A selection of essay planners (flow charts) to get students to plan responses for possible Section A questions in the Unit 1 Europe exam. All questions are designed to cover a period of c.7 to c.15 years (as suggested in the specification). Concept and Perspective 1 to 4 are included. These have proved popular with many of my students. Enjoy!

My book shelf essay approach to help students ensure a synoptic approach is attempted for essay questions where a period of 40 or so years is expected to be covered. This selection includes example questions for Section B for Concept and Perspective 1,3 and 4. They have proved popular and useful to my students, and gets them to ensure that their answers aren't limited to a smaller period. Enjoy!

An activity for lower ability pupils to design a totem pole. Pupils then analyse the meaning of the totem pole.

A ICT task to look at the roles of different individuals within the Sioux camp. Aimed at lower ability pupils.

An activity for lower ability pupils to consider the similarities and differences between the religious practices of the Sioux and modern Christians.

An activity for lower ability pupils looking at the Push/Pull factors for migration onto the Plains.

A numeracy skills task asking pupils to plot on a multi coloured line graph the fortunes of 9 of the main parties in Germany between 1919 and 1933. RUCSAC task and other numeracy tasks included.

Tired of having to type in the names of pupils into a power point when wanting to pick a random pupil to answer a question etc., and then having to do the whole process again with the names of a different class? With this power point , you have a universal name picker generator! All you need is a pack of cards - share them out amongst the pupils, play the power point slide, press pause, and whichever card is displayed, the pupil with that card will have to answer, or whatever. Saves a lot of time.

A selection of thought stems to aid pupils with their written/thinking skills. Suitable for any subject.

A resource to develop numeracy skills, e.g. creating discrete graphs, analysis of graph usefulness, using a scale on a map, calculating speed etc. Questions are designed to cover aspects of the Numeracy Framework.

An ICT version of History Fakebook. Pupils download a copy of the fakebook template (in word) and follow the instructions in each text box (e.g. paste a picture of the historical individual, background picture associated with the individual, write four key status' etc.) A useful way to ensure good presentation of historical facts. Useful homework task. I've also attached an example of George Clemenceau's fakebook for a visual idea of what the finished artice could look like. Enjoy.

A simple end of term task. Pupils follow the stepped instructions (and specific instructions to boot) to design their own coat of arms. A fun activity which has gone down well with my pupils. Enjoy!

A chronological awareness task on the causes and consequences of Tudor Royal Marriages: 1. Card sorting activity on the wives of HVIII: cards include marriages, children, fate of marriages and other consequences. 2. Photostory on Tudor Royal Marriages: who did the Tudor monarchs marry (or not), and why? What were the consequences of these marriages (or non-marriages?)

A stylish Takeaway Homework Menu for (almost) all subjects! QR code sheet will take you direct to specific worksheets to enable pupils to produce quality Starters, Mains and Deserts (help with their organisation and communication and IT skills) Starters include: Tweet Your Knowledge Word Search Mains include: What's In A Word? Factor Wheel Deserts include: What's in his/her Head? Fakebook (IT and handwritten version) Biography Poster Report and Cootie Catcher These have proven really successful and popular with my pupils. Colleagues have also used these ideas and value them as they provide pupils with different homework tasks. Adaptable word doc to change the name of the menu etc. I have inserted ?????? to highlight where subject specific words/topics are that need replacing to make the menu more relevant to your department. Remember, it's not just the menu you purchase here, but also access to printable online/downloadable resources (via QR codes). Enjoy!

A simple task to enable pupils to work out the factors that contributed to Britain's Industrial Revolution. Lesson 1 - Categorisation task to identify the factors and specific examples that made the IR possible. Exit ticket task to assess understanding is to ask pupils to consider words/phrases/examples within the word REVOLUTION. Lesson 2 - Literacy/extended writing task. Pupils PEEL their information to answer the key question. Differentiated tasks to raise attainment further. Enjoy!

A number of resources looking at the impact of Stalin's political and social policies. Resources include the Purges, policies towards women, religion, children, Soviet Man etc. Revision activities and possible exam questions included.

An activity to help students categorise the reasons behind the Bolshevik victory. Included is a revision ppt. activity (called What's in a Word) to stretch and challenge their understanding. Also includes a revision/planned answer sheet to answer the key question. Useful for GCSE and AS/A2.

This coded marking sheet (DIRT) has been designed specifically for Section A questions in the new WJEC History AS Unit 1 specification. I have also included the WJEC's generic mark scheme to help teachers/pupils consider which band their essay answers fall under. Enjoy

A follow up to my resource looking at the causes of the Glyndwr rebellion. This resource looks at the famous Glyndwr victory over Edmund Mortimer at the Battle of Bryn Glas (Pilleth) on June 22nd, 1402. The resources encourage pupils to categorise factors, and then use their knowledge to do some extended writing (PEEL task) on the key question. The PEEL sheet will aid pupils to attain L5, whilst follow up tasks can help them to access L6+. There is also an extended numeracy task for higher ability pupils. Enjoy. (The clip that accompanied this resource is no longer listed on youtube - Battlefield Britain "Battle for Wales") - sorry.