25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history.
Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history.
Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
This lesson is the first one of four looking at the impact of migrants in Medieval England. This lesson focuses on migration of the Vikings.
It involves looking at the different ways in which the Vikings had an impact on England and requires students to consider content; skills and concepts for the new GCSE breadth study.
Duration: 1 hour
A work booklet containing sample questions; sample answers and examination technique tips and advice for this course is also available.
This bundle contains 4 lessons on the impact of migrants to Medieval England. Each lesson focuses on one group of migrants, and then compares and contrasts the impact of migration using a variety of activities/clips. They also focus on the different question-types which are modeled, and there are opportunities for peer and self assessment.
Duration: 1 hour per lesson.
This bundle also includes a 79 page workbook (space for answers included) which is aimed at helping students understand the assessment requirements for the new EDEXCEL Migrants in Britain breadth study.
It contains:
A course outline
The EDEXCEL generic mark scheme for reference
Instructions on how to answer each question type with explanations of the AOs and how to gain the marks for each
A sample answer for each question-type with commentary on where the marks are gained
Practice questions for each question type (8 for questions 1 and 3, and 4 for questions 2; 4 and 5/6)
A glossary area where students can record key terminology with definitions to help maximise SPaG marks
This can be used as a single document to keep all assessments together and it addresses the lack of sample questions available for the new option. It can also be used as evidence for predicted grades (or TAGs if that becomes necessary).
Printing costs can be reduced by either sharing with students online, or by removing the pages for writing and asking students to write the answers in their books.
This bundle has been created for the new GCSE Edexcel 9-1 Breadth Study - Migrants in Britain. It contains the third 4 lessons for key topic 1 - Medieval Britain. Impact of migrants. Each lesson examines the impact of a different group of migrants coming to England in the medieval period. They contain a variety of activities and relevant clip to aid learning. Each lesson includes the opportunity to start mastering the different examination question types through modeling and sharing criterion.
Duration:
Each lesson takes an hour to teach
This guide contain all that GCSE students need for success on the Weimar and Nazi Germany Depth Study. It is based on information from the EDEXCEL specification and official EDEXCEL text book.
Each question type is explained step by step
Model answer for each question type
A selection of practice questions
All knowledge is tabulated at the back of the booklet
This lesson is the second lesson for the new GCSE breadth study - Migrants in Britain, and it continues the analysis of causes of migration in the Medieval Era, with a focus on migration from the Low countries and Lombardy.
Students will learn:
Students will learn about:
The push/pull factors bringing European migrants to England
The importance of weavers
The restrictions facing rich bankers and how they found a loophile
A 4 mark similarities/differences question
Modeled 12 mark answer
A work booklet containing sample questions; sample answers and examination technique tips and advice for this course is also available.
Duration: 1 hour
This bundle contains all of the resources required to teach the foreign policy of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. One of the resources also contains a historiography of Henry VII’s financial policy.
Learning opportunities revolve around the study of interpretations as required by the A Level examination.
This scheme of learning contains 6 lessons (although lesson 6 might take 2 lessons to teach) and traces the change and continuity in societal attitudes which eventually led to women winning the vote after the First World War.
This is a useful mini scheme of learning to include as a suffrage/civil rights section in a larger scheme on the Twentieth Century World.
KEY SECOND ORDER CONCEPTS:
Change and continuity
Similarities and differences
This bundle contains all of the lessons needed for revising the skills needed for the GCSE skills paper USA Conflict at Home and Abroad (Weimar and Nazi Germany also available).
There are 5 lessons which focus on one skill per lesson: They are taught through the use of modeling; AFL and repetition in an attempt to embed each skill and maximise performance. Each power point is colourful and engaging, and easy to teach.
This contains everything you need for teaching the Historic Environment section of the GCSE Crime; Punishment and Policing through time unit.
All lessons are fully resourced and differentiated (Free sample lesson available) and no text book is needed.
It also includes 70 colour-coded crime and punishment cards for revising knowledge. They can be cut out; laminated and used for revision/starters/plenaries.
Furthermore it includes a comprehensive revision booklet which contains knowledge organisers; model answers; Whitechapel revision cards; ticklists and revision questions.
No additional preparation from the teacher is needed.
All Historic environment lessons - 25x1 hour lessons with resources included; a revision guide containing key features revision cards; AO1 ticklists; tabulated AO1; model examination answers and examination practice questions with criterion.
These resources have been created for EDEXCEL GCSE Paper 1, however can be used for Crime; Punishment and Policing Unit.
Intro is Lessons 1-3
Lessons 1-4 are lessons 4-10
Lesson 11 is a practice paper
These resources covers skills required for success in English and Historycontain everything you need to help students understand the significance of VE Day.
The first resource contains an assembly (approx 20 mins) and an extended writing task for a lesson. The whole power point would take about an hour to teach and involves drawing on historical and literacy skills.
The second resource is a n alternative lesson which investigates the morality behind the bombing of Dresden - students use a wide range of historical source material to carry out an investigation and reach a judgment.
The final resource can either be used in a history lesson or a tutorial as a starter or fun activity to test knowledge in the form of a quiz/wordsearch for VE Day.
This lesson is the second of four looking at the experiences of migrants in Medieval England.
This lesson focuses on Norman migration and involves the consideration of the relationships between the Normans and Saxons through the examination of methods of consolidation of power and control. Students will start to learn about and make webs of causation to help them with question 4 on the examination paper. There are also two clips included to help support their understanding of the role of castles and the Domesday Book
Duration: 1 hour
A work booklet containing sample questions; sample answers and examination technique tips and advice for this course is also available.
This lesson is suitable for any A Level Tudor unit of work. It uses both contemporary sources and interpretations, and is therefore suitable for all boards and all units. It fully resourced, and can be used with any examination board approved text book. It contains a range of varied activities and clips all designed to maximise performance at A Level.
In this lesson students will learn about:
The about Mary I’s religious aims, and the problems associated with achieving them.
The process of religious change including the key developments.
The impact of her advisors.An evaluation of whether persecution or persuasion was the most effective method.
Duration:
This is a double lesson plus homework - it will take at least 2 hours plus work at home to complete all activities.
This lesson is suitable for any A Level Tudor unit of work. It uses both contemporary sources and interpretations, and is therefore suitable for all boards and all units. It fully resourced, and can be used with any examination board approved text book. It contains a range of varied activities and clips all designed to maximise performance at A Level.
In this lesson students will learn to:
Look at evidence to enable them to decide whether or not Mary Tudor deserves to be remembered as ‘Bloody Mary.’
Duration: 1 hour
This is the FIFTH lesson in a scheme of learning on women and the vote. This lesson looks at the evidence surrounding the death of Emily Wilding Davison, and requires students to evaluate a range of source material to reach a judgment on whether it was suicide or whether it was a tragic accident. It contains key terms and tasks and there is no requirement for a text book.
This is the first lesson in a series created for the A Level unit Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany. It provides background information on the causes of Germany’s defeat in the First World War and evaluates the socio-economic consequences of the war. It contains varied tasks; key words and reading necessary for success at A Level.
Ideally this lesson should be taught in conjunction with the Access to History, Democracies and Dictatorships in Germany, but other text books could be used to support it.
This is the second lesson in a series created for the A Level unit Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany. It investigates why the October reforms failed to prevent the November Revolution, and considers the nature of the changes. It contains varied tasks; key words and reading necessary for success at A Level.
Ideally this lesson should be taught in conjunction with the Access to History, Democracies and Dictatorships in Germany, but other text books could be used to support it.
This is the SIXTH lesson in a scheme of learning on women and the vote. This lesson considers the factors that caused women to commit violent acts and evaluates why the First World War was a turning point in women’s fortunes. It contains key terms and tasks and there is no requirement for a text book.
This particular lesson is long, and might need 2 periods allocated to it.
This is the third lesson in a series created for the A Level unit Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany. It investigates whether or not the elections for the National Assembly in Germany were a victory for democracy in 1919. It also considers how fundamental the changes brought about by the Weimar constitution were. It contains varied tasks; key words and reading necessary for success at A Level.
Ideally this lesson should be taught in conjunction with the Access to History, Democracies and Dictatorships in Germany, but other text books could be used to support it.
This is the fourth lesson in a series created for the A Level unit Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany. It investigates the historiography of the Treaty of Versailles, including its significance. Students should have done a flipped learning task for homework set in lesson 3 in preparation for this lesson.
Ideally this lesson should be taught in conjunction with the Access to History, Democracies and Dictatorships in Germany, but other text books could be used to support it.