A card sort and written task on the positive and negative aspects of TNCs. There are two versions of the activities, for higher- and lower-ability students. Students classify the impacts as to whether they are positive and negative. Students then arrange them into categories such as job creation, job loss, effect on richer/poorer countries, money, environment. Students complete a scaffolded written task to describe and explain the best and worst impacts of TNCs. They finish by examining whether a boycott of TNCs such as Nike would have a positive or negative effect. A list of key words is provided on the lower-ability resource.

This is a card sort for students to look at working conditions and explain why they cause problems in LEDCs. Students can explain judgements on the biggest problems. More able students are invited to explain how to overcome these problems to improve working conditions, and what barriers to change exist.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to arrange ways of sustainably managing the rainforest. They can explain judgments on the best strategies, using the questions provided.

This card sort allows students to judge the good and bad parts of life for African American soldiers. Students can split the cards into advantages and disadvantages. They can decide on categories for the factors - such as army life, families, money. More able students can explain the best and worst features of life for African American soldiers.

A resource for younger or lower-ability students. Students arrange events into chronological order. They then decide which were the causes, events and consequences of the fire. They explain why the fire spread so quickly by writing sentences about aspects of London in September 1666. Finally they decide whether to write an article or make a storyboard of the events (presented in activity 1) in the fire.

A card sort to show the events which led to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642. This is a very flexible activity and can be used with all abilities. Students can decide which causes fit into each of the three categories - political, economic and religious (these are defined on the sheet). Students can use more than one colour for any that overlap categories. Students can also decide which were the fault of the king, and which were the fault of Parliament. More able students can categorise the long- and short-term causes. Students are invited to make and explain judgments on the most important causes, and on whether the King or Parliament was to blame. This can be used as the base for a piece of extended writing. The card sort can be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise reasons for their food shopping habits. They can explain why they have these food shopping habits. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the morality of food miles. The card sort can be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

This atlas-based activity requires students to find the top 10 cities of Britain. There is a differentiated sheet for lower-ability pupils, which has the location of cities marked, which students must use the atlas to name. As an extension, students find the locations of cities named at the bottom of each sheet.

This atlas-based activity requires students to find the top 10 cities of Britain. There is a differentiated sheet for lower-ability pupils, which has the location of cities marked, which students must use the atlas to name. As an extension, students find the locations of cities named at the bottom of each sheet.

This is a worksheet which allows students to explain the consequences of the action of the Little Rock Nine. Students have a bank of phrases to help them give explanations of the success / problems caused by the Little Rock affair.

An interactive decision-making sheet for students to fill in. They place themselves in the position of Boudicca, and decide what they would do in each scenario. Information on each scenario is provided, as is space for students to give an explanation of each of their choices. They can then fill in what really happened This could be done as a group, paired or individual activity.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to understand what happened during and immediately after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Students arrange the cards into groups - what happened during and what happened immediately after the assassination. They can also be arranged as a chronology exercise. Students can pick out and explain 2 or 3 of the more significant of the events, which were important in the First World War breaking out, or the assassination itself.

This is a card sort for students to match up laws and groups to their definitions. Students can explain what is the more important of these laws and organisations.

This is a card sort for students to categorise workers’ rights and responsibilities. Students can explain what is the more important of their rights, and of their responsibilities.

A chronology activity for events of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It can ether be done as a numbering activity, or as a card sort. Each description is numbered, at present, for teacher's ease of reading. Remember to tipp-ex out the numbers before use. There is a differentiated sheet for lower-ability students.

This PowerPoint allows teachers to show students some of the goods, ideas and knowledge that retuned to Europe from the Holy Land. The details on the third slide can be brought up on the whiteboard one by one for students to fill in to their own copy of the table, or the slide can be printed and used as a cut and stick.

The first activity is is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise information do to with nuclear energy. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the best and worst aspects of nuclear energy. There is a differentiated card sort for the lower-ability students. The second activity is a letter to the local council. This has a writing frame which can be used, and is differentiated for abilities.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that Henry VIII made the Break with Rome. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the Break. The task could also be done as a diamond activity. It could be done as a venn diagram using the venn diagram template. This is an ideal activity for preparing students for longer-answer exam questions. It allows discussion to develop as students explain their thoughts and defend them in front of their peers.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that the Peasants’ Revolt started. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the revolt. It could be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.