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I am a history teacher in Scotland. I am sharing mostly knowledge organisers and work related to retrieval practice. Will be adding more resources as and when I have them. Please check my social media accounts for more ideas.

I am a history teacher in Scotland. I am sharing mostly knowledge organisers and work related to retrieval practice. Will be adding more resources as and when I have them. Please check my social media accounts for more ideas.
Teacher Tactics
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Teacher Tactics

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A guide to help teachers with common problems they face in the classroom. How to improve behaviour, make feedback meaningful, deliver effective plenaries and much more. Useful for classroom teachers and middle managers looking to drive improvement in their departments.
The Vikings in Scotland
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The Vikings in Scotland

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six lesson long Booklet with tasks taking students through the topic of the Vikings in Scotland. It can be edited to change the focus to another part of the British Isles. There is an accompanying PowerPoint presentation and the tasks have also been split into different lessons. The presentation includes Starters, Plenaries as well as Learning Objectives and Success Criteria
Retrieval Practice Templates
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Retrieval Practice Templates

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Different templates that can be adapted to suit different pupils and classes to aid in retrieval practice. They can be used as starters, as standalone tasks or as part of revision booklets.
Do Now Tasks
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Do Now Tasks

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This is a collection of templates for various tasks which can be completed at the start of a lesson as a “Do Now” task. They work well as retrieval practice tasks as well.
Developing Skills in History
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Developing Skills in History

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This unit of work is to help students develop core skills such as evidence handling, detecting bias, corroboration and chronology. There is a Knowledge Organiser, a booklet for students to work in and a PowerPoint presentation for all the lessons
Germany Revision Booklet
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Germany Revision Booklet

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This is a revision booklet covering the National 5 Weimar and Nazi Germany unit. It can be adapted to fit GCSE syllabi however. It contains lesson knowledge organisers, tips on how to revise, tips on how to answer examination style questions and lots of different retrieval practice tasks. The retrieval practice tasks can be adapted to fit other units and topics.