History assessment grids from Year 1 to 6 that can be used to check children's understanding and use as a progress measure if wished. These are to be used as best fit as there may be some areas they are weaker/ more confident in with the aim being a best fit judgement. I created these as there appears to be a gap in history assessment at the minute in primary schools since the move to assessment without levels. This enables schools to have something in place for a foundation subject that links well to other curricular areas, as well as showing an assessment system should visitors wish to know how you monitor progress. These were created using the statements from the curriculum, with a particular focus on what they should be able to do at the end of each Key Stage and then working up/ back from that/ making sure children are 'Year 7 ready' at the end of Key Stage Two. There is some overlap in the way grids may be worded but this is because the content they are learning is different and they are beginning to increase knowledge across a range of topics/ apply skills to different topics. I have attached PDF and Word documents as they can then be edited if you wish.

All of the guided reading activities/ reading comprehensions that I have shared for free in one place rather than finding them individually. Included are a range of different texts and fact files that will help develop children's knowledge and comprehension.

A fully resourced 10 lesson unit on the Romans and their impact on Britain. The lessons are done as mini enquiry questions with 5 questions and a review lesson at the end of the unit. This has been created for mixed 3/4 classes but can easily be adapted to be used across Key Stage 2. The questions are as follows with the approximate amount of lessons in brackets: EQ1 - What was happening in Britain before the Romans arrived? (1 lesson) EQ2 - Why did the Romans find Britain difficult to conquer? (2.5 - 3 lessons) EQ3 - Did everyone give the Romans the same welcome? (2 lessons) EQ4 - What impact did the Romans have on Britain? (2 lessons) EQ5 - How did Roman rule end in Britain? (1 lesson) Review lesson Included is a booklet format that includes all the questions, all the supporting information required and the activities linked to this. These can easily be separated into mini booklets per question or the activities can be taken out to suit how you teach history in your school. As much as possible, images, models and diagrams have been used to make the information as accessible as possible to refer back to following discussions. Each question also has key vocabulary and recap questions as well (the first lesson links to our previous unit of Ancient Greece so can be easily adapted) and finishes with the enquiry question to support written outcomes in history. Each enquiry question also has a PowerPoint that includes the information and diagrams from the booklet as well as any additional notes etc. There is also a knowledge summary organiser - these can be sent home to show what they are learning about as well as being used in class as a succinct way of accessing the key information from the lesson. All the resources have been uploaded as PowerPoints so that you can easily adapt them to suit your setting.

A range of resources for a lesson/ lessons on the Treaty of Versailles, based on the AQA Conflict specification. Included is a presentation that includes the objectives of the lesson, a brief recap about how World War One began before focussing on the terms. There are regular questions throughout to check understanding/ gain their viewpoints whilst there are also some essay style questions to attempt to answer. Also included are a number of simple activities, including labelling a map, ranking terms of the treaty and writing how different sides would have felt about particular terms. If you like it/ feel there are areas to improve please leave me feedback as this is my first attempt at a 9-1 resource.

Both assessments are uploaded separately but have been uploaded together for ease where people want both. History and Geography assessment grids from Year 1 to 6 that can be used to check children's understanding and use as a progress measure if wished. These are to be used as best fit as there may be some areas they are weaker/ more confident in with the aim being a best fit judgement. I created these as there appears to be a gap in both history and geography assessment at the minute in primary schools since the move to assessment without levels. This enables schools to have something in place for a foundation subject that links well to other curricular areas, as well as showing an assessment system should visitors wish to know how you monitor progress.

A knowledge organiser for the Romans in Britain. Included within this is a timeline for the period as well as a key vocabulary section for some of the words children may come across during the topic. These are useful for either sticking in books at the start of the topic to refer back to or to enlarge and have on display.

A mini biography/ fact file that introduces Rosa Parks life for KS2 children.

A collection of word mats/ writing mats to help children with various aspects of their writing.

A comprehensive pack that includes planning for 10/11 lessons working on the Maya. Planning includes cross-curricular links with writing, art and researching using I.C.T about Maya. In addition to differentiated planning, attached are the resources required for this topic as well as all the IWB slides required for the topic. This should save any teacher planning to teach this topic a huge amount of time, whilst providing the opportunity to make slight adjustments where required/ add any extra information you may wish to.

