KS 1 students study the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.
In this unit, students will compare aspects of life in different periods, using the lives of Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong.
***There are power point presentations for: ***
Christopher Columbus - life and achievements.
Neil Armstrong- life and achievements
Comparison
Three sets of worksheets support this learning.
**PLEASE NOTE: *THERE IS A UNIT IN OUR SHOP THAT COMPARES * Neil Armstrong and Marco Polo.
This unit on *Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong *contains THE EXACT SAME presentations and worksheets for Neil Armstrong. It is just a different option for comparison.
Used mainly with year 7 and 8 students, this unit, THE MALI EMPIRE, uses eight sets of slides to illustrate the history of this amazing empire.
The topics include: *
Timeline of the Empire from 1240 to 1468
The rise of the Mali Empire
The governance of the Empire of Mali
Trade
Culture
Mansa Musa I
Mali - a centre of learning
The Fall of the Empire
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Each lesson has worksheet activities interspersed throughout the slides, to focus attention and stimulate thinking.
Aimed at 5 to 6 year olds, this unit covers the objectives for early learning of history. I have used it with Year 1.
The topics help students to
group according to different criteria related to history
understand what evidence is
experience collecting evidence
chronicle the development of toys on a simple time line while developing a concept of where they fit in the time line
and record using a graph, drawings and labels and time lines.
Topics include:
Our Favourite Toys
Finding out about the Past
Toys from different Decades
All children played with Toys!
Years and Years of Toys
Time lines
Each topic starts with power point slides and is followed by a worksheet of 2 to 3 pages. Teachers may also choose to do some of the activities between slides.
Black Death and its Social and Economic Impact is a four lesson unit. It includes the topics:
What was Black Death?
The continuing spread of the Disease.
The impact of Black Death on society.
The economic effects of Black Death.
Suitable for KS3 / Middle School, the unit consists of four sets of power point slides and worksheet activities.
This unit gives a good history of the 1707 Act of the Union, Hanoverian Succession and the Jacobite Invasions, using power point slides. There are topics for discussion and space on the worksheets for responses.
The Act of Union of 1707
The Hanoverian Succession
George I and the House of Hanover
The House of Hanover
The Jacobites
The Jacobite Invasion of 1715
The Jacobite Invasion of 1745
This unit aims to help students continue to develop their knowledge and understanding of British history, noting in particular, the influence of the “Romanisation” of Britain and evidence of this that is visible today.
This unit contains power point presentations and worksheets for each of the following topics:
The beginning of the Roman Empire
From king to senate to emperor
Britain during the Roman Empire
The Roman army in 42 AD.
The Roman conquest and occupation of Britain
Boudicca
Comparing the Roman and Celtic way of life
Romanisation of Britain
Early Christianity
Fall of Rome
Some ways that the Romans have influenced the world
The lesson, presented using a power point presentation, aims to enable students to place the Shang Dynasty on a time line. They will be able to discuss how the primary evidence at Yin Xu informed archaeologists.
The worksheet contains a time line activity and a comprehension activity related to the text.
This free download contains both the power point and the worksheet.
This lesson is called: EGYPT AND THE NILE and consists of slides, notes and activities.
It is part of the unit, THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.
Lesson 1 objectives:
Students will be able to locate the main cities of Egypt and recognise their significance. They will be able to discuss the importance of the Nile in Egypt.
The power point presentation includes information relating to:
The Nile Valley
The driest country in the world
The flooding of the Nile
A map of key places along the Nile.
Suitable for 8 to 10 year old students, this unit takes a comprehensive look at the people of ancient Egypt, their lifestyle, customs and religion.
Topics are covered using power point presentations and consolidated with worksheet activities:
Egypt and the Nile
Water, Food, People, Wealth and Power
The Rosetta Stone
Writing and Hieroglyphics
Pyramids and the Sphinx
Kingdom Periods
Some great pharaohs of the New Kingdom
The Ancient Egyptian Gods
Ancient Egyptian belief in the afterlife
The Valley of the Kings
Tutankhamun
Farming along the Nile
Inventions of Ancient Egypt
Important symbols of Ancient Egypt
This unit consists of ten lessons on the United States War of Independence.
