This unit gives hours of lessons including activities, questions and discussion points about the reign of Mary Tudor. The unit is primarily aimed at the theme of a Mid Tudor Crisis but can easily be used for most Tudor examinations. The corresponding PowerPoint is available in the Premium section.

This lesson is not on a specific topic nor is it a series of activities. Instead it is a whole class activity based around a major theme or topic in history. The aim is to create a visual summary of an historical event, from the main topic down to some of the key people involved. The Tree can be created as a piece of research on a new topic. The students can add to it as the topic develops. Alternatively the Tree can be created as a conclusion to a major class project. Each student can be given a task and once completed it will sum up all of their work.

This resource encourages the students to look at what they know well and what they need a little more guidance on. There are then five different types of essay plans that can be used either through the course or as part of the revision process. The essay plans are set out differently and can be easily adapted to different topics.

All this talk of growing population and no one has really given a thought to Santa’s extra workload. The poor man is worn out and his team is at breaking point. Your students will be asked to calculate what Santa needs to do to make sure he can meet the growing demand. As well as some mathematical problems to solve the students also have to make a 3 dimensional shape which can be used to put a sweet in an hang on their tree.

This very detailed and lengthy PowerPoint is designed for the unit of work available in the Free section. The unit of work gives all the references to the PowerPoint.

This is a collection of six worksheets that can be used at the start of the Tudor topic or as part of an ongoing collection the students complete. They are all intended for more student centred work and are aimed at organising the students notes in a more coherent form. This should make revision easier.

A collection of Handouts concerning the End of the First World War and the start of the Second World War. Includes: 1. Europe Political Map 2. Map of Europe & its Dictators Worksheet 3. Interwar Europe Map 4. Nazi Maths Questions 5. "Steps to War" Project Instructions 6. "Steps to War" Research Sheet 7. "Steps to War" Source Sheet 8. "Steps to War" Wordsearch 9. "Steps to War" German Expansion sheet

History is full of assumptions in that teachers often assume that students have a certain level of knowledge. Topics that are discussed regularly are very rarely explained because it is assumed that students know about them and understand them. One such example is the ‘state’ or ‘country’. ‘A’ level students will have heard the terms many times but will have rarely thought about what such a thing is, what it means and what influence it has. This unit aims to get the students thinking about what a country is and the decisions that go into its creation. The students will discuss and work together to create their own country and then apply what they have talked about to the states and countries that they encounter in their studies.

A collection of handouts designed for using in Year 9 (or GCSE) when studying the First World War. Includes: Reasons why the Schlieffen Plan Failed Trench from Above Treaty of Versailles Sources & Questions Living Timeline Axis First World War data on an A5 handout(Populations; Military spending; army size etc Europe Map 1914

Rationing had a huge impact on the lives of everyone in Britain during the Second World War but often gets overlooked in the curriculum or at least left as a sidebar. This lesson pack aims to explain what rationing was and lets the students have a go at dealing with rationing as people would have had to. The pack contains everything you need to explain rationing and to play the rationing trading game. This really gets the students to actively participate in the lesson and understand the problems that rationing and the Black market could produce.  Aims:  To explain what Rationing was in Britain during and after the Second World War  To explain what the Black market was.  To have a go at a rationing / trading game. To think about the benefits that rationing brought.

This lesson is all about imagination and creative writing. The students are to look at traditional Christmas songs, events and customs and invert or twist them to present an alternative. This produces great discussions and some really interesting pieces of creative writing. Alternatives include the Twelve Days of Christmas; Dickens A Christmas Carol; or just the life of a Christmas Tree. The lesson encourages the students to be critical of the work and world before them and come up with an alternative. They then have to present that alternative in one of three ways. At the end of the lesson is an opportunity for the students to think about their own Christmas traditions and write about what is important for themselves at Christmas

This is a sensitive yet challenging collection of activities that can be used by all ages and abilities to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. They require focus on the students thinking about two key areas: 1. Why should we remember the Holocaust? 2. Thinking about the people who were killed in the Holocaust. The students have a range of practical activities available, all of which can be used in some form of display if needed.

The truce within parts of the Western Front trenches is one of the defining moments of the First World War for many people. These activities seek to look at the emotion and the feelings that the men in the trenches would have been feeling as they spent their first Christmas in the Trenches. The activities take back the events from a novelty advert to the real emotion of the men in the trenches. The exercises encourage the students to empathise with the soldiers and to consider their actions in terms of what they had previously been told about the Germans. There is a link with English as the students then look at writing a poem about the events, taking influence from some of the great war poets.

This is a brilliantly interactive resource that makes the students think from the very moment the lesson begins. They have to crack various codes in order to work out the next part of the lesson. What's more this is a useful way to discuss numeracy within history as codebreaking has mathematics at it's heart. This is all part of an exercise that encourages the students to think about the activities at Bletchley Park and the breaking of the Enigma code. This works as a stand alone lesson or as part of work on the D Day landings or the Atomic Bomb as it is all about secrecy and codes.

This pack contains four useful activities based around remembrance week as well as the broader topic of remembering and thinking about those that have gone and died in conflicts around the world. The tasks are particularly suited to history but there are aspects that could be used in RS as well or used as a whole school activity. All are aimed at trying to get the students to really think about past conflicts and the loss that occurred. The activities encourage creativity and empathy and will be an excellent addition to any work planned. The work can be developed for wall displays and there are opportunities to expand the work to fit around other topics on the curriculum as well as extension tasks for homework.

On Christmas Eve Santa has to make a magical journey around the world. Without such a feat the children would all be sad on Christmas morning. The students need to work out some of the maths of such an undertaking. What is needed from those reindeers in order to fulfil Santa’s Christmas Delivery. The students will need to use a variety of maths skills is order to find out all of the answers. The skills include: Arithmetic Division Multiplication Averages.

This lesson uses mathematics to help explain love. Where Shakespeare used words, we will use maths. The lesson is based around a fictitious character trying to demonstrate love and the only way he knows how to do this is with maths. There are lots of challenges for the students discussing such things such as: Shapes Arithmetic Pythagoras Odds and fractions Money & Numeracy The lesson offers a fun and interesting way to look at Maths and apply it to the world the students live in. There are lots of interesting and thought provoking activities, detailed worksheets and an interactive PowerPoint to assist with the lesson.

This is an excellent resource that investigates the difficult topic of modern slavery. It fits perfectly with the GCSE RE specification with Human Rights and Social Justice. The lesson covers topical issues and ask questions that really focus the students on the moral consequences of slavery. There is a brief historical aspect to put slavery into context before exploring modern slavery and the trafficking of people.

Numeracy is a vitally important topic and history, as with all subjects, have to demonstrate that they are highlighting numeracy within their lessons. This pack contains a broad selection of activities that can be used on their own, as a starter or a plenary, or as part of a wider topic area. It comes with all the instructions and handouts needed- 9 in total. The activities are simple and yet really good at showing the link between numeracy and history. What is more all the tasks are actually vital to success within history.

It is perhaps the simplest thing to do. Think. However, when the examiner tells the students to begin their exams it can often be a rather more challenging proposal. This Lesson contains a variety of activities designed to get the students thinking. On their own they do not take too much time but can be easily adapted to some of the other Recipes to develop the revision. This activity can also be used as a thinking skills activity at the start of the year.