This is the first lesson in a scheme of work I’m planning around the start of the Silk Roads. Based on Peter Frankopans book of the same name. I have used elements of the teachers notes that go alongside the illustrated version of the text to inform the lesson. As I create more of the lessons, I will upload them together as a full scheme. Feel free to adapt to suit.

This is the second lesson in a scheme of work I am creating on the early period of the Silk Roads. This lesson includes a focus on the Ionian revolts and the first invasion of Greece by Persia and the Battle of Marathon. This lesson was designed and used with Year 6, but feel free to adapt as you require. The video I created to go alongside this is attached and a link is also included in the Powerpoint.

This is a lesson based on Non-Violent protest during the Civil Rights movement in the U.S.A. This lesson was designed with Year 8 in mind. Feel free to adapt to suit your needs.

This is the fourth lesson in my SoW on the early part of the Silk Roads. It can also act as a stand alone lesson on Alexander the Great’s influence on the development of the Silk Roads. It includes a Powerpoint and a worksheet based on extracts from Peter Frankopan’s Silk Roads. I have also included a WAGOLL for the worksheet. This has been designed with Y5/6 in mind, but feel free to adapt as you see fit.

This is the fourth lesson in my SoW on the early part of the Silk Roads. It can also act as a stand alone lesson on Alexander the Great’s influence on the development of the Silk Roads. It includes a Powerpoint and a worksheet based on extracts from Peter Frankopan’s Silk Roads. I have also included a WAGOLL for the worksheet. This has been designed with Y5/6 in mind, but feel free to adapt as you see fit.

Please find attached the Year 5 version of the Historians we will be studying display. Feel free to adapt to your own courses.

This is a progress chart which I will be using with Year 5 from September. It includes 3 sections: The first section is based on factual knowledge tests, both pre and post. The second section is on applied knowledge, these are historical skills which will be assessed on extended pieces of writing throughout the year. The bottom section is an area for pupils to include strengths and focus areas for each term based on their assessment outcomes. Feel free to adapt to suit.

Includes key knowledge and key words for learning about 1066 and the Norman conquest. This download includes a knowledge organiser document featuring maps, diagrams and a timeline. Usable as either a display or individual copies for pupils. It also includes a key word display for the topic. Feel free to adapt to suit your needs.

This is a lesson designed to discuss how William won the battle of Hastings and as an introduction to the use of P.E.E. I have used this lesson with both Y6 and Y7. Feel free to download and edit to suit your needs. Update- I have now included a D.I.R.T sheet which can either be used as a second lesson to improve upon the paragraphs created in the first lesson, or it can be used straight away in the lesson to guide the writing of paragraphs.

This is a single lesson enquiry that looks at some of the causes of the American Revolution, part of an overall enquiry on the British Empire. I start the lesson using a song from Hamilton- ‘You’ll be back’ as a hook and discussion piece before moving on to looking at some of the key events which led to the war. Would love to spend more than one lesson on this enquiry, but this is what I came up with as a short, sharp general overview.

This is a fully resourced scheme of work that explores the enquiry ‘What can we learn from the Cheddar Man?’. This is a 4 lesson SoW designed as an introductory unit to using sources for KS2. It includes the following lessons: 1- What is History? 2- How do we find out about the past? 3- Who was the first Brit? (Video linked in the notes on PP) 4- What can we learn from the Cheddar man? Each lesson is fully resourced with Powerpoints and materials needed for the lesson. The unit also includes a pre-test to be carried out before the unit and the same test as a post-test for after completion. Feel free to adapt to suit your needs and if you can spare the time, please drop me a review.

Fully resourced scheme of work on the enquiry 'How did Britain build the largest empire ever? This unit has been influenced and uses sources from a range of scholarship including (amongst others): The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan, The English and their History by Robert Toombs and The Writing Revolution by Judith Hochman and Natalie Wexler. This comes with pre/post assessment and the following 9 lessons, the resources that go with the lesson are in brackets: Pre-test 1- What is Empire? (British Empire map + what is empire) 2- Why did Britain want an Empire? (With reasons for empire diamond 9 + why did britain want an empire) 3- How successful was British Colonisation of Jamestown? (Jamestown + How successful was british colonisation?) 4- How were Africans treated on Slave Ships? (Slave trade + Slavery sheet) 5- How did the East India Company impact the British Empire and India? (EIC Impact) 6- What led to the American War of Independence in 1775? (American Revolution) 7- Why was Slavery abolished in the British Empire? (Abolition of Slavery) 8- What caused the Sepoy rebellion in 1857? (Sepoy Rebellion) 9- How did Britain build the largest Empire in history? (Empire Build + Empire build sources) This can be made into a double lesson which incorporates techniques from the writing revolution by also using (Appositive plan) Post Assessment

This is a full lesson on the enquiry How did Religion impact the Silk Roads? which is based on scholarship from the Illustrated Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan. It uses extracts from the book in combination with techniques from The Writing Revolution to support writing in history. This was used with Y5 but could easily be used for Y6-7.

This is a full lesson on the enquiry How did trade impact the Silk Roads? It uses extracts from the illustrated Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan as a source analysis and summary task. It was used with Y5 but could easily be used with Y6 or 7 with minor tweaking.

A display with some of the most influential women in History. There are obviously far more women than this deserving of recognition and over time I will add to this. For now I have selected 10 of the most recognisable names, trying to cover a variety of disciplines, nationalities and time periods. Much of the text has been taken from websites such as HistoryExtra, BBC Bitesize and Biography.com I have included my original powerpoint which is editable and also individual JPEG’s for each Slide for individual downloads.

This is a remote learning lesson which challenges pupils to find items from around their house that match different hunt topics. It is designed to challenge their ability to make and explain links that are more abstract that normal. This particular lesson was aimed at Y5 but can easily be changed to match the topics you are currently teaching. I have included both the worksheet that some pupils may use and the accompanying Powerpoint.

This is a lesson used with Y5 looking at why the decision was taken to split the Roman Empire. It involves mapping the divide between Eastern and Western Roman empires, why the Empire was split and a brief summary of what the Eastern Empire became.

This is a lesson used with Y5 on the enquiry ‘Who was part of the Roman Empire?’. It uses extracts from SPQR by Mary Beard to look at various aspects of the wider Roman Empire and the Romans interactions with the Empire.

This lesson looks at the enquiry ‘How were black soldiers treated during WW1?’. Originally used with Y8, the lesson explores the experiences of the British West Indies Regiment as well as the African Carrier Corps. This lesson is based around extracts from David Olusoga’s work including Black and British and The World’s War.

This is a 2/3 lesson looking at the origins of the Black Lives matter movement. The first lesson is very much discussion based around the end of slavery and through the civil rights movement. Looking particularly at the death of Emmett Till. The second lesson then looks at after the Civil Rights Act, briefly touching on the L.A Race Riots and then more recently with the death of George Floyd. I have included historical detail in the notes as well as videos throughout. This was used with Y8 as part of PSHCE lessons. It could equally be used as part of History lessons.