An easy to run and mark 40 mark baseline test for the first lesson of year 7 secondary history. This test checks chronological awareness, source inference skills and Roman numerals as well as subject knowledge within different eras. This test allows the teacher to see where pupils are at having come from different primary schools and plan accordingly for the year ahead.

basic lesson, fun, step by step tasks, good variety, great for lower ability.

A revision lesson. Double lesson, revising topics and looking at exam technique for the paper two on Superpower relations.

Lesson Observation lesson, with excellent feedback. Final lesson of Renaissance Medicine topic before end of section test.

Worksheet. Watch from 13mins 22 seconds to the end of the episode

6 weeks worth of lessons including assessment. Usually completed by myself in the first half term back after Christmas of year 7. Could be done anywhere in KS3. To develop source skills, group investigation skills and extended writing.

Two lessons. First introducing who the poor were and reasons why poverty increased. Second looking at the Poor Laws introduced by Elizabeth I. Homework task as well. 16 mark question with a writing frame based on the learning of these two lessons. Needs Edexcel textbook to help support the tasks and worksheet.

An interesting lesson. Designed for middle and weaker ability pupils. Designing a speech as the man Robert Owen who came up with a very different way of running a factory. Starter, main and plenary plus a homework task.

very basic lesson, initially taught online during lockdown easily adaptable. Good teacher led activities to start then over to them, good for lower ability.

Hitler 1933-1934

unit of work. Medicine Through Time GCSE History Edexcel. Medicine on the western front.

GCSE how to answer EVERY question papers 1 2 and 3 Edexcel.

Two activity booklets to help pupils go over the leadership of the crusades and the Muslim response to the first three crusades.

Big A3 sheets with crusade essay questions on designed to help A level revision.

A lesson introducing how to answer 16-mark questions. Lots of sheets and guided activities on the powerpoint and a homework task with a writing frame.

A very simple lesson. Adapted for online teaching but can be done in class too. Very simple, teacher led, great for lower abilities. Extension task with independent research to push pupils on who finish quickly.

Revision Guide

GCSE revision podcast. History currently episodes on Germany, Elizabeth and Medicine. Will add super powers 2022-2023 academic year.

Couldn’t find a revision guide broken down with the spec so made this one. It is really a lot of it just the textbook information reorganised into easy to digest chunks. Past paper questions at the end from 2017- 2019. Tips for how to tackle to tackle source question.

quick quiz to help pupils revise Elizabeth unit of GCSE History