OCR SHP making of America unit 5 - lesson focused on how New York and Chicago developed positively or negatively

This is a template based on trip advisor to review an imaginary tour around a historic site such as castle or a workhouse. There is space for a description/picture and review rating.

OCR SHP Making of America review of the first 2 units 'New Beginnings' and 'Expansion West.'

OCR SHP Making of America - Lesson on Wounded Knee Creek and the Ghost Dance using a cause and effect tree

A revision round the clock template on medieval medicine for the SHP OCR Medicine through time spec. Used to revise 12 key features of medieval medicine in 60 minutes! 5 minutes per segement

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.

A comic strip to use with the last 2 hours of the film focusing on the case study of survival. 20 scenes of the film to focus upon and record a description/notes beneath.

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.

Two sheets that help examine life in the ghetto using the Pianist - A fake snap chat to review the first 15 minutes of the film and a using your senses sheet for the next 25 minutes to highlight what happens to the family.

A simple ladder inspired by the dulux paint charts to prompt pupils to reflect on what they have learnt, how they have learnt and if they enjoyed the activities etc

Question matrix to use when analysing sources, photographs or pictures.

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.

Inspired by many different twitter teachers this template uses a simple twitter keyboard to help pupils reflect or respond to a situation as a person from a era in History or link their learning of an event. Pupils chose 3- 5 emojis; circle them and they justify their thinking behind this. Can be used as a homework, starter or plenary/review.

Inspired by twitter teachers this review involves deciding which % the student has understood the content of the lesson and explaining their reasoning. Good way to assess learning or use as a exit ticket

Used with the old OCR SHP Medicine through Time spec to describe the process of mummification. Six Instagram templates with space underneath to summarise the process or answer an exam question or recall key words about the topic.

A template to analyse paintings, photos or pictures as a starter activity using a triangle/pyramid. Pupils are asked to record observational points, questions, predictions etc from 5 points down to their overall conclusion as to the what the source is about at 1.

Using the star shape, pupils have 5 reflective questions to answer based on the lesson. This is part of unpicking the meta-cognitive process of how they learnt, what they enjoyed, next steps etc. Useful for the teacher to gain feedback on the lesson taught.

7 different templates to use when studying life in a ghetto. Pupils imagine that they are looking out of their apartment window in the Ghetto and write a first person narrative as to what they can see in the street below. Originally used in conjunction with the Pianist film.

OCR SHP People's health - 3 lessons covering the importance of local and national government in early modern times, with a focus on York, the gin craze and 9 mark question to complete from dynamic learning

A selection of instagram quotes to help prompt pupils in the OCR SHP Medicine through Time spec to explain the 5 contributions of Hippocrates when assessing his importance. One of the most popular questions of the exam. In addition a mark the teacher's homework to the question with 13 incorrect errors as a model to then write own answer.