I created this resource to help me plan potential GCSE exam questions for the new GCSE from Edexcel 1 to 9 around the 3 types of questions: Explain two consequences of… write a narrative account analysing… Explain the importance of… I have also included essay planning tools to help students write this Learning focus check list for students This resource will help you plan the unit focusing on potential questions.

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.

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

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.

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

Save time creating documents for your history department. Download this work related learning links document for your department folder. The value of history, linking history with the world of work

Save time writing a history department literacy policy and download this one for your department folder. Editable policy

Personalised learning in the History Department Policy Save time and download this personalised learning policy for your History Department

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

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.

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

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...

THE PLACE OF HISTORY IN THE CURRICULUM Save time as a Head of Department and use this useful document for your History Department folder on the place of History in the Curriculum Headings covered 1. Aesthetic/Creative 2. Ethical/Moral 3. Spiritual 4. Language 5. Mathematical/Scientific 6. Political/Social Objectives in History teaching Historical Skills Cross Curricular

GCSE History Source advice guide to improving grades Editable Source skills broken down into grade boundaries to show progression

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 Anglo Saxon England

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

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 Norman England

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