This unit of work is to help students develop core skills such as evidence handling, detecting bias, corroboration and chronology. There is a Knowledge Organiser, a booklet for students to work in and a PowerPoint presentation for all the lessons

A series of different resources aimed at retrieval practice in Secondary Schools.

A guide to help teachers with tactics for behaviour, questioning, retrieval, evaluations and feedback. A collection of simple Grab and Go sheets to give top tips on how to tackle common issues. Each one is accompanied by a guide to the pedagogical thinking behind it.

Poster explaining the terms of the Treaty of Versailles with a handy mnemonic

A booklet taking students through the history of Europe in the period 1933 to 1939 outlining how the continent ended up at war. Contains activities and notes for a complete course. There is also a PowerPoint with all lesson on it and a revision booklet.

This is a revision booklet covering the National 5 Weimar and Nazi Germany unit. It can be adapted to fit GCSE syllabi however. It contains lesson knowledge organisers, tips on how to revise, tips on how to answer examination style questions and lots of different retrieval practice tasks. The retrieval practice tasks can be adapted to fit other units and topics.

A booklet taking students through the story of the First Crusade

A number of different templates to help with Retrieval Practice in the classroom

A knowledge Organiser for the Black Death.

A revision booklet for National 5 History Weimar and Nazi Germany unit. Contains revision pages as well as retrieval practice tasks.

This is a collection of templates for various tasks which can be completed at the start of a lesson as a “Do Now” task. They work well as retrieval practice tasks as well.

A fully resourced set of lessons taking students through the story of the Titanic and who was responsible for the scale of the disaster.

This unit is a complete unit of study on the topic of castles. It contains some pre-teaching materials as well as a number of fully resourced lessons on castles. Lessons include: Where is the best place to build a castle The Motte and Bailey Castle How castles developed over time How to attack a castle How to defend a castle Resources include all lesson handouts, key words and a knowledge organiser. Assessment is included. Happy to share an electronic copy of the assessment. Email me at mr.roberts.history@gmail.com

This unit of study is about the Vikings. It contains lessons, resources and an assessment which takes students through the following topics The origins of the Vikings How the Vikings lived Viking Sagas The Vikings in Scotland The Viking Warrior Viking Religion The unit was designed with Scottish students in mind but the lesson on the Vikings in Scotland can easily be adapted to other areas. It also contains lessons which will “pre-teach” and front load the students with some of the key information. There is also an introduction sheet which outlines the benefits and key aspects of the course and a pdf. handout of all the slides to help the teacher keep track of what has been taught.

A short unit of three lessons designed to take young historians through some of the core skills they will need to progress in history. Fully resourced and including a simple assessment which can be carried out at the end.

This unit of study is about Jack the Ripper. It contains lessons, resources and an assessment which takes students through the following topics Life in Whitechapel The Life of Mary Ann Nichols The history of the Metropolitan Police Source Skills What Jack the Ripper Looked Like The murder of Mary jane Kelly It also contains lessons which will “pre-teach” and front load the students with some of the key information. There is also an introduction sheet which outlines the benefits and key aspects of the course and a pdf. handout of all the slides to help the teacher keep track of what has been taught.

A presentation to help paretns understand some of the key techniques behind revision and to signpost them to resources that could help their children.

This unit of study is about the black death. It contains lessons, resources and an assessment which takes students through the following topics The origins of the Black Death What life was like in the medieval world The path of the Black Death What happened when the plague reached a town How the plague affected people How people tried to “cure” the plague Revision Assessment It also contains lessons which will “pre-teach” and front load the students with some of the key information. There is also an introduction sheet which outlines the benefits and key aspects of the course and a pdf. handout of all the slides to help the teacher keep track of what has been taught.

A set of revision booklets for Weimar and Nazi Germany. There are 5 sets of booklets on the following topics The problems of the Weimar Republic The reasons the Nazis came to power How Germany became a dictatorship Persecution of Jews and other minorities Women and children in Nazi Germany Each set consists of two booklets The pupil booklet has revision notes, a set of comprehension questions, a multiple choice quiz and a retrieval practice task. The teacher booklet contains the answers to the questions