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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
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The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth - Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
The voyage of the Mayflower in 1620 has come to define the founding moment of America, celebrated each year at Thanksgiving. A lavish new drama documentary by Ric Burns, based on governor William Bradford’s extraordinary eye-witness account, the Mayflower Pilgrims reveals the grim truth behind their voyage across the Atlantic.
The Pilgrims story has come to define the founding moment of America and all it stands for. Celebrated each year at Thanksgiving, it is remembered as a pious crusade aimed at founding a Puritan paradise. However their journey from a harsh, often violent part of England to a colony assured of survival less than ten years later is also one of wealth, cruelty and entrepreneurial genius.
Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the document can edited and saved as a PDF for A4 printing
Gaining and Losing an Empire: 1763-1914 : Australia Overview/Revision Booklet
Introductory/Revision Booklet based around the Pearson Christie & Christie textbook.
The PDF version includes scans of existing free resources available from my shop. Planned to be used as the core course notes for next years teaching and a class based or independent learning resource.
This resource deals with content and knowledge and does not contain any assessment.
Battlefield Britain :The Battle of Naseby - Supporting Worksheet for the BBC Documentary
Battlefield Britain :The Battle of Naseby - Supporting Worksheet for the BBC Documentary
Worksheet to support the BBC Jon and Dan Snow documentary. The sheet can be used for extension/ independent/ enrichment work using a variety of data collection and higher order thinking tasks
Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 it can be edited and amended and saved as PDF for A4 printing. I additionally include a Word version for ease of export to Google Classroom
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Weimar and Nazi Germany - Topic 3
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Weimar and Nazi Germany - Topic 3 - Co-ordination and Control
These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I previously designed (and which received 5* reviews by all who have purchased them up to the time of launching these new materials – see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1-edexcel-gcse-history-of-medicine-place-mat-question-structure-11627611 ). The new placemats have been identified as best practice during a ‘Challenge Partners’ review as well as being identified as best practice by other History teachers on the Olevi ‘Outstanding Teacher Programme’.
The new design learning placemats support both teachers and students in addressing the:
a) dramatic increase in the curriculum content needed for the different units
b) support the need for increased literacy demands
c) help students become familiar and more confident in recognising the correct response needed for the unprecedented number of different question styles
The placemats are designed to be double sided. One side focuses on the CONTENT: providing an overview of key knowledge and understanding needed (this will change for each topic area within this GCSE unit).
Every placemat across the GCSE range is designed to encourage greater understanding of:
1. Historical Context - through timelines, picture prompts and key words
2. Awareness of the ‘big picture’ so students can see how individual lessons fit into the unit and make clearer links between prior and future learning – through ‘Big Picture’ questions.
3. Better Literacy – through selected ‘language for learning’ vocab box.
4. Memory prompts to support revision – through the use of carefully selected images.
5. Increased awareness of metacognition – through PME (Progress, Monitor and Evaluation Time) questions to encourage students to deconstruct their learning and identify key factors (eg. Social, economic, political) or key individuals and make links between features. A pictorial metacognition man with 5 question prompts will support student reflection.
6. A confidence thermometer is also included as a prompt to identify student confidence in the topic.
The reverse side contains guidance on EXAM TECHNIQUE through:
1. Identifying the nature of the question styles for each GCSE Unit and the allocated marks available
2. Examiners levelled mark schemes
3. Support writing frames with generic sentence starters
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemat for Early Elizabethan England: 1558 - 88 - Topic 2
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemat for Early Elizabethan England: 1558 - 88
Topic 2 - Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad 1569 - 88
Written in PowerPoint
(The reverse side of the placemat remains the same throughout this study unit).
These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I previously designed (and which received 5* reviews by all who have purchased them up to the time of launching these new materials – see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1-edexcel-gcse-history-of-medicine-place-mat-question-structure-11627611 ). The new placemats have been identified as best practice during a ‘Challenge Partners’ review as well as being identified as best practice by other History teachers on the Olevi ‘Outstanding Teacher Programme’.
The new design learning placemats support both teachers and students in addressing the:
a) dramatic increase in the curriculum content needed for the different units
b) support the need for increased literacy demands
c) help students become familiar and more confident in recognising the correct response needed for the unprecedented number of different question styles
The placemats are designed to be double sided. One side focuses on the CONTENT: providing an overview of key knowledge and understanding needed (this will change for each topic area within this GCSE unit).
