OCR SHP Making of America Lessons 3 - 5 which focus on slavery and the divisions between the Northern states and the southern states. Purposeful practice imbedded throughout, with source analysis and exam questions

OCR SHP Making of America Lesson 2 - Moving onto new lands. Map based activity explaining the growing pains that America faced moving onto new lands in the west. Source based exam question of Lewis and Clark

OCR SHP Making of America 1789 - 1900 Lesson 1 in the brand new spec - introducing the course with a source analysis on the painting 'First in Peace' then a investigation into the founding fathers and how the nation works and the three groups of people that live there. Complimented with dynamic learning's podcast on Who were the American's listening quiz.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Three snake templates that allow students to show what they know on a topic or write observations from a source. Was created and used with year 11 for revision.

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 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.

Three lessons on the suffragettes - used in a great women study OR as a bridging unit from the Victorians to the outbreak of WW1. Mystery of Emily Wilding's death, did she intend to die and what did people think of the suffragettes?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.