13 pages of resource materials for AQA GCSE Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603. Slides can be printed individually and given as homework or as activities, or can be used as a revision booklet prior to exams or over school holidays. Contents: List of topics and question types for students to check off 81 retrieval questions divided by topic One page revision for each key topic, each section include key terms and dates, 5-8 revision tasks, and an example practice exam question (10 topics each with own page - Elizabeth’s background, Elizabethan Politics, Difficulties of a female ruler, A Golden Age, the Elizabethan poor, Elizabethan Exploration, Religion, Mary Queen of Scots, Conflict with Spain, and End of Elizabeth’s reign) 50 recall questions that students can use independently or in pairs to quiz each other Booklet is ideal resource to give to students to revise independently, covers all of Elizabethan England X1568-1603 besides the Historic Environment topic, allowing it to be used for both Y10 and Y11.

This resource breaks down the AQA History GCSE Papers and Components for students. It can be easily adapted to your chosen options. The resource allows students to see what A01, A02, A03, are A04, and to see which Papers/Exams test and how much each A0 is weighted. Example questions are also given to show the types of questions used for each A0. This is a useful sheet to stick in the back of an exercise book, to include in introductions to the GCSE, or preparing for exam revision.

Powerpoint Revision Booklet for AQA Stuart Britain Part 1 1603 - 1649. This booklet focuses on knowledge, exam question planning, and judgement making on key questions on the topic. 5 different activities to use for revision and exam preparation. This resource covers Part One: Absolutism Challenged: Britain, 1603-1649, including James I, Charles I, the Civil Wars, social divisions, and Oliver Cromwell pre-Protectorate. Easily transferable to pdf. Easy to use booklet to give over the summer holidays or prior to mock exams. Each page can also be used individually within lessons as well. Contents of revision booklet: Introduction - The specification and how to use the booklet Section 1 - 15 pages of knowledge based questions, each page has a key topic in the spec e.g. ‘Charles I’s early Parliaments’ or ‘Political and Religious Radicalism’. Section 2 - Practice Exam Questions, past exam questions given alongside a quick and easy to use planning table to prepare students for quick planning of essays. Each practice question includes planning space for 3 factors and ranking then judgement and justification in the conclusion. Section 3 - Guided Revision Maps - Themed timelines for students to complete as revision, revision pages on the strenghts/weaknesses of rulers Section 4 - Important individuals - Key individuals that students should know are listed with space for them to make notes on each. Section 5 - How far do you agree? - 18 statements on the topic, students must make a judgement on how far they agree and provide a justification for this view, this promotes quick decision making necessary in their exams. Statements include ‘The Rump had more achievements than failures, how far do you agree?’, ‘Finance rather than religion caused the most opposition to personal rule’ and ‘Millenarianism was a genuine threat to society.’

Resource provides a 1 page revision sheet for each of the 12 key events/topics studied in AQA History GCSE Power and the People. This resource is ideal for pre-exam or pre-mock revision. Each page could also be used as homework or to interleave while studying other topics. Magna Carta, First Parliament and Simon DeMontfort, Peasants Revolt, Pilgrimage of Grace, The English Revolution/Civil War, The American Revolution, Extending the Franchise, Social Reform Movements, Trade Unions, Women’s Rights Movement, Workers Rights Movements, and Ethnic Minority Rights. Each page has: Key terms and dates 9 retrieval questions Task on the significance of the event Task on the 3 key factors involved with this event Categorisation task of information into causes, aims, methods, and outcomes A practice exam style question for the event/topic

One page quiz on Elizabeth I - specifically the AQA GCSE specification. Ideal as a homework at the end of the Elizabethan England topic, or to give over a half term break. Can also be used a revision and for interleaving. 5 sections in the resource include: Fact file (e.g. name her mother, Scottish cousin, her spymaster) Short answer questions (how many were in her privy council, what did Drake accomplish in the years 1577-1580, what is the difference between the impotent poor and idle poor/) Longer answer questions (list negative experiences Elizabeth faced in her early life, how did Elizabeth use propaganda, what was the impact of voyages of discovery in England?) Paragraph answers (1 explain, 1 judgement) Create a yes/no T-Graph task on whether Elizabethan England was a ‘Golden Age’.

