Make use of a fun and engaging christmas quiz that will send your students into the holidays with tonnes of history facts to amaze their families! Includes the following: Historical figures Famous figures that were born around christmas such as Isaac Newton and Mao Zedong. Key events Important Historical events that happened on or around christmas day such as the sinking of the Santa Maria and the Apollo 8 moon mission. Christmas traditions Explore the historical context of unique christmas traditions from around the world such as the Yule goat (Sweden) and roller skating (Venezuala) Dingbats A final round of hand made history related dingbats such as WW1 and the Civil Rights Movement. If you can, please spread the christmas cheer by leaving a small review below!

Lesson 31 of the AQA GCSE unit: Medicine through time. Discover an engaging KS4 lesson that explores the causes and impacts of the Liberal reforms The lesson contextualises the changing politics that led to the Liberal reforms, the reforms themselves, and the impact of the reforms. There are opportunities for deliberate practice for: explanation of significance, evaluation of causation. All worksheet and information sheet are PDF format. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘How did the Liberal reforms improve public health?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best!

Lesson 7 of the AQA GCSE unit: Medicine through time. Discover an engaging KS4 lesson that explores the historical significance and opposition to Vaccination. The lesson contextualises Edward Jenner’s background, the discovery of Vaccination and initial opposition to vaccination. There is modelling of source analysis and opportunities for deliberate practice for: source analysis and a reciprocal reader on Jenner’s work. All worksheet and information sheet are PDF format. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘What opposition did Vaccination face?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best!

Lesson 2 of the AQA GCSE unit: Medicine through time. Discover an engaging KS4 lesson that explores the historical significance of Claudius Galen. The lesson contextualises Galen’s background, approach to medicine and his impact on Medieval treatments. There is modelling of source analysis and opportunities for deliberate practice for: source analysis, explanation of significance and categorising medieval treatments. All worksheet and information sheet are PDF format. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘How did Galen impact Medieval treatments?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best!

Lesson 1 of the AQA GCSE unit: Medicine Through Time. Discover an engaging KS4 lesson that explores the historical significance of Hippocrates and his impact on Medieval beliefs. The lesson contextualises medieval and modern knowledge of disease, Hippocrates biography and the impacts of Hippocrates on medieval medicine. There is deliberate practice focused on explaining the historical significance of Hippocrates. Both the worksheet and information sheet are PDF format. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘How did Hippocrates impact medieval beliefs?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best!

Discover an engaging KS3 lesson that explores the historical significance of the Pearl Harbour attack within the wider question of ‘Why did the USA enter WW2?’ The lesson contextualises US involvement in the second world war, the US relationship with Japan prior to WW2 and the events of Pearl Harbour. There are video links to support students appreciation of the Pearl Harbour attack and question how they would have reacted in response. There is deliberate practice focused on explaining causation (What led to US entry into WW2?). Both the worksheet and information sheet are PDF format. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘Why did the USA enter WW2?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best!

Discover an engaging KS3 lesson that brings the Domesday Survey to life, exploring its key features and uncovering the aims of William the Conqueror. The lesson contextualises William’s economic problems after the conquest, the aims and creation of the Domesday survey. There are video links to support students engagement and help them to visualise the creation of the Domesday survey. There is an opportunity to model source analysis followed by multiple sources where students can practice this skill. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘What were the key features of the Domesday book?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best!

A modern interpretation of life in Anglo-Saxon England. Students have to investigate the image and then answer the questions around the edge.

Students have to categorise the evidence as either a positive impact or negative impact of Roman rule on Britain. They then have to explain the importance of each piece of evidence.

Students will explore the events of Boudicca’s rebellion against Roman rule in order. At each key event, they will decide how much of a threat Boudicca was to the Romans and show this by drawing a bar chart. Inside each bar, they will explain why the event made her more or less of a threat.

A modern interpretation of life in a Celtic hill fort. Students have to investigate the picture to answer the questions around the edge.

A historical account of the Harrying of the North by Orderic Vitalis (12th century) with a 4 step analysis method to enable students to confidently and independently break down historical sources.

A class activity whereby students evaluate the different claims to the English throne in 1066. Includes: Information sheet Worksheet

A series of sources for students to analyse and understand the chronology of the Battle of Hastings.

Discover an engaging KS3 lesson that explores the origins of the Silk Road and revolves around an enquiry question ‘what were the Silk Roads?’ The lesson contextualises modern and historical trade routes, key locations and products sold along the silk road. There are video links to support students engagement and allow them to visualise the nature and history of the Silk Roads. There is deliberate practice focused on defining the silk road through a fill-in the -gap activity. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘What were the silk roads?’ with the lesson concluding with an exit ticket to define the silk road. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best! Full 7 lesson unit available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13151870

Ideal unit for diversifying the curriculum by exploring Asian history. This unit contextualises and then evaluates the Silk Road’s historical importance. Free Lesson 1 available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13151926 Provides students with an understanding of the connections between Asia and Europe. Lessons included: What was the Silk Road? Chronology of the Silk Road Trade along the Silk Road Silk Road & Slavery The Mongol Empire Marco Polo The historical significance of the Silk Road Key historical skills: Chronology Source analysis Significance Historical interpretation (edited Susan Whitfield ‘Slaves on the Silk Road’) 16 mark Edexcel GCSE plan & model answer The lessons comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt to suit your needs best!

Lesson 10 of the Edexcel international A-level unit (Germany 1918 - 1945) Includes the following: Retrieval practice Night of the Long Knives Fuhrer’s Will Evaluation of Hitler’s Power Exit ticket - PEEL question Also applicable to the Edexcel A-level history unit - Germany: Development of Dictatorship, 1918 - 1945

Lesson 9 of the Edexcel international A-level unit (Germany 1918 - 1945) Includes the following: Hitler’s rise to Chancellor Limitations of Power Reichstag Fire, 1933 election, Enabling Act Consequences of the Enabling Act Retrieval practice Exit ticket - PEEL question Also applicable to the Edexcel A-level history unit - Germany: Development of Dictatorship, 1918 - 1945

Lesson 8 of the Edexcel international A-level unit (Germany 1918 - 1945) Includes the following: Retrieval practice 1928 election - source analysis Impact of Wall St Crash 1932 - election success Exit ticket - PEEL question Also applicable to the Edexcel A-level history unit - Germany: Development of Dictatorship, 1918 - 1945

Lesson 15 for the AQA history unit- America: Opportunity and Inequality. Includes: retrieval practice Key Vocabulary Worksheet - timeline of economic changes worksheet - economic involvement in WW2 Exit ticket Also useful for: KS3 history units looking at 20th century America