The 9th lesson for Making of America SHP OCR - looking at the journey the migrants faced going west using 4 character cards. Consolidation activities for a further lesson if need be, plus 9 mark question

OCR SHP Making of America Unit 5 lesson on what has happened to the Black Americans after reconstruction.

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

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

SHP OCR Making of America lesson 3 which is an 18 marker question consolidating first two lessons on the civil war

OCR SHP Making of America - 4 lessons on the process of reconstruction with purposeful practice and 18 mark question

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

OCR SHP People's Health Gimme 5 template on the symptoms, responses and reactions of the Plague

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.

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

A plenary of review based on the buttons of a remote control: PLAY, STOP, FAST FORWARD and REWIND, promoting reflection in the classroom on pupils performance and what they have learnt.

This video provides a brief overview of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John and wife of King Henry II and previously the wife of Louis VII.

This video is a brief overview of what happens after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June 1914. Suitable for KS3 or for AQA conflict and tension at GCSE

This bite size video looks at the First World War Nurse ; Edith Cavell and how she was shot by a German firing squad for smuggling Allied soldiers to Holland from occupied Belgium in 1915.

This bite size video looks at the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly ‘The day the music died’ and inspired the song American Pie

This bite size video looks at the revolt of Roman Gladiator Spartacus! Suitable for KS2 and KS3 studying the Roman Empire!

This video looks at the 75th anniversary of the victory in Japan on the 15th August 1945

This short video gives an overview of the revolts led by Boudicca - the Queen of the Iceni tribe during the rule of Britain by the Romans Suitable for KS2 and KS3 - athough some mature content for KS2

This video looks at the second part of Mary’s life after she flees Scotland, the plots she takes part in under house arrest and also her downfall and execution

This is a short 4 minute video on the life of Mary Seacole for AQA, OCR and Edexcel Medicine Through Time students and teachers or anyone who wants to include more women’s history in their lessons!