We provide KS3, GCSE and A-level History and Sociology resources that inspire, challenge and encourage students knowledge and understanding.
You will find a range of resources for example Venn diagrams, matching activities, flashcards, primary sources, mysteries and full lessons and lectures.
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We provide KS3, GCSE and A-level History and Sociology resources that inspire, challenge and encourage students knowledge and understanding.
You will find a range of resources for example Venn diagrams, matching activities, flashcards, primary sources, mysteries and full lessons and lectures.
If there are topics you would like to see featured on our shop please let us know via our Twitter account!
This 60-minute lesson covers the growth of businesses and birth of towns during the Industrial Revolution. Students start by examining a piece of statistics on population growth which is supported by a list of questions to help guide their thinking. There are further activities in this lesson including:
- UPDATE: now with a peer-assessment task and Checklist!
- labelling task on how towns grow (excellent as homework and perfect for low attaining students as well as SEND). Challenge questions are included to stretch the middle and high prior attaining students.
- a video clip informs students about the impact of factories on towns and cities like Birmingham which is also supported a range of questions.
- Card sort and/or factor activity: students read a range of cards and have to decide which factor each belongs to;
- An extended writing task immediately follows the card sort/ factor activity.
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This 60-minute GCSE History lesson explores the issues surrounding Nazi policy on youth; Nazi ideology and aims for Germany's youth. After an engaging starter using a clip freely available on Youtube (Cabaret 1972, 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me'), students work in teams of three to solve a mystery surrounding an historically accurate account of a boy named Walter Hess. They will use evidence to see why the boy reported his dad to the Gestapo. Through this activity students will realise the mystery is not really about Walter Hess, but about something much more sinister... The lesson ends with an activity where the class investigate source material about how the Nazis tried to win the hearts and minds of German youth.
This is a 26-page student workbook which should be used alongside the main AQA History text for the course (ISBN: 978-0-19-835453-6). This SECOND booklet includes learning activities for Government and Changing Society 1812-1832. This booklet has been used successfully for Flipping the Classroom: set the work to be completed before the lesson and then work on essays and conceptual knowledge. If a students has missed a lesson, just direct them to the appropriate part of the booklet. It is also accompanied by 'Cunning Questions' sheet which can be printed onto A3. Students use this to make notes on BIG QUESTIONS which supports A*/A answers in the exam. The booklet contains guided questions and activities using AQAâs textbook Industrialisation and the People 1783 - 1885. The booklet includes a range of tasks including comprehension questions linked to specific pages of the book, mind-maps, essay planning tasks, article and sources extracts with follow-up questions, historiography, timeline task and more. The download is fully editable. We also have another student work booklet for AQA 1F see: /teaching-resource/aqa-1f-industrialisation-and-the-people-student-workbook-a-level-history-25-pages-56-tasks-flipped-11532516 .
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In this part of our series of 20th Century History lessons, we explore Lloyd George's attempt at creating a country 'fit for heroes' after WW1. Students analyse an extract from his famous 'fit for heroes' speech as well as a poem which sets a contrasting tone about British social classes in 1918-1920s. Students then work with evidence, analysing how far Lloyd George did in fact succeed. The lesson concludes with an opportunity for a PEEL (Point Evidence Explain Lin) write-up.
This 60-minute lesson explores the most interesting inventors of the Industrial Revolution and challenges students to discover who they believe did the most for Britain. The lesson includes several engaging tasks as well as a final write-up of their research into a structured paragraph (PEEL). There is also an exemplar PEEL paragraph students can peer-assess!
Tasks and activities include:
- Research Task + Resources
- Writing Task + Scaffold
- Peer Assess Exemplar Paragraph
- Video clip + Questions & Answers
- Match-up task
Concepts and individuals appear: Crompton, Arkwright, Davy, Davy Safety Lamp, James Watt, Steam engine, converter, cromptonâs mule, water frame, Henry Cort, Bessemer, Newcomen and stephenson and MORE!
Black Death Lesson Pack and Cover Lesson
Engaging Black Death Lesson Pack: 3 Full Lessons + Cover, Activities & Assessment (KS3 History)
This comprehensive KS3 Black Death pack includes three complete lessons and a fully resourced cover lesson, packed with interactive activities, assessments, and printable tasks.
Whatâs included?
