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Every penny we make goes to support one of the charities listed on our website at www.wolseyacademy.com/mission - please check us out and help us, help you, help them! Wolsey Academy sells high-quality teaching resources for a range of subjects. So far we've donated over $1000 to good causes and hope to build on this and send even more! For every positive review left we will send you a complimentary resource - just visit our site. Better Teaching, Better Planet.

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Every penny we make goes to support one of the charities listed on our website at www.wolseyacademy.com/mission - please check us out and help us, help you, help them! Wolsey Academy sells high-quality teaching resources for a range of subjects. So far we've donated over $1000 to good causes and hope to build on this and send even more! For every positive review left we will send you a complimentary resource - just visit our site. Better Teaching, Better Planet.
COP28 $1bn to save the Earth - climate crisis challenge
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COP28 $1bn to save the Earth - climate crisis challenge

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A task to last a few lessons. Students to watch a video by the Economist on how 5 experts would spend $1bn to ‘save the oceans’ and then expand the task themselves to create a business plan for how to spend $qbn to save the earth. A template helps them structure their research and present their projects to the class. To tie in with Dubai COP28 but can be used at any time - of for any COP. I doubt they’ll agree to save the world anytime soon, so I imagine this lesson can be reused and recycled again and again :) Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Russian Revolution – Russia and its discontents 1900
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Russian Revolution – Russia and its discontents 1900

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This is one lesson from a completely fully resourced and integrated series of 17 lessons on the Russian Revolution. It was designed for GCSE History but has also been used very effectively at KS3 level. Each lesson contains as a minimum: • Recap from previous lesson • Keyword flashcards (in a unique ‘Pokémon card style’ template!) • Writing skill challenges building up to fully developed PEEKA paragraphs (these increase in complexity as you move through the lessons) • Text with comprehension questions • A ‘reverse engineer’ essay question task. • A model paragraph with a ‘how can you improve?’ task • Stretch questions. • Video links. The 17 lessons are as follows: Russia and its discontents (free) 1905 Revolution (free) The First World War (free) Rasputin February Revolution Mod-Module Revision Tasks and Knowledge Check Provisional Government October Revolution Bolsheviks & Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russian Civil War Russian Civil War – Why did the Reds win? Russian Civil War – War Communism Russian Civil War – Kronstadt Naval Mutiny Russian Civil War – New Economic Policy Russian Civil War – Lenin’s Legacy End of unit – all revision cards, revision tasks, assessment questions, models and criteria. Hope they help. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
The Enlightenment - French Revolution & Napoleon - Lesson 1 of 10
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The Enlightenment - French Revolution & Napoleon - Lesson 1 of 10

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One lesson from the French Revolution & Napoleon SOW (10 lessons) we have been teaching for a while but recently jazzed up some cartoon illustrations and streamlined/added some activities. Each lesson comes with a range of activities and a focus, some build up essay writing skills, others focus on debates, others are more creative tasks. All resources included at the end of each PowerPoint, designed to be as ‘pick and play’ or ‘pick up and modify’ as possible to help you out. Content wise you can see below, starts with the Enlightenment as context and then roams into Napoleon’s rise, his wars and eventually downfall at Waterloo. Have had excellent engagement with this SOW. The lessons are as follows: The Enlightenment - French Revolution & Napoleon Causes of the Revolution - French Revolution & Napoleon Tennis Court Oath & The Bastille - French Revolution & Napoleon Constitution and the Republic - French Revolution & Napoleon The Terror - French Revolution & Napoleon Napoleon’s Rise To Power - French Revolution & Napoleon Napoleon the General - French Revolution & Napoleon Peninsular War & The Rifles - French Revolution & Napoleon Battle of Waterloo 1815 - French Revolution & Napoleon Napoleonic Law and Legacy - French Revolution & Napoleon Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. Hope it helps. W
Edexcel History IGCSE Paper 2 Guide
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Edexcel History IGCSE Paper 2 Guide

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Offers general pre or post exam feedback on all question types. The examples used here are for China and Vietnam but the advice applies to all topics. Focus on: • Describe TWO features of EITHER X or Y (6 marks) • Study Sources A and B and then answer the question: • How far does Source A support the evidence of Source B about X (8 marks) • Study Extract C. • Extract C suggests that the main reason for X was Y • How far do you agree with this interpretation? • Use Extract C, Sources A and B and your own knowledge to explain your answer. (16 marks) Skill focus: • Using the sources effectively to answer the question. • Creating good conclusions. Hope it helps. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
World Cup History - Video, Information and Design a Kit Activity - Wolsey Academy- History Club 14
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World Cup History - Video, Information and Design a Kit Activity - Wolsey Academy- History Club 14

