Simple and effective resources for busy Humanities Teachers carefully made by a Pepper (History and Humanities teacher in secondary schools for 13 years).
Simple and effective resources for busy Humanities Teachers carefully made by a Pepper (History and Humanities teacher in secondary schools for 13 years).
This resource is designed to guide students through the process of making a set of flashcards for their History GCSE exams (total of 33 flashcards across 4 topics). The topics relate to exam board Edexcel and the numbering follows Seneca Learning so that students can make these flashcards along side using Seneca for additional revision. Would work well for EAL/SEND or any student who needs additional support with revision.
Each flashcard includes…
Paper number and name
Topic title
Space for top 10 facts
Space for 5 key words with definitions
Space to draw the topic (dual code)
A challenge activity (usually a past exam question)
Topics included are…
Anglo-Saxons/Normans
Medicine Through Time
Germany
Superpowers & Cold War
COLOUR BOOKLET CONTAINING 7 OF LIVY’S STORIES OF ROME, RE-WRITTEN IN A STUDENT-FRIENDLY STYLE
This booklet can be used along-side or instead of the original Livy text ‘Stories of Rome’ as an exciting introduction to Roman history and mythology. Each story has been re-written from the original text to make it more student-friendly. Each includes key word definitions, colourful images and a character list to help students follow the story.
The stories included are…
Introduction to Livy
The City of Romulus
The Abduction of the Sabine Women
Triple Combat
Taquin the Old
The Death of Sirvius Tulius
The Last King: Taquin the Proud
LIVE MARKING / TEACHER FEEDBACK STICKERS FOR HISTORY TEACHERS KS3 AND KS4
This resource contains 4 different types of feedback to help students improve their historical writing. There are 24 ‘stickers’ per sheet which can then either be printed onto sticker paper or normal paper then cut up for use. Saves loads of time when live marking or giving feedback to classes.
The 4 feedback/targets given are:
*Target: Add more evidence
*Target: Add more explanation/analysis
*Target: Add Evaluation/Judgement
*Target: Check SPaG & presentation
RAG sheet / topic list for Paper 2 Anglo-Saxons & Normans GCSE History (Edexcel)
Students can use this resource to RAG (red / amber / green) how much they know about this unit before they start revising.
Then start revising the RED topics first! Next amber, and finally green. This activity encourages students to be strategic in their revising, and not just start from page 1 of their revision guide.
KS3 WORLD HISTORY POSTERS
Six colourful and informative History posters showcasing six interesting and significant people/places in world history. Could be used as a classroom display or as worksheets as part of a KS3 History lesson.
*Emperor Septimius Severus
*John Blanke - Tudor Trumpeter
*Medieval West Africa
*Paul Stevenson
*Sophia Duleep Singh
*WW1 empire soldiers
KS3 HISTORICAL CINEMA / FILMS / MOVIES WORKSHEET
Use this worksheet with your KS3 History students to help them analyse historical films. The title is easily editable to suit the film of your choice. The rest of the activities will suit any historical film - War Horse, Suffragette, Schindler’s List…whatever you choose.
RAG sheet / topic list for Mao’s China, A-level History (Edexcel), Option 2E.1
Students can use this resource to RAG (red / amber / green) how much they know about this unit before they start revising.
Then start revising the RED topics first! Next amber, and finally green. This activity encourages students to be strategic in their revising, and not just start from page 1 of their revision guide.
Also includes tips for students on how to revise.
KS3 HISTORY WORKSHEET FOR PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS
Use these two levelled (Higher/lower) worksheets to help KS3 History students build their primary source analysis skills. The teacher can copy & paste whatever source they choose - picture or text - into the centre of the worksheet and then students answer the questions around the edge.
The worksheet encourages students to answer progressively harder questions when analysing primary sources:
*What can you see?
*What can you infer?
*How useful is this source?
*How reliable is this source?
EDITABLE KS3/4/5 HISTORY STARTER ACTIVITY - 4 SKILLS TESTED
This worksheet is designed as a fun starter activity which gets students to recall prior learning in four different ways. Students can choose two or three activities or even have a go at all four:
*Chronology challenge
*Spelling challenge
*Memory challenge
*Drawing challenge
The worksheet is filled in with examples for the Spanish Civil War (including answers) but can be easily edited by the teacher to fit any KS3/4/5 History topic.
RAG SHEET / TOPIC SHEET FOR PAPER 1 - MEDICINE THROUGH TIME - GCSE HISTORY (EDEXCEL)
Students can use this resource to RAG (red / amber / green) how much they know about this unit before they start revising.
Then start revising the RED topics first! Next amber, and finally green. This activity encourages students to be strategic in their revising, and not just start from page 1 of their revision guide.
This resource is organised THEMATICALLY to encourage students to revise as follows:
*Ideas about causes of illness and disease through time
*Treatments and preventions through time
*Historical environment - Western Front
RAG sheet includes all topics and all question types that students need to revise, as well as tips for students on how to revise. Page numbers relate to Pearson Medicine Textbook.
