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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
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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.
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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
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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 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 WolseyAcacdemy~com
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 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 (Google us)
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 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 (Google us)
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 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.
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
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This download includes the Year 9 Challenge only.
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
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A lesson that guides students through the process of researching, planning and then writing an answer to the question: To what extent was the March on Washington 1963 the most significant event in the struggle for Civil Rights between 55 and 64?
Ideal for students about to complete GCSE coursework, A Level or IB written essays.
The lesson looks like this:
Students look at an overview timeline of Civil Rights between this time period and gain a respect for the changes made during that time.
Students select 3-4 events to study in greater detail and to weigh against the importance of the March on Washington 1963.
Resources and links are provided for the study of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Birmingham Campaign, the Birmingham Baptist Church Bombings and then the March on Washington itself.
Students test their knowledge with an online quiz.
Students plan their response using a planning guide and a PEEKA paragraph template with sentence starters to support students that require it.
The class then study 5 real student examples, from both the introduction, development and conclusion stages. They assess what is good about them, what techniques they can see and offer suggestions for improvement.
Students then begin to write the assessment.
Students peer assess their partners work using the original essay plan to check off that they have included each element and to find examples of each.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.