Make History come alive. History is often portrayed as what happened to other people and the students sometimes struggle to empathise with the characters they are introduced to. These activities have the students conduct some historical research on being a 14 year old at different periods over the last one hundred years. Thus the students compare themselves today with their ipads and rights to those children that experienced a vastly different existence during the twentieth century. This activity is not so much about empathising with 14 year olds in the past but more to focus on the idea of change and continuity. The students are investigating their peers of the last one hundred years. What is different, why is it different and is now better? This activity opens up history and encourages the students to see themselves within an historical context. Includes Lesson Plan, PowerPoint and Handouts.

The world created in the classroom is often a simple one in that everything fits with everything else. When talking about a rebellion breaking out in Norwich and a King who quickly quashes it, there is often the simplicity of a Television drama. We know of the rebellion and we know the King responds but the context to make it real is often lost. For example do the students know where Norwich is? If not then it is difficult to get them to fully understand the full implication of the rebellion. Students today live in an instant world. They upload their work to a ‘cloud’ and receive information instantly. This is not the world they have to understand for their ‘A’ levels. While most students appreciate this point to an extent they still struggle with how slow the world was before the internet and the iPhone.

This is an excellent way to incorporate numeracy into the history curriculum as well as appealing to those students who are more visual in their learning. This is unique and inventive way of viewing complex historical arguments. Often students find pages of notes comlex or difficult to gain simple patterns from. By viewing the arguments and evidence visually the students get to see the big picture much more clearly. Use Pie charts and graphs to sort information to make arguments and conclusions easier. The example one in the resource is on the Northern Rebellion but the principle can be applied to all aspects of history. Contains a PowerPoint and Lesson Plan

This is a complete unit of work that covers Hitler's rise to power from the before the Munich Putsch to becoming Fuhrer in 1934. The main work is completed through a workbook and there is a very strong emphasis on the students planning and completing their own work. The pack contains notes, work, questions, sources and a variety of resources across 12 handouts that make up the workbook. There is even a PowerPoint to go with all the lessons. This is a huge piece of work that will save you hours of work and also be refreshing for the students.

This is a brilliant resource pack full of creative ways for getting your students to revise independently, differently and most importantly, successfully. Ten lessons are included and that means PowerPoints and handouts as well. Trial and error has gone into creating lots of resources that really get the students thinking about their revision. No two students are the same so adopting just one method of revision is limiting. Vary the methods and increase the outcomes. Topics included: Image is everything- revising using images Reverse the process- based on reverse engineering to see how a good answer is made Elementary- using Sherlock Holmes to help thinking Help Lights camera action Maps- a look at how mapping can help revision News Report- how putting a news report help focus revision Postcards- writing revision postcards Revision Game Thinking- different ways of thinking The title are varied because so are the methods, however, they are creative approaches to getting the most out of your students.

Values are never static; they are changing all the time and are different from person to person. The values, freedoms, laws and customs that shape us today are not universal and yet they influence our views of other people, both today and in the past. The students would have a better understanding of a period if they understood the values of the people at that time. Alternatively they may be able to think of criticisms with the behaviour of people in the past if they apply today’s values. This Lesson aims to get the students to think about our values today as well as those in their period of study. The students should then be able to place the actions of the past in context. This is especially important when the students are expected to evaluate the period of study.

No discussion of the First World War is possible without reference to the trenches on the Western Front. If the students gain an understanding of the trenches then the whole experience and time of the war makes more sense. The activities included cover a wide range of topics relating to the trenches without specifying any particular part of them or any specific battle. The aim is to give the students a general understanding of the trenches and life in them so that they can complete a more focussed piece of research on a specific battle. As well as a very detailed lesson plan there are four handouts included as well as a detailed PowerPoint.

A simple and interactive resource to explain a complex situation. All discussions in history involve money, especially in the sixteenth century. However, it is never really discussed how the money that monarchs borrow is created and the consequences of this. This resources looks at how money is made in the banking system during the Sixteenth Century (and later). This topic also allows the teacher to link the past with the banking system of today and the influence it also has on power. This activity is rare for the sixth form in that it encourages the students to get out of their seats and actively take part in the learning. Contains a PowerPoint and Lesson Plan and resources

This unit gives hours of lessons including activities, questions and discussion points about the reign of Mary Tudor. The unit is primarily aimed at the theme of a Mid Tudor Crisis but can easily be used for most Tudor examinations. The corresponding PowerPoint is available in the Premium section.

This lesson is not on a specific topic nor is it a series of activities. Instead it is a whole class activity based around a major theme or topic in history. The aim is to create a visual summary of an historical event, from the main topic down to some of the key people involved. The Tree can be created as a piece of research on a new topic. The students can add to it as the topic develops. Alternatively the Tree can be created as a conclusion to a major class project. Each student can be given a task and once completed it will sum up all of their work.