The lessons consist of slides and worksheets for each lesson, on the topics:
*Causes of unhappiness in the thirteen colonies
The First Shots
The British Advance of 1776 to 1777
The Northern Campaign of 1777
Mid Atlantic Stage 1778 to July 1779 French Alliance
Mid Atlantic and Southern Campaign July to December 1779
British and American conflicts of 1780
The Beginning of the End 1781
Facing the End
Winning the War*
I have used this with years 7 to 9 / grades 6 to 8
Ten sets of power point slides trace the journey to independence from British rule up to to the second continental congress.
There are activities interspersed amongst the slides and presented in worksheet form for each lesson.
Aimed at students aged 12 to 14, THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION unit covers the following topics:
James - Duke of York
Religious and Political Tension
James, King of Ireland, Scotland and England
The beginning of the Revolution
Planning the invasion
The Invasion
Settlement
The wars against the French (the Nine Years War)
Anne – the last of the Stuarts
Each lesson is presented using power point slides. The slide sequences are interspersed with activities and there is space on the worksheets for students to respond.
Take your students on a journey through the ages of stone, bronze and iron. The presentations correlate with the notes and there are activities in worksheet form for each topic:
Tools and Implements of the three ages
Finding evidence of the three ages
The movement of the Earth’s Surface
How Climate Change affected Life
The Stone Age
A day in the life of Zog
Messages on the Wall
A Monument to the Stone Age: Skara Brae
The Mystery of Stonehenge
The Bronze Age
The Iron Age
Hill Forts of Britannia
Used mainly with students aged 11+, this unit tells the story of the Norman conquest of England using power point slides. It details the kings, battles and changes to the lands, language and way of life. The worksheets can be used to consolidate knowledge and develop skills, comprehension and opinions.
There are 11 lessons.
TURNING POINTS IN HISTORY – THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN is a unit studying a significant turning point in British history. This is an aspect of British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.
Eleven lessons with slides and worksheets cover the following topics:
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party
Nazi expansion in Europe
The War and the rise of Winston Churchill
Fall of France and the Dunkirk miracle
Operation Sea Lion
German aircraft and bombing
British defences and aircraft
The Battle of Britain
Winning the battle
Women heroes of the Battle of Britain
The “Few”
This three lesson unit outlines the causes of the peasants’ revolt in 1381, taking up arms and the aftermath. It enables students to explore different points of view in a historical perspective, and draws their attention to what may have been the beginning of modern ideas of freedom and human rights.
Each lesson is presented using power point slides and there are learning activities allowing students to express opinions and empathise with different points of view.
The Renaissance is an eleven part unit.
It covers the topics:
The beginning of the Renaissance in Europe
Causes of the Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance
Timeline of the Renaissance
The rebirth of the classical ideas through art
Great Art works of Renaissance
Architecture and Science
Renaissance Exploration
Literature and the Renaissance
Geniuses of the Renaissance
The end of the Renaissance
It has been used mainly for years 8, 9 and 10.
There are power point slides and learning activities for each topic / lesson.
I have used this series of lessons with students aged 12 to 14. The power point slides are full of information for teaching the topic and there are learning activities for each lesson.
Lessons cover the following:
James I and Charles I
Personal Rule and the Causes of Rebellion (1629 to 1640)
The Bishops Wars and the Return of Parliament (1640 to 1642)
The Beginning of the First Civil War
The Advance of the Parliamentarians
The Second Civil War – the capture, escape, recapture, trial, and execution of Charles I
Timeline of Charles I’s reign
Conflict in Ireland and Scotland
The Third Civil War
This resource makes it easy for students to see the Royal Houses and the Kings and Queens.
Print on A4 for student reference or on A3 for a wall reference.
"The Roman withdrawal from Britain" download includes a power point presentation and worksheet.
The objective is for the students to identify the consequences for the Britons of the withdrawal of the Romans from Britain.
This lesson is part of the unit “BRITAIN’S SETTLEMENT by the ANGLES, SAXONS and SCOTS”.