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I have been teaching since 2012 and have a passion for creating interactive resources which can easily be differentiated. I enjoy making PowerPoints to engage pupils in my lessons and ensure that all the tasks are relevant and exciting to the topic being taught. I teach History, Classical Civilisations, PSHCE and General Studies. In addition to this I am also the Career Coordinator at my school and have begun creating numerous schemes of work for Years 7,8 and 9 and drop down days.

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I have been teaching since 2012 and have a passion for creating interactive resources which can easily be differentiated. I enjoy making PowerPoints to engage pupils in my lessons and ensure that all the tasks are relevant and exciting to the topic being taught. I teach History, Classical Civilisations, PSHCE and General Studies. In addition to this I am also the Career Coordinator at my school and have begun creating numerous schemes of work for Years 7,8 and 9 and drop down days.
Revision Placemats for the Cold War (Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945-72)
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Revision Placemats for the Cold War (Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945-72)

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This resource includes 7 different revision place-mats covering the key topics of the Cold War. These have been created based on the new AQA GCSE topic: 'Conlict and Tension between East and West 1945-72' and cover the following questions: 1) Who was to blame for the Cold War? 2) How did the Cold War develop 1949-60? 3) How did the Cold War Transform 1960-72? I have used these with my classes and they have found them extremely useful. They choose a box a day to read and learn which enables them to focus their revision. If you have found this resource useful or want to get even more value for your money please follow this link to find a bundle of over 30 revision placemats covering a variety of AQA GCSE History topics: Major AQA GCSE History Revision Bundle
AQA GCSE History Revision: Power and the People -  Revision Placemats
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AQA GCSE History Revision: Power and the People - Revision Placemats

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AQA GCSE History Revision: Power and the People - Revision Placemats This resource includes 11 revision placemats covering all the topics of the new AQA GCSE topic, Power and the People. The placemats contain a mini summary of the topic, an in-depth summary of the causes, events and consequences of each event and also an explanation of how each of the different factors affected the ‘story’ of the named historical event. Each placemat is titled: • The Magna Carta • Simon de Montfort • The Peasants Revolt • The Pilgrimage of Grace • The English Civil War • The American War of Independence • The Chartists • Campaigns and Reformers • Trade Unions • Women’s Rights • The Rights of Ethic Minorities If you have found this resource useful or want to get even more value for your money please follow this link to find a bundle of over 30 revision placemats covering a variety of AQA GCSE History topics: Major AQA GCSE History Revision Bundle
Year 9 Careers Scheme of Work (6 one hour lessons with all resources)
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Year 9 Careers Scheme of Work (6 one hour lessons with all resources)

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This a brand new Year 9 Careers Scheme of Work with all the resources needed to teach effectively, (PowerPoints, Worksheets and Card Sorts). The aims of this scheme of work is to make the pupils reflect on what skills they have and how they may help them gain employment in the future. They then create a C.V using examples both good and bad. Finally, the pupils are introduced to apprenticeships, what they are and shown different reasons for applying for them.
Virgil’s Aeneid Book VII: War in Latium Bundle (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: The World of the Hero]
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Virgil’s Aeneid Book VII: War in Latium Bundle (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: The World of the Hero]

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Virgil’s Aeneid Book VII: War in Latium Bundle (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’] This resource contains: 4x PowerPoints (2x Key Events, 1x Characters,1x Themes ) 6x Worksheets 1x Revision Questions This resource contains 4 lessons covering the core content of Virgil’s Aeneid Book VII: War in Latium. All of the lessons are completely resourced, scaffolded and contain extension tasks to promote outstanding outcomes and results.
Virgil’s Aeneid Book VIII: Aeneas in Rome (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero']
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Virgil’s Aeneid Book VIII: Aeneas in Rome (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero']

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Virgil’s Aeneid Book VIII: Aeneas in Rome Bundle (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’] This resource contains: 4x PowerPoints (2x Key Events, 1x Characters,1x Themes) 12x Worksheets 1x Revision Questions This resource contains 4 lessons covering the core content of Virgil’s Aeneid Book VIII: Aeneas in Rome. All of the lessons are completely resourced, scaffolded and contain extension tasks to promote outstanding outcomes and results.
Virgil’s Aeneid Book IX: Nisus and Euryalus (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero']
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Virgil’s Aeneid Book IX: Nisus and Euryalus (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero']

