Concentrating on Edexcel new curriculum on the following topics:
(i) Henry VIII and his ministers
(ii) Medicine in Britain, 1250 - Present
(iii) The British Sector of the Western Front
(iv) Superpower relations and the Cold War
(v) Weimar and Nazi Germany
(vi) British America, 1713-1783: Empire and Revolution
Edexcel Politics:
(i) UK Politics
(ii) Core Ideologies and nationalism
(iii) UK Government
(iv) Global Politics
Concentrating on Edexcel new curriculum on the following topics:
(i) Henry VIII and his ministers
(ii) Medicine in Britain, 1250 - Present
(iii) The British Sector of the Western Front
(iv) Superpower relations and the Cold War
(v) Weimar and Nazi Germany
(vi) British America, 1713-1783: Empire and Revolution
Edexcel Politics:
(i) UK Politics
(ii) Core Ideologies and nationalism
(iii) UK Government
(iv) Global Politics
Complete set of lessons linked to the new Edexcel GCSE specification for The American West.
Each lesson has a specific PPT and a series of interactive, engaging and differentiated worksheets that require the students to do the work.
That’s a total of 9 PPTs, linked to the chapter headings for the Pearson textbook. However, both the Pearson and Hodder textbooks were used when creating these resources. Neither textbook is necessary for these tasks as all content is included.
Our lessons are carefully planned to ensure that all relevant content is covered to ensure a level 9 is attainable.
Each task has different levels of difficulty, with unfinished tasks a perfect opportunity for feedback or homework.
There is a glossary of key terms for students to complete as they progress through the course, along with an exam guide on how to answer questions for Paper 2, Section A.
If you have any questions or comments, please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk
Extensive student led resources that covers Chapter 1.1 of the Edexcel GCSE curriculum on Superpower Relations.
Textbook is NOT necessary.
A range of activities that looks at the wartime Grand Alliance, the three major conferences at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam and the gradual deterioration of relations between East and West.
Detailed lesson including numerous students led activities that analyses the events preceding, during and after the Prague Spring.
Lessons are newly planned to meet the exact requirements of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 spec.
Links to Chapter 2.3 of the Edexcel/Hodder textbook, although neither textbook is necessary for the completion of these tasks.
A complete bundle of lessons that examines the English Reformation, from its European roots with Martin Luther, through the actions of the various Tudor monarchs.
There are lessons on:
problems of the Catholic Church
Martin Luther
detailed examination of the role of Henry VIII
Changes to the Church under Edward, Mary and Elizabeth.
An in-depth examination of a series of crises under Elizabeth: Mary, Queen of Scots, religion and the Spanish Armada
There is an assessment in a GCSE style format with short questions and GCSE style questions for students to be assessed at the end of the course of learning.
If you have any questions or queries regarding these resources please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk
A complete bundle of lessons that examines the role of the Church in the Middle Ages.
There are lessons on:
Church beliefs
the impact of the Church on everyday lives
impact of the Church on crime
monasteries
priests, monks and nuns
a detailed series of lessons on the murder of Thomas Becket and the conflict between the Church and state
There is an assessment in a GCSE style format with short questions and GCSE style questions for students to be assessed at the end of the course of learning.
The assessment covers everything from Term 1 and 2, and will include questions on the Norman conquest. However, the majority of questions are focused on religion in the Middle Ages.
The aim of this is to get students to revise topics over a longer period, thereby improving memory
If you have any questions or queries regarding these resources please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk
Part of a unit of nine lessons looking at the Renaissance from a variety of themes:
Italian city-states
Origins
Literature
Art
Architecture
Exploration
Science
Medicine
The last lesson comes with an assessment and mark scheme based on the unit.
Part of a unit of nine lessons looking at the Renaissance from a variety of themes:
Italian city-states
Origins
Literature
Art
Architecture
Exploration
Science
Medicine
The last lesson comes with an assessment and mark scheme based on the unit.
Part of a unit of nine lessons looking at the Renaissance from a variety of themes:
Italian city-states
Origins
Literature
Art
Architecture
Exploration
Science
Medicine
The last lesson comes with an assessment and mark scheme based on the unit.
The origins and course of the First World War, 1905-1918
All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification.
Each lesson is accompanied by a YouTube video that explains the topic that is the focus of the lesson.
The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts.
There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions.
There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation.
Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries.
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Extensive PPT and activities that links to Chapter 1.4 of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 textbook.
Lessons on this topic are newly planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification; they are not recycled lessons from previous years.
Encourages independent work and includes engaging resources to bring the topic to life for students.
Edexcel textbook necessary for some of the activities.
Easy to follow pack that guides your students through the role Sir Walter Raleigh played in attempting to establish a colony at Virginia. The lesson links exactly to chapter 3.4 in the textbook and covers all the content from that chapter. Textbook is not necessary for the completion of these tasks.
With colourful and engaging activities to keep your students enthralled and allow them to discover the Elizabethan era at their own pace.
Keyword tasks, exam guides, card-sorts and video crib sheets, allow The Knowledge House to do the planning while you do the teaching.
There is no textbook needed for this lesson, just print out the sheets and allow your students to work their way through.
Unfinished tasks can be finished for homework.
The Knowledge House provide outstanding resources that come in colourful activity sheets that can be glued into students’ books to give a neat and glossy CW book that will be perfect for revision at the end of the topic.
