Easy to use lesson and worksheet covering the six main rebellions against the Normans and the Harrying of the North. On the worksheet, students are asked to take AO1 knowledge and transform it into AO2 explanation and analysis. Challenge section to recognise themes throughout the rebellions. Great for revision or as a homework to recap learning. Easy to differentiate and accessible for LAP, MAP and HAP.
The starter is a knowledge recap activity on William’s control of land with a skills focus. Later in the lesson there is a catch phrase activity to engage pupils and get them to identify the rebellion of Ely applying their contextual knowledge to a source/interpretation with an AO4 focus.
Easy to differentiate and accessible to LAP, MAP and HAP. Focus on GCSE AO1, AO2 and AO4 skills throughout with the contextual knowledge about the events provided on the worksheet and the PowerPoint.
One page rebellions worksheet for the following events:
Welsh Border Rebellion, 1067
Revolt of Eustace, 1067
Exeter revolt, 1068
York Uprising, 1069
Hereward Ely rebellion, 1070
Revolt of the Norman earls, 1075
Industrial Revolution: This lesson includes a puzzle starter where students look at pictures to predict the topic of the lesson. It then introduces a quote from Walt Disney's Mary Poppins that suggests a chimney sweeps life is lucky. The slides of the PowerPoint containing information should be used alongside the historical sources worksheet to challenge this interpretation. The students attempt the interpretation question then use the guidance PowerPoint slide to peer assess each others responses. The plenary encourages a discussion between students about which exam skills they have developed during the lesson.
This lesson was used in a successful History department to encourage Year 8 students to develop their source analysis skills and interpretation skills. The link to Mary Poppins and Walt Disney was identified in Pupil Voice as a strength of the lesson as responses show this led to engagement and 'buy-in'.
These stickers were created for the 24 stickers per page template. They are useful for any teacher or school leader looking to improve written accuracy and presentation in their school or class. They can be used as teacher assessment to reduce workload and increase efficiency or used for peer and self assessment.
A3 info-mat introducing Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna and the Arabic contributions to European medicine. Includes strategies to master key terminology and historical context. Contains wider reading homework/extension task and content checklist for revision purposes. Can be used as a resource during lesson, a stand alone lesson or a revision/exam technique lesson. Contains AQA GCSE questions to improve exam technique (type 2,3 and 4, see below);
1. Has the role of the individual been the main factor in the development of medicine in Europe since medieval times?
2. Compare the bedside manner of Hippocrates in Ancient Greece with that of the NHS in the twenty-first century. In what ways are they similar?
Significance (Question Type 2: AO1 and AO2, 8 marks)
3. Explain the significance of Arabic doctors in the development of Western European medicine.
This word document contains 18 revision cards to encourage the use of precise detailed knowledge and assessment. It has been used in a successful department to build up mastery of key content over time. The 18 topics are;
• 1) The Big Three- who were they?
• 2) Were the satisfied?
• 3) The LoN in the 1920s
• 4) Manchuria 1931
• 5) Abyssinia 1935
• 6) Why did the League fail?
• 7) Disarmament Conference 1933
• 8) Dollfuss Affair 1934
• 9) Saarland Plebiscite 1935
• 10) Anschluss 1938
• 10) Rearmament 1935
• 11) Remilitarisation of the Rhineland 1936
• 12) Spanish Civil War 1936
• 13) Munich Conference and the Sudetenland 1938
• 14) Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939
• 15) Nazi-Soviet Pact and Poland 1939
• 16) Overview of WWII causes
• 17) Topic Checklist
• 18) Revision Tips
This generic book review worksheet was created to bring library lessons to History classes. It focusses on the key themes dealt with within historical writing. It has been used in a secondary school throughout KS3 and KS4. It has also been used by English teachers when reading up on contextual background knowledge before reading literature e.g. the Depression before reading Of Mice and Men.
This resource includes a whole lesson PowerPoint that takes the students through source analysis and exam technique with the Nazi-Soviet Pact as its focus. The PowerPoint can be used with the inference grid provided to developed students' exam skills. The exam technique deals with the AQA 4 mark source question for Paper 1 Section A. The PowerPoint could be used with the mark scheme provided to deepen students' understanding of the exam questions. This lesson comes with two homeworks intended to help the students master Hitler foreign policy from 1933-1939. Please see lesson plan for more detail.
This resource is for school leaders, departments or lead practitioners looking to improve whole school written accuracy. Created by the lead teacher of whole school written accuracy and presentation. This issue includes discussion points to reflect on and practical strategies to implement to improve whole school written accuracy.
This resource is for school leaders, departments or lead practitioners looking to improve whole school written accuracy. Created by the lead teacher of whole school written accuracy and presentation. This issue includes discussion points to reflect on and practical strategies to implement to improve whole school written accuracy.
This resource is for school leaders, departments or lead practitioners looking to improve whole school written accuracy. Created by the lead teacher of whole school written accuracy and presentation. This issue includes discussion points to reflect on and practical strategies to implement to improve whole school written accuracy.
This lesson includes a full PowerPoint that prepares students for a GCSE style question on Nazi policy and its impact on ordinary Germans. It starts with a register starter, then highlighting a model answer into a paired activity were the students construct their own answer to the question together. This works very well in preparation for mocks or assessments but also works well for just learning the content with a focus on exam content.
This lesson includes a starter that promotes discussion amongst students about the appearance of women and whether it should be controlled by men. This links well with thematic studies that looks at suffrage. It then moves into an information collecting activity supported by the differentiated worksheets. The main activity of the lesson asks the students to gauge their confidence with the content and choose questions accordingly. Each question includes a high challenge element.
This lesson was used in a successful department to teach about the history of women in Y8. It works well within a SOW that looks at the positive and negatives changes made by Cromwell. It also works well as a build up lesson for the interpretation question 'Cromwell was a British hero. How far do you agree?'.
Topics:
Public Health in industrial England
Hitler's steps to war
Hitler's rise to power
This resource is for History Teachers who want to provide a engaging homework that meets the needs of all learners and provides high challenge.
This bundle includes four teaching and learning newsletters that contain practical strategies and recent research to improve the standards of literacy and written accuracy.
This unit of work contains seven 20 minute activities develop pupils understanding of the etymological origins of words which has been shown to accelerate reading and spellings ages of pupils whilst building their confidence with more sophisticated vocabulary.
They are asked to deconstruct the words into their Greek roots enabling them define the words which they then use to complete and fill the gap activity, eventually tackling the final task which is a word grid.
Each PowerPoint activity comes with a teacher instruction slide at the start of the PowerPoint making it easy to follow and differentiate/personalise.
This bundle of resources is for school leaders, departments or lead practitioners looking to improve whole school written accuracy. Created by the lead teacher of whole school written accuracy and presentation. The bundle includes;
- 4 Literacy newsletters to provide practical strategies and reflection points.
-Whole school marking stickers for all subjects to improve standards of written accuracy in the books.
-Etymology worksheet to improve standards of spelling whole school.
-History specific resources act as a department example of how to improve academic writing within a subject.
-Historical book review worksheet to extend reading and scholarship beyond English Literature.