Half term's worth of SOW, with teacher notes and built in resources.

<p>Lengthy task for higher ability students about Hitler’s takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1938. Involves students having to complete series of tasks in order to ‘earn’ the next set of notes. Teacher’s notes at front of task. Would be easy to break do

I thought I would collect together my experiences of different types of drawing with students and my thoughts/tentative conclusions about the value / learning outcomes of such activity, in case it is of any interest.

ppt for an inset on differentiation

I've re-written this SOW Sept 2017. Attached new lesson plans. Plenary lesson still be to added I left the bbc maps from 2011 just in case, though I haven't directly used this in the SOW

Guide for students to help them work out what is being asked in a history exam question and recognise the basic structure of the answer required. [to help them write the answer, see 'how to help students write essays' on TES]

Complete notes on reign of Edward VI (first draft). Written for AQA new A level spec, Reformation in England unit. This is content notes not lesson activities. There are questions for students which can be set as hwk or to scaffold independent reading (answers are provided too)

Range of activities which I have in envelopes on the wall, from which students can self select when they've completed the core work.

<p>Board games - introducing ket jobs of Medieval peasant; identifying key roles within a medieval village in a hierarchy etc.

Students have work book to complete. There are a series of activities which can be arranged on different desks or given in a pack to students. The order of completion does not matter. The activities could also be done as standalone activities or homewo

Varied tasks that introduce students to the reasons for appeasement and the impact of appeasement on Hitler’s foreign policy. Easily adaptable, and teacher notes included

There is quite a lot here for a half term’s work so teachers need to pick and choose. Theme for Year 7 is ‘lives of ordinary people’.

Set of student notes covering main aspects of this period in history: Background to the Reformation Kings great matter break and royal supremacy dissolution of monasteries other religious reforms opposition to the reformation how far was england protestant by 1547

This is an essay sorting excercise designed to teach students the elements of effective paragraphs and essays. It is easily adapred to other year groups/topics.

Guide to cutting paper structures that act as models for the 4 main tactics of the roman army - the wedge, orb, repel-cavalry and tortoise. Not flashy but worked really well with my students as a 3d visualization rather than just looking at a drawing. Easy to enact also, once has been seen. Short, straightforward activities included also.

Written for my higher ability GCSE group instead of a textbook. Covers causes (in some depth owing to a discussion the students were having about 'what was missing&' from the textbook accounts), course and armistice. Includes OCR spec overview and key questions from past papers. Useful for revision and also for teachers teaching this topic for the first time.

<p>Special Educational Needs version of Assessment Why was the Roman Army so successful</p>

PPT and follow up resources for a lesson using 'spaced learning' technique to explore the causes of WWI.

Group activity - 'running dictation'. Teacher has flash cards on which are events that lead to the end of the war. One student from each group comes to the front and looks at the card for 30 seconds; has to remember it and then take it back to the group; who all record it. Full instructions provided with wrap up activities.

This exercise is designed to introduce students to the strengths &weaknesses of the structure, membership and powers of the LON. It is also designed to reinforce essay planning techniques. It is fairly straightforward. It starts off as a card sort of strengths and weaknesses. Students then have to categorise into the 3 areas, add an explanation to the description. It can be done as ICT or paper exercise. Assertions for the paragraphs and a conclusion can be added also to extend into total essay plan.