Dice-based game. Objective of the game is to 'be Germany and avoid stalemate'. Students will explore how stalemate developed and counter-factual alternatives and, therefore, be able to identify turning points. Follow up activities provided

Full title: How useful is the movie Gladiator for investigating the power of the Roman Army ? Extended source evaluation really. Half a term’s work (at 1.5hrs per week approx). Students look at the opening scenes of gladiator and identify the interpretation within the movie. They study the Roman Army and then compare their findings to the movie, concluding with a formal answer to exam style question on reliability/utility (adaptable).

Was browsing an old Teaching History and saw an article by Steve Garnett which have immediately stolen! It’s really simple and really effective. Basically, a large circle in the centre of a page represents a concept, e.g Bismarck’s foreign policy (Steve’s example) or the Break with Rome (my example attached). Other circles placed strategically, in terms of size and location, represent key influences on that issue. Could also be used for effective essay planning.

Written for my higher ability GCSE group instead of a textbook. Covers causes (in some depth owing to a discussion the students were having about 'what was missing&' from the textbook accounts), course and armistice. Includes OCR spec overview and key questions from past papers. Useful for revision and also for teachers teaching this topic for the first time.

Lengthy task for higher ability students about Hitler’s takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1938. Involves students having to complete series of tasks in order to ‘earn’ the next set of notes. Teacher’s notes at front of task. Would be easy to break down into individual tasks, or to simplify.

GCSE style source questions using 3 sources about current news stories (Grexit / Shooting in USA / Criticism of online review sites). The intention is to separate out the skills of source handling from the secondary challenge of understanding the history - hopefully by using sources which relate to stories in the news today, they will feel confident in the material and be able to focus on the skills.

ppt for an inset on differentiation

Collaborative quiz activity for Y10/11 students

I've re-written this SOW Sept 2017. Attached new lesson plans. Plenary lesson still be to added I left the bbc maps from 2011 just in case, though I haven't directly used this in the SOW

Complete notes on reign of Edward VI (first draft). Written for AQA new A level spec, Reformation in England unit. This is content notes not lesson activities. There are questions for students which can be set as hwk or to scaffold independent reading (answers are provided too)

Decision making game for students. Instructions on attached document. Students take on characters from 1529 Parliament and make decisions using extracts from relevant acts. There is a gaming element: students decide whether parliament would accept/reject/modify an act. Each act is worth x points. They can gamble the points in a 'double or nothing' gamble before the teacher reveals the historical reality. Uses original extracts to help familiarise students with reading sources.

investigation into the Trojan War. half term scheme of work Sept 2012 - I had a company called Enrichment through Archaeology in to do a workshop with my Y9 to support this SOW yesterday. They were fabulous - very well prepared resources, lovely people and a great day - best of all, was perfectly tailored to suit this SOW, which I sent Dr Parker Heath in advance - just what you want from a workshop! Would heartily recommend.

BOARD GAME AND TASKS TO COMPLETE AS PLAYED. INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO KEY JOBS OF A MEDIEVAL PEASANT, REQUIRES STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY KEY ROLES WITHIN A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE AND PUT THESE ROLES INTO A HIERARCHY. ALSO MAKES STUDENTS IDENTIFY FACTORS AFFECTING THE LIFE OF A MEDIEVAL PEASANT. WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO MAKE A JUDGMENT ABOUT HOW HARD/EASY LIFE AS A MEDIEVAL PEASANT WAS. LINKS WITH PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF FEUDAL SYSTEM (LORD OF MANOR = KNIGHT) AND LEADS INTO STUDY OF PEOPLE IN MEDIEVAL VILLAGE.

Varied tasks that introduce students to the reasons for appeasement and the impact of appeasement on Hitler’s foreign policy. Easily adaptable, and teacher notes included

There is quite a lot here for a half term’s work so teachers need to pick and choose. Theme for Year 7 is ‘lives of ordinary people’.

Unit 5 in new Year 8 scheme of work (theme = power and protest). Begins with the preconceptions activity available here separately. THis is a cut down activity provided by the IMperial War Museum London which is excellent. The rest of the scheme of work has been written by me. Assessment task at the end with AFl marksheet. The powerpoint is to support activity 4, and is a simplified/edited version of a powerpoint on Nazi anti-semitic propaganda available separately on TES resources (by me).Please leave a comment if it is useful to you!

Set of student notes covering main aspects of this period for AS course 7 sets of notes: Background to the Reformation Kings great matter break and royal supremacy dissolution of monasteries other religious reforms opposition to the reformation how far was england protestant by 1547

students think through opponents to 'the reformation', using the analogy of sharks to create a graph showing nature of opposition and level of threat to Henry

Students have work book to complete. There are a series of activities which can be arranged on different desks or given in a pack to students. The order of completion does not matter. The activities could also be done as standalone activities or homeworks Activities include - -source work activity on shell shock victims -jigsaw of a cross section of a trench -a sorting exercise for health hazards where students have to categorise various health hazard cards (in their own categories) and then prioritise greatest threat -a memory game for ‘who served in the trenches’ designed to encourage students to think about the nature of imperial warfare and to challenge preconceptions about british and french v the germans -war statistics (taken from spartacus) work -a literacy exercise on equipment - fair amount of reading but limited writing - define the terms for a ‘historical dictionary’ including as much detail as possible in 50 words. details of the activities are in the student booklet but do not have to be done like that, they are just an idea for teachers on how to use the resource

Variety of possible revision strategies with examples