The great resource is aimed at KS2 and KS3 students. It is a simple guide with sentence starters to help students analyse sources. Ideally, a copy could be printed off and stuck in students books or laminated on yellow paper and used as a literacy mat. Kind Regards Roy

This excellent resource looks at the history of coal mining in Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries. It focuses on several themes including the problems that the miners faced, the solutions that they came up with and the impact of the steam engine on revolutionising the coal industry. 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? L3 Identify = the changes that took place in the coal mining industry. L4 Describe = the changes that took place in the coal mining industry. L5 Explain = how the new machinery and steam engines improved coal production? L6 Analyse = form a judgement how far the steam engine revolutionized coal production? The worksheet is divided up into two lessons and includes differentiated activities designed to suit the needs of lower and middle ability students. Have fun and if you want to pay a little more you could purchase my PowerPoint and card sort that could be used to accompany this lesson. These contain additional activities and award winning oral history interviews with coal miners in Doncaster. Kind Regards Roy

This highly adaptable revision guide with a past paper question and assessment for learning pupil mark scheme is must have for anyone studying the causes of the Second World War. The first page includes all the key facts students need to know about German rearmament and why Britain and France failed to stop Germany. The second page includes two activities, a summary table why Germany was able to rearm 1933 - 1939 and a discussion / extended writing activity which aims to assess how successful was Germany’s attempts to rearm in comparison to the rest of the world by 1939. The third page includes an optional Oxford and Cambridge Exam Board source based question on why the disarmament conference failed, whilst page four contains the pupil mark scheme and writing frame for the question. The resource is provided in word so it can be easily adapted to suit your students. It can be used as part of a lesson or a piece of homework for students studying this topic or as revision guide. Aims and Objectives Theme: Causes of the Second World War Know: How did Germany rearm 1933 - 1939? Understand: Why were Britain and France unable to stop Germany rearming? Evaluate: How successfully was German rearmament 1933 - 1939? WILF Identify: How big did German armed forces grow between 1933 - 1939? Explain: why did Britain and France fail to stop Germany? Analyse: How successful was German rearmament from 1933 - 1939? Kind Regards Roy