Every placemat across the GCSE range is designed to encourage greater understanding of:
Historical Context - through timelines, picture prompts and key words
Awareness of the ‘big picture’ so students can see how individual lessons fit into the unit and make clearer links between prior and future learning – through ‘Big Picture’ questions.
Better Literacy – through selected ‘language for learning’ vocab box.
Memory prompts to support revision – through the use of carefully selected images.
Increased awareness of metacognition – through PME (Progress, Monitor and Evaluation Time) questions to encourage students to deconstruct their learning and identify key factors (e.g. Social, economic, political) or key individuals and make links between features. A pictorial metacognition man with 5 question prompts will support student reflection.
The reverse side contains guidance on EXAM TECHNIQUE through:
Identifying the nature of the question styles for each GCSE Unit and the allocated marks available
Examiners levelled mark schemes
Support writing frames with generic sentence starters
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Early Elizabethan England: 1558 - 88 - Topic 3
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Early Elizabethan England: 1558 - 88
Topic 3 – Elizabethan Society in the age of exploration, 1558 - 88
Written in PowerPoint
(The reverse side of the placemat remains the same throughout this study unit).
These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I previously designed (and which received 5* reviews by all who have purchased them up to the time of launching these new materials – see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1-edexcel-gcse-history-of-medicine-place-mat-question-structure-11627611 ). The new placemats have been identified as best practice during a ‘Challenge Partners’ review as well as being identified as best practice by other History teachers on the Olevi ‘Outstanding Teacher Programme’.
The new design learning placemats support both teachers and students in addressing the:
a) dramatic increase in the curriculum content needed for the different units
b) support the need for increased literacy demands
c) help students become familiar and more confident in recognising the correct response needed for the unprecedented number of different question styles
The placemats are designed to be double sided. One side focuses on the CONTENT: providing an overview of key knowledge and understanding needed (this will change for each topic area within this GCSE unit).
Every placemat across the GCSE range is designed to encourage greater understanding of:
Historical Context - through timelines, picture prompts and key words
Awareness of the ‘big picture’ so students can see how individual lessons fit into the unit and make clearer links between prior and future learning – through ‘Big Picture’ questions.
Better Literacy – through selected ‘language for learning’ vocab box.
Memory prompts to support revision – through the use of carefully selected images.
Increased awareness of metacognition – through PME (Progress, Monitor and Evaluation Time) questions to encourage students to deconstruct their learning and identify key factors (e.g. Social, economic, political) or key individuals and make links between features. A pictorial metacognition man with 5 question prompts will support student reflection.
The reverse side contains guidance on EXAM TECHNIQUE through:
Identifying the nature of the question styles for each GCSE Unit and the allocated marks available
Examiners levelled mark schemes
Support writing frames with generic sentence starters
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemat for Early Elizabethan England: 1558 - 88 - Topic 1
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemat for Early Elizabethan England: 1558 - 88 Topic 1 - Queen, Government and Religion 1558 - 69
Written in PowerPoint
(The reverse side of the placemat remains the same throughout this study unit).
These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I previously designed (and which received 5* reviews by all who have purchased them up to the time of launching these new materials – see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1-edexcel-gcse-history-of-medicine-place-mat-question-structure-11627611 ). The new placemats have been identified as best practice during a ‘Challenge Partners’ review as well as being identified as best practice by other History teachers on the Olevi ‘Outstanding Teacher Programme’.
The new design learning placemats support both teachers and students in addressing the:
a) dramatic increase in the curriculum content needed for the different units
b) support the need for increased literacy demands
c) help students become familiar and more confident in recognising the correct response needed for the unprecedented number of different question styles
The placemats are designed to be double sided. One side focuses on the CONTENT: providing an overview of key knowledge and understanding needed (this will change for each topic area within this GCSE unit).
Every placemat across the GCSE range is designed to encourage greater understanding of:
Historical Context - through timelines, picture prompts and key words
Awareness of the ‘big picture’ so students can see how individual lessons fit into the unit and make clearer links between prior and future learning – through ‘Big Picture’ questions.
Better Literacy – through selected ‘language for learning’ vocab box.
Memory prompts to support revision – through the use of carefully selected images.
