First lesson of the scheme - changes made by the Normans to England Lesson exploring the Harrying of the North. Decision making starter on views of William, source carousel/investigation of the events/actions and results of the rebellion, discussion on how the Harrying helped William, leading to a 4 mark describe GCSE style question, interpretation plenary.

A review starter/plenary for AQA 8145 Health and the People - focused on key terms. Pupils must unscramble the anagram and then write a definition for the word/person. Unscrambled anagram answers included.

Lesson outlining the causes and impact of the Good Friday Agreement. The lessons starts by reviewing the Downing Street Declaration and linking it to wha it was like in northern Ireland by 1997. Pupils then use the hand out to underline and annotate why there was a good chance that peace could be achieved in 1997. A video then outlines the Good Friday Agreement with a focus on the positives and negatives of this. Using the video and hand out students then explore the disagreements that emerged after the GFA. Students then bring their learning together and list the main reasons for the success of the peace process in Northern Ireland. A summary timeline is completed for homework outlining the key aspects of Northern Ireland from 1960, categorised into successes and failures.

Fourth lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring what the Black Death was. RAlly-robin source starter, data capture information hunt investigating the Black Death, analysis of the ‘causes’ of the Black Death assessing how ‘believable’ each appears, explanation answer on why there were so many incorrect causesof the Black Death leading to a recap quiz plenary.

A resource focusing on reviewing key individuals/topics/concepts from AQA 8145 Elizabethan England unit. Pupils match up three key words to write on their whiteboards and explain the link between them. Pupils must match up as many as possible. Challenge question included.

A resource focusing on reviewing key themes from AQA 8145 Elizabethan England unit. Pupils must explain the links between the two topics/topics and images. Could also be completed as a homework activity.

A review starter/plenary for AQA 8145 Health and the People - focused on linking key concepts/images to review knowledge.

A review starter/plenary for AQA 8145 Health and the People - focused on the themes of surgery, causes and cures and public health. Opportunity to review key content, develop skills of explanation/description and revisit themes. Challenge questions built in.

Resource focusing on reviewing the key content for AQA 8145 Elizabethan England - anagrams must first be unscrambled and then a definition or explanation given for the word/individual next to this. Answers also included as a comment.

Resource useful as a starter or plenary reviewing the historic site Kenilworth Castle. Teacher answers included.

Revision materials allowing for a knowledge review of the Korean War

A knowledge organiser summarising the key content required as part of the AQA 2024 Historic Environment study of Drake’s Circumnavigation 1577-1580. It covers, who Drake was, why he embarked on the journey, key events, benefits and dangers, impact and overall success, alongside tips on how to approach the question

Lesson five in the series of lessons focusing on Kenilworth Castle - the historic environment study 2021 The lesson focuses on recapping the key aspects of Kenilworth and why Dudley rebuilt it. The lesson starts with a review of the five main factors in a ‘giant post-it note’ task, leading to students using the AQA produced resource booklet on Kenilworth, and the previous lessons to complete the A3 knowledge audit. Students then discuss what Kenilworth can tell them about Elizabethan England, leading to a written answer on how Kenilworth Castle would have influenced Elizabethan England. Finally a taboo plenary recaps key terminology.

Knowledge organiser for the 2023 Historic Environment site Sheffield Manor Lodge. For use with revision, giving an over and complimenting the L1-8 on Sheffield Manor Lodge.

Knowledge organiser for the 2022 Elizabethan England Historic environment topic - Burghley’s Almshouses. The organiser covers why poverty increased, how the government tackled poverty, what motivated the government, Burghley’s personal motivations and why more almshouses were built across England in this period.

A knowledge organiser for the 2021 historic environment Kenilworth Castle. Covers all the key content for students and links to the 7 lesson SOL giving students an overview of the motivations behind the redevelopment of Kenilworth, linked with the key design features.

Lesson focusing on planning an answer to: “By 1964 Britain could no longer consider herself a world power” (25 marks). The lesson starts with pupils recapping the previous three lessons focusing on how Britain was and was not a world power by 1964 (evidence gathering). Students then use the mark scheme to set a target from their previous 25 mark essay to achieve the level above. Split the students in half with half planning one side of the essay, the others opposing the argument, then pair students up to swap their learning. The plenary links in to the judgement element asking pupils how far they agree Britain was no longer a world power by 1964.

A review starter/plenary for AQA 8145 Health and the People - focused on the key individuals throughout the course. Challenge question included to recap other key themes associated with the 16 mark essay question.

L7 in the 2023 Historic Environment series on Sheffield Manor Lodge. This lesson explores why the functions, features and purposes of SML with a thematic approach utilising the AQA Historic Environment booklet. The lesson begins with students recapping the previous 6 lessons in a ‘giant post-it’ starter, reviewing the learning. Students then complete the A3 data capture using the source booklet extracting evidence on how SML shows: Wealth of the owner, improved security for Elizabeth, how it was designed to host royalty, it’s location and how it developed over time. Students use this information to then explore what SML can tell us about Elizabethan England in this period leading to a judgement on the MAIN purpose of SML at this time. Finally students complete a 3, 2, 1 retrieval plenary.

A review starter/plenary for AQA 8145 Health and the People - focused on the key themes of surgery, causes and cures and public health. Students match up three words and must write a definition explaining the links. Challenge questions built in.