EXERCISE BOOK PRESENTATION POSTER
Either print as a large wall poster for your classroom, or small mini versions to stick in your students’ exercise books. This attractive poster will make your presentation expectations clear to your students.
These PowerPoints are 5 complete lesson which include enquiry question, LO, key words, reading materials, self-assessment, writing activity, suggestions for video clips to include and plenary.
This scheme will help students build up their skills of writing a narrative account (in preparation for paper 3 of Edexcel GCSE History). In each lesson students will answer a specific enquiry question about one thematic aspect of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The topics included are:
What was the Industrial Revolution?
How did health change? (link to Medicine Through Time)
How did new inventions change life?
How did people’s rights change?
How did important individuals change Britain? (Links to decolonising the curriculum)
EDEXCEL GCSE HISTORY 10 REVISION STARTERS - ANGLO-SAXONS & NORMANS - HISTORY NUGGETS
This resource contains 10 quick starter questions (20 slides) to help students revise content from the Edexcel GCSE History Anglo-Saxons and Normans paper. Each starter includes…
*Quiz question
*Challenge question
*Self-assessment answers
*Revision tip for students
*Silly ‘nugget’ format to engage students
Teachers could add one starter to 10 lessons or could use altogether to form a complete revision lesson.
BUNDLE OF THREE COMPLETE LESSONS TO REVISE GCSE HISTORY MEDICINE THROUGH TIME THEMATICALLY
These resources are three complete lessons with comparison grid activities, timeline activities, revision tips for students, worksheets (within the PowerPoints), examples of past questions and some self-assessment included. These revision lessons are designed to be used along side the Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time textbook or revision guide (or from memory depending on how much your students remember).
As many of the Medicine Through Time past exam questions are thematic this bundle of lessons will encourage your pupils to compare topics across the whole sweep of time, 1250-present day…
Ideas about causes through time
Treatments and preventation through time
Who and where people were treated through time
RESOURCE FOR WW1 & REMEMBRANCE DAY - ASSEMBLY - TUTOR TIME - ADAPTABLE FOR HISTORY LESSON - FEATURING WALTER TULL - BLACK BRITISH HISTORY
This 7 slide PowerPoint can be used to introduce or remind students of the meaning of Remembrance Day. It then explains the importance of soldiers of colour during WW1. Finally it focuses on the life of Black British soldier Walter Tull, including a beautiful poem by Musa Okwonga.
This resource is intended for use in assemblies or tutor time, as it encourages quiet listening and reflection time (it does not include activities for students to complete, however the teacher could adapt it to become a History lesson if desired).
COMPLETE REVISION LESSON FOR STUDENTS TO REVISE GCSE MEDICINE THROUGH TIME THEMATICALLY EDEXCEL (TREATMENTS & PREVENTIONS)
This resource is a complete lesson with a timeline activity, revision tips for students, worksheets (within the PowerPoint), examples of past questions and planning grids. The lesson is designed to be used along side the Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time textbook or revision guide.
As many of the Medicine Through Time past exam questions are thematic this lesson will encourage your pupils to compare how the treatments and preventions changed (or stayed the same) across the whole sweep of time, 1250-present day.
COMPLETE REVISION LESSON FOR STUDENTS TO REVISE GCSE MEDICINE THROUGH TIME THEMATICALLY (WHO TREATED SICK AND WHERE)
This resource is a complete lesson (20 slides) with comparison grid activities, a timeline activity, revision tips for students, worksheets (within the PowerPoint), examples of past questions and some self-assessment included. The lesson is designed to be used along side the Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time textbook or revision guide (or from memory depending on how much your students remember).
As many of the Medicine Through Time past exam questions are thematic this lesson will encourage your pupils to compare who treated the sick and where they were treated across the whole sweep of time, 1250-present day.
COMPLETE REVISION LESSON FOR STUDENTS TO REVISE GCSE MEDICINE THROUGH TIME THEMATICALLY (CAUSES)
This resource is a complete lesson with a timeline activity, revision tips for students, worksheets (within the PowerPoint), examples of past questions and self-assessment included. The lesson is designed to be used along side the Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time textbook or revision guide.
As many of the Medicine Through Time past exam questions are thematic this lesson will encourage your pupils to compare how ideas about the causes of sickness and disease changed (or stayed the same) across the whole sweep of time, 1250-present day.
DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE IN HISTORY - 6 DISPLAY POSTERS
6 bright and colourful display posters which show students 6 skills they need to do well in History
Change and continuity
Similarity and difference
Cause and consequence
Significance
Primary sources
Interpretations
COLOURFUL DISPLAY POSTERS - HOW TO WRITE A ‘PEEL’ PARAGRAPH
These 5 posters show students how to structure a PEEL paragraph in History.
Point
Evidence
Explain
Link