This highly adaptable revision guide with a past paper question and assessment for learning pupil mark scheme is must have for anyone studying the causes of the Second World War. The first page includes all the key facts students need to know about German rearmament and why Britain and France failed to stop Germany. The second page includes two activities, a summary table why Germany was able to rearm 1933 - 1939 and a discussion / extended writing activity which aims to assess how successful was Germany's attempts to rearm in comparison to the rest of the world by 1939. The third page includes an optional OCR source based question on why the disarmament conference failed, whilst page four contains the pupil mark scheme and writing frame for the question. The resource is provided in word so it can be easily adapted to suit your students. It can be used as part of a lesson or a piece of homework for students studying this topic or as revision guide. Aims and Objectives Theme: Causes of the Second World War Know: How did Germany rearm 1933 - 1939? Understand: Why were Britain and France unable to stop Germany rearming? Evaluate: How successfully was German rearmament 1933 - 1939? WILF Identify: How big did German armed forces grow between 1933 - 1939? Explain: why did Britain and France fail to stop Germany? Analyse: How successful was German rearmament from 1933 - 1939? Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding resource is an old favourite of mine and was downloaded over 70,000 times on the schoolhistory.co.uk website. This new and updated versions comes with some great new activities. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: What were the consequences of the break with Rome? Know: What did people believe about how to get to Heaven or Hell? Understand: Why were people prepared to die for their beliefs? Evaluate: What was the most important reason? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: What did people believe about Heaven & Hell? Explain: Why people were prepared to die for their beliefs? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on the consequences of the Break with Rome on religious beliefs in Britain? This resource includes six activities and one assessment task with a pupil friendly assessment for learning mark scheme with next steps feedback. Activity 1 is designed a snowballing starter using all the key words. Full instructions included. The first part of the lesson looks at what people believed in the 16th Century and explains the different Catholic and Protestant views of how they believed Christians could get their souls cleaned in the 16th Century. This part of the lesson links in well with my lesson on the reformation or why was there religious conflict in the 16th & 17th Centuries. Activity 2 is designed to build upon what students have learnt in the first two slides through a source analysis of image of Hell / Purgatory, which can be completed in groups / pairs. Activity 3 is a feedback activity linked to Activity 2 with an opportunity to mark / improve their answers with purple pen. This is followed up the class discussion in Activity 4 around with a predictive discussion around why people were prepared to die for their beliefs linked to their ideas of Heave and Hell. Activity 5 focuses around the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris in 1572 to provide students with a comparison with what was happening in England at this time. I have included some great sound effects to accompany these slides - please see the instructions at the end for unzipping the presentation. Activity 6 is a consolidation exercise which asks the question who was the bloodiest Tudor. I have included statistics and links to video clips to help extend the learning here. The final task is an extended piece of writing and includes an AFL blooms pupil mark scheme on the question 'Why were people willing to die for their beliefs in the 16th Century? ' I've also included some advice for students on how to structure their answers. These slides could be printed of for the less able students. I have uploaded the same lesson twice. The zipped version includes all the sound effects. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding resource is an old favourite of mine and was downloaded over 70,000 times on the schoolhistory.co.uk website. This new and updated versions comes with some great new activities. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: What were the consequences of the break with Rome? Know: What did people believe about how to get to Heaven or Hell? Understand: Why were people prepared to die for their beliefs? Evaluate: What was the most important reason? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: What did people believe about Heaven & Hell? Explain: Why people were prepared to die for their beliefs? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on the consequences of the Break with Rome on religious beliefs in Britain? This resource includes six activities and one assessment task with a pupil friendly assessment for learning mark scheme with next steps feedback. Activity 1 is designed a snowballing starter using all the key words. Full instructions included. The first part of the lesson looks at what people believed in the 16th Century and explains the different Catholic and Protestant views of how they believed Christians could get their souls cleaned in the 16th Century. This part of the lesson links in well with my lesson on the reformation or why was there religious conflict in the 16th & 17th Centuries. Activity 2 is designed to build upon what students have learnt in the first two slides through a source analysis of image of Hell / Purgatory, which can be completed in groups / pairs. Activity 3 is a feedback activity linked to Activity 2 with an opportunity to mark / improve their answers with purple pen. This is followed up the class discussion in Activity 4 around with a predictive discussion around why people were prepared to die for their beliefs linked to their ideas of Heave and Hell. Activity 5 focuses around the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris in 1572 to provide students with a comparison with what was happening in England at this time. I have included some great sound effects to accompany these slides - please see the instructions at the end for unzipping the presentation. Activity 6 is a consolidation exercise which asks the question who was the bloodiest Tudor. I have included statistics and links to video clips to help extend the learning here. The final task is an extended piece of writing and includes an AFL blooms pupil mark scheme on the question 'Why were people willing to die for their beliefs in the 16th Century? ' I've also included some advice for students on how to structure their answers. These slides could be printed of for the less able students. I have uploaded the same lesson twice. The zipped version includes all the sound effects. Kind Regards Roy

