If you are looking for a fun, interactive revision game that can be used as a starter or plenary then this resource for you. It particularly good at injecting a bit of competition which will draw in some of those under achieving students, especially the boys who might be very good at learning key facts via a game. These revision cards cover the key factors that you will need to know for 19th Century Public Health in Britain. They make an excellent fun starter, mini plenary or plenary to any lesson. They can also be used by students as revision flash cards. I’ve provided them in word so you can easily adapt them for your own classes. There are three main ways that you can use them. Game 1 involves getting students to read out the key words until the other guesses the topic correctly. Game 2 involves additional challenge and stretch by getting students to describe the topic without using any of the key words on the card. The third game, which adds an additional layer of fun or challenge involves playing a round of Pictionary or Charades. I normally give my students 3 minutes of each round to help activate the learning and warm up the class. You could also have a freestyle round where students decide which game they want to play linked to their learning style. If you are trying to engage some under achieving boys, add some competition and get them to keep score in the back of their books. I would recommend printing them off on card and getting your students to cut them out. Then put the cards into an envelope for class use. If you are a student then keep them in your pocket and use them as a flash card to help you learn the key facts, If there is a term that you do not understand then as your teacher or do some extra research. From a revision perspective, you can print off the cards and get your students to learn the key words for a test or for their exams. These are a win, win resource. The kids will love them and they will help to improve your results. This resource is supplied in Microsoft Word so it can be easily edited and adapted to suit your students. Kind Regards Roy

These tried and tested resource looks at one of the most amazing feats of the modern age, the building of the railways in Victorian Britain. The accomplishment of the navvies, often overlooked in history, rivals that of the pyramid builders and those who built the Great Wall of China. This resource is part of a series that have been written on the Transport Revolution. It follows on from the birth of the railways, but can be sued a stand alone resource. The PowerPoint is design to support the worksheet, but can be used independently. The activities are designed to appeal to a wide range of learners. There are five activities in the PowerPoint including, a snowballing starter of the key words, a class debate, heads and tails, labelling exercise and a word search. The aims and objectives are: Theme: Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900 Know: What problems faced engineers whilst building the railways? Understand: How did engineers overcome the shape of the land? Evaluate: Why did the railways rapidly grow from 1850 – 1900? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance and Source Analysis WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: how railway engineers built the railways? Explain: How railway engineers overcame the shape of the land? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on why the railways expanded rapidly between 1850 – 1900? The PowerPoint also includes some links to some amazing videos on You Tube. Please remember that the PP must be in show mode in order for the hyperlink to work. Anyway, have fun with this lesson. My students always love it. Its fully customisable as everything in provided in Microsoft documents. You may want to include some local examples of viaducts, cuttings, embankments if you want to contextualise the learning to your local environment. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding resource which I have used many times over the past 25 years in one shape or another during lesson observations with Ofsted and or LEA advisors. It forms part of a series that I have uploaded to the TES on the Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900. This particular resources focus on the birth of the railways up to the period known as 'Railway Mania' in the 1850s. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, starters and three activities that are accessible to a wide spectrum of learners. These activities include a snowballing starter of the key words, a heads and tails activity as well as a thinking skills review triangle activity on what were the most important steps / inventions to the birth of the railways. The PowerPoint also contains a number of linked in video clips and animated steam engines. I would like to add that I am not a train spotter, but I've always found that my students, especially the boys have thoroughly enjoyed this topic so put the fun back into the industrial revolution by looking a few machines rather than just focusing on social history. The aims and objectives are: Theme: Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900 Know: Why were the important steps to the introduction of the steam locomotive? Understand: What were the causes of ‘Railway Mania’? Evaluate: Why did the railways rapidly grow from 1830 – 1900? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance and Source Analysis WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The key inventions that were necessary for the invention of the locomotive? Explain: What was ‘Railway Mania’? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on which factor to the introduction of the railways? Anyway, have fun with this resource. They are full editable. If you like it, then please check out some of my other resources on the building of the railway and their impact of the economy. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding resource looks at a number of key historical issues linked to the building of roads in Britain during the Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900. It is designed to put some of the fun back into teaching the Industrial Revolution through engaging content and fun, interactive activities. This lesson belongs to a series of lessons following on from the free introductory lesson that has been uploaded to the TES website called the ‘Transport Revolution.’ If you wish to preview the high quality resources and activities that have been created for this series, then please download it first to make sure that these resources fit with your teaching style. The PowerPoint contains aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, information slides, historical sources, links to video clips, tasks and a full range of activities to suit all learners… Everything is provided in Microsoft office so can be easily edited to suit your classes. Treat yourself to a much earn rest and download this resource and spend some more time with your family, whilst being confident that you are delivering a lesson that will be at least ‘good’ with ‘outstanding.’ The aims and objectives in Blooms are: Theme: The Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900 Know: What state were the roads in 1745? Understand: What improvements were made to the building of roads? Evaluate: How did these improvements help the Industrial Revolution? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Change, Continuity and Source Evaluation. WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The problems with Britain roads in 1745? Explain: How did the building and design of roads improved? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on how successful these changes were to both society and the economy? f you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar topics in our 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. 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

