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 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. Hope it helps.

Industrial Revolution: From a Scheme of Work on the Industrial Revolution. Target is KS3 but all assessments throughout are GCSE and use Edexcel criteria. Each lesson contains a lesson plan, quick start guide, printable resources, mini plenaries, challenge questions, mark schemes, writing frames, lots of differentiation, a nice mix of activity types and a lesson specific EAL activity sheet. There are 14 lessons in total, but each lesson has enough material to last 2 or 3 lessons for even high ability classes. Most lessons include some high-level source analysis. The lessons also include a link to a site hosting a self-marking End of Unit quiz and a revision guide which make for nice homework activities. The SOW has been used for several years (with continual updates and improvements) at a very successful History department in an outstanding school. If used at KS3 it also acts as a grounding for any History of Medicine modules they might encounter at KS4 (hence the focus on public health and inventions). The SOW covers the following topics: Introduction to the Industrial Revolution (free) Population Boom (free) Factories Coal Mining Transport Robert Stephenson Industrial Revolution inventors Child Labour Public Health Problems Public Health Solutions & Government Intervention Source Question on the Big Stink Luddites British Empire Source Question on Empire Revision Guide & EAL activities. WolseyAcademy.com, 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. Hope it helps.

Perfect for History Club sessions – or active and creative lessons - at primary or secondary level. Includes information and video about the topics and a fun practical activity (which can often take more than one session to complete). All sessions include a weekly advertising poster for display boards, websites and screens around the school. Also included is a loyalty card for students to claim rewards after attending enough lessons. Designed by Wolsey Academy and tried and tested with secondary students in the UK. Topics are as follows: Ancient Egypt – Drama Production Battle of Trafalgar 1805 – Arts and Craft. Guy Fawkes, 1605 – Gunpowder Hunt. Charles Lindbergh, 1927 – Design & Fly a Plane. Pirates – Make a Movie. Thanksgiving – Fancy Dress and Card Design Benjamin Franklin – Make and fly a Kite. Tudor Christmas – Card Making. Battle of Atlantic – Code Breaking Game Medieval Coat of Arms – Research and Heraldry Making. Brunel – Bridge Building Darwin –Voyage of the Beagle, Art Competition. D-Day – Landing Craft Construction and Testing World Cup History – Kit Designs Battle of Quebec – Crane Construction Angkor Wat – Sunrise Drawings Historical Fashion – Clothing Designs Henry Ford – Assembly Line Competition Roman Army – Shield Design and Battle Tactics Role Play Local History: Ipswich Town Football Club – Badge Design. WolseyAcademy.com, 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.

Perfect for History Club sessions – or active and creative lessons - at primary or secondary level. Includes information and video about the topics and a fun practical activity (which can often take more than one session to complete). All sessions include a weekly advertising poster for display boards, websites and screens around the school. Also included is a loyalty card for students to claim rewards after attending enough lessons. Designed by Wolsey Academy and tried and tested with secondary students in the UK. Topics are as follows: Ancient Egypt – Drama Production Battle of Trafalgar 1805 – Arts and Craft. Guy Fawkes, 1605 – Gunpowder Hunt. Charles Lindbergh, 1927 – Design & Fly a Plane. Pirates – Make a Movie. Thanksgiving – Fancy Dress and Card Design Benjamin Franklin – Make and fly a Kite. Tudor Christmas – Card Making. Battle of Atlantic – Code Breaking Game Medieval Coat of Arms – Research and Heraldry Making. Brunel – Bridge Building Darwin –Voyage of the Beagle, Art Competition. D-Day – Landing Craft Construction and Testing World Cup History – Kit Designs Battle of Quebec – Crane Construction Angkor Wat – Sunrise Drawings Historical Fashion – Clothing Designs Henry Ford – Assembly Line Competition Roman Army – Shield Design and Battle Tactics Role Play Local History: Ipswich Town Football Club – Badge Design. WolseyAcademy.com, 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.

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. 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. Hope it helps.