Increased awareness of metacognition – through PME (Progress, Monitor and Evaluation Time) questions to encourage students to deconstruct their learning and identify key factors (e.g. Social, economic, political) or key individuals and make links between features. A pictorial metacognition man with 5 question prompts will support student reflection.
The reverse side contains guidance on EXAM TECHNIQUE through:
Identifying the nature of the question styles for each GCSE Unit and the allocated marks available
Examiners levelled mark schemes
Support writing frames with generic sentence starters
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Crime & Punishment GCSE Learning Placemat – Topic 2: c1550—1700 Early Modern England
Crime & Punishment GCSE Learning Placemat ��� Topic 2: c1550—1700 Early Modern England
Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley - Ep1 - Reinventing Russia - Empire of the Tsars
Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley - Ep1 - Reinventing Russia - Empire of the Tsars -Worksheet to support the BBC Documentary
Written to provided extension/ enrichment / independent learning options at KS5 & 4
Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can be fully edited and saved as a PDF for A4 printing
Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to tell the extraordinary story of the dynasty that ruled the country for more than three centuries. It’s an epic tale that includes giant figures such as Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, the devastating struggle against Napoleon in 1812, and the political murders of Nicholas II and his family in 1918 which brought the dynasty to a brutal end.
In this first episode, Lucy investigates the beginning of the Romanovs’ 300-year reign in Russia. In 1613, when Russia was leaderless, 16-year-old Mikhail Romanov was plucked from obscurity and offered the crown of Russia. Mikhail was granted absolute power and began the reign of the Romanovs as the most influential dynasty in modern European history.
Lucy also charts the story of Peter the Great, the ruthless and ambitious tsar who was determined to modernise Russia at the end of the 17th century. Lucy traces Peter’s accession to the throne as a nine-year-old, when he witnessed a revolt led by royal guards and the slaughter of his uncles and close advisors. Sixteen years later, Peter would vengefully execute a thousand rebellious guards. Throughout his reign, Peter would demonstrate an unwavering commitment to establishing Russia as a naval power - Lucy explores the lengths to which Peter would go to ensure this became a reality, including the creation of a new maritime capital, St Petersburg.
Lucy shows how the Romanovs embraced and sponsored the arts on an astonishing scale - from building spectacular palaces to commissioning grand artworks - that all still dazzle today.
As well as studying this unique royal family, Lucy also considers the impact the Romanovs had on the lives of ordinary Russians, who were often little better than slaves to the elite.
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9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Weimar and Nazi Germany
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Weimar and Nazi Germany
The full range of placemats for the Germany course include:
Topic 1: Weimar Germany 1918-29
Topic 2: The Rise of Hitler and the Nazis
Topic 3 Co-ordination and Control
Topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany
(The reverse side of the placemat remains the same throughout this study unit).
These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I previously designed (and which received 5* reviews by all who have purchased them up to the time of launching these new materials – see: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1-edexcel-gcse-history-of-medicine-place-mat-question-structure-11627611 ). The new placemats have been identified as best practice during a ‘Challenge Partners’ review as well as being identified as best practice by other History teachers on the Olevi ‘Outstanding Teacher Programme’.
The new design learning placemats support both teachers and students in addressing the:
a) dramatic increase in the curriculum content needed for the different units
b) support the need for increased literacy demands
c) help students become familiar and more confident in recognising the correct response needed for the unprecedented number of different question styles
The placemats are designed to be double sided. One side focuses on the CONTENT: providing an overview of key knowledge and understanding needed (this will change for each topic area within this GCSE unit).
Every placemat across the GCSE range is designed to encourage greater understanding of:
1. Historical Context - through timelines, picture prompts and key words
2. Awareness of the ‘big picture’ so students can see how individual lessons fit into the unit and make clearer links between prior and future learning – through ‘Big Picture’ questions.
3. Better Literacy – through selected ‘language for learning’ vocab box.
4. Memory prompts to support revision – through the use of carefully selected images.
5. Increased awareness of metacognition – through PME (Progress, Monitor and Evaluation Time) questions to encourage students to deconstruct their learning and identify key factors (eg. Social, economic, political) or key individuals and make links between features. A pictorial metacognition man with 5 question prompts will support student reflection.
6. A confidence thermometer is also included as a prompt to identify student confidence in the topic.
The reverse side contains guidance on EXAM TECHNIQUE through:
1. Identifying the nature of the question styles for each GCSE Unit and the allocated marks available
2. Examiners levelled mark schemes
3. Support writing frames with generic sentence starters
Gaining and Losing an Empire: Empire of the Deep—Ben Wilson—Chapter 43 Supporting Worksheet
Resource written to support the Edexcel A Level: Britain: Losing and Gaining and Empire - 1763-1914
The worksheet is written to provide structured support for Chapter 43—Making the Weather in Ben Wilson's: Empire of the Deep for the teaching of
Theme 2: The changing nature of the Royal Navy
Designed to be printed on A3 it is written in Publisher but can be amended and printed as a PDF
9-1 Rebels and Redcoats - Ep2 - Worksheet to support the Richard Holmes BBC Documentary
Worksheet to support the Richard Holmes BBC Documentary Ep1. The American Crisis
This resource has been written to support both the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE British America Empire & revolution as well as independent learning for the gaining and Losing an Empire A Level course
Written in Publisher to an A3 template, the worksheet can be amended and edited to be saved as a PDF for A4 printing
Boom & Bust- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson's 'A Little History of the United States' Chp 37
Boom & Bust- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson’s ‘A Little History of the United States’ Chp 37 - Avalanche
Written to support the Boom and Bust A Level as enrichment, independent reading. Written in Publisher for A3 printing but can be amended and saved as a PDF for A4 printing.
Other chapters are available from my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/boom-bust-and-recovery-worksheets-to-support-j-w-davidson-s-a-little-history-of-the-united-states-11665923
9-1- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson's 'A Little History of the United States'Chapter 35
9-1- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson’s ‘A Little History of the United States’ Chapter 35 - The End of The World
Written as a reading/enrichment/flipped activity for GCSE, it, like earlier chapters available can be used for A level teaching and learning:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/boom-bust-and-recovery-worksheets-to-support-j-w-davidson-s-a-little-history-of-the-united-states-11665923
Written in Publisher formatted to A3 the document can be amended and saved as a PDF for A4 printing
Boom & Bust- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson's 'A Little History of the United States' Chp 36
Boom & Bust- Worksheet to support J.W. Davidson’s ‘A Little History of the United States’ Chp 36
Written to support the Boom and Bust A Level as enrichment, independent reading. Written in Publisher for A3 printing but can be amended and saved as a PDF for A4 printing.
Other chapters are available from my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/boom-bust-and-recovery-worksheets-to-support-j-w-davidson-s-a-little-history-of-the-united-states-11665923
Canada: A People's History - Episode 5- A Question of Loyalties - Supporting Worksheet
Canada: A People’s History - Episode 5- A Question of Loyalties - Supporting Worksheet
Worksheet written for enrichment and extension activities as well as flipped learning
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
BBC History File - Germany - Ep.3 The Master Race - Supporting Worksheet
Worksheet to support the BBC History File - Germany - Ep.3 The Master Race documentary. Comprehension and higher order questioning included. Designed to support both classroom and flipped learning opportunities as well as revision for the 9-1 GCSE
'TOPIC ON A PAGE’ OCR GCSE 9-1,SHP History B THE PEOPLE’s HEALTH Key Topic 1: MEDIEVAL 1250-1500
This resource provides students with a 'TOPIC ON A PAGE’ summary for the OCR GCSE 9-1, History B SHP ‘Thematic Study’ unit THE PEOPLE’s HEALTH Key Topic 1: MEDIEVAL 1250-1500
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 living conditions (with a focus on housing, food, water and waste management), people’s response to Epidemics, public health features/impact of local and national government on public health. Additionally, students are encouraged to reflect on the extent of continuity and change between periods which will help with planning for the extended essay Q.
d) the question squares can be completed and then colour coded to show the influence of the five factors and be 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 OCR Hodder 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. 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. I Recommend printing enlarged on A3 paper.
Tony Robinson - Crime and Punishment Ep2 - Guilty as Charred
The period up to and after the Norman invasion was perhaps the most turbulent in the history of law. But in the 150 years from 1066, the legal system was transformed. This period saw the signing of the Magna Carta and the establishment of the three major planks of a modern legal system: independent judges, trial by jury, and English common law.
Written to provided extension/ enrichment / independent learning options
Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing