I am an experienced History teacher, currently teaching Y7-13 and producing a range of lessons/resources for this age group.
I am constantly adding new resources so please keep checking my shop.
I have also been an Edexcel examiner for the 9-1 GCSE.
I am an experienced History teacher, currently teaching Y7-13 and producing a range of lessons/resources for this age group.
I am constantly adding new resources so please keep checking my shop.
I have also been an Edexcel examiner for the 9-1 GCSE.
This lesson is based on the Invasion, Plague and Murder KS3 textbooks. The lessons includes a range of activities including making a bar chart, writing a PEEL paragraph and hot-seating. It also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This PPT contains enough for two full lessons. These lessons do NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
It encourages the students to develop their reading and explanation skills.
The lessons include a range of activities including completing a table from an information sheet (both included, with modelling) and creating an ‘agony aunt’ style letter. There is an engaging starter, modelling, success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation. (red=easiest, green=most challenging)
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
The lesson encourages the students to investigate the death of Harold Godwinson and is aimed at developing their source analysis skills. It is particularly useful for introducing/developing the idea of reliability.
The lesson includes a range of activities including a link to a short video clip (not produced by myself) and working with sources. There is an engaging starter, clear modelling and a hinge question.
I have also included two sets of sources (one differentiated) and a table to go with the lesson. A sheet to guide the students on NOP is attached which may also be used for other lessons.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Invasion, Plague and Murder KS3 textbooks.
The lesson includes a range of activities including creating a medieval tournament report. It also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Invasion, Plague and Murder KS3 textbooks.
The lesson includes a range of activities including creating their own modern-day version of the Magna Carta. It also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Invasion, Plague and Murder KS3 textbooks.
The lesson includes a range of activities including source analysis, a written judgement and a hinge question. It also contains success criteria, modelling and a tricky word sheet to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
The lesson encourages the students to investigate why the peasants revolted and to develop their categorisation skills.
The lesson includes a range of activities including categorisation of causes and a written judgement. It also has success criteria and modelling to help guide the students.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
The lessons include a range of activities involving source analysis and using this to form a written judgement.
The PPT also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging). The first row of the table has been modelled and sentence starters have been provided for the judgement.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
The lessons include a range of activities including hot-seating and explaining different roles in society. The PPT also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging). Modelling is included.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
The lesson encourages the students to investigate both sides of the debate surrounding Mary I and is aimed at developing their source analysis skills.
The lesson includes a range of activities including a link to a short video clip (not produced by myself) and working with sources. There is an engaging starter and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
The lesson encourages the students to investigate the Henrician Reformation and is aimed at developing their categorisation and explanation skills.
The lesson includes a range of activities including a link to a short video clip (not produced by myself) and a written judgement. There is an engaging starter and clear modelling.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
The lessons include a range of activities including categorising, debating and developing their comparison skills. The PPT also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This PPT is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
There is enough content here for two lessons. The lessons includes a range of activities including mind-map and creating a diary entry. It encourages the students to come up with their own success critieria to engage with their learning on a higher level. The PPT also contains differentiation (green=least challenging up to red=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This PPT is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks. It contains enough content for 2-3 lessons.
The lessons include a range of activities including developing their explanation skills, writing a letter and a group research/presentation task.
The PPT also contains success criteria and modelling to help guide the students as well as differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
This is a simple lesson which goes with the activities in the textbook which has success criteria to help guide the students and challenges designed to encourage higher level thinking.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
Here is a 2nd set of engaging lessons with a variety of activities for the start of the 9-1 Anglo-Saxon and Norman England topic.
It includes 6 full lessons with the resources required to teach them (Pearson textbooks will also be needed).
I have also included a revision game resource as a bonus.
Save about a third!
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
The lesson encourages the students to investigate how justified the execution of Mary Queen of Scots was and is aimed at developing their source analysis skills.
The lesson includes a range of activities including an engaging starter and source analysis. There is differentiation by colour (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging) and modelling to help guide the students.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
The lesson encourages the students to investigate what prohibition was and why it failed.
The lesson includes a range of activities including a link to a short video clip (not produced by myself) and categorising reasons. There is an engaging starter, clear success criteria and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This PPT is designed to be used as part of a walking-talking mock (it would be good to have an exam paper in front of the students when delivering it) for the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany 9-1 paper.
It gives tips on how to structure answer each exam-style question which appears on the paper and useful guidance on what to do/avoid. There is differentiation on the structure of the final question.
This PPT is useful to share with students when first informing them about the structure of this exam or during revision periods in preparation for the exam.
Please ask if you have any questions :)
Good luck with the exams!
Here is a fun general historical knowledge quiz aimed at KS3 students which would be good for tutor time/a charity event/a house event/an end of term activity.
It contains several different rounds including a picture round (included on the answer sheet) and a music round in which songs are linked to famous events/people.
Have fun :)