In this powerful lesson students begin with a what’s behind the squares activity designed to get them questioning why an Olympic polo player might have been bloodied. They then work through a very detailed set of notes before completing a 48 piece hexagonal card sort which is colour coded into causes, events, and consequences. This activity is designed to ensure students can identify links and causation as well as encouraging them to select the most compelling piece of evidence. This then leads to a piece of extended written work. Students complete this lesson with a source matrix on a famous Vicky Weisz cartoon from the Daily Mirror to draw out their findings. I hope your students enjoy it as much as mine.

Great activity for revision. There are two different question cards and the battleships are all named after significant ships (eg Hitler’s personal yacht, the Grille). Students take it in turns to guess a square and if they answer the quesiton correctly they are awarded a hit or miss. Needs to be printed back to back. I hope your students enjoy this as much as mine do.

In this lesson students begin to explore the concept of totalitarianism by a class discussion of photographs of a much-loved Hitler in the starter activity. This the leads to students accessing a detailed set of notes before beginning a mind map exercise in which the class explore the role of propaganda, economics, crushing of opposition and use of terror. Students conclude this lesson by participating in a Connect 4 style plenary to measure subject knowledge. I hope your students get as much out of this lesson as mine do.

This is one of my most important lessons because not only is the content very precise but it refines student’s ability to consider significance as an historical concept. The lesson begins with a starter activity which invites students to consider the basest aspects of Nazism and then leads into a detailed set of notes. The class then complete a ‘clever cross’ activity where they measure who gained the most and in which they complete a numerical exercise. The lesson concludes with a powerful plenary in which students are introduced to Anthony Partington’s criteria for measuring historical significance and this is linked directly back to the Key Question. I hope your students gain as much from this skills and content based lesson as mine do.

In this lesson students piece together a linear card sort as a starter activity to understand how US troops ended up fighting in Vietnam. Once this has been achieved the class work through very detailed notes on the nature of fighting on both sides before beginning a model making task to explain US/VC tactics (the model can be a built model, a written model, a picture model or a computer generated model). The lesson concludes with a Dingbats plenary on some of the key terms covered in the lesson (punji trap, domino theory, guerilla tactics). I hope your students enjoy this lesson as much as mine do.

This 34-page pack is the incredibly detailed and complete set of notes I have written for my students. It is basically an entire course on Why do events in the Gulf Matter? in one pack! Suitable for 16+ including GCSE, AP, A Level, and IB students. Notes are broken down into the following sections: How did Saddam Hussein rise to power in Iraq? What was the nature of Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq? Why was there a revolution in Iran in 1979? What were the causes of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88? What were the consequences of the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88? Why did the First Gulf War take place? I am confident you will love this resource because there is nothing on the Internet which I have found which offers the same level of breadth and detail on this topic.

In this lesson students explore the reasons the victors left Versailles feeling that they did not get everything they wanted. To introduce the topic the class work through a series of map-based questions before proceeding to dig into detailed notes. The class then complete a 24 piece hexagonal card sort to answer the Key Question. This lesson finishes with a fun Who Wants to be a Millionaire Plenary designed to test student understanding. I hope your students enjoy it as much as mine do.

In this lesson students begin by working through the set of background notes before completing a large diamond 9 activity as a group task. They then fill in their pyramid activity collectively before making recipe equations. I hope your students get as much from this lesson as mine always do.

In this twelve page lesson pack students engage in a hot seat story telling starter, work through very detailed notes, before attempting a twenty-one piece factor led evidence sort (technology, leadership, tactics) to map out a visual response to the key question, before finishing off the lesson with a craps-style formative assessment game (you just need to provide your own dice). I hope you students get just as much from this lesson as mine do.

My students loved taking part in these STEAM activities which have been designed for Key Stage 2 students. The activities are in Power Point form and instructions are given step by step so the class teacher and students can successfully recreate five different inventions (I have also listed a ‘what you will need’ slide for each activity). I have also put a link in to an example of each activity (You Tube) to show students how the finished activities should look). You can click the links to see what each STEAM activity looks like on completion. Sebastian Lenormand’s parachute (made out of black bin liner) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGobZeXR5OE&list=PLgzcyyWkDljnR_SCk9QRVfPwokv9o8T0a&index=7&t=0s Lawrence de Mole’s tank (with working rubber bank gun!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJl6-KUKPvc&list=PLgzcyyWkDljnR_SCk9QRVfPwokv9o8T0a&index=24&t=0s Henry Ford’s Model T motor vehicle (propelled by balloon power!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4WMD1fjeDY&list=PLgzcyyWkDljnR_SCk9QRVfPwokv9o8T0a&index=25&t=0s Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s bridges (made from uncooked spaghetti) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baGpVKMGQy4&list=PLgzcyyWkDljnR_SCk9QRVfPwokv9o8T0a&index=22&t=0s And Robert Goddard’s rocket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpLAOjZA0zw&list=PLgzcyyWkDljnR_SCk9QRVfPwokv9o8T0a&index=9&t=0s All of the activities are fun for students and designed to generate thinking about how significant these inventions are and how they work. Each activity works towards a collaborative element where students test their inventions or participate in a race or game. I really enjoyed creating this series of STEAM lessons and my students loved them more than any other classes that year. I hope you find them helpful with your students too. These lessons are naturally a bit messy but bring out the very best in students and help them develop a love and appreciation of the past.