Will need 1 double lesson to complete these tasks.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any queries.
Comprehensive and detailed examination of the Supreme Court and the issue of rights protection in the UK.
These lessons are specifically planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification from Edexcel.
The resources are student-led and include numerous worksheets that include extension tasks to ensure target grades of A* are met.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you are unhappy with this resource or have any query.
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Part of a complete scheme of lessons examining imperialism from the Scramble for Africa to the independence of the Middle East.
Ten lessons in total focusing on:
New Imperialism explanation
European explorers
Scramble for Africa
Imperial tensions
Treatment of natives
Scramble for China
Rise of USA
Impact of WWI on colonies
Case study: Middle East
Case study: Middle East
Includes:
PPT for each lesson
Worksheets for each lesson
Video links
Engaging activities
24 mark assessment
Links to Kahoot revision quizzes after Lessons 5 and 10.
Four detailed PPTs on each of the third four sub-chapters on Anglo-Saxon England.
The following chapters are covered:
3.1 The feudal system and the Church
3.2 Norman government
3.3 The Norman aristocracy
3.4 William I and his sons
Along with the PPTs, there are over 20 worksheets, along with exam guidance and differentiated tasks.
If you have any questions or comments please leave a review or drop us an email on info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk
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The Knowledge House bring you an incredibly detailed set of resources for the topic on Parliament in the UK.
This lesson looks at the structure and powers of the House of Commons and House of Lords.
Our unique resources ensure that the students do all of the work. Our resources are planned in great detail, using content from the Pearson and Hodder textbooks.
Each resource links to an element of the specification and is carefully differentiated to allow students to answer progressively more challenging questions.
Getting the first task complete on each resource ensures that all students have a basic understanding of the topic and have been introduced to all keywords. Extra tasks on the resource sheet can be completed as homework.
Alternatively, the resource sheets can be handed out in advance and students can complete the work in advance of the lesson, ensuring you have all of the content completed on time.
Our resources also require no textbook, as all the content from the endorsed textbooks have been included in our resources.
Please don’t hesitate to email us on info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any queries, comments or questions.
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Lesson 2 of 12 in a series of lessons that links to the English Reformation, beginning with Martin Luther and documenting the changes under the various Tudor monarchs.
This lesson examines the role of Martin Luther in starting the Reformation.
The two main areas students will research are:
the early life of Martin Luther
Martin Luther’s actions, leading to the Reformation
There is also an examination question and structure linked to the inference GCSE skill.
There is a guide to answering this question included.
This is part of a series of lessons that aims to encompass the new 9-1 GCSE skills into Key Stage 3.
Lessons are colourful and engaging and match the content of the new Exploring History textbook from Pearson, although the textbook is not necessary for any of the tasks.
If you have any questions or queries please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk
Complete overview of the Norman conquest of Anglo-Saxon England.
Excellent for Key Stage 3 or LABLE GCSE students taking Saxon/Norman Edexcel/AQA option.
Interactive activities for students to complete.
Tasks focus on historical skills needed for GCSE and Key Stage 3, such as:
chronology
significance
causation
consequence
analysing sources
analysing interpretations
There are guides to show students how to answer GCSE style-questions, such as:
Describe two features.
What can you infer?
How useful are Sources A and B?
Explain one way in which ‘x’ is similar/different to ‘y’.
What is the main difference between Interpretation 1 and 2?
Excellent for student-led activities in class, homework and revision.
Lesson 9/12 linking to the new Cambridge specification:
Cambridge International AS and A Level History (9489)
Each lesson is carefully planned to meet the exacting standards of the new CIE curriculum.
Changes from (9389) specification are incorporated.
This lesson examines Japanese foreign policy in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War:
Teacher PPT on key events
Key terms
Russo-Japanese War
Japanese foreign policy 1905-14
Japan in the First World War
Japanese expansion 1870-1942 map
Extension activities
Exam question
Our resources are fully differentiated and come with engaging, student-led activities with source material, interpretations and exam questions.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions, queries or comments.
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Lesson 2 of 8 in a series of lessons that links to the origins of the First World War.
This lesson examines French resentment after the Franco-Prussian War and the growth of German nationalism.
Students will examine:
the unification of Germany through historical maps
nations and nationalism
the balance of power
the Schlieffen PLan
This is part of a series of lessons that aims to encompass the new 9-1 GCSE and IGCSE skills into Key Stage 3.
Lessons are colourful and engaging, include differentiated tasks using a range of methods, such as:
matching keywords
how to answer questions/structure
card-sort
chronological tasks
videos and crib sheets
arranging by significance
comprehension and questions
If you have any questions or queries please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk
Lesson 5 of 10 in a series of lessons that examine the Crusades, from the rise of Islam to the Third Crusade.
This lesson examines the events and consequences of the First Crusade.
Students will examine:
key figures, battles and armies of the First Crusade
Information sheet on the First Crusade
8-mark narrative account question
In addition, each video comes with a recommended YouTube video unique to this lesson. The video can be seen on the lesson landing page before purchasing.
This is part of a series of lessons that aims to encompass the new 9-1 GCSE skills into Key Stage 3.
Lessons are colourful and engaging and match the content of the new Exploring History textbook from Pearson, although the textbook is not necessary for any of the tasks.
If you have any questions or queries please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk.