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A resource designed to help out teaching English.
Sentence Stems for Reading Analysis. 4 colourful literacy mats, ideal for printing and laminating on desk to push students of all abilities to write better paragraphs and engage with higher level analysis.
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.
A fully resourced lesson looking at the rise of the Nazi PArty between 1920-22.
It features:
A recap activity to Stresemann’s foreign policy (last lesson’s work)
A brief intro
A presentation task with 4 information cards and a PEEKA writing frame to support.
A source based writing task (with 3 sources)
Link to a Blooket recap quiz.
This is a fully resourced lesson that includes everything you need in the ‘resources’ section at the end of the PowerPoint.
Hope it helps.
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A resource designed to help out teaching English.
A colourful Literacy mat to help students explain the effect of something, really useful for a range of subjects and curriculums! Print and laminate to boost your student’s outcomes.
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32 flags.
With answers.
Literacy task at the end.
Simple :)
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#BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
A case study look at a typical British Army regiment’s involvement in the First World War. The activites include:
1.Discuss the Suffolk’s actions at the Battle of Le Cateau on August 26, 1914
2.Consider the key statistics of the Regiment during WW1
3.Answer questions on a video
4.Put together a timeline
5.Research the two VC winners from the Suffolk Regiment.
6.Complete a reading comprehension task.
7.Test your new knowledge in a conversation task.
8.Use a grading matrix to assess an example answer.
9.Try your own answer using a PEEKA paragraph template to support you.
Hope it helps.
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#BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
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 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
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.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
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 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
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.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
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 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
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.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
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 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
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.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
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 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
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.
A Guided Reading Task from the set of 16 ‘Computer Science’ Guided Reading challenges used by Wolsey Academy.
Each task involves reading an extract from a piece of computer science scholarship, creating a sub title for each paragraph and noting key points. It ends with a summarisation task.
It allows students to engage with high end literature and developing not just their reading skills and subject specific vocabulary but engages them in contemporary issues and controversies.
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 16 are as follows:
GCHQ – A look at the beginnings of computing the Second World War, Alan Turing and Enigma.
Hidden Figures – The African American women that contributed to the NASA Apollo program.
Moore’s Law – the scientist who helped developed the microchip and his (prescient) prediction on their future development.
Idea’s Man – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, on the impact of Windows
Game Over – the development and origins of the Game Boy
Society & The Internet – Positive and Negative Impacts
The Blockchain Future – A look at the impact of blockchain
Covid19 – A look at how technology and tracking apps helped (or hindered) in the fight against Covid19
Computing with Quantum Cats – An exploration of the nature of quantum computing
SpaceX Starship – how space x are using computing to bring down the price of space travel
Facial Reognition – how this technology promises to transform the world, for the better and for the worse.
The Digital Divide – a deep study into the two tier world digitisation has created
Artificial Intelligence – Wired’s top science writer gives an overview of the impact of AI
The Metaverse – Billions are being poured into this technology by the Tech Giants – but what is it?
They Tell Me This Is How The World Ends – Financial Times Book the Year 2021 – the threat posed by hacking and cyberthreats.
Chip War – Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 – How microchips are at the centre of a new fight for superpower dominance
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.
First World War Project Make a lesson: Teach a lesson
A quick project lesson on the First World War, ideal for cover lessons or when you’ve got a lot of marking to do!
Students can select one of the following three topics to create their own lesson about – ready to teach the following lesson.
Battle of the Somme
Trench Conditions
Battle of Tannenberg
The Red Baron
Also gives the students an appreciation for how lessons are constructed and a guided group work activity with plenty of examples. The quiz-quiz-trade demonstration at the beginning also adds an interesting element to the lesson (based on other areas of the First World War – but the idea is they create their own QQT on the First World War)
Lesson consists of:
Intro and set up
Quiz-Quiz-Trade demonstration (and 6 keyword cards to do it with)
Outline of lesson creation task and 3 x fact sheets to assist.
Included are templates for the QQT and cartoon stip activity option, QQT examples and fact sheets.
Hope it helps.,
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.
US Civil War Project Make a lesson: Teach a lesson
A quick project lesson on the American Civil War, ideal for cover lessons or when you’ve got a lot of marking to do!
Students can select one of the following three topics to create their own lesson about – ready to teach the following lesson.
Causes of the Civil War
Events of the Civil War
Consequences of the Civil War
Also gives the students an appreciation for how lessons are constructed and a guided group work activity with plenty of examples. The quiz-quiz-trade demonstration at the beginning also adds an interesting element to the lesson (based on the Founding Fathers – but the idea is they create their own QQT on the Civil War!)
Lesson consists of:
Intro and set up
Quiz-Quiz-Trade demonstration (and 6 keyword cards to do it with)
Outline of lesson creation task and 3 x fact sheets to assist.
Included are templates for the QQT and cartoon stip activity option, QQT examples and fact sheets.
Hope it helps.,
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.
History Guided Reading -
This is from a Guided Reading Activity from a set of 24 that makes up 4 separate guided reading challenges designed for 4 year groups in KS3 and 4. Each extract is from one of the SPEARS topics (Social, Political, Economic, Armed Conflict, Religious and Science).
All are available at Wolsey Academy.
Guided Reading is an activity in which students are given an extract (2-4 pages-ish) from a real history book. They have to read through it and annotate it, with a ‘subtitle’ and 1-2 bullet points of key details of each paragraph. At the end there is space for students to write a summary of their learning from the extract.
The extracts are as follows:
Year 7:
Social – Women in Roman Society – Mary Beard, SPQR (article)
Political – Norman Control of England – Marc Morris, The Norman Conquest
Economics – Aksum Empire – Martin Meredith, The Fortunes of Africa (article)
Armed Conflict - Battle of Hastings – Marc Morris, Anglo-Saxons
Religious – Islamic Medicine – Firas Alkhateeb, Lost Islamic History (article)
Science – Black Death Contagion Theories – Benedict Gummer, The Scourging Angel
Year 8:
Social – Poverty & Marriage in Industrial Britain – Emma Griffen, Liberty’s Dawn
Political – Peterloo Massacre – E.P. Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class (article)
Economic – The Great Exhibition – Ben Wilson, Heyday
Armed Conflict – East Indian Company & Sepoys – William Dalrymple, Anarchy
Religious – Christianity in The New World – Mark Steward, Great Expeditions
Science – Chicago and the Mid-West – William Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis,
Year 9:
Social – Migration to Britain – Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland
Politics – The Rise of Stalin – Frank Dikotter, Dictators
Economic – The Rise of Germany – Katja Hoyer, Blood and Iron
Armed Conflict – Japan’s invasion of China – Rana Mitter, China’s War with Japan
Religious – Indian Partition – Barney White-Spunner, Partition
Science – Naval Technology – Robert Masse, Dreadnought.
KS4:
Social – Youth in Nazi Germany – Julia Boyd, A Village in the Third Reich
Politics – USA and post war Europe – Odd Arne Westad, The Cold War
Economics – Inflation ion Weimar Germany – Richard J Evans, The Coming of the Third Reich
Armed Conflict – Rolling Thunder – Max Hastings, Vietnam
Religious – USSR and Religion – Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin.
Science – A Bomb Development – Pap Ndiaye, Nylon and Bombs
If you have yet to hear of us, please do visit our site and try the free to play and study Medieval Free Roaming RPG games which students find brilliantly engaging and spice up your lessons/homework activities.
Hope it helps.
This is from a Guided Reading Activity from a set of 24 that makes up 4 separate guided reading challenges designed for 4 year groups in KS3 and 4. Each extract is from one of the SPEARS topics (Social, Political, Economic, Armed Conflict, Religious and Science).
All are available at Wolsey Academy.
Guided Reading is an activity in which students are given an extract (2-4 pages-ish) from a real history book. They have to read through it and annotate it, with a ‘subtitle’ and 1-2 bullet points of key details of each paragraph. At the end there is space for students to write a summary of their learning from the extract.
The extracts are as follows:
Year 7:
Social – Women in Roman Society – Mary Beard, SPQR (article)
Political – Norman Control of England – Marc Morris, The Norman Conquest
Economics – Aksum Empire – Martin Meredith, The Fortunes of Africa (article)
Armed Conflict - Battle of Hastings – Marc Morris, Anglo-Saxons
Religious – Islamic Medicine – Firas Alkhateeb, Lost Islamic History (article)
Science – Black Death Contagion Theories – Benedict Gummer, The Scourging Angel
Year 8:
Social – Poverty & Marriage in Industrial Britain – Emma Griffen, Liberty’s Dawn
Political – Peterloo Massacre – E.P. Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class (article)
Economic – The Great Exhibition – Ben Wilson, Heyday
Armed Conflict – East Indian Company & Sepoys – William Dalrymple, Anarchy
Religious – Christianity in The New World – Mark Steward, Great Expeditions
Science – Chicago and the Mid-West – William Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis,
Year 9:
Social – Migration to Britain – Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland
Politics – The Rise of Stalin – Frank Dikotter, Dictators
Economic – The Rise of Germany – Katja Hoyer, Blood and Iron
Armed Conflict – Japan’s invasion of China – Rana Mitter, China’s War with Japan
Religious – Indian Partition – Barney White-Spunner, Partition
Science – Naval Technology – Robert Masse, Dreadnought.
KS4:
Social – Youth in Nazi Germany – Julia Boyd, A Village in the Third Reich
Politics – USA and post war Europe – Odd Arne Westad, The Cold War
Economics – Inflation ion Weimar Germany – Richard J Evans, The Coming of the Third Reich
Armed Conflict – Rolling Thunder – Max Hastings, Vietnam
Religious – USSR and Religion – Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin.
Science – A Bomb Development – Pap Ndiaye, Nylon and Bombs
If you have yet to hear of us, please do visit our site and try the free to play and study Medieval Free Roaming RPG games which students find brilliantly engaging and spice up your lessons/homework activities.
Hope it helps.
10 Revision flash cards and access to an online quiz activity (self marking). This is to be used in conjunction with the incredible Medieval Life Role Playing Game at Wolsey Academy (Google us)
If you have not tried them yet - do so now. Students play a medieval character and roam around a Medieval village talking to the characters and learning about how they learned their lives, completing activities as they do. A really engaging way to get students involved and it makes an excellent homework task.
Hope it helps.
A superb homework task for students studying the Black Death. Students download this booklet and answer the questions in it while exploring the free to play Black Death RPG game found at Wolsey Academy’s website (just Google us)
There are 4 separate mini games each one focusses on a different aspect of the Black Death
Causes
Symptoms
Treatments
Consequences
These activities have proven wildly popular in every school that has adopted them.
Hope it helps.
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.
Intelligent Accountability: Creating the conditions for teachers to thrive
by David Didau,
This video and presentation talk you through some of the key points (actually, it doesn’t - it is more of a teacher’s first reaction to having read it).
However, if you check out the video in comibination with the blog post at Wolsey Academy - it should give you a better idea of the content of the book.
This is a hugely important book for the future of education.
I hope this short intro helps.
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 from a Guided Reading Activity from a set of 24 that makes up 4 separate guided reading challenges designed for 4 year groups in KS3 and 4. Each extract is from one of the SPEARS topics (Social, Political, Economic, Armed Conflict, Religious and Science).
All are available at Wolsey Academy
Guided Reading is an activity in which students are given an extract (2-4 pages-ish) from a real history book. They have to read through it and annotate it, with a ‘subtitle’ and 1-2 bullet points of key details of each paragraph. At the end there is space for students to write a summary of their learning from the extract.
The extracts are as follows:
Year 7:
Social – Women in Roman Society – Mary Beard, SPQR (article)
Political – Norman Control of England – Marc Morris, The Norman Conquest
Economics – Aksum Empire – Martin Meredith, The Fortunes of Africa (article)
Armed Conflict - Battle of Hastings – Marc Morris, Anglo-Saxons
Religious – Islamic Medicine – Firas Alkhateeb, Lost Islamic History (article)
Science – Black Death Contagion Theories – Benedict Gummer, The Scourging Angel
Year 8:
Social – Poverty & Marriage in Industrial Britain – Emma Griffen, Liberty’s Dawn
Political – Peterloo Massacre – E.P. Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class (article)
Economic – The Great Exhibition – Ben Wilson, Heyday
Armed Conflict – East Indian Company & Sepoys – William Dalrymple, Anarchy
Religious – Christianity in The New World – Mark Steward, Great Expeditions
Science – Chicago and the Mid-West – William Cronon, Nature’s Metropolis,
Year 9:
Social – Migration to Britain – Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland
Politics – The Rise of Stalin – Frank Dikotter, Dictators
Economic – The Rise of Germany – Katja Hoyer, Blood and Iron
Armed Conflict – Japan’s invasion of China – Rana Mitter, China’s War with Japan
Religious – Indian Partition – Barney White-Spunner, Partition
Science – Naval Technology – Robert Masse, Dreadnought.
KS4:
Social – Youth in Nazi Germany – Julia Boyd, A Village in the Third Reich
Politics – USA and post war Europe – Odd Arne Westad, The Cold War
Economics – Inflation ion Weimar Germany – Richard J Evans, The Coming of the Third Reich
Armed Conflict – Rolling Thunder – Max Hastings, Vietnam
Religious – USSR and Religion – Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin.
Science – A Bomb Development – Pap Ndiaye, Nylon and Bombs
Download them all at once at Wolsey Academy
Wolsey Academy is a non-profit, with every penny we make from the sale of resources going to one of our charity partners (Detailed at our website)
If you have yet to hear of us, please do visit our site and try the free to play and study Medieval Free Roaming RPG games which students find brilliantly engaging and spice up your lessons/homework activities.
Hope it helps.
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.
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