This activity has been written to help students understand some of the key words that we use in history. It has been designed to be a fun an interactive first lesson that will get them sharing and working together, whilst also giving you time to give out the exercise books and organise your seating plans for the class. When you download this free resource you will be able to access a PowerPoint that contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, tasks, photocopy templates and activities. You will also be able to download this and the word search in a PDF format, just in case you do not have access to Microsoft Office. The lesson begins with a white board task on what key words do they already know by jotting down at least five key words they already know. This is then passed around the group so that other students can add to the list. After four rounds, I usually get each group to feedback their results and write the words on the board. I would then give out the word search and give them 5 to 10 minutes to complete the task before asking them to feedback and annotate a copy of the word search either on the IWB or logging into the website and competing the interactive version. Once this task is complete, I then set them the heads and tails activity which gets them to match up the key words with their correct definitions, once again feeding back in the same way. Finally, I would consolidate the lesson by getting them to create a history dictionary of key words in the back of their book, which they can finish off for homework. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Introduction to History Know: What key words do we use in our history lessons? Understand: What these words mean? Evaluate: When we should try to use some of them? WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: some of the key words that we use in history Can You Explain: What these words mean? Can You Evaluate: When we should try to use some of them? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. This is big resource, which is reflected in the price. All our authors are paid the living wage for their work so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates or if you have any questions or requests. Kind Regards Roy

During the Miners’ Strike, striking miners travelled to working pits in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to become ‘flying pickets’. This strategy involved picketing outside coal mines to persuade other miners to join the strike. There is an outstanding resource that explores the reasons behind this phenomenon. This resource has been refined and fine-tuned in the classroom over a period of 20 years. It was recognised for its excellence and received a national teaching award from Becta in 2008. Additionally, all the interviews conducted by the Doncaster Oral History Project, which provide valuable insights into the Miners’ Strike, have been uploaded to YouTube. These interviews, along with their accompanying teaching resources, have been bundled together and made available on the TES platform. This allows educators and students to access a comprehensive collection of tried and tested materials related to the Miners’ Strike. When you download this free resource, you will recieve a four page PDF document that contains information, historical sources, interactive tasks and activities related to the topic. If you want a fully editatble Word version, along with an accompanying PowerPoint with aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, graphic organisers, word searches and a wider variety of differentiated tasks, then these can be purchased for the price of a cup of coffee from here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12976863 The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: The Miners’ Strike 1984 - 1985 Know: What is a ‘picket line’ and a ‘flying picket? Understand: Why did striking miners travel to working pits in other areas? Evaluate: What were the short term effects of the Miners’ Strike? WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: What a ‘picket line’ or ‘flying picket’ was in 1984? Can You Explain: Why striking miners travelled to working pits in other areas? Can You Evaluate: What were the short term effects of the Miners’ Strike? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on ‘X’, ‘Threads’, ‘LinkedIn’, ‘You Tube’ and ‘Facebook’ for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our dedicated You Tube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy We also have a dedicated YouTube Channel on the MIners’ Strike 1984: @MinersStrike1984 Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding resource has been tried and tested over a number of years and has played a significant role in helping to improve not only results but also in educating our students by looking at the important issue of Native American and Hispanic Civil Rights. This booklet includes a wide range of revision notes, tasks, activities and assessment for learning that are suitable for the full ability spectrum at GCSE History. It is aimed at helping students studying Native American and Hispanic civil rights as part of the OCR GCSE Modern World History: USA Land of the Free 1945 - 1975. This booklet comes in two sections. The first resource is a study guide which includes revision notes and sources on Native American and Hispanic history from 1945 - 1980. ’ Accompanying each section are a range of interactive activities and tasks from pro and con organisers, Venn diagrams, thinking skills triangles to various mind map activities to help reinforce and check students knowledge and understanding. The second section, is made up of a series of past paper questions from OCR’s GCSE on this topic. Accompanying these questions are student guides on how to answer each type of question as well as a student mark scheme for self / peer assessment. If you do a different exam board, you can easily drop in your own mark schemes into the table format and adapt this resource. The full contents for each section are listen below: 1. Background: Hispanic Americans 1800 – 1945 2. Discrimination against Hispanic Americans 3. The struggle for equal rights 4. How did the Chicano movement develop in the 1960s? 5. What methods did Hispanic Americans use? 6. The struggle for education 7. The struggle for land grants 8. The struggle for struggle in the fields 9. Crusade for Justice 10. Problems faced by Native Americans 1485 – 1945 11. Position & Status of Native Americans in 1970 12. Why did Native Americans begin to protest? 13. Why did some Native Americans turn to radical protest methods? 14. Revision Activities 15. OCR Style Exam Questions 16. Pupil Mark Schemes I’ve also included my Smart Notes to accompany teaching this unit with aims, objectives, learning outcomes and bank thinking skills templates as an extra bonus. If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop or stay in touch via: I’ve also produced some similar paid resources on civil rights issues surrounding McCarthyism, Black and Women’s Civil rights in the same period. Please check them out if you teach or study OCR GCSE America the land of the free? Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This great resource is designed to help students plan an essay on how far was Guy Fawkes innocent or guilty. It works really well with either my card sort activities or worksheets on the topic. The aims and objectives are: Theme: What were the causes of the English Civil War? Know: What happened during the Gunpowder Plot? Understand: Why did the Catholics supposedly want to murder the King? Evaluate: How far do the contemporary sources and research by historians prove that Guy Fawkes was innocent or guilty? WILF - What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: What evidence and facts supports that Guy Fawkes was innocent or guilty? Explain: How does the evidence support whether Guy Fawkes was innocent or guilty? Analyse: Come to a judgement on how far Guy Fawkes was guilty? Kind Regards Roy

