25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history.
Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history.
Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
This bundle contains 14 fully resourced lessons that are ideal for teaching the Presidencies of Kennedy; Johnson and Nixon at A Level.
They contain varied activities targeted at developing high level analytical skills required for success at this level.
This bundle contains 10 A Level lessons which cover the teaching of the presidencies of Johnson and Nixon. All are fully resourced and contain various activities which allow the students to develop the high level analytical skills required at this level.
This unit of work contains 8 lessons including an end of unit assessment on the industrial revolution for key stage 3.
Each lesson contains a range of activities based on all assessment objectives. Resources are either contained as separate documents or within the power points for printing.
All aspects of the industrial revolution are included and they contain evaluative studies of key people and events. This is useful to teach in September to lay the foundations for October’s Black History month when the role of slavery in enabling the industrial revolution can be studied.
No resources/text book needed.
This bundle contains two units of work
What is Geography?
What is History?
for year 7. Each unit contains 6 lessons and is fully resourced, so no text book is needed. Lessons enable new year 7 students to demonstrate and consolidate their primary school learning while learning and developing new key skills essential for the study of history and geography in key stage 3 and beyond.
Both units also contain an additional assessment resource to enable teachers to plan and differentiate for their classes.
This bundle contains the first 5 lessons on the US Constitution to cover the requirements for the A Level US Government and Politics specification. They include a background lesson on the creation of the Constitution (also suitable forA Level History) and 4 lessons investigating the nature of the US Constitution including structure; entrenchment; amendment etc. The block of lesson is completed with introducing students to a section A exam question which is modeled.
This is fully resourced, but access to Pearson Edexcel A Level US Government and Politics text book would be useful.
The lessons are based on a one hour lesson, but students will have to complete significant independent study to complete the set tasks.
This bundle contains 10 fully resourced a Level lessons created to deliver the Democracy and Dictatoship in Germany 1919-1963 unit. They cover the first part of the course - The creation of the Weimar Republic and its early years of crisis.
They contain all of the AOs and would ideally be used in conjunction with the Access to History text book, but have been designed to that a text book is not necessary.
Each lesson contains a range of activities and assignments designed to support student in developing the high level thinking skills necessary for success at A Level.
This wall display for black history month wall display honours and highlights the achievements of twenty people who have contributed to black people under 4 categories:
Activists: Rosa Parks; Steve Biko; John Lewis; Harriet Tubman and Nelson Mandela
Artists: Sammy Davis Jr; Maya Angelou; Louis Armstrong; Akon and Whoopi Goldberg
Politicians: Barak Obama; Bernie Grant; Kamala Harris; Diane Abbot and David Lammy
Blak Sportspersons: Jackie Robinson; Venus and Serena Williams; Mo Farah; Marcus Rashford and Tiger Woods
You will require a relatively large display board - pictures can be printed on A4 instead of A3 if space is limited. Includes lettering and arrows for cutting out.
This bundle contains 4 lessons created to celebrate Black History Month. One a week during the month of October to trace the progress of African Americans from slavery to President of the United states. They are chronological and each shows a significant development:
L1 The Slave Trade
L2 The Abolition of Slavery
L3 Civil Rights
L4 The Most Powerful Man in the World
They are fully resourced with varied activities and video clips, and are suitable for either KS2 or KS3 students.
This bundle contains all of the power points and resources needed to teach A level units on Henry VIII and the mid Tudors. They are fully resourced and contain activities to stretch and challenge students doing A Level History units on the Tudors.
The whole of this bundle would probably take approximately two academic terms to deliver.
It also contains detailed A Level revision notes on Henry VIII.
This bundle contains all of the lessons required to teach the US Constitution for paper 3 A Level US Government and Politics.
The lessons are fully resourced, will each take an hour to teach (however, significant home learning will be required to complete all activities), and involve extensive examination skills as well as content.
There are 10 lessons, and they also include approaches to comparing the US and UK Constitutions.
This bundle contains resources to support the celebration of Black History month.
It contains:
A large wall display celebrating the achievements of 20 famous black celebrities
A quiz/wordsearch for a tutorial activity
4 lessons (one for each week in October which are a chronological breadth study from slavery to the President of the USA.
Also included is an assembly which demonstrates the progress made since Civil Rights and highlights the celebration of black culture in October.
This bundle contains the second 5 lessons on the US Constitution to cover the requirements for the A Level US Government and Politics specification. It includes lessons on the 4 key features of the Constitution; introduces students to the key debate surrounding the constitution and democracy, and an introduction to the various approaches taken when analysing the Constitution in preparation for a Section 2 type question.
