I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
I am an experienced History teacher who has created SOW for different schools. I love making different and creative resources and hope you enjoy them too! I will try and update any old resources and you are welcome to recommend any SOW for me to create!
A great and informative PPT to support teachers/relevant staff with SEND. This CPD covers: SEND Code of Practice, common learning difficulties, Strategies, Assessment and Case Studies. It has tasks for teachers to complete to support their understanding and help influence their action.
A single lesson part of my wider 'KS3/4 Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar; SOW. This lesson is focused on parts of speech with practical activities and differentiation embedded in the lesson to support students.
A good resource for KS3/4/5 students to help them understand the importance of income and expenditure and the value of money. The lesson focuses on identifying items that are needs and wants and the factors which influence spending. It also has an activity to get students started on budget planning.
Mussolini’s Italy - follows Paper 4 Cambridge International History European Option. Can be used for any exam board.
Why did Mussolini gain power in 1922?
To understand the appeal of Fascism.
To evaluate Mussolini’s aims in government and his leadership.
To understand the establishment of a dictatorship, repression of opposition.
To evaluate propaganda and foreign policy
To understand the nature of Mussolini’s economic aims and the corporate state
To understand dealings with the Church
To understand social policies
A lesson explaining Black History Month in Britain and it’s importance. The lesson looks at key figures, and uses both videos, activities and news articles to help students understand the importance of Black History Month. This lesson can be used for an assembly.
These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 4 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. It has a range of resources and is great for students!
The lessons cover:
Key topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–39
1 Nazi policies towards women
● Nazi views on women and the family.
● Nazi policies towards women, including marriage and family,
employment and appearance.
2 Nazi policies towards the young
● Nazi aims and policies towards the young. The Hitler Youth and the
League of German Maidens.
● Nazi control of the young through education, including the
curriculum and teachers.
3 Employment and living standards
● Nazi policies to reduce unemployment, including labour service,
autobahns, rearmament and invisible unemployment.
● Changes in the standard of living, especially of German workers.
The Labour Front, Strength Through Joy, Beauty of Labour.
4 The persecution of minorities
● Nazi racial beliefs and policies and the treatment of minorities:
Slavs, ‘gypsies’, homosexuals and those with disabilities.
● The persecution of the Jews, including the boycott of Jewish shops
and businesses (1933), the Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht
This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL WW1 Medicine Through TimeThe British Sector of the Western Front course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources, exam skills and revision and students perform extremely well! The lessons cover:
1 The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and
the trenches:
● The context of the British sector of Western Front and the theatre
of war in Flanders and northern France: the Ypres salient, the
Somme, Arras and Cambrai. The trench system - its construction
and organisation, including frontline and support trenches. The use
of mines at Hill 60 near Ypres and the expansion of tunnels, caves
and quarries at Arras. Significance for medical treatment of the
nature of the terrain and problems of the transport and
communications infrastructure.
● Conditions requiring medical treatment on the Western Front,
including the problems of ill health arising from the trench
environment. The nature of wounds from rifles and explosives. The
problem of shrapnel, wound infection and increased numbers of
head injuries. The effects of gas attacks.
● The work of the RAMC and FANY. The system of transport:
stretcher bearers, horse and motor ambulances. The stages of
treatment areas: aid post and field ambulance, dressing station,
casualty clearing station, base hospital. The underground hospital
at Arras.
● The significance of the Western Front for experiments in surgery
and medicine: new techniques in the treatment of wounds and
infection, the Thomas splint, the use of mobile x-ray units, the
creation of a blood bank for the Battle of Cambrai.
● The historical context of medicine in the early twentieth century:
the understanding of infection and moves towards aseptic surgery;
the development of x-rays; blood transfusions and developments
in the storage of blood.
2 Knowledge, selection and use of sources for historical enquiries:
● Knowledge of national sources relevant to the period and issue,
e.g. army records, national newspapers, government reports,
medical articles.
��� Knowledge of local sources relevant to the period and issue, e.g.
personal accounts, photographs, hospital records, army statistics.
● Recognition of the strengths and weaknesses of different types of
source for specific enquiries.
