This unit is a complete unit of study on the topic of castles. It contains some pre-teaching materials as well as a number of fully resourced lessons on castles. Lessons include: Where is the best place to build a castle The Motte and Bailey Castle How castles developed over time How to attack a castle How to defend a castle Resources include all lesson handouts, key words and a knowledge organiser. Assessment is included. Happy to share an electronic copy of the assessment. Email me at mr.roberts.history@gmail.com

A poster to showcase elements of excellent teaching. It contains links to articles and other resources to help teachers understand how to implement those elements into their practice.

A fully resourced set of lessons taking students through the story of the Titanic and who was responsible for the scale of the disaster.

A guide to help teachers with common problems they face in the classroom. How to improve behaviour, make feedback meaningful, deliver effective plenaries and much more. Useful for classroom teachers and middle managers looking to drive improvement in their departments.

This is a collection of templates for various tasks which can be completed at the start of a lesson as a “Do Now” task. They work well as retrieval practice tasks as well.

A booklet taking students through the story of the First Crusade

A booklet taking students through the history of Europe in the period 1933 to 1939 outlining how the continent ended up at war. Contains activities and notes for a complete course. There is also a PowerPoint with all lesson on it and a revision booklet.

This is a revision booklet covering the National 5 Weimar and Nazi Germany unit. It can be adapted to fit GCSE syllabi however. It contains lesson knowledge organisers, tips on how to revise, tips on how to answer examination style questions and lots of different retrieval practice tasks. The retrieval practice tasks can be adapted to fit other units and topics.

A guide to help teachers with tactics for behaviour, questioning, retrieval, evaluations and feedback. A collection of simple Grab and Go sheets to give top tips on how to tackle common issues. Each one is accompanied by a guide to the pedagogical thinking behind it.

Two displays or exercise book inserts giving students a guide on how to write effectively in history lessons.

Poster explaining the terms of the Treaty of Versailles with a handy mnemonic

A revision booklet for National 5 History Weimar and Nazi Germany unit. Contains revision pages as well as retrieval practice tasks.

Different templates that can be adapted to suit different pupils and classes to aid in retrieval practice. They can be used as starters, as standalone tasks or as part of revision booklets.

A knowledge organiser taking students through a course on Jack the Ripper

A knowledge organiser taking students through a course on witch trials and witchcraft including Matthew Hopkins, Pendle and Salem

A knowledge Organiser for the Black Death.

This unit of work is to help students develop core skills such as evidence handling, detecting bias, corroboration and chronology. There is a Knowledge Organiser, a booklet for students to work in and a PowerPoint presentation for all the lessons

A number of different templates to help with Retrieval Practice in the classroom

A series of different resources aimed at retrieval practice in Secondary Schools.