This outstanding lesson on the American West has been designed to help students understand how the Homesteaders survived and adapted to the problems they faced on the Great Plains such as water supply, natural hazards, extreme weather, protecting crops, bankruptcy, insects and Native Americans. The key activity focuses around an engaging market place or gather and share activity which is suitable for the full range of ability. This lesson includes a 26 slide PowerPoint which contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, starters, plenaries and a range of activities including a thinking skills triangle task, the market place activity, an extended writing or an alternative mind mapping exercise. This resource also includes pictures, diagrams and templates for summarising learning. For more information please see the sample preview. The aims and objectives for this activity are: Theme: How successful were the Homesteaders at settling on the Great Plains? Know: What problems did they have to overcome? Understand: How did the Homesteaders adapt and survive? Evaluate: What impact did these solutions have on the Homesteaders, the environment and the Native Americans? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Change, Continuity & Source Evaluation. WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: What problems did the Homesteaders have to overcome in order to survive? Explain: Did they try and solve these problems? Analyse: What impact did these solutions have on the Homesteaders, the environment and the Native Americans? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together, along with this one to provide you with further savings. You can also follow 'The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

These outstanding resources are built around the timeless BBC classic series ‘The History File.’ I have included a link to the HD version of ‘First Industrial Nation’ on YouTube. If you are looking for a great way to cover in a fun and engaging way all those difficult industrial statistics, whilst getting over the big ideas on change and continuity from 1750 - 1850, then this is the lesson for you. It particularly does well, the move from manufacturing to factory production. I have included a free version of the video observation sheet on the TES, but this resource for the price of a cup of coffee, is designed to accompany it and give you all tools and resources you will need to help your SEND and middle ability students to effortlessly make the notes and write a beautifully structured extended answer. If you are new to the profession and missed the 1990s, then the basic concept behind the series was to place a young girl called Melanie into a Virtual Reality Museum and let her investigate various history issues. Funny enough technology has now come full circle with the latest VR technology. This is an excellent series which will engage your most challenging students! When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a PowerPoint presentation and two Microsoft Word documents. The PowerPoint presentation includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, information slides, tasks and activities to complete alongside the video. It also includes templates from the video observation sheet so that you can summarise your students notes on your IWB as well as templates from the writing frame to help your students produce an extended piece of writing or essay on the topic. The two Word Documents include both the video observation sheet and the writing frame with DART strategies to help your SEND and middle ability students to scaffold their work. If you have a difficult class, these resources will make you look amazing. For more information, please see the detailed preview. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Industrial Revolution Know: How did Britain change from 1750 to 1850? Understand: Why did Britain change from 1750 to 1850? Evaluate: What changed and what stayed the same from 1750 – 1850? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: How Britain changed from 1750 - 1850? Explain: Why did Britain change from 1750 – 1850? Analyse: What impact did muscles to machines have on Britain? For the section on the rich in 1750, I have included images of stately homes that are local to Doncaster and Rotherham. You may wish to customise the PP with pictures of places that are local to your school in order to tick the local history box and make it a bit more relevant.

