People are leaving… in droves. Students will inquire as to why people might leave a settlement and what might draw them to a new settlement using an old Victorian landscape. How great is the lure of the modern industrialized world to people? Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to apply their content knowledge to a Victorian map. . SEN and ESL students can vary the number of settlements and factors investigated to answer this task. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

Disaster has struck; a town has experienced something catastrophic but what? Students will inquire into the history of an unseen settlement, what was it, and what happened to it. Students will also consider can this happen again? Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather and synthesize information from both primary sources gathered from a virtual excavation. SEN and ESL students can vary the type, ie. visual or textual, and volume of sources used to answer this task. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

Times are good in the Gold Mining town of Bodie USA. But wait what has happened. Students will inquire as to what happened to Bodie right up to the modern day. They will investigate objects from Town to identify why and how the population left. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather and synthesize information from primary sources. SEN and ESL students can vary the type, ie. visual or textual, and volume of sources used to answer this task. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

The City of Hong Kong developed into one of the leading cities in the world. Students will inquire, by looking at sources retrieved from excavation, into how Hong Kong grew out of its humble origins as a small coastal community, as they excavate the Cities historical soils. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather and synthesize information. SEN and ESL students can vary the task by choice and volume of sources chosen. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

Its 1666 and the Great Fire was raging through London’s streets. Students will inquire into the scope of this fire using primary sources to try to ascertain what happened to the City. What was destroyed and what survived. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather and synthesize information from primary sources, then apply this learning. SEN and ESL students can vary the task by complexity and volumes of sources used. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

The City has seen a lot of change, new Christian ideas have flowed through the City at the head of armies and in the hands of priests. Students will inquire into the landscape such religions changes have left in the City, using the Cities churches as a guide. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather and synthesize information, and apply it in new ways, both in comparative frameworks and through mapping. SEN and ESL students can take a visual approach to this task if preferred over a text driven analysis. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

Terrible news, the worst news, awful news, London Bridge is falling down. Along with the rest of London. The fire is still shouldering. Students will inquire as to what became of the churches of London during the Great Fire. Did they survive? Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather and synthesize information, and to apply statistical and mapping methods to this data to draw simple conclusions about the shifting state of religion within the City of London. SEN and ESL students can vary the task by data volume or by using primarily visual pathways to solve this question. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

In 1521 a new and powerful people stood over the blood covered remains of the City of Tenochtitlan. Students will inquire as to what happened to this City in 1521 and how and why out of the ashes Mexico City rose. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather and synthesize information from both primary and secondary sources. SEN and ESL students can vary the type, ie. visual or textual, and volume of sources sued to answer this task. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

Three of the biggest and best known cities in the world are Hong Kong, London and Mexico City. Students will inquire as to how these cities developed, and understand what circumstances were unique in helping to forge each city. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to apply an synthesize their own knowledge. A scaffold for writing an answer tot his specific question is provided for SEN and ESL students to use. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

Looking at the verdant Greek coast across an azure ocean the white walls of a Greek city appear. Students will inquire as to why cities in the Ancient Greek world were built where they were, and which cities might be better suited to survive in history. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather, synthesize and apply information. The task can be differentiated by number of sites investigated , and by factors investigated, for SEN and ESL students to use. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

There are settlements all over the world, but what is required for them to succeed? By looking at the coastal medieval town of Mont Saint Michel, students will inquire into what factors a settlement needs to be built and to survive. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather and apply relevant information. The task can be differentiated by number of factors investigated for SEN and ESL students. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

Look at a Victorian landscape and what do you see? A landscape full of settlements that are all different, but why? In this inquiry students will look at a number of different settlements in a Victorian landscape and ask why they are different shapes. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to apply learnt concepts to a map. Volume of sites nd reduction in factors can be used to support SEN and ESL students learning. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

When we look at the different places that people live we see the use of words like villages and towns. In this inquiry students will ask where these labels come from as they dig through the historical layers that lie under modern Tokyo. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to apply taught concepts to a virtual dig through medieval Tokyo. SEN and ESL students can be set a subset of questions and do not need to apply every settlement label. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

There are lots of different types of settlement in the world, but why? In this inquiry students will look at an early medieval landscape and consider what function, advantages and disadvantages each of the settlements in an early Medieval landscape have. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson is designed to encourage students to gather and synthesize information, and from this make simple deductions and comparisons. For SEN and ESL students, either visual or textual approaches can be used. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

The world is portrayed in many different types of maps, and students will find out why this is so. They will look at different types of maps to learn why each is useful, as well as why some features are common to most maps. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use Students will look at different types of maps. Students will learn how they are similar and how they are different, and why they are different. Students will apply this knowledge to a couple of unseen maps. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

You will learn how a compass works. You will understand what magnetic north is, and how it is used to navigate using cardinal points and angles. Then you will apply your knowledge to a trip across the Roman Empire. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use This lesson will introduce students to the concept of a compass, why it works, and what magnetic north, cardinal points and angles are. This knowledge will then be applied to a journey across the Roman Empire. A conceptual understanding test is also included. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.

Students will learn to recognize and use different scales on maps and diagrams. They will help Emperor Hadrian to build a succession of forts on Hadrian’s Wall, and be tested on, using different scales. Content This lesson is designed to work with MYP, KS3, NCSS standards and is ready to go straight out the box. This lesson includes the following files; 1) Powerpoint presentation, 2) Resource sheets, 3) worksheets, 4) comprehension test, 5) a lesson plan (MYP aligned). How to Use Students will understand what ration and scale are and how they can be applied to a map. they will work on a task to create forts on Hadrian’s Wall using scale as a guide. Then they will be challenged on their understanding of ratios. This lesson can run either as an individual task or a group activity. A model lesson structure is outlined in the lesson plan. This also provides actively provides opportunities for SEN and LEx differentiation. Who Should Buy This This lesson can be used by anyone, but it is designed to be taught out of the box. It is best suited to a new teacher or a teacher who wants everything done with no input from themselves. I strongly advise looking at the units bundles if you want to build on each lessons topics sequentially. If you are a more experienced teacher then check out the resource packs for use in history lessons. Feedback Please comment positively and negatively on this resource if you download it. I revise resources using the feedback I get so you get a resource that works better for you.