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.

Guide to cutting paper structures that act as models for the 4 main tactics of the roman army - the wedge, orb, repel-cavalry and tortoise. Not flashy but worked really well with my students as a 3d visualisation rather than just looking at a drawing. easy to enact also, once has been seen. short, straightforward activities included also.

I use this activity in Year 7 to help students to understand the relationship between church and state. Christianity is what I think of as the ‘big idea’ for Year 7 studies, and is the context within which most of the medieval period can be understood. I think it is important for students to be able to comprehend the political nature of the church in this period, and the symbiotic relationship between spiritual and secular powers. So this is one of the first activities I do in Year 7. Of course, it can be done in Year 8 before studying the Henrician Reformation instead, but if done in Year 7 students still remember it in Year 8. Having the photographic record also helps students’ recall.

I thought I would collect together my experiences of different types of drawing with students and my thoughts/tentative conclusions about the value / learning outcomes of such activity, in case it is of any interest.

Guide for students to help them work out what is being asked in a history exam question and recognise the basic structure of the answer required. [to help them write the answer, see 'how to help students write essays' on TES]

Variety of possible revision strategies with examples

General introduction to doodling and learning, with 'strategic' doodle showing the structure of the League of Nations (explained)

Resources for teaching immigration section of the British Depth Study 1939-1975 for OCR GCSE.

easy to include strategies for teachers to help children develop particular behaviours, broadly based on Costa's Habits of Mind. So far, strategies posted for Metacognition, Managing Impulsivity, taking a Responsible Risk and Persistence (including thinking flexibly) jan 2012 - communication added april 2012 - curiosity added

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

Game to explore period between abdication of tsar and bolshevik revolution. plenary activities and instructions for teacher included

From a SOW I'm currently writing about Henry II and Becket. This board game is about the medieval church. A priest, a noble and a peasant have to get to heaven. Journey by way of church courts and indulgences, to set the scene for the specific church privilege which caused conflict between Henry II and Becket and also the indulgences issue which is a long-term link to a planned future unit on the reformation.

Key stage 3,4 or 5 - a strategy to help students develop independent and selective note taking skills

(hopefully) pupil friendly breakdowns of exam question markschemes for OCR Modern World History B, with some model answers included

Half term's worth of SOW, with teacher notes and built in resources.

Straightforward matching exercise - matching events that occured post bloody sunday with the significance of those events. then prioritising greatest threat (for discussion purposes to check understanding)

Two source based question on British cartoon from 27th january

Tells you what is tested and what the scores mean.

DOESNT PROVIDE GRADES OR NATIONAL CURRICULUM LEVEL DESCRIPTORS AS IT IS AN AFL SHEET. OF COURSE TEACHERS CAN RECORD ANY MARKS THEY LIKE IN THEIR MARKBOOKS, THIS IS FOR STUDENTS, TO ENGAGE THEM IN A DIALOGUE ABOUT THEIR WORK. EASY TO MODIFY

Activity for teaching about the Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1931.