Know: How did cattle ranching decline in the American West? Understand: What factors contributed to cattle ranching success and decline? Evaluate: Why did cattle ranching decline in the American West? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: Why cattle ranching developed and then declined? Explain: What factors helped cattle ranching to develop and then decline? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on which factors were the most important? The resources come in the form of a PowerPoint and a card sort with a separate answer sheet. There are five activities in this lesson which are aimed for students of all abilities. Activity 1 is a snowballing starter using the keywords. Full instructions included. Activity 2 is a review activity designed to test students prior knowledge. They are given 5 factors why the cattle industry developed and are then expected to write a sentence explaining why they think it would help it to develop. Activity 3, builds upon Activity 2 by getting students to improve their answers in (purple pen) after having reviewed 5 slides explaining why the cattle industry developed. I have built some additional discussion questions into these slides to help students connect their learning with some of the reasons why the industry later declines. Activities 4 - 7, deal with the decline of the industry. Activity 4 is a summary exercise, whilst Activity 5 is a card sort. Once students have reviewed the information, they are expected to sort the cards to create 5 PEE’s paragraphs explaining why Cattle Ranching declined. I have supplied a colour coded answer sheet to display onto the IWB to help students review their answers. Activity 6, is a past paper question with built in structure and support on 'The disastrous winter of 1886-87 was the most important reason for the end of the open range’. How far do you agree with this statement? The final activity provides students with an AFL student mark scheme to help them peer assess their answers. As with all my resources, they are produced to a high standard and are designed to be interactive. Have fun and if you like this lesson, check out some of my other resource bundles. Kind Regards Roy

This great resource is designed to help students understand the reasons for the development and then decline of Cattle Ranching in the American West. The aims and objectives are: Theme: The American West Know: How did cattle ranching decline in the American West? Understand: What factors contributed to cattle ranching success and decline? Evaluate: Why did cattle ranching decline in the American West? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify and describe: Why cattle ranching developed and then declined? Explain: What factors helped cattle ranching to develop and then decline? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on which factors were the most important? The resources come in the form of a PowerPoint and a card sort with a separate answer sheet. There are five activities in this lesson which are aimed for students of all abilities. Activity 1 is a snowballing starter using the keywords. Full instructions included. Activity 2 is a review activity designed to test students prior knowledge. They are given 5 factors why the cattle industry developed and are then expected to write a sentence explaining why they think it would help it to develop. Activity 3, builds upon Activity 2 by getting students to improve their answers in (purple pen) after having reviewed 5 slides explaining why the cattle industry developed. I have built some additional discussion questions into these slides to help students connect their learning with some of the reasons why the industry later declines. Activities 4 - 7, deal with the decline of the industry. Activity 4 is a summary exercise, whilst Activity 5 is a card sort. Once students have reviewed the information, they are expected to sort the cards to create 5 PEE's paragraphs explaining why Cattle Ranching declined. I have supplied a colour coded answer sheet to display onto the IWB to help students review their answers. Activity 6, is a past paper question with built in structure and support on 'The disastrous winter of 1886-87 was the most important reason for the end of the open range’. How far do you agree with this statement? The final activity provides students with an AFL student mark scheme to help them peer assess their answers. As with all my resources, they are produced to a high standard and are designed to be interactive. Have fun and if you like this lesson, check out some of my other resource bundles. Kind Regards Roy

This great resource looks at the development of cattle ranching and the key exam question on why cattlemen decided to drive their herds north? I've pitched the text level at lower to middle ability but the challenge of the final thinking skills review triangle is sufficient to stretch the more able. The PowerPoint includes information slides on the background to cattle ranching and the long drives as well as information on: The Impact of the American Civil War 1861-1865 Increased demand for beef in the East The actions of Goodnight and Loving The building of the railroads The actions of Joseph McCoy There are two core activities, a snowballing starter of the key words for the lesson and a thinking skills review triangle activity linked to a past paper question. As always, this resource can be easily edited and is designed to be used along side any main stream text book on this topic. The resource can also be uploaded to a virtual learning environment and set as a homework The learning objectives are: Theme: The American West Know: How did cattle ranching develop in the American West? Understand: Why did cattlemen drive their herds north? Evaluate: Which factor was the most important? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: Why cattle ranching developed in the American West? Explain: Why cattlemen drove their herds north? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on which factor was the most important? If you like this resource, then please check out some of my others in this series. Kind Regards Roy

