A whole lesson on the homestead act and Pacific Railway Act

A revision lesson as we get nearer to the exam looking at 12m essay planning and the source questions in the Western Front Unit.

A stand alone medicine revision lesson looking at essay planning and selecting evidence and paragraphing for the 12m questions.

A whole lesson on migration and the Oregon Trail including a consequences assessment with assessment sheet for guidance for students and teacher use for marking.

Lesson looking at the Pioneers and problems they faced, with some specific work on the Donners. Includes a consequence question with some clear guidance to support students in peer assessment

A two hour lesson on the battle of the somme, building up to an assessment task. GCSE style assessment with marking sheet for use by students and teachers

Assessment planning and writing on the causes of ww1. This includes a marking sheet that we use for all GCSE style assessments like this essay question

A stand alone overview revision lesson with a range of revision activities for all learning styles and also provides activities they can use at home for their own revision

I start by cutting up the maps like a puzzle and labels and arrows and getting them to arrange them as they think they should go. Students love this and helps them understand the movement of goods

Lessons looking at the experiences of plantation and house slaves and comparing the two

introduction to the Civil Rights half of the course

A lesson focussing on problems with Law and Order in mining towns. includes a carousel task. This was used in an ofsted observation and was praised

A lesson looking at the assassination using the ‘days that shook the world’ clips which are excellent. Ranking activities also included

A lesson revising the American West Unit - primarily looking at sequencing and planning the tricky narrative questions

A lesson looking at the key categories in the cause of one - MIN (Assassination is in a separate lesson) There’s also a homework task sheet and edexcel style questions included in the lesson. Videos are hyperlinked to the pictures.

A great introduction to the lives of Plains Indians and key aspects needed. A range of exam questions, activities, information and video clips hyperlinked. I get students to take notes in an 8 box grid on a page/ double depending on size of books. They take a mixture of written notes and pictures

Lesson looking at factory conditions and the life of children in Industrial England

Lots of problem solving activities and a great starter to get their brains working. Introduces the different aspects of the revolution and the changes that would take place

Revision lesson working through a medicine timeline and WW1. Students add three key facts to each event on timeline, colour code for the themes and complete tasks at the bottom. On the reverse is similar for the WW1 section looking at notes on each key battle, developments in treatment and prevention at the same time and the stages of the evac route. Takes 1-2 lessons to complete/ could be hw and is a valuable revision resource for students. Give mine blanks to complete from memory

Year 7 lesson looking at scientific developments (Galilleo, Vesaslius and the Printing press) their impact on peoples lives and the role of the Church