Included are two careers schemes of work and several stand-alone lessons linked to employability. These will support your school in hitting the Gatsby benchmarks.
The first scheme included is an introduction to careers, covering several core topics including teamwork and communication.
The second is an NCFE scheme of work that allows pupils to achieve an NCFE certificate in employability. This covers topics such as creative thinking, adaptability and risk assessment.
There are also several individual lessons that can be used as evidence for AQA unit awards, or can be taught just to be taught. These lessons are:
“Curiosity in Learning”
“Resilience in Learning”
“Creativity in Learning”
“Building a CV”
“Entering the World of Work”
“Leading a Group”
These can be taught together or separately. Together these lessons could span a handful of terms.
I have also included the scheme of work document.
A collection of 8 project booklets covering various topics from history. These are suitable for KS3 and KS4 but can be adapted upwards. Each can be used to evidence an AQA unit award, but are also good for homework, summer learning activities, or to set as projects for pupils who are long-term absent. Each should take a couple of lessons to complete. All are fully editable.
Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages
Witchcraft
Henry VIII
Black History
Empire
Trench Warfare
Causes of WWII
Period Study (independent study project)
Included in this bundle is a scheme of work on the U.S. political landscape, designed for Year 9 Citizenship students. This SOW is fully differentiated and resourced and includes 11 lessons. The lessons are as follows:
Lesson 1 - Introduction to US Politics
Lesson 2 - The Role of the President
Lesson 3 - Political Parties
Lesson 4 - “Third Parties”
Lesson 5 - Primary Debates
Lesson 6 - TV Debates
Lesson 7 - The Electoral College
Lesson 8 - U.S. Foreign Policy
Lessons 9 + 10 - Alexandra Ocasio Cortez (Documentary)
Lesson 11 - Assessment
A Netflix account is required for Lessons 9 and 10, but they are not integral to the scheme. Lesson 11 is an assessment in the style of an AQA GCSE Citizenship exam, complete with mark scheme. Any questions please ask.
Included here are two short lessons, one on Breast Cancer and one on Testicular Cancer. These would be good alongside demonstrations using models, etc., or alongside talks from externals.
A scheme of work designed to introduce Year 7 to key historical concepts. Lessons are fully resourced and are as follows:
Introduction (What is History?)
Artefacts
Causation
Pompeii
The Romans
The Anglo Saxons
Any questions please ask. Please leave a review if you download.
Included are two lessons, one focusing on the Civil Rights Act and one focusing on the Voting Rights Act. These were originally designed for Year 9. These are differentiated and fully resourced. If you have any questions please get in touch.
A six lesson scheme of work split into two parts and presented in editable Word document booklet formats. The two parts of this scheme are:
Managing Money (to be taught first)
Financial Risk (to be taught second)
These lessons last approximately an hour each (6 hours total) with teacher input, but can also be self-taught using the booklet. This is ideal for working from home during school closures or exclusions. Also great for cover work.
Included in this bundle is a thematic scheme of work examining five revolutions, with the overarching question of “what is a revolution?”. The five lessons included are fully resourced and differentiated and are as follows:
Lesson 1 - What is a Revolution?
Lesson 2 - The English Civil War
Lesson 3 - The American Revolution
Lesson 4 - The French Revolution
Lesson 5 - The Industrial Revolution
If you have any questions about these resources please do message.
Included in this bundle is a scheme of work examining King John and the Magna Carta. This scheme of work is resourced and differentiated. It contains the following three lessons:
Lesson 1 - King John - Effective of Ineffective?
Lesson 2 - What was the Magna Carta?
Lesson 3 - Extended Writing / Mini assessment
A number of templates that can be handed out as knowledge checks/exit passes for a variety of topics. My favourite is explain to an alien. This pack also includes:
Diamond 9
Draw & write
Picture prompts
Zones of relevance
Included in this pack are three booklets, one focussing on Autism and communication challenges, the other on Asperger’s syndrome, and the third on ASD more broadly. These can also be used to evidence AQA unit awards.
Here is a PSHE booklet on healthy eating. It can be taught to a class or assigned as independent work. It asks pupils to create a meal plan and introduces different food groups an the healthy eating table. It can be edited and also evidences an AQA unit award.
Included here are seven booklets focusing on animals, designed to be taught to a class or given as independent work. The projects included are:
Building nests
Prey and predators
Reptiles
Exotic animals
Zoonosis (animal disease)
Endangered species
Animal mascots
These can be used to evidence AQA unit awards, too, if you wish. They are fully editable.
This bundle contains the following project booklets
Cognitive Psychology
Biopsychology
Psychopathology
These each link to an AQA unit award, but can also be used for GCSE/A Level revision, cover work, or homework.
Included in this bundle is a scheme of work covering the Tudor period. This scheme of work is fully resourced. It includes the following ten lessons:
HENRY
Lesson 1 - An Introduction to Tudor Life
Lesson 2 - Henry VIII and Power
Lesson 3 - Henry VIII and Religion
Lesson 4 - The Dissolution of the Monasteries
JANE + MARY
Lesson 5 - The Reign of Lady Jane Grey
Lesson 6 - Was Mary Bloody?
ELIZABETH
Lesson 7 - Elizabeth I and Power
Lesson 8 - Elizabeth I and Propaganda
Lesson 9 - Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots
Lesson 10 - The Spanish Armada
If you have any questions about these resources please do message.
Included in this resource are 8 fully resourced lessons covering 1066 and the Norman Conquest.
These lessons are:
Lesson 1 - Edward the Confessor
Lesson 2 - Claimants to the Throne
Lesson 3 - The Battle of Gate Fulford
Lesson 4 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Lesson 5 - The Battle of Hastings
Lesson 6 - The Bayeux Tapestry
Lesson 7 - The Harrying of the North
Lesson 9 - Motte + Bailey Castles
Please feel free to message with any questions you have about these resources prior to purchase. Each lesson contains all relevant worksheets and each lesson is fully resourced and differentiated.
Included in this bundle are several lessons focusing on key junctures of medieval life. They are as follows:
Lesson 1 + 2 - Magna Carta
Lesson 3 + 4 - Black Death
Lesson 5 + 6 - Peasants Revolt
Lesson 7 + 8 - King Edward I
Please feel free to download these for free to help with your teaching over the coming weeks.