’s children’s religious beliefs are de-stabalizing England and will therefore cause problems for Elizabeth when she becomes monarch.
A variety of AFL checkpoint slides to insert into you lessons to make them Ofsted/observation ready!
AFL activities include:
True/False
3 - 2 - 1
Gimme 5
Odd one out
complete the sentence
Plenary Pyramid.
All resources are finished to a high standard of presentation and are ready to copied and pasted into your ppt.
The attached resources offer detailed content revision covering:
The US government & its political parties
Economic Boom
Farmers
Other Industries who didn’t benefit
In addition is a detailed knowledge test for the first unit.
Lesson is designed for the new AQA (2016 start) SOW. USA 1920 - 73.
This lesson has been devised for the purpose of giving the new Y6's on transition week a taste of the model and structure of history lessons. There is plenty emphasis on engagement and routine.
AFL activities are incorporated into the lesson as are carousel activities, people bingo, sound clips and video links for engaging starters. Resources are included at the bottom of the powerpoint and a set of teacher instructions are also included at the top.
Also the instructions & resources for creating your witch tabards are included.
The lesson follows the 4 part lesson strategy and incorporates familiar icons used on all my lessons which I have embedded within all department lessons. Students engage in the lessons much more as they appear tidier, more fun and engaging.
A Christmas Quiz for 2018 designed for the whole school students in KS3/KS4/KS5 however top end of KS2 would be able to access all rounds. I love doing these xmas quizzes every year with my form group and my classes.
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There are 7 rounds in the quiz and it is easily customisable to complete in any order you wish. I sometimes take out a round or 2 and pick my favourites if students need extra time on other rounds.
Round 1: General Knowledge (multiple choice)
Round 2: Christmas Adverts
Round 3: News (multiple choice)
Round 4: Celebrity Mash-Up
Round 5: Keypad Conundrums
Round 6: Xmas Song intros
Round 7: (BONUS ROUND) Christmas Dingbats (Also sold separately)
The quiz comes with full Quiz question ppt, Full Quiz answer ppt and double sided answer sheet for students to write on and a completed answer sheet also for ease of peer marking if required.
Raising money to pay for my wedding so if you purchase and enjoy please review!
A well presented lesson on the Mystery of the Princes in the tower created for KS3 history students on Microsoft Powerpoint
A little about the lesson
Using primary and secondary source evidence, students work in pairs to investigate the mystery of the 2 princes in the tower using sources to decide who was the most likely murderer of the boys/ who had the most to gain from their disappearance. Or even if the boys were murdered at all?!
This is a good introduction to the Tudors and learning about the character of Henry VII and the problems the Tudors faced with security to their throne. Alternatively, this is a more challenging lesson for students to practice their historical skills of source evidence on for a skills based lesson as students are guided to consider the provenance of a source in addition to its strengths and weaknesses when making decisions.
Whats included?
A whole 1 hour lesson powerpoint is included (there are teacher notes under most 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.
If you enjoyed this lesson, please review and check out my other lessons in this scheme of work on the Tudors
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Bias, Fact and Opinion
This lesson has been created for KS3 history students and covers the key historical skills of bias, fact and opinion. The purpose of the lesson is to get students to identify and understand bias, fact and opinion and how it can be applied and affect our understanding of history. This resource has been created in Microsoft PPT and all accompanying student worksheets and aids have been included and created also on Microsoft PPT and Microsoft Word.
This resource has been designed to be taught over the course of a one hour lesson and has been designed for the history curriculum, however, the activities are focusing more on skills and applying them rather than historical content so could be applied to other subjects requiring the same skill sets. Activities include keyword match, paired work and peer assessment, biased fictional writing, seek and find fact and opinion activities and a linking activity.
Please check out the teacher notes underneath the powerpoint slides for any additional information/ suggestions. Also some of the slides require you to be in full presenter mode in PPT in order for the animations to work for marking answers/ individual statement activity.
I really hope you enjoy teaching this lesson as much as I do! If you are able to, please review!
Check out my evidence skills based lesson on the Mystery of the Princes in the Tower here
This assessment draws conclusion to the Year 7 topic of castles.
The assessment is interpretations based (new AQA spec) and wholly GCSE style questions. This resource includes the student question booklet/materials and support materials are included as well as the mark scheme (which can be customised if necessary to suit your schools flightpath models).
Please review if downloaded! I hope this is helpful for you in your lessons!
This lesson has been created for KS3 students and covers the transatlantic triangular trade route for the topic of Slavery. The purpose of the lesson is for students to learn who was involved in slavery transactions, and how it was set up to work. Student are then to begin to consider why it was possible for this to work the way in which it did. Who were the enablers?
The lesson offers an opportunity for fun paired work when exploring the transatlantic trade triangle. Individual tasks include exam technique in the format of a 4 mark ‘describe’ question in addition to other tasks. All accompanying resources are included in Microsoft PowerPoint format and suggested learning outcomes provided with space for you to add your own accompanying grades. Additionally, I have provided instructions and advice in the format of ‘Teacher notes’ underneath each slide, to view these you need to come out of full screen mode.
I have taught this lesson to both Y8 and Y9 depending on where Slavery falls in the schemes of work. I really hope you enjoy teaching this lesson as much as I do!
Check out more of my lessons on slavery in my Tes shop:
Lesson 1: Introduction and keywords
Lesson 3: Slave capture
Lesson 4: The Middle Passage
Lesson 5: Slave auction
This lesson has been created for KS3 history students and is the first lesson in a series on the Titanic. Students will specifically look at why the Titanic is so famous and investigate, using data, whether women and children really were prioritised to be saved first. The lesson looks firstly at prior knowledge then a literacy comprehension tasks to pull out out facts about the Titanic and gain a broad understanding about why the Titanic is so infamous.
Students then look at data showing the different social classes aboard the Titanic and the mortality rates of the passengers. Students use cross-curricular skills and produce a graph showing this data and then using closed questioning for direction students explain the patterns they notice between mortality rates and class of passenger/sex and age of passengers. Squared or graph paper is ideally required to complete this task easily and neatly.
The lesson offers an opportunity for independent work and a paired activity in the format of a plenary game. when exploring the different inventions and the inventors developed during the 18th Century. A homework opportunity is provided and accompanying homework slips are included in the supporting resources.
All accompanying resources are included in Microsoft Powerpoint format and suggested learning outcomes provided with space for you to add your own accompanying grades. I have taught this lesson to all Y7, Y8 and Y9 depending on where the Titanic falls in the schemes of work.
I really hope you enjoy teaching this lesson as much as I do!
This assembly resource has been created with KS3 and KS4 secondary students in mind to be delivered on Holocaust Memorial Day (27th January). This resource has been created on Microsoft Powerpoint Teacher Notes have been added to the notes section underneath each relevant slide on the Powerpoint to support with the delivery of the content. I am a history teacher and the content of this assembly resource is an extension of a type of activity that I would deliver to my history students when teaching the holocaust.
This assembly resource offers a brief exploration using skills of inference of a historical artefact and relies upon student contributions through teacher questionning. A link to a Youtube video has been provided as part of this resource (please ensure you have access to youtube prior to use) This resource also makes reference to the 2024 Holocaust Memorial Day theme of ‘Fragility of Freedom’.
The utmost care has been taken to ensure this resource has been created with the utmost respect to the victims of the holocaust and to ensure that students have the opportunity to connect and empathise to the human beings to whom the attrocities of the holocaust were committed. There a no images or corpses in this resource - however the murder of victims is discussed.
I really hope you enjoy delivering this assembly and that your students find it engaging and valuable. If you are able to leave a review once you have taught it, I would be really grateful.
Teaching Holocaust in history? Check out lessons from my scheme of work!
Lesson 1: Ordinary Things
Lesson 2: Challenging stereotypes
This lesson covers Elizabeth I’s religious settlement.
4 Mark exam technique has been incorporated into the lesson. The lesson has been written for KS3 however it would be useful for LAP GCSE students studying the Elizabethan module for their GCSE.
This lesson has been created with KS3 secondary history students in mind and is the first lesson in my Holocaust unit of work. This lesson has been created on Microsoft Powerpoint and the accompanying student handout and worksheet has been created on Powerpoint also. . Teacher Notes & Answers have been added to the notes section underneath each relevant slide on the Powerpoint.
This resource slowly introduces students to the topic of the Holocaust using skills of inference on a historical artefact and through controlled classroom discussion. Students work on a single historical artefact individually/in pairs/as a class - whichever you feel suits your class best and build a picture of a person - they then have this put into greater perspective for them. The utmost care has been taken to ensure this resource has been created with the utmost respect to the victims of the holocaust and to ensure that students have the opportunity to connect and empathise to the human beings to whom the attrocities of the holocaust were committed. There a no images or corpses in this resource - however the murder of victims is discussed.
This lesson includes suggested learning objectives and outcomes and has been designed to be taught over the course of one hour.
I really hope you enjoy teaching this lesson as much as I do! If you are able to leave a review once you have taught it, I would be really grateful.
Looking for more Holocaust resources? Explore more from my shop below
Lesson 2: Challenging stereotypes
Holocaust Memorial Day Assembly
This lesson has been created for KS3 students and covers life in inventions of new technology for the textiles industry in the Industrial Revolution. The purpose of the lesson is to get students to investigate new technologies invented to develop the textile industry from the domestic industry through to the factory industry in the 18th Century. Student are then to consider the significance of each invention and in what way they sped up the Industrial Revolution.
The lesson offers an opportunity for group work when exploring the different inventions and the inventors developed during the 18th Century. Youtube video links have been offered under each handout slide if you choose to create QR codes linked to the URLs so that students can view each invention working. Exam technique is also practiced in this lesson in the format of a 4 mark question.
All accompanying resources are included in Microsoft Powerpoint format and suggested learning outcomes provided with space for you to add your own accompanying grades. I have taught this lesson to all Y7, Y8 and Y9 depending on where Industrial Revolution falls in the schemes of work.
I really hope you enjoy teaching this lesson as much as I do!
A well presented lesson on the defensive features of Medieval castles created for KS3 history students on Microsoft Powerpoint
A little about the lesson
Students are encouraged to design their own castle and its defences. Students are provided with a king-sized budget and challenged to research and to buy the latest medieval castle defences. Students must therefore consider effectiveness against budget. When considering castle defences students are challenged to use prior knowledge on the most effective and damaging methods of attack.
This is a lesson that excites students and really engages them in their learning. Take it a step further and challenge groups to ‘duel off’ against each others castles.
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 ‘How did William keep control of England after 1066’?
Motte & Bailey castles
Stone keep castles
Attacking a castle
The Feudal System
Harrying of the North
A well presented lesson with accompanying student worksheets on Motte and Bailey castles created for KS3 history students on Microsoft Powerpoint
A little about the lesson
This lesson focuses on the first castles that were built in England following William the Conquerors success at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Not only does it look at the features of Motte and Bailey castles but it also looks at the strengths and weaknesses of these castles and students begin to consider how they were used to help William establish control of England.
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. ‘Big Picture’ question, Keywords, Learning objectives and Learning 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 take a look at some of the other lessons that look at they key question ‘How did William keep control of England after 1066?’
Stone Keep Castles
Attacking a Castle
Defending a Castle
Fuedal System
Harrying of the North