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!
Two Y7 assessments for the Autumn term based on the medieval topic. Uses GCSE question starters and includes both markscheme.
Assessment 1
Section A
Background to the Battle of Hastings – True or False task
The Battle of Hastings – Circle the Word / Multiple Choice
Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? Tick & link reasons task
Bayeux Tapestry task
What if… task
Section B
Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? (12)
Assessment 2
Section A
Describe a Motte and Bailey castle.
Section B
What can be learnt from sources A and B about life in the Middle Ages? (4)
Section C
Use Source C and your own knowledge to describe the Domesday Book. (5 marks)
Student assessment sheets also include tips on how to answer the questions
Mark schemes include indicative content as well as bands for marking
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 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
Includes 8 revision clock templates for students to revise the topic of Elizabeth I.
Topics are:
Clock 1 - People
Clock 2 - Government
Clock 3 - Rich and Poor
Clock 4 - Entertainment
Clock 5 - Religion
Clock 6 - Catholics
Clock 7 - Armada
Clock 8 - Puritans
Printing off in A3 is best for writing space. Spend 5 minutes on each section and one clock lasts a 60 minute lesson or use for students to revise individually.
Includes 8 spider diagram templates for revising the topic of USA 1910-1929. Uses pictures and key words to split the topics up into manageable revision chunks.
Topics are:
1 – USA general
2 - Immigration
3 – Race and Religion
4 – Crime and Corruption
5 – Economic Boom
6 – End of Prosperity
7- Entertainment
8 – Women
9 colourful posters on Britain during the 1930s and 1940s. Includes pictures, key words and guided content. Includes posters on the following:
- The Depression
- Life in the 1930s
_ steps to WW2
- Preparation for WW2
- The Home Front
- Propaganda and Morale
- Britain in 1945
Society under Labour post 45
- Economy under Labour post 45
Based on the Elizabeth topic of entertainment and using the Eduqas textbook 'The Elizabethan Age' as a reference source, a bundle of worksheets for students to learn the necessary information needed for the exam. The following worksheets are included:
1. The popularity of cruel sports during Elizabethan times - table
2. Entertainment enjoyed by the rich and poor - For making notes
3. Entertainment in Elizabethan Times - CAP (Content, Authorship and Purpose) - using contemporary sources and interpretations
4. Entertainment in Elizabethan Times - listing different types of entertainment during the era
5. Five Men's Morris template board game
6. Leading playwrights of the Elizabethan era - Table
7. London theatres - table
8. Strolling players - Questions
9. The importance of William Shakespeare - spider diagram
10. What did an Elizabethan theatre look like? - label the picture
11. Who opposed and supported Elizabethan theatre and why? - Identifying arguments
12. Exam Question bear baiting with PLC
13. Conclusion – what was the impact of entertainment over the Elizabethan era? - Questions
14. History summary question ‘A visit to the theatre was the most popular form of entertainment during Elizabethan times.’ with PLC
Show your students how to answer the Elizabethan age paper with a Pixl idea - Walking Talking mock. Using the questions from the Hodder textbook this mock walks students through the exam process and includes structured paragraph starters for each question.
Includes:
Walking talking mock with sentence starters and mark scheme
Walking talking mock blank with no sentence starters
Another mock paper with different questions with no sentence starters
Focus on the Elizabethan Age unit. Includes:
-knowledge organisers for the whole unit
- PLC’s with practice exam questions
- walking talking mock paper with sentence starters for all questions
- a further practice mock paper
- teaching resources for the entertainment and Puritan topics in the unit.
Three files (which comprise a total of 14 pages) of revision tasks for the USA topic. Includes a variety of activities including fill in the blanks, True or False, describe questions. These are knowledge based activities - could be used as a holiday homework or revision activities in class.
A collection of activities / PowerPoint's on the problems facing Britain in 1951 and the Festival of Britain.
Includes:
- Britain in 1950 - good or bad? PowerPoint with activities and historical article
- Britain in 1951 - PowerPoint with activities
- The Festival of Britain handout
- Activity sheets needed for tasks
The PowerPoint's focus on giving information on the course content with some activities included to check understanding.
This resource explains the requirements for all of the questions in the new GCSE exam for component 2 Germany 1919-1991 but can be easily adapted for all the other component 2 units like the USA 1929-1990. The flashcards and posters give advice on answering the question and look at other example questions.
Includes 6 flashcards (just print off on card and cut into four) for students to be given for revision. Also includes 5 posters which are bigger A4 versions of the flashcards.
- Title flashcard
- Question 1 flashcard and poster
- Question 2 flashcard and poster
- Question 3 flashcard and poster
- Question 4 flashcard and poster
- Question 5 flashcard and poster
As the picture shows, I laminated them, hole punched the top left hand corner and put them on a key ring ring. My class carry a copy for reference at home and school.
N.B. This copy of flashcards is uncoloured.
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
All you need to revise and practice with your pupils for the Germany 1919-1990 exam.
Includes:
• Practice questions
• Revison quizzes in the format of 10 questions each
• Revision flash cards for each question on the paper
• Marking grids for marking practice questions
• Revision game with over 90 slides in the style of the only connect quiz
• Two practice mocks
• 83 practice exam questions for the new paper
A workbook for students to complete for revision
Knowledge organisers for Germany
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.
This is a lesson on how to answer the 16 mark question on interpretations for papers 1 and 2. It focuses primarily on ‘The Elizabethan Age 1558-1603’ and ‘The USA 1910-1929’ but can be adapted for other topics.
Slides include:
what is an interpretation and examples
Walk through a question with a sample answer
Planning table on PP (and attached word document) on analysing interpretations
Answering ‘how and why interpretations are reached’
Giving starter sentences to use in the exam
5 practice questions
a revision poster task
These flashcards are based on the AQA specification but include content on all the key policies, events, treaties etc. relating to King Henry VIII. 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 VIII: character and aims; addressing Henry VII’s legacy
•• Government: Crown and Parliament, ministers, domestic policies including the establishment of
Royal Supremacy
•• Relationships with Scotland and other foreign powers; securing the succession
•• Society: elites and commoners; regional issues and the social impact of religious upheaval; rebellion
•• Economic development: trade, exploration, prosperity and depression
•• Religion: renaissance ideas; reform of the Church; continuity and change by 1547
Personalised learning checklists for a variety of the new GCSE exam style questions based on Germany breadth study 1919-1991. Each includes the question, mark scheme and targets for improvement on a cover sheet for ticking and circling to make marking easy. Allows opportunities for peer and self assessment as well as targets for improvement.
Questions include:
- Explain why conditions on the Home Front changed between 1940 and 1945. (8 marks)
- Explain why life was different for women and children under the Nazis. (8 marks]
- Describe the problems for the Weimar Republic in the early 1920s. (5 marks]
- Describe the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (5 marks]
- Describe the treatment of women between 1933-39 (5 marks]
A 29 slide PowerPoint which goes through every GCSE exam question which could feature in the 2017 exam for Depression, War and Recovery option.
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
Overall there are 39 practice exam questions all tailored for the 2017 exam with writing frames for every question in the student answer booklet.