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Extended writing lesson on the failure of the Schlieffen Plan in 1914. Includes keywords, keyword recap task, factor tables and 7 x factor sheets, writing structure and guidance, differentiated writing frames (especially the use of appositive sentences) and a stretch and challenge reading task using extracts from ‘Blood and Iron’ by Katya Hoyer.
Lesson structure:
Intro and recap task
Evidence table with 7 x factor sheets attached in resources.
Factor Categorisation task
Writing frames and guidance
Peer Assessment according to simple criteria/matrix.
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20 Lessons that cover thre main topics: 1066, Becket and King John/Magna Carta.
All lessons include all the resources you need ready to use/print/share at the end of the slides.
All three topics also integrate into the free to play ‘free roaming/RPG’ history games which can be found at Wolsey Academy complete with supporting workbooks. These make excellent and engaging homeworks with the students coming in buzzing to learn more about the video game they’ve just been playing.
All lessons also include a settler slide that focuses on numeracy and literacy (don’t be concerned if you see lots of typos on the first slide - it’s part of the literacy correction task!)
The 20 lessons cover a range of writing skills, source analysis and creative tasks to form the backbone of any school’s KS3 History provision.
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Lesson on the Hungarian Revolution, can stretch over 2 or 3 lessons.
Features:
Settler questions
Recap activity
Guided Reading task
Video questions
Quiz-Quiz-Trade Keyword cards
Key figure table and information complete activity
Google Quiz (self marking, online)
Source based question (compare two sources and comment on what is surprising)
Chronology card sort activity.
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Lesson on Colonial America with a focus on the differences between the Plymouth colony settled by the Puritans and the Jamestown colony settled by commercial interests.
Lesson Includes:
A lesson video (for distance learning)
Recap activity on Spanish explorers lesson
Teacher Talk Stimulus Context Slide
Source comprehension questions for Jamestown and Plymouth settlements.
Settlers motivation categorisation task.
Guided Reading task for both colonies.
Video task.
PEEL writing task with teacher example for analysis before writing.
Google quiz (self marking)
Keyword flash cards.
Part of a wider bundle of lessons on American History.
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Lesson on the French-Indian War (or 7 Years War). Perfect lesson to teach to provide context to the American of Independence that is to come.
Lesson Includes:
Teacher Talk Stimulus Context Slide
Recap activity of previous lesson on colonial America.
Timeline card sort activity (resources at the end of the PowerPoint)
Consequences discussion and question slide.
Source analysis and comprehension task.
Causes, events and consequences categorisation task.
Extended writing task.
Literacy mat for EAL/G&T support.
Part of a wider bundle of lessons on American History.
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A lesson looking at the origins of Communism and how the idea took hold in Russia during the First World War, leading to the Russian Civil War and formation of the USSR. What impact did this legacy have on the Soviet Cold War mindset? How did the USA develop differently?
This lesson includes:
1. Cold War Origins 1/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz plenary
c. 7 key word flash cards
d. 5 Russian Revolution Extension Task Activity Sheets
From an 8-part bundle on the origins of the Cold War – please see below for the specific details of this numbered lesson in the sequence.
1. Cold War Origins 1/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz plenary
c. 7 key word flash cards
d. 5 Russian Revolution Extension Task Activity Sheets
2. Grand Alliance 2/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 4 question Google quiz plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
3. Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine 3/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
4. Causes of the Berlin Blockade 4/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
5. Events of the Berlin Blockade 5/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 5 keyword Flash Cards
6. Consequences of the Berlin Blockade 6/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 6 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 6 keyword Flash Cards
7. Who was the blame for the Cold War? 7/8
a. Lesson Activities (Exam Practice – Source Based Questions)
b. 4 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
8. Cold War Origins Revision Lesson 8/8
a. 4 x Revision Tasks
b. 32 x keyword flash cards
c. 32 Question Google Quiz
Taught as part of the CIE IGCSE Option B course – however – perfectly suited for any course of study. It includes in total: 8 lessons, 32 keyword flash cards, 7 Google quizzes, 2 teacher video lessons.
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Lesson on the causes of the American war of Independence. Aims to build students ability to categorise factors into headings and write an extended piece of analysis.
Lesson Includes:
Teacher video of the lesson (ideal for distance learning)
Recap activity of previous lesson on colonial America.