3 Detailed PowerPoint lessons:
What was the Black Death? (origins/symptoms)
How was the disease treated? (Medieval medicine / cures)
What was the impact of the Black Death? (Impact on ordinary people)
Fully resourced Cover Lesson:
Independent, self-guided activities
All tasks include model answers
Perfect for homework, absence catch-up, or non-specialist cover
Printable + Slide-Based Tasks:
Source analysis
Character interviews from the 1340s
Reading comprehension with questions and answers
Retrieval quizzes and recap slides
Matching activity (symptoms, treatments, causes)
Hot-seating task with historical role cards and prompts
Impact of the Black Death colour-code task
Final extended write-up with planning support, exemplar answers and mark grid
Keywords: Black Death, KS3 History, Medieval Medicine, Bubonic Plague, Hot Seating, Source Analysis, Black death Cover Lesson, Retrieval Practice, History Worksheets, Impact of the Black Death, Card Sort, retrieval
In this part of our series of 20th Century History lessons, students explore reasons why some Suffragettes applied violent methods in their quest for equality. A case-study towards the end of the lesson challenges students to consider if Emily Davison committed suicide - amazing class discussion! The lesson includes full resources: stretch and challenge sources which provides opportunity to 'dig deep'; Venn Diagram giving students a chance to compare and contrast evidence; assessing how far Emily Davidson was pushed gets students actively engaged with historical evidence and using continuums to make up their minds. The lesson ends with a brief assessment opportunity: a write-up using a PEEL paragraph structure.
In this part of our series on 20th Century History Lessons, students are taught about the different experiences of world war 2 children and the various experiences of being an evacuee. The lesson starts with a riveting video showing thought-provoking images (with beautiful music from Elgar âNimrodâ) which will have students thinking right from the start of the lesson. The lesson gets students exploring why world war 2 children were evacuated and there are two further activities challenging the class to consider why experiences for ww2 child evacuees were so different. Great for Key stage 2 and Key stage 3.
This 60-minute lesson gets students thinking about why soldiers continued fighting even though it was a sometimes harsh reality being on the front line. Students will reach a judgement on the most significant cause / consequence of events, they will be challenged to explain the interrelationship between causes. There is also an activity where students summarise why soldiers were willing to continue fighting. High challenge. Knowledge-Rich. Exciting!
Tasks:
- Analysing sources and linking those to Kitchenerâs FOUR MAIN AIMS .
- Examine the main REASONS why soldiers continued fighting and develop an hypothesis why they did using a handout. A brief ranking task is follows.
- mind-map tasks using evidence.
Year 7 History Assessment â The Crusades: Source Skills and Historical Thinking
Step into the minds of medieval warriors, pilgrims, and chroniclers!
This 50-minute Year 7 History exam offers an engaging and rigorous way to assess your studentsâ understanding of the Crusades through source-based historical enquiry.
Whatâs included:
A full 50-minute exam focused entirely on sources
A range of questions from simple inference to high-level utility analysis:
âWhat reasons can you see why people wanted to go on a crusade?â (4 marks)
âHow useful is Source E to historians studying the history of the Crusades?â (9 marks)
Authentic historical voices
A clear and student-friendly Help Sheet for each question to support learners
Full Teacher Mark Scheme for easy marking
Skills Assessed:
Source inference and interpretation
Perspective and comparison
Source utility using NOP (Nature, Origin, Purpose)
Structured extended writing
Perfect for:
KS3 History assessment (designed for Year 7)
Medieval religion / Crusades units
Formal end-of-topic exams
Literacy and source analysis in history
File Type: Word (.docx) â fully editable and printable
A challenging, scaffolded, and skills-rich way to test historical thinking in your classroom.
Help your students think critically, argue like historians, and make sense of the Crusades through the words of those who lived them.
This is a** 48-page student workbook ** which should be used alongside the main AQA History text for the course (ISBN: 978-0-19-835453-6). This THIRD booklet includes 48 pages of learning activities for âPolitical change and Social Reform 1832-1846â.
This booklet has been used successfully for Flipping the Classroom: set the work to be completed before the lesson and then work on essays and conceptual knowledge. If a students has missed a lesson, just direct them to the appropriate part of the booklet.
It is also accompanied by âCunning Questionsâ sheet which can be printed onto A3. Students use this to make notes on BIG QUESTIONS which supports A*/A answers in the exam. The booklet contains guided questions and activities using AQAâs textbook Industrialisation and the People 1783 - 1885.
The booklet includes a range of tasks including comprehension questions linked to specific pages of the book, mind-maps, essay planning tasks, article and sources extracts with follow-up questions, historiography, timeline task and more.
The download is fully editable.
We also have other student work booklet for AQA 1F Booklet 1: /teaching-resource/aqa-1f-industrialisation-and-the-people-student-workbook-a-level-history-25-pages-56-tasks-flipped-11532516 . Booklet 2: /teaching-resource/aqa-1f-industrialisation-and-the-people-student-workbook-part-2-a-level-history-flipped-learning-11542745 .
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This 60-minute A-Level lesson/lecture will guide students through the Russian economy between 1881 to 1904. Each section has a Key Point which summarises the main issue students should consider. This is an excellent resource to introduce students to Russian economy across a period or to consolidate knowledge.
