Used mainly with year 7 and 8 students, this unit, THE MALI EMPIRE, uses eight sets of slides to illustrate the history of this amazing empire.
The topics include: *
Timeline of the Empire from 1240 to 1468
The rise of the Mali Empire
The governance of the Empire of Mali
Trade
Culture
Mansa Musa I
Mali - a centre of learning
The Fall of the Empire
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Each lesson has worksheet activities interspersed throughout the slides, to focus attention and stimulate thinking.
This unit consists of eleven lessons aimed at students in Year 7 to 10, Grade 6 to 9. Each lesson has power point slides and worksheets.
Topics include:
The Power of the Catholic Church
Causes of the Reformation
Timeline of the Reformation
Martin Luther
Huldrych Zwingli
English Reformation – Henry VIII
English Reformation - Henry VIII the Supreme Head of the Church
English Reformation - Henry VIII Establishing the Church of England
English Reformation – Bloody Mary and Elizabeth I
John Calvin
John Knox
In developing their historical perspective, students learn about events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally for example, the first aeroplane flight. Orville and Wilbur Wright are credited with inventing the airplane. They were the first to make a successful human flight with a craft that was powered by an engine and was heavier than air. This unit tells their story:
Meet the Family
Growing Up
It’s off to Work we Go!
Building Gliders
Building Planes
There are five power point presentations and five worksheets.
This seven lesson unit carries the students through the why and how of a turning point in history – Pearl Harbor.
Lesson topics, with slides and worksheets:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes President
A Changing World
The League of Nations
The Road to Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Pearl Harbor Attacked
America enters the War
Aimed at 5 to 6 year olds, this unit covers the objectives for early learning of history. I have used it with Year 1.
The topics help students to
group according to different criteria related to history
understand what evidence is
experience collecting evidence
chronicle the development of toys on a simple time line while developing a concept of where they fit in the time line
and record using a graph, drawings and labels and time lines.
Topics include:
Our Favourite Toys
Finding out about the Past
Toys from different Decades
All children played with Toys!
Years and Years of Toys
Time lines
Each topic starts with power point slides and is followed by a worksheet of 2 to 3 pages. Teachers may also choose to do some of the activities between slides.
Black Death and its Social and Economic Impact is a four lesson unit. It includes the topics:
What was Black Death?
The continuing spread of the Disease.
The impact of Black Death on society.
The economic effects of Black Death.
Suitable for KS3 / Middle School, the unit consists of four sets of power point slides and worksheet activities.
Follow the path of the English campaigns against Scotland and Wales, from 1066.
Ten lessons with learning activities and ten power point presentations. The unit covers:
Scotland and Wales at the time of William the Conqueror
The relationship between England and Wales
The relationship between England and Scotland
The establishment of the Welsh Marches
Edward I’s conquering of Wales
The aftermath of the defeat of Wales
Edward I’s control of Scotland
Rebellion: William Wallace
Resistance: Robert the Bruce of Scotland
Continuing conflict
Used mainly with Year 7 / Grade 6.
The Restoration of the monarchy in Britain is covered in this unit aimed at 13 to 15 year old students.
Broken down into twelve, easily managed lessons using power point slides, this unit covers the topics:
The Ending of the Protectorate
Early life of King Charles II
Personal attributes of Charles II
Commencing the Reign
The Plague of London
The Great Fire of London
The Anglo-Dutch Wars
Trade in the New World during Charles II’s reign
The Succession Crises
The Social and Cultural Change during the Reign of Charles II
Timeline of King Charles II’s reign
The Reign of King James II
The presentations are interspersed with questions inviting student participation and there is space on the accompanying worksheets for responses.
An interesting history of the Sumerian Civilization. Each lesson looks at a different aspect and consists of a power point presentation and worksheets. Aspects covered are:
The Sumerian Civilization
Sumerian City States
Society and Family Life
Language and Writing
Religion
Agriculture and Trade
Art and Architecture
Science and Mathematics
Sumerian Defence and Military
Legacy of the Sumerians
A great lesson on this ancient civilization. Throughout the power point presentation, students can discuss the structure of the Sumerian society and the role of the family. Activities on the worksheet include the interpretation of Sumerian drawings of classes of society and comprehension questions.
This unit is a study of a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history: Early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900.
Lessons include:
The beginning of the Islamic civilization
Important aspects of Islam
Time line of the early Islamic civilization
The rise and fall of Baghdad
Daily life in Baghdad
Center of learning
Early Islam civilization Trade
Early Islamic Art
The important cities in the Islamic civilization
Legacy of the Islam civilization
In this lesson: The Maya Civilization is depicted through slides.
Students will be able to place important events in the Maya civilization on a time line.
They will also be able to offer reasons for their decline.
There is a Time line activity in the worksheet and a comprehension activity from the text.
While this is a standalone lesson, the rest of the series explores other interesting aspects of the Maya culture and life.
Explore this ancient civilization with your students. Use the ten power point presentations to provide information and visual context. Ten worksheets form part of this pack for students to interact with the information and notes.
The following topics are covered:
The Maya Civilization (This lesson is available free on TES)
Maya City States ± 600AD
Society
Religion
Warfare
Agriculture and Trade
Writing And Literacy
Mathematics, Astronomy and The Calendar
Maya Art
Maya Architecture
A set of fourteen lessons, presented using power point slides, each with worksheet activities interspersed. The unit covers:
*Sons of Liberty
Governing after the Revolutionary War
The Constitutional Convention
The formation of government
Constitutional Amendments and the Bill of Rights.
The Founding Fathers
Founding Mothers
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
James Madison*
I have used this with KS 3 (Grades 5 to 7)
This is a nine lesson unit on Changes Crime and Punishment from the Anglo-Saxons to Today. Each lesson has a powerpoint presentation and worksheets with learning activities.
Topics include:
The Church and the Monarch in the Middle Ages
The Anglo Saxons
Norman Law
Attempts to Curtail Church Privilege
First Attempts at Fighting for Human Rights
The Crime of Witchcraft
Religious Turmoil and Revolution 1500-1700
Towards the Industrial Revolution 1700-1900
The 20th and 21st Centuries
Used mainly with Year 6 (Grade 5), the content provides good information and has opportunities to discuss, compare and give opinions interspersed.
This unit aims to help students to connect the different empires in Mesopotamia and evaluate their contributions to the development of civilization in the region.
Lessons include the topics:
Development of Civilization - Sumerians
The First Empire – The Akkadians
Timeline of Ancient Mesopotamian Empires
The Babylonians
The Assyrians
The Neo- Babylonians
The Persians
Alexander the Great – the Greeks
There are 8 lessons, each with power point slides and worksheets with learning activities. I have used this series with year 4 to 6.
A comprehensive unit outlining the development of women’s rights and the fight for suffrage. Power point slides and worksheet activities can be used to follow each lesson.
The following topics are covered:
Standing Up for Women’s Rights
Opposing Women’s Suffrage
Fighting for Freedom in the UK
The Call gets Louder in the US
World War 1 and the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Black Women’s Suffrage
18th and 19th Century – Women’s Suffrage Around the World
20th and 21st Century – Women’s Suffrage Around the World
Used with students in Year 7, 8 and 9 (Grade 6, 7 and 8)
This unit gives a good history of the 1707 Act of the Union, Hanoverian Succession and the Jacobite Invasions, using power point slides. There are topics for discussion and space on the worksheets for responses.
The Act of Union of 1707
The Hanoverian Succession
George I and the House of Hanover
The House of Hanover
The Jacobites
The Jacobite Invasion of 1715
The Jacobite Invasion of 1745
Events before, during and as a consequence of The First World War are presented in this twelve part unit.
Topics covered are:
Victoria and Albert’s vision for Europe
Alliances in Europe
Tensions in Europe
War is Declared – 1914 and 1915
Ottomans and Italians enter the War - 1914 and 1915
Trench Warfare
War - 1916
A new type of warfare
War - 1917
War - 1918
Ending the war – The Treaty of Versailles
Ending the War – a new world
Each topic can be used as one lesson. There are discussion activities interspersed in the power point slides with space to record on worksheets.
A history of the Qing Dynasty including lessons on:
The Chinese Dynasties
The Rise of the Manchu
Establishing the Qing Dynasty in China
Stabilizing the Empire
High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Kangxi Emperor (1651 to 1722)
High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Yongzheng Emperor (1722 to 1735) High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Qianlong Emperor (1722 to 1796)
Decline and Fall (1896 to 1911)
The Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion.
The control of the Qing Dynasty by the Dowager Empress Cixi (1662 to 1908)
The Xuantong Emperor and Uprisings in China
The Wuchang uprising and the Xinhai revolution
Puyi – the “Political Football”
There are power point slides with activities interspersed and worksheets for each lesson.