Created for GCSE but also used for year nine, students investigate how a peace treaty could set the foundation for Hitler and future conflict. The lesson includes group work and a source analysis question. There are sentence starters, model answers, and challenge tasks to help both sides of the spectrum in a mixed ability class.

A lesson aimed at year 9 that looks at why Hitler and the Nazis were democratically elected in 1932, students do a hierarchy task followed by a source question and GCSE styled essay question both with sentence starters. There is a model paragraph to evaluate for the essay styled question. Some challenge tasks are included to stretch the top end.

A lesson that looks at how the war escalated under LBJ and after the Tonkin incident. This lesson is very much teacher led, with points to get students to expand and explain. There are two GCSE source questions included with sentence starters and hints. There are challenge tasks as well to stretch the top end.

A lesson that looks at the Sacco and Vanzetti case, and gets students to think about what it shows about America in the 1920s, a chance to link to immigration and the red scare. This lesson forms part of a SOW for America 1920 - 1973 Opportunity and Inequality. The lesson comes with a GCSE question with sentence starters for those who need them and challenge tasks throughout to stretch and challenge the top end.

This activity is designed to aid student writing and build up literacy. Students roll a pair of dice and find the emoji that corresponds to this, they then have to use the emoji in their first sentence e.g. If they landed in the rain it could be “My first day on duty and rain was crashing around me, turn the trench into a bog.” They then repeat to find out their next topic to include. This works well as away of building literacy into a lesson or I usually print these out and set this as a homework task. Setting a maximum and minimum amount of rolls, and setting a competition to create the most creative story.

This lesson looks at how Eisenhower and Kennedy were involved in the Vietnam War, students evaluate the success of each of these presidents involvement. There are challenge tasks and GCSE practice questions with sentence starters to help.

These were designed to engage and push less able students to challenge themselves as well as Gifted and Talented students. These can be handed out to individual students throughout the lesson or as they come in, by the end of the lesson they need to prove they have done this can be rewarded by students are happy with Praise points. The idea is to keep them secret from the rest of the class to increase engagement with it as it adds mystery. This worked very well with a lower set as it got them to use connectives and improve their work perhaps when they wouldn’t have. As a history teacher there is a a restyled version, “Royal Assignments” as it go with my Year 7 Scheme on William the Conqueror

This lesson forms part of a SOW for year 8 students. This lesson that looks at the changes that occurred in Britain between 1750 and 185, students complete an information gather, and sort task before completing a GCSE style question. The lesson includes sentence starters and challenge tasks to stretch the top ability. There is a chance to focus on literacy describing the changes that occured.

A recap lesson of the causes of the First World War, students have the choice of a visual hexagons, or significance graph. Lesson has key words that they should include. There is a spelling test task for key words, with a differentiated sheet to help the less able.

Another revision resource based on the board game trivial pursuit, create question cards with different colours representing different colours. I bought myself online some of the games tokens which were cheap or print out some colored triangles to collect. I used these activities to increase engagement and break up revision after school and during lessons.

This task works really well and gets students engaged in their revision. Place images into each of the hexagons that connect in some way to the topic you are studying. Right the title in the middle. Students that have to explain how the images link to the tile, making notes around the image. Students can cut them out if they want to add more space (I recommend this for high ability students). Challenge task can be for students to then link the other images together.

A recap lesson about how the power and control of different medieval kings. Students compare the reigns of William, John, Henry and Richard. Students produce a graph to visually show how control changed. There is also a "Dear Deidre " themed activity where students advice a new medieval king.

A great way to engage students into a lesson with this as a starter. Change the picture and it will slowly move the spotlight around the picture only revealing a bit at a time and students need to work out what it is showing and how it may link to the lesson. Can have this working as students walk in as it will keep going until moved to the next slide. For history this is great for source analysis and getting students to pick out key details. To change the picture all you need to do is click on the black object send to back then add new picture and bring it foward again.

A great way to test understanding of topic or lesson. This an editable resource to best fit your needs. Its interactive. Place your topics and questions onto the slide and add in the clues and change the A’s to the correct answers. Place the easier answers with the higher scores. When playing press the small circle to reveal the answer to the class press the large purple circle if the answer is correct and students score 100, students keep track of the scores in their teams. Lowest score by the end wins.

This was created so that students have overview sheet to consolidate change and continuity for AQA Health and the People. I give it to students on their first lesson so they can continually add through the study of medicine. Its divided into surgery, public health, treatments and medical knowledge that students have to really think about where to place key people, events and features of the topic.

A homework task or worksheet where students sum up what they have learn in pictures. This worked well with my low ability class. They can do an instagram page for a book or person.

The first lesson for the conflict and tension in Asia 1950-75. The lesson that tries to set the background to the Korean War and get students to have a good grasp of key people and countries. The lesson is designed to be teacher led and to question and get students to think about the information that are learning. Questions are in bold to pose to students GCSE question included with sentence starters and challenge tasks to stretch students.

A lesson in a SOW for a three year GCSE looking at AQA America Opportunity and America: 1920 -73. This lesson get students to look at how women in America got the vote. Whilst not specifically needed, in a lot of detail for the exam it will give the class a good understanding about the momentum behind the changes to women in the 1920’s. With a broad understanding of the growing independence of women during this period. The lesson includes a GCSE styled question to practice, there are sentence started to help the weaker students in the class as well as challenge tasks to stretch the top end.

A good activity to get students to recap their topic. Give students 10 minutes per section first 5 they write down everything they can remember, 2 minutes to share with partner and 3 to check their books. They repeat this for all the sections.

A lesson that looks at why there was tension building in Vietnam, students fill in the worksheet (i print onto A3). There is a source question with sentence starters to help and a model paragraph to help. There are challenge tasks and prompt questions throughout.