This literacy resource has been designed to help students to argue in either a speech or a piece of writing. The cards can either be printed off as a worksheet / writing frame or cut out as pack of literacy cards that can be kept in an envelope. When you download this resource, you will be able access a a full editable 7 page Word document with sentence starters to help student argue a case. The resource is designed to take them through the various stages of constructing an argument from the introduction to the conclusion. For your convenience, I have also uploaded this file as a PDF. If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on other areas of writing from recount, explain, discuss, debate, persuade, speculate and many more. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy Kind Regards Roy

This activity has been designed as an introduction to the history of trade unionism in Britain. The activities are designed to be fun, engaging and accessible to students of all abilities. The core activity gets students to annotate the lyrics of Billy Bragg’s song ‘There is a power in a Union.’ When you download this lesson from the History Academy, you will be able to access a 14 slide PowerPoint and a single page Word document. Both have also been saved in PDF, just in case you do not have access to Microsoft Office. The PowerPoint contains starters, plenaries, information slides, video links, tasks and activities to accompany the main task to annotate the lyrics of the song to help students investigate, what is a trade union. Please see the detailed preview for more information. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: The History of British Trade Unionism Know: What is a trade union? Understand: What role do they play in society? Evaluate: ‘There is a Power in a Union’ by Billy Bragg as a source of evidence? Skills: Compare & Contrast, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: What is a trade union? Can You Explain: What role do they play in society? Can You Evaluate: ‘There is a Power in a Union’ by Billy Bragg as a source of evidence? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. This lesson is part of a bundle that you can buy on the history of trade unionism in Britain. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. This is big resource, which is reflected in the price. All our authors are paid the living wage for their work so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates or if you have any questions or requests. Kind Regards Roy

This worksheet covers the key information on the Dreyfus Affair and its impact on anti-Semitism in France. This is a good example to study to highlight the fact that anti-Semitism existed all over Europe, not just in Germany and Russia. There are activities designed for both core and foundation students. If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow 'The History Academy' on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This lesson has been written to help students understand some of the key words that we use in history. It has been designed to be a fun an interactive first lesson that will get them sharing and working together, whilst also giving you time to give out the exercise books and organize your seating plans for the class. When you download this free resource you will be able to access a PowerPoint that contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, tasks, photocopy templates and activities. You will also be able to download this and the word search in a PDF format, just in case you do not have access to Microsoft Office. The lesson begins with a white board task on what key words do they already know by jotting down at least five key words they already know. This is then passed around the group so that other students can add to the list. After four rounds, I usually get each group to feedback their results and write the words on the board. I would then give out the word search and give them 5 to 10 minutes to complete the task before asking them to feedback and annotate a copy of the word search either on the IWB or logging into the website and competing the interactive version. Once this task is complete, I then set them the heads and tails activity which gets them to match up the key words with their correct definitions, once again feeding back in the same way. Finally, I would consolidate the lesson by getting them to create a history dictionary of key words in the back of their book, which they can finish off for homework. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Introduction to History Know: What key words do we use in our history lessons? Understand: What these words mean? Evaluate: When we should try to use some of them? WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: some of the key words that we use in history Can You Explain: What these words mean? Can You Evaluate: When we should try to use some of them? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. This is big resource, which is reflected in the price. All our authors are paid the living wage for their work so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates or if you have any questions or requests. Kind Regards Roy

