Explore the Silk Road through this interactive History Scheme of Work! Includes amendable PPTs, Word Documents with adaptable support. This pack has 9 lessons that each have an enquiry question. The lessons are as follows: Introduction to the Silk Road Alexander the Great vs Darius III The Origins of the Silk Road in China The Silk Road connection of Rome and China Cities along the Silk Road Religion and Culture along the Silk Road The Mongols transforming the Silk Road The Decline of the Silk Road including the Black Death The Legacy of the Silk Road This is a great ‘bridging the gap’ Scheme of Work from Year 6 to Year 7 in which the topic looks at the late Antiquities period usually taught at KS2 to the Medieval Period usually taught at KS3. Each lesson includes the following: Do Now starter 2-3 Main Activity Tasks Teacher Talk Content Adapted Teaching mechanics for lower ability students and Challenge tasks for high ability. Hinge Questions to check whole class understanding Word Document Resources (Only if needed) Plenary Task The Lessons are heavily influenced by Peter Frankopan’s The Silk Road Illustrative Edition Book. I would highly recommend buy this book as a supplement to the scheme of work. If you want to check out an example of this scheme of work, my first lesson is for free on Tes. If you like what you see, please contact me on what other products I could make for you whether that be history, geography, RS or philosophy.

Explore the Silk Road with this free, interactive History lesson! Includes mystery challenges, trading games, hazards and cultural exchange activities. The Lesson has the following: A Do Now starter Lesson Objectives following Blooms Taxonomy Knowledge Content and Keywords on the Silk Road Three Activity Tasks with adapted teaching support Hinge Questions Plenary This was heavily influenced by Peter Frankopan’s The Silk Road Illustrative Edition Book and is recommended to buy as an additional support tool. If you like my lesson, check out my Silk Road Scheme of Work

This lesson is an introduction to the foundations of Rome. It is suitable for students in Year 7/8 at KS3, but could be modified for KS2 purposes. It is an interactive lesson and is suitable for students that have access to a laptop. This lesson focuses on the Romulus and Remus myth and what factors contributed the most to the foundations of Rome. Please note that the PPT slide is in kiosk mode, which is the preferred option for this lesson as it allows you to click on sections of the slide to interact with the different slides. You would have to disable kiosk mode to have the standard presentation slide.