Teacher Talk Stimulus Context Slide
Research task with 7 factor info sheets in the resources section – support sheet for differentiation.
Categorisation task.
Three writing support slides with exemplar sentences and structure guide for all levels of learner.
Google quiz (self marking)
7 x flash cards for key factors
Part of a wider bundle of lessons on American History.
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10 Lessons for Key Stage 3 that begins with Columbus, looks at the Spanish influence in South America before focusing on the early North American colonies. Also includes two lessons providing the context of the British involvement in the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Columbus
Conquistadors
Colonial America
7 Years War (French-Indian Wars)
Causes of American Independence
Founding Fathers and the Constitution (Hamilton)
Atlantic Slave Trade
Caribbean Plantations
Assessment, Mark Scheme and Knowledge Organiser
Civil War Project: Make a Lesson
Bonus - assembly on the nature of power in the USA
Bonus - Guided Reading, Columbus & Christianity in the New World
This lesson looks at the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine, how important they were at the end of the Second World War in securing Western Europe and clearly defining the economic and philosophical differences between the two powers.
This lesson includes:
3. Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine 3/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
From an 8-part bundle on the origins of the Cold War – please see below for the specific details of this numbered lesson in the sequence.
1. Cold War Origins 1/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz plenary
c. 7 key word flash cards
d. 5 Russian Revolution Extension Task Activity Sheets
2. Grand Alliance 2/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 4 question Google quiz plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
3. Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine 3/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
4. Causes of the Berlin Blockade 4/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
5. Events of the Berlin Blockade 5/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 5 keyword Flash Cards
6. Consequences of the Berlin Blockade 6/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 6 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 6 keyword Flash Cards
7. Who was the blame for the Cold War? 7/8
a. Lesson Activities (Exam Practice – Source Based Questions)
b. 4 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
8. Cold War Origins Revision Lesson 8/8
a. 4 x Revision Tasks
b. 32 x keyword flash cards
c. 32 Question Google Quiz
Taught as part of the CIE IGCSE Option B course – however – perfectly suited for any course of study. It includes in total: 8 lessons, 32 keyword flash cards, 7 Google quizzes, 2 teacher video lessons.
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This lesson uses a range of activities to study at how Berlin was isolated (the three Rs, Road, Rail and River) and the Allies response with the airlift.
This lesson includes:
5. Events of the Berlin Blockade 5/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 5 keyword Flash Cards
From an 8-part bundle on the origins of the Cold War – please see below for the specific details of this numbered lesson in the sequence.
1. Cold War Origins 1/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz plenary
c. 7 key word flash cards
d. 5 Russian Revolution Extension Task Activity Sheets
2. Grand Alliance 2/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 4 question Google quiz plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
3. Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine 3/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
4. Causes of the Berlin Blockade 4/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
5. Events of the Berlin Blockade 5/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 5 keyword Flash Cards
6. Consequences of the Berlin Blockade 6/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 6 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 6 keyword Flash Cards
7. Who was the blame for the Cold War? 7/8
a. Lesson Activities (Exam Practice – Source Based Questions)
b. 4 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
8. Cold War Origins Revision Lesson 8/8
a. 4 x Revision Tasks
b. 32 x keyword flash cards
c. 32 Question Google Quiz
Taught as part of the CIE IGCSE Option B course – however – perfectly suited for any course of study. It includes in total: 8 lessons, 32 keyword flash cards, 7 Google quizzes, 2 teacher video lessons.
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This lesson uses a range of activities to focus on the establishment of Trizonia, the new currency and the use of Marshall Aid to trigger Stalin into attempting to seize Berlin by using a blockade.
This lesson includes:
4. Causes of the Berlin Blockade 4/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
From an 8-part bundle on the origins of the Cold War – please see below for the specific details of this numbered lesson in the sequence.