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Perfect for History Club sessions – or active and creative lessons - at primary or secondary level. Includes information and video about the topics and a fun practical activity (which can often take more than one session to complete). All sessions include a weekly advertising poster for display boards, websites and screens around the school. Also included is a loyalty card for students to claim rewards after attending enough lessons. Designed by Wolsey Academy and tried and tested with secondary students in the UK. Topics are as follows: Ancient Egypt – Drama Production Battle of Trafalgar 1805 – Arts and Craft. Guy Fawkes, 1605 – Gunpowder Hunt. Charles Lindbergh, 1927 – Design & Fly a Plane. Pirates – Make a Movie. Thanksgiving – Fancy Dress and Card Design Benjamin Franklin – Make and fly a Kite. Tudor Christmas – Card Making. Battle of Atlantic – Code Breaking Game Medieval Coat of Arms – Research and Heraldry Making. Brunel – Bridge Building Darwin –Voyage of the Beagle, Art Competition. D-Day – Landing Craft Construction and Testing World Cup History – Kit Designs Battle of Quebec – Crane Construction Angkor Wat – Sunrise Drawings Historical Fashion – Clothing Designs Henry Ford – Assembly Line Competition Roman Army – Shield Design and Battle Tactics Role Play Local History: Ipswich Town Football Club – Badge Design. WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The Cold War |  Capitalism v Communism
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The Cold War | Capitalism v Communism

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The Cold War IGCSE Edexcel One lesson from over forty on the Cold War, designed for the IGCSE Edexcel specification but instantly transferable to any other GCSE (or non-GCSE) curriculum. It begins before the Second World War, with the origins of Communist thinking and the Russian Revolution and continues right through the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the USSR. Each lesson comes with a range of activities, keyword cards and assessments. Focus on developing analytical and writing skills. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
UAE Moral Studies - Year 8 (Grade 7) - Lesson 3 - Equality Amoung People
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UAE Moral Studies - Year 8 (Grade 7) - Lesson 3 - Equality Amoung People

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Very simply taken from the ADEK UAE Moral Studies guide for Year 8 (Grade 7). Converted into something more user friendly for both teachers and students. Includes LOs that are revisited and differentiated resources for EAL classes. Can very easily be used outside the UAE for Moral and Social studies/PSHE/Tutor periods. Check out our other resources at Wolsey Academy Hope it helps :)
The Vikings - Viking Mythology & Top Trumps - Lesson 2
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The Vikings - Viking Mythology & Top Trumps - Lesson 2

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The Vikings One lesson from a series of 10 lessons used recently to teach Key Stage 3 which much success. There is a great range of activities and the students really engaged with the subject. Each lesson is fully resourced and ready to teach from the box. Each includes options for adaption up or down depending on class level. Each lesson builds up students’ skills ready for an assessment in lesson 10, but also develops soft skills of group work, presentation, research and problem-solving. The lessons are as follows: • Raiders or Settlers? Push and Pull Factors • Viking Mythology & Top Trumps • Women in the Viking Age • Trade and Longboats • Lindisfarne • Edmund the Martyr • Bluetooth, Forkbeard & Canute • The Kyivan Rus • The Viking Discovery of America • Assessment Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. Hope it helps. W
Causes of the Revolution - French Revolution & Napoleon - Lesson 2 of 10
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Causes of the Revolution - French Revolution & Napoleon - Lesson 2 of 10

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One lesson from the French Revolution & Napoleon SOW (10 lessons) we have been teaching for a while but recently jazzed up some cartoon illustrations and streamlined/added some activities. Each lesson comes with a range of activities and a focus, some build up essay writing skills, others focus on debates, others are more creative tasks. All resources included at the end of each PowerPoint, designed to be as ‘pick and play’ or ‘pick up and modify’ as possible to help you out. Content wise you can see below, starts with the Enlightenment as context and then roams into Napoleon’s rise, his wars and eventually downfall at Waterloo. Have had excellent engagement with this SOW. The lessons are as follows: The Enlightenment - French Revolution & Napoleon Causes of the Revolution - French Revolution & Napoleon Tennis Court Oath & The Bastille - French Revolution & Napoleon Constitution and the Republic - French Revolution & Napoleon The Terror - French Revolution & Napoleon Napoleon’s Rise To Power - French Revolution & Napoleon Napoleon the General - French Revolution & Napoleon Peninsular War & The Rifles - French Revolution & Napoleon Battle of Waterloo 1815 - French Revolution & Napoleon Napoleonic Law and Legacy - French Revolution & Napoleon Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. Hope it helps. W
Black Lives Matter: Why I am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge.
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Black Lives Matter: Why I am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge.

