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Teacher of 28 years, History AST, HoD and Hums. HoF. Please visit my website to see my current curriculum provision www.historynetwork.co.uk
BBC - Lucy Worsley Investigates - The Witch Hunts
We all think we know what we mean by a witch, but behind the clichés of pointy hats and broomsticks lies a terrifying history that’s been largely forgotten. Four hundred years ago, thousands of ordinary people, the vast majority of them women, were hunted down, tortured and killed in witch hunts across Scotland and England. Lucy Worsley investigates what lay behind these horrifying events.
She begins her investigation in North Berwick, a seaside town not far from Edinburgh, where the witch hunting craze began. The story goes that, in 1590, a coven of witches gathered here to cast a spell to try to kill the King of Scotland, James VI. Using an account from the time called Newes from Scotland and other first-hand sources, Lucy uncovers a web of political intrigue that led to a woman called Agnes Sampson, a faith healer and midwife, being investigated. She was accused of witchcraft and interrogated at Holyrood Castle by King James himself before being tortured and executed.
Agnes was caught in a perfect storm: hardline Protestant reformers wanting to make Scotland devout, a king out to prove himself a righteous leader, and a new ideology which claimed the Devil was actively recruiting women as witches. Under torture, Agnes gave the names of her supposed accomplices, some 59 other innocent people, resulting in the first successful large-scale witch hunt in Scotland. Its brutal success made it the model for trials rolled out across Scotland and England for the next hundred years.
Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England - Health and Hygiene- Supporting Worksheet
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England - Health and Hygiene- Supporting Worksheet for the Ian Mortimer book of the same name
Written as an extension/reading/ independent learning activity for able GCSE 9-1 students studying the history of medicine looking at the Renaissance / Tudor period and changing medical understanding in Britain.
The resource is written as a WORD document for easy access to Google Classroom
BBC Teach - Class Clips - 4-What was life like for the poor in the towns of Elizabethan England?
Based on Ian Mortimer’s popular ‘A Time Traveller’s guide to Elizabethan England’ series, these worksheets provide a useful note taking scaffold for KS3 and KS4 students. The set of resources could be used as a useful overview to the Edexcel 9:1 GCSE - Elizabethan England 1558 - 88 supporting the syllabus topics: Challenges to Elizabeth’s rule & Life in Elizabethan England. Each film clip is around 10 minutes in duration making them an ideal flipped learning task, starter or plenary activity. using the BBC link below:
Search - BBC Teach - Class Clips -History KS3: What was life like for the poor in the towns of Elizabethan England?
On his travels Ian Mortimer explores various aspects of town and city life in the sixteenth century, including the markets, which drew so many people in from the surrounding countryside. He also looks at how the Elizabethans tackled the problems of crime and disease, which were such a prominent feature of life for the urban poor. Although life could be tough, he discovers that the introduction of the Elizabethan poor laws did go some way to alleviating the worst times.
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9-1 Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39 'TOPICS ON A PAGE’ consolidation, revision, resource
These resources provide students with a 'TOPIC ON A PAGE’ summary for each of the component units for Paper 3 of the Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39. They fully cover the syllabus content for each topic and can be used by students and teachers to:
a) consolidate knowledge and understanding to encourage student mastery (embedding academic language and concepts)after students have completed a topic in class or as a homework task, helping them identify areas of strengths and weaknesses
b) as a quick starter activity to review prior learning or weeks/months later as a spaced retrieval practice task. I regularly take sections from the placemats and use them to support spiralled learning.
c) to encourage relevant exam responses - specifically targeting the themes of explaining the cause of illness, methods of prevention, treatments, care of the sick, public health, important individuals and factors effecting change.
d) the question squares can be completed and then cut up into cards to form KAGAN Quiz/Quiz Trade Question and Answer Cards
e) as a useful revision aid before the final exam. (Many of my Year 11 students rely on these sheets in the final weeks and days of revision and have commented that they have helped make factual recall of the huge volume of the syllabus content more achievable.
The resource includes prompt pictures to appeal to visual learners and can be used as a standalone resource or in conjunction with the Edexcel Pearson Revision Guide, where all of the answers can be found. This resource can also be used in conjunction with the topic placemats that I have produced to support students in lessons. The first box contains the same summary picture for the whole topic. In particular, I have successfully used the TOPIC ON A PAGE summaries with the ‘EXAM TECHNIQUE’ side of the placemats so when students are given exam questions, they can quickly find relevant supporting knowledge to use in a response. I have used this resource successfully with students targeted Levels 4 - 9. It could be easily adapted for students working on or below L3. The ‘fill in the gaps’ prompts can be removed for higher ability students.