These outstanding resource has been designed to put some of the fun back in to the teaching of the industrial revolution by looking at why and how canals were built from 1750 - 1900. They are based upon some classic interactive resources that have never failed to engage my students over 30 years. These have been updated and If you have previously purchased this lesson, it was updated in December 2023, so you should be able to download the free updates. When you purchase this lesson you will be able to download 41 slide PowerPoint presentation and two accompanying worksheets that should take 2 lessons to complete. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, historical sources, diagrams, templates, writing frames, quizzes, word searches and a wide range of differentiated tasks that mirror the information in the two work sheets. The PP also includes a section called extra resources that you can dip into if you wish. I have also unloaded everything in PDF as well. Your students will love this resource, especially the boys. Treat yourself to a break. Download this resource and give yourself more time to spend with your family, whilst being confident in the knowledge that you will being delivering a ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’ lesson with your students that they will love and find interesting. The aims and objectives are: Theme: The Transport Revolution Know: Why were canals built during the Industrial Revolution? Understand: How did canal engineers overcome the problems of building a man made waterway without a current? Evaluate: What impact did canals have on the cost of moving goods? Skills: Numeracy, Cause & Consequence. WILF: What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: Why and how were canals built? Can You Explain: Why canals were built and how engineers overcame the shape of the land? Can You Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on why Britain underwent a Transport Revolution 1750 – 1900. If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar topics in our 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. 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

These outstanding resources has been a labour of love on the Gold Rush 1848 - 1850s. I have spared no expense in time and effort in trying to produce what I feel is a world class resource. However, don’t take my word for it and check it out for yourself and see what you think. It forms a series of resources that I have written for my students on the American West and are available for download from my TES shop - The History Academy. When you purchase this resource you will be supplied with a PowerPoint and an accompanying card sort on the consequences of the gold rush for different groups living in the American West. The PowerPoint contains the aims and objectives as well as six activities, including a snowballing starter of the key words, a source based analysis question on the short term consequences, a source annotation exercise, two thinking skills graphic organisers that try students to explain the importance of each stage of the gold rush as well as come to an overall conclusion on the negative and positive consequences for different groups living in the American West. I have also included an exam style question with a pupil mark scheme to help students structure a balanced answer. The card sort includes statements on the impact of the gold rush on different groups in western society, law and order, the economy and expansion of the US. Additional tasks get students to review which consequences were positive or negative for different groups. This should be used alongside the PowerPoint. I’ve also included some carefully selected video clips, which are hyperlinked to You Tube. Please remember that they will only work whilst the slide show is on. The aims and objectives are: Theme: Early Settlers in the American West. Know: Why was there a gold rush in California in early 1848? Understand: The different events of the gold rush and their impact on the West? Evaluate: The impact of the Californian gold rush on different groups? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance and Source Analysis WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The key events of the gold rush? Explain: The importance of these events and their consequences for different groups living in the American West? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on how far different groups were affected by the gold rush? Anyway, have fun exploring both the bright and the dark side of this truly amazing turning point in US History. If you would like to remain updated about additional resources then please check out my TES shop or follow The History Academy on either twitter or Facebook. Kind Regards Roy

These outstanding resources has been a labour of love on what I have often felt is a truly fascinating turning point in history, the Gold Rush 1848 - 1850s. I have spared no expense in time and effort in trying to produce what I feel is a world class resource. However, don’t take my word for it and check it out for yourself and see what you think. It forms a series of resources that I have written for my students on the American West. When you purchase this resource you will be supplied with a PowerPoint and an accompanying card sort on the consequences of the gold rush for different groups living in the American West. The PowerPoint contains the aims and objectives as well as six activities, including a snowballing starter of the key words, a source based analysis question on the short term consequences, a source annotation exercise, two thinking skills graphic organisers that try students to explain the importance of each stage of the gold rush as well as come to an overall conclusion on the negative and positive consequences for different groups living in the American West. I have also included an exam style question with a pupil mark scheme to help students structure a balanced answer. The card sort includes statements on the impact of the gold rush on different groups in western society, law and order, the economy and expansion of the US. Additional tasks get students to review which consequences were positive or negative for different groups. This should be used alongside the PowerPoint. I’ve also included some carefully selected video clips which are linked to You Tube. Please remember that they will only work whilst the slide show is on. The aims and objectives are: Theme: Early Settlers in the American West. Know: Why was there a gold rush in California in early 1848? Understand: The different events of the gold rush and their impact on the West? Evaluate: The impact of the Californian gold rush on different groups? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance and Source Analysis WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The key events of the gold rush? Explain: The importance of these events and their consequences for different groups living in the American West? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on how far different groups were affected by the gold rush? Anyway, have fun exploring both the bright and the dark side of this truly amazing turning point in US History. If you would like to remain updated about additional resources then please check out my TES shop or follow The History Academy on either twitter or Facebook. Kind Regards Roy

These outstanding resources on the Christmas Truce in 1914 are a great lesson no matter the time of year, but they make a particularly moving, touching and inspirational end to the long Autumn Term on the meaning of Christmas. They have been uploaded in both Office and PDF formats. I’ve provided two resources with this lesson. They can be used in any subject across the curriculum. This topic links to History, Music, RE, PSCHE, English, Drama and Music. The first resource is a worksheet with a series of activities aimed to support a wide spectrum of learners. I’ve built in extension tasks as well as DART strategies for the less able. The PowerPoint is designed to primarily to support the delivery of the worksheet, but includes the aims and objectives, a snowballing starter for pair and share, differentiated questions for different groups, historical sources and diagrams to help illustrate core ideas as well as carefully selected video and music clips. This is one of my favourite lessons and I am confident that it will quickly become yours as well. Treat yourself to good lesson, avoid the painful Christmas videos at the end of term and create a memorable educational moment in time for your students with this truly inspirational story. Theme: The First World War Know: What happened during the Christmas Truce in 1914? Understand: Why did the British and German troops hold an unofficial truce? Evaluate: Why wasn’t there a Christmas truce in 1915? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: What happened during the Christmas Truce in 1914? Can You Explain: Why did the British and German troops hold an unofficial truce? Can You Evaluate: Why wasn’t there a Christmas truce in 1915? If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar topics in our 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. 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. Kind Regards Roy

These outstanding resources on the Christmas Truce in 1914 are a great lesson no matter the time of year, but they make a particularly moving, touching and inspirational end to the long Autumn Term on the meaning of Christmas. I’ve provided two resources with this lesson. They can be used in any subject across the curriculum. This topic links to History, Music, RE, PSCHE, English, Drama and Music. The first resource is a worksheet with a series of activities aimed to support a wide spectrum of learners. I’ve built in extension tasks as well as DART strategies for the less able. The PowerPoint is designed to primarily to support the delivery of the worksheet, but includes the aims and objectives, a snowballing starter for pair and share, differentiated questions for different groups, historical sources and diagrams to help illustrate core ideas as well as carefully selected video and music clips. This is one of my favourite lessons and I am confident that it will quickly become yours as well. Treat yourself to good lesson, avoid the painful Christmas videos at the end of term and create a memorable educational moment in time for your students with this truly inspirational story. Both resources included in this lesson have been uploaded in both Office and PDF format. Theme: The First World War Know: What happened during the Christmas Truce in 1914? Understand: Why did the British and German troops hold an unofficial truce? Evaluate: Why wasn’t there a Christmas truce in 1915? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: What happened during the Christmas Truce in 1914? Can You Explain: Why did the British and German troops hold an unofficial truce? Can You Evaluate: Why wasn’t there a Christmas truce in 1915? If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar topics in our 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. 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. Kind Regards Roy

These tried and tested resources look at one of the most amazing feats of the modern age, the building of the railways in Victorian Britain. The accomplishment of the navvies, often overlooked in history, rivals that of the pyramid builders and those who built the Great Wall of China. This resource is part of a series that have been written on the Transport Revolution. It follows on from the birth of the railways, but can be sued a stand alone resource. The PowerPoint is design to support the worksheet, but can be used independently. The activities are designed to appeal to a wide range of learners. There are five activities in the PowerPoint including, a snowballing starter of the key words, a class debate, heads and tails, labelling exercise and a word search. The worksheet on the other hand includes traditional questions to develop students understanding of the question along with some additional DART strategies such true and false statements and the word search activity that is in the PP. The aims and objectives are: Theme: Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900 Know: What problems faced engineers whilst building the railways? Understand: How did engineers overcome the shape of the land? Evaluate: Why did the railways rapidly grow from 1850 – 1900? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance and Source Analysis WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: how railway engineers built the railways? Explain: How railway engineers overcame the shape of the land? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on why the railways expanded rapidly between 1850 – 1900? The PowerPoint also includes some links to some amazing videos on You Tube. Please remember that the PP must be in show mode in order for the hyperlink to work. Anyway, have fun with this lesson. My students always love it. Its fully customisable as everything in provided in Microsoft documents. You may want to include some local examples of viaducts, cuttings, embankments if you want to contextualise the learning to your local environment. Kind Regards Roy

These are outstanding resources which I have used many times over the past 25 years in one shape or another during lesson observations with Ofsted and or LEA advisors. They form part of a series that I have uploaded to the TES on the Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900. These particular resources focus on the birth of the railways up to the period known as 'Railway Mania' in the 1850s. The PowerPoint is designed to work alongside the worksheet, but it can be used as an independent resource on a school VLE or in a lesson. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, starters and three activities that are accessible to a wide spectrum of learners. These activities include a snowballing starter of the key words, a heads and tails activity as well as a thinking skills review triangle activity on what were the most important steps / inventions to the birth of the railways. The worksheet includes similar activities, but also includes several much harder questions to help extend middle and higher ability students. The PowerPoint also contains a number of linked in video clips and animated steam engines. I would like to add that I am not a train spotter, but I've always found that my students, especially the boys have thoroughly enjoyed this topic so put the fun back into the industrial revolution by looking a few machines rather than just focusing on social history. The aims and objectives are: Theme: Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900 Know: Why were the important steps to the introduction of the steam locomotive? Understand: What were the causes of ‘Railway Mania’? Evaluate: Why did the railways rapidly grow from 1830 – 1900? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance and Source Analysis WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The key inventions that were necessary for the invention of the locomotive? Explain: What was ‘Railway Mania’? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on which factor to the introduction of the railways? Anyway, have fun with these resources. They are full editable. If you like them, then please check out some of my other resources on the building of the railway and their impact of the economy. Kind Regards Roy

These outstanding resource has been designed to put some of the fun back in to the teaching of the industrial revolution by looking at why and how canals were built from 1750 - 1900. They are based upon some classic interactive resources that have never failed to engage my students over 30 years. These have been updated and If you have previously purchased this lesson, it was updated in December 2023, so you should be able to download the free updates. When you purchase this lesson you will be able to download 41 slide PowerPoint presentation and two accompanying worksheets that should take 2 lessons to complete. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, historical sources, diagrams, templates, writing frames, quizzes, word searches and a wide range of differentiated tasks that mirror the information in the two work sheets. The PP also includes a section called extra resources that you can dip into if you wish. I have also unloaded everything in PDF as well. Your students will love this resource, especially the boys. Treat yourself to a break. Download this resource and give yourself more time to spend with your family, whilst being confident in the knowledge that you will being delivering a ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’ lesson with your students that they will love and find interesting. The aims and objectives are: Theme: The Transport Revolution Know: Why were canals built during the Industrial Revolution? Understand: How did canal engineers overcome the problems of building a man made waterway without a current? Evaluate: What impact did canals have on the cost of moving goods? Skills: Numeracy, Cause & Consequence. WILF: What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: Why and how were canals built? Can You Explain: Why canals were built and how engineers overcame the shape of the land? Can You Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on why Britain underwent a Transport Revolution 1750 – 1900. If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar topics in our 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. 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

These fun and engaging resources on the Transport Revolution, focus on the development of the new roads, turnpike trusts, coaching inns and the impact that they had on everyday life. They are designed to be suitable for the full range of ability and include a wide range of differentiated tasks and activities that should last at least two lessons. When you purchase these resources you will be able to download a Powerpoint presentation and three worksheets that can be printed separately or as a booklet. The first worksheet looks at the state of the roads in 1750 and why the government decided to set up the Turnpike Trusts after the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. The Second worksheet can be used either in lesson or set as homework and looks at the different road designs that the road builders experimented with until they finally settled on McAdams design. Later they added tar and created TarMcadams or Tarmac as we call it today. The third worksheets looks at the impact of the new roads and the development of coaching inns and the rise of the highwayman. The PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, tasks and activities to help facilitate the lesson. All the documents have also been uploaded as PDFs just in case you need to upload them or don’t have access to Office. The series of lessons follow on from the free introductory lesson that has been uploaded to the TES website. If you wish to preview the high quality resources and activities that have been created for this series, then please download it first to make sure that these resources fit with your teaching style. The aims of this lesson are: Theme: The Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900 Know: What state were the roads in 1745? Understand: What improvements were made to the building of roads? Evaluate: How did these improvements help the Industrial Revolution? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Change, Continuity and Source Evaluation. WILF: What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: The problems with Britain roads in 1745? Can You Explain: How did the building and design of roads improved? Can You Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on how successful these changes were to both society and the economy? 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 great resource has been tried and tested over the past 30 years and has never failed to grab the attention and engage my students. This introductory lesson looks at the causes and consequences of the Transport Revolution in Britain. The worksheet is designed for middle and top set students, whilst the accompanying PowerPoint has a mix of activities to engage the full range of abilities. As with all my activities, they designed to be interactive and promote discussion and develop students thinking skills. Both resources have been uploaded using both Microsoft Office and PDF files. They include: A snowballing starter activity of the key words for the lesson Source matching exercise of different transport methods in the 18th Century A self / review activity of the answers Map Exercise: What changed / stayed the same 400AD to 1700 Heads and tails activity of the causes and consequences of 18th century transport revolution A thinking skills review exercise of which were the most important factors Map Exercise: What changed / stayed the same 1700 to 1800 The aims and objectives are: Theme: The Transport Revolution 1750 - 1900 Know: What problems faced Britain’s transport network in 1750? Understand: Why did Britain’s transport network change in the 18th Century? Evaluate: Why were these changes necessary? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The problems facing the transport network in 1750? Explain: What pressures were forcing the system to change? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on which pressures or causes were the most important? If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar topics in our 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. 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