This lesson has been designed as an introduction for a KS3 class studying Medieval African History. The primary focus of the lesson is on how historians interpret history and have mislabelled early medieval history as a dark age. It also investigates why past historians have chosen to ignore or interpret Medieval African history to justify the Transatlantic Slave Trade or European Colonisation. When you download this free lesson, you will be able to download a 17 slide PowerPoint Presentation which includes information slides, historical sources, starters, plenaries, tasks, activities and templates. Depending upon the ability of your class, I have also included a missing word activity that can be used instead of the questions on on the historical interpretations. I have also upoaded a PDF version for people who may not have PowerPoint. For more information, please see the preview. Theme: Medieval African History Know: Why historians labelled the early medieval period as a dark age? Understand: Why each generation of historians reinterpret history? Evaluate: Why have some historians ignored African Medieval History in the past? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: Why historians labelled the early medieval period as a dark age? Can You Explain: Why each generation of historian reinterpret history? Can You Evaluate: Why have some historians ignored African Medieval History? This lesson is part of a series that have been written for the History Academy on Medieval African History. If you like this resource then why not check out our TES shop, where you can find similar resources that have been bundled to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy on Facebook and YouTube for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. However, we do not compromise our values and pay all our contributors the living wage for their work. Kind Regards Roy

This great resource is designed to help students plan an essay on how far was Guy Fawkes innocent or guilty. It works really well with either my card sort activities or worksheets on the topic. The aims and objectives are: Theme: What were the causes of the English Civil War? Know: What happened during the Gunpowder Plot? Understand: Why did the Catholics supposedly want to murder the King? Evaluate: How far do the contemporary sources and research by historians prove that Guy Fawkes was innocent or guilty? WILF - What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: What evidence and facts supports that Guy Fawkes was innocent or guilty? Explain: How does the evidence support whether Guy Fawkes was innocent or guilty? Analyse: Come to a judgement on how far Guy Fawkes was guilty? Kind Regards Roy

This great little card sort is designed as a quick kinaesthetic, collaborative exercise, which can be used as either a plenary or mini plenary on this topic. It has been created as part of a series on the American West which can be downloaded from my TES shop. I've also produced an iPad version which can also be downloaded for free on tis topic. when you download this resource, it includes nine key ideas associated with Native American warfare with their definitions mixed up. You could cut these out and keep them in an envelop or just give out this single sheet and give your students 10 minutes to cut them, sort them, peer assess their results and then stick them in their books. The aims and objectives for this lesson are: Theme: The American West Know: What were the key features and weapons of Native American warfare? Understand: Why did warriors count coup and display feathers and scalps? Evaluate: How did Native American beliefs affect their attitude towards warfare? WILF: What Am I looking For? Identify and describe: The key features of Native American warfare? Explain: Why did warriors count coup and display feathers and scalps? Evaluate: How did Native American beliefs affect their attitude towards warfare? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow 'The History Academy' on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This fantastic little speaking frame is designed to help students explain cause and effect by providing them with a series of prompts that they can use to develop their speaking and listening skills. It could be used in many different subjects from a history to science. Like all the resources in this series, its great strength is its simplicity. Please check out some of my other resources. When you download this resource, you will be able access a a fully editable single page Word document with prompts to help students describe and explain cause and effect in a speculative talk. For your convenience, I have also uploaded this file as a PDF. If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on other areas of writing from recount, explain, discuss, debate, persuade, speculate and many more. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy Kind Regards Roy

