Edexcel GCSE History Checklist: Mao’s China, 1945–76 Help students organise their folders with a course checklist for NEW 2016 Edexcel GCSE History Checklist: Mao’s China, 1945–76 Use for a course overview and revision checklist. Editable word document to personalise to your department.

Multi-choice Quiz Hippocrates & Galen including answers to support knowledge on GCSE Medicine through time.

Multi-Choice Quiz Black Death 1348 Medicine Through Time including answers to test knowledge to support the GCSE Medicine through time History course

Save time as a Head of Department and use this useful document for your History Department folder with this History Department SMSC links SPIRITUAL, MORAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Revision Game Dingbats & Taboo Versailles, League of Nations & Origins of Cold War

Revision Game Origins WW1, WW1, Versailles, League of Nations, Origins of Cold War Question and answer game for students to play in teams or groups testing their knowledge on Origins WW1, WW1, Versailles, League of Nations, Origins of Cold War GCSE History Revision

For sticky learning to succeed students need to make a path with their learning. They need to visit and re-visit this path so that connections can be made. Use this connection map to help SEND students make links with events and More Able students to make explanations and assessments. To help students link the events that led to the Second World War

Photocopy onto cardboard and cut into triangles. Place triangle pieces into envelopes. In pairs or threes ask students to match up the sides of the triangles using the clues. Which group can solve the puzzle the quickest? For SEND the text is in comic sans to support dyslexic students. For SEND photocopy onto A3 and cut up triangles.

Revision Game Dingbats & Taboo Britain in the First World War Great for GCSE revision or a articulate game with year 9 to get them speaking and listening

Editable for your own use - Crime and Punishment learning grid for students Useful for revision, self review, checking learning, focusing thinking, Differentiated by task and linked to GCSE grades. Useful for a planner for students to follow the course. Useful for a homework checker of knowledge gained through course. I used to get students to keep this at the front of their folders and check the learning as they progressed through the course. Supports GCSE Crime and Punishment for all boards for new GCSE on the topic of Crime and Punishment in Industrial Britain

Editable for your own use - Crime and Punishment learning grid for students Useful for revision, self review, checking learning, focusing thinking, Differentiated by task and linked to GCSE grades. Useful for a planner for students to follow the course. Useful for a homework checker of knowledge gained through course. I used to get students to keep this at the front of their folders and check the learning as they progressed through the course. Supports GCSE Crime and Punishment for all boards for new GCSE on the topic of Crime and Punishment in Twentieth Century

A list of characteristics for the Bright Child or More Able/Gifted Child

How to weave Local History into your History lessons 22 Top tips in how to weave local history into your History lesson - with links on where to find more information about your local area. A useful resource to support any History Department wanting to weave local history into lessons rather than a disjointed add on topic. This was created for a CPD presentation in how to weave local history into lessons. Includes weblinks and ideas to use. Local History can be integrated successfully and in an engaging way 6 ideas mentioned below fully explained in presentation 22 ideas in total Local history hooks at the start Drip feeding local history Class enquires linking national story to local story WDYTYA project Transition history project Archaeological finds near your locality. What have they found near your house? How to use these

Great Revision Game for the whole class to enjoy on the topic of Germany 1918-1945 Warn your colleagues this game can get LOUD from the engagement involved Divide the class into two teams Place two chairs in front of the IWB Each team decides on a Team Captain Decide who will be your Team Captain Team Captain will sit in front of the IWB with their back to it Team 1 or 2- a slide will appear – and the TEAM must describe the word, person, event to your team captain - shout out clues to help the Team Captain guess No saying the word, person or event. No rhyming. No sounds like. Team Captain must guess the word, event or person in under 20 seconds. You will have only have 20 seconds to give them clues. Use your knowledge and skills to describe the word, person or event Teacher times the 20 seconds For each word you only get 20 seconds to help the Team Captain Guess Words appear on the PowerPoint slide 10 points per correctly guessed word Bonus 20 points if the Team Captain can share a knowledge gem about the word after guessing You can move from slide to slide or you can use the spin slide for random slides appearing. Spin - view PPT as normal then press s for stop or start and esc to end the PPT will spin the slides. Perfect revision game for new specifications covering Germany 1918-1945 to help prepare student knowledge for the linear exams.

Save time with this prepared editable pupil voice questionnaire to hand out to students to fill in. Hand out to students to fill in (anonymous only Month/Year of birth recorded) Use the findings to inform department planning and strategy Build up from the every child matters pupil voice agenda

Raising GCSE Grades: 25 Successful Intervention Strategies to raise attainment in school 25 ideas to use whole school to raise attainment in GCSE subjects. Strategies for SLT, Middle Leaders and classroom teachers to use to improve GCSE results.

History Department Audit of Teaching and Learning Save time creating a teaching and learning audit for your history department. Designed for your department members to complete.

AQA GCSE History 1-9 Checklist: British Depth Study Norman England, c1066–c1100 Help students organise their folders with a course checklist for NEW 2016 AQA GCSE History 1-9 Checklist: British Depth Study Norman England, c1066–c1100 Use for a course overview and revision checklist. Students can self assess their understanding and check where they are up to on the course. Editable word document to personalise to your department.

Save time as a Head of Department and use this useful document for your History Department folder with this History Department vision and aims policy. Objectives in History Teaching and Learning Strategies General approach Teaching methods Foundation strand Why the teaching of Thinking Skills is important...

Writing challenging lesson objectives & matching activities Use this easy to use crib sheet to writing specific lesson objectives to challenge Choose specific language to set the challenge for you lesson objectives. Suggested activities to match lesson objectives Advice for creating Learning Objectives • Have a maximum of 2 or 3 learning objectives per lesson • Always have single objectives (avoid mixing eg. Describe and explain) • Use words that allows you and the pupil to assess if the intended learning has taken place by the end of the lesson • Be specific as possible – use the trigger words (list, explain, create…) to share with pupils exactly the nature and level of the learning intended • Avoid general phrases such as ‘to know’ and ‘to be able to understand’ For all subjects