A current teacher of History and Government and Politics, with 15 years experience of creating excellent resources, delivering outstanding lessons, and achieving great results, with nine years experience of examining GCSE and A Level for Edexcel and AQA.
A current teacher of History and Government and Politics, with 15 years experience of creating excellent resources, delivering outstanding lessons, and achieving great results, with nine years experience of examining GCSE and A Level for Edexcel and AQA.
A great, visually vibrant lesson, with an array of activities, including differentiated tasks for higher and lower ability students, designed to to get students thinking critically, whilst developing historical, communication and literacy skills.
This lesson is largely student led, with a lot of extra challenges, allowing the teacher time to rotate the classroom and check progress.
Key components of the lesson include:
Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
Task 1: Reading, with comprehension task to acquire knowledge
An alternative comprehension task to offer variety
Task 2: Historical source skills activity
An alternative TASK 2, to develop critical thinking
Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
Differentiated task for lower ability students
Key word glossary for lower ability students
Extension tasks for extra challenge
An overview lesson of the German Blitzkreig of Poland.
A great, visually vibrant lesson, with an array of activities, including differentiated tasks for higher and lower ability students, designed to to get students thinking critically, whilst developing their communication and literacy skills, as well as developing their historical skills through source analysis.
This lesson is largely student led, with a lot of extra challenges, allowing the teacher time to rotate the classroom and check progress.
Key components of the lesson include:
Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
Task 1: Reading, with comprehension task to acquire knowledge
An alternative comprehension task to offer variety
Task 2: Historical source skills activity
An alternative TASK 2, to develop critical thinking
Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
Differentiated task for lower ability students
Key word glossary for lower ability students
Extension tasks for extra challenge
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**A lesson that you can pick up and deliver, last-minute, without any preparation!
This lesson is self-explanatory, largely student led and with a lot of extra challenges, allowing students to get on with clearly instructed tasks.
A great, visually vibrant lesson, with an array of activities, including differentiated tasks for higher and lower ability students, designed to to get students thinking critically, whilst developing historical, communication and literacy skills.
Key components of the lesson include:
Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
Task 1: Reading, with comprehension task to acquire knowledge
An alternative comprehension task to offer variety
Task 2: Historical source skills activity
An alternative TASK 2, to develop critical thinking
Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
Differentiated task for lower ability students
Key word glossary for lower ability students
Extension tasks for extra challenge
A comprehensive and concise overview of all the content students need, to be able to analyse Nazi Control and Opposition, 1933-39.
Built from the Edexcel specification and textbook, this PPT covers everything you need to know to plan and answer practice questions!
Suitable for teachers to teach from or for students to revise from.
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
A comprehensive and concise overview of all the content students need, to be able to analyse the Rise of the Nazis, 1918-1933.
Built from the Edexcel specification and textbook, this PPT covers everything you need to know to plan and answer practice questions!
Suitable for teachers to teach from or for students to revise from.
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
A comprehensive and concise overview of all the content students need, to be able to analyse the Life in Nazi Germany 1933-39.
Built from the Edexcel specification and textbook, this PPT covers everything you need to know to plan and answer practice questions!
Suitable for teachers to teach from or for students to revise from.
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
A comprehensive and concise overview of all the content students need, to be able to analyse Weimar Germany 1918-1933.
Built from the Edexcel specification and textbook, this PPT covers everything you need to know to plan and answer practice questions!
Suitable for teachers to teach from or for students to revise from.
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
A giant bank of all Crime and Punishment past paper questions, for students to practice their exam writing skills!
Each question has the relevant mark scheme and indicative content to accompany it and allow students to independently self-assess.
All question 1s, 2as, 2bs, 3s, 4s, 5 + 6s are grouped together.
A great resource for teachers to live-model best practice or to share with students to complete by themselves for revision.
A GREAT RESOURCE TO SHARE WITH STUDENTS TO QUIETLY REVISE FOR A WHOLE LESSON.
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
A comprehensive and concise overview of all the content students need, to be able to analyse Chapter 2 of the GCSE Edexcel Elizabethan course: Challenges at Home and Abroad.
Built from the Edexcel specification and textbook, this PPT covers all main content that you need to know to plan and answer practice questions!
THERE IS A 10 QUESTION RECALL QUIZ ON THE LAST SLIDE TO TEST STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRESENTATION.
Great for teachers to teach from or for students to revise from!
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
A comprehensive and concise overview of all the content students need, to be able to analyse Chapter 1 of the GCSE Edexcel Elizabethan course: Government and Religion.
Built from the Edexcel specification and textbook, this PPT covers all main content that you need to know to plan and answer practice questions!
THERE IS A 10 QUESTION RECALL QUIZ ON THE LAST SLIDE TO TEST STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRESENTATION.
Suitable for teachers to teach from or for students to revise from.
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
A comprehensive and concise overview of all the content students need, to be able to analyse Chapter 3 of the GCSE Edexcel Elizabethan course: Society and Exploration.
Built from the Edexcel specification and textbook, this PPT covers all main content that you need to know to plan and answer practice questions!
THERE IS A 10 QUESTION RECALL QUIZ ON THE LAST SLIDE TO TEST STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRESENTATION.
Suitable for teachers to teach from or for students to revise from.
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
This PowerPoint has all past paper questions for the GCSE Edexcel Elizabeth I paper, along with a model answer for each!
All question 1s are together and so are all question 2s and 3s.
They are also arranged into their relevant chapters, so that students can focus on one topic at a time.
Finally, there is a model answer for each question, for students to compare their answers to and to memorise for the exam.
There is a very good chance that this years questions will replicate past paper questions (or be very close!).
*Please leave a review if you find the resource useful!
This PowerPoint has all past paper questions for the GCSE Edexcel Cold War paper, along with a model answer for each!
All question 1s are together and so are all question 2s and 3s.
They are also arranged into their relevant chapters, so that students can focus on one topic at a time.
Finally, there is a model answer for each question, for students to compare their answers to and to memorise for the exam.
There is a very good chance that this years questions will replicate past paper questions (or be very close!).
*Please leave a review if you find the resource useful!
An overview lesson of the causes of WW2.
A great, visually vibrant lesson, with an array of activities, including differentiated tasks for higher and lower ability students, designed to to get students thinking critically, whilst developing their communication and literacy skills, as well as developing their historical skills through source analysis.
This lesson is largely student led, with a lot of extra challenges, allowing the teacher time to rotate the classroom and check progress.
Key components of the lesson include:
Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
Task 1: Reading, with comprehension task to acquire knowledge
An alternative comprehension task to offer variety
Task 2: Historical source skills activity
An alternative TASK 2, to develop critical thinking
Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
Differentiated task for lower ability students
Key word glossary for lower ability students
Extension tasks for extra challenge
A 15 slide, chronological, content overview of the main events of Henry VIII’s foreign policy for A Level History.
A perfect aid for a pre-mock or pre-exam revision session on Henry VIII’s foreign policy!
A comprehensive overview of Edward VI, based on the AQA specification and core content. The six major topics are covered in depth, from GOVERNMENT, SOCIO-ECONOMIC, RELIGION, FOREIGN POLICY and REBELLIONS, to SUCCESSION.
Perfect for consolidating key knowledge for exam revision, whether teacher led or to be shared with students.
I am a Tudors examiner for AQA and a veteran of 15 years teaching A Level Tudors.
Please see my shop for individual lessons, with activities.
*Please leave a review if you have found this resource helpful
A comprehensive overview of Mary I, based on the AQA specification and core content. The five major topics are covered in depth, from RELIGION, MARRIAGE, FOREIGN POLICY and REBELLION to SUCCESSES and FAILURES.
Perfect for consolidating key knowledge for exam revision, whether teacher led or to be shared with students.
I am a Tudors examiner for AQA and a veteran of 15 years teaching A Level Tudors.
Please see my shop for individual lessons, with activities.
*Please leave a review if you have found this resource helpful
A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on the Foreign Policy of Edward VI’s England, made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an examiner).
ALL content from the AQA specification is included (also relevant to other exam boards).
Also included:
Retrieval activities
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
Content overviews
Historical extracts and exam questions
Video clips
Plenary debate
Essay planning grid
A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on Northumberland’s Government of Edward VI’s England, made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an examiner).
ALL content from the AQA specification is included (also relevant to other exam boards).
Also included:
Retrieval activities
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
Content overviews
Historical extracts and exam questions
Video clips
Plenary debate
Essay planning grid
A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on the Western and Kett Rebellions of Edward VI’s England, made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an examiner).
ALL content from the AQA specification is included (also relevant to other exam boards).
Also included:
Retrieval activities
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
Content overviews
Historical extracts and exam questions
Video clips
Plenary debate
Essay planning grid