These lessons allow you to explore the causes in different ways. They do work without textbooks. Lesson 1 has the students looking at the causes from the point of view of Cromwell and looking at them as Power, Money and Religious causes. You should watch the first 10 minutes of the Cromwell Film. It is on DVD and edited parts are available online. Lesson 2 has the students exam a list of cases as if they were Power, Money or Religion or Political, Economic, Social, Cultural or Miltary factors. Lesson 3 or alternative for Lesson 2 looks at the list of events as Long, Medium, Short term and Trigger Causes. Here you can explore the snowball effect of events or shifting pendulum. (Watch more of the film) Lesson 4 makes use of the students previous, three lessons, your discussions and the film for them to form their own opinions. There are model answers and various supporting documents for them to use. These lessons can be combined. You can make use of the Wordles as fascinators or starter activities. The word searches can be starters or homework activities. There is a FREE version of some of these resources.

This resource uses 3 differently styled word clouds with the same content to create two types of activities. The first is a standard worksheet and the second a larger activity sheet. Both types of files are editable. @teacherstevo

GCSE Word searches on Early Elizabethan England Units 1-2 These are also useful for KS3 and A-Level. This bundles all of my previous word searches in a cheaper package These resources fit two-word searches onto one page of A4 for every sub-unit. There is also a one to a page version as well which has a section for keyword definitions. Most of the files are in DOCX format. Extra versions are in PDF and DOC format. Feel free to edit them, however, please do credit me @teacherstevo There are other GCSE word searches and other resources available.

GCSE Word searches on Early Elizabethan England Units 2-3 These are also useful for KS3 and A-Level. This bundles all 1 page previous word searches in a cheaper package

Learn with Emojis is a simple series of slides which contain A4 and A5 posters, activities, examples and more. Use them for revision, classroom activities and more. You have over 20 images which can be used as Posters for display and worksheets or Homework for your class. The PowerPoint and PDF just collect them all into one useful file.

Print of the Key Terms using the PDFs or the Presentations three or six to a page and have the students match them or mix and combine them to formulate a comparative answer to an exam question.

See other topics and American West Bundles. GCSE American West is often divided into three topic areas. Word searches for topic 2 cover: Key topic 2.1 The development of settlement in the West Key topic 2.2 Ranching and the cattle industry Key topic 2.3 Changes in the way of life of the Plains Indians These are 1-page word searches with space for definitions and additional space to have students write out the keywords three times to improve spelling. There are also 2 to page versions which also have a small space below for a single definition and single three-times write up. These are useful starters and the 1-page versions are appropriate for an extended activity or homework.

See other topics and American West Bundles. GCSE American West is often divided into three topic areas. Word searches for topic 3 cover: Key topic 3.1 Changes in farming, the cattle industry and settlement Key topic 3.2 Conflict and tension Key topic 3.3 The Plains Indians: the destruction of their way of life These are 1-page word searches with space for definitions and additional space to have students write out the keywords three times to improve spelling. There are also 2 to page versions which also have a small space below for a single definition and single three-times write up. These are useful starters and the 1-page versions are appropriate for an extended activity or homework.

LOOK OUT FOR MY ELIZABETHAN MEGA AND SUPER BUNDLES You have the images within a PowerPoint for you to manipulate and change to suit your needs.Each piece of WordArt covers a sub-unit of the GCSE Edexcel Early Elizabethan England Unit. Some have two pieces of WordArt. There are 16 in total. The PRINT version is the WordArt alone. The overlay is the same but with the unit heading so students can organise their thoughts. The 8 Key Words uses the WordArt and combines it with another paid resource to help with revision. They are in PDF so you can slice the A5 and have a quick exercise or discussion with them. Any concerns, simply message me. Wordcloud is there for your use.

Basic Handout for students to use with Source Questions on American West. Additional revision materials are included. What can you learn from Source A about the first transcontinental railroad across the USA? Describing what is there – 1-2 Infer meaning and use the source – 3-4 (Total for Question 1 = 4 marks) You have 12 lines to write on, which is half a page.

Lesson can be used for all sorts - I have used it with Titanic in recent years. The five R's is a method used to break down and examine the historical significance of an event or person. Many historians have different variations of this method. The five R's we will use are: Remembered, revealed, remarked, resonates and resulted. The order does not necessarily matter, neither the need to do all five of them.

These questions cover the key topics 1.1 to 3.3 of the new Edexcel GCSE on the American West. Teachers can insert these questions into your lesson slides. They can print them off and use them as starter, recap or plenary activities. They can amend them to meet the needs of their students. I choose the PowerPoint format because you can print different numbers of slides to a page and you can include them in your work.

See other topics and American West Bundles. GCSE American West is often divided into three topic areas. Word searches for topic 1, 2 & 3. These are editable Word documents. These are 1-page word searches with space for definitions and additional space to have students write out the keywords three times to improve spelling. There are also 2 to page versions which also have a small space below for a single definition and single three-times write up. These are useful starters and the 1-page versions are appropriate for an extended activity or homework. There is enough for use in 9 lessons. 9 starters and then can use one-page versions as homework