GCSE/IGCSE history
Prepare your history classes ahead of this year’s final assessments with this selection of ready-to-use study materials. From teacher-led revision lessons and exam-style practice questions to revision games and knowledge organisers to support learners with their independent study, there’s something to engage every student.
Teacher-led history revision lessons
Edexcel GCSE 9-1 History Crime and Punishment c1000-c1700
This Bundle includes all of the teaching material for the first two sections of the Crime and Punishment c1000-present Paper 1 topic. 16 fully resourced lessons and a unit guide >. The Lessons include PowerPoints, key word lists, self assessment grids, example questions, card sorts, worksheets a...
AQA History GCSE B '5 a day' starters revision pack.
Various 5 questions per sheet to use as a starter for lessons to aid revision and recall. Idea is to use one of these per lesson. Idea seen on twitter but adapted for History AQA. Questions relate to AQA History GCSE Modern World: Topic 1: The Origins of the First World War c1890 1914 Top...
GCSE History The Weimar Republic. Unit 1. Unpopularity of the Weimar Republic 1919-23
This presentation is based on Unit 1 Edexcel GCSE History The Weimar Republic. The main aim of this resource is to make the content of the course more visual, by adding pictures, photos, diagrams, maps, and video links, hence more accessible to all ability pupils. This resource can be used as a teac...
3. GCSE History Edexcel 1-9 Germany 1918-1939: Treaty of Versailles.
This lesson covers: What the Treaty of Versailles was and its aims The features of the Treaty of Versailles Why there was opposition to the Treaty of Versailles. The impact of the Treaty of Versailles Inference and 12 mark explanation questions linked to the Treaty of Versailles. 19 slid...
Edexcel History - Paper 2 - Exam Planning Cheat Sheets
Cheat sheets are an effective means of preparing students for their Edexcel 9-1 history exams. These easy to use sheets can provide students with a framework for planning answers to potential exam questions as part of their revision. Teachers can issue these templates to students alongside a li...
medicine through time revision quiz
Power point in quiz format for help with revision for GCSE History Developmental Study 'Medicine through Time'
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Crime and punishment through time, c1500 - c1700 revision pack
This product includes two complete lessons for the period 1500-1700, both lessons examine a 12 mark exam style question. The lessons allow students to work through a range of activities to develop their knowledge of the topic and form an opinion before completing the exam questions. The pack also i...
Nazi Germany - GCSE History - The Rise of Hitler (10 lessons)
10 one-hour-long lessons, well-researched and cross referenced with four revision guides. Lesson layout and resources are very similar and designed for delivering a lot of content to lower and middle ability students, however, there is plenty of stretch and challenge for higher ability students. Eve...
Cold War Revision Lesson
Aimed for GCSE, this lesson is based around the concept of a revision clock, and is differentiated into 3 different ones, based on lower, mid and higher ability. Instructions are all in the presentation.
Knowledge organisers for history
GCSE History - Nazi methods of control revision/summary sheet
GCSE NAzi Germany Grades 9-1 or A-A* Can be used for AQA, Edexcel, OCR or iGCSE exam boards. Revision/summary sheet covering the methods used by the Nazis to control Germany Fear and Terror (Gestapo/SS) , Propaganda, Censorship, Legal System, DAF, Education, Youth Groups etc. Does in...
9-1 British Medicine: Surgery in the Industrial Revolution Revision Sheet
GCSE British Medicine Through Time New 2016 Specification Grades 9-1 Can be used for AQA, Edexcel, OCR or iGCSE exam boards. Revision/summary sheet covering the progress in surgery during the Industrial Revolution (Antiseptics, Anaesthetic and Aseptic Surgery) including the key individual...
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Superpower Relations and The Cold War - Topic 1
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Superpower Relations and The Cold War - Topic 1 -Origins of the Cold War 1945-58 These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon the successful Medicine Through Time Placemats that I ...
Fun Stalin's Russia Card Game - 61 cards
Teeming with precise and carefully selected evidence my students love playing this game to boost subject knowledge. There are sixty one cards (which work best when cut out and laminated) and they are colour coordinated into categories: rise to power, purges, WWII, industry/agriculture, and culture. ...
Evidence Usefulness Mat KS3/KS4 Edexcel 1-9 Source based questions.
This sheet is to be given to help students in KS3/4 who will be going on to take the Edexcel GCSE 1-9. It includes a 'how to' section for the 4 source type questions the students will have at GCSE, types of evidence and how to evaluate the usefulness of evidence. Along with a collection of key terms...
International Relations Revision place-mats (GCSE)
This revision resource consists of six place-mats with all the key information needed for an exam in international relations. These were created for the Cambridge IGCSE however they are of use to any exam board. The topics covered are: Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-23 fair? To what extent...
IGCSE USA 1918-1941 Knowledge Organiser
Edexcel IGCSE Knowledge Organiser Full Course - Follows Edexcel textbook Links at the top to video playlists, quizlet flash cards sets and example exam questions May want to delete the textbook link Sound not working, haven t uploaded sound files. Can send if you want them - message me through here.
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-41- Topic 2
9-1 Edexcel History Learning/Topic Placemats for - Topic 2 The Bolsheviks in Power Written in PowerPoint (The reverse side of the placemat remains the same throughout this study unit). These interactive learning placemats were designed to meet the challenges of the new 9-1 GCSE. They build upon ...
GCSE American West Edexcel 1-9 How to answer/structure the questions.
This resource can be added into the students' books, uploaded or printed. It provides an easy to follow outline of how to approach the three questions for the American West (Edexcel 1-9). The three questions are: Consequences, narrative Account and importance. It provides sentence starters, str...
Student-led history revision activities
Anglo-Saxon Society: Booklet (edexcel GCSE 9-1)
An information booklet containing activities after each topic. Perfect to use as a worksheet, revision booklets or to copy and paste into lesson slides. Topics Covered; The Social System The Power of the English Monarchy Government Earldoms Local Government Life in Anglo-Saxon Eng...
Medicine through Time - Individuals flash cards
These cards include information about the (approx) 100 individuals (!) that students learn about during the 'old' Medicine through Time course. However, it can easily be adapted for the new Health and the People course by removing all of the Ancient World ones (apart from Hippocrates and Galen). ...
Power and the People Revision Guide
**AQA GCSE 9-1 Britain: Power and the People, c.1170 to the present day.** * The 33 page Revision Guide is broken down into four sections: challenging authority and feudalism, challenging royal authority, reform and reformers and equality and rights. ** * The Guide starts by explaining the 4 questi...
America Expansion and Consolidation (American West) 1840-1895 Revision workbook. Independent study.
The booklet contains 21 pages of exercises to help students revise the content from the AQA America: Expansion & Consolidation (1840-1895) unit. The whole course is covered and the booklet is designed to help students revise small chunks often over a longer period of time. I set two pages per we...
Edexcel 9-1 - Weimar and Nazi Germany - revision booklet, exam questions & model answers
A detailed revision booklet with information, practice exam questions and model answers designed to help Edexcel 9-1 GCSE students achieve the highest grades on Paper 3 Weimar and Nazi Germany 1919-1939.
Elizabethan England- Revision
Here you will find a revision booklet for Edexcel's Early Elizabethan England (1-9) Key Question 1. I have summarised the first key question into smaller sections and created an activities booklet which can be used alongside to prompt pupils to test their knowledge of the topic.
IGCSE History content and revision
A booklet covering the 2015- 17 iGCSE History syllabus, with Germany 1918-1945 as the chosen depth study. Note that the new 2015 content on the Middle East is not yet included. Updated 28th July 2016 - Treaty of Versailles section updated, new graphics and information. Any queries contact me ...
Elizabethan Revision Booklet GCSE
3 revision booklet covering the entire content of Elizabethan England for the GCSE.
Elizabethan England Revision Flashcards
* AQA GCSE 9-1 Elizabethan England, 1568-1603 * I have produced these flashcards in another bid to get my Year 11 s revising and focusing on the forthcoming mocks and GCSE exam. * I use these 84 flashcards in revision sessions and intervention after school. * They have proved a great success and ...
Revision games for history
Ancient Medicine: Monopoly Revision Game
A game based loosely on the board game. This activity is an engaging method of revisiting key elements of Medicine in the Ancient World. It comes complete with rules, guidance and easy to cut out currency. Prior to playing this game my own classes have completed a research project into the Ancient W...