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Black Lives Matter: Why I am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge. This lesson takes the key themes of the book ‘Why I am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge’ and attempts to distill them into a format ready for a class room discussion. Ideal for discussions on race during a tutor period or at the end of a unit of work that features discussion on race. It is broken into the following stages: Intro to the author and initial mind mapping. A look at the history of black people, and their contribution, to British society. A discussion of how these historic experiences have created systemic racism – this is the crucial element of the lesson, to explain to students that being ‘colour blind’ can cause its own problems by neglecting to engage with the realities of black people. What is ‘white privilege’ and what could be done to stop it? A look at the NFL’s “Rooney Rule”. PEE paragraph on the Rooney Rule. Ending thoughts and development of mind maps. Extension task: Read Eddo-Lodge’s article. EAL Task: Keyword focus sheet I do not for a second pretend to be an expert in these matters but this is my attempt to introduce the discussion of systemic racism into my classroom. I hope it can be of some use to you in your classrooms too. If you feel I have said something wrong or phrased something insensitively please contact me at thomas@wolseyacademy.com and we can make corrections together. Hope it helps.
The Cold War | 1. Set Up and Timeline Task
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The Cold War | 1. Set Up and Timeline Task

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The Cold War IGCSE Edexcel One lesson from over forty on the Cold War, designed for the IGCSE Edexcel specification but instantly transferable to any other GCSE (or non-GCSE) curriculum. It begins before the Second World War, with the origins of Communist thinking and the Russian Revolution and continues right through the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the USSR. Each lesson comes with a range of activities, keyword cards and assessments. Focus on developing analytical and writing skills. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
ICT IGCSE Mini Practical Exam Lesson Series - Graphics, Web Authoring & Spreadsheets
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ICT IGCSE Mini Practical Exam Lesson Series - Graphics, Web Authoring & Spreadsheets

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Scheduled to stretch over 3 lessons. Revision of the key skills (Publisher, KompoZer & Excel) before students complete their first mini practical. A peer and self assessment that leads to targeted intervention work to improve the initial practical. Students take their ‘strength’ skill and prepare a 5 minute lesson to teach to fellow students in groups. A second mini-practical takes place. Peer and self assessment again with a reflection on progress. Differentiation is provided throughout with hints and challenge activities. To keep timing and pace it also includes embedded timers for each part of mini-mock. Includes all the files required for the two practical exams (cinema scenario and then an ‘events arena’ scenario). WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. Hope it helps.
Battle of Trafalgar 1805 - Wolsey Academy - History Club 2
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Battle of Trafalgar 1805 - Wolsey Academy - History Club 2

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Perfect for History Club sessions – or active and creative lessons - at primary or secondary level. Includes information and video about the topics and a fun practical activity (which can often take more than one session to complete). All sessions include a weekly advertising poster for display boards, websites and screens around the school. Also included is a loyalty card for students to claim rewards after attending enough lessons. Designed by Wolsey Academy and tried and tested with secondary students in the UK. Topics are as follows: Ancient Egypt – Drama Production Battle of Trafalgar 1805 – Arts and Craft. Guy Fawkes, 1605 – Gunpowder Hunt. Charles Lindbergh, 1927 – Design & Fly a Plane. Pirates – Make a Movie. Thanksgiving – Fancy Dress and Card Design Benjamin Franklin – Make and fly a Kite. Tudor Christmas – Card Making. Battle of Atlantic – Code Breaking Game Medieval Coat of Arms – Research and Heraldry Making. Brunel – Bridge Building Darwin –Voyage of the Beagle, Art Competition. D-Day – Landing Craft Construction and Testing World Cup History – Kit Designs Battle of Quebec – Crane Construction Angkor Wat – Sunrise Drawings Historical Fashion – Clothing Designs Henry Ford – Assembly Line Competition Roman Army – Shield Design and Battle Tactics Role Play Local History: Ipswich Town Football Club – Badge Design.
Edexcel History IGCSE Paper 1 Guide
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Edexcel History IGCSE Paper 1 Guide

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Offers general pre or post exam feedback on all question types. The examples used here are for Germany and Cold War but the advice applies to all topics. Focus on: Making connections to the question 6 marker – the paraphrasing trap 8 markers – making connections to the question 16 markers – writing effective conclusions. Hope it helps. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Treaty of Versailles 7/10: Terms of the Treaty – Germany
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Treaty of Versailles 7/10: Terms of the Treaty – Germany

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This lesson is from the 10-lesson series below: 10 fully resourced lessons designed to cover in depth the first chapter of the Cambridge IGCSE History Modern World. Designed for both in person and virtual teaching. Each lesson includes: • A Literacy/Numeracy/Think settler question • A context slide to allow for some (valuable) direct instruction • A range of resources which include the likes of categorisation tasks, source questions and writing activities with model answers (focus on flexible PEEKA paragraphs). • An online recap quiz • Each lesson also includes a scholarship and further reading page to really engage the higher-level students. Lessons in the series: WW1 Recap The State of Germany in 1918 The German Revolution 1918 Paris Peace Conference 1919 – Motives Overview Wilson’s 14 Points David Lloyd George at Versailles Terms of the Treaty – Germany Reactions – Source work The other treaties Was it fair? Also ideal for KS3 and other GCSE studies when considering the TofV – the Cambridge spec asks for a lot more depth on this topic that Edexcel seem to – so can easily be diluted a little for Edexcel, or used to push higher level classes. WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Russian Revolution – 2.	1905 Revolution
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Russian Revolution – 2. 1905 Revolution

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This is one lesson from a completely fully resourced and integrated series of 17 lessons on the Russian Revolution. It was designed for GCSE History but has also been used very effectively at KS3 level. Each lesson contains as a minimum: • Recap from previous lesson • Keyword flashcards (in a unique ‘Pokémon card style’ template!) • Writing skill challenges building up to fully developed PEEKA paragraphs (these increase in complexity as you move through the lessons) • Text with comprehension questions • A ‘reverse engineer’ essay question task. • A model paragraph with a ‘how can you improve?’ task • Stretch questions. • Video links. The 17 lessons are as follows: Russia and its discontents (free) 1905 Revolution (free) The First World War (free) Rasputin February Revolution Mod-Module Revision Tasks and Knowledge Check Provisional Government October Revolution Bolsheviks & Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russian Civil War Russian Civil War – Why did the Reds win? Russian Civil War – War Communism Russian Civil War – Kronstadt Naval Mutiny Russian Civil War – New Economic Policy Russian Civil War – Lenin’s Legacy End of unit – all revision cards, revision tasks, assessment questions, models and criteria. Hope they help. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
Roman Monopoly Project
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Roman Monopoly Project

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This educational tool offers a blend of historical learning and playful interaction by guiding students to design and create a Roman-themed Monopoly board game. It serves as an inventive approach for educators to help students review and understand a variety of topics in Roman history, including the impressive architecture of the Colosseum and the tactical exploits of Julius Caesar. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Treaty of Versailles 1/10: First World War Recap
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Treaty of Versailles 1/10: First World War Recap

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Treaty of Versailles: First World War Recap 1/10 This lesson is from the 10-lesson series below: 10 fully resourced lessons designed to cover in depth the first chapter of the Cambridge IGCSE History Modern World. Designed for both in person and virtual teaching. Each lesson includes: • A Literacy/Numeracy/Think settler question • A context slide to allow for some (valuable) direct instruction • A range of resources from categorisation tasks, source questions and writing activities with model answers (focus on flexible PEEKA paragraphs). • An online recap quiz • Each lesson also includes a scholarship and further reading page to really engage the higher-level students. Lessons in the series: WW1 Recap The State of Germany in 1918 The German Revolution 1918 Paris Peace Conference 1919 – Motives Overview Wilson’s 14 Points David Lloyd George at Versailles Terms of the Treaty – Germany Reactions – Source work The other treaties Was it fair? Also ideal for KS3 and other GCSE studies when considering the TofV – the Cambridge spec asks for a lot more depth on this topic that Edexcel seem to – so can easily be diluted a little for Edexcel, or used to push higher level classes. WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Space Race & The Cold War
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Space Race & The Cold War

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This is one lesson from a series of 7 lessons that focus on the Space Race, From Sputnik to Apollo. Each lesson is fully resourced with anything that needs printing at the end of the PowerPoint ready in a print friendly format. The idea of this series of lessons is to introduce students to key historical skills using content they are familiar with and find engaging. We have had huge success with these lessons at Wolsey Academy with students often demanding that we teach more of them. The work produced from these lessons has also been exceptional, with the main activity in each lesson being scaffolded and supported in a number of ways. For details of each lesson please see below. If purchasing just one lesson, make sure you have seen the details for that one below. In the lesson preview you will see the lesson structure in the road map slide. We hope it helps. The 7 lessons: Sputnik 1957 Yuri Gagarin Project Mercury Earthrise Apollo 8 Apollo 11 Apollo Conspiracies Debunked Cold War Space Race Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. Hope it helps. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet