This is a brilliant resource pack full of creative ways for getting your students to revise independently, differently and most importantly, successfully. Ten lessons are included and that means PowerPoints and handouts as well. Trial and error has gone into creating lots of resources that really get the students thinking about their revision. No two students are the same so adopting just one method of revision is limiting. Vary the methods and increase the outcomes. Topics included: Image is everything- revising using images Reverse the process- based on reverse engineering to see how a good answer is made Elementary- using Sherlock Holmes to help thinking Help Lights camera action Maps- a look at how mapping can help revision News Report- how putting a news report help focus revision Postcards- writing revision postcards Revision Game Thinking- different ways of thinking The title are varied because so are the methods, however, they are creative approaches to getting the most out of your students.

This is a must have resource pack for A level Students (and some higher GCSE Groups). Regardless of the subjects being studied all students need to learn and develop core educational skills in order to help them maximise their potential. There are ten lessons included in this pack, all fully resourced (stationary aside). This includes plans, PowerPoints, and handouts. The topics covered are: Problem Solving Time and how to manage it Money- how it works as a motivator and how students could view its importance. Code Breaking- we all write and talk in code, learning about codes helps us ask the right questions Deviance- doing something the wrong way can sometimes bring benefits. Graffiti- Thinking creatively Perspective- how we need to alter our perspective to see things differently Fight the Power- Why do we organise and make notes in just one way? Think about doing it differently Design a school- thinking about how we learn can make us better learners A letter to yourself- how you would explain your own strengths and weaknesses. The titles may be cryptic but that is because they best describe the activity and they get the students thinking.

This is a complete unit of work that covers Hitler's rise to power from the before the Munich Putsch to becoming Fuhrer in 1934. The main work is completed through a workbook and there is a very strong emphasis on the students planning and completing their own work. The pack contains notes, work, questions, sources and a variety of resources across 12 handouts that make up the workbook. There is even a PowerPoint to go with all the lessons. This is a huge piece of work that will save you hours of work and also be refreshing for the students.

This resource is a counterpoint to the standard view of D-Day in that it focuses on the invasion from the point of view of the Germans trying to stop it. Through three tasks the students will be asked to use their knowledge of the Second World War before 1944 to determine whether or not the D-Day landings were likely to be prevented. The tasks ask the students to develop their arguing skills as well as drawing on evidence they have collected. The key is that it gets the students to think differently and therefore is a vital companion to traditional D-Day teachings.

This is a sensitive yet challenging collection of activities that can be used by all ages and abilities to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. They require focus on the students thinking about two key areas: 1. Why should we remember the Holocaust? 2. Thinking about the people who were killed in the Holocaust. The students have a range of practical activities available, all of which can be used in some form of display if needed.

This is a generic pack of maps that cover aspects of the GCSE American West Specification. The PowerPoints have copies of the maps. More American West Resources are coming.

Numeracy is a vitally important topic and history, as with all subjects, have to demonstrate that they are highlighting numeracy within their lessons. This pack contains a broad selection of activities that can be used on their own, as a starter or a plenary, or as part of a wider topic area. It comes with all the instructions and handouts needed- 9 in total. The activities are simple and yet really good at showing the link between numeracy and history. What is more all the tasks are actually vital to success within history.

This is a brilliantly interactive resource that makes the students think from the very moment the lesson begins. They have to crack various codes in order to work out the next part of the lesson. What's more this is a useful way to discuss numeracy within history as codebreaking has mathematics at it's heart. This is all part of an exercise that encourages the students to think about the activities at Bletchley Park and the breaking of the Enigma code. This works as a stand alone lesson or as part of work on the D Day landings or the Atomic Bomb as it is all about secrecy and codes.

Rationing had a huge impact on the lives of everyone in Britain during the Second World War but often gets overlooked in the curriculum or at least left as a sidebar. This lesson pack aims to explain what rationing was and lets the students have a go at dealing with rationing as people would have had to. The pack contains everything you need to explain rationing and to play the rationing trading game. This really gets the students to actively participate in the lesson and understand the problems that rationing and the Black market could produce.  Aims:  To explain what Rationing was in Britain during and after the Second World War  To explain what the Black market was.  To have a go at a rationing / trading game. To think about the benefits that rationing brought.

The truce within parts of the Western Front trenches is one of the defining moments of the First World War for many people. These activities seek to look at the emotion and the feelings that the men in the trenches would have been feeling as they spent their first Christmas in the Trenches. The activities take back the events from a novelty advert to the real emotion of the men in the trenches. The exercises encourage the students to empathise with the soldiers and to consider their actions in terms of what they had previously been told about the Germans. There is a link with English as the students then look at writing a poem about the events, taking influence from some of the great war poets.

This pack contains four useful activities based around remembrance week as well as the broader topic of remembering and thinking about those that have gone and died in conflicts around the world. The tasks are particularly suited to history but there are aspects that could be used in RS as well or used as a whole school activity. All are aimed at trying to get the students to really think about past conflicts and the loss that occurred. The activities encourage creativity and empathy and will be an excellent addition to any work planned. The work can be developed for wall displays and there are opportunities to expand the work to fit around other topics on the curriculum as well as extension tasks for homework.

This unit is intended to be completed at the end of the course. However, it is not just a quick revision topic. This is an in-depth overview and comparison designed to really push the students and develop their analytical reasoning. The unit is designed for all major specifications, although some editing may be needed as the specifications change. The sheer quantity of detail within an A level can be lost on students, especially those who are a little more disorganised. This unit helps with seeing events over a whole period and encourages comparisons and contrasts between those events. This unit is very student centred as it encourages their own skills. This is teacher guided but student focussed. The additional worksheet pack would help with this unit. This is a complete unit of work and has a very detailed PowerPoint.

This is a fully interactive unit of work focussing on the rebellious side of Elizabeth's reign. As well as explaining some of the key events the unit encourages the students to develop their argumentative and essay writing skills in some unique ways. This is a complete unit and has a corresponding PowerPoint. The unit is very detailed and will save hours and hours of research and work.

This topic focuses on the difficult and dangerous short reign of Edward VI. It covers all of the major events of his reign but in the context of how this caused rebellion and disorder. Thus the changes to religion are discussed and are then shown to be a cause of a specific problem for Edward and his councillors. This is a complete unit of work with a matching PowerPoint. Therefore it contains everything you need to teach the subject, saving hours and hours of work.