This lesson sets the scene for the Cold War by looking at how the Allies worked together during the Second World War. The Lend-Lease programme, the Arctic Convoys and Stalin’s disappointment with the invasion of Italy all feature to build the back story of the Cold War. This lesson includes: 2. Grand Alliance 2/8 a. Lesson Activities 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. 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 is part of a series of 7 lessons (and 3 Guided Reading Activities) about the New Deal. It is aimed at A Level/IB students and focusses on the New Deal’s policies, their impact, the opposition to them and the historiography of them since. All the lessons contain all the resources within them required for the students to successfully research and answer the questions. Where external sources have been used for evidence, they have been cited. The other lessons in the series are as follows: What was it? > A deep dive look at the key alphabet agencies and their impact. Impact of the New Deal > A look at 4 cross sections of US society/economy and the impact the alphabet agencies had, for better or worse. The Second New Deal > An investigation into the reasons why a Second New Deal was required and how they laid the foundation for the modern welfare state. Opposition to the New Deal > A research exercise (with materials to research) of the key opposition figures to the New Deal and their philosophies. The impact of the Second World War > How the Second World War ‘saved’ FDR from the ‘Roosevelt Recession’ and how it changed the political landscape. Included in this lesson is the Guided Reading activity for the War’s impact (resource 8) The historiography of the New Deal > A look at two opposing interpretations (resources 9 and 10) and then an activity looking at six different historical interpretations of the New Deal followed by a class debate. An essay question focussing on the impact of the New Deal – was it mostly economic or political in nature? Students are guided through the process of preparing, structuring and then writing the essay. An extended reading activity on the Second World War’s impact on the New Deal An extended ready activity looking at criticism of the New Deal An extended reading activity looking at support for the New Deal, especially the WPA. We hope these resources help you teach this vital and interesting topic. 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. If you teach History, Business or ICT we have superb resources ready to go on our website – we also have 5 free to play History games that are ideal for engaging lower (and older) year groups in History. We hope it helps.

Napoleon, Nelson and Trafalgar 1 lesson from a series of 7 on the Napoleonic Wars, The Royal Navy and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The lessons are as follows: Napoleon and the threat to Britain The Making of Nelson’s Navy Horatio Nelson – Hero? Life in Nelson’s Navy The Battle of Trafalgar Napoleon and Trafalgar Pokémon revision game Each lesson works as a standalone, but they are designed to be taught in sequence, with each lesson adding a new layer of context and skills ready for the final writing task in lesson 4. Each lesson comes with 4 Pokémon style key word cards which are all gathered with a range of factor and skill word cards in the 5th lesson – this allows students to use them in their writing. Each lesson includes a range of activities and resources all contained within the same PowerPoint file for ease of use. The activities are as follows: Lesson 1: Napoleon and the threat to Britain • French Revolution context • Trading card keywords activity • Napoleon info cards and CV writing task • Napoleon’s conquests and the Continental System • Comprehension questions Lesson 2: The Making of Nelson’s Navy • Age of sail video and question/answers • Assemble a fleet discussion task with prompts • 8 Factors of success – table fill • PEE prioritisation task • Writing a letter to family task • Trading card keyword activity • Reading comprehension questions Lesson 3: Nelson v Villeneuve (and life on a sailing ship) • Nelson video and question/answers • Reading comprehension questions • Trading card keyword activity • Nelson’s Victories place and describe map activity • Nelson: Hero and Villain extended reading and debate task Lesson 4: Life in Nelson’s Navy • Video and questions • Teach Roulette – life as a sailor group task • Nautical English terms task • Write a diary entry as a sailor task • Trading Card Activity Lesson 5: The Battle of Trafalgar • Recap task • Events of the day info slides (enabling teacher talk) • Extended reading – Bernard Cornwell – the gruesome side of a war at sea • Cartoon strip of the battle with info slides • Why did Nelson win the Battle of Trafalgar? Essay task to include all factors studied thus far (the recap reminder sheet from activity 1 is useful here). • Trading Card Activity Lesson 6: Battle of Trafalgar Keyword Trading Card Game • 20 Pokémon style keywords • 11 General factor history and skill cards • An excellent and engaging way to stimulate writing tasks! Bonus: Trafalgar History Club Activity • Flag making – Re-create Nelson’s famous flag signals! • Battle Snowballs – create the line of battle, act out the fight and see who wins in the rematch! We hope it helps. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet

Third lesson from a series of 3 allowing students to develop their knowledge of how the Royal Navy developed during the 19th century and how this eventually led to HMS Dreadnought. The role of Admiral Fisher in encouraging the construction of these ships, the Arms Race it led to and then the final, but inconclusive, clash at Jutland in 1916. These lessons provide vital context to the origins of the First World War. Each lesson works well as a stand alone lesson but each lesson builds on the context of the former. The lessons are constructed as follows: 1. Origins of the Arms Race – Fisher’s Reforms to the Royal Navy a. Navy post-Trafalgar, context slides (teacher talk and debate) b. Historian quote question and discussion x 2 c. Video extract and questions d. 7 Reform Factors and Table completion activity e. Letter home to family on the reforms f. Plenary: Reading comprehension task 2. HMS Dreadnought and the Arms Race a. Historiography task and questions b. HMS Dreadnought special features label task c. Video extract and questions d. PEEKA Paragraph writing x 2 – with peeka template and Dreadnought fact sheet. e. Plenary: Reading comprehension task 3. The Battle of Jutland, 1916 a. Keyword recap writing task b. Context slides (teacher talk and debate) c. Video extract and questions x 2 d. Describe the conditions task e. Eye witness source table (with 6 eye witness accounts) f. Who won? – debate prompts g. Jack Cornwell reading comprehension task. 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. We hope it helps. #BetterTeachingBetterPlant

The History of Ancient Persia Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to enable students to engage with the content of the Persia Empire while building up transferable skills in historical writing, source analysis and creative projects. Each lesson also includes model answers, criteria and stretch/support activities. The lessons are as follows: The Artifacts of Persia. A collection of primary sources that students study. They then create a presentation on the question “what type of people were the Ancient Persians?” The King of Kings: An overview of the reigns of Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes. Life in Persia: A project-based lesson with all the materials needed for students to present on Persian law, religion and the role of women. The Fall of Babylon: A brief look at the Babylonian Empire, a timeline of its fall to Persia and a study of the causes, events and consequences surrounding the fall of the Great city. The Age of Kings – A look at the magnificence and splendour of the travelling household court of the Persian Kings Persia v Athens and the Battle of Marathon: What happened, why did it happen and what legacy did it leave? Athens & Sparta: The allies that kept Persia at bay, a look at their similarities and differences. Battle of Thermopylae: How did it create the legend of the 300? Is there any truth in it? Battle of Salamis: How did the Greeks defeat a much larger Persian army? Persian achievements: Art, Science, Architecture, Mathematics. Persian Medicine Alexander the Great The sacking of Persepolis 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. We hope it helps. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet –

In 1607, the Jamestown Colony was established in Virginia, becoming the first permanent English settlement in North America. In this lesson, students will learn about the motivations behind its founding, the challenges faced by the colonists, and their interactions with the Native Americans, as well as the lasting impact of this historic event. In this lesson, students will… Study the context of the topic Sort a timeline of the events into the correct order. Watch a video and answer questions on the content. Study real (and some fictional) quotes from the people involved and discuss what they reveal about the past. Categorise factors that led to, or shaped, the past. Prioritize those factors during group work. Agree on a grading matrix for answering a written question. Read an example answer and look for what went well and even better if. Try writing your own answer to the topic question. This is a lesson in a large series of American History lessons created by Wolsey Academy. Each lesson has been taught to high-school students successfully for a number of years. 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. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet We hope it helps.

One lesson from a series of 28 on China in the 20th Century. Each lesson comes with all the resources you need to teach it ‘out of the box’ including activities, worksheets, recap tasks, stretch and differentiated questions where appropriate – and each lesson comes with keywords and a revision slide and a writing homework exercise. The 28 lessons are as follows: China Intro Causes of the Boxer Rebellion Boxer Rebellion Events & Consequences 1911 Revolution May 4th Movement Sun Yat-Sen Recap Lesson United Front Northern Expedition Recap lesson Causes of the Long March Consequences of the Long March Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War Why was the CCP victorious in the Civil War? CCP’s Agricultural Reforms The Great Famine The Great Leap Forward Women in Mao’s China Political Control in Mao’s China USSR & China Causes of the Cultural Revolution Key Features of the Cultural Revolution Consequences of the Cultural Revolution The Sino-Soviet Split The Gang of Four Deng Xiaoping’s Reforms Tiananmen Square These lessons have been taught successfully for many years at a top international school and are very easily editable for your own students (they’d also work very easily without any editing!) Wolsey Academy is a non-profit that looks to share and sell excellent teaching materials. Every penny we make goes to one of the charity partners listed on our website – from carbon capture (we take in more carbon each year than we put out!) to local youth sports to housing refugees – we aim to be a positive influence in the world. Better Teaching, Better Planet. Check out our mission and our other resources at our website, just search ‘Wolsey Academy’ to find us!

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. Wolsey Academy is a non-profit organisation and any money we make from the sale of resources goes to one of the charities we support, which can be seen at our website at Wolsey Academy (just google us). In addition, we host great 3D History games, complete with workbooks, that are free for your students to play and complete. Here you can also purchase more of our lessons at a discount.

This lesson covers the Armenian Genocide during World War I, examining the events between 1915 and 1917. Students will explore the definition of genocide, the causes and key figures involved, and the consequences for the Armenian population. Activities include watching a video summary, guided reading with key fact identification, and analysing historical documents to understand the motives and means behind the genocide. The lesson concludes with a writing task using the PEEKA structure to summarise the events. Lesson Content and Activities: Introduction: Brief overview of the Ottoman Empire during WWI. Definition of genocide using the UN’s Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. What Happened: Discuss the timeline and key events of the Armenian Genocide. Identify the role of Talaat Pasha and the Temporary Law of Deportation. Video Activity: Watch a video summarising the Armenian Genocide. Write a short summary covering causes, events, and consequences. Guided Reading: Complete a guided reading activity with provided text. Subtitle each paragraph. Write down three key facts. Highlight and define any unknown words. Document Analysis: Read and summarise historical documents (e.g., manifestos, reports, photographs). Complete a table showing how each document provides evidence of the genocide. Writing Task: Use the PEEKA structure to write paragraphs explaining the causes, events, and consequences of the genocide. Incorporate evidence from the video and documents analysed. Resources: Video link Guided reading text Historical documents (Manifestos, reports, photographs) PEEKA planning sheet Writing prompts and sentence stems Taken from a series of over 30 First World War lessons made by Wolsey Academy. They provide a thorough foundation of knowledge in this vital period of 20th Century History and each lesson looks to focus on a range of historical skills and exam techniques to equip students with knowledge and transferable research, analysis and study skills. To find the complete bundle, search on the Wolsey Academy website. Wolsey Academy operates as a non-profit, with every penny we make going to one of our charity partners or into the Ipswich Initiative, funding good works across the town and county. Search for Wolsey Academy to see our website for more details and to purchase resources at a discount. Use code ‘WOLSEY’ for 10% off at the Wolsey Academy Web Store. Please help us, help you, help them. Thank you. Hope it helps.

This lesson explores the Arab Revolt during World War I, focusing on its causes, key figures, and outcomes. Students will learn about the revolt’s origins, the role of T.E. Lawrence, and the impact on the Ottoman Empire. Activities include video analysis, timeline sorting, examining factors of success, and writing PEEKA paragraphs. The lesson concludes with peer assessment to evaluate understanding and historical writing skills. Lesson Content and Activities: Introduction: Introduction to key terms: Arab Revolt, Ottoman Empire, Lawrence of Arabia, guerrilla warfare. Situation Before the War: Overview of the Middle East under Ottoman control and the pre-war tensions. Watch the video and write a summary using today’s keywords. Arab Revolt: Discuss the start of the Arab Revolt in 1916, led by Sharif Hussein of Mecca with British support. Explore Lawrence of Arabia’s role in organising and supporting the Arab forces. Timeline Activity: Sort timeline cards of key events in the correct chronological order. Factors of Success: Read and write paragraphs on four key success factors of the Arab Revolt, explaining their significance. Key Events: Discuss major achievements like the capture of Aqaba and Damascus, and the formation of new Arab states. PEEKA Paragraph Writing: Write PEEKA paragraphs on the success and impact of the Arab Revolt using studied key changes. Peer assessment using a checklist to provide feedback on the paragraphs. Resources: Video link Printable timeline cards Success factors worksheet PEEKA planning sheet Peer assessment checklist Taken from a series of over 30 First World War lessons made by Wolsey Academy. They provide a thorough foundation of knowledge in this vital period of 20th Century History and each lesson looks to focus on a range of historical skills and exam techniques to equip students with knowledge and transferable research, analysis and study skills. To find the complete bundle, search on the Wolsey Academy website. Wolsey Academy operates as a non-profit, with every penny we make going to one of our charity partners or into the Ipswich Initiative, funding good works across the town and county. Search for Wolsey Academy to see our website for more details and to purchase resources at a discount. Use code ‘WOLSEY’ for 10% off at the Wolsey Academy Web Store. Please help us, help you, help them. Thank you. Hope it helps.