Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (key events) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Summary worksheet 1x Homework plot, theme & language questions This lesson introduces students to Book VI (Nausicaa) of Homer’s Odyssey first by recalling the key events of Book V (Calypso). Students are then given the worksheet to summarise Book VI (Nausicaa) and link the events to themes, characters and question the significance of events.

Homer’s Odyssey – Book V: Calypso (Exam practice questions) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Essay planning sheet This lesson uses the events, themes and characters in Book V to practice two exam style questions. One a commentary question from a short passage and second, an extended essay on the role of the Gods in Book V. Support sheets and writing frames are included on the PowerPoint and a planning worksheet has been created to support students planning and writing their extended essay. This resource would work really well with my other resources on Homer’s Odyssey. Why not take a look at a few.... Homer’s Odyssey Book V Calypso (Bundle) Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (key events) Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (characters & themes)

Homer’s Odyssey- Book V: Calypso (characters & themes) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Characters worksheet 1x Themes worksheet This lesson examines the characters and key themes in Book V (Calypso) of Homer’s Odyssey. The students first reflect on what has happened in Books I-IV and then are given a worksheet on the characters and themes. This is a great lesson where students can learn a single section and then teach the rest of the class about their character and / or theme. Homer’s Odyssey- Book V: Calypso (characters & themes) Homer’s Odyssey- Book V: Calypso (characters & themes) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Characters worksheet 1x Themes worksheet This lesson examines the characters and key themes in Book V (Calypso) of Homer’s Odyssey. The students first reflect on what has happened in Books I-IV and then are given a worksheet on the characters and themes. This is a great lesson where students can learn a single section and then teach the rest of the class about their character and / or theme. This resource would work really well with my other resources on Homer’s Odyssey. Why not take a look at a few.... Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (key events) Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (exam practice questions) Homer’s Odyssey Book V Calypso (Bundle)

Homer’s Odyssey- Book V: Calypso (key events) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Key events worksheet 1x Book I Homework event questions This lesson introduces students to Book V (Calypso) of Homer’s Odyssey first by reflecting on the first four Books of the Odyssey and thinking who is missing and why. Then students are given a worksheet to complete the key events of Book V. The lesson is differentiated to support lower ability students but also push those more able to question whether Books I-IV of the Odyssey were added to the poem years after it was first created. This resource would work really well with my other resources on Homer’s Odyssey. Why not take a look at a few.... Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (characters & themes) Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (exam practice questions) Homer’s Odyssey Book V Calypso (Bundle)

Homer’s Odyssey – Book I: Athene visits Telemachus: characters & themes This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Characters Worksheet 1x Themes Worksheet This lesson focuses on the characters introduced in Book I, looking in depth at their characteristics and linking them to the three key themes shown in Book I. The lesson is differentiated to support lower ability students but also push those more able to link together characters and themes to the Homeric world.

Homer’s Odyssey – Book I: Athene visits Telemachus: key events This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Key events worksheet 1x Book I Homework event questions 1x Book I key event card sort This lesson introduces students to Book I of Homer’s Odyssey by looking at the first 11 lines of the poem and then the three key events in Book I. The lesson is differentiated to support lower ability students but also push those more able to link the events to Ancient Greek society and also the audience at the time.

Who were the Greek Gods? (Whole Lesson) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Lesson 1X Olympian Gods information cards The lesson introduces students to the Greek Gods first by using information cards. It then encourages the students to make inferences about Ancient Greek Society from the Gods that they worshiped. It is an effective way to getting students to link actions people took to religion. This is especially beneficial when studying Homer's Odyssey, Iliad or Greek Tragedies.

This is a introduction lesson into the Holocaust. It approaches the Holocaust from a different angle and questions why have the Jews been persecuted across History. The students first look at a picture of the crucifixion and question how that caused persecution and then looks at sources about what actually happened to Jews in medieval England. The final task is to create a diary entry to explain what has happened to the Jews in medieval England. All resources included (information sheet and sources)

