Three examples of essay responses for IGCSE style questions for the Changing Nature of Warfare. The essays cover questions on guerrilla warfare, air superiority and nuclear weapons. Each response covers the main themes of tactics, outcomes, technology and weaponry. Use with IGCSE students as examples of answers to question c.

A power point that provides information about WW1 trenches suitable for KS2 pupils. The resource includes a diagram to complete about a trench and could lead to pupils doing their own research or project.

A source investigation into the reputation of Richard III aimed at promoting historical enquiry and independent learning; try to decide whether Richard deserves the title of bad or evil. Aimed at KS3 there are secondary and primary sources here, each with extra research tasks. The aim is to encourage the pupils to be as independent as possible in their investigation and the resource includes a recording sheet and some suggestions of possible tasks and activities. The information works well with any investigation into Medieval England, the nature of kingship and the Wars of the Roses.

A KS2 SATs style reading task including text, questions and answers. The text has a cross curricular theme of Viking sagas and can be used as an example of further depth writing. The text can be a stand alone reading task or used as a writing task that can be extended by pupils. Use in KS2 as an example of the new reading paper question types or with any study of the Vikings and Viking sagas.

A presentation and activities that contains a huge amount of information about attitudes and approaches to crime in Anglo Saxon times on the eve of the Norman Invasion. Use with classes studying Crime and Punishment throughout different eras and as a overview of Anglo Saxon crime for GCSE. There are two sets of tasks at the end; task 1 is aimed at simple learning and task 2 involves more GCSE style questions. This presentation links to the new GCSE syllabus about the Anglo Saxons but also to the study of crime over time.

An investigative card sort designed to make your pupils think. Each card contains one possible abolitionist and should be used with KS3 at the end of your work on The Atlantic Slave Trade to help create an in-depth debate or essay about who was most responsible for abolition and why. The resource includes possible activities and contains the card about economics- raising the possibility that the trade was coming to an end anyway. There are many things to do here to help spark an investigative atmosphere in your class.

An introductory presentation to the Ancient Maya and has a real focus on why they are so mysterious. This introduces some basic facts like 'city states' and 'archaeology' to kick-start your study. Use with further information about the organisation of city states, sacrifice and temples to complete a rounded and fully focussed study. The resources at the end of the presentation include a map and a simple timeline and are useful to set pupils thinking.

Two activities that encourage historical and independent thinking about slave resistance - one for pupils to think from a slave perspective - the second to encourage the use of questions. The activity based on developing pupil questioning could also be used as a way to begin looking at sources and to demonstrate how a historian uses questions to help form conclusions. Further activities could include looking at a variety of differentiated sources on slave life on the plantations. Use within the KS3 study of the Atlantic slave trade as a method to start looking at slave resistance and rebellion in more depth. The accompanying worksheet could be used as a stand alone starter of scenarios to find a way to resist your slave task.

Test your pupils' knowledge of The Black Death with these differentiated vocabulary crosswords. A set of three crosswords; factual, easy and cryptic. The cryptic clues will require more thought and are all anagrams or concealed within other words. Use alongside your KS3 Medieval learning as possible starters, plenaries or fillers.

Investigate stone age footprints as an example of early stone age people in Britain. There are two presentations with connected recording sheet. There is also a 'walk through history' activity to try and demonstrate the length of time the world and man has been around. Use with upper primary alongside studies into early human history. The accompanying recording sheet is linked to the investigation and can be copied side by side to form a complete A3 sheet for groups. It also includes differentiated conclusion writing activities. The objectives are aimed at beginning to learn about the stone age and trying to form your own conclusions like a historian would need to do. Use as a group activity to encourage discussion and questioning.

Three differentiated crosswords based on Medieval Doom Pictures; factual clues, a simplified version and one cryptic. Use as fillers or starters when teaching Medieval beliefs and life. Pupils need to understand how anagrams work for the cryptic version.

Use these differentiated sheets to record what the Triangular Trade was and what was taken as cargo at each stage. The task is to independently research the trade to find the answers. Each sheet also contains an extra research task to deepen knowledge. Use with KS3 as part of their study with The Atlantic Slave Trade. Use as an introduction to the topic and allows follow through to further research into The Middle Passage.

A 'Walk Through History' practical investigation into the reliability of the Sections of a Slave ship source. Question your pupils with this re-enactment of the picture itself, and the information it gives. The activity is to start KS3 pupils thinking about the information they are given , and the difficulties in finding the 'truth'. Re-enact the source first then use the accompanying worksheets as a follow on task about recording findings and analysing the source, with differentiated sheets and questions. Use as an introduction into source work and particularly the Middle Passage.

Learn about slave methods of resisting their enslavement through information and pictures. The aim is to show how the Atlantic Slave Trade was not just accepted by the enslaved but it was common to resist. There is even a suggestion that the original picture gives a misleading impression. Use with KS3 in their study of The Atlantic Slave Trade and study of Black History. Use drama to re-enact the dynamic between owner and slave at the beginning them see if this changes at the end. Would be good used alongside a study of life on a slave plantation or as a contrast to active slave rebellions. Would also lead well into a further study of slave sources about the number of punishments given on plantations and so the effectiveness of the use of slaves itself.

A colourful presentation full of information and pictures about the Norse creation story and What the Vikings believed about the giants and gods. Use with KS2 to add interesting facts about the Vikings and their beliefs or as a comparison to other Creation Stories throughout the world and time. The end of the presentation leads into a creative activity to allow pupils to make a practical representation or display of the myth including using bones, beard and brain. Pupils should get a good understanding of the Viking world and would be excellent used along side the Horrible History sketch of a similar theme. It also allows and introduction to further study about the 9 Viking Worlds.

These learning mats help guide pupils through the areas of study involved in the Aztecs and the study of Non-European civilizations. The give a clear pathway to learning and can be stuck into books to demonstrate where pupils learning is heading. Also included are the quick learning tests linked with the learning mats that can be used as quick assessments when learning is complete. These guides will help you structure and complete a KS2 study of the Aztecs.

A presentation that gives information about the border regions and makes suggestions about why the Border Reivers didn't have normal rules of crime and punishment. Use as an comparison to Tudor and medieval methods of crime and punishment in KS4 and would provide an excellent introduction to an in-depth case study on the subject. It could also be used with KS2 as an example of lawlessness and compare Reiver details with other societies. Three differentiated tasks give pupils the chance to offer explanations. Objectives encourage using evidence to explain opinions. This is also a good start to begin a local study in more detail.