Key Stage 3 and 4 History Resources
Engaging and challenging History resources for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. Striving to produce well-balanced, well-paced, challenging and differentiated resources that cater to a variety of ages and ability levels.
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Engaging and challenging History resources for Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
Striving to produce well-balanced, well-paced, challenging and differentiated resources that cater to a variety of ages and ability levels.
Featured resources
Second World War - Dropping the Atomic Bombs
KS3/KS4 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
An ‘outstanding’ rated lesson. Contains:
presentation with starter activity on Oppenheimer quote
evidence collecting activity (two options - either walk around the room sources or a single source sheet that can be shared at desks between two students)
two differentiated tables for collecting the evidence (or that gives more time for slower students by being partially filled in)
opportunity for students to write a speech either justifying or opposing the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
two options for either self- and peer-assessment or just peer-assessment
Learning Objectives:
Gold: Assess the extent to which Britain and France were also responsible for the outbreak of the Second World War.
Silver: Explain why he wanted to revise the Treaty of Versailles.
Bronze: Describe Hitler’s foreign policy aims.
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League of Nations - The Manchuria Crisis
KS3/KS4 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
A complete lesson on the Manchuria Crisis of the 1930s. Contains three worksheets (a flow chart for noting down key information, an inference square for detailed source work, and a peer assessment sheet for assessing mock exam question), as well as a PowerPoint presentation with animations to scaffold the learning. The starter activity recaps the League of Nations and events in the 1920s.
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Industrial Revolution - Inventors and Inventions
KS3 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
A Key Stage 3, Year 8 observation lesson designed to test students’ understanding of the historical concept of significance by deciding which Industrial Revolution inventor’s face should be on the next banknote.
Differentiated learning objectives:
Gold: Argue why one inventor is more significant than another, justifying your choice.
Silver: Assess how significant an inventor was using Partington’s model of historical significance.
Bronze: Describe the key inventors of the Industrial age, explaining their impact on Victorian Britain.
A ‘hook’ starter designed to get students engaged with the topic, asking about the most important inventions in their lives.
An information gathering activity using five sources giving information about five key Industrial Revolution inventors.
A speech writing activity on the most significant inventor, with differentiated learning objectives.
A plenary for student-led sharing of ideas and a class vote.
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Industrial Revolution - Inventors and Inventions
KS3 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
A Key Stage 3, Year 8 observation lesson designed to test students’ understanding of the historical concept of significance by deciding which Industrial Revolution inventor’s face should be on the next banknote.
Differentiated learning objectives:
Gold: Argue why one inventor is more significant than another, justifying your choice.
Silver: Assess how significant an inventor was using Partington’s model of historical significance.
Bronze: Describe the key inventors of the Industrial age, explaining their impact on Victorian Britain.
A ‘hook’ starter designed to get students engaged with the topic, asking about the most important inventions in their lives.
An information gathering activity using five sources giving information about five key Industrial Revolution inventors.
A speech writing activity on the most significant inventor, with differentiated learning objectives.
A plenary for student-led sharing of ideas and a class vote.
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Industrial Revolution - Causes of the Industrial Revolution
KS3 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
A lesson that forms part of a scheme of work on the Industrial Revolution.
Contains:
presentation with starter activity and plenary discussion
high quality images and resources, ready to print from Microsoft PowerPoint
Learning Objectives:
describe the factors that led to the Industrial Revolution
explain how they led to the Industrial Revolution
analyse and prioritise these factors, making links between them
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The Tudors - Wars of the Roses
KS3 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
This lesson forms part of a scheme of work on The Tudors. Ideal for Year 7 / Year 8 students, depending on your school’s SoW.
Learning Objectives:
describe what the Wars of the Roses were
explain the events of the Wars of the Roses
explain how Henry Tudor gained power.
Starter - introduction to Wars of the Roses, with word bank
Main - movement activity to collect information about the Wars of the Roses
Main (option) - activity to produce a news report on Richard III, detailing the key events of the war.
Plenary - consider the impact of the Wars of the Roses on King Henry VIII.
