I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
I am Head of Humanities in the West Midlands and have been teaching History for twenty years. I have marked exams and moderated coursework for GCSE History for a popular exam board since 2001. All resources published have been tried out in class before publication!
Focus on the Elizabethan Age unit. Includes:
-knowledge organisers for the whole unit
- PLC’s with practice exam questions
- walking talking mock paper with sentence starters for all questions
- a further practice mock paper
- teaching resources for the entertainment and Puritan topics in the unit.
Three files (which comprise a total of 14 pages) of revision tasks for the USA topic. Includes a variety of activities including fill in the blanks, True or False, describe questions. These are knowledge based activities - could be used as a holiday homework or revision activities in class.
9 pages of revision activities like true or false tasks, matching key words and definitions and multiple choice questions. Ideal as a revision or consolidation exercise.
These flashcards are based on the AQA specification but include content on all the key policies, events, treaties etc relating to King Henry VII. There are two flashcards on each page and 15 pages in total. I printed them off on card, cut in half, hole punched and treasury tagged one corner. They were produced for the students I teach who struggle to remember facts!
Content based on the spec:
Henry Tudor’s consolidation of power: character and aims; establishing the Tudor dynasty
Government: councils, parliament, justice, royal finance, domestic policies
Relationships with Scotland and other foreign powers; securing the succession; marriage alliances
Society: churchmen, nobles and commoners; regional division; social discontent and rebellions
Economic development: trade, exploration, prosperity and depression
Religion; humanism; arts and learning
This is a two sided knowledge organiser for the Entertainment & Leisure unit for WJEC / EDUQAS GCSE History course.
It covers all the main points from all of the key questions in an easy to read, visual design.
It was designed to help make the topic more accessible for middle and lower attaining students who struggle with seperate knowledge organisers.
It is colour coordinated into topics.
Side 1 - All the main points and conclusions for each of the key questions 1-6
Side 2 - Historical site Wembley and advice on how to answer each exam question
To make the most of this resource, it should be printed on A3 paper (already formatted for A3) in colour and back to back. Mine are laminated to use in the classroom.
*Please note: This is a four era knowledge organiser arranged into the Medieval era, Early Modern era, Late Modern era and Contemporary/Modern era. This is not arranged into three eras for centres who prefer to teach Medieval, Early Modern and Modern eras. *
A sequence of three lessons for key question 1 of Elizabeth I - How much of a threat was the Spanish Armada?
These lessons are retrieval based and are used in conjunction with the knowledge organiser included.
Lesson 1 - The Big Picture - extended content with a Do it Now and retrieval activity
Lesson 2 - Mind mapping lesson with an example mind map and a Do Now for the start of the lesson
Lesson 3 - Testing - An extended Do Now comprising of 10 factual questions and one of the exam questions which feature on the Elizabeth I exam paper. The question is explained, modelled and then students have a go too.
The slides are based around the knowledge on the knowledge organiser. During the mind mapping and retrieval activities, higher ability students are given extra information so that they complete in more detail.
We have found this method successful in helping all of our students remember the key information as the three lesson sequence embeds the core knowledge they need.
Homeworks should be focused on revising / self-quizzing from knowledge organisers as well as completing mind maps.
This method is also useful when students are absent from previous lessons as they are able to fit straight back in by using knowledge organisers.
There are 8 booklets in total, each one focuses on a main chapter from the Hodder textbook.
There are various tasks for students to complete using their textbook as a guide.
Each booklet contains activities :
• making specific notes
• answering key questions
• examining extracts based on the exam question stem
• practice essays and interpretations questions
• completing tables
• revising some relevant knowledge
• learning key words and key terms
The number of pages in the booklets range between 35 and 47 pages.
King and Queen tests are a great way of embedding key factual knowledge by giving students weekly fact tests to test their factual knowledge. These king and queen resources include a slide of questions and then the answer slide for each test. They can be used as a starter or plenary. After a test you can write down or use a picture of the name of the king or queen for the week on the sheet provided. I stick students photos up on a laminated version of the attached and change them weekly depending on the top scores. There are 10 King & Queen tests included in this pack as well as a classroom display sheet for the winner(s). There is also a test record sheet using Excel which calculates the weekly average for the student and the class after every test.
Three resources designed to help students learn and revise their factual knowledge for the Entertainment & Leisure thematic study. Includes;
- knowledge organisers for all the key questions including the historical site study of Blackpool
- a student work book to help them make relevant notes and / or revise the topic
- seven king and queen starter tests or plenaries which revise 10 key facts every test
- A king and queen class display sheet
- an excel king and queen test record sheet which calculates the average test result for students and the whole class over the weeks.
A set of flashcards ready for pupils to write on to aid their revision of the Elizabethan age. Just photocopy onto card and cut each page in half. There are 19 pages in total which means 38 flashcards for the topic. Each flashcard addresses a key content description from the key questions in the spec. Use them for pupils to write their notes on and then keep for revision.
