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I am a History Teacher with a passion for creating high quality lessons that are accessible and inspiring to all students. Teaching in today’s ever-changing world is becoming increasingly demanding, and I understand the importance of having reliable, ready-to-use materials. My aim is to provide resources that not only save time but also help teachers deliver outstanding lessons that truly resonate with students. I hope my resources make a positive difference in your classroom!

I am a History Teacher with a passion for creating high quality lessons that are accessible and inspiring to all students. Teaching in today’s ever-changing world is becoming increasingly demanding, and I understand the importance of having reliable, ready-to-use materials. My aim is to provide resources that not only save time but also help teachers deliver outstanding lessons that truly resonate with students. I hope my resources make a positive difference in your classroom!
Galen - Medicine through time
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Galen - Medicine through time

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Lesson 2 of the AQA GCSE unit: Medicine through time. Discover an engaging KS4 lesson that explores the historical significance of Claudius Galen. The lesson contextualises Galen’s background, approach to medicine and his impact on Medieval treatments. There is modelling of source analysis and opportunities for deliberate practice for: source analysis, explanation of significance and categorising medieval treatments. All worksheet and information sheet are PDF format. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘How did Galen impact Medieval treatments?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best! FREE Health and the people AQA revision guide - /teaching-resource/resource-13187303
Hippocrates - Medicine through time
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Hippocrates - Medicine through time

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Lesson 1 of the AQA GCSE unit: Medicine Through Time. Discover an engaging KS4 lesson that explores the historical significance of Hippocrates and his impact on Medieval beliefs. The lesson contextualises medieval and modern knowledge of disease, Hippocrates biography and the impacts of Hippocrates on medieval medicine. There is deliberate practice focused on explaining the historical significance of Hippocrates. Both the worksheet and information sheet are PDF format. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘How did Hippocrates impact medieval beliefs?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best! FREE! Health and the people AQA revision guide - /teaching-resource/resource-13187303
Waterfalls
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Waterfalls

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Discover an engaging KS3 lesson on the formation of waterfalls. This lesson models waterfall formation along the enquiry question ‘How and where do waterfalls form?" There are step by step models of waterfall formation supported by video links to aid students visualisation of the process. There are multiple opportunities for formative assessment and key check points built in that act as Hinge moments to adapt learning to the needs of the students. The lesson ends with an optional GCSE extention question - ‘Why would deforestation lead to flooding?’ The Lesson is provided in powerpoint format with worksheets in PDF format. Feel free to adapt the lesson to fit your best use. Lesson 1 - What are rivers? - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13185391 Lesson 2 - Hydrological cycle /teaching-resource/resource-13172908 Lesson 3 - Drainage basins /teaching-resource/resource-13172914 Lesson 4 - River Tees - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13172923 Lesson 7 - Flood Causes /teaching-resource/resource-13172928 Lesson 8 - Flood Management /teaching-resource/resource-13172937
Flood causes
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Flood causes

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Discover an engaging KS3 lesson on the causes of flooding. This lesson contextualises the causes of flooding by first modelling a flood and then analysing factors that lead to flooding. This is reinforced by a look at the Boscastle case study (supported by videos) and the human and physical causes of this flood. The lesson ends with a hinge question ‘How do human and physical factors lead to flooding?’ The Lesson is provided in powerpoint format with worksheets in PDF format. Feel free to adapt the lesson to fit your best use. Lesson 1 - What are rivers? - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13185391 Lesson 2 - Hydrological cycle /teaching-resource/resource-13172908 Lesson 3 - Drainage basins /teaching-resource/resource-13172914 Lesson 4 - River Tees - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13172923 Lesson 6 - waterfalls /teaching-resource/resource-13172926 Lesson 8 - Flood Management /teaching-resource/resource-13172937
Pearl Harbour
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Pearl Harbour

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Discover an engaging KS3 lesson that explores the historical significance of the Pearl Harbour attack within the wider question of ‘Why did the USA enter WW2?’ The lesson contextualises US involvement in the second world war, the US relationship with Japan prior to WW2 and the events of Pearl Harbour. There are video links to support students appreciation of the Pearl Harbour attack and question how they would have reacted in response. There is deliberate practice focused on explaining causation (What led to US entry into WW2?). Both the worksheet and information sheet are PDF format. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘Why did the USA enter WW2?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best!
Black Death - Source analysis
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Black Death - Source analysis