Plenary (option) - memorising activity
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Cold War - End of the Cold War (Gorbachev, Reagan, Fall of the Berlin Wall, Eastern Europe)
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This lesson - the final one in a scheme of work about the Cold War - introduces Year 9 students to the following issues.
- Ronald Reagan and his 'Tear Down This Wall' speech
- The problems facing the USSR and its allies
- Mikhail Gorbachev and his reforms
- Popular protest and uprisings in Eastern Europe.
It starts with an analysis of the Reagan speech (a short 4 minute video available on YouTube), before students categorise the problems facing the USSR and Gorbachev's potential solutions. These solutions are discussed, with students prioritising the problems and solutions, and identifying that the 'solution' for problems in Eastern Europe isn't really a solution at all! This leads nicely on to a brief discussion of popular protest in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and East Germany, before students assess the relative importance of the above four factors in the fall of Communism.
This lesson is ideal as an overview of the topic, or as an introduction. It could easily be stretched over two lessons with a little improvisation and expansion of the section on popular protest in Eastern Europe.
Contains: Starter (Video discussion), Main (Card sort/Table activity), Main (Discussion), Plenary (Assessment), Plenary (Exit Questions for Students)
Industrial Revolution - Population
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A lesson that forms part of a scheme of work on the Industrial Revolution.
Contains:
presentation with starter activity and plenary discussion
high quality images and resources, ready to print from Microsoft PowerPoint
Learning Objectives:
describe changes to the population of Britain after 1745
explain how a variety of factors affected the population
analyse and prioritise these factors
Slavery - The Abolition of Slavery (two lessons)
KS3 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
A lesson that forms part of a scheme of work on slavery.
Contains:
presentation with starter activity and plenary discussion
high quality images and resources, ready to print from Microsoft PowerPoint
Learning Objectives:
define ‘abolish’ and describe the laws that abolished slavery
identify the arguments in favour of and against slavery
categorise the arguments into factors
categorise the arguments for and against slavery into factors
assess the reasons for the abolition of slavery, arriving at a judgement
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First World War - World War One weapons
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Learning outcomes:
describe the weapons of war
explain the differences between them
evaluate which are the most effective weapons, justify your decision and explain the impact of these weapons on the war
Lesson features differentiated learning objectives, a well-paced starter, main and plenary, and a fun 'top trumps' activity designed to focus students on the relative effectiveness of different weapons of war.
Industrial Revolution - Improvements in factory and mine conditions
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A lesson that forms part of a scheme of work on the Industrial Revolution.
Contains:
presentation with starter activity and plenary discussion
high quality images and resources, ready to print from Microsoft PowerPoint
Learning Objectives:
identify why some factory owners were unwilling to improve working conditions
select three key reforms that eventually improved life for Britain’s workers
justify your choices
The Romans - The Roman Empire
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An introduction to the topic of the Romans for Year 7, focusing on the extent of the Roman Empire and why Rome wanted an Empire. Contains presentation and accompanying handout.
Cold War - The Nuclear Arms Race and the Space Race
KS3/KS4 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
A lesson on the nuclear arms race and the space race. Forms part of a scheme of work on the Cold War, designed either for Year 9 or GCSE students.
Learning Objectives:
Bronze: describe what the nuclear arms race was and identify the key events as it developed
Silver: explain the consequences of the nuclear arms race on the Cold War
Gold: assess whether the nuclear arms race was ‘good’ thing
Contains:
recap of Hiroshima bombings and the reasons for them
evidence collecting activity, visiting several information stations
nuclear arms race worksheet which distils the notes, defining key terminology
opportunity for students to reflect on the impact of the nuclear arms race and space race
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The Renaissance - An Introduction
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A lesson that forms part of a scheme of work on early modern history.
