We provide KS3, GCSE and A-level History and Sociology resources that inspire, challenge and encourage students knowledge and understanding.
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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 120-minute A-Level Sociology lesson can be used as a either a revision lesson or follow-up lesson on Green Crime. The main parts of the lesson includes:
- warm-up activity challenges students to match the correct Green Crime Case Study with the right summary text.
- main tasks include matching the correct key word / Sociologist with the correct definition or theory e.g. Ecocentric view; Eco Feminism.
- classifying different types of Green Crimes
- Discussion point around the statement: âGreen crime is more a problem caused by the state than by individuals.â. This is also followed by suggested theories and AO1 to support an analysis and evaluation.
- Teacher concludes with a summary of Green criminology and Green Crime.
- all tasks are fully editable
All tasks are also included in the presentation with correct answers.
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 A-Level lesson explores social class differences in educational achievement . The hook/starter gets the class considering a quote from Michael Gove on a possible link between wealth and educational success. A brief task is then followed by a class discussion based on a set of statistics on the link between education, income and a person's health. The main task challenges students to work through NEW KNOWLEDGE using the Quiz Quiz Trade process. This learning strategy gets them rehearsing knowledge by quizzing themselves and others and is a fun way of getting to grips with new material. This is also a great lesson for revision and consolidating understanding.
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.
This MASSIVE resource includes two flashcard packs: 7 A4 pages of keywords and definitions students can use to quiz to test each other or themselves.
The second resource includes 147 PAGES of Keywords and Definitions the teacher prints and spreads around the classroom. Students work in groups to match the correct keyword with the correct definition!
This is a 120-minute feedback lesson which includes: a full Mock Exam, several studentsâ answers for your class to mark and feedback to; exemplar answer for Methods in Context; Self-Assessment Checklists after each question for students to use to assess their own answers. The presentation/slideshow gives opportunities to evaluate the mark scheme ('What do you need to do for TOP MARKS?). The mock includes questions on Families and Households; Education and Methods in Context. The mock lasts 90 minutes so covers a range of questions e.g. gender roles and diversity of family types; divisions of labour and power relationships; ethnicity and achievement; Methods question on unauthorised absences in schools. This lesson resources includes the full mock, exemplar answers and presentation which deals with each element of the exam.
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 lesson will teach students to become Sociology Masters at the Methods in Context question on Paper 1 Education. The lesson includes: an AQA Paper 1 Methods in Context question; tasks which guides students through the examination process where they take the role as examiners; an exemplar answer is also provided including a P.E.R.V.E.R.T document which students can use to answer the question.
This 60-minute A-Level Sociology lesson on âMedia Violenceâ starts with the story of Jamie Bulger and the relationship between film and reality. The Hypodermic Needle Theory is briefly introduced. A Think Pair Share task asks students to explore a âbigger pictureâ question, before exploring theories that support views that media violence leads to violent behaviour eg Newson 1994, Morgan 1980 and Dworkin 1990. Two tasks then explore the contradictions about the effects of violence in the media. There are video clips in this lesson which are freely available online.
AQA The Media: the relationship between the media, their content and presentation, and audiences. The Slides reference pages found in Ken Browneâs A-Level Sociology.
This full 60-minute lesson (including a 10-mark exam question for homework) teaches students about globalisation and how far Mass Media impose western or American values and life-styles on the world. The lesson includes a booklet with a range of activities which students work through. This lesson also features provoking questions to prompt discussion, as well as video clips dealing with the hybridisation of Western culture in the Arab world. Key words and theories include: global culture, cultural homogenisation, cultural/media imperialism, hybridisation, hybrid culture, Flew (2002), Sklair (2012), Kellner (1995), Ritzer (2008), Fenton (1999), Compaine (2005), Tomlinson (1999).
This assembly starts with a riddle to solve as students settle. The next part of the assembly deals with stories of some legendary public figures who never gave up - growth mindset and strong resilience. You then consider the question 'When is the last time you failed?'. Why not share your own! The assembly then looks at VALUES which can help in overcoming and dealing with failures and mistakes - 'If you were to mix a potion which could help with dealing with setbacks and failure, which two ingredients do you think would be in it? ' . Either use those listed in this presentation or add your own school values. The assembly examines five 'Top Tips for Dealing with Failures' and then explores a case-study about Malala Yousafzai.
The assembly starts with a conundrum for students to solve (celebrity quote). The assembly explores the concept of kindness and gratefulness and the importance of showing our appreciation for others and others' actions. The assembly begins be looking at contrasting images of rich and poor, those who have and those that do not; experiences of peace an experiences of violence. The question is asked 'What can we do to be thankful?'. Great opportunity to get the students involved. The assembly then ends with a video clip form the 'Pay it Forward' campaign and consider the impact of three good deeds.