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!
A homework booklet with 28 pages for the third half term of year 7. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework is about Tudor England and includes:
Contents
Tudor Kings and Queens
Life in 1485 – comparison with 1066
King Henry VII’s problems & successes of his reign
What did Protestants protest about?
Why did Henry VIII break with Rome?
Religious changes under Henry VIII & Edward VI
How ‘bloody’ was Bloody Mary?
Elizabeth’s Middle Way
The Catholic & Puritan threats against Elizabeth I
To what extent did religion change under the Tudors?
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
A set of 42 flashcards based on all the key content on the spec - giving pupils the key information they need to revise. Knowledge based only they contain the key content from the spec in easy to learn bullet points. There are 22 pages in the resource and each page has two flashcards - I had them photocopied onto card, cut into two, hole punched in the corner and then put a treasury tag in to make a set of flashcards. Every flashcard deals with key content and the resources covers the whole spec for Elizabeth I.
I have also included the blank proformas for the flashcards useful for a revision activity for pupils to make their own before giving them the completed ones!
Includes 8 revision clock templates for students to revise the topic of the USA 1910-1929.
Topics are:
Clock 1 - USA general
Clock 2 – Immigration
Clock 3 - Race and Religion
Clock 4 - Crime and Corruption
Clock 5 - Economic Boom
Clock 6 - End of Prosperity
Clock 7 - Entertainment
Clock 8 - Women
Printing off in A3 is best for writing space. Spend 5 minutes on each section and one clock lasts a 60 minute lesson or use for students to revise individually.
Based on the Elizabeth topic of entertainment and using the Eduqas textbook 'The Elizabethan Age' as a reference source, a bundle of worksheets for students to learn the necessary information needed for the exam. The following worksheets are included:
1. The popularity of cruel sports during Elizabethan times - table
2. Entertainment enjoyed by the rich and poor - For making notes
3. Entertainment in Elizabethan Times - CAP (Content, Authorship and Purpose) - using contemporary sources and interpretations
4. Entertainment in Elizabethan Times - listing different types of entertainment during the era
5. Five Men's Morris template board game
6. Leading playwrights of the Elizabethan era - Table
7. London theatres - table
8. Strolling players - Questions
9. The importance of William Shakespeare - spider diagram
10. What did an Elizabethan theatre look like? - label the picture
11. Who opposed and supported Elizabethan theatre and why? - Identifying arguments
12. Exam Question bear baiting with PLC
13. Conclusion – what was the impact of entertainment over the Elizabethan era? - Questions
14. History summary question ‘A visit to the theatre was the most popular form of entertainment during Elizabethan times.’ with PLC
This resource explains the requirements for all of the questions in the new GCSE exam for component 2 Germany 1919-1991 but can be easily adapted for all the other component 2 units like the USA 1929-1990. The flashcards and posters give advice on answering the question and look at other example questions.
Includes 6 flashcards (just print off on card and cut into four) for students to be given for revision. Also includes 5 posters which are bigger A4 versions of the flashcards.
- Title flashcard
- Question 1 flashcard and poster
- Question 2 flashcard and poster
- Question 3 flashcard and poster
- Question 4 flashcard and poster
- Question 5 flashcard and poster
As the picture shows, I laminated them, hole punched the top left hand corner and put them on a key ring ring. My class carry a copy for reference at home and school.
N.B. This copy of flashcards is uncoloured.
This is a 44 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Section 2: Part 1: Chapter 5 on the reigns of Edward and Mary.
Each page has tasks based on the information given, for example,
making specific notes
answering key questions
examining extracts based on the exam question stem
practice essay
completing tables
revising some relevant knowledge
spider diagram and mind maps
learning key words and key terms
At the end of the booklet is an interpretations question with mark scheme and an essay question with mark scheme.
** Update - Also includes a PDF file as well as the original Publisher file **
A two-sided A3 sheet which focuses on the skills needed for the GCSE Eduqas History exam.
Side 1 outlines a short plan on how to answer every question on the four component papers for the GCSE History (Eduqas syllabus). Each plan is colour coded to show the history assessment objectives required for each question so it is easy to see at a glance the focus of each question.
The topics headings have been filled in for Elizabeth I, USA depth, Germany breadth & Entertainment and Leisure HOWEVER to adapt for other units just change the topic title and the topic picture. As the question stems are identical in all papers this would also suit centres who study different topics.
Key information is also included:
exam timings
number of questions
how many are source / interpretation / own knowledge questions
marks the paper is out of
suggested time to spend on each question.
Side 2 gives an explanation of the history assessment objectives and what this means in terms of their answers. Side 2 also includes the grade boundaries for Elizabeth I, USA 1910-1929, Germany 1919-1991 and Entertainment 2019. Finally there is an example of how to analyse a source and an interpretation as a guide for students. I have analysed a source for USA and an interpretation for Elizabeth I but these can easily be adapted for other units.
For best results print in A3 colour.
This is an A3 two sided knowledge organiser for the Elizabethan 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.
Side 1 - All the main points for each of the key questions 1-6
Side 2 - Key question 7 and advice on how to answer each exam question
To make the best of the resource, you should print in colour on A3 (already formatted for A3 printing) on both sides. Mine are laminated as well to use in class.