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Discover an engaging Year 7 lesson on the causes and events of the Black Death. The lesson revolves around the enquiry question ‘what was life like during the black death?’ The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and the worksheets are in PDF format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best! Lesson 1: Events of the Black Death - FREE! /teaching-resource/resource-13187302 Lesson 2: Experience of the Black Death /teaching-resource/resource-13173698 Lesson 3: Impacts of the Black Death /teaching-resource/resource-13173714
Christmas Quiz - History
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Christmas Quiz - History

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Make use of a fun and engaging christmas quiz that will send your students into the holidays with tonnes of history facts to amaze their families! Includes the following: Historical figures Famous figures that were born around christmas such as Isaac Newton and Mao Zedong. Key events Important Historical events that happened on or around christmas day such as the sinking of the Santa Maria and the Apollo 8 moon mission. Christmas traditions Explore the historical context of unique christmas traditions from around the world such as the Yule goat (Sweden) and roller skating (Venezuala) Dingbats A final round of hand made history related dingbats such as WW1 and the Civil Rights Movement. If you can, please spread the christmas cheer by leaving a small review below!
Hydrological cycle
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Hydrological cycle

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Discover an engaging KS3 lesson on the Hydrological cycle. This lesson models, defines and examines the nature of the water system around the enquiry question ‘what are the key features of the Hydrological cycle?’ There are step by step models of the Hydrological cycle supported by video links to aid students visualisation of the Hydrological cycle. There are multiple opportunities for formative assessment and key check points built in that act as Hinge moments to adapt learning to the needs of the students. The lesson ends with an optional GCSE extention question - ‘Why would deforestation lead to flooding?’ The Lesson is provided in powerpoint format. Feel free to adapt the lesson to fit your best use. Lesson 1 - What are rivers? - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13185391 Lesson 2 - Hydrological cycle /teaching-resource/resource-13172908 Lesson 3 - Drainage basins /teaching-resource/resource-13172914 Lesson 4 - River Tees - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13172923 Lesson 6 - waterfalls /teaching-resource/resource-13172926 Lesson 7 - Causes of Flooding /teaching-resource/resource-13172928 Lesson 8 - Flood Management /teaching-resource/resource-13172937
Drainage basins
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Drainage basins

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Discover an engaging KS3 lesson on drainage basins. This lesson models, defines and examines the nature of the water system around the enquiry question ‘How does the hydrological cycle operate within a drainage basin?’ There are step by step models of the Hydrological cycle supported by video links to aid students visualisation of drainage basins There are multiple opportunities for formative assessment and key check points built in that act as Hinge moments to adapt learning to the needs of the students. The lesson ends with an optional GCSE extention question -'Describe how the hydrological cycle operates within a drainage basin?" The Lesson is provided in powerpoint format and worksheets in PDF format. Feel free to adapt the lesson to fit your best use. Lesson 1 - What are rivers? - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13185391 Lesson 2 - Hydrological cycle /teaching-resource/resource-13172908 Lesson 3 - Drainage basins /teaching-resource/resource-13172914 Lesson 4 - River Tees - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13172923 Lesson 6 - waterfalls /teaching-resource/resource-13172926 Lesson 7 - Causes of Flooding /teaching-resource/resource-13172928 Lesson 8 - Flood Management /teaching-resource/resource-13172937
The Liberal Reforms (1906-1910)
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The Liberal Reforms (1906-1910)

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Lesson 31 of the AQA GCSE unit: Medicine through time. Discover an engaging KS4 lesson that explores the causes and impacts of the Liberal reforms The lesson contextualises the changing politics that led to the Liberal reforms, the reforms themselves, and the impact of the reforms. There are opportunities for deliberate practice for: explanation of significance, evaluation of causation. All worksheet and information sheet are PDF format. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘How did the Liberal reforms improve public health?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best! FREE! Health and the people AQA revision guide - /teaching-resource/resource-13187303
Nazi Germany  - Treaty of Versailles
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Nazi Germany - Treaty of Versailles

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Lesson 2 of the Edexcel international A-level unit (Germany 1918 - 1945) Includes the following: (PPT and PDF) Retrieval practice Ebert and the Armistice Stab in the back myth Treaty of Versailles Fair/unfair debate for Treaty of Versailles Exit ticket - PEEL question Also applicable to the Edexcel A-level history unit - Germany: Development of Dictatorship, 1918 - 1945
1920s Immigration - USA
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1920s Immigration - USA

