A fact file about Nelson Mandela that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 16 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Nelson Mandela at the same time.

A range of resources for a lesson/ lessons on the Treaty of Versailles, based on the AQA Conflict specification. Included is a presentation that includes the objectives of the lesson, a brief recap about how World War One began before focussing on the terms. There are regular questions throughout to check understanding/ gain their viewpoints whilst there are also some essay style questions to attempt to answer. Also included are a number of simple activities, including labelling a map, ranking terms of the treaty and writing how different sides would have felt about particular terms. If you like it/ feel there are areas to improve please leave me feedback as this is my first attempt at a 9-1 resource.

An activity that provides children with 9 events that have happened at Nottingham Castle. All they need to do is simply decide which they think were the most important and least important before justifying their decisions.

A six lesson sequence focussing on the history of Nottingham, particularly with focus to the castle, that has been written for KS2 children with the planning, resources and presentation all included. During the six lessons, children also briefly cover key historical events such as the Third Crusade, the English Civil War and elements of the Industrial Revolution. As well as the lesson resources and planning, there is a Nottingham history knowledge organiser and a diamond 9 activity where children can decide what was most important and least important from events at the castle.

A fully planned and resourced lesson that focuses on Nottingham Castle being burnt down in 1831. The lesson introduces the reasons why, discussing some of the conditions that had resulted from the Industrial Revolution and the Duke's refusal to help enlarge the electorate through a reform act. This then moves on to children, in groups, recreating an iconic image of the castle on fire before finishing the lesson by joining pieces together and seeing what happened next with the castle. This is the final lesson of a six lesson sequence focussing on the history of Nottingham, particularly with focus to the castle, that has been written for KS2 children with the planning, resources and presentation all included.

A fully planned and resourced lesson that focuses on how the castle became to no longer be a castle. The focus starts with how the castle was becoming run down before looking at the role it played in the English Civil War and its demolition soon after. The focus then shifts to the new Ducal Palace that was built and why it is no longer a castle despite its name. This is the fifth of a six lesson sequence focussing on the history of Nottingham, particularly with focus to the castle, that has been written for KS2 children with the planning, resources and presentation all included.

A fully planned and resourced lesson that focuses on the castle in the 14th Century, looking at two key events in particular. The first focus is on Edward using what is now commonly called Mortimer's Hole to take control from his mother and her lover before focussing on the use of the castle to imprison King David II of Scotland temporarily. This is the fourth of a six lesson sequence focussing on the history of Nottingham, particularly with focus to the castle, that has been written for KS2 children with the planning, resources and presentation all included.

A fully planned and resourced lesson that focuses on Richard I laying siege to Nottingham Castle in 1194. The presentation looks at some of the background information including Richard I being on a crusade and being imprisoned and looks at Prince John's rebellion and how Richard I then came to end this. Children will then go on to write a newspaper article about the siege at Nottingham Castle. This is the third of a six lesson sequence focussing on the history of Nottingham, particularly with focus to the castle, that has been written for KS2 children with the planning, resources and presentation all included.

A fully planned and resourced lesson that focuses on children being able to understand why Nottingham Castle was built, looking at how the Duke of Normandy conquered England before building castles to secure his reign. This will then move on to children creating their own castle design, considering where it would best be placed in their local area. This is the second of a six lesson sequence focussing on the history of Nottingham, particularly with focus to the castle, that has been written for KS2 children with the planning, resources and presentation all included.

A fully planned and resourced lesson that focuses on children being able to place events in chronological order, looking at timelines and centuries before being able to place events from Nottingham's history accurately. This is the first of a six lesson sequence focussing on the history of Nottingham, particularly with focus to the castle, that has been written for KS2 children with the planning, resources and presentation all included.

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics. Topics include: Ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, with Prehistoric stories included Vikings and the Middle Ages 16th and 17th Century 18th and 19th Century 1900-1939 World War Two and Post-War Britain U.S.A History

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics for World War Two or Post-War Britain.

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics for either the Vikings or the Middle Ages.

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics for Ancient Egypt, Greece and the Romans. Also included is prehistoric stories.

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics for 1900-1939.

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics for the 18th and 19th Century.

A list of stories that link History and English together. This certainly isn't a comprehensive list but gives a good start to finding stories that link to historical topics for the 16th and 17th Century.

An eleven lesson sequence that gives a brief introduction and overview of events in Europe following the end of the First World War. The sequence will focus on the end of the war and what followed with the Treaty of Versailles, some of the key events in the 1920's, the change in British politics, the rise of Hitler and the following actions that broke the Treaty of Versailles and policy of appeasement. All of the resources needed to run the lessons are included such as presentations and activities as well as the planning. These lessons have been written with upper KS2 and lower KS3 in mind but should be easily adaptable for KS4 students as well. Lesson 1 - Chronological order Lesson 2 - The Treaty of Versailles Lesson 3 - The Treaty of Versailles Lesson 4 - The Dawes Plan Lesson 5 - Changes in British politics Lesson 6 - Wall Street Crash/ Great Depression Lesson 7 - Rise of Hitler Lesson 8 - Propaganda/ Source Analysis Lesson 9 - Revoking the Treaty of Versailles Lesson 10 - Appeasement Lesson 11 - Evaluating Appeasement Also included is a brief knowledge organiser as well as a diamond 9 activity to evaluate the Treaty of Versailles.

This is the final lesson of an eleven lesson sequence that gives a brief introduction and overview of events in Europe following the end of the First World War. The sequence will focus on the end of the war and what followed with the Treaty of Versailles, some of the key events in the 1920's, the change in British politics, the rise of Hitler and the following actions that broke the Treaty of Versailles and policy of appeasement. These lessons have been written with upper KS2 and lower KS3 in mind but should be easily adaptable for KS4 students as well. This lesson focuses on children being able to evaluate the policy of appeasement, considering its strengths and weaknesses. Included are all the resources needed to run the lesson with a presentation and activities as well as the sequence of learning plan.

This is the tenth of an eleven lesson sequence that gives a brief introduction and overview of events in Europe following the end of the First World War. The sequence will focus on the end of the war and what followed with the Treaty of Versailles, some of the key events in the 1920's, the change in British politics, the rise of Hitler and the following actions that broke the Treaty of Versailles and policy of appeasement. These lessons have been written with upper KS2 and lower KS3 in mind but should be easily adaptable for KS4 students as well. This lesson focuses on the policy of appeasement, looking at what appeasement is and why Hitler was allowed to revoke certain terms of the Treaty of Versailles without consequence. Included are all the resources needed to run the lesson with a presentation and activities as well as the sequence of learning plan.