Contains:
presentation with starter activity and plenary discussion
high quality images and resources, ready to print from Microsoft PowerPoint
Learning Objectives:
describe the Renaissance
explain what people believed in 1509
explain how this had changed by 1707 by giving examples of Renaissance individuals and their accomplishments
Second World War - Dropping the Atomic Bombs
KS3/KS4 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
An ‘outstanding’ rated lesson. Contains:
presentation with starter activity on Oppenheimer quote
evidence collecting activity (two options - either walk around the room sources or a single source sheet that can be shared at desks between two students)
two differentiated tables for collecting the evidence (or that gives more time for slower students by being partially filled in)
opportunity for students to write a speech either justifying or opposing the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
two options for either self- and peer-assessment or just peer-assessment
Learning Objectives:
Gold: Assess the extent to which Britain and France were also responsible for the outbreak of the Second World War.
Silver: Explain why he wanted to revise the Treaty of Versailles.
Bronze: Describe Hitler’s foreign policy aims.
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War of the Roses Worksheet
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A single worksheet from one of my lesson packs.
Industrial Revolution - Living conditions in towns and cities
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price
A lesson that forms part of a scheme of work on the Industrial Revolution.
Contains:
presentation with starter activity and plenary discussion
high quality images and resources, ready to print from Microsoft PowerPoint
Learning Objectives:
identify living conditions in Victorian cities
explain what the consequences of these conditions might be
assess how these conditions would make people feel
Key Stage 3 - Year 7 - Medieval England - Heraldry
KS3 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
***NEW FOR 2017*** - Part of a Key Stage 3 Scheme of Work designed to prepare students for 9-1 GCSEs.
This resource has differentiated outcomes.
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Cold War - Introduction to the Cold War (Yalta, Potsdam, capitalism, communism)
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An introductory lesson to the Cold War, including the postwar settlement (Yalta, Potsdam) and a main focus on the ideological differences between capitalism and communism, taught through a card sort activity.
Learning outcomes:
describe what the Cold War was
explain why the allies of the Second World War became enemies
explain and evaluate the key differences between capitalism and communism
The Stuarts - The Merry Monarch (Charles II)
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A lesson that forms part of a scheme of work on Oliver Cromwell, the Commonwealth and the Restoration.
Contains:
presentation with starter activity and plenary discussion
high quality images and resources, ready to print from Microsoft PowerPoint
Learning Objectives:
describe how life in England changed after the Restoration
explain the reasons why people were happy to have a King again
evaluate the reign of the Merry Monarch and explain why opinions on him changed after his death
League of Nations - The Manchuria Crisis
KS3/KS4 History resources: 50 mins-1 hour PP, worksheets, well differentiated.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last between fifty minutes and one hour each.
***SALE*** - this resource is on sale at a reduced price.
A complete lesson on the Manchuria Crisis of the 1930s. Contains three worksheets (a flow chart for noting down key information, an inference square for detailed source work, and a peer assessment sheet for assessing mock exam question), as well as a PowerPoint presentation with animations to scaffold the learning. The starter activity recaps the League of Nations and events in the 1920s.
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Second World War - Rationing
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Learning outcomes:
describe what rationing consisted of.
assess the methods by which rationing was ‘sold’ to the people of Britain.
assess the relative significance of different aspects of the Home Front to people’s lives
Lesson features differentiated learning objectives, a well-paced starter, main and plenary, and a focal on source evaluation, including the analysis of sources designed to encourage rationing.
Lesson ties together series of three lessons on the Blitz, evacuation and rationing by asking students to compare the relative impact of these three events on Britain using Partington's model of historical significance.
KS3 (9-1) - Year 7 Scheme of Work
***This is a scheme of work for KS3 (9-1) Year 7***
***If you would like me to upload and sell the lessons from this scheme of work, I'd appreciate you leaving a comment below. This will help me to gauge whether there is an appetite for me to sell these lesson resources. Thanks!***
This PDF contains a complete scheme of work for Key Stage 3 Year 7.
The only thing missing are the assessments – these can easily be fit around the topics included depending on departmental requirements.
The pedagogy behind these lessons is to develop two aspects of historical knowledge – knowledge and understanding (aspect 1) and sources and interpretations (aspect 2). This will help students to develop the key skills required for the new 2017 9-1 History GCSEs.
Second order skills of causation, change and continuity, significance, diversity, evidence and interpretation are also embedded in lessons as suited to the topics.
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