Included are a number of resources that can be used ahead of Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday. Included are: A PowerPoint that looks at how Remembrance Day began and why we 'celebrate' it. It also looks at Remembrance Sunday and why we have the poppy as our symbol. A PowerPoint that introduces World War One, looking at why it started, who was involved and how many people died as a result A reading comprehension based on 'In Flanders Field' with three sets of differentiated questions and answers included A definition activity that gets children to practise using dictionaries whilst defining words from 'In Flanders Field' Instructions and templates for making a poppy A look at the controversy regarding England and Scotland being told by FIFA that they can't wear poppy armbands and three different activity ideas following an introduction to the story - Write a letter to FIFA, class debate or newspaper article regarding the story A sample of a reading comprehension that includes a fact file about Remembrance Day and questions related to this.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Tutankhamun that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 11 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Tutankhamun at the same time. The full resource can be found at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/tutankhamun-reading-comprehension-11756740

A knowledge organiser for Ancient Greece. Included within this is a timeline for the period as well as a key vocabulary section for some of the words children may come across during the topic. These are useful for either sticking in books at the start of the topic to refer back to or to enlarge and have on display.

Three different activities based on learning about the Vikings. These include: An activity that gives children the opportunity to create their own Viking shield. Included is a design template that includes the iron boss on already and two pages of design ideas that might help children decide what they want to do. A blank map activity that can be used to get children to show where Vikings originate from as well as where they settled. Children can then map out the potential journey the Vikings took to get to the various places through the use of arrows. Included is a map of Europe showing where the Vikings settled and raided to support children. Activities that can be used when teaching the Vikings in KS2. Included is a map activity that requires children to colour the map based on Danelaw and a set of questions that then finishes with a mini-essay style question where children have to apply their knowledge to respond to a statement.

An eleven lesson sequence that gives a brief introduction and overview of events in Europe following the end of the First World War. The sequence will focus on the end of the war and what followed with the Treaty of Versailles, some of the key events in the 1920's, the change in British politics, the rise of Hitler and the following actions that broke the Treaty of Versailles and policy of appeasement. All of the resources needed to run the lessons are included such as presentations and activities as well as the planning. These lessons have been written with upper KS2 and lower KS3 in mind but should be easily adaptable for KS4 students as well. Lesson 1 - Chronological order Lesson 2 - The Treaty of Versailles Lesson 3 - The Treaty of Versailles Lesson 4 - The Dawes Plan Lesson 5 - Changes in British politics Lesson 6 - Wall Street Crash/ Great Depression Lesson 7 - Rise of Hitler Lesson 8 - Propaganda/ Source Analysis Lesson 9 - Revoking the Treaty of Versailles Lesson 10 - Appeasement Lesson 11 - Evaluating Appeasement Also included is a brief knowledge organiser as well as a diamond 9 activity to evaluate the Treaty of Versailles.

Attached are 5 lessons based on using map skills and linking them to the Industrial Revolution. These have been written with Year 5/6 in mind but are easily adaptable. Included are the slides, resources and differentiated lesson plans. Lesson 1 - Identifying UK cities on a map Lesson 2 - Identifying rivers in the UK Lesson 3 - Identifying how the UK changed during the Industrial Revolution Lesson 4 - Identifying the Luddites area of operations Lesson 5 - British Empire during the period and identifying countries around the world N.B. You will need atlases for the general atlas activities.

A range of quizzes that are useful for the end of the year or as general activities. Quizzes include: A quiz that gets children to try and identify 30 different flags from around the world. A fun geography activity for the end of the year or as a general activity to check knowledge of different flags. A British History quiz that includes 20 questions about British history, including a range of topics and spanning over 1000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 23 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of British history and can be done individually or in teams. A European History quiz that includes 20 questions about European history, including a range of topics and spanning over 2000 years. Also included is a bonus round worth up to an extra 28 points. This is useful for some end of term fun or as a general quiz to check children's general knowledge of European history and can be done individually or in teams. A multiple choice quiz that children can do in teams as a fun end of year activity looking at various events in 2016-2017. Round One- Sporting events Round Two- Film questions Round Three- Picture Round Round Four- Song Round - Name the artist and name of the song with a point for each (Freedom in this round of selecting a number of songs yourself from 2016-2017 to quiz children on) Round Five- Music Round Round Six- Television Round A multiple choice general knowledge quiz that has 26 questions before finishing with 2 bonus rounds with a point per answer available.

A knowledge organiser for the Stone Age. Included within this is a timeline for the period as well as a key vocabulary section for some of the words children may come across during the topic. These are useful for either sticking in books at the start of the topic to refer back to or to enlarge and have on display.

A presentation that introduces Ancient Egyptian pyramids to children, looking at why they were built, how they were built and how they were used. Also included are three potential activities that could be used with children, with all potential answers being found within the PowerPoint.

A sample of the following resource: A fact file about Rosa Parks that is also a reading comprehension. This includes three differentiated worksheets with 12 questions each and answers included to test children's comprehension knowledge as well as learning about Rosa Parks at the same time. Included in the sample is the fact file and first set of 12 questions and answers. For the full set, visit https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rosa-parks-reading-comprehension-11747814

A simple knowledge organiser for World War 1 that introduces some of the major countries involved, some of the key events and dates and a map of 1914 Europe.