This fun and interactive resource is designed to help students understand the benefits and draw backs of fast fashion. The main activity focuses around a card sort, but I have also included a PowerPoint with a starter, plenary and speech writing consolidation exercise to accompany the resource. When you purchase this document you will be able to download a single page Word Document with 16 information cards on fast fashion and two heading cards under which they can be sorted. I have also uploaded a 12 slide PowerPoint to help introduce the card sort. It includes a starter, plenary, information slide, writing template and sentence starters for the speech writing task as well as a table and a review task to help feedback to students. For more information, please see the detailed preview. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Fashion and the environment Know: What is Fast Fashion? Understand: The benefits and drawbacks? Evaluate: How sustainable is Fast Fashion? Skills: Compare & Contrast, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: What is Fast Fashion? Can You Explain: The benefits and drawbacks of Fast Fashion? Can You Evaluate: How sustainable is Fast Fashion in the long term? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

This outstanding lesson been designed to help students studying the changes to the Iron and Steel Industries 1700 - 1900 . It can be used with the full spectrum of ability as a starter, plenary or main activity and will work along side any main stream resource on this topic. I would also recommend purchasing my worksheet or PowerPoint on this topic to accompany this resource or using the text book Heinemann History: Britain 1750 - 1900. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download an editable Microsoft Word document which includes a learning objective, instructions, questions, activities and fourteen key changes or inventions that need to be sorted into their correct chronological order. Once students have sorted the cards, thay can extend their understanding further by answering three key questions that will get them to review the changes highlighted in their timeline and think about the bigger picture. These focus on which invention was the most important, why steel became more important than iron . For further information, you can zoom in on the preview. The aims and objectives for this lesson are: Theme: Why did Britain have an industrial revolution 1750 - 1900? Know: Why did Britain's Iron and Steel Industries change 1700 - 1900? Understand: How did each new invention or method contribute to the changes in the Iron and Steel Industries? Evaluate: What part did the iron and steel industry play in Britain's Industrial Revolution? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify and describe: Why did Britain's Iron and Steel industries change 1700 - 1900? Explain: How did each new machine contribute to the changes taking place in these industries? Analyse: What part did the iron and steel industry play in Britain's Industrial Revolution? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow 'The History Academy' on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Kind Regards Roy

This lesson resource has been designed to help students studying the changes to the iron and steel industry 1700 - 1850. It can be used with the full spectrum of ability, but the text level would better suit middle to upper ability students. If you like this resource, I have also produced a PowerPoint and a card sort, which provide additional differentiation. These can be purchased separately or as a package under the same title . When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a three page worksheet. This beautifully illustrated resource includes an introduction, which explains why there was an increased demand for iron and steel in this period. The rest of the worksheet looks in turn at the introduction of each new method and explains why it was invented and the impact that it had on the iron and steel industry. Each section is beautifully illustrated with images that can be easily photocopied in either colour or black and white. The activity section includes eight questions. The first question can be used as a starter. The second question tries to get students to explain the link between the population increase, the Industrial Revolution and the demand for more iron. The third and fourth questions makes the link between the shortage of charcoal and the need for a new method. Question five is a table summary exercise, which focuses on each of the methods of production. Whilst questions six is designed to get students to study a source and draw conclusions to explain the importance of the iron and steel industry to Britain's Industrial Revolution. The final questions look at the historical importance of Abraham Darby's Ironbridge. The aims and objectives for this lesson are: Theme: Why did Britain have an industrial revolution 1750 - 1900? Know: Why did Britain's iron and steel industry change 1700 - 1900? Understand: How did each new method contribute to the changes in the iron and steel industry? Evaluate: What part did the iron and steel industry play in Britain's Industrial Revolution? WILF: What Am I Looking For? Identify and describe: Why did Britain's iron and steel industry change 1700 - 1900 Explain: How did each new method contribute to the changes in the iron and steel industry? Analyse: What part did the iron and steel industry play in Britain's Industrial Revolution? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. You can also follow 'The History Academy' on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee or a happy meal so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. Kind Regards Roy

This fun and interactive lesson has been designed to help students investigate how skillful were Medieval castle and cathedral builders through a market place activity. It looks at a range of building skills from quarrying, stone masons, lime burners, scaffolding, heavy lifting, decoration, fixtures and fittings. This lesson links in well with science and technology. Once students have completed the gather and share, there are a number of consolidation exercises to follow up the lesson. When you purchase this lesson, you will be able to download a 32 slide PowerPoint presentation which includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, video links to YouTube Channel, tasks, activities, writing frames and templates. This lesson has been full differentiated and also includes a heads and tails activity, word search and a range of alternative resources. Please see the detailed preview for more information. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Castles and Cathedrals Know: How were Medieval castles and cathedrals built? Understand: What building methods and tools were used by Medieval people? Evaluate: How skilful were Medieval builders? Skills: Source Analysis, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: How were Medieval castles and cathedrals built? Can You Explain: What building methods and tools were used by Medieval people? Can You Evaluate: How skilful were Medieval builders? If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar topics in our TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Don’t forget to check out our YouTube Channel with over 600 free videos: @historyacademy Kind Regards Roy