BBC Teach – Planning D-Day
BBC Teach Class Clips – Planning D-Day - Worksheet to support the BBC excerpt
Historian Dan Snow and numerous British and American survivors tell the story of how the D-Day landings were planned.
BBC Teach > Secondary resources > GCSE History > D-Day: The Last Heroes
Following the disastrous attempt to attack Dieppe in 1942, the Allies realised only meticulous planning would allow them to get through the Nazi Atlantic Wall defences of mainland Europe.
Aerial photos taken from Spitfires of the entire coast of France allowed analysts at RAF Medmenham to find a weak point in the defences on the beaches of Normandy.
British Commandos and US Rangers took part in stringent training in stealth raids and amphibious attacks, so that they could lead the invasion of 156,000 men.
Former Commandos recall their emotions the night before the attack on 6th June 1944, knowing it would would mean death and injury to thousands.
This short film is from the BBC series, D-Day: The Last Heroes.
The resource is written in Publisher and formatted to A3 but can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
This is a two page resource
Battlefield Britain: Battle of Hastings 1066 - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
Battlefield Britain: Battle of Hastings 1066 - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary.
Presented by father and son team, Dan and Peter Snow, this BBC series looks at the world of British Military history uncovering weapons tactics and personalities behind the battles. This volume examines the invasion of England by William The Conquerer, and the defeat of King Harold at Hastings in 1066.
BBC - Being Sikh - Worksheet to support the Documentary
British Sikhs celebrate some of life’s biggest moments, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.
Harsimrat and Jagjit are celebrating the birth of their first-born baby at home. They turn to the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh book of prayer, to determine the first letter of their baby’s name.
15-year-old Ansh has been wearing his turban for two years. He is continuing to learn and embrace its sacred meaning and looks ahead to how much of a part it will play in his life as he grows up.
Hari and Kiran are young newlyweds and are continuing their devotion to their guru through their marriage and in their daily lives. They visit their gurdwara and carry out worship and prayer with one another.
Hardeep’s father recently passed away, and after the funeral and cremation, he scatters his father’s ashes over flowing water to reunite him with God.
The worksheet contains various date gathering activities and a concluding comparisons activity
3 Page Document
Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
9-1 Medieval Apocalypse - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
9-1 Medieval Apocalypse - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary for GCSE History on the Black Death and its impact on Europe.
The documentary case studies its impact on Italy, France and England The worksheet contains a variety of data collection activities and higher order question tasks .
The worksheet is formatted for A3 printing in Publisher but can be edited and saved as a PDF for printing in A4
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EDEXCEL 9-1 GCSE HISTORY. Topics on a Page - The American West
These resources provide students with a 'TOPIC ON A PAGE’ summary for the component units of the EDEXCEL GCSE HISTORY. AMERICAN WEST
Topic 1 - The early settlement of the West, C1835 - 1862
Topic 2 - Development of the Plains, c1862 - 1876
Topic 3 - Conflicts & Conquest, c1876 - 1895
They fully cover the syllabus content for each topic and can be used by students and teachers to:
a) consolidate knowledge and understanding to encourage student mastery (embedding academic language and concepts) after students have completed a topic in class or as a homework task, helping them identify areas of strengths and weaknesses
b) as a quick starter activity to review prior learning or weeks/months later as a spaced retrieval practice task. I regularly take sections from the placemats and use them to support spiralled learning.
c) to encourage relevant exam responses - specifically targeting the themes of explaining the cause of illness, methods of prevention, treatments, care of the sick, public health, important individuals and factors effecting change.
d) the question squares can be completed and then cut up into cards to form KAGAN Quiz/Quiz Trade Question and Answer Cards
e) as a useful revision aid before the final exam. (Many of my Year 11 students rely on these sheets in the final weeks and days of revision and have commented that they have helped make factual recall of the huge volume of the syllabus content more achievable.
