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I am a passionate UK trained teacher of History, Religion and Citizenship. I am heavily influenced by the International Baccalaureate Programme as well as the notion of Social Constructivism. I tend to create resources that require the use of IT. I am to create resources that are enjoyable for the students and require critical thinking skills.

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I am a passionate UK trained teacher of History, Religion and Citizenship. I am heavily influenced by the International Baccalaureate Programme as well as the notion of Social Constructivism. I tend to create resources that require the use of IT. I am to create resources that are enjoyable for the students and require critical thinking skills.
Lesson 13: The Third Servile War
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Lesson 13: The Third Servile War

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This is the 13th lesson in the Roman Unit In this lesson, students take on the role of Journalists and take notes in a 'hot off the press' style scenario as journalists. In the second part of this lesson students will type up a Newspaper article the reports the events of the Third Servile War. The lesson begins by eliciting from the students their knowledge of Spartacus. The plenary follows up on this by asking the students to discuss verbally their knowledge of Spartacus now that the lesson has taken place.
Lesson 5: Roman Food
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Lesson 5: Roman Food

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This is the 5th lesson of the Roman unit. In this lesson students research and take notes on Roman foods and dining etiquette. There is a research task for the entire class involved where the class research a recipe each and it all goes into a collective folder to become a 'Roman Cookbook' Not included in this lesson, but something I like to do is cook a Roman dish and serve it to the class after. There is a lesson plan attached.
Lesson 3: The language of the Roman Empire
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Lesson 3: The language of the Roman Empire

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This the third lesson of the Romans unit. In this lesson students research a list of nouns in Latin, French, Spanish and other Romanance languages to see the connection between Latin and its modern counterparts. The students also learn Roman numerals and play Roman Numeral Bingo. This lesson contains a lesson plan
Lesson 9: Roman Engineering
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Lesson 9: Roman Engineering

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This is the 9th lesson in the Roman Unit. This lesson is based on the TV Show American Inventor. In this lesson, the class receive some notes about some Roman Engineering, afterwards the class split into pairs and each pair must research a Roman invention and make a 'pitch' in the format of the show American Inventor. Each group must produce a power point and a cardboard model of the invention and attempt to sell it to the judges. Some face masks are included to represent the judges from the show. I usually give some chocolate to the class who make the best pitch. This lesson primarily aims to give students an opportunity to make and present an argument. A lesson plan is included.
Introduction to the Balkins Conflict of the 1990s: The Historical Context.
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Introduction to the Balkins Conflict of the 1990s: The Historical Context.

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This is an introduction lesson designed for Paper 3, HL IBDP History. "Balkan conflicts in the 1990s: reasons for, and consequences of, the conflicts; role and policies of Milosevic" as part of the unit, 'Post War Central and Eastern Europe' The lesson requires students to read the long term causes of the conflict going as far back as the Slavic settlement of the 7th Century. The conflict requires students to answer a series of 6 short questions on the information using the IB History Key Concepts. Finally students have to colour in a map of the Six Republics and Yugoslavia and research on the numerous ethnic groups inside of Yugoslavia.
Year 7/ MYP 1 mini unit: What is History
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Year 7/ MYP 1 mini unit: What is History

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This is a short introductionary Unit that is taught over two lessons for the Year 7/MYP 1 class. The unit requires students to explore the difference between a Primary and Secondary source as well as to arrange a series of events in the correct chronological order. The second part of the lesson requires the class to write articles that could go into a time capsule. As an interesting project over several years, I get the class to archive their articles onto a google site and let each year compare their articles to see if any major changes have happened in fashion or music. This mini lesson includes a Task brief that has a short stage by stage guide to completion as well as a Lesson plan and assessment rubric (In the MYP format)
The German Democratic Republic - 2 Lessons.
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The German Democratic Republic - 2 Lessons.

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This is a two part lesson on the Sovietisation of East Germany followed by a look at the policies that were put in place in East Germany. This lesson is designed for IBDP History Higher Level Paper 3 - Post War Central and Eastern Europe 1945 - 2000
The Romans: Entire Unit
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The Romans: Entire Unit

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This is a 15 topic unit on the Roman Empire for Key Stage 3, MYP 1-2 and Primary 6 or 7. The lessons are as follows: 1. Introduction 2. Growth of the Empire 3. Language 4. Religion 5. Food 6. Entertainment 7. Town Planning 8. Housing 9. Engineering 10. Roman Emperors 11. Join the Roman Army. 12. Who Killed Julius Caesar 13. The Third Servile War 14. Why did the Roman Empire Collapse? 15. Summative Assessment.