This great resource looks at the development of cattle ranching and the key exam question on why cattlemen decided to drive their herds north? I’ve pitched the text level at lower to middle ability but the challenge of the final thinking skills review triangle is sufficient to stretch the more able. The PowerPoint includes information slides on the background to cattle ranching and the long drives as well as information on: The Impact of the American Civil War 1861-1865 Increased demand for beef in the East The actions of Goodnight and Loving The building of the railroads The actions of Joseph McCoy There are two core activities, a snowballing starter of the key words for the lesson and a thinking skills review triangle activity linked to a past paper question. As always, this resource can be easily edited and is designed to be used along side any main stream text book on this topic. The resource can also be uploaded to a virtual learning environment and set as a homework The learning objectives are: Theme: The American West Know: How did cattle ranching develop in the American West? Understand: Why did cattlemen drive their herds north? Evaluate: Which factor was the most important? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: Why cattle ranching developed in the American West? Explain: Why cattlemen drove their herds north? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on which factor was the most important? If you like this resource, then please check out some of my others in this series. Kind Regards Roy

This great lesson has been field tested many times over the past 20 years. This version is an upgrade of the original lesson that I posted many years ago on school history. It looks at the causes of the Protestant Reformation and the ideas of Martin Luther. It is designed to suit the full range of abilities that you would find in a main stream secondary school. The PowerPoint includes 5 activities. The first activity is a snowballing starter using all the key words in the lesson. The second activity gets students to annotate / label a medieval painting of purgatory. This will hopefully lead to a class discussion on ideas about Heaven and Hell. The third activity is to update and correct their labelling with purple pen. There then follows a series of slides and links to video clips explaining medieval ideas on relics, indulgences (Pardons) and Martin Luther’s role in challenging them. This is all done simply at a level that main stream students can understand. The fourth activity, gets students to design their own Wittenberg Poster using Martin Luther’s ideas. This can be completed and aged for homework using tea bags or coffee and makes an excellent classroom display. 1000s of my students have completed this task and loved it! The final activity, which might take a second lesson, gets students to compare and contrast the similarities and differences between a Catholic and a Protestant Church. All the templates are included at the end of the PowerPoint. The aims and objectives for this outstanding lesson are: Theme: Why did Britain ‘break’ with Rome? Know: Who was Martin Luther and why did he disagree with the Pope? Understand: What are the differences between a Protestant & Catholic? Evaluate: Why was there religious conflict in the 16th Century? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Change & Continuity. WILF - What Am I Looking For? Identify and describe: the differences between a Protestant and a Catholic Church? Explain: Why martin Luther protested against the Catholic Church? Analyse: Why was there Religious Conflict in the 16th Century? 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

This great resource has been tried and tested over 25 years and looks at the causes and results of the Protestant Reformation. However, before you look away, this resource is designed to suit the full range of learning abilities that you would find in a main stream school. Some of you may even recognise parts of this resource from an older version, which I have now updated, from school history, that was downloaded over 400,000 times. This is a must have resource! The PowerPoint includes 5 activities. The first activity is a snowballing starter using all the key words in the lesson. The second activity gets students to annotate / label a medieval painting of purgatory. This will hopefully lead to a class discussion on ideas about Heaven and Hell. The third activity is to update and correct their labelling with purple pen. There then follows a series of slides and links to video clips explaining medieval ideas on relics, indulgences (Pardons) and Martin Luther’s role in challenging them. This is all done simply at a level that main stream students can understand. The fourth activity, gets students to design their own Wittenberg Poster using Martin Luther’s ideas. This can be completed and aged for homework using tea bags or coffee and makes an excellent classroom display. 1000s of my students have completed this task and loved it! The final activity, which might take a second lesson, gets students to compare and contrast the similarities and differences between a Catholic and a Protestant Church. All the templates are included at the end of the PowerPoint. The aims and objectives for this outstanding lesson are: Theme: Why did Britain ‘break’ with Rome? Know: Who was Martin Luther and why did he disagree with the Pope? Understand: What are the differences between a Protestant & Catholic? Evaluate: Why was there religious conflict in the 16th Century? Skills: Cause, Consequence, Change & Continuity. WILF - What Am I Looking For? Identify and describe: the differences between a Protestant and a Catholic Church? Explain: Why martin Luther protested against the Catholic Church? Analyse: Why was there Religious Conflict in the 16th Century? Anyway, have fun completing this lesson with your students. Its simple, fun and easy to edit to suit your own students. If you like this resource you will absolute love my lesson on the Martyrs - history with the best bits left in! Kind Regards Roy