King and Queen tests are a great way of embedding key factual knowledge by giving students weekly fact tests to test their factual knowledge. These king and queen resources include a slide of questions and then the answer slide for each test. They can be used as a starter or plenary. After a test you can write down or use a picture of the name of the king or queen for the week on the sheet provided. I stick students photos up on a laminated version of the attached and change them weekly depending on the top scores. There are 7 King & Queen tests included in this pack covering the whole unit as well as a classroom display sheet for the weekly winner(s). There is also a test record sheet using Excel which calculates the weekly average for the student and the class after every test
Eduqas GCSE History
The Elizabethan Age
The USA 1910-1929
Germany 1919-1990
Changes to Entertainment & Leisure c500 - present day
Included for each topic:
knowledge organisers
Practice Exam questions
Revision only connect quiz
Marking grids
Flashcards on how to answer each question
King and Queen tests are a great way of embedding key factual knowledge by giving students weekly fact tests to test their factual knowledge. These king and queen resources include a slide of questions and then the answer slide for each test. They can be used as a starter or plenary. After a test you can write down or use a picture of the name of the king or queen for the week on the sheet provided. I stick students photos up on a laminated version of the attached and change them weekly depending on the top scores. There are 13 King & Queen tests included in this pack covering the whole unit as well as a classroom display sheet for the weekly winner(s). There is also a test record sheet using Excel which calculates the weekly average for the student and the class after every test
All you need to revise and practice with your pupils for the Elizabethan Age exam.
Includes:
• Practice questions
• Revison quizzes
• Revision flash cards for each question on the paper
• Marking grids for marking practice questions
• Revision game with over 40 slides in the style of the only connect quiz
• Student workbooklet to complete for revision
• 61 practice exam questions for the new paper.
Knowledge organisers
A revision PowerPoint on the each of the questions on the Germany 1919-1991 exam paper - Unit 3. Can be easily adapted for other unit 3 papers by changing content and names. For each question, advice is given on:
how long to answer
examples of questions
sentence starters
demands of the question
Included is a table for students to record information from the PowerPoint - enlarge to A3 for best results. Can be used as part of ‘drop down’ or ‘exam cram’ revision session for real or mock exams.
Designed intially as an introduction for Y11’s to do over the long holiday as a bridging or pre-course task. The focus is on the War of the Roses and the five monarchs before Henry VII in order to understand the context of the Battle of Bosworth.
There are 20 slides in total:
Task 1 - Research task for the 5 Kings before HVII
Task 2 - Reading three extracts about the War of the Roses and completing questions and the summary page
Task 3 - Using Henry VII’s family tree to work out if he was the best claimant for the throne
Task 4 - Reading about and completing a report task on the Battle of Bosworth
A collection of six revision activities for USA 1910-1929
Includes:
Guess Who game - I laminated my game boards so that they can be reused
Revision of sources and interpretations - Over 20 different sources & interpretations to evaluate as practice
Spider diagrams (blank) for each key question
Blank template for students to make own flashcards
Blank templates for students to create own knowledge organisers on key questions
Knowledge test
Word Wall Template (from only connect) to create linking puzzles
A full scheme of work for the USA 1910-1929 unit. Includes:
a cover page with general information like assessments, assessment objectives, key questions
specification
a skills page with all skills for every lesson identified
a space to write changes for each lesson as you go along - working document
all lessons to be taught (28 lessons) with key lesson objectives, resources, suggested teaching activities and skills
assessments at the end of the SOL
Model answers for question 5 ‘Outline the development of…’ ‘Outline the changes to the development of…’ (20 mark question)
Topics are:
Sport
Holidays and Travel
Theatre, stage and screen
Music and dancing
Children’s entertainment
Cruel sports and cruel punishments
Personalised learning checklists for a variety of the new GCSE exam style questions based on Germany breadth study 1919-1991. Each includes the question, mark scheme and targets for improvement on a cover sheet for ticking and circling to make marking easy. Allows opportunities for peer and self assessment as well as targets for improvement.
Questions include:
- The German economy greatly improved after Hitler came to power in 1933. Arrange the three reasons in order of their significance in improving the German economy in the 1930s. Explain your choices. (9 marks]
- After World War 2 relations between the two Germany’s changed. Arrange the reasons in order of their significance in demonstrating the worsening relations between East and West. Explain your choices. (9 marks]
- Coordination was an important part of how Hitler and the Nazis controlled Germany. Three ways Hitler tried to control society was through 1. Women 2. Workers 3. Children. Arrange the three groups in order of how significant they were to the Nazi policy of coordination in the 1930s. (9 marks]
- How far did the economic status of the German people change between 1923 and 1929? (6 marks]
- How important was the impact of the Enabling Act in Hitler`s consolidation of power? [12 marks]