Worksheet to track how Philip II of France was gradually humiliated by Richard I (the Lionheart) from 1190-1191 as they embarked upon the Third Crusade, eventually prompting Philip to return to France.
The worksheet features a timeline of key events, with space for each to be summarised and a thermometer to represent the extent of humiliation Philip suffered at each point (colour in the thermometer more to represent more humiliation)
This is designed to complement unit 2.2 Richard, the Crusader King, of Edexcel’s GCSE course: The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189-1216
Students rank 9 reasons the Soviet Union beat Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War:
The Soviet People
Soviet Propaganda
German View of the Soviet
Soviet Industry
Foreign Aid
Stalin’s Leadership
Strategic Mistakes by the Germans
The Geography of Russia
The Red Army (and Zhukov)
A tool to help with prioritising revision topics - compare every topic to the other and the spreadsheet will tell you which topics are your weakest and strongest, and therefore where revision should be prioritised.
Instructions are on the spreadsheet.
This model is for the AQA GCSE History unit on America 1920-73: Opportunity and Inequality but can be easily adapted for other topics/subjects
A tool to help with prioritising revision topics - compare every topic to the other and the spreadsheet will tell you which topics are your weakest and strongest, and therefore where revision should be prioritised.
Instructions are on the spreadsheet.
This model is for the AQA GCSE History unit on Norman England (specifically 2024) but can be easily adapted for other topics/subjects
A tool to help with prioritising revision topics - compare every topic to the other and the spreadsheet will tell you which topics are your weakest and strongest, and therefore where revision should be prioritised.
Instructions are on the spreadsheet.
This model is for the AQA GCSE History unit on Conflict and Tension in the Interwar period but can be easily adapted for other topics/subjects
Word Gap on the Berlin Wall
Designed to complement unit 2.1 of Edexcel’s the Cold War GCSE course, Berlin 1958-63: Increased tension and the impact of the Berlin Wall
Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.3, The Cold War Intensifies of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers key chronology and events of the Hungarian Uprising. Focus on the Secret Speech, comparison of Rakosi and Nagy, Khrushchev’s reaction, Nagy’s trial and execution, the international response and the impact on the control of Hungary by the USSR
The Hammer is Khrushchev. The rest are mostly visual prompts.
Colour code to complement the Life in Nazi Germany topic (4) of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.
Students should colour categorise the information in the table into the 5 categories in the top row.
Advised to print 2 sheets per page for A5 sizing
Inspired by @KKNTeachLearn
Designed to complement unit 1.3 of Edexcel’s GCSE Cold War course; The Cold War Intensifies
Students make a judgement about the success level of the Space Race at each key event and colour in the bar chart in one of two colours depending on whether it was a US or Soviet Union development to see how the Space Race developed and culminated in the 1969 moon landings.
Knowledge organiser to complement unit 1.1 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course - Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
Covers Hippocrates and Four Humours, Galen and the Theory of Opposites, the Role of the Church, book learning, lack of alternatives, attitudes and society, science and technology, and astrology
Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes
Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 2.3, Czechoslovakia, 1968-69 of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers the appointment of Alexander Dubcek, life in Soviet Czechoslovakia, the ‘Prague Spring’, why Moscow was concerned and what the Soviet reaction was, consequences of the soviet invasion, Jan Palach, and the Brezhnev Doctrine.
Knowledge organiser to complement unit 1.3 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course -Dealing with the Black Death, 1348-49
Covers origins and symptoms of the Black Death, causes of the Black Death (Religious/supernatural, natural and common beliefs), treatments of the Black Death (Religious/supernatural and natural), government action, and preventing the Black Death (Religious/supernatural, natural and common beliefs)
Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes
Word Gap to complement the Treatment of Minorities for topic 4.4 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.
Knowledge Organiser also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/persecution-of-minorities-knowledge-organiser-nazi-germany-12237707
KO to complement Edexcel’s GCSE course, the Reigns of Richard and John which covers English Society in Medieval England, including medieval villages, labour service, knight service, the role of towns and guilds, the feudal and church hierarchies, the role of the Catholic church in England, the status of Jews, and sources of income for the king (profits of justice, wardship fines, forest fines, tithes and tallages, scutage and the country farm . Recommend A4 print for revision and A3 for detailed notes.
Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.1, Early Tensions Between East and West of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers the impact of the atom bomb, the Long Telegram, the Nokivov Telegram, Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech and the impact of the satellites.
The moustache is Stalin, the dog is Churchill, the lone star is Roosevelt but the shooting star is Truman, the tie is Attlee
Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.3, The Cold War Intensifies of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers conventional weapons, the development of atomic and hydrogen bombs, ICBMs, nuclear weapons as a threat or a deterrent, the Korean War, President Eisenhower, the death of Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.
The eye is President Eisenhower and the hammer is Khrushchev. The rest are mostly visual prompts.
Knowledge Organiser to complement Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 with a focus on the Berlin Blockade
Includes a timeline, the Allied Control Commission, Bizonia and Trizonia, the Deutschmark and Stalin’s reaction, the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia, Operation Vittles and the lifting of the blockade.