This lesson is designed to help students understand the lives of American cowboys. It focuses on the clothes and equipment that they used to help them survive their everyday challenges. The PowerPoint includes the aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, a snowballing starter of the key words, a labeling exercise to test students prior knowledge, information slides and instructions on how to complete the accompanying card sort and peer assess it. I have also embedded several video clips to illustrate how the equipment was used. The word document includes all the cards with both the names and the descriptions of the clothes and equipment worn by cowboys to be correctly sorted. The aims and objectives of the lesson are: Theme: The American West Know: What equipment did a cowboy use to do his job? Understand: How did cowboys use their equipment? Evaluate: How successfully did cowboys adapt to their environment? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The equipment carried by cowboys Explain: How was each piece of equipment used? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on how successfully cowboys adapted to their environment? 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 lesson is designed to help students understand the lives of American cowboys. It focuses on the clothes and equipment that they used to help them survive their everyday challenges. The PowerPoint includes the aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, a snowballing starter of the key words, a labelling exercise to test students prior knowledge, information slides and instructions on how to complete the accompanying card sort and peer assess it. I have also embedded several video clips to illustrate how the equipment was used. The word document includes all the cards with both the names and the descriptions of the clothes and equipment worn by cowboys to be correctly sorted. The aims and objectives of the lesson are: Theme: The American West Know: What equipment did a cowboy use to do his job? Understand: How did cowboys use their equipment? Evaluate: How successfully did cowboys adapt to their environment? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify & describe: The equipment carried by cowboys Explain: How was each piece of equipment used? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on how successfully cowboys adapted to their environment? 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 outstanding card sort is designed to be used as a starter or plenary. Students cut out the cards and match the cowboy’s equipment with the correct names or labels. This shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes from beginning to end. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a two page Microsoft Word Document which includes a learning objective, instructions and nine key words mixed up with their correct labels to be sorted. On the second page, you have a photograph of a cowboy with arrows pointing to the appropriate pieces of equipment. These can be used along with the correctly sorted cards to label the cowboy. This activity can also be purchased with an accompanying PowerPoint under a similar title or as part of a bundle of resources on the American West. The aims and objectives of this activity are: Theme: The American West Know: What equipment did a cowboy use to do his job? Understand: How did cowboys use their equipment? Evaluate: How successfully did cowboys adapt to their environment? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify and describe: The equipment carried by cowboys Explain: How was each piece of equipment used? Analyze: Begin to come to a judgement on how cowboys adapted to their environment? 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, 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 outstanding card sort is designed to be used as a starter or plenary. Students cut out the cards and match the cowboy’s equipment with the correct names or labels. This shouldn’t take more than 15 minutes from beginning to end. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a two page Microsoft Word Document which includes a learning objective, instructions and nine key words mixed up with their correct labels to be sorted. On the second page, you have a photograph of a cowboy with arrows pointing to the appropriate pieces of equipment. These can be used along with the correctly sorted cards to label the cowboy. This activity can also be purchased with an accompanying PowerPoint under a similar title or as part of a bundle of resources on the American West. The aims and objectives of this activity are: Theme: The American West Know: What equipment did a cowboy use to do his job? Understand: How did cowboys use their equipment? Evaluate: How successfully did cowboys adapt to their environment? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify and describe: The equipment carried by cowboys Explain: How was each piece of equipment used? Analyse: Begin to come to a judgement on how successfully cowboys adapted to their environment? 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