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!

Princes in the Tower lesson For SEN I print off the easier sources and allow students to highlight Enjoy!

These resources are used to teach USA 1919-41- Topic 2- US Society Starts with the Roaring 20s- Women and the changes; Prohibition; Race in the 1920s; Immigration; Monkey Trial (8 lessons- but it takes me about 12 lessons to cover all info) For a couple of these lessons you may need a textbook/ extra reading resources- but the majority of information is on the slides. Video resources provided as well Use as you wish and enjoy! :)

I used this resource with my current GCSE citizenship group when teaching unit 3: The global community It includes: 3 introduction lessons on citizenship and using citizenship perspectives (I have used the recent Calais crisis). The next lesson is all about the economy and then it leads onto government spending, inflation, who does what and then finally the successes and failures of business. Use as you wish and enjoy

I use this resource with Y7 to introduce them to immigration and what it means to be British. It leads nicely onto looking at- are we all immigrants? If you would like more lessons on this topic view my shop! Enjoy and use as you wish

I use this resource for Y7 to introduce interpretations and it leads nicely onto looking at the history of Britain. I often set them HW to finish their research and then we act out dragons den the next lesson- this normally involves students getting dressed up and appearing out of the elevator (cupboard) to dramatic music. Enjoy and use as you wish

This is a murder mystery used to introduce my year 7 class to using evidence in History

Used as an introduction to the economy in key theme 3 - the global community

This timeline is ideal for a History classroom- it is 65 pages long and fits all the way around my walls in my classroom. Enjoy and use as you wish

This lesson can be used when introducing evidence in History. It starts with a celebrity clue guessing game- different types of evidence- primary/ secondary evidence

Here is the first 5 lessons of a pirate SOW Introduction- Blackbeard- Rules- Punishments- Tactics All support materials have been included and all video links Use and enjoy how you wish

These resources are used to teach USA 1919-41- Topic 1: The Economy. Starts with an overview- title page- US government structure- Isolationism- mass production- boom cycle- shares- conclusion- who did the boom not affect- revision. (10 lessons) For a couple of these lessons you may need a textbook/ extra reading resources- but the majority of information is on the slides Use as you wish and enjoy

This is the first 12 lessons for an industrial revolution SOW. Included: introduction- living conditions- health and medicine - factories- coal mining- population- towns - conclusion All activities and support materials included (apart from video clips, but hyperlinks have been added). This has been produced for a mixed ability year 9 class- but can be used with other years. These are some ideas that I have created, found and adapted Use how you wish and enjoy