25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history.
Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
25 years of experience as Assistnt Head; Head of Humanities and AST for history.
Resources generally for KS3-KS5 history, some that can be used as English resources, and some politics/citizenship resources
This bundle contains 3 lessons plus a quiz and word search lesson focusing on life in Norman England. The lessons are:
Change and continuity in the law and the Norman legal system law
Life on the Medieval Manor
The power of the Church in Norman England
Quiz on the whole of the Normans unit of work plus a homework word search
Each lesson contains a range of activities testing all assessment objectives.
This is a section of a 12 lessons unit of work on the Norman Conquest; William’s consolidation of power and life in Norman England also available.
This bundle contains 3 lessons (1 hour and 30 minutes each) which have been created to teach key topic 3 (The Reformation and its Impact) of the Henry and his Ministers unit for the EDEXCEL history GCSE. Each lesson is fully resourced and contains activities which enables students to develop the skills that they will need for the examination.
This booklet complements the scheme of learning on ‘What is History?’ also available. It can also be used as a stand alone resource. The work booklet focuses on the skills needed for a successful transition from Year 6 to 7 in history and considers the discipline of history through sources; interpretations; chronology and other second order concepts. All of the necessary information is in the booklet/activities/spaces for students to write. This is a very useful resource either to use in class or for students working from home or for holiday work.
Duration
6 x 1 hour lessons/independent learning.
The booklet contains 34 pages and can either be used as a hard copy or online.
This workbook contains 36 key Cold War events, and has been created to help students answer questions asking them why events are importance.
2 short paragraphs have been written for each event explaining a reason why it is important. Lower prior attaining students aiming for levels 4/5 need to learn them and write another reason as a third paragraph. Higher attaining students need to extend the reasons, and then add another detailed one of their own.
They will learn the importance of the events as they write.
This wall display for black history month wall display honours and highlights the achievements of twenty people who have contributed to black people under 4 categories:
Activists: Rosa Parks; Steve Biko; John Lewis; Harriet Tubman and Nelson Mandela
Artists: Sammy Davis Jr; Maya Angelou; Louis Armstrong; Akon and Whoopi Goldberg
Politicians: Barak Obama; Bernie Grant; Kamala Harris; Diane Abbot and David Lammy
Blak Sportspersons: Jackie Robinson; Venus and Serena Williams; Mo Farah; Marcus Rashford and Tiger Woods
You will require a relatively large display board - pictures can be printed on A4 instead of A3 if space is limited. Includes lettering and arrows for cutting out.
This bundle contains 5 lessons, each designed to address a different skill required on the GCSE Papers.
Inferences
Causation
Source Utility
Interpretations
Evaluation
The lessons are taught through modeling and repetition and are useful preparation for assessments which feed into the TAGs.
Each lesson takes approximately an hour to teach, however may overrun and the students may need to complete some of the activities for homework.
This bundle has been created for the new GCSE Edexcel 9-1 Breadth Study - Migrants in Britain. It contains the third 4 lessons for key topic 1 - Medieval Britain. Impact of migrants. Each lesson examines the impact of a different group of migrants coming to England in the medieval period. They contain a variety of activities and relevant clip to aid learning. Each lesson includes the opportunity to start mastering the different examination question types through modeling and sharing criterion.
Duration:
Each lesson takes an hour to teach
The two power points contain approximately 5-6 lessons (depending on lesson length) worth of revision materials and practice questions for the GCSE Russian depth study. Each includes content; explanations of question types; model answers and activities with writing frames to enable the students to obtain a really strong grasp of the requirements of this paper.
This resource is a 79 page workbook (space for answers included) which is aimed at helping students understand the assessment requirements for the new EDEXCEL Migrants in Britain breadth study.
It contains:
A course outline
The EDEXCEL generic mark scheme for reference
Instructions on how to answer each question type with explanations of the AOs and how to gain the marks for each
A sample answer for each question-type with commentary on where the marks are gained
Practice questions for each question type (8 for questions 1 and 3, and 4 for questions 2; 4 and 5/6)
A glossary area where students can record key terminology with definitions to help maximise SPaG marks
This can be used as a single document to keep all assessments together and it addresses the lack of sample questions available for the new option. It can also be used as evidence for predicted grades (or TAGs if that becomes necessary).
Printing costs can be reduced by either sharing with students online, or by removing the pages for writing and asking students to write the answers in their books.
