This resource includes 2 revision placemats covering topic 2 of the new AQA GCSE topic, Norman England 1066 – 1100. Each placemat is titled: • Feudalism and Government: What changes did the Normans make to England? • How did the Norman Conquest affect towns and villages? These are great for last minute revision or to put on a ‘google classroom’ for all students to look at on their home computers. If you have found this resource useful or want to get even more value for your money please follow this link to find a bundle of over 30 revision placemats covering a variety of AQA GCSE History topics: Major AQA GCSE History Revision Bundle

This resource includes 2 revision placemats covering topic 3 of the new AQA GCSE topic, Norman England 1066 – 1100. Each placemat is titled: • How did the Norman Conquest affect the English Church? • Monasticism and Language after the Norman Conquest These are great for last minute revision or to put on a ‘google classroom’ for all students to look at on their home computers. If you have found this resource useful or want to get even more value for your money please follow this link to find a bundle of over 30 revision placemats covering a variety of AQA GCSE History topics: Major AQA GCSE History Revision Bundle

Homer’s Odyssey Key Characters Revision Placemats (x6) This resource contains 6 Revision placemats covering all the key characters in Homer’s Odyssey (excellent revision for the OCR Classical Civilisations New A-Level exam). The placemats cover the following characters: Penelope Athene Minor Gods Telemachus Minor Mortals Odysseus These are excellent revision tools and can be used to support the learning of students both within and outside of the classroom. I have printed them off for all my students on card and they often comment on how useful they are.

Careers Education: So you’re thinking of…becoming a Teaching Assistant? A completely resourced and interactive careers lesson aimed at students who are thinking of becoming librarians in the future. Students tackle the common stereotypes held of teaching assistants and then think about the skills and qualities needed to be an effective teaching assistant. A final aftercare slide is included where students can continue their career search outside of the classroom with website links and hyperlinks to relevant videos. This resource consists of: PowerPoint Hyperlinked relevant videos Teaching assistant worksheet Aftercare advice and additional research

Careers Education: So you’re thinking of…becoming a teacher? A completely resourced and interactive careers lesson aimed at students who are thinking of becoming teachers in the future. Students think about qualities needed to be a good and effective teacher and then about the positives and negatives of teaching. A final aftercare slide is included where students can continue their career search outside of the classroom with website links and hyperlinks to relevant videos. This resource consists of: PowerPoint Hyperlinked relevant videos Sorting Activity Aftercare advice and additional research

Careers Education: So you’re thinking of…becoming a Librarian? A completely resourced and interactive careers lesson aimed at students who are thinking of becoming librarians in the future. Students tackle the common stereotypes held of Librarians and then think about the skills and qualities needed to be an effective Librarian. A final aftercare slide is included where students can continue their career search outside of the classroom with website links and hyperlinks to relevant videos. This resource consists of: PowerPoint Hyperlinked relevant videos Case studies worksheet Aftercare advice and additional research

This resource consists of a single 1 hour revision PowerPoint covering how the Tsar survived the 1905 revolution. It first recaps what students can remember and then encourages them to use their notes to add extra information. Finally students are required to use all the knowledge they have recalled to answer the lesson question.

Students Self Reflection Sheet: Pupil Progress chart (and faster marking) This progress chart is a great resource for all year groups to reflect on what they have learn in an individual topic. Students also reflect on who they have helped to learn a piece of information enforcing the idea that students can cement their learning through teaching others. This also helps to speed teachers marking up as there is a tick box from 1-5 for a comment on, effort, understanding and SPAG and finally a space for a teacher comment. This has sped up my own marking and the students have found the feedback easier to use and access. If you have found this useful you can find a bundle of resources to speed up your marking whilst providing students time to reflect on their learning here: Students Self Reflection and Progress Bundle – cut down your marking

Careers Education: So you want to work…in Education? A completely resourced and interactive careers lesson aimed at students who are thinking of possibly entering into a career within the education sector in the future. Students tackle the common stereotype of careers within education and then use career compare cards to learn what career options there are in education. Finally students use the information they have learnt from class discussions and classwork to write replies to people who want career advice. A final aftercare slide is included where students can continue their career search outside of the classroom with website links and hyperlinks to relevant videos. This resource consists of: PowerPoint Hyperlinked relevant videos Education career compare cards Aftercare advice and additional research

NEW AQA GCSE (9-1) Britain: Health and People –Topic 4 ‘Modern Medicine;’ Revision Placemats (x7) This resource consists of seven revision placemats for the fourth topic of Britain: Health and People which focuses on the topic ‘Modern Medicine’’. The placemats cover the following topics: Development of modern medicine: Penicillin How have drugs and treatments developed since 1945? What alternative medical treatments are there? What impact did World War One have on surgery? What impact did World War Two and Technology have on surgery? Why did the government try to improve the nations health after 1900? How has healthcare changed in the twenty-first century? These placemats are a great way for independent revision. Students have found these extremely effective in their revision and have praised them highly.

AQA GCSE (9-1) Britain: Health and People –Topic 3 ‘A revolution in medicine;’ Revision Placemats (x6) This resource consists of six revision placemats for the third topic of Britain: Health and People which focuses on the topic ‘A revolution in medicine’’. The placemats cover the following topics: How was pain conquered and infections prevented? How significant was Pasteur’s Germ Theory? How did scientists discover that germs caused human diseases? Pasteur vs Koch: The search for vaccines and cures in the nineteenth century How dirty were towns in nineteenth century Britain? How did people in Britain fight against Cholera? These placemats are a great way for independent revision. Students have found these extremely effective in their revision and have praised them highly.

AQA GCSE (9-1) Britain: Health and People –’The Beginnings of Change;’ Revision Placemats (x6) This resource consists of six revision placemats for the second topic of Britain: Health and People which focuses on ‘The Beginnings of Change’. The placemats cover the following topics: How did the Renaissance affect the work of Vesalius? What was Pare’s and Harvey’s contribution to medical progress? How did doctors deal with the Great Plague? How did hospitals change in the eighteenth century? What were John Hunter’s contributions to medical practice? How did Edward Jenner help defeat smallpox? These placemats are a great way for independent revision. Students have found these extremely effective in their revision and have praised them highly.

Homer’s Odyssey Key Events Revision Placemats (x18) This resource contains 18 revision placemats covering Books I, V-XIV, XVI-XIX and XXI-XXII (all the books required for the OCR Classical Civilisations New A-Level exam and will also work for GCSE students) Each placemat contains the following: Summary of the key events of the Book The key characters in each Book How key themes are developed in each Book These are excellent revision tools and can be used to support the learning of students both within and outside of the classroom. I have printed them off for all my students on card and they often comment on how useful they are.

This consists of 9 lessons covering Russian History from the Provisional Government to Lenin's death. These were created for the new GCSE course following the AQA syllabus. I have used the Walsh Textbook for certain parts if it use the textbook. This consists of PowerPoints and some worksheets. A good textbook is essential for these lessons.

This resources consists of 5 lessons focusing on the development of the Cold War. These have been created for the new AQA History GCSE and will require a textbook to provide some information (I have used the prescribed Walsh textbook). However, these can be easily edited with different page numbers for the tasks. All of the lessons have clear differentiated outcomes and expectations and the lessons are as follows: 1) How did Communism Spread throughout the world in 1949? 2) NATO and the Warsaw Pact 3) What was the significance of the arms-race? 4) The Space Race 5) Why did the Cold War escalate?