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The Battle of Britain - History Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge relating to the Battle of Britain. There are comprehensive sections on:
-British of Britain Overview;
-Major Events;
-Key People, Places and Equipment;
-Important Facts;
-Timeline;
-Key Vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3 or A4, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included). It is most suitable for students in upper KS2, but could also be used with lower KS3 students.
Victorian Workhouses Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge relating to Victorian Workhouses. It contains comprehensive sections on:
Overview of Victorian Workhouses;
Features of Workhouses (Inmates, Daily Routine, The Building, and Work);
Workhouses Timeline;
Answers to the Key Questions;
Key Vocabulary.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included). It is most suitable for children in KS2 and KS3.
The Holocaust: Anne Frank's Diary
This lesson aims to help students to build their skill at analysing the language choices in texts, whilst also providing students with valuable SMSC messages about the horror of the Holocaust. Students also hone their skills of writing to analyse, in response to extracts from 'Anne Frank's Diary.'
Informative and engaging, this lesson follows a clear and logical learning journey. Students learn to:
- Define key terms related to the historical context of The Holocaust;
- Remember and understand key information about Anne Frank's experiences, that they learn from an engaging PowerPoint presentation;
- Read extracts from Anne Frank's diary;
- Answer a range of questions to demonstrate their understanding of Anne's diary;
- Analyse the language features used by Anne Frank to create dramatic images in the mind of the reader;
- Peer-assess each others' learning attempts.
Included in this resource pack: A comprehensive, whole-lesson, visually engaging PowerPoint presentation, which guides the teacher and learners through the lesson, a writing to analyse help-sheet, an engaging and helpful worksheet, extracts from 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' and teacher guidance notes.
All images are cited at the end of the PowerPoint presentation, and are licensed for commercial use.
David Attenborough Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about David Attenborough, particularly those studying significant individuals in history, those learning about prominent biologists in science, or those learning about people of discovery in geography. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
David Attenborough Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Mother Teresa Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Mother Teresa, particularly those completing a history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in Her Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Mother Teresa Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Jane Goodall Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Jane Goodall as a part of either their history or their science study. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in Her Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Jane Goodall Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Mahatma Gandhi Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Mahatma Gandhi. It is particularly useful for those completing a history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in his Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Gandhi Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Dulce et Decorum est - Language Devices and Context
This is a fun, engaging, and highly informative lesson/set of tasks on Wilfred Owen's war poem 'Dulce et Decorum est. This has been taught during an observation lesson where the teacher received an Outstanding judgement.
It comes complete with:
- Engaging and visual PowerPoint to guide students (and teacher!) through the lesson;
- Colourful and thought-provoking worksheet for the main analysis task;
- Lesson plan/ teacher guidance sheet, which goes through the lesson step-by-step;
- Resources to enable the teacher to make 'flags' for the development task.
As well as building students' knowledge of the text, they also learn crucial analysis and speaking and listening skills, in addition to using and applying key terminology.
All pictures are licensed for commercial use, and image authors cited on the final slide.
Guy Fawkes Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about the conspirator Guy Fawkes, particularly those completing a history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Guy Fawkes Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Charles Darwin Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Charles Darwin. It is particularly useful for those completing a history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Charles Darwin Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
The Feudal System and the Domesday Book - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about the feudal system of the Middle Ages, and the compiling of the Domesday Book. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
The Feudal System (and diagram);
Important Vocabulary;
The Domesday Book;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
KS1 Buildings Over Time - Local Study - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about buildings over time as a part of their history study of ‘significant historical places in their own locality’ and ‘changes within living memory.’ It tracks the development of buildings from ancient civilisations to the present day, and contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Interesting Local Buildings;
Important Vocabulary;
Buildings Timeline;
Architecture Through Time;
Top Buildings Facts.
The local buildings are centred on an East of England study, but this can be easily amended on the Word version to suit your own context if needed. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Toys - 1900 to Present Day - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about toys as a part of their history study of ‘changes within living memory.’ It tracks the development of toys from 1900 to the present day, and contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Popular Toys;
Important Vocabulary;
Toys Timeline;
Toys Through Time;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Sir Francis Drake Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Sir Francis Drake as a part of their history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Sir Francis Drake Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Tensions in the Gulf - Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge of Tensions in the Gulf: an important component in studying ‘Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009.’ It contains comprehensive sections on:
Major Events - dates, images, descriptions, and key facts - including the rise of Saddam Hussein, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War and the Aftermath of the Gulf War;
Key People - Saddam Hussein, George H.W. Bush, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Ruhollah Khomeini and Margaret Thatcher.
Context - Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan Overview and Map;
Timeline of Major Events.
Key words and ideas are underlined for easy reference. The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images are from Wikimedia Commons and are licensed for commercial use.
Malala Yousafzai - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Malala Yousafzai. It is particularly useful for those learning about activism in PSHE, significant people in History, or as part of a ‘Heroes’ topic. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in Her Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Malala Yousafzai Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
The Romans - Daily Life in Roman Britain - Lesson!
In this engaging lesson, children develop their understanding of the Romans, through:
-remembering the main events of the Roman invasion of Britain;
-understanding how features of daily life in Britain changed under the Romans;
-exploring sources to further their understanding of life in this period.
The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey:
-Answering recall questions based upon their knowledge of the Romans so far;
-Gathering base information about how daily features of life changed in Britain after the Roman conquest, through an informative video;
-Checking their understanding through a range of questions about daily life (answers provided);
-Exploring a range of sources (including images of Roman pottery, coins, town plans and artworks) to find out more about Roman daily life;
-Following clear instructions to design plans for their own Roman towns;
-Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective.
Included is the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (23 slides) and the source bundles (in both Word and PDF)
In the past, I have used this lesson with children in lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for history. All images are licensed for commercial use.
The Age of Exploration - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge relating to the The Age of Exploration (sometimes known as The Age of Discovery). It contains comprehensive sections on:
The Age of Exploration Overview;
Overview;
Key People (Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Abel Tasman);
The Age of Exploration Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Key Vocabulary;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included). It is most suitable for students in KS2/ lower KS3. Another version of this organiser is available for younger children.
Adolf Hitler Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Adolf Hitler. It serves as a useful tool in a wider study of World War II/ The Holocaust, or when learning about ‘significant people’ in history. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Adolf Hitler Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.
Rosa Parks - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Rosa Parks, particularly those studying ‘Significant Individuals’ in history or learning about civil rights activists in PSHE. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in Her Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Rosa Parks Timeline;
Answers to the Important Questions;
Top Ten Facts.
The resource is designed to be printed onto A3, and is provided as both a PDF and a Word version (so that you can edit if you want to). All images used are licensed for commercial use.