An in depth, all in one revision booklet for the AQA GCSE History topic Britain: Power and the People c.1170 to the present day. Can either be printed as a work book for students to use as independent revision or pages given separately and used as class activities, homework, or interleaving revision. Varied activities that can be used by all students. Contents: Introduction - list of events in the topic, mark schemes and guides for all 4 exam questions. 6 pages of keywords - students are given space to write a definition and use the keyword in a sentence CAMO for each of the 12 key events/themes from Magna Carta to Minority Rights, - Aims, Methods, Outcomes - very useful for answering the 8m questions. Significance - explanation of what makes something significant and 32 different events/organisations/people to write the significance of, along with hints. Very useful for the significance 8m. Factors - Factors used are RICCEWIG (Religion, Ideas, Chance, Communication, Economy, War/Violence, Individuals, Government). Students need to summarise their importance over the 4 historical eras, this helps prepare them for the 16m factor question. 34 important individuals students should know from the 1100s to modern day Similarity practice - students use a grid to randomise a question on which two topics to compare. 19 pages of retrieval style keyword questions - 114 key terms and names students should be able to use Timelines for each of the 12 key events Fill in the grid activities for each of the 12 events Categorisation tasks (5 pages) - students must categorise key terms or events into the correct historical era or event Is this statement accurate - students are given 60 statements covering the periods studied and need to make a judgement and have to provide evidence. Examples: The Peasants Revolt was an absolute failure, The American Revolution was mainly caused by the Boston Massacre, the WSPU were influenced by previous reform movements, Stop and Search laws exacerbated the difficult relationship between Brixton’s Black residents and the police.

These resources cover the history of Ireland within the British Empire, from the Normans up until the Good Friday agreement and Brexit. Booklet resource in powerpoint and pdf format, 25 pages/slides. Booklet can either be used independently by students, or teacher led with the powerpoint lessons which contain the reading and tasks. Aimed at Y8/Y9 students. Each page in the work booklet is a different topic which contains 4-5 tasks based on the reading given, an instruction to add dates to a timeline at the back of the booklet that covers the entire time period, and a list of keywords that are explained in the glossary at the back of the booklet. Content: Introduction to Ireland and the British Empire Colonisation from the Normans to Henry VIII Elizabeth I and Plantation The Stuart Era - Rebellions and Massacres Recap of Medieval/Tudor/Stuart era British Rule in 1800s The Potato Famine 1900s Divison and Independence Recap of 1800s and Home Rule 1900s - Start of the Troubles 1960s/1970s The Troubles The IRA End of the Troubles? The Good Friday Agreement Source work on the Troubles and murals Categorisation task with events needing to be sorted into the correct era Guided paragraph writing tasks on the colonisation of Ireland and Independence Timeline task 2 page glossary of key terms Knowledge organiser covering the entire period studied For the powerpoint lessons there are 11 total lessons Lesson Contents: L1 - Introduction to British Empire and Ireland L2 Tudors L3 Stuarts and Oliver Cromwell L4 Chronology so far L5 1800s (Push for independence, Great Famine/Potato Blight) L6 Why is Northern Ireland part of the UK? (Home Rule, Independence) L7 and L8 Recap/Revision Activities L9 Troubles Part 1 (Background) L10 Troubles Part 2 L11 Final Lesson and writing tasks

Students often find the more formal academic style of writing used in history difficult to use. These quilts aim to support these students and to encourage MA and HA to stretch and improve their writing styles. There are 3 versions included - two aimed at KS3, two aimed at GCSE students, and one all-in-one version. Easy to print and include in exercise books, or to laminate and use in class. Sections in the writing quilts include: Terms for how important/signficant How far do you agree terminology How important a cause is Language to use while discussing or debating e.g. how to disagree, how to ask questions Terminology for how much change/continuity Example PEEL paragraph support Terms for comparing, summarising, explaining, contrasting, etc. Terms to use for judging, while using evidence, categorising. How to quote from sources or texts 80 words to use other than ‘said’ How to use an interpretation An explanation of how sources are useful or limited

Powerpoint Revision Booklet for AQA Stuart Britain - Covers James I 1603 - 1625 This resource covers Monarchs and Parliaments 1603-1629. This resource is ideal for introducing the time period to students unfamiliar with the Tudor and Stuart eras, or to introduce the topic and key issues like the political nation, religious differences, and Stuart era parliaments. Easily transferable to pdf. Easy to use booklet to give over the school holidays or prior to mock exams. Each page can also be used individually within lessons, given as independent work or as homework. Contents - Resources and Revision tasks on: The Tudor Legacy inherited by the Stuarts Power in the Stuart era and the Royal Prerogative The 3 Kingdoms and the issues they pose James I and his favourites James I and his publications James I and his finances Religion in Britain since the Reformation James I and religion Puritans, Catholics, Religion in Scotland and Ireland James I’s First Parliament, Second Parliament, Third Parliament, Fourth Parliament Thirty Years War and its significance to James I Judgement of James I’s reign overall This resource also includes resources to make judgements on the deteroriation of the relationship between James I and his Parliaments, interpretations of James I’s rule, and recall/retrieval tasks on key terminology for the topic.

