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.

This is the third 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 consider whether the Treaty of Versailles was a fair agreement or not. Included are all the resources needed to run the lesson with a presentation and activities as well as the sequence of learning plan.

An activity that is useful at the end of a unit focusing on the Ancient Greeks to use as a retrieval style task whilst also considering the cause of events and the effect they had.

A simple information text that children can read to have a better understanding of how Remembrance Day started and how it is marked in the U.K now.

A knowledge organiser linked to the Romans in Britain.

A unit of work (11 lessons) that focuses on the Battle of Britain. It begins by building up to World War 2, looking at the advancement of technology and the build up to war. This is then followed up by some geography work on Europe, the Battle of Britain itself and why it was significant. It is all rounded up by a quiz at the end for a bit of fun and to see what children can remember. Included is everything needed to run the lessons including the planning, slide show and differentiated resources. It is written with 5/6 in mind but can easily be adapted. This lesson continues to develop children's understanding of the Battle of Britain and how it progressed. For the full unit visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-britain-unit-of-work-11659829

A unit of work (11 lessons) that focuses on the Battle of Britain. It begins by building up to World War 2, looking at the advancement of technology and the build up to war. This is then followed up by some geography work on Europe, the Battle of Britain itself and why it was significant. It is all rounded up by a quiz at the end for a bit of fun and to see what children can remember. Included is everything needed to run the lessons including the planning, slide show and differentiated resources. It is written with 5/6 in mind but can easily be adapted. This lesson will recap the significance of the Battle of Britain before giving children the chance to work through a quiz style activity to finish off the topic. For the full unit visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-britain-unit-of-work-11659829

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 the 18th and 19th Century.

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.

A set of writing activities that link to working on using because, but and so based on ‘The Writing Revolution’. Included are 22 different sentence stems that link to learning for the Stone Age to the Iron Age which all require the use of because, but and so, challenging pupils ability to use the conjunctions appropriately as well as acting as a retrieval task in checking understanding of previous learning.

A unit of work (11 lessons) that focuses on the Battle of Britain. It begins by building up to World War 2, looking at the advancement of technology and the build up to war. This is then followed up by some geography work on Europe, the Battle of Britain itself and why it was significant. It is all rounded up by a quiz at the end for a bit of fun and to see what children can remember. Included is everything needed to run the lessons including the planning, slide show and differentiated resources. It is written with 5/6 in mind but can easily be adapted. This lesson will focus on the use of propaganda during the war, getting children to then practise analysing sources. For the full unit visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-britain-unit-of-work-11659829

A unit of work (11 lessons) that focuses on the Battle of Britain. It begins by building up to World War 2, looking at the advancement of technology and the build up to war. This is then followed up by some geography work on Europe, the Battle of Britain itself and why it was significant. It is all rounded up by a quiz at the end for a bit of fun and to see what children can remember. Included is everything needed to run the lessons including the planning, slide show and differentiated resources. It is written with 5/6 in mind but can easily be adapted. This lesson focuses on the beginning of the Second World War before identifying Germany's initial movements in 1940. This will then move on to thinking about what Germany's next logical step was to be able to reach Britain. For the full unit visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-britain-unit-of-work-11659829

A unit of work (11 lessons) that focuses on the Battle of Britain. It begins by building up to World War 2, looking at the advancement of technology and the build up to war. This is then followed up by some geography work on Europe, the Battle of Britain itself and why it was significant. It is all rounded up by a quiz at the end for a bit of fun and to see what children can remember. Included is everything needed to run the lessons including the planning, slide show and differentiated resources. It is written with 5/6 in mind but can easily be adapted. This lesson focuses on the key areas of Britain both in terms of industry and defence, getting children to consider where the most appropriate targets would be. For the full unit visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-britain-unit-of-work-11659829

A unit of work (11 lessons) that focuses on the Battle of Britain. It begins by building up to World War 2, looking at the advancement of technology and the build up to war. This is then followed up by some geography work on Europe, the Battle of Britain itself and why it was significant. It is all rounded up by a quiz at the end for a bit of fun and to see what children can remember. Included is everything needed to run the lessons including the planning, slide show and differentiated resources. It is written with 5/6 in mind but can easily be adapted. This lesson focuses on various aspects of the beginning of the Battle of Britain. For the full unit visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-britain-unit-of-work-11659829

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 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.

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.

This is the fifth 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 some of the changes that happened in British politics just before and following the end of the First World War. Included are all the resources needed to run the lesson with a presentation and activities as well as the sequence of learning plan.

A unit of work (11 lessons) that focuses on the Battle of Britain. It begins by building up to World War 2, looking at the advancement of technology and the build up to war. This is then followed up by some geography work on Europe, the Battle of Britain itself and why it was significant. It is all rounded up by a quiz at the end for a bit of fun and to see what children can remember. Included is everything needed to run the lessons including the planning, slide show and differentiated resources. It is written with 5/6 in mind but can easily be adapted. This lesson will focus on a change in strategy and how and why the bombing moved to night raids. For the full unit visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-britain-unit-of-work-11659829