Wolsey Academy, a proud Gold TES author, offers a wide array of resources for History, ICT, and Business Studies, all designed to work 'off the shelf'. This makes them perfect for busy teachers who need ready-to-use, effective materials that engage students through unique interactive games. Our resources ensure a seamless integration into the classroom, providing a high-quality educational experience without the need for extensive preparation.
Wolsey Academy, a proud Gold TES author, offers a wide array of resources for History, ICT, and Business Studies, all designed to work 'off the shelf'. This makes them perfect for busy teachers who need ready-to-use, effective materials that engage students through unique interactive games. Our resources ensure a seamless integration into the classroom, providing a high-quality educational experience without the need for extensive preparation.
A series of 20 lessons on late 20th and early 21st Century History. Each lesson is designed to cover a range of historical and exam skills to build up students knowledge and exam skills ready for any exam board.
Those lessons are:
Modern Britain – The Windrush Generation
Modern Africa – Apartheid
Modern Europe – The European Union
Modern World – A History of Video Games
Modern World – Shigeru Miyamoto & Nintendo
Modern World – Space Telescopes
Modern World – Manned Space Flight
Moden World – Interplanetary Probes
Modern World – Mars Rovers
Modern Britain – Margaret Thatcher
Modern World – Iranian Revolution 1979
Modern World – Gulf War 1991
Modern World – Afghan War 2001 – 2022
Modern World – Iraq War 2003
Modern Technology – Deepmind, ChatGTP & AI
Modern World – Dubai Miracle
Modern World – Sovereign Wealth Funds
Modern Technology – Quantum Computing
Modern World – History of Environmentalism
Modern Technology - Blockchain
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Covers a range of topics and company case studies.
Each lesson begins with an introduction to the case study context, before moving on to the theory to be learned and then ends with an example style questions where students need to combine elements from the two.
Skills covered include (but are not limited to…):
Break Even Points
Market Share
Distribution Methods
Market Segments
Location Factors
Tax and Government Policy
Inflation
Patents
Outsourcing
Finance Options
Unions
Types of Businesses
Business Growth
Microfinance
Entrepreneurial Characteristics
Index Funds
Private Equity
Commodity Markets
Globalisation
Companies covered include (but are not limited to…):
Microsoft
Activision
IKEA
Netflix
Apple
American Airlines
IndiGo Airlines
Blackrock
Purdue Pharma
SpaceX
Jamie’s Italian
ARM
Adidas
Iveric Bio
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
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17 lessons, Fully Resourced
16 Guided Reading Worksheets
The Computer Revolution -
Meant as a cross department study with the Humanities and ICT/Computer Science. This is 1 lesson from a series of 17 (see below).
Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to answer a large essay question in lesson 17 on the nature of change and continuity thanks to the computer revolution, and a speculative discussion of the impact of future developments.
The series also runs parallel to a 17 part ‘Guided Reading’ pack on the same topic. Each lesson is paired with an extended piece of computing literature – for ease these extracts have been included inside the PowerPoints but you can access the reading as a separate bundle, and for free at Wolsey Academy
The lessons are as follows:
Enigma and Turing (free)
The History of Women in Computing (free)
The Microchip and Moore’s Law
The PC, GUI and Microsoft
How Video Games Shaped Our World
Mid-Unit Test and Revision
Impact of the Internet
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (free)
Covid Track and Trace
Quantum Computing (free)
Artemis and Space X
Facial Recognition
Digital Divide
DeepMind, AI, AlphaGo and ChatGPT (free)
Emerging Technologies and their impact
Cybersecurity case studies
Revision keyword flash cards and essay assessment.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
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A 20 lesson series that takes students through 4 time periods: Ancient (Romans), Medieval (Normans, Plantagenet), Industrial (Ind Rev) and Modern (Internet, Fashion, Sport).
Each lesson is fully resourced with everything you need to teach it contained within the PowerPoint itself (no drama with dozens of word files).
The lessons are as follows.
Roman Life in Pompeii
Roman Medicine and Galen
Norman Feudal System
Norman Domesday Book Analysis
The Medieval Church (Becket)
Medieval Life
Medieval Life Game Booklet
Factory Life
Working in a Coal Mine
Child Labour in the Factories
Public Health Problems
Public Health Solutions
Public Health Source Work
Political Uprisings - Luddites
Black History - William Cuffay
A History of Video Games and their impact
Fashion Through Time (History Club)
World Cup History (History Club)
Impact of the Internet on Society
Impact of the Internet of the world of Work
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
#BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
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From Robert Stevenson to Elon Musk and everything inbetween. These 19 lessons and 16 Guided Reading tasks take you from the dawn of the Industrial Revolution to the birth of AI.
Each lesson is fully resourced and ready to teach out of the PowerPoint.
We hope they help.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
#BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
This product contains access to all of modules and lessons you will need to teach the entire ICT IGCSE Course. It follows the Edexcel specification but the cross over with Cambridge spec makes it also a worthwhile investment for this too (I have taught both before).
Unit 1 - Digital Devices (17 lessons)
Unit 2 - Connectivity (11 lessons)
Unit 3 - Operating Online (26 lessons )
Unit 4 - Online Services (5 lessons)
Unit 5 - Applying ICT (7 lessons)
Unit 6 - Word, PPT, Excel, web authoring and graphics- basics & advanced (19 lessons)
Unit 6 Database skills (MS Access) (6 lessons).
Also included are some introduction to coding lessons, including HTML which has a direct link to the GCSE content.
KS3 Coding Module (8 lessons)
HTML Basics Module (8 Lessons)
The price is a significant mark down from purchasing all the lessons individually on the TES.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Better Teaching, Better Planet.
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