This lecture has opportunities to use some of the slides as tasks, just print them off and get students to test themselves. This presentation is also suitable for all the major exam boards specification on Russia including Edexcel: Russia in revolution, 1894â1924; Option 1E: Russia, 1917â91: from Lenin to Yeltsin; Option 38.1: The making of modern Russia, 1855â1991. AQA: 1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855â19642N; Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917â1953. OCR: Russia 1894â1941; Russia and its Rulers 1855â1964.
These GCSE or A-Level History activities ask students to use their knowledge and then categorise information of Hitlerâs rise to power by 1933. The first Diamond 9 activity gets the class to place 9 cards in order of most important to least important reason(s) for why Hitler became chancellor of Germany by January 1933. Students then use the factors to write an explanation. There is also a separate interactive and physical Diamond 9 task where groups of three receive a pack of 9 A4 sheets with each of the factors printed on them. Groups organise the A4 sheets into a large physical Diamond 9. At the end of the task they have to give reasons for their collaborative thinking.
This 60-minute A-Level History lessons can be used for any of the main exam boards for example AQA Industrialisation and the People; OCR From Pitt to Peel: Britain 1783â1853; Edexcel Britain, c1785âc1870: democracy, protest and reform. The lesson explores reasons why the period has been referred to as a 'Golden Age in Agriculture'. Teachers get two main tasks (downloadable worksheets) which the class uses to colour-code and must identify factors and evidence which eventually helps to answer the main enquiry question.
This is a revision tool as well as an activity to help A-Level students build AO1 knowledge about Gladstone and Disraeli for AQA Industrialisation and the People; Edexcel Britain, c1785âc1870: democracy, protest and reform. This 18-question test includes the correct answers. Hand out the test, allow students 15-minutes to revise on their own, 15-minutes to test each others verbally (allowing the study buddy to guide if they don't get it right), and then 20-minutes to complete the test. This resources also includes a blank version for students to complete.
This 60-minute A-Level lesson explores the question 'How far did Britain suffer a âGreat Depressionâ 1873 and 1896'. This lesson suits most exam board covering Units such as AQA Industrialisation and the People; Edexcel Britain, c1785âc1870: democracy, protest and reform. Students start by reading a segment from Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest - showing demographic changes due to depression). Revisit at the end of the lesson once they have analysed the effects of the depression. There are several tasks in the lesson, allowing for discussion around evidence 'was there a depression?' to dealing with factors such as demography and socio-economic effects. Students build a case for and against the enquiry question before revising the main question.
This is an A-level History revision tool as well as an activity to help A-Level students build AO1 knowledge about Political Development for the whole period of 1783-1885 - AQA Industrialisation and the People; Edexcel Britain, c1785âc1870: democracy, protest and reform. This 21-page REVISION resource also includes QUESTIONS + ANSWERS as well as a BLANK TEST. Students go through all the questions and answers for each âSectionâ. Then, with a study-buddy, test each other verbally. Students then take the written test, swap with their partner and peermark. There is also a timeline activity where students add all their SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE and annotate! The test includes events and knowledge such as demographic setup of the House of Commons, the franchise, pocket borough, rotten borough, mince-pie administration, parliamentary reform, Pitt, Peel, Prime Minister Liverpool, Liberal Tory Government , Whigs, Liberal Party, Conservative Party, Reform Act of 1832 , Great Reform Act, Ladies of the Bedchamber incident. Specific questions such as 'Why did Peel win the 1841 election?', What other issues (aside from Corn Law repeal) had triggered the breakdown of the Tory Party? , Why did Robert Peel's Maynooth Grant proposal help destroy his political career.
This 60-minute lesson investigates how far the middle ages were lawless and violent using primary sources. The class also examines a case about the mediaeval justice system to decide if someone should be punished for the death of a villager. Students then explore the types of punishments used during the period. Students will consolidate their understanding by planning a history documentary (plan template available). The lesson concludes with the class discussing which source is more useful to historians investigating if the Middle Ages were lawless and violent. The sources and guidance are all included in the presentation.
Keywords: trial by ordeal, trial by hot iron, consecration, hue and cry, tithing, utility.
How did the events in Montgomery and Little Rock help to shape the Civil Rights Movement?
This 60-minute A-Level or GCSE Civil Rights lesson investigates the events that took place at both Montgomery and Little Rock and provides guidance how far the two events helped to shape the 'movement'. The starter/initial task challenges students to consider a photograph of Elizabeth Eckford and the circumstances surrounding the famous photograph.
Students will explore the question ' How far is it true to say that the Montgomery Bus Boycott was the most significant campaign of the 1950âs?' and a mind-map is discussed by the teacher comparing:
- Montgomery
- Brown
- Little Rock
There is a link to a documentary freely available online. This beautifully filmed and gripping documentary is also accompanied with a task for students. Please bare in mind that if viewing with a GCSE group that there are a scenes of violence e.g. when members of the public attacks African-American during their sit-in.
Success criteria
Can explain which major event(s) helped shape the Civil Rights movement
Can analyse event was the most significant.