History of Medicine: Public Health Board Game
A revision game for History of Public Health GCSE topic, students use this to recap topic and break up a lesson.
Conflict and Tension: Revision of Korean War
A lesson aimed at getting students to recap the Korean War, there are multiple board game inspired resources including, frustration, frogger, checkers, snakes and ladders and blockbuster, and battle ship. There is also a timeline for students to complete to consolidate understanding.
Elizabethan England: Emoji Revision
Created for a revision task where students roll dice to decide upon an emoji and must then link it in someway to something we have learnt about the topic e.g Ship = Spanish Armada or baby = succession crisis . It worked well with by lower ability students having something to visualize we then began ...
USA: 1920's Recap and Revision
Two activities that recap the 1920's section of AQA's USA topic. The game of draughts is differentiated so that one colour of the board has harder questions than the other. The finger twister can work with the powerpoint spinner. The revision clock worksheet allows students to check how much they u...
Deadline 1933-45
Revision aid to complement the previous deadline game which covered the Weimar years.
Vietnam War: Emoji Revision
Created for a after revision task where students roll dice to decide upon an emoji and must then link it in someway to something we have learnt about the topic e.g Orange =Agent Orange, or Footprints = Ho chi minh trail. It worked well with by lower ability students having something to visualize, th...
Edexcel Elizabeth Revision Board Game
A revision board game. Great fun and can be used over and over again.
Exam questions and practice papers for history
Elizabethan Age Eduqas/WJEC 9-1 Mock Exam Paper
A practice mock exam paper that can be used for the new 9-1 exam. Also includes a powerpoint that can be used for a Walk-Through Mock with tips and hints on how to approach each question. Any feedback welcome!
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE - American West Revision Guide
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE American West 1835-1895 New 2016 Specification Revision guide covering the complete American West topic. Contains detailed top level (Grade 9)l knowledge on all aspects of the course, covering the specification from Edexcel Includes over 30 exam questions (Consequences,...
Edexcel 9-1 History GCSE - Superpower Relations - Exam Practice Paper and Model Answers
An exam paper and model answers on the Superpower Relations and Cold War Edexcel 9-1 unit for history GCSE to help prepare students to access the higher GCSE grades.
Revision and Exam Guide for Edexcel GCSE History Paper 2 - Superpowers and Elizabeth
A guide for student (and staff) on how to answer the questions in Paper 2, for the Edexcel specification. This guide focuses on the following units: Superpowers and the Cold War, and early Elizabethan England, although it can be adapted for the other papers. The model answers have been Edexcel appr...
How does the American Revolution compare with other revolts?
\*NEW AQA GCSE - Thematic Study - Power and the People\* Learning Outcomes To compare and contrast the revolution with past events To complete a comparison examination question in timed conditions To peer assess an exam question using the mark scheme
GCSE HISTORY: Sample Assessment Material: Practise exam paper ONE (1): medicine (Edexcel)
This Medicine in Britain GCSE exam paper/sample assessment material is suitable for use by both students and teachers. This is exam paper ONE (1) in the series. If you are a student you can use this exam paper to prepare effectively for tests and exams. It will help you become familiar with the lay...
Cambridge IGCSE History: Paper 1 /2 Structure Strips
Handy structure strips that cover the different types of questions for IGCSE papers 1 / 2 in History They are very useful when preparing students for exam preparation, assessments and writing up questions in lessons. The students also use these to make their own structure strips for revision.
GCSE 9-1 Edexcel Paper 2 Structure Strips - Consequence, Importance and Narrative Questions
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE New 2016 Specification Structure strips to aid students answering the three types of exam questions from the Edexcel 9-1 Period Depth Study from Paper 2. Students stick to the left margin and use to aid writing assessment questions. Can be used for peer/self assessment...
AQA History (8145) New Spec 9-1: Marking criteria for Conflict and Tension 1945 - Student friendly.
A student friendly design of the New AQA History mark schemes to help students understand what is required for each of the Conflict and Tension 1945-72 questions. These can be printed as posters, stuck in books or used as part of power-points in lessons (all of which I am currently doing). These...
GCSE/IGCSE revision resources
Support your students in the run-up to May with this bumper collection of GCSE revision and IGCSE revision resources.
Student support resources
Make sure your students are prepared to tackle their exams with confidence using these tried-and-tested revision tips and tricks.