During World War I, Princess Mary visited hospitals and welfare organizations with her mother; assisting with projects to give comfort to British servicemen and assistance to their families. One of these projects was Princess Mary's Christmas Gift Fund, through which £100,000 worth of gifts was sent to all British soldiers and sailors for Christmas, 1914. Princess Mary&'s public duties reflected her concerns with nursing, the Girl Guide movement, and the Women&';s Services.

Gunner (born c. August 1941) was a stray male kelpie who became notable for his reliability to accurately alert allied airforce personnel that Japanese aircraft were approaching Darwin during World War II.

Key Word sheets for Modern World History GCSE

Information and task about Sophie Scholl - I combine this PP with the 2005 German Film.

You Say We Pay with 14 key words Can be printed as cards or pupils can pair up and play with the images projected on the board. Pupil 1 to describe the key word that is written in red lettering. Pupil 2 should have back turned to the board. Regards Steven

Richard III’s skeleton discovered Remains found beneath car park reopen debate over controversial king

Interesting story involving the famous sweet!

Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC & Bar, MC (9 November 1884 – 4 August 1917) was a British medical doctor and British Army officer who is one of only three people to be awarded a Victoria Cross twice.

Hundreds of RAF Bomber Command veterans have been getting a first look at the new memorial in London's Green Park honouring the sacrifice of 55,573 of their comrades during World War II.

The story of 'Stubby' the American pit-bull terrier.

The London matchgirls’ strike of 1888 was a strike of the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant and May Factory in Bow, London. The strike was caused by the poor working conditions in the match factory, including fourteen-hour work days, poor pay, excessive fines, and the severe health complications of working with white phosphorus, such as phossy jaw, but was sparked by the dismissal of one of the workers on or about 2 July 1888.[

Objectives: To learn about the Tudor Succession after the death of Mary I in 1558. To understand the Elizabethan Settlement.

Resources to support these objectives: To know who were the Tudors and what was expected of a Monarch. To understand the importance of a single event in the past such as the Battle of Bosworth. To understand what is meant by the Tudor monarchy. To know who Henry VII was and how he restored order in England after the Wars of the Roses. To understand the concept of change.

Resources/activities looking at how and why did Edward VI change the Church in England? Thanks to the author of the 2nd part of this resource.

Revision activities for Year 7 prior to exam assessment. Topics include: Anachronisms, Evidence, Bias, Chronology, Castles, Feudal System, Law and Order and Thomas Becket, Can be worked through by pupils in an IT suite/ laptops etc

Booklet of actitivities set for SEN and cover.

Resouces and activities for the War at Sea during WWI To know that the British Navy played a vital role during World War One. To understand that the Germans used submarine warfare to disrupt supplies to Britain.

Year 7 resources for Motte and Bailey study.

Mixture of activities related to a Robin Hood Enquiry.

Reinhard Heydrich (7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was one of the main architects of the Holocaust. Heydrich was attacked in Prague on 27 May 1942 by a British-trained team of Czech and Slovak soldiers who had been sent by the Czechoslovak government-in-exile to kill him in an operation code named Operation Anthropoid. He died from his injuries a week later. Pictures and video links to support discussion and interest for topic.