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Offers general pre or post exam feedback on all question types. The examples used here are for China and Vietnam but the advice applies to all topics.
Focus on:
• Describe TWO features of EITHER X or Y (6 marks)
• Study Sources A and B and then answer the question:
• How far does Source A support the evidence of Source B about X (8 marks)
• Study Extract C.
• Extract C suggests that the main reason for X was Y
• How far do you agree with this interpretation?
• Use Extract C, Sources A and B and your own knowledge to explain your answer. (16 marks)
Skill focus:
• Using the sources effectively to answer the question.
• Creating good conclusions.
Hope it helps.
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Offers general pre or post exam feedback on all question types. The examples used here are for Germany and Cold War but the advice applies to all topics.
Focus on:
Making connections to the question
6 marker – the paraphrasing trap
8 markers – making connections to the question
16 markers – writing effective conclusions.
Hope it helps.
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A task to last a few lessons.
Students to watch a video by the Economist on how 5 experts would spend $1bn to ‘save the oceans’ and then expand the task themselves to create a business plan for how to spend $qbn to save the earth.
A template helps them structure their research and present their projects to the class.
To tie in with Dubai COP28 but can be used at any time - of for any COP.
I doubt they’ll agree to save the world anytime soon, so I imagine this lesson can be reused and recycled again and again :)
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This lesson resource offers a comprehensive and engaging approach to exploring World War I through the lens of Kitchener’s Army.
Learning episodes:
Introduction to Kitchener’s Army: A brief discussion setting historical context.
Group Work on Motivations: Students explore different reasons men joined the army.
Propaganda Posters Analysis: Students complete a ‘content and purpose’ table for understanding wartime propaganda.
Studying Real Quotes: Examining actual quotes from soldiers to add personal perspectives.
Exam-Style Question: Writing an ‘explain’ question to practice analytical skills.
Creative Activity: Planning and drawing a propaganda poster to apply learned concepts.
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This educational tool offers a blend of historical learning and playful interaction by guiding students to design and create a Roman-themed Monopoly board game. It serves as an inventive approach for educators to help students review and understand a variety of topics in Roman history, including the impressive architecture of the Colosseum and the tactical exploits of Julius Caesar.
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Enhance your upper high school curriculum with our detailed teaching resource tailored for students investigating Castro’s rise to power and the Cuban Missile Crisis. This resource provides a thorough overview of Batista’s dictatorship, the inception of Castro’s M26 movement, his period in exile, and his eventual return to power. It also delves into Kennedy’s strategic responses and Castro’s alliances with the USSR, giving students a full spectrum of understanding.
Designed to engage and assess, the resource includes a series of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) to help quickly evaluate student comprehension. This makes for an excellent, straightforward homework assignment or an in-class activity.
Additionally, enrich your students’ learning with a featured extract from Max Hastings’ “Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis”, bringing an expert’s perspective into the classroom. This teaching resource is ideal for educators looking to provide a concise yet comprehensive look at a crucial period in modern history.
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A great little project for social studies students in the UAE.
Students are guided through the steps needed to make their own UAE themed monopoly game, a great recap and revision task - or students can be asked to do their own research to begin with (e.g. what sort of attractions would they include, why, give some details etc).
Then there are some templates at the end that can be blown up on a large A3 page to help them get started.
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Quick and easy comprehension task for Christopher Columbus and a look at his legacy. Used with year 8 students as a homework task.
Includes 5 questions (answers on second page) and an extension task.
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A lesson for year 7 (or any year group) to introduce the topic of UAE Social Studies and recap on the some basics of the UAE .
It includes questions and prompts throughout, a time line card sort activity and it ends with a student led project on each Emirate - including a grading criteria.
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This lesson’s content includes:
Where is the UAE?
What are the names of the 7 Emirates
The Sheikhs of the UAE
The basic Government structure
The basic timeline of the UAE
Create a project on each Emirate
Present your project and meet a criteria
We hope it helps :)
123lessons on China to tie in with the Edexcel IGCSE course ‘China, Conflict, Crisis and Change’
Each lesson contains all the resources required ready to print at the end of the powerpoint, exam questions and styles are tackled throughout with an emphasis on building up student’s ability to write in formal paragraphs and show analysis of historical factors.
They include:
Opium War (context)
Into and Set Up
Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion Consequences
1911 Revolution
4th May Movement
Sun Yet-Sen
Recap Lesson
United Front and the CCP
Expeditions, Massacres and Exterminations
Recap Lesson
Long March
Consequences of the Long March
Guided Reading Activity “Japan’s invasion of China”
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The second 13 lessons (only) from a a series of 27 lessons on UAE Social Studies (History). Each lesson contained keywords and a wide range of activities, with a focus on developing skills that students can use in their regular lessons too. A key focus is obviously on Historical skills, but also Geographic, Business as well as general skills of research, debate and presentation. Several lessons have been inspired by lectures given at the NYU Abu Dhabi by experts in their fields.
The lessons begin with the formation of the Arabian landmass and end with the Arabs on Mars! Fairly comprehensive history. All lessons have been made with cultural sensitivities in mind.
The lessons in both Parts 1 and 2 are:
Part 2:
Pirate Coast & Trucial States
The Pearl Trade
Diary of a Dhow Driver
Qasr Al Hosn
Emirati Homes and Architecture
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Founding of the UAE 1971
Famous Emiratis
Famous Ex-Pats
UAE The Global Crossroads
The Dubai Miracle
Sovereign Wealth Funds
UAE Space Program
Part 1: (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/uae-social-studies-part-1-12-lessons-12873804)
Historical Overview of the UAE
Jebel Faya
The Magan People
Bronze Age Trade
Wadi Suq and Umm Al Na
The Iron Age
Pre-Islamic Arabia
The Prophet Muhammad and the arrival of Islam
Battle of Dibba 632CE
Mecca and Medina
Khalid ibn al-Walid
The Portuguese and the Persian Gulf
The Islamic Era & Hormuz
Bedouin Traditions
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Booklet for students to complete as they play through the Renaissance Medicine game at Wolsey Academy / Games (Google us)
By talking to the in game characters the students will discover the answers to the questions. They will learn about the role of Galen, Vesalius, the Printing Press and the Church in the changing approach to medical study during the Renaissance.
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We hope it helps.
A lesson covering the beginning of the Second World War in Europe.
It includes the following learning sequences:
Comprehension questions and scene setting
Video and questions.
A timeline sort.
A factor sort
Peeka paragraph practice and planning
Essay style questions
Essay model and structure analysis.
All resources required are included within the PowerPoint itself for ease of use.
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A Bundle of 15 lessons on the origins of the Cold War.
Each lesson comes with a range of activities, keyword cards and assessments. Focus on developing analytical and writing skills.
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Islamic Empires | Early Islam | The Birth of the Prophet
A series of 10 lessons on the History of Early Islam. Each lesson contains keywords and a wide range of activities, with a focus on developing skills and content in this area.
Each lesson includes reading comprehension tasks but also a main ‘activity’ that allows students to be creative and apply their new knowledge, there is also a focus throughout on building up long-form writing skills such as paragraph structure.
The lessons include:
The Birth of the Prophet
Mecca and Medina
The Ridda Wars
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Rashidun Caliphate & Battle of Yarmouk | Fall of Byzantium
Caliphate on the march | Fall of the Sasanians
The Shia Sunni Split
The Umayyad Caliphate and Islamic Spain
The Abbasid Caliphate and battle of Talas
The Abbasid Caliphate and the Golden Age of Islam
Bonus lessons on Islamic medicine and a guided reading activity.
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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, 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.
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, 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.
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, 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.
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, 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.
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, 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.