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Lesson 7 for the AQA history unit- America: Opportunity and Inequality. The lesson starts with retrieval practice on women and cultural changes in the 1920s so that teachers can quickly identify and adapt to existing misconceptions. The lesson contextualises the historical background of US immigration, the changing attitudes towards immigration and the shift in immigration laws during the 1920s. There are a series of sources enabling opportunities to both model source analysis and extensive deliberate practice. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘How did US immigration laws change in the 1920s?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best!
Nazi Germany - Securing Power
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Nazi Germany - Securing Power

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Lesson 9 of the Edexcel international A-level unit (Germany 1918 - 1945) Includes the following: Hitler’s rise to Chancellor Limitations of Power Reichstag Fire, 1933 election, Enabling Act Consequences of the Enabling Act Retrieval practice Exit ticket - PEEL question Also applicable to the Edexcel A-level history unit - Germany: Development of Dictatorship, 1918 - 1945
Flood Management
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Flood Management

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Discover an engaging KS3 lesson on the management of flooding. This lesson revolves around the enquiry question ‘How are hard and soft strategies used to manage a river?’ The lesson is sequenced so that students first have to define, then categorise then apply hard and soft management strategies. The lesson ends with a GCSE style question ‘Explain how soft engineering can reduce the impact of flooding.’ The Lesson is provided in powerpoint format with worksheets in PDF format. Feel free to adapt the lesson to fit your best use. Lesson 1 - What are rivers? - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13185391 Lesson 2 - Hydrological cycle /teaching-resource/resource-13172908 Lesson 3 - Drainage basins /teaching-resource/resource-13172914 Lesson 4 - River Tees - FREE /teaching-resource/resource-13172923 Lesson 6 - waterfalls /teaching-resource/resource-13172926 Lesson 7 - Causes of Flooding /teaching-resource/resource-13172928
Silk Road
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Silk Road

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Ideal unit for diversifying the curriculum by exploring Asian history. This unit contextualises and then evaluates the Silk Road’s historical importance. Free Lesson 1 available here: /teaching-resource/resource-13151926 Provides students with an understanding of the connections between Asia and Europe. Lessons included: What was the Silk Road? Chronology of the Silk Road Trade along the Silk Road Silk Road & Slavery The Mongol Empire Marco Polo The historical significance of the Silk Road Key historical skills: Chronology Source analysis Significance Historical interpretation (edited Susan Whitfield ‘Slaves on the Silk Road’) 16 mark Edexcel GCSE plan & model answer The lessons comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt to suit your needs best!
Nazi Germany  - Challenges to Weimar
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Nazi Germany - Challenges to Weimar

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Lesson 3 of the Edexcel international A-level unit (Germany 1918 - 1945) Includes the following: (PPT and PDF) Retrieval practice The Weimar Constitution Political challenges to Weimar Economic Challenges to Weimar Exit ticket - PEEL question Also applicable to the Edexcel A-level history unit - Germany: Development of Dictatorship, 1918 - 1945
Nazi Germany - German Golden Period
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Nazi Germany - German Golden Period

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Lesson 5 of the Edexcel international A-level unit (Germany 1918 - 1945) Includes the following: Retrieval practice Cultural changes in Weimar Germany Changes for women in Weimar Germany Conservative reaction to Golden Period Exit ticket - PEEL question Also applicable to the Edexcel A-level history unit - Germany: Development of Dictatorship, 1918 - 1945
Domesday Book  - Norman Conquest
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Domesday Book - Norman Conquest

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Discover an engaging KS3 lesson that brings the Domesday Survey to life, exploring its key features and uncovering the aims of William the Conqueror. The lesson contextualises William’s economic problems after the conquest, the aims and creation of the Domesday survey. There are video links to support students engagement and help them to visualise the creation of the Domesday survey. There is an opportunity to model source analysis followed by multiple sources where students can practice this skill. The lesson revolves around the key enquiry question ‘What were the key features of the Domesday book?’ with the lesson ending in a PEE paragraph as a formative knowledge test. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format, feel free to adapt the lesson to suit your needs best!
Vietnam war - Viet Cong info sheet
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Vietnam war - Viet Cong info sheet

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A worksheet created for the AQA history unit: Conflict and Tension in Asia Also applicable to: Edexcel GCSE unit: Superpower relations and the Cold war AQA A-level history: Cold war Edexcel international A-level: The cold war and hot war in Asia
Korean war - Impacts worksheet
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Korean war - Impacts worksheet

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A worksheet created for the AQA history unit: Conflict and Tension in Asia Also applicable to: Edexcel GCSE unit: Superpower relations and the Cold war AQA A-level history: Cold war Edexcel international A-level: The cold war and hot war in Asia