This lesson looks at the enquiry ‘How were black soldiers treated during WW1?’. Originally used with Y8, the lesson explores the experiences of the British West Indies Regiment as well as the African Carrier Corps. This lesson is based around extracts from David Olusoga’s work including Black and British and The World’s War.

This is a 2/3 lesson looking at the origins of the Black Lives matter movement. The first lesson is very much discussion based around the end of slavery and through the civil rights movement. Looking particularly at the death of Emmett Till. The second lesson then looks at after the Civil Rights Act, briefly touching on the L.A Race Riots and then more recently with the death of George Floyd. I have included historical detail in the notes as well as videos throughout. This was used with Y8 as part of PSHCE lessons. It could equally be used as part of History lessons.

This is a lesson about the plague for year 7. In the starter I give a sermon in the character of William Mompesson the priest in the town of Eyam retelling the story of the self isolation of the town. I have attached the sermon that I wrote and the accompanying powerpoint for in the background. This is particularly impactful if you can fashion some sort of pulpit to speak from! I also tend to put on some Church like music when the pupils enter the classroom which I transition into a dramatic sound clip of a creepy version of Ring around the Rosie (I have included a link to this in the notes section of the PP on slide 2! I then use this to go into a lesson on the causes and symptoms of the plague, making reference to the case of Eyam throughout. I have included the accompanying PowerPoint and the card sort activity which I use later in the lesson. The card sort activity and parts of the PowerPoint were magpied from other sources and not my own creations.

This is a mini scheme (3 lessons) used with Y5 looking at the extent of and the collapse of the Roman Empire. L1- Who was part of the Roman Empire? This lesson uses extracts from SPQR by Mary Beard to look at various aspects of the wider Roman Empire and the Romans interactions with the Empire. L2- Why did the Roman Empire split? This lesson looks at at why the decision was taken to split the Roman Empire. It involves mapping the divide between Eastern and Western Roman empires, why the Empire was split and a brief summary of what the Eastern Empire became. L3- Why did the Western Roman Empire fall? This lesson looks at the collapse of the Western part of the Roman Empire with a focus on historical literacy based on The Writing Revolution.

This is a lesson looking at Anglo-Saxon Paganism. It was used with KS2 this year as part of a wider topic on Anglo-Saxon/Viking relations.

This is a 5 lesson scheme of work I have created based upon Peter Frankopan’s ‘The Silk Roads’ aimed at UKS2. This unit focuses on the ancient period of the Silk Roads, ranging from the origin through to the founding of Baghdad. I have included instructions for the scheme with lesson orders, resources required and what to do during each lesson. The sequence of lessons is: Silk Roads Beginnning Greece vs Persia The Battle of Thermopylae Alexander the Great What traveled the Silk Roads? The final lesson is an assessment wherein pupils answer the enquiry set. There is success criteria attached for assessment of this. Each lesson is complete with full resources and links to educational videos I created to run alongside them. Feel free to adapt to suit your needs as this can quite easily be altered to suit KS3. If you download, please spare some time to review this resource.

This is the third lesson in my SoW that I am creating on the Silk Roads. It contains a video about the second invasion of Greece by Persia focussing mainly on the Battle of Thermopylae. The activity was inspired by another resource that I saw on here.