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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.
Homer’s Odyssey – Book XIV: In Eumaeus’ Hut (characters & themes)
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book XIV: In Eumaeus’ Hut (characters & themes)

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book XIV: In Eumaeus’ Hut (characters & themes) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Presentation 1x Characters & Themes Worksheet 1x False Tale Worksheet & more This lesson examines the characters and key themes in Book XIV (In Eumaeus’ Hut) of Homer’s Odyssey. The students first reflect on the key events of Book XIV by summarising the events using tweets. Students then examine the continuing themes in the second half of the Odyssey and false tales by completing the relevant worksheets. Finally, students complete the characters & themes worksheet.
Homer’s Odyssey – Book XIX: Eurycleia Recognises Odysseus (characters & themes)
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book XIX: Eurycleia Recognises Odysseus (characters & themes)

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book XIX: Eurycleia Recognises Odysseus (characters & themes) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Presentation 1x Characters & Themes Worksheet 1x Continuing Plot Events Worksheet 1x False Tales Worksheet This lesson examines the characters and key themes in Book XIX (Eurycleia Recognises Odysseus) of Homer’s Odyssey. The students focus on the key themes in Book XIX and how they are closely linked to the characters. Finally student complete the continuing events worksheet and false tales worksheet to evaluate the impact of these on the plot, themes and the characters.
Homer’s Odyssey – Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope (characters & themes)
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope (characters & themes)

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book XXIII: Odysseus and Penelope (characters & themes) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Presentation 1x Character and Themes Worksheets This lesson encourages the students to examine the key characters & themes in Homer’s Odyssey Book XXIII (Odysseus and Penelope). First students reflect on the key events of the Book by competing against each other to win a prize. Students then examine the theme of reunion by focusing on the characters of Odysseus and Penelope. Finally students examine the character of Odysseus in Book XXIII and question whether or not he is more of a hero by the end of Book XXIII than he was when he landed in Ithaca in Book XIII.
Cold War: Prague Springs causes, events and consequences (2 lessons)
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Cold War: Prague Springs causes, events and consequences (2 lessons)

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This resource contains 2 lessons on the Prague Springs and the worksheets needed to complete. Lesson 1 uses two sources to force the students to work out why people in Czechoslovakia had developed an Anti-Communist feeling by 1968. The second lesson can be paired up with any textbook and uses Brezhnev's Facebook worksheet for students to write the chronology of events from different interpretations and then look at the consequences of the events.
Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (key events)
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Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (key events)

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Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (key events) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Summary worksheet 1x Homework plot, theme & language questions This lesson introduces students to Book VI (Nausicaa) of Homer’s Odyssey first by recalling the key events of Book V (Calypso). Students are then given the worksheet to summarise Book VI (Nausicaa) and link the events to themes, characters and question the significance of events.
Homer’s Odyssey – Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (characters & themes)
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (characters & themes)

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (characters & themes) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Presentation 1x Homework plot, language and theme questions This lesson examines the characters and key themes in Book VII (The Palace of Alcinous) of Homer’s Odyssey. The students first reflect on what has happened in Book VII and then focus on one character of theme to create a mini presentation to teach the rest of the class.. This resource would work well with my other resources created for Homer’s Odyssey. Why not take a look at a few… Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (Characters& Themes) Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (Key Events) Homer’s Odyssey- Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (Key Events)
Homer’s Odyssey – Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (Revision Quiz)
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (Revision Quiz)

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (Revision Quiz) This resource contains 1x PowerPoint Presentation 1x Answer Sheet This is a fun quiz to revise the events, themes and characters of Book VII (The Palace of Alcinous) of Homer’s Odyssey. This resource would work well with my other resources created for Homer’s Odyssey. Why not take a look at a few… Homer’s Odyssey- Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (Key Events) Homer’s Odyssey- Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (characters and themes)
How were the Jews persecuted in medieval England?
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How were the Jews persecuted in medieval England?

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This is a introduction lesson into the Holocaust. It approaches the Holocaust from a different angle and questions why have the Jews been persecuted across History. The students first look at a picture of the crucifixion and question how that caused persecution and then looks at sources about what actually happened to Jews in medieval England. The final task is to create a diary entry to explain what has happened to the Jews in medieval England. All resources included (information sheet and sources)
Homer’s Odyssey – Book I: Athene visits Telemachus: key events
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book I: Athene visits Telemachus: key events

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book I: Athene visits Telemachus: key events This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Key events worksheet 1x Book I Homework event questions 1x Book I key event card sort This lesson introduces students to Book I of Homer’s Odyssey by looking at the first 11 lines of the poem and then the three key events in Book I. The lesson is differentiated to support lower ability students but also push those more able to link the events to Ancient Greek society and also the audience at the time.
Homer’s Odyssey – Book I: Athene visits Telemachus: characters & themes
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book I: Athene visits Telemachus: characters & themes

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book I: Athene visits Telemachus: characters & themes This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Characters Worksheet 1x Themes Worksheet This lesson focuses on the characters introduced in Book I, looking in depth at their characteristics and linking them to the three key themes shown in Book I. The lesson is differentiated to support lower ability students but also push those more able to link together characters and themes to the Homeric world.
How did Soviet control affect the people of eastern Europe?
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How did Soviet control affect the people of eastern Europe?