I designed this lesson for my IB students and it is pitched at more able students. The lesson begins with a simple starter activity to introduce them to the topic. The hook here is the Socialist Fraternal Embrace and it leads to a discussion of the symbolism of the Breznev-Honeker kiss on the Berlin Wall. From here students read the introductory notes before working through a highly detailed card sort. The cards are coloured to guide those who need it (lighter and darker tones portray positive and negative aspects of life in Brezhnev’s USSR whilst the colours themselves represent factors - domestic, foreign, economic etc). Students then use this information to model a spoken or written responses to the Key Question. The plenary is a fun dingbats powerpoint in which students have to shout out one of the key words or events covered in this lesson and explain its significance. I created this last week and used it with my students for the first time and they really understood the period in so doing whilst showcasing a range of higher order Historical skills. I hope your students can benefit from it also.

Everything you need to introduce your C.I.E I.G.C.S.E class to the third component of the Global Perspectives course, the collaborative project. In this purchase you will receive my fourteen minute video guide and accompanying power point which covers: How to choose from the given topics How to draw out issues from the topics How to generate an Outcome and aim for the Team Element A suggested guide including word counts for structuring an effective report for the Personal Element Tips on how to hit the top bands using the mark scheme I hope you find this useful and thanks for your purchase. If you have any questions at all feel free to message me. The Global Perspectives course is an excellent one but there is a lot to explain - I hope this resource will make it much easier for you!

This is a one-page Power point slide (editable) which can be set as a project-based assessment on the causes of slavery. Students are given clear criteria (beginning, developing, expected, and mastery) and a set task with a list of key words which can help them. The slide also has a section to show students how long they have to work on this assessed piece of work. Please note: this assessment task can very easily be edited for any assessed piece of work focusing on the second order concept of causation and works especially well with my lesson resource on the causes of slavery which can be found here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-causes-of-slavery-7-page-full-lesson-notes-hexagonal-card-sort-11920311 Thanks for your interest in this and I hope it helps you ! Best wishes, Daniel

I designed this lesson when I taught History in Shanghai and so have used that city as a case study but it works really well in a unit on C21st China. In this lesson students complete an odd one out activity designed to hook them into the topic. They then work through detailed background notes and sources before attempting to complete a range of questions. The lesson concludes with a fun formative assessment task (‘Last Historian Standing’) to test them on the subject knowledge they will have acquired during this lesson. I hope you students get just as much from this lesson as mine do.

This is a one-page Power point slide (editable) which can be set as a project-based assessment on interpretation of whether Emily Davison died deliberately. Students are given clear criteria (beginning, developing, expected, and mastery) and a set task with a list of key words which can help them. The slide also has a section to show students how long they have to work on this assessed piece of work. Please note: this assessment task can very easily be edited for any assessed piece of work focusing on the second order concept of interpretation and works especially well with my lesson resource on Emily Davison which can be found here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/suffragette-emily-davison-10-page-lesson-pack-11920338 Thanks for your interest in this and I hope it helps you ! Best wishes, Daniel

This is a one-page Power point slide (editable) which can be set as a project-based assessment on consequences of the Romans. Students are given clear criteria (beginning, developing, expected, and mastery) and a set task with a list of key words which can help them. The slide also has a section to show students how long they have to work on this assessed piece of work. Please note: this assessment task can very easily be edited for any assessed piece of work focusing on the second order concept of consequence and works especially well with my lesson resource on what the Romans gave to us which can be found here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-civilised-were-the-romans-23-page-full-lesson-notes-project-pack-11920978 Thanks for your interest in this and I hope it helps you ! Best wishes, Daniel Please note this assessment is designed for Secondary aged Students.

This is a one-page Power point slide (editable) which can be set as a project-based assessment for the second order concept of change and continuity (this one about castles). Students are given clear criteria (beginning, developing, expected, and mastery) and a set task with a list of key words which can help them. The slide also has a section to show students how long they have to work on this assessed piece of work. Please note: this assessment task can very easily be edited for any assessed piece of work focusing on the second order concept of change & continuity and works especially well with my lesson resource on how and why castle design changed across time which can be found here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-and-why-did-castles-change-6-page-full-lesson-notes-worksheet-project-12016455 Thanks for your interest in this and I hope it helps you ! Best wishes, Daniel

This is a one-page Power point slide (editable) which can be set as a project-based assessment on the significance of Ancient Chinese inventions. Students are given clear criteria (beginning, developing, expected, and mastery) and a set task with a list of key words which can help them. The slide also has a section to show students how long they have to work on this assessed piece of work. Please note: this assessment task can very easily be edited for any assessed piece of work focusing on the second order concept of significance. Thanks for your interest in this and I hope it helps you ! Best wishes, Daniel

Simple but incredibly effective. This one-slide Power Point template is easily editable so you can tailor it to your school/department. I print it for my classroom and ensure students have a copy in the insert of their exercise books so they know exactly what part of their learning journey they are on and where they are going to. My classes can look back and forward to see skills progression and to make links between units.

A twenty minute guide in which I talk through tips and tricks for students and teachers on how to produce an excellent IA. The IA has a weighting of twenty percent of the overall grade for Higher Level History and twenty five percent for Standard Level History for the I B course and in this video I have used my teaching and examining experience to piece together advice for students in this crucial piece of work. I hope your students find it just as useful as mine do.