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Battle of Britain Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge of The Battle of Britain. It contains comprehensive sections on:
-Overview and Maps;
-Key People and Forces;
-Important Events and Information;
-Top Ten Battle of Britain Facts;
-Key Vocabulary
-Battle of Britain Timeline.
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 used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included). It can be used by students of all ages, but is best suited for those in KS2.
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Julius Caesar Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Julius Caesar. 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;
Julius Caesar 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.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade Comprehension Activities Booklet!
This 16-page resource booklet contains a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s war poem ‘Charge of the Light Brigade.’ Teachers have found them particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate.
It is provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers).
Activities within the booklet include (amongst many others):
‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’
‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’
‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’
‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’
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Edward VI - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Edward VI. It is particularly useful for those completing a history study of the monarchy in England, the Tudor dynasty or significant individuals in historical societies. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Edward VI 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.
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Social and Historical Context!
This engaging and informative lesson enables students to make sustained and developed links between Stevenson’s novella ‘Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ and its social and historical context. In particular, students learn about 19th Century attitudes towards scientific discoveries and religion, the duality of the mind, and the idea of civilisation vs. savagery.
The lesson follows a step-by-step learning journey, in which children learn through:
- Understanding key information about 19th Century through the creation of a timeline - plotting key events, inventions, and scientific discoveries;
- Comprehending the key events of the text;
- Learning about Robert Louis Stevenson and his key influences in writing the text;
- Linking their understanding of context to the key elements of the text;
- Analysing how Stevenson presents 19th Century attitudes towards religion, science, and 'the savage.'
- Peer assessing each other's learning attempts.
Included is:
- Whole lesson PowerPoint - colourful and comprehensive;
- Cards for the timeline activity;
- Links to context worksheet (and completed answer sheet for teachers);
- Analysis template with success criteria for creating well-structured responses;
- Links to an engaging video and further reading for advanced students (internet access needed for these);
- Comprehensive lesson plan.
There are also opportunities for group learning, peer assessment, and whole class discussion. These resources were originally taught to GCSE students, but with subtle adaptations they have also been used with KS3 and A Level Students.
All images are licensed for commercial use, and image rights are listed on the last page of the presentation.
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EYFS Learning in History - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource helps to detail and categorise the foundation History learning that takes place in the EYFS stage.
It is an important resource for EYFS teachers and parents, but also History subject leaders, to aid them in the development of a clearly-mapped and well-sequenced History curriculum across the school.
This organiser groups the History related learning into the relevant EYFS areas of learning, including:
-Understanding the World - People and Communities;
-Understanding the World - The World;
-Extended Learning.
There is also a section demonstrating basic time and chronology.
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).
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Peasants' Revolt Knowledge Organiser/ Revision Mat!
This detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for students learning or revising knowledge of The Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. It contains comprehensive sections on:
Overview and map;
Timeline of major events
Key people Involved;
Causes of the uprising;
Summary of major events - dates, images, descriptions, and key 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).
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Henry VII - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Henry VII. It is particularly useful for those completing a history study of the monarchy in England, the Tudor dynasty or significant individuals in historical societies. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Henry VII 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.
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Mary I - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Mary I. It is particularly useful for those completing a history study of the monarchy in England, the Tudor dynasty or significant individuals in historical societies. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in Her Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Mary I 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.
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Charles I - Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Charles I. It is particularly useful for those completing a history study of the monarchy in England, the English Civil War or significant individuals in historical societies. It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Charles I 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.
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William Shakespeare Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about William Shakespeare, particularly those completing a history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
William Shakespeare 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.
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Theseus and the Minotaur Creative Writing Structure Strips!
These creative writing structure strips are designed to help children with formulating creative writing pieces based on Theseus and the Minotaur. They are tried and tested in the classroom - they are loved by teachers and students, and have helped to enable some incredible compositions!
These structure strips were initially designed for KS2 children, however (perhaps with a tweak here and there) they could be used for lower KS3 or upper KS1.
Provided in both PDF (to prevent formatting issues between computers) and Word (to allow for easy editing). Each A4 page contains 4 structure strips. Hope that they prove useful for you too - Enjoy!
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Nelson Mandela Knowledge Organiser!
This clear, detailed and visually-appealing resource offers a complete reference point for children learning about Nelson Mandela as a part of their history study of ‘Significant Individuals.’ It contains comprehensive sections entitled:
Overview;
Times in His Life;
Important Vocabulary;
Nelson Mandela 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.
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KS2 History Big Quiz!
This wide-ranging and comprehensive KS2 history quiz contains 60 questions. It was originally designed for year 5/6 classes as an end of term activity, but may also be suitable for knowledge recall or retrieval practice activities throughout KS2.
Questions are split into 6 rounds of 10 questions each. To add variety and promote engagement, there are a range of regular, finish the sentence, and picture questions. Answers are given at the end of each round. The rounds included are:
1.) Stone Age
2.) Ancient Greece
3.) The Romans
4.) The Vikings
5.) Victorians
6.) World War II
A team answer sheet is included, and is provided in both Word and PDF.
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Frankenstein Lesson Bundle! (All Lessons, Resources, Plans, Everything!)
This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain a valuable understanding of Mary Shelley's horror classic 'Frankenstein.' The lessons enable students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the key features of plot, character, context, and language, in addition to considering the key themes and ideas running throughout the text.
All of the resources that you need are included in the bundle: informative and engaging whole lesson PowerPoints, worksheets, activities, and lesson plans.
The bundle is made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, including:
- The Context of Frankenstein;
- Victor Frankenstein - The Tragic Hero;
- Shifting Narrative Viewpoints:
- Shelley's Description of the Monster;
- The Monster's Murders - Justified?
Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps:
- Engaging
- Defining/ Understanding
- Identifying/Remembering
- Analysing/ Creating
- Peer or self evaluating.
All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging.
Bundle
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A Christmas Carol Lesson Bundle!
This engaging, varied, and informative scheme of learning is designed to help students gain understanding, assessment skills, and key interpretations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Made up of a wide-range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer’s ideas within the text, analysing key characters, settings, and themes, and understanding Dickens’ language devices.
Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps:
- Engaging
- Defining/ Understanding
- Identifying/Remembering
- Analysing/ Creating
- Peer or self evaluating.
All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
Bundle
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OCR Conflict Poetry Knowledge Organisers Huge Bundle!
THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS FOR ALL 15 OF THE OCR CONFLICT POEMS!
These clear, detailed and visually-appealing knowledge organisers offer complete reference points for students learning or revising the following poems from the OCR ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology:
Anthem for Doomed Youth - Wilfred Owen;
Lament - Gillian Clarke;
Honour Killing - Imtiaz Dharker;
Envy - Mary Lamb
Vergissmeinnicht - Keith Douglas
Partition - Sujata Bhatt
The Destruction of Sennacherib - Lord Byron
There’s A Certain Slant of Light - Emily Dickinson
The Man He Killed - Thomas Hardy
A Poison Tree -William Blake
What Were They Like? - Denise Levertov
Phrase Book - Jo Shapcott
The Prelude (Extract) - William Wordsworth
Flag - John Agard
Punishment - Seamus Heaney
Each organiser contains a number of detailed, clear, and colourful sections explaining the key elements of the poem:
Context;
Line-by-Line Analysis;
Poetic Devices/ Language Devices;
Themes;
Form/Structure;
Poems for Comparison;
The Poet’s Influences.
The resources are designed to be printed onto A3, and are provided as both PDFs and Word documents (so that you can edit should you wish to). All images used are licensed for commercial use and are cited on a separate document (included).
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Power and Conflict Poetry Comprehension Activity Booklets Bundle!
These 16-page resource booklets contain a wide range of challenging and engaging comprehension activities for use throughout the reading of all 15 of the ‘Power and Conflict’ poems in the newest exam board anthologies. Teachers have found the activities particularly useful throughout teaching, or for exam revision or guided reading sessions. They are perfect for aiding the progress of students towards meeting the key English Literature assessment objectives - suitable for all examining bodies. Students have found these resources extremely engaging, and it is clearly highlighted within each task regarding which assessment strands the task is designed to demonstrate.
Each booklet is provided in both Word (to allow for easy editing) and PDF (to ensure for consistency of formatting between computers).
Activities across the booklets are as consistent, to provide an equal understanding of each poem, and include (amongst many others):
‘Analysing Context’ - helping students to ‘Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.’
‘Analysing Subject Matter, Language and Structure’ - to help students to ‘Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.’
‘Diary Entry’ - to help students to ‘Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. Make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these.’
‘The Speaker’ - to help students to ‘Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to: maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.’
Bundle
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AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Lesson Bundle!
This bundle contains each of the comprehensive and engaging lessons on poems from the AQA ‘Power and Conflict’ anthology. It contains the lessons and resources for:
Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Exposure - Wilfred Owen
Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes
War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy
Poppies - Jane Weir
In addition to this, the lesson on comparing poems is also included - essential for exam technique!
Students will vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings poems, understanding the writer’s ideas within poems, understanding the social and historical contexts of poems, and analysing features of content, language, and structure.
Stimulating, visual, and easily adaptable, these lessons provide suggested learning objectives and outcomes for students of a wide-range of abilities - The vast majority of tasks are differentiated to allow for different abilities and needs in your classroom. Each lesson loosely follows this logical learning journey to ensure that students learn in bite-size steps:
Engaging
Defining/ Understanding
Identifying/Remembering
Analysing/ Creating
Peer or self evaluating.
All of the lessons are interactive, employ a variety of different teaching and learning methods and styles, and are visually-engaging. Resources, worksheets, and lesson plans are all provided.
Bundle
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Stone Age to Iron Age - Big Bundle!
This bundle contains all six of the double lessons in the unit on Stone Age to Iron Age, in addition to the three knowledge organisers!
The series of interesting and engaging lessons aims to equip children with a solid understanding of the changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. They offer a detailed outline of life in each of these periods, in addition to the changes that took place between them. Children also learn vital skills in conducting historical investigations and interpreting texts, whilst developing their understanding of chronology.
The lessons included are:
1.Introduction to the Stone Age
2.Living in the Stone Age
3.Animals and Hominids of the Stone Age
4.All About the Bronze Age
5.All About the Iron Age
6.Changes over Time
The three knowledge organisers included are:
-The Stone Age
-The Bronze Age
-The Iron Age
In each lesson, the learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through logical, step-by-step activities. There are also clear hyperlinks for the video resources, and engaging, well-structured worksheets for the activities.
In the past, I have used these lessons with children from across lower KS2 (years 3 and 4) however, with some adaptations they may be suitable for other year groups. All images are licensed for commercial use.