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How did Soviet control affect the people of eastern Europe? This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Presentation 1x Card Sort This lesson focusses on the impact the Soviet Union had on the lives of those in their sphere of influence in eastern Europe. A cart sort activity is used to give the students information about how the USSR control people but also showing some positive changes. For the final task, students take on the role of an American reporter reporting on the situation in eastern Europe which teaches the students about different interpretations.
What were the aims of Adolf Hitler? (Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?)
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What were the aims of Adolf Hitler? (Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?)

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What were the aims of Adolf Hitler? (Why had international peace collapsed by 1939? This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Lesson 1x Information sheet 1x Newspaper front cover template The lesson covers the aims of Adolf Hitler as shown in Mein Kampf. In this lesson students use sources and text to investigate what Hitler’s aims were and begin to think what how other nations would feel about Hitler’s aims. It is the first lesson of the topic ‘Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?'
Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (characters & themes)
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Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (characters & themes)

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Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (characters & themes) This resource contains 1x PowerPoint Presentation 1x Characters & themes worksheet This lesson examines the characters and key themes in Book VI (Nausicaa) of Homer’s Odyssey. The students first reflect on what has happened in Book VI through quick fire questions and then are given a worksheet on the characters and themes. This is a great lesson where students can learn a single section and then teach the rest of the class about their character and / or theme and then link them to society in Ancient Greece.
Homer’s Odyssey- Book V: Calypso (key events)
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Homer’s Odyssey- Book V: Calypso (key events)

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Homer’s Odyssey- Book V: Calypso (key events) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Key events worksheet 1x Book I Homework event questions This lesson introduces students to Book V (Calypso) of Homer’s Odyssey first by reflecting on the first four Books of the Odyssey and thinking who is missing and why. Then students are given a worksheet to complete the key events of Book V. The lesson is differentiated to support lower ability students but also push those more able to question whether Books I-IV of the Odyssey were added to the poem years after it was first created. This resource would work really well with my other resources on Homer’s Odyssey. Why not take a look at a few.... Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (characters & themes) Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (exam practice questions) Homer’s Odyssey Book V Calypso (Bundle)
Homer’s Odyssey – Book VI: Nausicaa (QUIZ)
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book VI: Nausicaa (QUIZ)

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book VI: Nausicaa (QUIZ) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Presentation 1x Answer Sheet This is a fun quiz to revise the events, themes and characters of Book VI (Nausicaa) of Homer’s Odyssey. This resource would work well with my other resources created for Book VI (Nausicaa) of Homer’s Odyssey. Why not take a look at a few… Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (Characters& Themes) Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (Key Events)
Homer's Odyssey Book VI (Nausicaa) 3x lesson bundle
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Homer's Odyssey Book VI (Nausicaa) 3x lesson bundle

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Homer's Odyssey Book VI (Nausicaa) 3x lesson bundle. This bundle contains all the resources needed to effectively teach Book VI of Homer's Odyssey, covering the key events, characters and themes. There is also homework questions to cement the knowledge and a quiz for revision. All lessons are fully resourced with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets.
Homer’s Odyssey – Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (key events)
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (key events)

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book VII: The Palace of Alcinous (key events) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint Presentation 1x Key Events worksheet 1x For sale advert template This lesson introduces students to Book VII (The Palace of Alcinous) of Homer’s Odyssey first by recalling the advice given to Odysseus in the previous Book.. Students are then given the worksheet to summarise to Book VII (The Palace of Alcinous) in a variety of engaging ways. This resource would work well with my other resources created for Homer’s Odyssey. Why not take a look at a few… Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (Characters& Themes) Homer’s Odyssey- Book VI: Nausicaa (Key Events)
Alphabet Capital Letters (A-Z) Handwriting Practice - KS1 & KS2
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Alphabet Capital Letters (A-Z) Handwriting Practice - KS1 & KS2

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Alphabet Capital Letters (A-Z) Handwriting Practice - KS1 & KS2. This resource contains: 5x handwriting worksheets covering letters A-Z This resource is excellent for teaching students three things in one activity. First it reinforces the Alphabet and teaches what each capital letter looks like. Finally students practice their handwriting by repeatedly copying out each capital letter. Great for a quick and fun homework too.
Homer’s Odyssey – Book V: Calypso (Bundle)
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book V: Calypso (Bundle)

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book V: Calypso (Bundle) This bundle consists of three lessons to teach all aspects of Book V (Calypso) of Homer’s Odyssey which are: • Key events • Characters and Themes • Practice exam questions All of the lessons are completely resourced with PowerPoint presentations, worksheets and planning sheets.
Homer’s Odyssey – Book V: Calypso (Exam practice questions)
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Homer’s Odyssey – Book V: Calypso (Exam practice questions)

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Homer’s Odyssey – Book V: Calypso (Exam practice questions) This resource contains: 1x PowerPoint 1x Essay planning sheet This lesson uses the events, themes and characters in Book V to practice two exam style questions. One a commentary question from a short passage and second, an extended essay on the role of the Gods in Book V. Support sheets and writing frames are included on the PowerPoint and a planning worksheet has been created to support students planning and writing their extended essay. This resource would work really well with my other resources on Homer’s Odyssey. Why not take a look at a few.... Homer’s Odyssey Book V Calypso (Bundle) Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (key events) Homer’s Odyssey- Book V Calypso (characters & themes)