These lessons allow you to explore the causes in different ways. They do work without textbooks. Lesson 1 has the students looking at the causes from the point of view of Cromwell and looking at them as Power, Money and Religious causes. You should watch the first 10 minutes of the Cromwell Film. It is on DVD and edited parts are available online. Lesson 2 has the students exam a list of cases as if they were Power, Money or Religion or Political, Economic, Social, Cultural or Miltary factors. Lesson 3 or alternative for Lesson 2 looks at the list of events as Long, Medium, Short term and Trigger Causes. Here you can explore the snowball effect of events or shifting pendulum. (Watch more of the film) Lesson 4 makes use of the students previous, three lessons, your discussions and the film for them to form their own opinions. There are model answers and various supporting documents for them to use. These lessons can be combined. You can make use of the Wordles as fascinators or starter activities. The word searches can be starters or homework activities. There is a FREE version of some of these resources.

Look for my Civil War Bundle. This is a lesson that makes use of freely available INFO sheets and asks students to extract relevant points from different sources and communicated their answers onto a PROFILE sheet. The ALTERNATIVE LESSON or extension lesson makes use of the different visual sources and poses the question on her he wanted people to see him. Wordsearch and Key Terms can be used for starters or home work assignments. There is a little bit of English bias here. I have tried my best to eliminate it. Personally, I feel he gets a bad rap and is comparable to most monarchs before him and elsewhere in Europe. LO: To select information & communicate it effectively.

We all know what an elevator pitch is. Here I have adapted them to History. But you have bought the original so do what you will ;) Have your students complete one as an activity, starter, plenary or even a homework. Here are various worksheets and handouts in A5 and A4 format for them to complete. The Powerpoint explains it all. Have fun!

There are ALL the word searches, and due to their nature, they can be used in any or targetted lessons as starters or activities. The handout is useful for students to have KEY TERMS in their books The poster allows you to refer to them in the classroom Word searches are there as a simple activity to complete. This PAID Version gives you ALL the word searches in PDF and DOCX format and the Historical Skills Poster in PPTX, which can be edited to suit your curriculum. FREE Version with PDFs and just two word searches is at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/historical-skills-posters-and-word-search-free-11716724

Black Peoples of North America Introduction lesson jumps straight into using sources as evidence for opinions. Learning objective is To use primary visual sources Learning outcomes are to annotate, to form an opinion through annotation, and develop that opinion by using evidence. Learning Outcomes (Success Criteria): • Some students must be aware of the types of conditions, their response to it and begin to form a sentence which explains this. • As above and should be supported through the use of a source or quotation. Some reference to the consequences, short or long term can be made. • As above and this could be a supported opinion. This opinion is explained in the context of the period

These are all the Frankenstein WORD SEARCHES worksheets that cover setting, themes, characters and more from Mary Shelly's famous novel. The Word Cloud worksheets are available separately or in the Bundle. Check out the FREE version before you make your purchase. These are great for homework assignments and for simple activities in lessons. The Docx format allows you to make your own edits.

You will need computers for this lessons. Check out the FREE version for a sample of the lesson. This is probably one to four lessons depending if you have already explored significance with your class. 1 - Inventions PESCM Sheet / Historical Significance 2 - Research ICT Tasks 3 - Collate Information using writing frames The different inventions are given out as A4 prompts for their research. The writing frames are then given out to serve as starters for the writeup.

Do check out my Jack the Ripper Bundle for the best deal. Students and the teacher should cover the actions of the police (video resources) which was covered in the previous lessons on Jack the Ripper and Victorian Policing. (Cover Positive Actions / Negative Actions /Beyond their control / Beyond their ability)

Check out my BUNDLE of Jack the Ripper Lessons. The idea behind these lessons is for the students to determine which of the suspects is their “preferred” Jack and examine why. Students can do their own research on their suspect at casebook ORG Vic Reeves does a physical and psychological breakdown of the suspects. This can be shown as Lesson 2 or 3. I prefer to show it as Lesson 3 and have the students complete their suspect profile or even present an alternative suspect due to new information.

The PAID version here, contains various How Effective was Propaganda? Learning Objective: To extract relevant information and express it clearly to support a viewpoint Learning Outcomes: Annotate images and make the points using the evidence, which is explained

All of the displays and presentations are in this resource. The "Add a source" files are PPT that explain how they can be used to create double-sided handouts for an activity or homework exercise. Find a technique that works for you and your students. I have created four different potential worksheets from the PPTs, you could create six more from the resources here. Why not display a few and see which the students prefer.

This contains enough for detailed source analysis or more basic cut and stick activities before examing the causes in groups and writing up a conclusion. There are various Wordsearches too. Lesson Objective: (DO NOT COPY) To give a clear explanation and evaluation of the reasons behind the War of 1812. Lesson Outcomes: (DO NOT COPY) To know key issues, linked to the war and explain their context. To make use of own knowledge to further an opinion on the issues.