These great resources look at the problems facing coal miners from 1750 - 1900. The PowerPoint includes the aims and objectives, information slides, eight activities, an assessment, pupil mark scheme and three outstanding video clips from interviews with Doncaster coal miners that I created as part of an oral history project. Meanwhile, the card sort exercise is designed as a mini plenary to help what students have learnt so far or a preparation or the assessment task. The aims and objectives are: Theme: How did the steam engine revolutionise industry? Know: What changes took place in the coal mining industry 1750 - 1850? Understand: How the new methods increased coal production? Evaluate: How did the steam engine revolutionise mining production? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance, Evaluation and Judgement. What Am I Looking For this lesson? Identify = the changes that took place in the coal mining industry. Describe = the changes that took place in the coal mining industry. Explain = how the new machinery and steam engines improved coal production? Analyse = form a judgement how far the steam engine revolutionized coal production? I was awarded a teaching award from BECTA in 2011 for the oral history resources and interactive content that I developed for these lesson resources. Activity 1: A Snowballing Exercise Activity 2: Produce a spider graph summarising the problems facing miner using a clip from worst jobs in history Activity 3: Class Feedback and review of what has been learnt Activity 4: Jot down five facts about surviving a rood collapse in a coal mine Activity 5: Guess my job Activity 6: Card Sort Activity 7: Class discussion: How far did the steam engine solve the problems facing miners Activity 8: Spider Summary Activity 9: Assessment with student mark scheme. You may also wish to download the differentiated worksheet that could be used to accompany these resources. However, these resources can easily stand on there own. Kind Regards Roy

These award winning resources, will simply take your breath away. They look in depth at the problems facing coal miners and the solutions that they came up with from 1750 - 1900. The PowerPoint includes the aims and objectives, information slides, eight activities, an assessment, pupil mark scheme and three outstanding video clips from interviews with Doncaster coal miners that I created as part of an oral history project. The worksheet can be used along side the PowerPoint, but contains and additional four differentiated activities for lower ability students. Meanwhile, the card sort exercise is designed as a mini plenary to help you assess what your students have learnt so far in preparation or the assessment task. The aims and objectives are: Theme: How did the steam engine revolutionise industry? Know: What changes took place in the coal mining industry 1750 - 1850? Understand: How the new methods increased coal production? Evaluate: How did the steam engine revolutionise mining production? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Significance, Evaluation and Judgement. What Am I Looking For this lesson? Identify = the changes that took place in the coal mining industry. Describe = the changes that took place in the coal mining industry. Explain = how the new machinery and steam engines improved coal production? Analyse = form a judgement how far the steam engine revolutionized coal production? In 2011, I was awarded a teaching award for the oral history resources and interactive content that I developed for these lesson resources, which you can download for a bargain price! Activity 1: A Snowballing Exercise Activity 2: Produce a spider graph summarising the problems facing miner using a clip from worst jobs in history Activity 3: Class Feedback and review of what has been learnt Activity 4: Jot down five facts about surviving a rood collapse in a coal mine Activity 5: Guess my job Activity 6: Card Sort Activity 7: Class discussion: How far did the steam engine solve the problems facing miners Activity 8: Spider Summary Activity 9: Assessment with student mark scheme. Have fun - these resources should span 2/3 lessons but can easily be adapted. Kind Regards Roy

This great activity is designed to help students understand how various inventions and ideas helped to solve the problems facing coal miners 1750 - 1900. Students are given five problem cards such as low wages, choke damp, fire damp, flooding and collapsing roofs. They then have to match at least two solutions to each problem. I've also included an extension exercise to get students to create a key to help them identify which problems came earlier or later in the period. If you like this resource then you will love my worksheet on coal mining problems which can be used to accompany this card sort. It is available as a joint discounted package. 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 great graphic organiser is designed to help develop students thinking and source analysis skills. Simply paste a copy of the source in the middle of the graphic organise and get your students to complete analyse the source by answering the questions in the squares. As students work their way from the inside out, they will identify what they can learn from the source and consider key issues such as origin, nature and purpose, which have been carefully structured and sequenced to reflect the increasing levels of difficult. Kind Regards Roy