This is a simple timeline for display in your classroom with dates and images of Elizabeth that you can use to enhance the teaching of this course for either AQA, OCR, EDEXCEL

This is a series of 4 lessons looking at the exploration under the Elizabethans including Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh and the impact these voyages had. Exam questions are embedded throughout

This lesson looks at Hampton Court Palace and prepares for the historic environment question.

This is 2 lessons looking at Elizabeth’s relationship with Parliament and what parliament did in that time period. Exam questions are built in to each lesson.

A template with a honey pot an a bee to record key buzz words of a topic/lesson. Originally used when inv.estigating life in Ancient Egypt and Egyptian medicine

4 templates using the 'hooked' or 'fishing rod' to ask pupils what part of the lesson or topic caught their attention he most and they have retained.

Using 8 key scenes from the film Schindler's List pupils have to write a mini summary of what has happened. 8 shots from the film help pinpoint which scene is being summarised.

A writing activity using 3 everyday items in the Holocaust- shoes, glasses and suitcase. An instruction PPT then the templates for writing the account

This is a template for focusing on cause and effect, in particular to use with the new OCR spec for GCSE on the British Depth study of the Elizbethan poverty. Template can be adapted to suit other topics however that want to develop this important second order concept.

Starter looking at poverty in the Elizabethan times, specifically the new question for GCSE OCR SHP history in which students have to investigate a line of enquiry about a source. Using 4 pictures of poverty then and now students have to generate 5 questions and draw a conclusion as to what the lesson is about.

Template for rotation squares to assist in students answering questions that require a two sided argument. Can be used individually or as a group rotation between 4 students. This question was on whether the Atomic bomb should be dropped.

OCR SHP Making of America - fourth unit introduction and 2 lessons on the railroads with purposeful practice 10 mark question on the impact

OCR SHP Making of America Unit 5 - Lesson 1 on life for the native Americans 1877 - 1900

OCR SHP Making of America Unit 4 - 2 lessons on the Cattle Industry with PP and 6a questions interleaved for extension

Examination of the Californian Gold Rush using 4 mini clips and a worksheet to answer questions, then a info hunt to get basic idea of the conditions in the towns, followed by a question 7 type question comparing two interpretations of the gold rush. The videos will need to be opened with a suitable player

SHP OCR Making of America - What was the impact of the civil war pre and post the emancipation proclamation with 10 mark question included

This bite size video looks at the work of scientist Marie Curie and her achievements in the field of Physics, Chemistry and medicine.

Thus video looks at the Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963 which formed part of the UK Civil Rights movement

This video looks at Sacagawea the Native American Explorer who assisted Lewis and Clark on their expedition to across America.

This video looks at Edgar Atheling the boy contended to the throne in 1066 and what happens to him after Harold and William become King of England.