This is a resource I have made to teach my current Year 11 class the Cold War content they will need to learn for their exam. This resource can also be used for revision purposes and/or for the students to work through themselves at home.
I have PP slides that match every lesson, but they are still in working progress. These will be available on TES soon!
(I have attached a PDF copy in case the publisher document does not open correctly.)
Thanks - enjoy and use as you wish :)
This resource is 2 lessons that has been designed for Year 7. The first lesson is on interpretations of Robin Hood. The second lesson can be used as an assessment or can be altered into a source based inquiry.
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I use this resource to teach year 9 about WWI. All resources are included and some lessons can take more than one period.
1. Long term factors about the start of WWI
2. Short term factors about the start of WWI
Race Track WWI- this involved students working in groups to act out the causes of WWI
3. The BEF and the Schlieffen Plan
4. Recruitment and Conscientious Objectors
5. Trench Life
6. Weapons
7. Battle of the Somme L1
8. Battle of the Somme L2
9. Censorship and Rationing
10. Shell Shock (information on Harry Farr not included)
11. Assessment
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I use this resource with year 9 when teaching about the suffragettes and women in the war. This is 5-6 lessons and all resources are included.
1. Suffragettes- research- who are they?
2. Freedom fighters or terrorists?
3. What did women do in the War?
4. Research into the war- independent task (could take 2 lessons)
5. Propaganda task
Enjoy and use as you wish :)
This resource can be used to teach History Skills at GCSE level. The lessons are focused on answering the 5 key History questions needed for this exam and on WWI content. All resources provided (sources are on the slides). The questions are: source inference; purpose; explain; reliability; judgement.
1. Liberal Reforms (1-2 lessons)
2. Votes for women (3-5 lessons)
3. BEF and Schlieffen plan (1 lesson)
4. Recruitment and conscientious objectors (1-2 lessons)
5. Trench life and weapons (1 lesson)
6. The Battle of the Somme (1-2 lesson)
7. Censorship and rationing (1 lesson)
8. Industrial unrest/ industrial unrest in the mines
9. The General Strike (1 lesson) - Assessment
Some PP can last more than 1 lesson. You can decide if you would like students to write the
All exam question planning sheets are included.
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This resource is designed to be used with GCSE students when teaching about the role of women before, during and after the war.
L1- The role the suffragettes had (source inference)
L2- reaction to the suffragettes (source inference, reliability Q, purpose Q)
L3- Women and the war- equality (source inference, explain Q)
All sources are provided on the PP if you do not have the textbook.
This series of lessons could take up to 5 lessons, depends on how much detail you would like the students to add and also if you wish for them to answer the exam questions after they have been planned.
Enjoy and use as you wish! :)
I use this resource with my GCSE History students. The lesson:
1. Starts with a video about the state of the nation
2. Gives students a chance to come up with ideas of how they would fix the problems
3. Looks and what the Liberals did - how did they help? (all resources provided)
4. Source reliability question
5. Planning of question- WAGOLL - chance for students to peer assess against the mark scheme
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I use this lesson to introduce GCSE skills that the students will need to know getting ready for their exam. This is a mock exam that follows the same structure as the GCSE exam questions, but it uses sources based on Diet Coke vs Coke Zero. Included in this pack is all of the lesson resources and structure mats that can be used throughout the whole course. There is also an introduction to exam questions that can be printed and placed at the beginning of students books
The structure of the lesson:
Students read through the evidence and answer
1. source inference based on a Diet Coke advert
2. purpose question based on a Coke Zero advert
3. explain question based on gender advertising
4. reliability question based on 2 sources
5. judgement question
It is a fun lesson that allows students to access all exam skills required for this unit, but through fun evidence and sources.
I use this resource whilst teaching about early immigration and why people decide to move from different countries. This lesson can run over 1 or 2 lessons and it thoroughly enjoyed by students.