The resource includes prompt pictures to appeal to visual learners and can be used as a standalone resource or in conjunction with the Edexcel Pearson Revision Guide, where all of the answers can be found. This resource can also be used in conjunction with the topic placemats that I have produced to support students in lessons. The first box contains the same summary picture for the whole topic. In particular, I have successfully used the TOPIC ON A PAGE summaries with the ‘EXAM TECHNIQUE’ side of the placemats so when students are given exam questions, they can quickly find relevant supporting knowledge to use in a response. I have used this resource successfully with students targeted Levels 4 - 9. It could be easily adapted for students working on or below L3. The ‘fill in the gaps’ prompts can be removed for higher ability students.
EDEXCEL 9-1 GCSE HISTORY. Topic on a Page - EARLY ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND: Topic 3
This resources provide students with a 'TOPIC ON A PAGE’ summary for the component unit 3 of EDEXCEL GCSE HISTORY. EARLY ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND - Elizabethan Society in the Age of Exploration 1558-88. They fully cover the syllabus content for each topic and can be used by students and teachers to:
a) consolidate knowledge and understanding to encourage student mastery (embedding academic language and concepts) after students have completed a topic in class or as a homework task, helping them identify areas of strengths and weaknesses
b) as a quick starter activity to review prior learning or weeks/months later as a spaced retrieval practice task. I regularly take sections from the placemats and use them to support spiralled learning.
c) to encourage relevant exam responses - specifically targeting the themes of explaining the cause of illness, methods of prevention, treatments, care of the sick, public health, important individuals and factors effecting change.
d) the question squares can be completed and then cut up into cards to form KAGAN Quiz/Quiz Trade Question and Answer Cards
e) as a useful revision aid before the final exam. (Many of my Year 11 students rely on these sheets in the final weeks and days of revision and have commented that they have helped make factual recall of the huge volume of the syllabus content more achievable.
The resource includes prompt pictures to appeal to visual learners and can be used as a standalone resource or in conjunction with the Edexcel Pearson Revision Guide, where all of the answers can be found. This resource can also be used in conjunction with the topic placemats that I have produced to support students in lessons. The first box contains the same summary picture for the whole topic. In particular, I have successfully used the TOPIC ON A PAGE summaries with the ‘EXAM TECHNIQUE’ side of the placemats so when students are given exam questions, they can quickly find relevant supporting knowledge to use in a response. I have used this resource successfully with students targeted Levels 4 - 9. It could be easily adapted for students working on or below L3. The ‘fill in the gaps’ prompts can be removed for higher ability students.
Battlefield Britain: The Armada 1588 - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
Battlefield Britain: The Armada - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary.
Presented by father and son team, Dan and Peter Snow, this BBC series looks at the world of British Military history uncovering weapons tactics and personalities behind the battles. This episode examines the attempted Spanish invasion of England in 1588
BBC The Life of Muhammad - Ep1 The Seeker - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
In a ground-breaking first for British television, this three-part series presented by Rageh Omaar charts the life of Muhammad, a man who - for the billion and half Muslims across the globe - is the messenger and final prophet of God.
In a journey that is both literal and historical, and beginning in Muhammad’s birthplace of Mecca, Omaar investigates the Arabia Muhammad was born into - a world of tribal loyalties and polytheistic religion.
Drawing on the expertise and comment of some of the world’s leading academics and commentators on Islam, the programme examines Muhammad’s first marriage to Khadijah and how he received the first of the revelations that had such a profound effect both on his life, and on the lives of those closest to him.
Written in Publisher and formatted for A3 printing, the worksheet can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
Andrew Marr - Mega Cities - Ep3 -Sustaining the City - Worksheet to support the BBC documentary
Andrew Marr - Mega Cities - Ep3 -Sustaining the City - Worksheet to support the BBC documentary
‘In this film, I’m going to be asking how our megacities can survive without having a colossal heart attack. Motorways, the freeways, the railways below us are the veins and the arteries. But all round the world, these arteries are getting clogged up and congested.’
Hong Kong World's Busiest Cities - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
More than half of us now live in cities. Crowded, chaotic and bursting with life - these are places under pressure. In this series, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Ade Adepitan go behind the scenes to reveal the hidden systems and armies of people running some of the greatest cities on earth.
