The Places have basic starting with or ending with to distinguish whether they are Roman, Viking, Saxon or Norman. Great for post-1066 lesson or learning about local geography. Use a local or national map. The Words tasks are quite simple and show the students how many words in English are actually from elsewhere.

Simple and straightforward lesson showing images of Charles I which project him to be heroic and kind. Students break down the images into set categories then write up how the author intended the audience to respond to Charles I. The potential for a one-off lesson or ICT tasks for lesson or homework. The profiles provide a contrast. This could be an extension or be prior reading before the lesson.

Look for my Civil War Bundle. This is a lesson that makes use of freely available INFO sheets and asks students to extract relevant points from different sources and communicated their answers onto a PROFILE sheet. The ALTERNATIVE LESSON or extension lesson makes use of the different visual sources and poses the question on her he wanted people to see him. Wordsearch and Key Terms can be used for starters or home work assignments. There is a little bit of English bias here. I have tried my best to eliminate it. Personally, I feel he gets a bad rap and is comparable to most monarchs before him and elsewhere in Europe. LO: To select information & communicate it effectively.

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 is a good coda lesson after you have taught about the Abolitionists and the End of Slavery in Great Britain. It makes use of the song as evidence and frames the factors behind abolition in a different light. I recommend having different versions of the song, so you can have them playing for students unfamiliar with the song. Home Free Vocal Band have a wonderful acapella version.

This resource combines the FREE Famous African Americans - Bonus Research Lesson and my PAID Historical Significance resource.

We all know what an elevator pitch is. Here I have adapted them to History. But you have bought the original so do what you will ;) Have your students complete one as an activity, starter, plenary or even a homework. Here are various worksheets and handouts in A5 and A4 format for them to complete. The Powerpoint explains it all. Have fun!

You will need computers for this lessons. Check out the FREE version for a sample of the lesson. This is probably one to four lessons depending if you have already explored significance with your class. 1 - Inventions PESCM Sheet / Historical Significance 2 - Research ICT Tasks 3 - Collate Information using writing frames The different inventions are given out as A4 prompts for their research. The writing frames are then given out to serve as starters for the writeup.

It does what it says on the tin. Simple sheet with key missing words at the bottom of the page Students should study the event first. Possible Homework

All of the displays and presentations are in this resource. The "Add a source" files are PPT that explain how they can be used to create double-sided handouts for an activity or homework exercise. Find a technique that works for you and your students. I have created four different potential worksheets from the PPTs, you could create six more from the resources here. Why not display a few and see which the students prefer.