Can your students defeat the Axis Powers? Can they make the right decisions to win the war? Can they do a better job than Chamberlain and Churchill?
In this unique resource, students have the opportunity to study the real scenarios facing the allied commanders between 1939 and 1945. Playing the role of the British Prime Minister, the decisions they make could change the whole direction of the war!
The activity pack contains more than 10 historically accurate and detailed scenarios which play out one after the other. They include; The German invasion of Poland, the battle of France, the battle of Norway, the German and Italian invasion of Greece, the Dieppe Raid, Operation Torch, the battle of El Alamein and D Day. Students will go wherever their decisions take them with more than 45 different paths. They will pick up leadership points along the way and at the end, decide who was the best wartime leader! As a teacher, you can finish the process by looking at what really happened.
The activity supports historical enquiry by asking students to make decisions whilst providing the context around each event.
Teaching suggestion -
Print a number of copies of each sheet (perhaps print A5 to reduce printing costs!)
Place "all the 1's" together in one pile at the front of room, all the 2's, all the 3's and so on. You can distribute appropriate sheets from there.
Give students scenario 1 in groups. Students can move on whenever they make each decision. If they win/lose the war half way through, they can still carry on through all the other decisions.
Create a leadership points table on the board to kee track of how each team is doing and create an element of competition.
A guide produced in association and in connection with teachmeet History Icons.
This extensive e-book contains 20 things that great History teachers do. Compiled from personal experience but also academic research, the list is not exhaustive but provides a framework for some of the things those teaching History in the UK might do on a day to day basis.
The e-book contains advice on introducing students to source analysis, the concept of historical interpretations and dealing with chronology. It also contains ideas on marking and assessment as well as various templates that could be used in class.
A complete scheme of work for the following topics:
1. Hitler's Rise to Power 1919-1933
2. Changing Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1939
3. Germany during WW2 1939-1945
The schemes of work were designed for use with GCSE students with WJEC, however, they can be adapted for any exam board easily.
I also include:
A possible assessment level descriptor and assessment plan.
These SOW's were up to date for 2015/2016.
Students will learn the main causes of World War One through this interactive resource.
The resource includes:
Causes of World War One Lesson Plan
"MAIN" fact files (printable); exploring the four key long term causes of World War One
Student table (ranking)
Lesson(s) PowerPoint
Video download: Imperialism/Colonisation
Video download: The Alliance System
Video download: Anglo-German Rivalry
Students are given a character card and fill in the worksheet. They then ask and answer questions of their peers to find out how the development of the railways affected them.
A collection of 16 flashcards covering the period between 1919 and 1934 in Germany. The flashcards include information on the Weimar Republic, the Munich Putsch, the Hyperinflation crisis, the SA, Goebbels, the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Law and the Night of the Long Knives.
Each card asks why each person or event was important. Students can use the flash cards for revision, quizzing each other or simply by placing them face down on the table and turning each one over in turn, trying to explain the factor.
This assessment feedback sheet, adapted from mrthorntonteach.com, is perfect for summative assessment feedback for students in History. I have adapted it for an assessment on the usefulness of sources on the causes of the Civil War in England and Wales.
The pack contains 18 individual roleplay cards and an accompanying worksheet. Students are each given (or in pairs) a different character and fill in the worksheet. They then move around the room asking each other the key question "How did the Feudal System impact on you?".
As an extension, each card also contains a "secret task" that each student needs to complete.
A timeline showing all the key events that happened around the British Empire between these dates.
The task asks students to shade/border each event in a different colour to show whether it is a political, social, international or event involving an individual or group.
The second timeline shows the answers. This could be used as a task to start an entire unit of work or, perhaps more appropriately, as a revision exercise.
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This pack includes -
Causes of World War One Lesson Plan
"MAIN" fact files (printable); exploring the four key long term causes of World War One
Student table (ranking)
Lesson(s) PowerPoint
Video download: Imperialism/Colonisation
Video download: The Alliance System
Video download: Anglo-German Rivalry
The Aces of WW1 resource contains 9 individual factfiles containing information about 9 different World War One flying aces from different countries including the Red Baron Von Richthofen along with British, French and American counterparts. Each factfile is individually designed with a couple of "shorter" ones for the purpose of differentiation.
The resource pack on Int Relations contains a series of resources that can be used to teach this unit -
Several maps and images that are perfect as lesson starters or as illustrations.
Powerpoint presentations on the Crimean War and the Mehemet Ali Crisis.
A blank map of Africa when looking at colonisation.
An extensive set of key words for pupils to find the definitions (intro lesson).
Several mix and match key word activities (match word with definition).
Interpretations of the Causes of WW1 Assessment
Contains an assessment question and accompanying sources
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The pack includes:
2 interactive study guides based on the History of the USA from 1930-2000. They can be distributed electronically to students who can work their way through them. They are both perfect as revision guides - saving you a lot of time.
Life on a slave plantation contains a selection of sources about life on a plantation in the USA.
The prohobition role play pack contains more than 15 role play cards and is part of a lesson where students find out why alcohol was banned in the US.
The pack also contains full schemes of work for USA 1930-2000.