These outstanding resources have been designed to help students understand the development of the Transatlantic Slave Trade through an investigative card sort. What makes this resource unique is that the first core tasks gets students to arrange the cards into what they think is the chronological order or chain of events in order to create their own narrative or history of what happened. The second core task gets students to organise the cards under one of six headings or possible reasons or factors that explain why the Transatlantic Slave Trade developed or grew. This is then followed by a priority task in a thinking skills triangle activity. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download two documents. The first is a one page Word Document which includes aims, instructions, heading cards and twelve heading cards to be sorted under them. The second is a fourteen slide PowerPoint presentation which has been designed to help facilitate the lesson. It includes starters, plenaries, information slides, additional activities that could be used to support your students including an extended writing task, review activity and cartoon source analysis. For more information please see the detailed preview which includes screen shots of a slides. The aims and objectives of the lesson are: Theme: The Black Peoples of the Americas Know: What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Understand: Why did the Transatlantic Slave Trade grow and develop? Evaluate: What was the most important factors? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Explain: Why did the Transatlantic Slave Trade grow and develop? Analyse: What was the most important reasons for its growth? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding lesson has been designed by experienced teachers and exhaustively field tested to help students understand the debate over the abolition of the Slave Trade 1787 - 1807. It is suitable for the full ability range and designed to be a fun and engaging lesson that can used to launch into a number of different areas on Britain and the Slave Trade. The core task revolves around students sorting a series of statements or summaries of arguments put forward by both sides of the debate. The accompanying PowerPoint has been designed to provided to help facilitate the lesson, set the scene and provide a range of activities to help deepen and extend your students understanding of the debate. When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download two documents. The first is a two page Word Document which includes aims, instructions, two heading cards and twenty two cards to be sorted under them. Normally when I teach this lesson, I give out the first page and depending upon the ability of the class or the progress that they making, I then give out the second page. to help extend the more able. The second resource is a thirteen slide PowerPoint presentation which has been designed to help facilitate the lesson. It includes starters, plenaries, information slides, links to appropriate video clips and additional activities that could be used to support your students including a source analysis question. For more information please see the detailed preview which includes screen shots of all the slides. The aims and objectives of the lesson are: Theme: Britain and the Slave Trade Know: What was an Abolitionist? Understand: What arguments were put forward by Abolitionists? Evaluate: Why were some people opposed to abolishing the Slave Trade? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: What was an Abolitionist? Explain: What arguments were put forward by Abolitionists? Analyse: Why were some people opposed to abolishing the Slave Trade? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This lesson has been designed primarily for A Level students studying the significance of Catholic emancipation in the United Kingdom. It focuses on divisions within the Tory Party, the protest methods used by Daniel O’Connell and the Catholic Association and how they in turn influenced the Parliamentary reform movement in Britain. When teaching this module to your students, it is important to stress the role played by Daniel O’Connell in developing the peaceful, indirect methods and tactics that played a crucial role in other later civil rights movements. When you purchase this resources you will be able to download two PowerPoints. The first PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, activities, starters, plenaries, information slides, diagrams, primary and secondary sources to help students evaluate the significance of Catholic emancipation. The seconds contains photocopiable graphic organisers and resources to help students to complete the tasks and activities. For more information, please see the detailed preview. The aims and objectives for these resources are as follows: Theme: Protest and Reform 1820 - 1834 Know: What problems faced Catholics living in the UK? Understand: What methods did the Catholic Association use to campaign for emancipation? Evaluate: How significant was Catholic emancipation? Skills: Cause, Consequence & Significance WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The problems faced by Catholics living in the UK? Explain: What methods did the Catholica Association use to campaign or emancipation? Analyse: How significant was Catholic If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources in the History Academy TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This creative and innovative card sort has been designed to help students assess whether the ‘Reign of Terror’ during the French Revolution was necessary by sorting through both primary and secondary sources. Once this has been complete, students can then have a go at answering the question: How far do you agree that ‘The French Reign of Terror was dreadful, but necessary’? I would recommend that this resource should be used with either a core or advanced group as there is a lot of reading, which would be too much for a foundation group with low literacy skills. This resource makes a great starter or plenary to completed in pairs or groups. It can be cut up the students or placed into envelopes for use with several classes or even set as a piece of homework. Alternatively, your students could draw a table with the two headings ‘necessary’ or ‘not neccessary’ and list the sources under them. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download two documents. The first is a two page Word Document which includes aims, instructions, heading cards and sixteen primary and secondary sources to sorted under them. The second is a fifteen slide PowerPoint presentation which has been designed to help facilitate the lesson. It includes starters, plenaries, information slides, links to appropriate video clips and additional activities that could be used to support your students including tables and pupil feedback sheets. For more information, please see the detailed preview. The aims and objectives of the lesson are: Theme: The French Revolution Know: What was the ‘Reign of Terror?’ Understand: What are the arguments for and against the ‘Reign of Terror’? Evaluate: Was the ‘Reign of Terror’ necessary to save the revolution? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: What happened during the ‘Reign of Terror’? Explain: What are the arguments for and against the ‘Reign of Terror’? Analyse: Was the ‘Reign of Terror’ necessary to save the French Revolution? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding lesson has been designed to help students studying the problems faced by the Weimar Republic in 1919. It can be used as introductory lesson to the topic and serves to set the scene for the bigger issues that they had to deal in the aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles. The lesson content covers the impact of the First World War and the challenges the new Republic faced in terms of economic, social and political. The lesson includes a number of activities which can be seen in the detailed preview, but finishes off with either a review triangle or table exercise to help students prioritise or predict the greatest challenges for the Republic moving forward. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a PowerPoint with fifteen slides. These include aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, activities, thinking skills activities, diagrams, pictures and information slides. Once you have completed the review triangle or table, the work is consolidated with an extended writing activity with support to help students to summarise the challenges facing the new President Ebert in 1919. This lesson can also be purchased at a discount as part of a series of lessons on this topic which have been bundled together. For more information, please see the detailed preview. The aims and objectives of the lesson are: Theme: Weimar Republic Know: What problems faced the Weimar Republic in 1919? Understand: What impact did the First World War have on Germany? Evaluate: Which problems posed the greatest threat to the Weimar Republic? Skills: Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The key problems facing the Weimar Republic in 1919? Explain: What impact did the First World War have on Germany? Analyse: Which problems posed the greatest threat to the Weimar Republic? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This fun and engaging lesson designed by experienced teachers and field tested over a number of years to help students understand why the Slave Trade was abolished in 1807? The core task revolves around students sorting a series of statements explaining why the slave trade was abolished revolving around economics, religion, slave resistance and the work of the abolitionists. The accompanying PowerPoint has been designed to provided to help facilitate the lesson, set the scene and provide a range of activities to help deepen and extend your students understanding of the debate. When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download two documents. The first is a two page Word Document which includes aims, instructions, four heading cards and twenty two cards to be sorted under them. Normally when I teach this lesson, I give out the first page and depending upon the ability of the class or the progress that they making, I then give out the second page. to help extend the more able. The second resource is a thirteen slide PowerPoint presentation which has been designed to help facilitate the lesson. It includes starters, plenaries, information slides, and additional activities that could be used to support your students including a source analysis of the views of four historians/ For more information please see the detailed preview which includes screen shots of most of the slides. The aims and objectives of the lesson are: Theme: Britain and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Know: Why was the Slave Trade abolished? Understand: What different factors influenced Parliament in 1807? Evaluate: Which factor was the most influential in persuading MPs? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: Why was the Slave Trade abolished? Explain: What different factories influenced Parliament’s decision in 1807? Analyse: Which factor was the most influential in persuading MPs? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding lesson is designed to provide stretch and challenge for middle and upper ability students studying why the Slave Trade was abolished in 1807? The core task revolves around students sorting a series of diamond shaped cards which explain why the slave trade was abolished revolving around economics, religion, slave resistance and the work of the abolitionists. The accompanying PowerPoint has been designed to provided to help facilitate the lesson, set the scene and provide a range of activities to help deepen and extend your students understanding of the debate. If you are looking for a similar activity for lower and middle ability students, then please check out my card sort on this topic. When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download two documents. The first is a single page Word Document which includes aims, instructions and nine diamond shaped cards tobe sorted. The second resource is a thirteen slide PowerPoint presentation which has been designed to help facilitate the lesson. It includes starters, plenaries, information slides, and additional activities that could be used to support your students including a source analysis of the views of four historians. For more information please see the detailed preview which includes screen shots of most of the slides. The aims and objectives of the lesson are: Theme: Britain and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Know: Why was the Slave Trade abolished? Understand: What different factors influenced Parliament in 1807? Evaluate: Which factor was the most influential in persuading MPs? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: Why was the Slave Trade abolished? Explain: What different factories influenced Parliament’s decision in 1807? Analyse: Which factor was the most influential in persuading MPs? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

The debate on whether the government should nationalise certain parts of British Industry is a controversial topic. In the UK, public ownership has always been a tool to pick up the economic and social pieces after the private sector failed spectacularly. The 1945, the Labour government nationalised coal, the railways, and steel. But the main reason for state control over heavy industry was to rectify decades of deliberate under-investment by their owners. In other words, the taxpayer came to the rescue of private capital as in the case of the Banking Crisis in 2008. This outstanding resource is designed to help students sort through some of the arguments for and against both nationalisation and competition in the private sector. When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a single page Word Document which contains a learning objective, instructions, two heading cards as well as sixteen statements that can sorted under them. The heading cards are labeled ‘Public Ownership is Good’ and ‘Privitisation is Better.’ However, these could easily be edited and labeled Arguments for Nationalisation’ and ‘Arguments Against’, depending upon the ability of your class. The main activity involves getting students to cut out the cards in lesson, sort them under the correct headings and then organise them into their most persuasive order before sticking sick them into their books. Once students have fed back their results to a class discussion, they can then have a go at writing a speech or extended answer on the debate. Alternatively, they can create a key and then sort through the cards and then stick the sheet into their book or you could cut out the cards and place them into an envelope for them to sort prior to a discussion on the topic. This is a great resource that can be easily adapted to suit your classroom and expectations. The aims of this lesson / activity are: Theme: Economic Understanding Know:What is the difference between a nationalised and privitised industry? Understand: What are the arguments for and against nationalisations? Evaluate: Should the government nationalise parts of the British economy? WILF - What am I Looking For? Identify and describe - the difference between a nationalised and privitised industry? Explain - What are the arguments for and against nationalisations? Analyse -Should the government nationalise parts of the British economy? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more quality time with the people who matter. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This lesson is aimed at helping SEND students understand the difference between a slave and a wage earner. It also provides an introduction and overview of the history of slavery, its origins and it why it was eventually abolished. If you are looking for something more suitable for middle and higher ability students, then I have produced a more detailed version of this lesson which compares slavery with serfdom, indentured servants and wage earners. This can be bought via my TES shop either separately or as a bundle. Please see the link below. The lesson opens by explaining the origins of slavery in classical times. It them moves on to compare and contrast the rights and freedoms of slaves with wage earners. The lesson then rounds off with a source analysis of Adam Smith’s comments about slavery and why it was expensive, inefficient and costly compared to employing wage earners. This helps to provide a broad overview within which you can then explore the topic of slavery and why it was eventually abolished. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a two page worksheet as well as a thirteen slide PowerPoint. The worksheet includes information, sources and activities. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, templates, information slides, historical sources to support the lesson. Please see the detailed preview that I have uploaded. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Rights & Freedoms Know: What are the origins of slavery? Understand: How has the way that people have been employed changed over time? Evaluate: Why was slavery abolished? Skills: Change & Continuity, Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The origins of slavery and what is a slave? Explain: What is the difference between a slave and a wage earner? Analyse: Why was slavery abolished? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding lesson has been been designed to help students understand why Europeans enslaved black people. It starts by looking at the reasons for the early voyages of discovery, the rediscovery of America and the rich new opportunities that the exploitation of the raw materials and new agricultural products offered the technologically superior Europeans. It then looks at the impact of the Europeans on the Native American population, their failure to enslave them and the resulting labour shortage that they tried at first to fill with convicts and indentured servants and finally with black slaves from Africa. This fun and engaging lesson is suitable for the full ability range. It is beautifully illustrated throughout and will help to inspire a fair degree of awe and wonder in your students as it will answer a lot of questions about the origins of not only slavery but also the naming of the ‘West Indies’, ‘America’ and the source of a lot of everyday items that they take for granted. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a three page worksheet as well as a nineteen slide PowerPoint. I have uploaded detailed screen shots of everything so that you can see exactly what you are buying. The worksheet includes information,historical sources, questions and activities. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes as well as a variety of starters, plenaries, templates, information slides, historical sources to help support the lesson. Please note that the second part of the lesson involves a source investigation into why Europeans enslaved back people. The final part of the lesson round soff with a thinkings skills review triangle to help students pritorise the most important factors which led t For more information, please see the detailed preview The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Britain and the Slave Trade Know: What were the origins of the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Understand: Why did Europeans need slaves after 1472? Evaluate: Why did Europeans enslave black people? Skills: Change & Continuity, Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The origins of the Transatlantic Slave Trade? Explain: Why did Europeans need slaves after 1472? Analyse: Why did Europeans enslave black people? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This lesson provides an introduction and overview of the history of slavery. It aims to help students understand not only the origins of slavery, but the difference between a wage earner and a slave and why slavery was eventually abolished. Now this might seem like a lot to ask, but this lesson has been carefully crafted and field tested by experienced teachers. The lesson opens by explaining the origins of slavery in classical times. It them moves on to compare and contrast the rights and freedoms of slaves with serfs, indentured servants and finally wage earners. This is all linked into the wider context of British history and by default American history. The lesson then rounds off with a source analysis of Adam Smith’s comments about slavery and why it was expensive, inefficient and costly compared to employing wage earners. This helps to provide a broad overview within which you can then explore the topic of slavery and why it was eventually abolished. This lesson is suitable for the full range of ability. However, I have produced a simpler card sort version which can be downloaded from my TES shop. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a two page worksheet as well as a fourteen slide PowerPoint. The worksheet includes information, sources and activities. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, templates, information slides, historical sources to support the lesson. Please see the detailed preview that I have uploaded. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Rights & Freedoms Know: What are the origins of slavery? Understand: How has the way that people have been employed changed over time? Evaluate: Why was slavery abolished? Skills: Change & Continuity, Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The origins of slavery and what is a slave? Explain: What is the difference between a slave and a wage earner? Analyse: Why was slavery abolished? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

Captain Cook reputation continues to be very controversial. At the time he was seen as a man of science, an explorer, a great navigator and adventurer. His death at the hands of the native people of Hawaii turned him into a martyr who died for the British Empire. However, in our post colonial times, his reputation has been called into question by people who suffered as a result of his actions. Historians are interested in these debates as they question the role and purpose of history and whose story we are telling in the classroom. Other counter that it is wrong to question the reputation of great men like Captain Cook as they didn’t have the benefit of hindsight and couldn’t foresee the consequences of their actions. This innovative and creative activity has been designed to help students assess the reputation of Captain Cook and decide whether he was a Colonial Hero or an Imperialist Villain. This activity involves giving students a card sort with sixteen statements to sort through and decide which statement they support. Once this has been complete, students can then have a go at answering the question: How far was Captain Cook a hero or a villain?’ They could do this in a project, an essay, or they could take sides and write a speech arguing either side. I have included links to two video clips, including the BBC Timewatch video. After they have completed the card sort, students could add facts to either side of the debate. Ultimately, this resource is highly adaptable and can easily be adapted to suit a wide range of learners. The aims and objectives are: Theme: The British Empire Know: What sort of man was Captain Cook? Understand: Why are historical events interpreted in different ways? Evaluate: Was Captain Cook a colonial hero or an imperial villain? WILF - What Am I Looking For? Identify and describe: Who was Captain Cook and why is famous? Explain: Why are historical events interpreted in different ways? Analyse: Was Captain Cook a colonial hero or an imperial villain? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

If you are looking for a lesson to inspire and engage your students, then this play designed to be read out or performed in lesson on the challenges facing a small group of travellers on the mail coach from Lincoln to Doncaster in 1829. During their adventure they discuss a number of topics from Catholic Emancipation to the joys of travelling by coach as well as Doncaster Races and the birth of the railways. This play provides run and engaging way of looking at how the Transport Revolution from 1750 to 1850, was changing British society. The play and the support materials that have been uploaded are suitable for the full range of ability in a mainstream secondary or high school. Using drama role play or the medium of a play to explore detailed and complex ideas and historical situations can be a particularly effective tools for engaging students of all abilities. This resource was written to be used in a history lesson, but it is also suitable for use in an English or Drama lesson. To this end, I have created additional tasks and activities that could be used in those subjects. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a ten page Word Document which contains the play, as well as a eighteen slide PowerPoint Presentation. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, historical sources, pictures, diagrams, links to appropriate video clips as well as starters, plenaries, tasks and activities to help support the delivery of the play. Please see the preview for more information. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Transport Revolution 1750 - 1850 Know: What was it like to travel on a mail coach in 1829? Understand: How was British society changing at this time? Evaluate: How were these changes linked to the Transport Revolution? Skills: Change, Continuity, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The positive and negatives of travelling by mail coach? Explain: How was British society changing at this time? Analyse: How were these changes linked to the Transport Revolution? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding card sort is designed to help students understand the political, economic and religious causes of the war between Spain and England in 1585. This fun and engaging lesson is suitable for the full ability range. On its own the card sort can be used as a starter, plenary,revision task, homework or main activity depending upon the ability of your class. However, I have also included a PowerPoint, with additional information, tasks and activities centered around the card sort so that it is a complete lesson. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a single page Word Document and a separate PowerPoint. The worksheet includes aims, instructions and sixteen statements to be sorted under three headings labeled ‘Political’, ‘Economic’ and Religious’, under which they can be sorted. The PowerPoint includes, aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, information slides, links to video clips, tasks and activities to help support the card sort. Please see the detailed preview for more information: The aims and objectives for this lesson are: Theme: Elizabethan England Know: Why did tensions between England and Spain increase in 1585? Understand: What were the political, economic and religious causes of the war? Evaluate: Which factor was the most important? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: Why did tensions between England and Spain increase in 1585? Explain: The political, economic and religious causes of the war with Spain Analyse: Which factor was the most important? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding diamond 9 activity is designed to help students understand the political, economic and religious causes of the war between Spain and England in 1585. This fun and engaging lesson is suitable for higher ability students. If you are looking for a resource more suitable for middle and lower ability students, then please check out my card sort on this topic. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a fully editable Microsoft Word documenth. The resource includes instructions for the activity and nine diamond shaped cards which include each of the nine main reasons which explain why Spain went to war with Britain in 1485. I have also included a PowerPoint which is designed to help facilitate the activity. It includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, links to video clips and tasks and activities to support the main diamond 9 activity. Please see the detailed preview for more information: At each stage students should be feeding back to their group or the class to explain their choices. This is absolutely critical if you are going to develop the critical thinking skills that you are looking to develop via a diamond 9 activity. Once students have sorted the cards, you can extend their understanding of the topic further by discussing or explaining in an extended piece of writing which problem was the most significant or important. The aims and objectives for this lesson are: Theme: Elizabethan England Know: Why did tensions between England and Spain increase in 1585? Understand: What were the political, economic and religious causes of the war? Evaluate: Which factor was the most important? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: Why did tensions between England and Spain increase in 1585? Explain: The political, economic and religious causes of the war with Spain Analyse: Which factor was the most important? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding lesson is designed to help students understand the political, economic and religious causes of the war between Spain and England in 1585. This fun and engaging lesson is suitable for the full ability range. If you like this lesson on Elizabethan England, then check out similar resources in my TES shop. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a single page Word Document and a separate PowerPoint. The worksheet includes aims, instructions and sixteen statements to be sorted under three headings labeled ‘Political’, ‘Economic’ and Religious’, under which they can be sorted. The PowerPoint includes, aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, information slides, links to video clips, tasks and activities to help support the card sort. Please see the detailed preview for more information: The aims and objectives for this lesson are: Theme: Elizabethan England Know: Why did tensions between England and Spain increase in 1585? Understand: What were the political, economic and religious causes of the war? Evaluate: Which factor was the most important? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: Why did tensions between England and Spain increase in 1585? Explain: The political, economic and religious causes of the war with Spain Analyse: Which factor was the most important? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy