Worksheets to support Niall Ferguson’s Channel Four Documentary: Empire Episodes resourced: Ep1 - Why Britain - already free to download from my shop Ep2 - White Plague Ep3 - The Mission Ep4 - Heavens Breed Written to support the the teaching of the A level: Britain: Losing and Gaining and Empire - 1763-1914. Suitable as an enrichment task for able KS3 or 4

Gaining and Losing an Empire: 1763-1914 Changing nature Changing nature of The Royal Navy 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

Gaining and Losing an Empire: 1763-1914 The Loss of the American Colonies 1770 - 1783 Overview/Revision Booklet. Introductory/Revision Booklet based around the Pearson Christie & Christie textbook. This resource deals with content and knowledge and does not contain any assessment. A video narrated version of the answer booklet is included

‘The Line’ Seven Wonders of the Industrial World Written as an enrichment/flipped/independent learning activity the worksheet contains a variety of data collection activities for the video. The episode follows the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad, the first transcontinental rail system, which would unite the eastern and western seaboards of the United States. Started in Sacramento by a consortium of local shopkeepers with no experience in building a railroad, the episode follows their efforts to build from west to east through the forbidding Sierra Nevada mountains with the help of Chinese labourers whilst simultaneously following the efforts of the workers of the Union Pacific to build from east to west, and their problems in dealing with the lawless nature of the Wild West, attacks by hostile Indians, and financial corruption and scandal. This is a two page document Included is a 30 Multiple Choice Question Sheet Written in Publisher and formatted to A3 the worksheet can be saved as a PDF for A4 printing