This resource consists of 5 lessons covering the topic of the Khrushchev’s actions during the Cold War for the new AQA History GCSE (Topic: Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945-72). These have been created for the new AQA History GCSE and some lessons will require a textbook to provide some information (I have used the prescribed Walsh textbook). However, these can be easily edited with different page numbers for the tasks. All of the lessons have clear differentiated outcomes and expectations and the lessons are as follows: 1) How peaceful was peaceful co-existence 2) What were the causes of the Hungarian Uprising? 3) How did the USSR respond to the Hungarian Uprising? 4) How damaging was the U-2 spy plane crisis? 5) To what extent was there a thaw in Cold War relations by 1960

This resource consists of 8 lessons covering the topic of the ‘Transformation of the Cold War’ for the new AQA History GCSE (Topic: Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945-72). These have been created for the new AQA History GCSE and some lessons will require a textbook to provide some information (I have used the prescribed Walsh textbook). However, these can be easily edited with different page numbers for the tasks. All of the lessons have clear differentiated outcomes and expectations and the lessons are as follows: 1) Why was a wall built to divide Berlin in 1961? 2) Who came out of the Berlin Wall incident best? 3) How did Cuba create a standoff between the USA and the USSR? 4) What were the key events of the Cuban Missile Crisis? 5) Who gained the most from the Cuban Missile Crisis? 6) Why were people opposed to Communist rule on Czechoslovakia in 1968? 7) What were the consequences of the Prague Spring? 8) Why had Cold War tensions eased by 1972?

This resource includes 7 different revision place-mats covering the key topics of the Cold War. These have been created based on the new AQA GCSE topic: 'Conlict and Tension between East and West 1945-72' and cover the following questions: 1) Who was to blame for the Cold War? 2) How did the Cold War develop 1949-60? 3) How did the Cold War Transform 1960-72? I have used these with my classes and they have found them extremely useful. They choose a box a day to read and learn which enables them to focus their revision. If you have found this resource useful or want to get even more value for your money please follow this link to find a bundle of over 30 revision placemats covering a variety of AQA GCSE History topics: Major AQA GCSE History Revision Bundle

This resource contains 2 lessons on the Prague Springs and the worksheets needed to complete. Lesson 1 uses two sources to force the students to work out why people in Czechoslovakia had developed an Anti-Communist feeling by 1968. The second lesson can be paired up with any textbook and uses Brezhnev's Facebook worksheet for students to write the chronology of events from different interpretations and then look at the consequences of the events.

This resource includes three lessons which cover the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War. The lessons cover the causes of the crisis, events of the crisis and the impact of the crisis on the USA and the USSR. All of the lessons come with the resources needed and they can be partnered up with any textbook to further develop them. I have used them with my GCSE classes and they achieved a high level of understanding of the crisis and were able to link the crisis to the wider picture of the Cold War.

This lesson covers the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis under the lesson title - How did events in Cuba cause a standoff between the USA and the USSR? The lesson looks at the geographical position of Cuba to realise its importance for America and then has a card sort to put the events in chronological order. The final task is to encourage the students to think about the consequences of each of the different actions Kennedy could take.

This resource consists of two lessons on the Berlin Wall: 1) Why was a wall built to divide Berlin? This lessons introduces the reasons why the USSR built the Berlin Wall and also recaps the problems already encountered in Berlin between 1945-49. It introduces the topic through an excellent source and gets the students to think of what could have happened to explain that source. 2) Who came out of the Berlin Wall incident the best? This lesson gets students to assess who came out of the incident the best by getting them to group a number of different consequences. After that they use their grouping to write an answer to the question using the writing frame on the Ppt. Finally, students recap the Berlin Wall issues by creating a poster to go onto the Wall from either a Soviet or American perspective showing different interpretations - developing these for their exams.

This resource is a fun game activity to revise the key events of Homer's Odyssey. I have done this with my Year 12s and they really enjoyed it, it create great discussion and also showed them where they need to focus their future revision to fill gaps they had. For each group I ensured the resources were also on their own colour so they no cards got mixed up.

This resources consists of 5 lessons focusing on the development of the Cold War. These have been created for the new AQA History GCSE and will require a textbook to provide some information (I have used the prescribed Walsh textbook). However, these can be easily edited with different page numbers for the tasks. All of the lessons have clear differentiated outcomes and expectations and the lessons are as follows: 1) How did Communism Spread throughout the world in 1949? 2) NATO and the Warsaw Pact 3) What was the significance of the arms-race? 4) The Space Race 5) Why did the Cold War escalate?