I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
20 homeworks for the Germany 1919-1991 topic. Each week focuses on a different topic from the specification and also includes 'Round Up' homeworks to consolidate all prior knowledge. The focus is on the student to LEARN their key facts by answering 10 questions and then learning the 10 questions ready for a quick factual recap test next lesson. This test can be used as part of exit strategies or king or queen of History knowledge tests. Each homework uses the same format and the same question stems - they are very easy to mark and can easily be marked as a starter at the beginning of the lesson.
The questions follow the following format:
- Give 2 reasons why / Give 2... (2 questions)
- Name two ... (2 questions)
- Explain...
- What...
- Where...
- How...
- A true or false statement
- A key word anagram
Answers to the true / false statement and anagram can be found for each homework on the final slide of the download.
The topics tested are:
- Weimar
- Stresemann
- Rise of the Nazi Party
- Consolidation of Power
- The Police State
-Economy
-Women and children
- Jews up to 1939
- The Homefront
- Opposition
- Jews until 1945
- Defeat
- Round Up 1
- Berlin Blockade and Airlift
- Life in West Germany
- Life in East Germany
- Post 1960
- Reunification
- Round Ups 2 & 3
These flashcards are based on the AQA specification but include content on all the key policies, events, treaties etc relating to King Henry VII. There are two flashcards on each page and 15 pages in total. I printed them off on card, cut in half, hole punched and treasury tagged one corner. They were produced for the students I teach who struggle to remember facts!
Content based on the spec:
Henry Tudor’s consolidation of power: character and aims; establishing the Tudor dynasty
Government: councils, parliament, justice, royal finance, domestic policies
Relationships with Scotland and other foreign powers; securing the succession; marriage alliances
Society: churchmen, nobles and commoners; regional division; social discontent and rebellions
Economic development: trade, exploration, prosperity and depression
Religion; humanism; arts and learning
King and Queen tests are a great way of embedding key factual knowledge by giving students weekly fact tests to test their factual knowledge. These king and queen resources include a slide of questions and then the answer slide for each test. They can be used as a starter or plenary. After a test you can write down or use a picture of the name of the king or queen for the week on the sheet provided. I stick students photos up on a laminated version of the attached and change them weekly depending on the top scores. There are 10 King & Queen tests included in this pack as well as a classroom display sheet for the winner(s). There is also a test record sheet using Excel which calculates the weekly average for the student and the class after every test.
King and Queen tests are a great way of embedding key factual knowledge by giving students weekly fact tests to test their factual knowledge. These king and queen resources include a slide of questions and then the answer slide for each test. They can be used as a starter or plenary. After a test you can write down or use a picture of the name of the king or queen for the week on the sheet provided. I stick students photos up on a laminated version of the attached and change them weekly depending on the top scores. There are 7 King & Queen tests included in this pack covering the whole unit as well as a classroom display sheet for the weekly winner(s). There is also a test record sheet using Excel which calculates the weekly average for the student and the class after every test
King and Queen tests are a great way of embedding key factual knowledge by giving students weekly fact tests to test their factual knowledge. These king and queen resources include a slide of questions and then the answer slide for each test. They can be used as a starter or plenary. After a test you can write down or use a picture of the name of the king or queen for the week on the sheet provided. I stick students photos up on a laminated version of the attached and change them weekly depending on the top scores. There are 13 King & Queen tests included in this pack covering the whole unit as well as a classroom display sheet for the weekly winner(s). There is also a test record sheet using Excel which calculates the weekly average for the student and the class after every test
A set of 38 flashcards based on all the key content on the spec - giving pupils the key information they need to revise. Knowledge based only they contain the key content from the spec in easy to learn bullet points. I photocopied the flashcards onto card and cut the pages in half. Each A4 page contains two flashcards.
A collection of six revision activities for USA 1910-1929
Includes:
Guess Who game - I laminated my game boards so that they can be reused
Revision of sources and interpretations - Over 20 different sources & interpretations to evaluate as practice
Spider diagrams (blank) for each key question
Blank template for students to make own flashcards
Blank templates for students to create own knowledge organisers on key questions
Knowledge test
Word Wall Template (from only connect) to create linking puzzles
A full scheme of work for the USA 1910-1929 unit. Includes:
a cover page with general information like assessments, assessment objectives, key questions
specification
a skills page with all skills for every lesson identified
a space to write changes for each lesson as you go along - working document
all lessons to be taught (28 lessons) with key lesson objectives, resources, suggested teaching activities and skills
assessments at the end of the SOL
A 36 slide PowerPoint which goes through every GCSE exam question which could feature in the 2017 exam for the Germany 1919-1991 outline paper for WJEC.
