I have been teaching history since 2002 and I have been head of History at a school for 10 years which sees many of my students opt for GCSE, A level and beyond. I am passionate about History being taught well, and believe that this largely stems from good resources (as well of course effective delivery). My lessons and various teaching resources are therefore produced with the intention of inspiring students to think for themselves, to be challenged yet engaged.
I have been teaching history since 2002 and I have been head of History at a school for 10 years which sees many of my students opt for GCSE, A level and beyond. I am passionate about History being taught well, and believe that this largely stems from good resources (as well of course effective delivery). My lessons and various teaching resources are therefore produced with the intention of inspiring students to think for themselves, to be challenged yet engaged.
For the OCR modern World specification with the castles unit and the study of the historic environment. Kenilworth Castle is the chosen English Heritage site for the OCR A paper in 2019.
The booklet is designed to guide you through the castle and enable you and your students to note specific key changes to the building, whilst allowing time for students to take pictures for their notes.
The booklet has a combination of factual questions, based on students reading the history of the castle (supplied by OCR) before attending and questions based on general knowledge of castles throughout the ages.
There is an answer booklet supplied also.
There is also attached a pdf of all of the photos that I took. These can be used in their own right for students to label and refer to, especially if you are unable to attend the site.
I have also attached the project sheet that our GCSE students are completing over the summer based on their site visit and prior reading of the history of the castle.
Kenilworth project (Non Visit Covid 19 friendly)
As we were unable to take our GCSE students to Kenilworth this year, I designed a tour of the history of Kenilworth castle with its key owners and their various changes identified.
This unit of work includes specialist youtube clips that talks through the history along side the ppts plus a written overview to support students to work independently. The youtube video links are at the start of the each of the overview ppts for each period they correspond with.
There is also project booklet - done as a ppt, which has 5 tasks connected to it that help guide students through the history of the castle whilst encouraging them to eventually apply their knowledge to sources. The tasks range from creating a timeline - with various owners and changes, a commentary on the seige of 1266, plus a detailed overview where students are identifying key changes and are encouraged to make decisions about the function of the castle throughout key 4 times. There is a check list at the end to encourage students to plan their time effectively.
This unit is primarily focused on the requirements for OCR explaining the modern world - study of a historic environment (paper 3) - but will be more than suitable for other exam boards/ courses studying Kenilworth.
