This pack of GCSE thinking strategy worksheets is designed to support retrieval practice, stretch and challenge, and critical thinking across the full KS4 curriculum. Based on popular strategies like Odd One Out, Link It Up, Silent Debate, Prove It, and Because-But-So, these tasks promote deeper understanding, evaluation, and analysis – ideal for AO3, metacognition, and higher-order thinking.
Each worksheet is fully aligned to the GCSE specification, covering every topic with student-friendly language and structured response prompts. Perfect for Ofsted-ready planning, DIRT tasks, revision, cover lessons, and independent learning.
Editable in Word/Google Docs that cover the whole specification.
One sheet per specification point
Topics Covered:
Conflict and Tension: Cold War (1945–72), Asia (Korea/Vietnam), WWI (1894–1918), and Inter-War Years (1918–1939)
Germany, 1890–1945: From Kaiser Wilhelm and WWI to Nazi Germany and WWII
Health and the People, c1000–present: Medicine through time, key individuals, breakthroughs, public health
Power and the People, c1170–present: Monarchy, Parliament, rights, revolutions, reform, suffrage and civil rights
Elizabethan England, c1568–1603: Government, religion, foreign threats, exploration, society and culture
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