It involves them getting into groups, creating a name for their country, developing a national anthem, creating a flag, presenting their country and then deciding if they would like to emigrate to a different country.
This resource can be used in numerous ways whilst teaching the these three topics:
1. WWI and British society 1903-1928
2. WWII 1939-1945
3. The USA 1919-1939
I have used these mats at the beginning of a topic so that students have chance to choose a square and research.
I have used this as a revision exercise where students have to collect 3 key features about each key word.
I have also used this as a board game where students roll a dice and collect as many squares as they can by asking different key questions to each other.
This resource can be used to help students write about reliability.
I have used this to help both KS3 and GCSE students to start thinking about the reliability of a source.
This resource has been made to teach GCSE USA. It includes:
1. Hoover vs Roosevelt- who would you vote for?
2. Alphabet Agencies and the New Deal. The Hundred days and Alphabet Agencies (takes about 2 lessons)
3. Opposition to the New Deal
4. Extent of Recovery
5. Second New Deal
6. Roosevelt - success and failures
Some of the lessons may need the use of a text book or extra resources/ internet
Enjoy and use as your wish!
This resource has been made for year 8 top ability - SEN. All resources are differentiated as I have taught top and bottom sets this year. This set of lessons includes:
1. Was Henry a man or monster?
2. What were Henry's early problems?
3. Who should Henry marry- Take me out
4. Why did Henry break from Rome?
5. Assessment
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This resource is used to teach the USA Topic 3- the Wall Street Crash and its effects
This set of lessons includes:
Underlying problems
Why Wall Street Crashed
The effects of the Wall Street Crash on the US society
The government reaction
Rising resentment
Who would you choose? Hoover or Roosevelt?
Some of the lessons may need the use of a text book for extra information
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This is a differentiated project booklet. It has been designed for Year 7 all ability, but could be used for other years. It contains 4 enquiry questions- each has a level 3/4/5/6 task that can be chosen by the students. There is then a creative task for the students to complete.
My students have really enjoyed completing this History Challenge
This is a set of resources designed for Year 7 any ability. All lessons have been differentiated for top ability and for SEN groups. This includes:
1. What is a castle? What were the first types of castles?
2. Where should castles be built?
3. How to attack and defend a castle?
4. How did castles affect England? - source work lesson
5. Marshmallow challenge
6. Project- 6 week project booklet
My year 7 students have thoroughly enjoyed these lessons- in particular completing the castle History challenge at home :)
Use as you wish and enjoy!
I have used this resource with all ability (SEN resources are provided and alternative SEN slides available on PP)
This package includes:
L1- Introduction to life in 1066- around the room - There are 2 PP as one have more differentiated resources
L2- Qualities of a medieval king
L3- The 4 contenders- this lesson can be taught however you would like. There is information provided for students to sort/ information can be acted by the students/ teacher can act out reading from the board ( prefer to act it out and get the students to interview. This normally lasts 3 lessons- 1. collecting information, 2. writing the assessment, 3. peer/self assess, (All resources to do this are provided).
L4- Battle of Stamford Bridge
L5- Harold Godwinson's Army vs William's Army
L6- Battle of Hastings. (Takes 2 lessons) You can act out the battle as you go through it
L7- Why did William win?
Enjoy! :)
This is a resource I have taught to all ability year 7- (SEN alternatives are provided on the slides )
It includes
L1- introduction to early settlers and what people have brought to Britain- students are to sell Stone Henge- I usually complete this task over 2 lessons
L2- What does it mean to be British?
L3- Create your own country- booklets for students and they are to work in groups to find out the basics to establishing their own country- usually takes 2 lessons
L4- Early immigration research- find out about the Romans, Celts, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons
L5- Assessment/ essay. SEN resources provided as well for assessment
L6- Other immigrants
L7- Positives and Negatives immigration has brought
L8- Linking to modern day and the immigration problem today
The whole point of this topic is to establish what is an immigrant and to conclude that everyone in Britain is an immigrant.
Enjoy!