This guide contain all that GCSE students need for success on the Weimar and Nazi Germany Depth Study. It is based on information from the EDEXCEL specification and official EDEXCEL text book.
Each question type is explained step by step
Model answer for each question type
A selection of practice questions
All knowledge is tabulated at the back of the booklet
This bundle contains 4 lessons (1 hour and 30 minutes each) which have been created to teach key topic 2 (Henry and Cromwell) of the Henry and his Ministers unit for the EDEXCEL history GCSE. Each lesson is fully resourced and contains activities which enables students to develop the skills that they will need for the examination.
These knowledge and revision mats are for the whole Weimar and Nazi Germany depth study on the Edexcel and Cambridge history specification for GCSE and IGCSE. They contain the key knowledge needed and revision questions. They are very concise and can be downloaded and laminated. Each contains a practice question on the topics so that students can practise examination technique.
This bundle contains 6 displays for the history classroom suitable for primary and secondary school students.
Display 1 contains key features of Anglo-Saxon life with images and descriptions.
Display 2 contains images and descriptions of a key person for each week of the academic year - these can be blown up; laminated and changed each week for the benefit of the whole school
Display 3 contains an image of an important person in history with key information for every day of the academic year. This display can be changed each day for the benefit of the whole school.
Display 4 Victory in Europe Day timeline which traces the events in chronological order that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany and is suitable for VE Day celebrations (other resources for VE day also available)
Display 5 Match pictures and events; put them in chronological order and create a detailed timeline of the Cold War events. Would need a large notice board for this display. Lettering also included.
Display 6 A challenge wall display for pupils to have fun and work out some historical problems.
No more display making for a history teacher for a whole year!
This breadth study focuses on the governments of Henry VII’s personal government to Henry VIII’s reliance on his ministers.
It is mainly focused around interpretations of history as required by the A Level specification; is complete with resources and takes about 8/10 hours to teach. It also allows students to open with a debate on how far Henry VII had consolidate his power after Bosworth to link previous learning (lessons available.)
Key focus: Was there a revolution in government?
These resources have been created to teach the Presidency of Eisenhower at A Level. They have been produced for the AQA American Dream Unit but can be used for any course on post war America.
They involve detailed source analysis and pay particularly close attention to Eisenhower’s foreign policy as detailed on the specification. It would take about 10 lessons to deliver the work contained in these resources.
This bundle contains everything needed to teach the Presidency of JFK at A level. It is fully resourced with varied activities and examination practice. It is suitable for any A level board but was specifically made for the American Dream Unit on the AQA board.
There are about 10 hours worth of lessons included.
This bundle contains all of the resources required to teach the foreign policy of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. One of the resources also contains a historiography of Henry VII’s financial policy.
Learning opportunities revolve around the study of interpretations as required by the A Level examination.
VE Day on May 8th. It is suitable for primary and secondary school and contains:
An assembly/lesson - the first part of the ppt is an assembly containing images/clips/explanations about the significance of VE day and the aftermath of the war (approx 20 mins). If it is used as a lesson there are tasks incorporated in the 2nd part of the presentation to support building on writing evaluative answers (in this case weighing up the consequences of the aftermath of the Second World War). The lesson will take approximately an hour to teach, but students may need time to complete the work for homework.
A VE Day Quiz and discussion opportunity - useful for a tutorial or a history lesson. The quiz is on a ppt - so can be delivered to the whole class at the samr time - it is followed up with a discussion about VE Day.
VE Day timeline - this timeline contains 20 key events of 1945 leading to victory in Europe. Each event is on a separate sheet and contains an explanation and a colourful image - will need space for 20 sheets of A4 to go around the classroom.
VE Day wordsearch/quiz - can be used as a starter or an extension activity.
An alternative lesson - was Dresden justified or was it a war crime? Using sources and extended writing.
This bundle has been created to cover President Johnson’s administration. The lessons were made for the AQA A Level American Dream unit, but can be used for any post 16 post war study of the USA.
These resources are useful for classroom or corridor display in any classroom in either primary or secondary schools. They are bright; colourful and aid learning/building wider knowledge.
Command terms display - 20 command terms, each with definitions of each term and an image to make them eye catching. Each can be laminated on either A4 or A3 and pupils can use them to understand what they are being asked to do.
Person of the week display - a picture and a description of a key person for each week of the academic year. Can be changed each week to create an changing display.
A key event in history - picture and description - for each day of the academic year. Can be changed daily to introduce knowledge of an ever growing number of key events to students.
Timeline for VE day.