PDF copy added as well*
19 personalised learning checklists for a variety of the new GCSE exam style questions based on the Elizabethan Age 1558-1603. 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:
-8 Connections questions on poverty, government, local government, Puritans and religion
- Summary questions on 5 topics
- 3 'why' questions
- 3 question 5's worth 19 marks
This is a 121 slide quiz focused solely on the topic of The Elizabethan Age, 1558-1603- designed to make students think about their answers! There are four rounds:
Round 1 - What’s the connection?
Round 2 - What come’s fourth?
Round 3 - Missing vowels for keywords
Round 4 - Word Wall
Can be played as a whole class or for individual revision testing.
This is a 44 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Part 2: Section 2: Chapter 7- Elizabethan England.
Each page has tasks based on the information given in the texbook, for example,
- making specific notes
- answering key questions
- examining extracts based on the exam question stem
- practice essay
- completing tables
- spider diagram
- recapping key words
- timeline
At the end of the booklet are the two mark schemes for the source and essay questions for students to refer to.
A homework booklet with 28 pages for the autumn first half term of year 8. The focus is on learning homework ready for a starter or exit quiz in lessons. Each homework comes with a revision activity as well. This terms homework focuses on the Industrial Revolution and includes:
Contents
Britain in 1750
Population explosion
Beginnings of Revolution: The Agrarian Revolution
Factory Fever: Steam power and new factory industries
Factory Fever: Children & working conditions in factories
Case Study: Ironbridge
Transport: Turnpike trusts, roads, canals & railways
What were the most significant inventions of the Industrial Revolution?
The overall impact of the Industrial Revolution
Instructions for pupils are:
Each week in History, you will have a fact test on work you completed the week before in lessons. For homework revise the information on the topic which you learnt in your lesson and be ready to answer ten factual questions based on that work. To help you revise there are revision activities to do for each topic.
At the start of each half term and new term in History you will have a fact test which covers ALL the topics you have studied so far. Use this homework booklet to revise for your factual tests.
If you continually fail your factual tests (less than half marks) you will have to stay after school to retake your tests. Your teacher will be able to help you one to one to ensure you are learning.
Show your students how to answer the Elizabethan age paper with a Pixl idea - Walking Talking mock. Using the questions from the Hodder textbook this mock walks students through the exam process and includes structured paragraph starters for each question.
Includes:
Walking talking mock with sentence starters and mark scheme
Walking talking mock blank with no sentence starters
Another mock paper with different questions with no sentence starters
A sequence of three lessons for key question 1 of Elizabeth I - How successful was the government of Elizabeth I?
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 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.
Knowledge Organisers for AQA’a A Level History course on unit 1C The Tudors.
Each knowledge organiser focuses on a key question:
Henry VII - The first 8 KO’s focus on key content from the spec and the final 4 KO’s focus on key people from this period
Henry VIII - The first 11 KO’s focus on key content from the spec and the final 3 KO’s focus on key people from this period
Edward VI & Mary I - The first 12 KO’s focus on key content from the spec and the final 3 KO’s focus on key people from this period
Elizabeth I - The first 13 KO’s focus on the key content from the spec and the final 4 KO’s focus on key people from this period
9 colour posters on events and governments in Germany between 1919 and 1991. Perfect for livening up your classroom and ensuring students learn whilst gazing at the walls!
Includes pictures, key terms and questions to consider on the following:
- Weimar Republic
- The Rise of the Nazis
- The Nazi Consolidation
- Life under the Nazis
- Life during WW2
- West Germany 1949-1991
- East Germany 1919-1951
Cold War Relations
Reconciliation
These practice questions on the Entertainment & Leisure exam paper for Eduqas came about after my pupils wanted past papers to help them revise! I have put together a selection of practice questions in the style of all seven questions on the exam paper.
Question 1 Use Sources A, B and C to identify one similarity and one difference in forms of _________ over time. (8 questions)
Question 2 Which of the two sources is the more reliable to an historian studying...? (5 questions)
Question 3 Describe the...? (16 questions)
Question 4 Explain why...? (12 questions)
Question 5 Outline how… (8 questions)
Question 6a Describe two (3 questions)
Question 6b Explain why (2 questions)
This will give pupils a chance to get a real feel for the new paper and practice their exam skills.
This is a 37 page work booklet based on the AQA course textbooks on The Tudors 1485-1603 published by Hodder. The booklet follows Part 1: Section 2: Chapter 4 on Henry VIII’s last years
Each page has tasks based on the information given, for example,
making specific notes
answering key questions
examining extracts based on the exam question stem
practice essay
completing tables
writing an epitath
spider diagram
recapping key words
At the end of the booklet are the two mark schemes for the source and essay questions for students to refer to.
This is a Y7 outline scheme of work which includes a brief overview of every lesson for the Autumn term. Included are two student assessments and markschemes (based on GCSE examination style questions) and two homework booklets where the emphasis is mainly on short learning homeworks for a weekly fact test and including revision activities to complete. There is also a baseline assessment with mark scheme for Y7 to assess knowledge and skills at the beginning of KS3.
The Topics studied are Medieval History and Historical skills.
A full scheme of work for the Elizabeth 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 (23 lessons) with key lesson objectives, resources, suggested teaching activities and skills
assessments at the end of the SOL