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!
This is a 92 slide quiz focused solely on the topic of Germany 1919-1990 - designed to make students think about their answers! There are four rounds:
Round 1 - What’s the connection? (35 questions)
Round 2 - What come’s fourth? (14 questions)
Round 3 - Missing vowels for keywords (28 questions)
Round 4 - Word Wall (5 word walls)
Can be played as a whole class or for individual revision testing.
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
28 homeworks for the USA 1910-1929 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 two slides of the download.
The topics tested are:
- Immigration 1&2
- Red Scare
- Sacco and Vanzetti
- The Monkey Trial
- Black Americans
- KKK
- Native Americans
- Round Up 1
- Prohibition 1,2& 3
- Gangsters
- Government Corruption
- Round Up 2
- Boom 1 & 2
- Consumer society
- Car Industry
- Booming society
- End of prosperity
- Wall Street Crash
- Round Up 3
- Jazz Age
- Popular Entertainment
- Movies
- Women
- Sport
37 pages of possible exam questions and exam answers for Germany Outline Study for WJEC 1919-1991. Essential revision for Y11 students to try and prepare for the GCSE exam.
Contains questions and answers for topic 1: political and economic and topic 2: social
Includes plans and full differentiated answers for Questions 4 and 5 (essay questions)
A collection of six revision activities for Elizabeth I - 1558-1603
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
A homework booklet with 35 pages for the spring 2 half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on Stuart England and includes:
Contents
Who were the Stuarts?
Why did the Civil War start?
Roundheads v Cavaliers
Weapons & Battles
Why was the King executed?
Cromwell ‘hero or villain’?
Which witch is which?
The ‘Merry Monarch’
London’s burning
The Catholic King & his ‘Glorious’ daughter
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
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.