A good way to end the lesson. Press the spin button and see what social media themed plenary it will land on students then end the lesson in the task. Click on the app and the activity will appear to increase interest and engagement I’ve also created it in a dice format and five each group one to use and they can do this on their own and if under running complete two. Students really liked this task.

A lesson where students create a twitter account for a person they have been learning about or a book. They need to think about they key things that they would say and maybe hashtags. Also done this as a summary task where students have to create tweets for their subject and at least 7 tweets about what they have learnt.

A snapchat themed resource where students sum up the lesson into a snapchat image. Get students to consolidate their learning into one key point.

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.

A lesson aimed at a high ability year 8 class. This looks at whether Louis was to blame for the downfall of the Bourbon monarchy. Students look at the events that faced Louis and how they would react then they find out what Louis himself did and the consequences. Students throughout should be questioned about why they would make the choices. Then why was Louis choice a mistake or did he have any other options. You should try and push for a balanced picture of Louis as much as possible. Then students should discuss what their verdict of Louis is. Was he stupid, naive or just a disaster of a king? This lesson comes with challenge tasks and a homework task (though i used this for by less able students in the lesson as well). This lesson is very much a narrative lesson. Get students to read the information.

I use this task as a mini plenary or starter or a form of revision, each time a student answers as question correctly they can choose a block to remove, they then attempt to guess what the picture is showing and how it links to what we have learnt. The process is repeated until students can guess it. To add a picture past it and shape it to whole screen. Then send the image to the back for it to be behind the numbers that disappear. This works really well for historical sources but also other images and diagrams.

This can be used for a homework task or part of a lesson where students have to write a BBC news article about a particular topic/theme that has been studed. I get students to then pritoise information to include titled for other top stories and make links in the relevant articles section. Change the title to whatever links to what you are learning or leave it blank and get students to add their own.

I use this for either a revision/consolidation/homework task. I change the headings and subheadings depending on the topic we are studing. Students then have to recap what they have learn trying to be concise. They also include an image which either best sums up the topic or they draw one. Then in the grey boxes they sum up the topic in key details. This works for lots of subjects and I have done it for history, sociology and RE. It also works well for book reviews.

A lesson that looks at 4 causes of the French Revolution. This lesson is aimed at year 8, students complete solo work and group work. There is a GCSE styled question with sentence starters and key words to help the less able whilst there are challenge tasks to stretch the top.

A lesson that looks at why men enlisted into the army during the first world war. The lesson resolves around the History Mystery Box, print out the images for the box these are then placed into the box or bag and students must take turns pulling them out and trying to explain why this would get men to join up. This is my favorite lesson as students are excited to learn what is in the box. Lesson looks at propaganda, order of the white feather, conscription, pals battalions. Then there is a source activity and GCSE styled question. There are sentence starters to help students if needed and challenge tasks to stretch students.

A lesson where students compare the Islamic Empire and Europe during the middle ages. Students have a GCSE styled question with sentence starters for the less able. As well as challenge tasks to stretch the top end.

Students look at why the Black Death killed so many people. Students look at the medieval trade routes and how that helped the disease spread and the beliefs of the cause and cures and why that would be responsible. There is a GCSE styled question with a writing frame and model answer to help with the less able. As well as some challenge tasks to stretch students understanding.

This lesson looks at why people joint the the crusades. Students work around the speech of Pope Urban and evaluate its usefulness. Students also complete a card sort. Lesson include sentences starters and modeled work for less able. There is also challenge tasks to stretch students.

This lesson introduces students to key themes in Medieval Europe. Students work in groups investigating warfare, religion, towns, medicine and law and order. There is a GCSE styled question, with sentence starter for less able, challenge tasks to stretch the top end. There is a model answer as well where students can either assess and use to edit their work. The lesson also has a literacy focus where students have to correct literacy mistakes in the model paragraph.

A group of lesson resources medieval themed. There is a connectives word mat to help students with their writing in lesson. There is also a Takeaway Homework, where there are a range of options that range in difficulty. Furthermore there is a Question/Debate plenary Game. Students are split into two teams and take turns trying to out question and answer each other. They attack each time they get a question wrong first to loose three lives.

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.