Includes:
- At least three practice questions for each exam question
- plans and answers for the essay question
- a word document student answer booklet with writing frames for each question.
- source and non source questions
A student work booklet comprising 32 pages of questions and activities covering all 7 key questions. The booklet focuses on the key knowledge needed to pass the exam and covers the entire specification. When printed the booklet is ready for students to fill in and use as a revision tool.
A full scheme of work for the Entertainment & Leisure c500 -present day unit. Includes:
a cover page with general information like assessments, assessment objectives, key questions
specification
a skills page with all skills for every lesson identified
a space to write changes for each lesson as you go along - working document
all lessons to be taught (31 lessons) with key lesson objectives, resources, suggested teaching activities and skills
A set of 34 flashcards based on all the key content on the spec - giving pupils the key information they need to revise. Knowledge based only they contain the key content from the spec in easy to learn bullet points.
I photocopied the flashcards onto card and cut the pages in half. Each A4 page contains two flashcards.
41 pages of practise questions and answers for all five questions in the Germany exam. Answers are written mostly in bullet points and give key points to help students learn the answers to the questions.
The questions cover a variety of topics from the spec,
Includes comments on questions 2 and 3 which deal with ‘how far’ (change) and prioritising events in order of importance for question 3.
King and Queen tests are a great way of embedding key factual knowledge by giving students weekly fact tests to test their factual knowledge. These king and queen resources include a slide of questions and then the answer slide for each test. They can be used as a starter or plenary. After a test you can write down or use a picture of the name of the king or queen for the week on the sheet provided. I stick students photos up on a laminated version of the attached and change them weekly depending on the top scores. There are 14 King & Queen tests included in this pack covering the whole unit as well as a classroom display sheet for the weekly winner(s). There is also a test record sheet using Excel which calculates the weekly average for the student and the class after every test.
Six revision activities to help revise Entertainment & Leisure c500 to present day
Only Connect quiz
Blank spider diagrams
Guess what game - I laminate mine so they can be reused
Blank Knowledge organisers for students to complete for revision
Word Wall template to make your own word wall activities
Knowledge test
Covers the whole topic in this 58 slide powerpoint. Goes through all the relevant historical eras from c500 to present day and then covers the key question topics for each era. Final slides focus on Blackpool historic site.
There are three files:
(1) sources relating to the USA 1910-1929
(2) Interpretations to the USA 1910-1929
(3) Knowledge check
(1 & 2) Designed to be used as part of intervention sessions with GCSE History students but can also be good revision.
Each file gives examples of all the source / interpretation questions on the exam paper and includes a table with each source / interpretation to help students plan how to answer the questions. The table is based on the mark scheme so requires student to work out for each source / interpretation specifics such as ‘what is the content’? ‘what context would you use?’ ‘what about the author?’ ’ who is the audience of the source?’ etc.
After the exam questions are practice questions for students such as…
What other interpretations are there to:
The First World War was the main cause of the boom.
Or
What contextual knowledge would you use to evidence…
… corruption in government
… black people were segregated etc.
OR
How reliable is a source written by a …?
… flapper?
… Republican? etc
The sources file has 26 pages
the interpretations file has 14 pages
(3) The Knowledge check files asks students to plan their answers to all the key questions for USA 1910-1929 - there are revision tables to help students plan and write out. it is used as a aid for revising content information.
Hope you find this useful!
A full scheme of work for the Germany 1919-1991 unit. Includes:
a cover page with general information like assessments, assessment objectives, key questions
specification
a skills page with all skills for every lesson identified
a space to write changes for each lesson as you go along - working document
all lessons to be taught (27 lessons) with key lesson objectives, resources, suggested teaching activities and skills
I made this resource for my Y12 students whilst they were on their summer holiday last year. It can easily be used as an additional work booklet to introduce or consolidate work on King Edward VI. It includes tasks on the following:
Portrait of Henry VIII and his children
Edward VI’s policies
Somerset and Northumberland
Foreign policy
Comparing the Tudor Kings
Treaty of Boulougne
Rebellions
Edward VI’s education
Great Chain of Being
Exam skills
A set of 56 flashcards based on all the key content on the spec - giving pupils the key information they need to revise. Knowledge based only they contain the key content from the spec in easy to learn bullet points. Included the historical site of Blackpool.
I photocopied the flashcards onto card and cut the pages in half. Each A4 page contains two flashcards.