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Virgil’s Aeneid Book IX: Nisus and Euryalus Bundle (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’] This resource contains: 4x PowerPoints (2x Key Events, 1x Characters,1x Themes) 10x Worksheets 1x Revision Questions This resource contains 4 lessons covering the core content of Virgil’s Aeneid Book IX: Nisus and Euryalus. All of the lessons are completely resourced, scaffolded and contain extension tasks to promote outstanding outcomes and results.
Virgil’s Aeneid Book XII: Truce and Duel (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]
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Virgil’s Aeneid Book XII: Truce and Duel (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]

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Virgil’s Aeneid Book XII: Truce and Duel (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’] This resource contains: 4x PowerPoints (2x Key Events, 1x Characters,1x Themes) 8x Worksheets 1x Revision Questions This resource contains 4 lessons covering the core content of Virgil’s Aeneid Book XII: Truce and Duel. All of the lessons are completely resourced, scaffolded and contain extension tasks to promote outstanding outcomes and results.
Women's Suffrage Bundle (5x lessons)
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Women's Suffrage Bundle (5x lessons)

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Women’s Suffrage Bundle (5x Lessons) This resource contains : 5x 1hr lessons which are fully resourced with worksheets and hyperlinked videos. This bundle focuses on the women’s suffrage movement in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century. It covers the traditional role of women in the 19th century and questions how much change there was. Three lessons focus on the actions on Suffragettes and Suffragists and questions how they helped or hindered women’s suffrage. All the lessons are accessible for all abilities and have ‘aim higher’ tasks to extend the most able in your class.
New AQA GCSE History Bundle: How did the Cold War transform 1960-72? (8 lessons with worksheets)
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New AQA GCSE History Bundle: How did the Cold War transform 1960-72? (8 lessons with worksheets)

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This resource consists of 8 lessons covering the topic of the ‘Transformation of the Cold War’ for the new AQA History GCSE (Topic: Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945-72). These have been created for the new AQA History GCSE and some lessons will require a textbook to provide some information (I have used the prescribed Walsh textbook). However, these can be easily edited with different page numbers for the tasks. All of the lessons have clear differentiated outcomes and expectations and the lessons are as follows: 1) Why was a wall built to divide Berlin in 1961? 2) Who came out of the Berlin Wall incident best? 3) How did Cuba create a standoff between the USA and the USSR? 4) What were the key events of the Cuban Missile Crisis? 5) Who gained the most from the Cuban Missile Crisis? 6) Why were people opposed to Communist rule on Czechoslovakia in 1968? 7) What were the consequences of the Prague Spring? 8) Why had Cold War tensions eased by 1972?
Homer’s Odyssey Revision Placemats Bundle (30+ Revision Placemats)
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Homer’s Odyssey Revision Placemats Bundle (30+ Revision Placemats)

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Homer’s Odyssey Revision Placemats Bundle This resource contains 33 Revision placemats all the key areas in Homer’s Odyssey – Key Events, Themes and Characters. (excellent revision for the OCR Classical Civilisations New A-Level exam). The placemats consist of the following: Key Events (x18 Placemats with a summary of all the required Books for the new OCR Classical Civilisations A-Level) Key Themes (x9 Placemats with a summary of each theme across the whole Odyssey) Key Characters (x6 Placemats with a summary of each character and their impact within the Odyssey) These are excellent revision tools and can be used to support the learning of students both within and outside of the classroom. I have printed them off for all my students on card and they often comment on how useful they are.
Who were the Greek Gods? (whole lesson)
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Who were the Greek Gods? (whole lesson)

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Who were the Greek Gods? (Whole Lesson) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Lesson 1X Olympian Gods information cards The lesson introduces students to the Greek Gods first by using information cards. It then encourages the students to make inferences about Ancient Greek Society from the Gods that they worshiped. It is an effective way to getting students to link actions people took to religion. This is especially beneficial when studying Homer's Odyssey, Iliad or Greek Tragedies.
Causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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This lesson covers the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis under the lesson title - How did events in Cuba cause a standoff between the USA and the USSR? The lesson looks at the geographical position of Cuba to realise its importance for America and then has a card sort to put the events in chronological order. The final task is to encourage the students to think about the consequences of each of the different actions Kennedy could take.
Virgil’s Aeneid Book I: Storm and Banquet Bundle (3x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]
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Virgil’s Aeneid Book I: Storm and Banquet Bundle (3x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]