This is fully resourced, but access to Pearson Edexcel A Level US Government and Politics text book would be useful.
The lessons are based on a one hour lesson, but students will have to complete significant independent study to complete the set tasks.
This bundle contains an assembly/lesson plus 5 quizzes/word searches for students in key stages 1-3 for Christmas. They cover the religious and cultural Christmas traditions, and are useful as 20-30 minute fun activities/competitions at the end of term.
A fun activity for Easter. Answer 15 questions associated with the Easter Story and find the answers in the word search. Could be used as a starter or main activity in an RE lesson, alternatively as a tutorial activity in the run up to the Easter holiday. This activity would take between 20 and 30 minutes to complete.
This is the introduction A level lesson to a unit of work which investigates whether or not there was a Mid-Tudor Crisis. It outlines the concept of a crisis and investigates the legacy of Henry VIII. This lesson outlines what will be studied in the unit and sets the scene for investigating this hypothesis. The hypothesis will be studied through a series of 14 lessons which look closely at the reign of Edward VI and Mary I, and will results in reaching a conclusion to the question through investigating sources and interpretations.
This unit has been created to support all examination boards as it is devised for use with any examination board approved text book. It also uses both sources an interpretations in investigation thus being suitable for any Tudor unit.
Duration: 1 hour plus additional time to complete activities
This bundle is suitable for teaching A Level History - the Mid-Tudor Crisis. It contains 8 lessons covering the whole section on Edward VI. Each lesson is carefully prepared to ensure that they equip students with the ability to interrogate interpretations of history and contemporary source material thus making them suitable for any examination board. They are fully resourced and can be used with any examination board approved text books.
Most of the lessons contain 1 hour of teaching and one hour of home study plus optional video links, however 3 of the lessons will take 2 hours to teach.
This is a 23 slide power point tracing the history of the situation between Russia and the Ukraine. It is an assembly, but would probably take 45 minutes to deliver properly, so would be either 2 assemblies or a lesson - there is an obvious break point in the middle of the power point.
It starts with images of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and a news report in 1989. It then goes into an explanation of the Cold War and the USSR - citing the Ukraine as one of the founding members after the Russian Revolution. The power point then introduces Putin and his beliefs - cites his hatred of Tsar Nicholas II and Mikhail Gorbachev, and outlines his key beliefs in terms of Russia’s relationship with the Ukraine.
The final section focuses on how the war in the Ukraine is impacting on the rest of the world with rising energy prices; the refugee crisis and potential escalation. It ends with 24th February 2022 BBC news clip showing the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.
Suitable for key stages 3-5
Duration: 40-45 minutes
These revision cards are aimed to support the learning for the examination of lower and middle prior attainers who struggle to process the complexities of the Cold War at GCSE. The contain a comprehensive bank of cards which highlight the key features of Cold War events, and the importance of each event for the development of the Cold War as demanded by Edexcel.
The cards are simple and to the point. They can be cut up and the students can test each other on the events and play games with the cards. Aimed at students aspiring to attain levels 4-6 in the examination.
There are 72 cards in total which cover 36 key Cold War events.
This bundle contains all lessons for the GCSE Super Power Relations and the Cold War Key Topic 1: The Origins of the Cold War (9 lessons fully resourced); an assessment; and 2 revision resource:
Differentiated revision cards - consequences of Cold War events
Booklet for practising exam questions on the importance of Cold War events.
These resources are sufficient without the need of a text book.
A comprehensive set of resources for GCSE and IGCSE Twentieth Century revision.
Resource 1 - an interactive flashcard game for the classroom which is not only fun but also helps students to consolidate and build on their knowledge (also useful for A Level)
Resource 2 - Fully summarised notes on Weimar and Nazi Germany with pictures to support students revision of knowledge by creating bitesized chunks.
Resource 3 - Print and laminate revision mats for the whole of the Weimar and Nazi Germany unit. Mats can be used for revision or essay writing in class.
Resource 4 - GCSE and IGCSE Cold War revision cards summarising the key features of the main events
Resource 5 - Differentiated by colour - Cold War consequence cards - match the event to the consequence (more able students have a further consequence to add. 108 cards.
Resource 6 - superpower relations and Cold War work booklet which enable students to write about the importance of key Cold War events - the first one is modeled and then the rest of them are written in the booklet with sufficient space to write and revise.