Explores life in towns in the Middle Ages. Their is a ‘first impressions’ starter which is revisited at the end. The students then use information to complete a Venn diagram, looking at good things and bad things about living in a medieval town. After some true or false questions there is then a written task to bring it all together. I have included a differentiated version of the written task for any students you feel may need it. Enjoy!

This electronic mark book automatically calculates percentages and GCSE grades for assessments. I have been using it for years and it saves lots of time sitting with a calculator and a sheet of grade boundaries. Contains tabs for 15 classes, each with room for 15 assessments throughout the year. You set your own grade boundaries on the first tab, enter the maximum score for each assessment and then simply enter each student’s score. The mark book does the rest! I’ve included a set of instructions explaining how to use it. It’s incredibly user friendly and you can make a new copy every year so all of your assessment data is conveniently saved on your computer. Some of my colleagues have uploaded it to Google Sheets and it works fine on there too if you would like it in the cloud. It took a long time to make and to figure out the formulae but now it is an intrinsic part of my teaching practice. Enjoy!

Explores the feudal system and also how William I distributed land after the Norman invasion. The starter creates a feudal system for school (Head at the top etc). After some delivered information, including defining the word ‘hierarchy’, The students then attempt to distribute the land of England to the King, the Church and the Barons. The written task involves describing how the feudal system worked - with a worksheet to help. All of the printable resources needed for this lesson are in the slideshow. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - How did prisons change in the 20th century? GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson covers prison work, open prisons, female prisons and modern alternatives to prison. There is also a separate task - Wandsworth Prison Report - where the students follow a link to a video about Wandsworth prison and then complete a report on the conditions as if they were a modern day Elizabeth Fry or John Howard. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Women in Nazi Germany - GCSE Germany. This lesson covers the experiences of women in Nazi Germany. It includes women’s expected roles, laws, programmes, propaganda, sources for analysis and an exam question. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed is included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - What Was Whitechapel Like? - GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson looks at conditions in Whitechapel in the late 19th century. It includes overcrowding, pollution, slum houses, rookeries, workhouses, the Peabody Estate and many other factors. The students use the information and video link to answer the questions on the worksheet and then type up a ‘Whitechapel Report’. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the worksheet over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - The Metropolitan Police in Whitechapel - GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson explores the police in Whitechapel in the late 19th century. It looks at their organisation, equipment and the problems they faced capturing Jack the Ripper. Students use the information and video links to answer the questions on the worksheet. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the worksheet over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - KS3 Geography Measuring Weather This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. This lesson looks at the difference between weather and climate and the various instruments used to measure the weather. This worked really well with my KS3 Geography class. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Tensions in Whitechapel - GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson looks at tensions between different social groups in Whitechapel in the late 19th century including Jewish immigrants, Irish immigrants, socialists and anarchists. The students answer a series of questions based on the information on the worksheet. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the worksheet over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed is included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Youth in Nazi Germany - GCSE Germany. This lesson covers a 25 minute video, a source analysis task and an extra task based around the Disney propaganda film ‘Education for Death’. Links to all of the videos are included in the resource. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - The Working Class in Nazi Germany - GCSE Germany. This lesson covers the changes for the working class. The whole lesson is based around analysing written, statistical and picture sources to develop their understanding. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed is included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Nazi Racial Beliefs and Policies - GCSE Germany. This lesson covers the Nazis’ racial hierarchy, source analysis, eugenics and antisemitism. It has many tasks for the students to complete including defining keywords, analysing sources, taking notes and creating a timeline. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed is included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Conscientious Objectors - GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson asks the students to define some key terms, to analyse a selection of sources, to watch two videos on CO’s experiences, to look at the reasons why people objected to fighting and to compare the experiences of conscientious objectors in WWI and WWII This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Who was Jack the Ripper? - GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson looks at pieces of evidence, including the Ripper Letters, and considers some of the suspects in the case. The evidence is all in the slideshow and the students complete their work on the worksheet. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the worksheet over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed is included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - The Water Cycle - KS3 Geography. This lesson covers the water cycle, how it works and the key words involved. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos and BBC Bitesize are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

This lesson explores the life and achievements of Amy Johnson. I created it for KS3 but it would work well with all ages. The lesson inludes a starter with a video, a research task with an information sheet and a written task in the form of an obituary. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Hurricane Katrina - KS3 Geography. This lesson covers Hurricane Katrina, defines some key terms and then asks the students to identify social, economic and environmental impacts of the hurricane. It ends with a written task. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Severe Weather in the UK - KS3 Geography. This lesson covers severe and extreme weather in the UK. It includes a brief video of news coverage and lots of questions for the students to complete. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self-isolation, school closure or revision – Why Did People Move West? - GCSE American West. The lesson begins with some background information on early settlers migrating west. The students are then required to categorise factors as either ‘push or pull’, looking at why people migrated. There is then a link to a video about Manifest Destiny and a series of questions for the students to answer. The lesson ends with an exam question based around the title of the lesson. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Explores the Treaty of Versailles. This lesson is suitable for both KS3 and GCSE. I tend to just use the LA version of the worksheet for my KS3 groups. After a quick starter, the lesson looks at the ‘Big Three’ at the Paris Peace Conference and their motivations after WWI. The students then look at some of the terms of the treaty using BRAT (Blame, Reparations, Army and Territory). There are two versions of the worksheet for this activity, one is written in slightly more simple English to be easier to understand for some students. The lesson then moves onto the analysis of a source (there is a slide at the end which has four copies of the source for printing and cutting if you would like the students to have it in front of them instead of just on the board). The question in the lesson asks for two inferences from the source but sometimes I ask the students to analyse it in more detail and to try to figure out who each person represents and what the meaning of the source is. I have been using this lesson for a long time and always find the students enjoy it and it flows well. Enjoy!