A lesson focused around how Henry VII was able to take power, and how he was able to secure power.
Designed as a 1 hour tutorial lesson. Is suitable for high-ability KS3 or KS4.
Featured content contains the lineage of Henry, individuals who helped him achieve power, and analysis of different interpretations of Henry,
A 1 hour lesson consisting of an overview of the OCR A-Level component ‘England 1485-1558: The Early Tudors’.
Introduction to the Tudors paper; main body of lesson is focused around how to break down Section A of the paper (source work).
Features sample questions and sources taken from previous OCR papers.
9 slides of vocab quizzes with specific terminology related to the Tudors topic. More appropriate for older students as it includes advanced terminology needed for the GCSE and A-level courses on the Tudors.
Slides have the terminology included, but students have to find the answers for themselves.
Intended as a homework activity spanning 9 weeks (9 slides)
Ideal for students aiming for high grades and need to write in a sophisticated manner.
This lesson introduces/recaps the Reform of Parliament breadth study component of the Edexcel A-Level History course ‘Protest, Agitation, and Parliamentary Reform in Britain, 1780-1928’.
This lesson includes information on:
The political situation in 1780. This includes the county franchise, the borough franchise, size of the electorate, and elections and interests.
The pressures which existed for change and the reasons for resistance. This includes the impact of the French Revolution and post-war unrest, 1815-30.
This lesson tests skills such as:
Recall of key words
Judgement line on the political situation - to what extent did each represent the people of Britain?
Comparison on pressures and resistance - which was the most significant?
Knowledge quiz
This lesson includes images sourced from Google.com, and extracts taken from the textbook ‘Protest, Agitation, and Parliamentary Reform’ by Peter Callaghan, Edward Gillin, and Adam Kidson (Pearson Education Limited, 2016)
An overview quiz to be used in conjunction with the topics studied in the geog.1 textbook (Gallagher, Parish, & Williamson)
Quiz includes 5 questions on each of the following topics:
Planet Earth
Map Skills
The UK
Glaciers
Rivers
Africa
1 hour lesson which enables students to study the factors leading up to the downfall of Cromwell, and to assess which they think are most convincing.
This includes information on:
Position in 1539
Cleves marriage
Influence of the Howards
Execution and aftermath
Includes an Edexcel style 16 mark question: ‘‘The Cleves marriage was the main reason for Cromwell’s fall from power’ How far do you agree? (16 marks)’
and a consolidation quiz at the end of the lesson (possible homework activity).
Why did Catholics want to kill Queen Elizabeth I?
Chronology lesson centered around how the Elizabethan government grew progressively more hostile towards Catholics during Queen Elizabeth I’s reign.
Students to recognise the turning points in religious tension during Elizabeth’s reign, and the long and short-term factors leading to this tension.
Designed for a 1 hour lesson. Suitable for KS3 or for a GCSE in-depth study of Elizabeth.
Some images taken from Google.
What problems did Queen Elizabeth I face in her early reign and how successfully did she deal with them?
This lesson features information on the following problems facing Elizabeth when she ascended the throne:
Succession
Legitimacy
Religion
The economy
Rebellions
Mary, Queen of Scots
This lesson is a fun and interactive take on the above topic. It allows students to make multiple choice decisions based on the problems listed above. Students put themselves in the shoes of Elizabeth and decide what they would do about each problem. They then compare this to what Elizabeth chose to do in history.
The students then make a judgement on which problems they think Elizabeth dealt with most effectively.
Double-sided A4 page, recapping some of the main aspects of the First World War.
This knowledge organiser contains:
Causes of WW1
Why men joined up
Weaponry of WW1
Battle of the Somme & Haig’s failures
THIS RESOURCE IS TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PEARSON EDEXCEL (9-1) GCSE HISTORY TEXTBOOK ‘ANGLO-SAXON AND NORMAN ENGLAND C1060-1088’.
This resource is designed as an accompaniment to the above textbook. It contains a series of activities to consolidate knowledge within the ‘2.1 Establishing Control’ section of the above textbook.
I designed this to be used as a homework resource. It contains comprehension Q&As, practice exam questions, and model answers. The aim of this resource is to consolidate knowledge of the 2.1 ‘Establishing Control’ topic, and to apply said knowledge to exam technique and skills practice.
You could set this as a series of homework or introduce elements of it as activities within your ‘Establishing Control’ lessons.
Based on the ‘Social Media Investigated’ online course for KS3 pupils.
Topics within the booklet are:
Introduction to Media Literacy and the Language of Persuasion
Media and gender constructions
Media and body image
Information taken from ‘Social Media Investigated’. Images and clips from videos taken from Google and YouTube.