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KS3 History: Was Anglo-Saxon England a 'Golden Age'?
KS3 Lesson which can be easily adapted to KS4/KS5 and across all exam boards.
Full lesson with resources focussing on how far the Angl-Saxon period was a 'Golden Age'.
Lesson focusses:
What a Golden Age is
Are we in a Golden Age now?
Diamond 9 activity - explaining which is the biggest reason we call it the Golden Age.
KS3 History: Anglo-Saxon Mini Assessment
Mini assessment based on the Anglo-Saxons (Vikings, Alfred the Great etc.) great as a mid topic test
KS3 History: How dark were the Dark Ages?
KS3 Lesson which can be easily adapted to KS4/KS5 and across all exam boards.
Full lesson with resources focussing on should the Anglo-Saxon period be known as the Dark Ages
Lesson focusses:
What the Dark Ages mean
Judgement lesson with sources and graphs to track how dark the Dark Ages actually work.
Group or pair work
KS3 History: Holocaust Mini Assessment Lesson
KS3 History - Topic: The Holocaust.
Based on my Holocaust Knowledge Organiser which can be purchased in my shop.
Knowledge Quiz based questions with a word fill of a paragraph - good for testing knowledge and modelling how to structure a paragraph using specific knowledge
KS3 History: Holocaust Knowledge Organiser & Quizzes
KS3 Holocaust Knowledge Organiser with additonal quizzes to test students’ knowledge
KS3: What was the biggest Civil Rights event in the 1950s?
Lesson focussing on the biggest event of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s:
Brown vs Board of Education
Emmett Till
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott
Little Rock Arkansas
Students work out the impact of the events on the Civil Rights Movement and how it helped the cause progress. They then make a judgement as to which had the biggest impact and the smallest impact.
There is also source work - analysing a source and putting it into historical content
KS3: How civilised was America after the Civil War
Lesson focussing on the black experience in America after the Civil War up till the Second World War. It covers the Jim Crow Laws and life in the South for African Americans.
Primary and Secondary sources are used for students to categorise the different ways African Americans were discriminated against.
Great for KS3 or KS4
KS3 History: What did religion look like in 1500?
First lesson in a SOW about the change of power in England during Henry VIII’s reign.
This lesson concentrates on what religion looked like in England before Henry’s change. It looks at the control the Catholic Church had on the people of England.
Really good introduction into the topic. It allows the students to understand the religious aspects in England, to be able to understand why the changes were later so significant.
KS3 History: How great was Alfred the Great?
KS3 appropriate - great judgement lesson with exams skills
KS3 History: What's love got to do with it? Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
The second lesson in a SOW about the change of religion in England in the 1500s.
This lesson concentrates on the reason behind Henry VIII’s Break from Rome and whether it really was because he loved Anne Boleyn.
Source work is incorporated into the lesson
KS3: Henry VIII Scheme of Work
Scheme of work for KS3 on Henry VIII and the religious power struggle in his reign. Lessons include:
L1 - What did religion look like in England in 1500?
L2 - What’s love got to do with it? Did he break from Rome because of love?
L3 - Did money and power drive Henry to break from Rome?
L4 - What was the real reason Henry broke from Rome?
L5 - Assessment
All lessons have higher order themes, questions and concepts throughout. Planned to a high standard. Multiple historical concepts used - focus on source/intepretation skills.
Meanwhile She..Edith Cavell
A great homework activity, cover work or home learning worksheet. The students have to research Edith Cavell using the links at the bottom of the page to complete the acivities.
Meanwhile she are a great way to broaden students’ understanding of the topic they are studying.
Meanwhile she....Joan of Arc
A great homework activity, cover work or home learning worksheet. The students have to research Joan of Arc using the links at the bottom of the page to complete the acivities.
Meanwhile she are a great way to broaden students’ understanding of the topic they are studying.
End of Year Quiz
History end of year quiz - seven rounds, seventy questions.
One round is ‘your year in history’ so this would need to be adapted to your curriculum
Nice and easy way to end the year
KS3 History: Why did Germany lose World War Two?
lesson based on the reasons the Nazis lost WW2 with a focus on D-Day, Stalingrad, Nazi resources and Hitler's leadership.
well resourced with primary and secondary sources, videos, map and pictures.
suitable for KS3 - easily adapted at KS4/KS5 and all abilities.
How did slavery divide America?
The reasons slavery divided America in the early 1800s - brilliant introduction to the start of the American Civil War!
Did the 13th Amendment give true freedom?
Look at the 13th Amendment - freeing of the slaves and whether they received true freedom - videos to accompany
Was the American Civil War a war against slavery?
Use of interpretations as to why the American Civil War started, was it states rights or slavery?
LIttle bit on the events of the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation
Can Britain claim to have won World War Two?
A lesson where the students evaluate whether they think Britain can claim to have won WW2.
In this, they make a decision on what criteria they want to use when evaulating victory - this can also lead to a debate, where they challenge and agree with other students.
It also has interpretation practice - evaluting the opinion of the interpretation, sourcing out quotes and agreeing/disagreeing.
AQA History GCSE - 6 Mark Source Question
AQA History GCSE - 6 Mark Source Question. Based on Unit One - Collapse of Peace and the events and impact of the Rhineland. This lesson does not focus on the content of the Rhineland, but how to answer a 6 mark question 'Do you agree with the source...?'
Laid out so that all students can easily access the skills, sentence starters and peer marking.