This can be used as a starter or plenary. Can be done in pairs or solo, you could read over the answers and share student responses. Simple.

KS3 History. Includes basic information about the slave trade, it’s causes and the route. Would suit a Low ability group and has some simple activities.

Simple but useful room displays. Useful for students to refer to. Or use as simple starter tasks.

This worksheet describes the approaches and debates in psychology which are embedded in the new OCR spec. Students can learn about these through discussions or group work. The second page shows how the theories and studies in the new spec link to the different debates and approaches and has a student task that can run throughout the whole GCSE as students learn to apply the debates in evaluating studies and theories.

Used together these allow students to revisit and recap knowledge of research methods and complete an independent activity to try out writing up research. Easy to differentiate and set targets for more/less able.

KS3 geography. This lesson is based on an intelligent graffiti task where students watch Kevin McCloud staying in the Dharavi slum. There are examples of WAGOLL for the main task and the lesson then develop into a structured assessment with the success criteria explained. It also includes some printable resources to be provided for use as research on the assessment tasks.

KS3 geography. Begins with the odd one out task and discuss the answer. Next cover learning objectives, move onto the images and facts. Students then watch the clips and use the attached thinking hats resource to write about mumbai . The build on key words using the facts slides (these can be printed out). Finally there is a mumbai postcard activity to apply knowledge which can be carried over or completed for homework.

Lesson 3 from the amazing places unit. This combines the northern lights and Slinks to Svalbard. It contains facts, links to clips and extended writing activities to apply understanding of the phenomenon.

Key stage 3 RE - a good introduction to Islam. The lesson begins with a linking activity which enables students to write in the first oval what they know already about the religion, then fill in the second oval as a review task at the end of the lesson. The lesson uses clips and key questions for students to make notes on the basics about Islam. Later on the presentation, it moves onto the 5 pillars of Islam and enables a learning from religion activity for students to try and relate some of the principles of Islam in a non-religious way. This could be adapted to work over 2 lessons.

lesson 7 of the unit on amazing places. Locates Dubai, explains using visuals what it was like in the past. Clips show the tourist attractions. Students design hotel.

A philosophical lesson that enables learning different beliefs about god. Can be used with year 7's as an introduction to R.E. and philosophy. Can be differentiated easily by outcome. Includes some good examples of low, mid and high tariff literacy work to be shared and discussed before students commence the main written task.

Background and context for students to plan, design and carry out a survey to study the link between strictness of parent and obedience levels. Worksheet to support this task.

The newspaper template is good for extended writing and to allow students to apply knowledge at the end of a topic or for a homework task. It can be enlarged to A3 and applies to loads of different learning activities. The linking chart is good for a starter/review task when commencing a totally new topic. Students write what they know in the first oval, then write their new knowledge in the second oval as a review at the end of a lesson or series of lessons. The middle section should encourage students to ask, how they learned. The postcard is best printed onto coloured card and can be used in any subject, the blank side could be used for a summary with diagrams and pictures of the topic and the address side used for students to use extended writing to apply their descriptions and explanations of the topic learned. Suitable for any year group.

These can be used in all kinds of ways, you could print onto coloured card, cut up and get students to match up the main critic’s point with the explanation. You could also cut them up and give one part to students, then get students to reconstruct the sheet.

KS3 RE, Includes discussion as a starter, background facts and information, a learning from activity focusing on the clothes we wear. Leads into a student research task (print out slides 5-12) for students alone or in groups to find out about and answer key questions on the 5 K’s. These questions are leveled in detail and difficulty, so easy to differentiate. Finishes with a task on Re-designing the school uniform. Lots of flexibility to adapt this lesson for group work too.

KS3 RE, includes information about the Sikh langar with a video clip for pupils to reflect on and discuss. Also explains how Sikh’s should act and behave, following this there is a linking task for pupils to reflect on examples of how they help others in life. Easy to differentiate, scope for discussion and reflection work.

New york! This is lesson 6 in the unit. It has facts and information about new york, links to famous songs and a task about re-branding the big apple logo.

This is a complete lesson with all the resources and tasks needed and just need printing out. There are 2 video clips about the pacific garbage patch, the second is the ocean clean up. Students do a big research task to try and answer the big questions: What is it? How did it form? What are the solutions?

This is a 4 page student hand out that focuses on the skills required for any A level exam board. Includes a break down of how to evaluate a theory and/or study, includes useful mnemonics for students to develop writing longer answers. Another page has a useful diagram displaying how to unpack the claims and components of a model or psychological theory.

KS3 RE, a whole lesson with video clips and activities about Sikhs as warriors, a small section of the Sikh history and opportunities to discuss and debate the issues around physical aggression.