Silver author! Head of History and Head of KS5 Humanities at an outstanding secondary school. I have experience teaching History, Geography, and Philosophy at KS3, and History at GCSE and A Level, with the occasional dabble in Ancient History and Latin. I also have experience teaching EPQ and PSHE. I am a Specialist Leader in Education for Primary History, teacher training mentor, and History subject knowledge tutor.
Silver author! Head of History and Head of KS5 Humanities at an outstanding secondary school. I have experience teaching History, Geography, and Philosophy at KS3, and History at GCSE and A Level, with the occasional dabble in Ancient History and Latin. I also have experience teaching EPQ and PSHE. I am a Specialist Leader in Education for Primary History, teacher training mentor, and History subject knowledge tutor.
Show this to your Year 11s before their Medicine Through Time Edexcel 9-1 GCSE exam. This PowerPoint goes through the essential pieces of information that they need to know before the exam - focussing on exam skills and how to write the answers.
Suitable for KS3 - uses skills and knowledge required for teaching Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time!!
Start your KS3 early and ready for the new GCSE specification.
Whole lesson includes differentiated activities and resources on the symptoms and causes of the Black Death.
Feedback is welcome and please check out my whole SoW on the Black Death for KS3
Suitable for KS3 using skills and knowledge needed for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time Black Death case study!!!
Start your students early in preparation for GCSE. Looks at the Four Humours, miasma and more.
Whole lesson includes differentiated activities and resources.
Feedback is welcome and please check out my whole SoW for the Black Death for KS3.
Black Death 20 question quiz with answers.
Can be used for revision, a starter, or as a plenary!
**Suitable for KS3 or GCSE Medicine Through Time ** (Black Death case study)
Suitable for KS3 using skills and knowledge needed for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time (Black Death case study!)
Start students early ready for GCSE History.
Whole lesson with differentiated activities and all resources included.
Feedback welcome, and check out my whole KS3 SoW for the Black Death!
An assessment for KS3 on the Black Death.
3 questions testing a range of skills, with mark scheme:
Describe how Medieval people treated the Black Death
Source skills on symptoms (what can you learn…)
How did the Black Death affect England?
Teacher’s assessment page is at the back for feedback and corrections. Mark scheme included!!
Getting ready for a GCSE options evening?
Need to showcase your History GCSE?
Then look no further!!!
Includes pictures, careers, and a break down of the syllabus.
Edexcel GCSE topics:
Medicine Through Time
Weimar and Nazi Germany
Cold War
Early Elizabethan England
Suitable for teaching KS3.
What was the Black Death? An enquiry lesson that looks at the skeletons recently discovered at Charterhouse Square. Students need to investigate what killed 50% of the population in 1348. Even includes news clips from when the skeletons were discovered!!
Whole lesson including differentiated activities and resources.
It is useful to have the textbook Making Sense of History textbook 1066-1509
however the lesson can be adapted for use without out as it is only needed for one task.
For teaching Edexcel 9-1 Medicine Through Time 1250-present.
18th-19th Century Medicine: What was the impact of Edward Jenner in the development of the vaccine 1798-1862?
This lesson covers the discovery and impact of the smallpox vaccine. This includes:
Glossary of key terms
Big picture of vaccinations
What was smallpox?
Discovery of the smallpox vaccine
Factors enabling the development of the smallpox vaccine
Reactions to the smallpox vaccine
Impact of the vaccine
Also included:
Accompanying differentiated work booklet to suit the needs of all students in your class!
20 question quiz plus answers based on the lesson
Please review if you purchase, and check out my other Medicine Through Time resources!
For teaching students who are learning Latin for the first time. This worksheet covers ‘esse’.
Worksheet where they can practice writing sentences, includes vocabulary.
For teaching Ancient History.
Notes on Constantine - I have used this as revision for my A Level students and include these at the end of each topic for consolidation.
Includes:
Christianity
Army
Consolidation of power
Rise of power
Key terms and dates
Whole lesson based on how to answer Edexcel GCSE Paper 2 Cold War.
My Year 11 students asked for a lesson on how to structure the answers, examples and practice questions - and here it is!
This lesson includes:
Examples for all 3 questions on the Cold War paper, including model answers which are broken down to show how to answer them and what the examiner is looking for (I marked for this paper last year).
Opportunities for students to answer their own questions and mark it using the markscheme.
I hope you find this useful!
Whole lesson plus resources on 'What caused the French Revolution?'
Includes a fun interactive activity where you split the class into peasants and nobility and they are given a series of scenarios which they have to pay the king (you)… I have had great fun with this lesson!
For teaching Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939
The Weimar Republic
To what extent did the Ruhr Crisis and hyperinflation threaten the Weimar government?
Students will look at the causes and effects of the Ruhr Crisis and hyperinflation in Weimar Germany in 1923. This lesson includes:
Retrieval task starter (describe, define, date, detail)
Causes of the Ruhr Crisis
Consequences of the French and Belgian invasion of the Ruhr (hyperinflation)
Challenges of 1923 summary
Source analysis practice for the Ruhr Crisis and hyperinflation
Introduction to interpretations for Paper 3 (what is the main difference… 4 marks)
Also included:
Accompanying work booklet to the lesson, with a wide range of fun activities!
20 question quiz plus answers based on the lesson
12 mark explain why exam style question with AfL sheet
Please review if you purchase, and check out my other Weimar and Nazi Germany resources.
For teaching Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939
The Weimar Republic
How far had the Weimar Republic recovered from its earlier problems 1919-1923?
Students will look at the the main work and achievements of Gustav Stresemann - focussing on his economic and foreign policy and assess how successfully this ‘fixed’ the Weimar Republic. This lesson includes:
Gustav Stresemann source analysis (Gustav as an angel - my favourite source!)
Who was Gustav Stresemann - his aims and objectives
Economic recovery (Rentenmark, Dawes Plan, Young Plan)
International recovery (Locano Pact, League of Nations, Kellog-Briand Pact)
Also included:
Accompanying work booklet to the lesson, with a wide range of fun activities!
20 question quiz plus answers based on the lesson
Please review if you purchase, and check out my other Weimar and Nazi Germany resources.
For teaching Edexcel GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany 9-1 new specification.
Quiz questions for all of key topic one (the Weimar Republic) and includes a practice exam question. Useful to set as revision.
Please review if you buy and check out my other lessons and resources!
For teaching Edexcel GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany 9-1 new specification.
A 50 question quiz on Key Topic 1: Weimar Republic, colour coded for each lesson. Great to use as revision!
Please review if you buy and check out my other lessons and resources!