1. Cold War Origins 1/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz plenary
c. 7 key word flash cards
d. 5 Russian Revolution Extension Task Activity Sheets
2. Grand Alliance 2/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 4 question Google quiz plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
3. Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine 3/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
4. Causes of the Berlin Blockade 4/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
5. Events of the Berlin Blockade 5/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 5 keyword Flash Cards
6. Consequences of the Berlin Blockade 6/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 6 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 6 keyword Flash Cards
7. Who was the blame for the Cold War? 7/8
a. Lesson Activities (Exam Practice – Source Based Questions)
b. 4 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
8. Cold War Origins Revision Lesson 8/8
a. 4 x Revision Tasks
b. 32 x keyword flash cards
c. 32 Question Google Quiz
Taught as part of the CIE IGCSE Option B course – however – perfectly suited for any course of study. It includes in total: 8 lessons, 32 keyword flash cards, 7 Google quizzes, 2 teacher video lessons.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
This lesson includes:
6. Consequences of the Berlin Blockade 6/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 6 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 6 keyword Flash Cards
From an 8-part bundle on the origins of the Cold War – please see below for the specific details of this numbered lesson in the sequence.
1. Cold War Origins 1/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz plenary
c. 7 key word flash cards
d. 5 Russian Revolution Extension Task Activity Sheets
2. Grand Alliance 2/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 4 question Google quiz plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
3. Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine 3/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
4. Causes of the Berlin Blockade 4/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
5. Events of the Berlin Blockade 5/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 5 keyword Flash Cards
6. Consequences of the Berlin Blockade 6/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 6 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 6 keyword Flash Cards
7. Who was the blame for the Cold War? 7/8
a. Lesson Activities (Exam Practice – Source Based Questions)
b. 4 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
8. Cold War Origins Revision Lesson 8/8
a. 4 x Revision Tasks
b. 32 x keyword flash cards
c. 32 Question Google Quiz
Taught as part of the CIE IGCSE Option B course – however – perfectly suited for any course of study. It includes in total: 8 lessons, 32 keyword flash cards, 7 Google quizzes, 2 teacher video lessons.
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A revision question that features a range of activities inspired by Kate Jones’ excellent book(s) on retrieval practice. In addition it features all 32 flash cards from the Origins of the Cold War module and access to all the Google Quiz questions. I’d strongly suggest purchasing the (cheaper) bundle deal and getting this lesson alongside all of the other 7 lessons up to this point.
This lesson includes:
8. Cold War Origins Revision Lesson 8/8
a. 4 x Revision Tasks
b. 32 x keyword flash cards
c. 32 Question Google Quiz
From an 8-part bundle on the origins of the Cold War – please see below for the specific details of this numbered lesson in the sequence.
1. Cold War Origins 1/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz plenary
c. 7 key word flash cards
d. 5 Russian Revolution Extension Task Activity Sheets
2. Grand Alliance 2/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 4 question Google quiz plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
3. Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine 3/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
4. Causes of the Berlin Blockade 4/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
5. Events of the Berlin Blockade 5/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 5 keyword Flash Cards
6. Consequences of the Berlin Blockade 6/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 6 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 6 keyword Flash Cards
7. Who was the blame for the Cold War? 7/8
a. Lesson Activities (Exam Practice – Source Based Questions)
b. 4 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
8. Cold War Origins Revision Lesson 8/8
a. 4 x Revision Tasks
b. 32 x keyword flash cards
c. 32 Question Google Quiz
Taught as part of the CIE IGCSE Option B course – however – perfectly suited for any course of study. It includes in total: 8 lessons, 32 keyword flash cards, 7 Google quizzes, 2 teacher video lessons.
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This lesson looks at the broader picture of the origins of the Cold War to address the CIE specific question of ‘who was the blame for the Cold War?’. It uses sources to help answer a number of CIE style exam questions. Model answers and writing guidance are provided.
This lesson includes:
7. Who was the blame for the Cold War? 7/8
a. Lesson Activities (Exam Practice – Source Based Questions)
b. 4 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
From an 8-part bundle on the origins of the Cold War – please see below for the specific details of this numbered lesson in the sequence.
1. Cold War Origins 1/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz plenary
c. 7 key word flash cards
d. 5 Russian Revolution Extension Task Activity Sheets
2. Grand Alliance 2/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 4 question Google quiz plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
3. Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine 3/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
4. Causes of the Berlin Blockade 4/8
a. Video lesson (teacher voice over of lesson)
b. Lesson Activities
c. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
d. 5 keyword Flash Cards
5. Events of the Berlin Blockade 5/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 5 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 5 keyword Flash Cards
6. Consequences of the Berlin Blockade 6/8
a. Lesson Activities
b. 6 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 6 keyword Flash Cards
7. Who was the blame for the Cold War? 7/8
a. Lesson Activities (Exam Practice – Source Based Questions)
b. 4 Question Google Quiz Plenary
c. 4 keyword Flash Cards
8. Cold War Origins Revision Lesson 8/8
a. 4 x Revision Tasks
b. 32 x keyword flash cards
c. 32 Question Google Quiz
Taught as part of the CIE IGCSE Option B course – however – perfectly suited for any course of study. It includes in total: 8 lessons, 32 keyword flash cards, 7 Google quizzes, 2 teacher video lessons.
