I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
This lesson educates students on the BLM movement and its origins. The lesson includes a variety of activities which focus on the causes of the movement, its aims, how the media presents it and asks students to think of possible solutions for the racial discrimination that exists today. I taught this lesson to both my KS3 and 4 classes and they seemed to have enjoyed and benefited from the lesson.
Any feedback is welcomed! Do not forget to rate the resource too please.
This lesson focuses on Victorian England and can be used as part of the English unit on ‘A Christmas Carol’ or as a History lesson (has contextual information, source analysis, video analysis and writing tasks). This is from my wider ‘Full SOW A Christmas Carol’ resource.
A lesson explaining Black History Month in Britain and it’s importance. The lesson looks at key figures, and uses both videos, activities and news articles to help students understand the importance of Black History Month. This lesson can be used for an assembly.
A lesson on Francis Walsingham (from my wider Early Elizabethan SOW). This is an interactive lesson for students on Walsingham and has a mixture of activities including games, note-taking, videos, stories, exam practice etc.
A lesson on the Atlantic Slave Trade covering: causes, stages and consequences. The lesson has different activities and covers both primary and secondary sources. This lesson was made for KS3 students but can be adapted for any year group.
A detailed lesson on the Partition of India focusing on: causes, events, consequences (short and long term), and India today under Modi. The lesson has different activities and great discussion points for students!
A strong and detailed lesson on the Partition of Yugoslavia focusing on: causes, events, consequences (short and long term), and consequences today. The lesson has different activities, differentiated and great discussion points for students!
A lesson on Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot. The lesson had a variety of activities with videos, reading comprehension, chronology and narrative tasks and creating a storyboard. This was a lesson given to students on Bonfire Night and students enjoyed it! The tasks in the lesson can be removed for an assembly (and the videos should remain).
Lesson and resource focused on the Rise of Empires with activities on: A01, vocabulary and language, source analysis, categorising and paragraph practice.
Two lessons on Anselm covering who he was and the Council of Rockingham. The lessons have a variety of different activities and are part of my wider resource on William Rufus and the Church.
A student booklet for OCR Y219 Russia 1894–1941. The booklet includes: past exam questions, pages for students to complete their own revision notes on each topic, model answers/ structures, fact tests and a glossary.
Two lessons focused on the Opposition the the Nazi Party. Part 1 is full of activities focused on the main groups which opposed the Nazi Party and Part 2 is focused on exam practice/paragraph writing. This is part of my larger SOW on Key Topic 3 Weimar and Nazi Germany.
A student booklet for OCR Y102 Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107. The booklet includes: past exam questions, pages for students to complete their own revision notes on each topic, model structures, fact tests and a glossary.
These lessons are focused on the Great Plague in 1665-6 which addresses the causes, events, treatments and preventive methods used at the time. These lessons have a variety of activities including: active plenaries, videos, creative writing, descriptive writing and exam practice. The lessons were mostly made using the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time spec and using a mixture of the Hodder and Pearsons book. The lessons are great for GCSE students especially.
Mussolini’s Italy - follows Paper 4 Cambridge International History European Option. Can be used for any exam board.
Why did Mussolini gain power in 1922?
To understand the appeal of Fascism.
To evaluate Mussolini’s aims in government and his leadership.
To understand the establishment of a dictatorship, repression of opposition.
To evaluate propaganda and foreign policy
To understand the nature of Mussolini’s economic aims and the corporate state
To understand dealings with the Church
To understand social policies
This is a SOW created for KS5 students focusing on injustices throughout history (including the BLM movement, land disputes, the theory of ‘the Other’/treatment of minority groups, genocides, dictatorship and uprisings and the refugee crisis. The SOW ends with a research/ essay task for students to complete.
This is a detailed SOW with tasks for students to complete (but can also be used as engaging lectures/ seminars for students to prepare them for university). Each lesson is related to contemporary news articles so students can understand the relevance of each lesson today. There are also thought-provoking questions in each lesson to allow the students to express their opinion/ challenge their opinion.
My year 12 and 13s loved these lessons and it really helped them to: understand the current political/social events/problems in the world, be confident in expressing their opinions, improve their research skills and the impact media and governments have on the world!
A set of lessons (1h30 each) focused on the OCR Russia SPEC. The lessons cover Key Topic 1-4 and are embedded with a lot of content revision and exam questions! I taught these lessons whilst students were expected to complete my ‘Russia 1894–1941 Revision Booklet’. Students received high grades for this topic. (Also just a notice, I will be adding my complete and updated russia lessons hopefully in the next few months!)
Series of lessons on the module for the Norman Conquest 1035–1087. The SOW has detailed Power Points with information regarding the spec, differentiation, a variety of activities and worksheets, and exam/ essay writing guidance. The lessons can be used for the Edexcel GCSE/ AQA Spec too.
The lessons cover:
• Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings 1066: plans; course of events; impact
• William I’s consolidation of power: securing succession; methods of control; extent of opposition.
I also have other lessons and a revision booklet uploaded for this unit.
