The Places have basic starting with or ending with to distinguish whether they are Roman, Viking, Saxon or Norman. Great for post-1066 lesson or learning about local geography. Use a local or national map. The Words tasks are quite simple and show the students how many words in English are actually from elsewhere.

The PPT presentation is the main resource. The idea is for students to practice their timeline skills and how to extract relevant information from a textbook or PDF. This lesson works best if you have a textbook that the students can use to gather important dates. If needed, you can you the PDFs with dates and important figures. This is lesson 1 and the War of the Roses Timeline Lesson is lesson 2. Lesson 2 is free.

Simple and straightforward lesson showing images of Charles I which project him to be heroic and kind. Students break down the images into set categories then write up how the author intended the audience to respond to Charles I. The potential for a one-off lesson or ICT tasks for lesson or homework. The profiles provide a contrast. This could be an extension or be prior reading before the lesson.

Look for my Civil War Bundle. This is a lesson that makes use of freely available INFO sheets and asks students to extract relevant points from different sources and communicated their answers onto a PROFILE sheet. The ALTERNATIVE LESSON or extension lesson makes use of the different visual sources and poses the question on her he wanted people to see him. Wordsearch and Key Terms can be used for starters or home work assignments. There is a little bit of English bias here. I have tried my best to eliminate it. Personally, I feel he gets a bad rap and is comparable to most monarchs before him and elsewhere in Europe. LO: To select information & communicate it effectively.

These lessons allow you to explore the causes in different ways. They do work without textbooks. Lesson 1 has the students looking at the causes from the point of view of Cromwell and looking at them as Power, Money and Religious causes. You should watch the first 10 minutes of the Cromwell Film. It is on DVD and edited parts are available online. Lesson 2 has the students exam a list of cases as if they were Power, Money or Religion or Political, Economic, Social, Cultural or Miltary factors. Lesson 3 or alternative for Lesson 2 looks at the list of events as Long, Medium, Short term and Trigger Causes. Here you can explore the snowball effect of events or shifting pendulum. (Watch more of the film) Lesson 4 makes use of the students previous, three lessons, your discussions and the film for them to form their own opinions. There are model answers and various supporting documents for them to use. These lessons can be combined. You can make use of the Wordles as fascinators or starter activities. The word searches can be starters or homework activities. There is a FREE version of some of these resources.

CIVIL WAR Bundle also available. This collection of resources has various different sheets that can be used to highlight the differences between the Parliamentarian and Royalist forces. More sheets and presentations make use of the Cromwell film and the sequence of events around the Battle of Naseby. The worksheets are adjusted for different ability students and can be edited further.

Stuart and Civil War Bundle Available (http://bit.ly/TStevoTES) Why is the Film Inaccurate? Asks you to delve behind the film and argue. Is the Film Inaccurate? Asks the students to make a judgement. Both Versions are available in the Presentation. key stage 3 HISTORY Possible usage in Media studies Learning Objective: To use (Lv3) different sources (Lv3/4) in order to develop an argument (Lv5) Learning Outcomes: Annotate song, notes on film and references and use it to form an opinion (PEE) This is a clear and simple lesson that makes use of three songs from the Disney film. Use your own copy or the links provided.

I also have Stuart and Civil War Bundles. The ALT or Alternative lesson has a greater focus on the shifting attitudes and how it creates the fear of witches. There are sources to examine from textbooks. These files can be edited down so you can use just a few sources with your classes. The regular lesson is very similar but uses original sources from the time. This can be edited down to make it easier for your class. Swimming Sheet can be re examined as homework.

This is a good coda lesson after you have taught about the Abolitionists and the End of Slavery in Great Britain. It makes use of the song as evidence and frames the factors behind abolition in a different light. I recommend having different versions of the song, so you can have them playing for students unfamiliar with the song. Home Free Vocal Band have a wonderful acapella version.

This resource combines the FREE Famous African Americans - Bonus Research Lesson and my PAID Historical Significance resource.