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A unit of work bringing in examples of wars, battles and conflicts from across the centuries. Each lesson is self contained and includes all the resources you need to successfully teach an outstanding lesson.
Lessons include:
The Punic Wars (Romans)
1066 Battle of Hastings (4 lessons)
King John & The Baron’s War (2 lessons)
French-Indian Wars
First World War (3 lessons)
Second World War (3 lessons)
Boxer Rebellion
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Falklands Conflict
The Cold War IGCSE Edexcel
One lesson from over forty on the Cold War, designed for the IGCSE Edexcel specification but instantly transferable to any other GCSE (or non-GCSE) curriculum.
It begins before the Second World War, with the origins of Communist thinking and the Russian Revolution and continues right through the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the USSR.
Each lesson comes with a range of activities, keyword cards and assessments. Focus on developing analytical and writing skills.
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From Robert Stevenson to Elon Musk and everything inbetween. These 19 lessons and 16 Guided Reading tasks take you from the dawn of the Industrial Revolution to the birth of AI.
Each lesson is fully resourced and ready to teach out of the PowerPoint.
We hope they help.
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The History of India
This is one lesson from a series of 11 on the History of India.
Each lesson includes as a minimum:
• A context slide for teacher talk/intro
• A reading comprehension task
• A sorting/categorising activity of factors/causes.
• A writing task with support and guidance.
All resources are included within the same PowerPoint for ease of organisation. They have proved very effective with our High School classes.
The 11 lessons are as follows:
The Mughals (free)
The East India Company
The Battle of Plessey (free)
The Tiger of Mysore
The Mahratta
Revision & Feedback lesson for unit at half way point
Trucial States, UAE & Oman
The First War of Indian Independence (1857)
Amritsar Massacre & Indian Independence Movement
India, Gandhi and the Second World War
Bengal Famine 1947 (free)
Indian Independence and Partition
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The History of India
This is one lesson from a series of 11 on the History of India.
Each lesson includes as a minimum:
• A context slide for teacher talk/intro
• A reading comprehension task
• A sorting/categorising activity of factors/causes.
• A writing task with support and guidance.
All resources are included within the same PowerPoint for ease of organisation. They have proved very effective with our High School classes.
The 11 lessons are as follows:
The Mughals (free)
The East India Company
The Battle of Plessey (free)
The Tiger of Mysore
The Mahratta
Revision & Feedback lesson for unit at half way point
Trucial States, UAE & Oman
The First War of Indian Independence (1857)
Amritsar Massacre & Indian Independence Movement
India, Gandhi and the Second World War
Bengal Famine 1947 (free)
Indian Independence and Partition
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This is one lesson from a completely fully resourced and integrated series of 17 lessons on the Russian Revolution. It was designed for GCSE History but has also been used very effectively at KS3 level.
Each lesson contains as a minimum:
• Recap from previous lesson
• Keyword flashcards (in a unique ‘Pokémon card style’ template!)
• Writing skill challenges building up to fully developed PEEKA paragraphs (these increase in complexity as you move through the lessons)
• Text with comprehension questions
• A ‘reverse engineer’ essay question task.
• A model paragraph with a ‘how can you improve?’ task
• Stretch questions.
• Video links.
The 17 lessons are as follows:
Russia and its discontents (free)
1905 Revolution (free)
The First World War (free)
Rasputin
February Revolution
Mod-Module Revision Tasks and Knowledge Check
Provisional Government
October Revolution
Bolsheviks & Constituent Assembly
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War – Why did the Reds win?
Russian Civil War – War Communism
Russian Civil War – Kronstadt Naval Mutiny
Russian Civil War – New Economic Policy
Russian Civil War – Lenin’s Legacy
End of unit – all revision cards, revision tasks, assessment questions, models and criteria.
Hope they help.
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