● Framing of questions relevant to the pursuit of a specific enquiry.
● Selection of appropriate sources for specific investigations
CPD focused on effective pedagogy for both PGCE, NQT and experienced teachers. The lesson covers: pedagogical approaches, reflective teaching, analysing essays on effective pedagogy and implementing techniques in each department’s teaching/curriculum.
This literacy booklet was made to support higher ability KS2, 3 and lower ability KS4 students. It is engaging and has helped students with their writing. It focuses on: Categorising, Spelling, Grammar, Comprehension, Word Group, Synonyms, paragraph practice and more!
This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time/ Medicine in Britain course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources and students generally prefer this topic the most! The lessons cover:
1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
● Supernatural and religious explanations of the cause of disease.
● Rational explanations: the Theory of the Four Humours and the
miasma theory; the continuing influence in England of Hippocrates
and Galen.
2 Approaches to prevention and treatment
● Approaches to prevention and treatment and their connection with
ideas about disease and illness: religious actions, bloodletting and
purging, purifying the air, and the use of remedies.
● New and traditional approaches to hospital care in the thirteenth
century. The role of the physician, apothecary and barber surgeon
in treatment and care provided within the community and in
hospitals, c1250–1500.
3 Case study:
● Dealing with the Black Death, 1348–49; approaches to treatment and attempts to prevent its spread.
An outstanding introductory lesson on Macbeth which covers: GCSE Exam requirements/objectives, chronological ordering task, detailed quote analysis (both as a class and independent student work), recapping context, key vocabulary for language analysis, analytical writing and homework. This is part of my wider ‘Macbeth: Full SOW’ resource/bundle.
These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 2 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. It has a range of resources and is great for students!
The lessons cover:
● Hitler’s early career: joining the German Workers’ Party and setting
up the Nazi Party, 1919–20.
● The early growth and features of the Party. The Twenty-Five Point
Programme and the role of the SA.
● The Munich Putsch: Events
● Putsch Significance
● The Lean Years
● Reasons for limited support for the Nazi Party, 1924–28. Party
reorganisation and Mein Kampf. The Bamberg Conference of 1926.
● Depression: The growth of unemployment – its causes and impact. The failure of successive Weimar governments to deal with unemployment from
1929 to January 1933.
● Reasons for the growth in support for the Nazi Party, including the
appeal of Hitler and the Nazis, the effects of propaganda and the
work of the SA.
● How Hitler became Chancellor, 1932–33: Political developments in 1932. The roles of Hindenburg, Brüning, von Papen and von Schleicher.
● Assessment
●Assessment feedback and mark scheme
A lesson on the Atlantic Slave Trade covering: causes, stages and consequences. The lesson has different activities and covers both primary and secondary sources. This lesson was made for KS3 students but can be adapted for any year group.
A detailed lesson on the Partition of India focusing on: causes, events, consequences (short and long term), and India today under Modi. The lesson has different activities and great discussion points for students!
Series of lessons on the module for the Norman Conquest 1035–1087. The SOW has detailed Power Points with information regarding the spec, differentiation, a variety of activities and worksheets, and exam/ essay writing guidance. The lessons can be used for the Edexcel GCSE/ AQA Spec too.
The lessons cover:
• Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings 1066: plans; course of events; impact
• William I’s consolidation of power: securing succession; methods of control; extent of opposition.
I also have other lessons and a revision booklet uploaded for this unit.
This lesson educates students on the BLM movement and its origins. The lesson includes a variety of activities which focus on the causes of the movement, its aims, how the media presents it and asks students to think of possible solutions for the racial discrimination that exists today. I taught this lesson to both my KS3 and 4 classes and they seemed to have enjoyed and benefited from the lesson.
Any feedback is welcomed! Do not forget to rate the resource too please.
This free resource could either be a lesson/ assembly on women and their perceptions and treatment. The PPT is mostly focused on having a debate and addressing controversial opinions/ sensitive issues. I taught this lesson to both Year 11 and 6th formers (14-16) and it was great at challenging mindsets and making students aware of issues women face.