These are a set of resources used with year 8 pupils on the topic of Jack the Ripper. The pupils are introduced to the topic through the powerpoint and work in 6 groups to produce an information board one victim. Pupils then use all of the information boards to identify links between the victims, the killers methods and produce a profile of Jack the Ripper.

Introduction to the topic of the Black death encouraging pupils to put events into chronological order and use basic resources to produce a piece of extended writing.

This resource supports KS2 and KS3 pupils in their studies of the Battle of Hastings. It allows pupils to cut out a body model, colour and add items of uniform and equipment, worn and used by Norman Soldiers. Pupils can then add labels to their finished model.

This activity is aimed at Key Stage 3 students (or could also be used with years 5/6) studying the North American Indians and can be used as a stand alone activity (especially as a lesson for a cover/supply teacher) or as part of the overall topic on The First Americans. The activity introduces some basic symbols used by American Indians and then asks students to complete a number of activities using a key of symbols. These activities involve: writing a picture story, deciphering a message, producing a picture message and designing a set of simple symbols.

This resource is an end of term quiz 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 rounds include: Name the Country, North or South?, Natural wonders of the World, Jumbled Cities, Definitions, UK, did you know?, World Feast, Where, what or who am I? Land, sea or air?, Symbols.

This resource is intended for upper KS 2 and Lower KS 3 (Years 5/6/7) to introduce the topic of Medieval castles and to examine the first castles build by William of Normandy after the Norman Conquest. The resource uses a PowerPoint to guide students through a number of activities, including a starter and plenary activity.The PowerPoint focuses on the reasons why William build Castles, the main features of Motte and Bailey Castles and the advantages and disadvantages of these early castles. The resource also asks students to use the knowledge they have acquired to explain methods of defending and attacking these early castles. Accompanying the PowerPoint is a worksheet differentiated into 3 levels and a diagram of a Motte and Bailey Castle, differentiated at 2 different levels for students to label.

This resource supports KS2 and KS3 pupils in their studies of the Roman Army. It allows pupils to cut out a body model, colour and add items of uniform and equipment, worn and used by Roman soldiers and write a basic description of a soldiers uniform and equipment and why it was important.

This resource enables students to work in a group to use 'problem' letters written by Henry VIII to an agony aunt asking for advice on each of his marriages. Students select a letter and extract information on the reasons why Henry married each wife, the 'problems/issues' the marriage faced and what happened to the marriage. Students can then pool their individual information to complete a grid to summarise each marriage. The work can be easily differentiated by highlighting key words and phrases in each agony aunt letter to allow less able students to extract the relevant information. Extension opportunities are available in the form of an extended piece of writing of a letter from one of Henry's wives to the agony aunt. There is also the opportunity to complete a dating profile for Henry in Tudor Dating. Starter activities link back to work published here looking at the personality of Henry VIII and the plenary asks students to identify each wife from facts about them.

This resource is aimed at KS3 History students studying Medieval life and looks at the importance of the church to Medieval people. A PowerPoint with learning objectives, starter and plenary activity, guides students through a number of issues; Why was religion so important? What evidence do we have? Why did Medieval people believe in God. Each issue has tasks attached to it with Accompanying worksheets providing students with a variety of activities to complete.

The resource can be used as a stand alone lesson or as part of a topic looking at Medieval England, Richard III or the early Tudors. It investigates the events surrounding the disappearance of Edward V and his younger brother, Richard and asks pupils to use various resources to decide who might have murdered the young princes and why.

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.

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, which test historical knowledge, but also enables students to work out answers without the specific knowledge. Each round has a different format and some rounds are based on popular game shows such as Who wants to be a Millionaire and Blockbusters. The quiz uses questions, picture clues, a short-animated film and multiple choice to engage pupils. The rounds include: The Romans, The Norman Conquest, The Black Death, Henry VIII and his 6 wives, The Great Fire of London, The Age of Discovery, The Victorians, Which War 1960 - 2000 and Today’s World. At the end of each round team’s 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 aimed at KS3 students and can be used as part of a topic on Global Warming or as a stand alone lesson for a cover/supply teacher. The lesson is delivered through a PowerPoint, the main lesson objectives being to get students to understand the causes of Global Warming and then calculate their own Carbon Footprint by answering a series of questions and calculating their score. Having identified the factors which add to their Carbon Footprint they can then use this information to produce a poster explaining ways to reduce our carbon Footprint. The presentation contains lesson objectives, an Odd One Out starter activity and a Blockbuster Style plenary, An answer sheet for this activity is also included.

This resource is intended for use with key stage 3 pupils to enable them to understand the different types of migrants that enter the UK and to make a decision and present an argument as to whether migration is good or bad for the UK. The resource can be used as part of a geography topic on migration or as a stand alone PHSE lesson to introduce the topic of migration. The resource contains a lesson plan which provides for an hour long lesson, which is cross referenced to a PowerPoint, which guides teachers and students through the key aspects of the lesson. The worksheet, Migration People, contains information about 10 different migrants and is intended to be cut into individual cards or could be presented as worksheets to pupils working in pairs. The migration chart enables pupils to record basic information about each migrant and to reach a decision. The resource allows for paired work, as well as asking pupils to produce an individual piece of writing, with a writing frame provided for less able pupils.

This is a basic resource aimed at lower ability key stage 3 students to introduce them to the reasons why the Slave Trade started and the Triangular route which developed as a result of the Slave Trade. The resource uses a PowerPoint presentation to introduce the ideas and then enables students to produce a story board and map to illustrate how the Slave Trade started. Students could then use this to develop a short written account to support their learning.

This resource is aimed at Key stage 3 students studying the topic of climate and weather. There are 3 differentiated worksheets which enable students to draw and analyse a Climate Graph for Britain. The resource provides temperature and rainfall data for students to draw a line and bar graph and then a table of questions to enable them to extract information from their graphs. Students are then asked to complete a written task using their graphs and questions to describe the British Climate. Each worksheet provides students with a writing frame for this purpose, which is differentiated according to the students ability.

This resource is aimed at 'A' Level students studying glaciation. It enables them to use a range of data for the South Cascades Glacier in Washington State, USA to support picture evidence on the retreat of the South Cascades Glacier. Students are asked to calculate the net glacial budget of the glacier for each year of a 21 year period. This data can then be graphed and students use the graph to describe the changes that have taken place in the glacier over this period and draw conclusions as to whether this supports the photographic evidence.

This is a worksheet which can be used in a number of ways. As part of a geography lesson on tourism, as part of a Leisure and tourism course or as a stand alone lesson for a cover/supply teacher. The lesson is aimed at KS4 students and describes the holiday experiences of an imaginary person over a 60 year period. Students are asked to put the events into chronological order and then identify holiday trends in each decade and the different factors which have lead to these trends. The resource also introduces a number of key words associated with the leisure and Tourist Industry.

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 resource uses a PowerPoint Presentation to introduce KS3 year 7 and KS2 year 6 students to the Roman Army. The resource concentrates on the type of men recruited into the army, the uniform and weapons soldiers had, as well as looking at how the Roman Army was organised. Linked to the presentation is a ‘Dress up Roman Soldier’ for pupils to identify and label the soldiers uniform and weapons. Pupils are also provided with activities to add labels to a diagram to explain the organisation of the Roman Army, as well as the opportunity to produce a short written piece of work describing how the army is organised. The activities are differentiated at 3 Levels to make them accessible to all pupils.