This worksheet covers the attack on the Jews in Russia 1880 - 1920. It looks specifically at both the anti-Semitic regulations that were passed, pogroms as well as the creation of the Pale Settlement, The final section examines how the Russian Jews responded to these attacks. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Can You Describe: How the Jews were treated in Russia from 1880 - 1920? Can You Explain: Why was the Pale Settlement created? Can You Evaluate: Why the Russian government organised against the Jews? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This simple but effective graphic organiser is critical tool for teachers struggling to get their students to understand the difference between the low level narrative (story telling) and higher level analysis note taking and ultimately essay writing. I would recommend modelling how to use this resource on the IWB or to help weaker students by putting in sub headings. So for example, if I was looking at why women got the vote, I might have the different stages in the narrative section where students could record the key facts. I would then challenge them to explain why these events / facts were important and to write them up in the analysis section. Another good use of this amazing tool is to get students to review another students essay or a journal article. Very quickly those students who are stuck at the borderline between a 'D' and a 'C' will quickly understand the difference between narrative and analysis and so aid them in making more effective notes and writing better essays. Kind Regards Roy

This great graphic organiser can be used with your A Level and GCSE students to help them assess two different interpretations of history. The headings that I have included are Accepted View / Revisionist View. So for example, I might give my students two books or articles to look at on why the slave trade was abolished. One might argue that it was down to the role of white abolitionists, whilst the other might look at black resistance. The Judgement box at the bottom is designed to get students to evaluate which interpretation they agree with. This resource is best printed off on A3. Its simple, but it delivers great results. Kind Regards Roy

This one page crossword puzzle activity makes a nice plenary, mini plenary or even a homework activity on this topic. You really wish to be cruel you could give your students a text book and get them to research the answers as an independent enquiry activity at the start of the topic. Have fun! If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow 'The History Academy' on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This one page crossword puzzle activity makes a nice plenary, mini plenary or even a homework activity on this topic. You really wish to be cruel you could give your students a text book and get them to research the answers as an independent enquiry activity at the start of the topic. Have fun! If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow 'The History Academy' on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This great resource makes a really effective classroom display to help students structure their answers using PEE or PEEL. It looks great laminated in either A4 or A3. When you your purchase this resource you will be able to download an eight page word document with the letters PEEL and a matching pupil speak explanation to be displayed alongside the relevant letter either alongside or below. Overtime, I train all my students to at whatever level to use PEEL, its a great tool for improving literacy as well as their grades. Once you’ve embedded it you can also get them to peer and self assess their work by writing Point, Example, Explain and Link in the margin of their exercise books. The majority of my written feedback also uses the key words in PEEL. Please see the preview for more information. If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop, where many have been bundled together to provide you with further savings. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This engaging and interactive card sort lesson aims to get students to critically evaluate the personally and character of Robert the Bruce and whether he deserves the title ‘Braveheart’ attributed to him by some historians. It is designed to work alongside any standard text book or documentary on this topic and is a lighter and cheaper version of a more detailed lesson which includes a worksheet and more detailed PowerPoint: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13135724 . This lesson features a card sort exercise and a continuum task, all designed to prepare students for writing an extended answer to the question. To cater to diverse learning needs, we have included a variety of support activities and tasks. All required photocopying materials and supplementary resources, such as writing frames, templates, extension tasks, and word searches, can be found in the resource section at the end of the lesson. When you download this lesson which critically evaluates the character and integrity of Robert the Bruce, you will be download a 27 slide PowerPoint Presentation, and a single page card sort with two headings labelled 'Hero (Braveheart) or Villain as well as 18 information cards that can be sorted under them. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, information slides, historical sources, video links, pictures, diagrams, templates, photocopiable templates, writing frames, continuum and timeline tasks as well as extension and differentiated tasks, including a word search. Please see the detailed preview for more information. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Know: Why did Scotland remain an independent, Medieval country? Understand: The tactics that Robert the Bruce used to become king? Evaluate: How far does Robert the Bruce deserve the title ‘Braveheart’? Skills: Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: Why did Scotland remain an independent country? Can You Explain: The tactics Robert the Bruce used to become king? Can You Evaluate: How far did Robert the Bruce deserve the title ‘Braveheart’? If you like this lesson, then why not check out our other resources on similar topics in our TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Instagram, X , YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy Kind Regards Roy