35 Question 1 page quiz, ideal of end of topic or interleaving. Questions cover Elizabeth’s religious settlement and the Northern Rebellion. Answers included. Questions include asking for dates of key events like the Papal Bull, naming aspects of Elizabeth’s middle way that angered Catholics, names of nobles involved in the Northern rebellion, and other key facts and figures useful for GCSE History students studying AQA Elizabethan England c1568-1603.

Resource is designed for Y9 beginning a study of the Holocaust, ideally after having studied the rise of the Nazis. pdf is 10 pages long. 10 pages of key information in chronological order, a year by year breakdown of the increasing discrimination against the Jewish people, both in Germany and beyond. Sections include: Pre-war Germany Kristallnacht Ghettos The Final Solution, with subsections on Mobile Killing Units/Einsatzgruppen, Concentration Camps, and Death Camps (including an account from a surivor from Auschwitz) Liberation of the camps Each section has 3 tasks based on the reading given, as well as a longer extended writing task and an investigative report task on a post-Holocaust genocide. The extended writing task is 3 paragraphs on how life changed for Europe’s Jewish population over time. Each paragraph has guidance on what to include as well as a list of key terms to use in their writing. The investigation report includes a list of what to include as well as multiple web-links to useful websites to complete the task.

Lesson and resources for a ‘How can we challenge Holocaust Denial?’ Ideal lesson to include at the end of a scheme of work on the Nazis and the Holocaust. Aimed at Y9 - lesson can be used as teacher led, or used as individual, pair, or group work. Format: Retrieval questions on the Holocaust 3 minute video link from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with a historian explaining what Holocaust Denial is Group reading and summarising activity to make a definition for the term ‘Holocaust Denial’ Main activity is using historical sources to challenge common holocaust denial claim. Sources include primary sources such as speeches and diaries of politicians, secondary sources including information from the USHMM and survivors. Students can either work independently, in pairs/groups, or this can be done as a class. Students must use the sources to explain why denier claims are clearly false. Plenary activity on why it is important to remember the Holocaust and challenge anyone who denies it

Resource is an activity to get students to make their own decisions on the skills of monarchs they have studied. A fun way to revise at the end of year or end of topic. The activity helps students to make judgements and compare monarchs on the following 5 attributes: Military Prowess, National Unity, Wealth, Improving the Nation, and Reputation. Base card given - easily modified to use for any monarch or leader. In activity powerpoint William I/William the Conqueror, King John, and Henry VIII are included, as well as a completed example version.

Resources include a handout of 5 different Nazi electoral posters and a lesson made around using them to understand why propaganda was made and how it was effectively used by the Nazi party in the 1930s. 1 poster is looked at in depth in the lesson as an example and explained by the teacher. The hand out provides 5 posters for students to do independently or in pairs/groups - they must explain the message of the posters, what Nazi ideas or views are shown in the propaganda, and why the source would help the Nazis gain votes. Posters include topics that the students have likely covered in looking at Nazi Germany - Unemployment/Poverty, Women, Anger at the Treaty of Versailles and how Germany has been treated. Handout is easily used as a homework after a lesson/unit of work on the Nazis or their use of propaganda/growing popularity. Lesson includes further tasks using the sources to support different statements, and an extended writing piece.

4 page worksheet including reading and 10 written tasks for students to complete. Can be used as class work or given as homework, pages can be used individually or as a booklet to complete over a school holiday. Contents: Nazi Control - One Party State, Censorship, New Laws. 4 tasks based on this section (1 page) Nazi Beliefs - Racial Beliefs, Youth and Education, Gender, Culture. 5 tasks based on this section (2 pages) Nazi Propaganda - Explanation of propaganda and 3 sources (poster, Nazi boardgame, and a photograph) One 5 part task to complete for each of the 3 sources. (1 page) Final page includes links to 6 short age-appropriate youtube videos on Nazi control, beliefs, and propaganda. Very useful if uploading to google classroom/teams for homework.