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History - NOP Reliability Mat - (helping students to become confident when questioning reliability)
This resource can be used to help students write about reliability.
I have used this to help both KS3 and GCSE students to start thinking about the reliability of a source.
Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth (2/3 lessons)
These lessons has been designed to teach about who Mary Queen of Scots was (creating movie trailers/ story boards) and then to explain how she was a threat to the throne (what should Elizabeth do with her?).
SEN alternatives.
Enjoy and use as you wish.
Industrial Revolution SOW 1750-1900 (12 Lessons) medicine- population- mining- factories- towns
This is the first 12 lessons for an industrial revolution SOW.
Included: introduction- living conditions- health and medicine - factories- coal mining- population- towns - conclusion
All activities and support materials included (apart from video clips, but hyperlinks have been added).
This has been produced for a mixed ability year 9 class- but can be used with other years.
These are some ideas that I have created, found and adapted
Use how you wish and enjoy
Robin Hood- Who was he? Interpretations? Source inquiry assessment
This resource is 2 lessons that has been designed for Year 7. The first lesson is on interpretations of Robin Hood. The second lesson can be used as an assessment or can be altered into a source based inquiry.
Enjoy and use as you wish :)
Slavery SOW- (12 lessons) African Culture- Capture- Middle Passage- Auction- Slave Life- Resistance
This is a set of resources I use with Year 8 in the Summer term. I have had very positive reviews and Year 8 love to finish the year with this. You will need a copy of 'Roots' DVD to play along side these lessons, however you could use some of the lessons without.
Lessons:
1. Introduction to the slave triangle and slave trade
2. Why was slavery allowed?
3. African Culture
4. Capturing Slaves
5. Middle Passage
6. Middle Passage Assessment
7. Auction
8. Role Play auction
9. Slave routine
10. Plantation Life
11. Slave resistance
12. Underground railroad (fun lesson)
Enjoy and use as you wish :)
World War I SOW (12-18 lessons) Causes; Recruitment; Home front; Trench life; Somme; Weapons; more..
I use this resource to teach year 9 about WWI. All resources are included and some lessons can take more than one period.
1. Long term factors about the start of WWI
2. Short term factors about the start of WWI
Race Track WWI- this involved students working in groups to act out the causes of WWI
3. The BEF and the Schlieffen Plan
4. Recruitment and Conscientious Objectors
5. Trench Life
6. Weapons
7. Battle of the Somme L1
8. Battle of the Somme L2
9. Censorship and Rationing
10. Shell Shock (information on Harry Farr not included)
11. Assessment
Enjoy and use as you wish :)
Believing in God and Matters of Life and Death Revision Maps
I have used these 2 revision mind maps as overviews for the 2 modules Matters of Life and Death and Believing in God.
Enjoy and use as you wish.
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1066 (7- 12Lessons)- (life in 1066; qualities of a king; 3 contenders; Battle of Stamford; Hastings)
I have used this resource with all ability (SEN resources are provided and alternative SEN slides available on PP)
This package includes:
L1- Introduction to life in 1066- around the room - There are 2 PP as one have more differentiated resources
L2- Qualities of a medieval king
L3- The 4 contenders- this lesson can be taught however you would like. There is information provided for students to sort/ information can be acted by the students/ teacher can act out reading from the board ( prefer to act it out and get the students to interview. This normally lasts 3 lessons- 1. collecting information, 2. writing the assessment, 3. peer/self assess, (All resources to do this are provided).
L4- Battle of Stamford Bridge
L5- Harold Godwinson's Army vs William's Army
L6- Battle of Hastings. (Takes 2 lessons) You can act out the battle as you go through it
L7- Why did William win?
Enjoy! :)
Castle Project
This is a differentiated project booklet. It has been designed for Year 7 all ability, but could be used for other years. It contains 4 enquiry questions- each has a level 3/4/5/6 task that can be chosen by the students. There is then a creative task for the students to complete.
My students have really enjoyed completing this History Challenge
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Murder Mystery
This is a murder mystery used to introduce my year 7 class to using evidence in History
Princes in the Tower
Princes in the Tower lesson
For SEN I print off the easier sources and allow students to highlight
Enjoy!
WWI Recruitment and Trench Life
I use this resource with year 9 students when teaching about recruitment and trench life.
Enjoy and use as you wish :)
The Peasant Revolt
I use this PP over two lessons to teach about the story of the peasant (not so peasant) revolt.
Pirates (5 lessons) Punishments, Tactics, Rules, Blackbeard
Here is the first 5 lessons of a pirate SOW
Introduction- Blackbeard- Rules- Punishments- Tactics
All support materials have been included and all video links
Use and enjoy how you wish
Suffragettes and Women in the War- (5 lessons)
I use this resource with year 9 when teaching about the suffragettes and women in the war. This is 5-6 lessons and all resources are included.
1. Suffragettes- research- who are they?
2. Freedom fighters or terrorists?
3. What did women do in the War?
4. Research into the war- independent task (could take 2 lessons)
5. Propaganda task
Enjoy and use as you wish :)
Timeline for Classroom
This timeline is ideal for a History classroom- it is 65 pages long and fits all the way around my walls in my classroom.
Enjoy and use as you wish
Nazi Germany SOW (15 lessons) Rise of Hitler- Life in Nazi Germany- The Final Solution
I use these lessons with Year 9 to introduce the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. This is usually the last topic in Y9 during the summer term.
Lessons cover:
1. The Treaty of Versailles
2. Hitler - who was he?
3. How did Hitler rise to power?
4. Propaganda and Censorship
5. The Aryan Race - what was it?
6. The Hitler Youth
7. Nazi policies towards women
8. Persecution of the Jewish to 1939
9. The Ghettos
10. The final solution.
Some of these lessons you may need a little bit more information- (not much though). Some PPs could take more than one lesson if wanted. There is also some HW ideas on some of the slides.
Enjoy and use as you wish.
The Black Death (5 lessons) Medieval Medicine
I use this resource with year 7 to teach about the black death
1. Medicine in Medieval times
2. The Black Death Symptoms
3. The Black Death Cues and Causes (2 lessons)
4. The Impact of the Black Death.
Use and enjoy )
Matilda: The Forgotten Queen
I use this resource with my Year 7 class after we have studied the Norman Conquest.
The lesson:
Who was Matilda?
Who should be the next monarch? Stephen or Matilda?
Practice GCSE question- implementing GCSE skills into KS3
What happened next? Conclusion
Enjoy and use as you wish!
The Spanish Armada (2/3 lessons)
I have used this resource with my Year 8 class, when teaching about Elizabeth.
Lesson 1: The start of the Spanish Armada
- Boxing match where students pretend to be characters to work out why the Armada was sent
- Create a propaganda speech
Lesson 2: The results of the Spanish Armada
- Starts with the reasons for the Armada
- Go through the story of the Spanish Armada (plan vs reality)
- Create a story board or create a diary entry
- GCSE practice question on the Armada (Key features)
Enjoy and use as you wish!