As a Geography and History Teacher I have developed many different resources in my years of teaching. My shop features these resources, all of which I've reviewed, edited and updated before I publish.
As a Geography and History Teacher I have developed many different resources in my years of teaching. My shop features these resources, all of which I've reviewed, edited and updated before I publish.
This is an ideal end of term History quiz aimed at secondary school students. All questions and answers are delivered through a PowerPoint Presentation and students will need paper to record their answers on. The students ideally play in teams with one person on the team writing down the answers. There are 10 rounds with 10 questions in each round: Who am I?, Sixty-Six, What are you wearing? Famous Women, The First…, Death and Disease , Historical Buildings, Robin Hood, Old English Words and Word Match. The quiz uses questions, picture clues and multiple choice to engage pupils and to help pupils. At the end of each round teams swap answers and mark the questions so that a cumulative score can be seen for each team. Each round should take about 2 minutes, but teachers can be flexible depending on the age and ability of the students.
This resource is for KS2 yr. 6 and KS3 pupils studying the Roman Army. This resource focuses on the success of the Roman Army looking at the weapons and equipment used by soldiers, the organisation of the army in battle, how they used knowledge of the opposition to defeat them and personal bravery. The resource uses a PowerPoint presentation to guide pupils through the various ways the army was organised to succeed. Activities include are a starter activity, a short film to look at the equipment a soldier carried, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their enemies and battle tactics. Worksheets support these activities some of which are differentiated at 3 levels to allow access for all pupils.
This resource, aimed at KS2 year 6 and KS3 year 7, teaches Students about how Ancient Rome was ruled. Using a PowerPoint presentation it briefly introduces the Legend of Romulus and Remus as a starter activity (with a storyboard exercise included which could be used as an extension/homework activity). The resource then looks at government during the Republic, briefly explaining the role of the Senate. The resource introduces students to Julius Caesar, before looking at the introduction of the system of rule by Emperors, introducing the first 5 Emperors. The resource also includes 2 activities asking pupils to produce a simple explanation of the Republic, as well as producing a timeline of the life of Julius Caesar. The second activity uses a logic puzzle type of activity to get students to identify the first 5 emperors, their period of rule and how their rule ended. Both activities are differentiated at 3 levels to make them accessible to all students.
This is an ideal end of Autumn term Christmas themed quiz aimed at secondary school students. All questions and answers are delivered through a PowerPoint Presentation and students will need paper to record their answers on. The students ideally play in teams with one person on the team writing down the answers. There are 10 rounds. Christmas Numbers, Christmas Songs, Christmas Around the World, Christmas in the Past, Christmas Films, Christmas Stocking, Christmas Dingbats, Toys, Complete the Carol and Selection Box. On some rounds clues to the answers can be used for students who need a little help by clicking on the appropriate slide. At the end of each round teams swap answers and mark the questions so that a cumulative score can be seen for each team. Each round should take about 2 minutes, but teachers can be flexible depending on the age and ability of the students.
Thank you to all of you who purchased the original Oh, No Not Another Geography Quiz. This is a new quiz ideal as an end of term activity, with the same formate, for use with Geography students of all ages and ability levels. The quiz is played in teams enabling less able students to gain help and support from more able students and at the same time allowing all students to participate. The quiz is divided into 10 rounds, each round designed to test general geographical knowledge as well as covering some topics students may have studied during their Geography lessons. Each round has 10 questions, with one person in each team recording the answers on the attached answer sheet or on plain paper. After each round teams swap with another team and mark the questions from that round, enabling students and teams to see a cumulative score. It is advised to spend approximately 2 minutes on each round, although teachers can vary this as they see fit. The new rounds are Name the Continent, Hazards, Jumbled Islands, Environmentally Aware, Wish You Were Here, River, Lake or Sea, Odd One Out, Blockbuster, What comes First and Geographical Trivia.
This resource supports GCSE Students in their studies of Germany 1919 - 1945. The resource is part of a series looking at anti - Semitism in Nazi Germany and concentrates on why the Nazis established Ghettos across Eastern Europe, how these Ghettos were administered and the living conditions within the Ghettos. The resource includes a PowerPoint presentation to guide students through the reasons why Ghettos were established, how they were governed, living conditions, survival and liquidation of the Ghettos, including video extracts from Schindler’s List and personal stories. The resource also includes an exercise asking students to look at how accommodation was allocated within the Ghettos, enabling them to understand the overcrowding that occurred. The whole lesson is brought together with a comprehension exercise.
This resource is intended for GCSE Students studying Germany 1918-1945. The resource concentrates on the persecution and isolation of German Jews after the Nazi’s came to power in 1933. It looks briefly at the reasons why the Nazis were antisemitic, asking students to use sources of Nazi Propaganda to support these reasons. The resource then looks at the laws and decrees introduced between 1933 and 1939 and asks students to determine how these isolated the Jewish People Socially, Economically and Politically. Finally the resource asks students to make a judgement on how antisemitism impacted both the Jewish and German people. The unit is taught through a PowerPoint presentation which guides students through the unit of work, with a worksheet and timeline activity for students to complete.
This resource explores the Nazi attack on Jewish Businesses, homes and Synagogues in November 1938, known as Kristallnacht. The resource is intended for GCSE Students studying Germany 1919 - 1945 and is aimed at providing students with some facts, but also using a range of primary and secondary sources to reach their own conclusions. A PowerPoint presentation guides students through the events leading up to Kristallnacht, the events of November 9th/10th and the aftermath. A worksheet asks students to analyse a number of sources relating to the event and to use these sources and the knowledge they have acquired to draw their own conclusions as to who was responsible for Kristallnacht.
This resource can be used as a means of introducing the Treaty Of Versailles to GCSE Students, studying Germany 1918 - 1939. The resource uses a PowerPoint Presentation to guide students through the main players at the peace conference and what they wanted. The terms of the Treaty designed to punish Germany and begins to open up the question of the impact this would have on Germany, which is covered in another resource. Students are also introduced to a satirical cartoon of the time and are asked a number of questions to enable them to begin to analyse it’s message. The PowerPoint is accompanied by a work book covering all the areas investigated in the PowerPoint.
This resource can be used as the first lesson to introduce GCSE Students to the topic Germany 1918 - 1939. The resource focuses on the reasons why Germany lost WWI in 1918, the establishment of an interim government and the elections of 1919. The resource gives students a basic insight into the political system that emerged in Germany after the abdication of the Kaiser, how the Weimar Republic came into existence and provides a background for why political instability would follow. The resource is taught through a PowerPoint presentation, which includes a starter and plenary activity and suggests lesson objectives. A worksheet with a number of activities is included, which as well as asking students to write a short paragraph using a diagram, giving reasons why Germany lost the war, there are also comprehension exercises and an activity asking students to identify the aims and supporters of the main political parties. This can be carried out individually, as a group activity or as a whole class activity with the students completing a table from resources around the classroom.
This resource guides students, studying GCSE Nazi Germany, through the Final Solution to the Nazi’s ‘Jewish Problem’ from 1942 - 1945. The resource uses a powerpoint presentation to guide students through escalating violence towards Jews in Nazi Germany, the reasons for the final solution, the implementation of it and the post 1945 impact on the Jews of Europe. The resource also provides a worksheet with various primary, secondary, map and photographic resources to enable students to analyse different views of the final solution.
My Stuff is a complete unit of work to introduce Geography to year 7 pupils. The aim of the unit is to show pupils, at the start of their secondary education, how relevant the study of Geography is in their everyday life by introducing them to important geographical concepts through relating these concepts to the 'stuff' that forms part of their lives.
This is a game is based on the popular TV game show Perfection, where pupils answer True or False to Questions hoping to achieve 10/10 or Perfection. The game can be played individually, in pairs, groups or around the class, as a starter or plenary. The game has been developed based on Britaishness, as a topic studied in Key Stage 3 Geography, but could be adapted for many other topics.
This Bundle contains 4 quizzes for use by Geography and History Secondary School Teachers as an end of Term Activity’ as well as an additional general knowledge quiz. The 2 Geography and 2 History Quizzes and the general knowledge quiz, follow the same format. Each have 10 rounds of 10 questions and students play in teams, with one pupil recording the answers on a piece of paper. At the end of each round students swap papers and mark the answers, so that the teacher can keep a summary of the ongoing scores. By playing in teams it encourages students to listen to others, cooperate and support weaker students.