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

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

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

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

Students use (differentiated) set of cards provided to investigate the consequences of World War I. They use this information to create a circles diagram to explore how the war was won, but the peace was lost. Notes provided about how to construct the diagram.

This is an outline of a lesson structure I use all the time to create more lesson time for developing understanding, rather than knowledge transmission, and to encourage students to become more independent in their arguments.

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

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

60 minute carousel: 6 x 10(ish) minute activities. All could be used as standalone activities, however. Objective is to introduce students to range of key information- what the trenches were like, the difference between the German and English, casualty rates, weaponry, who fought in the trenches, war at sea - without labouring over 'life in the trenches'

Group activity - 'running dictation'. Teacher has flash cards on which are events that lead to the end of the war. One student from each group comes to the front and looks at the card for 30 seconds, has to remember it and then take it back to the group, who all record it. Full instructions provided with plenary activities. By the end students should know what happened and be able to explain why Germany surrendered

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

PPT and follow up resources for a lesson using 'spaced learning' technique to explore the causes of WWI. Detailed notes about delivery for those who haven't used this technique before are provided in word doc. It's great fun and you might be surprised how good the students' memories are even a week later. http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6007881

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’.

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.

The Pen is mightier than the sword How far do you agree. Draws together theme of power and protest and consolidates essay writing skills that have been developed over the units this year

4th half termly unit in Y8 scheme of work, looking at variety of different protests. Designed to prompt students to see effective protest as context specific. assessment is drawing of political cartoon and writing the accompanying interpretation - GCSE style

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!

simulation to help students understand the issues of overspeculation and overproduction that led to WSC

Title: Whats the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter? Uses EISW as content. Half a term’s work. Assessment built in with AFL worksheet Please leave a comment if you use this resource, or email me if you can think of any improvements! Thanks

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).