This time, they are in Hong Kong, where space is at a premium and real estate is the most expensive in the world, so Ade heads into the high rises to find people living in tiny spaces no larger than a cupboard. This former British colony, handed back to the Chinese in 1997, is a city driven by trade and commerce and Dan discovers how it is adapting to life in China’s embrace, while Anita learns about the city’s many traditions - from bamboo scaffolding to banishing bad spirits on the daily commute. Ade heads to the races at Happy Valley, and Dan discovers the history of the origins of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation - HSBC. Hong Kong is crowded, chaotic and facing an uncertain future. How does this city of contrasts manage the delicate daily balancing act that keeps it on track?
This worksheet is written in Publisher and formatted to A3. It can be edited and saved as a PDF for A4 printing
BBC - Extinction - David Attenborough - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
BBC - Extinction - David Attenborough - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.
Extinction is now happening up to 100 times faster than the natural evolutionary rate, but the issue is about more than the loss of individual species. Everything in the natural world is connected in networks that support the whole of life on earth, including us, and we are losing many of the benefits that nature provides to us. The loss of insects is threatening the pollination of crops, while the loss of biodiversity in the soil also threatens plants growth. Plants underpin many of the things that we need, and yet one in four is now threatened with extinction.
Last year, a UN report identified the key drivers of biodiversity loss, including overfishing, climate change and pollution. But the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss is the destruction of natural habitats. Seventy-five per cent of Earth’s land surface (where not covered by ice) has been changed by humans, much of it for agriculture, and as consumers we may unwittingly be contributing towards the loss of species through what we buy in the supermarket.
Our destructive relationship with the natural world isn’t just putting the ecosystems that we rely on at risk. Human activities like the trade in animals and the destruction of habitats drive the emergence of diseases. Disease ecologists believe that if we continue on this pathway, this year’s pandemic will not be a one-off event.
Written in Publisher and formatted for A3 printing, the resource can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
The worksheet is a 3 page resource
Battlefield Britain :The Battle of Britain - Supporting Worksheet for the BBC Documentary
Battlefield Britain - The Battle of Britain - Supporting Worksheet for the BBC Documentary.
Written in Publisher for A3 printing, this worksheet can be amended and saved as a PDF for A4 printing
'Dan Snow experiences how the Battle of Britain was fought at the limits of human endurance when he takes flight in a high performance stunt plane. Recreating the spiraling turns of a dogfight, he feels the extraordinary side-effects of the high G forces felt by pilots in this critical battle of WWII.
Using revolutionary graphics, Peter Snow gives a blow-by-blow account of the pivotal moments of the battle and how the RAF held off the might of the German Luftwaffe during the summer of 1940. The future of the entire country was at stake in this, the first great air battle in history.'
Historyonics - Gunpowder Plot - Worksheet to support the BBC TV programme
Worksheet to support the BBC TV programme hosted by Nick Knowles. Students will follow the story and evidence to determine whether or not Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators were victims of a conspiracy or failed terrorists.
Written in publisher and formatted to A3 it can be edited and saved as a PDF for A4 printing
Tony Robinson - Private Life of The Industrial Revolution: Ep2 Steam Engine
Tony Robinson continues his journey into the private life of the industrial revolution. In this episode he explores how the owners of the Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, United Kingdom were forced to introduce a new type of machine into their factory, the steam engine.
Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 printing a PDF version is included for A4 printing
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Andrew Marr - Mega Cities - Worksheets to support the BBC TV Documentary
Andrew Marr - Mega Cities - Worksheets to support the BBC TV Documentary
Ep1 -Living the in the Cities
Ep2 -Cities on the Edge
Ep3 -Sustaining the Cities
The worksheets are written to provide independent learning and enrichment opportunities through a variety data collection and analytical tasks. They can be fully edited and amended for age and ability
The worksheets are written in Publisher to an A3 format but can be amended and printed as a PDF to accommodate A4 printing. I have included an A4 Word document version to allow for use in Google Classroom
Richard Hammond's Journey To the centre of the Planet - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
How does the Earth work? Richard Hammond goes to go to the centre of the planet to find out. Using a giant 3D virtual Earth, Richard peels back the layers and shows where volcanoes come from, why earthquakes happen and even where to find diamonds.
Using stunning CGI, the latest satellite imagery and beautiful locations around the world, the story of how the Earth works has never been seen like this before. And in Richard Hammond’s hands it is a story that has never told like this either!
Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can be saved as a PDF and printed in A4