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Virgil’s Aeneid Book I: Storm and Banquet Bundle (3x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’] This resource contains: 3x PowerPoints 1x Chronology of Events in Book I Worksheet 2x Key Events Worksheets 1x Plot, Language, Themes & Characters Homework/Revision Questions 5x Character Worksheets 2x Themes Worksheets This resource is suitable for the new OCR Classical Civilisation A-Level course: ‘The World of the Hero’. This bundle gives the teacher all the resources needed to teach Book I of Virgil’s Aeneid to a high standard covering the key events, characters and themes. All of the lessons come completely resourced and all the tasks are accessible and have an ‘aim higher’ section to extend the most able in your class.
GCSE History Revision: Keyword Game for Tsardom and Communism 1894-1945
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GCSE History Revision: Keyword Game for Tsardom and Communism 1894-1945

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This resource consists of more than 50 keyword revision cards and a PowerPoint covering the topic of Tsardom and Communism from 1894-1945 for the new AQA GCSE 1-9 specification. Each keyword has the word and a definition which can be printed out and folded to create a keyword game. I played this with my classes and they increased their knowledge from as little as 2 keywords and definitions to 25 after a one hour lesson. Instructions on how to play the game are also included on the PowerPoint. **The keywords cover the following topics: The Tsar Provisional Government and Lenin Stalin**
What was life like for women in the 19th century? (Women’s Suffrage)
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What was life like for women in the 19th century? (Women’s Suffrage)

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What was life like for women in the 19th century? (Women’s Suffrage) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 4x Information Cards This lesson questions what life was like for women in the 19th century and discusses the reasons why certain groups of men would not want the roles of women to change. Students finally look at the life of women in four key areas and begin to think what women can do or change to become equal to men at that point in History.
Virgil’s Aeneid Book XI: Drances and Camilla (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]
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Virgil’s Aeneid Book XI: Drances and Camilla (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]

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Virgil’s Aeneid Book XI: Drances and Camilla (4x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’] This resource contains: 4x PowerPoints (2x Key Events, 1x Characters,1x Themes) 10x Worksheets 1x Revision Questions This resource contains 4 lessons covering the core content of Virgil’s Aeneid Book XI: Drances and Camilla. All of the lessons are completely resourced, scaffolded and contain extension tasks to promote outstanding outcomes and results.
Virgil’s Aeneid Book VI: The Underworld (5x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]
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Virgil’s Aeneid Book VI: The Underworld (5x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’]

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Virgil’s Aeneid Book VI: The Underworld (5x Lessons) [New OCR A-Level: ‘The World of the Hero’] This resource contains: 5x PowerPoints (2x Key Events, 1x Characters,1x Themes and 1x Essay Practice) 5x Worksheets 1x Revision Questions This resource contains 5 lessons covering the core content of Virgil’s Aeneid Book VI: The Underworld. All of the lessons are completely resourced and contain extension tasks to promote outstanding outcomes and results.
Students Self Reflection Sheet: Pupil Progress chart (and faster marking)
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Students Self Reflection Sheet: Pupil Progress chart (and faster marking)

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Students Self Reflection Sheet: Pupil Progress chart (and faster marking) This progress chart is a great resource for all year groups to reflect on what they have learn in an individual topic. Students also reflect on who they have helped to learn a piece of information enforcing the idea that students can cement their learning through teaching others. This also helps to speed teachers marking up as there is a tick box from 1-5 for a comment on, effort, understanding and SPAG and finally a space for a teacher comment. This has sped up my own marking and the students have found the feedback easier to use and access. If you have found this useful you can find a bundle of resources to speed up your marking whilst providing students time to reflect on their learning here: Students Self Reflection and Progress Bundle – cut down your marking
Confidence and Security Online
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Confidence and Security Online

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This is a lesson on remaining safe online. It discusses the benefits and dangers of going online and then promotes pupils to think about what it takes to be a good digital friend. The final task gets pupils to think of what they could do within their school to encourage others to do good digital deeds to make the internet a better place.
The French Revolution - 10 Lessons
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The French Revolution - 10 Lessons

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This consists of 10 lessons on the French Revolution, causes to consequences, and is based around a lot of source work on cartoons. This gets students to make inferences and link what they can see to their own knowledge. Some of the tasks require a textbook and the slides can be easily adapted for the use of any textbook.