A lesson for AQA GCSE History (can be easily adapted for any exam board) where students read information sheets about Vesalius, Pare and Harvey and make notes based on these. Ideal for schools without textbooks.
Lesson 12 for the new AQA GCSE History - Health and the People. Looking at Quack Doctors (through source analysis) and then looking at treatments to the 1665 Great Plague when compared to the 1348 Black Death. All sources are included in the Powerpoint or on worksheets.
AQA (9-1) GCSE History - Health and the People - Lesson 2
An hour long lesson introducing students to Health and the People. You will need information from the AQA textbook. An easy-to-follow lesson which I have tested and used on 4 classes (in Years 9-10 at my school) of mixed ability.
In light of the new specification, I've created an easy to read document outlining the exam questions in each paper with examples taken from resources provided by AQA. This allows teachers to easily spot patterns in the types of questions asked.
AQA (9-1) GCSE History - Health and the People - Lesson 3 (Impact of Christianity)
An hour long lesson looking at the impact of Christianity on Medieval England, following the Scheme of Work as set out by AQA textbook. An easy-to-follow lesson which I have tested and used on 4 classes (in Years 9-10 at my school) of mixed ability.
A mock exam for AQA GCSE History Health and the People. Made from questions given by AQA and in the textbook.
There is a double sided sheet for students, and the layout is in the same layout as the exam paper. After the exam, there is space for students to reflect on their performance before it is marked. I've also included a mark scheme.
I have given this to my students after Lesson 20. I will then give them feedback which should help them for a final End of Unit Mock Exam at the end of the course.
An A4 document that students put at the front of their folders to RAG their understand of each topic and to number pages. This is adapted from the AQA specification
AQA (9-1) GCSE History - Health and the People - Lesson 13 (Role of Hospitals)
In this lesson, students use information from the AQA textbook to complete a grid where they compare hospitals in the Middle Ages with 18th/19th century. After this, there are 2 clips to watch (as recommended by AQA) to look at John Hunter and Florence Nightingale. Students complete the 'Key Individual' Sheet whilst watching this.
AQA (9-1) GCSE History - Conflict and Tension 1918-39 - Lesson 1 & 2 Treaty of Versailles
The first two lessons on the Conflict and Tension scheme of work, including the Treaty of Versailles role play activity (from John D Clare's website). You will need a copy of the green AQA approved Conflict and Tension 1918-39 textbook for the activities. This is a very simple lesson but the slides are ready to teach and it covers everything from the AQA specification.
AQA (9-1) GCSE History - Conflict and Tension 1918-39 - Lesson 3 & 4 Is the Treaty of Versailles fair?
Lessons 3-5 on the Conflict and Tension scheme of work, that I cover in 2 lessons. You will need a copy of the green AQA approved Conflict and Tension 1918-39 textbook for the activities. This is a very simple lesson but the slides are ready to teach and it covers everything from the AQA specification.
A 'Course Companion' that will be given to students at the start of the unit 'Health and the People'. It cover the course specification as a check list that students can tick to check their subject knowledge.
As well as covering the specification, it goes through exam questions, telling students how long they should spend on each question, and for 2x questions given them sentence starters. After this, 3 answers are given to students so that they can see the difference between the different marks.
There is space for students to write in examples of sample questions.
All information in the booklet is taken from the AQA Website and from webinar materials.
AQA (9-1) GCSE History - Conflict and Tension 1918-39 = Exam Technique Sheets
3x exam technique sheets which students use covering the 'Useful', 'Account' and 'How do you know' questions. It includes a checklist of what students need to include in the answer, a simplified mark scheme and a sample answer (from AQA).
AQA GCSE History Assessment - Nazi Germany
An assessment booklet that can be printed into a folded booklet. You must have a copy of the red AQA GCSE textbook as it refers to questions in that textbook.
There is space for students to write answers, for teacher feedback, and also instructions on how to structure each answer. For each question, there is also a sample answer from AQA for students to see, and there is a knowledge checklist at the front for the whole course.
This has worked really well, especially for a class who need more ‘structure’. For marking, it’s much easier for me to take in than the exercise books too. I have now made them for each of the units that I teach.
FYI: There are 2 documents - this is for page numbers purposes (I didn’t want page 1 to be the front cover!)
AQA GCSE History Assessment - Conflict and Tension 1918-1939
An assessment booklet that can be printed into a folded booklet. You must have a copy of the green Oxford AQA GCSE textbook as it refers to questions in that textbook.
There is space for students to write answers, for teacher feedback, and also instructions on how to structure each answer. For each question, there is also a sample answer from AQA for students to see, and there is a knowledge checklist at the front for the whole course.
This has worked really well, especially for a class who need more ‘structure’. For marking, it’s much easier for me to take in than the exercise books too. I have now made them for each of the units that I teach.
FYI: There are 2 documents - this is for page numbers purposes (I didn’t want page 1 to be the front cover!)
There is also another document title 'assessment questions weaker) included in this resource which includes sentence starters for students who need a little more support
An 18-page booklet outlining the OCR Spec for the American West/Medicine presented in a tick box style for students to use to help to guide their revision, and a 'how to' guide for how to answer the questions based on the 2015 paper.
This booklet is well-presented and easy for pupils to use, and can be easily adapted for any topic/unit.
AQA (9-1) GCSE History - Conflict and Tension 1918-39 - Lessons 6 - 9 - To what extent did the Big Three achieve their aims?
4 ready to go lessons including source work, exam technique and subject knowledge. Exam technique sheets have been created and are included in this lesson. Students will need access to the green AQA approved textbook 'Conflict and Tension 1918-39'.
This is an assessment book for students studying AQA History: Germany 1890-1945. For each of the 6 Question types there are exemplar answers with commentary (from AQA), tips on how to structure the response, and 2x practice questions for each question type, with the mark scheme below each question (making marking easy as the teacher can highlight/underline the appropriate comments) and then space for additional teacher comments.
I have found these booklets so helpful as all of their practice questions are in one place, so it’s easy for students to see my comments on their first attempt of this question to then take this feedback on board when writing this again.
All of the appropriate sources are in the booklet, so this is ready to be printed and used.
A five lesson introduction to the new AQA GCSE History Making of America course looking at the American West. The resources needed can be printed straight from the Powerpoint.
There is NO exam technique/how to answer essay questions in these lessons. I am still working on a resource to teach this to students, so this will be up soon as a separate powerpoint, and teachers can then fit bits into their own lessons.
Five lessons (most of which are double lessons) covering Part 2 of the New AQA GCSE History Making of America course:
- Fort Laramie Treaty
- The Indians Wars
- Causes of American Civil War
- Home front in Civil War
- Mountain Meadow Massacre
Most resources have been adapted from the resources suggested by AQA. The other sheets I have made based on what the specification expects students to know.
These lessons don't cover exam technique.