I am an experienced History teacher, currently teaching Y7-13 and producing a range of lessons/resources for this age group.
I am constantly adding new resources so please keep checking my shop.
I have also been an Edexcel examiner for the 9-1 GCSE.
I am an experienced History teacher, currently teaching Y7-13 and producing a range of lessons/resources for this age group.
I am constantly adding new resources so please keep checking my shop.
I have also been an Edexcel examiner for the 9-1 GCSE.
This lesson is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
The lesson includes a range of activities involving source analysis. The PPT also contains modelling and success criteria to help guide the students as well as differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
This is a simple lesson which goes with the activities in the textbook which has success criteria to help guide the students and challenges designed to encourage higher level thinking.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
The lesson includes a range of activities including an engaging starter and creating an artist’s impression. The PPT also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
The lesson encourages the students to investigate how justified the execution of Mary Queen of Scots was and is aimed at developing their source analysis skills.
The lesson includes a range of activities including an engaging starter and source analysis. There is differentiation by colour (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging) and modelling to help guide the students.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
The lesson includes a range of activities including help with the textbook activities and leading up to a written judgement. The PPT also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation KS3 textbooks.
The lesson includes a range of activities including making a personal timeline and creating a factory report (there may be enough content for more than one lesson). The PPT also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included (some are from the Holocaust Educational Trust).
The lesson encourages the students to investigate the the beginning of persecution against the Jews.
The lesson includes a range of activities including comparing and contrasting laws against the Jews as well as analysing testimonies from survivors. Differentiation by colour is used (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
The lesson encourages the students to investigate what prohibition was and why it failed.
The lesson includes a range of activities including a link to a short video clip (not produced by myself) and categorising reasons. There is an engaging starter, clear success criteria and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Technology, War and Independence KS3 textbooks.
The lesson includes a range of activities involving source analysis and writing a witness statement. The PPT also contains success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation (red=least challenging up to green=most challenging).
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
Here is a 2nd set of engaging lessons with a variety of activities for the start of the 9-1 Anglo-Saxon and Norman England topic.
It includes 6 full lessons with the resources required to teach them (Pearson textbooks will also be needed).
I have also included a revision game resource as a bonus.
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Here is a table designed to encourage students to assess the advantages and disadvantages of a range of sources in preparation for the Historic Environment part of the Edexcel 9-1 exam.
The modelling has been directed at the medicine through time course but it can easily be adapted and used for any of the topics. It is particularly useful for helping with the 4-mark ‘follow-up’ questions.
This PPT is based on Pearson Medicine Through Time 9-1 GCSE textbook. There is enough content for two lessons.
The lessons include a range of activities including completing a table, a layers of inference grid and an exam question. The PPT also contains success criteria to help guide the students and modelling.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This planning template is really useful for introucing your GCSE students to the 16-mark ‘How far do you agree…?’ exam questions with Edexcel. This one has modelling for the Anglo-Saxon/Norman topic but it the template is the same structure as the 16 mark questions in many other topics and so can be easily adapted.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson uses the Pearson 9-1 Anglo-Saxon and Norman GCSE textbooks.
It contains an extended writing task and clear success criteria to help guide students and make the lesson engaging.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson uses the Pearson Anglo-Saxon and Norman 9-1 textbooks.
It contains a variety of activities with challenges and success criteria to help guide the students. There are tips for how to use the lesson in the notes. Any obituary found on Google can be used as a model.
Please feel free to ask if you have any questions :)
This lesson uses the Pearson Anglo-Saxon and Norman 9-1 textbooks.
It contains a variety of activities with challenges and success criteria to help guide the students. There are tips for how to use the lesson in the notes.
Please feel free to ask if you have any questions :)
This lesson does NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
The lesson encourages the students to investigate the death of Harold Godwinson and is aimed at developing their source analysis skills. It is particularly useful for introducing/developing the idea of reliability.
The lesson includes a range of activities including a link to a short video clip (not produced by myself) and working with sources. There is an engaging starter, clear modelling and a hinge question.
I have also included two sets of sources (one differentiated) and a table to go with the lesson. A sheet to guide the students on NOP is attached which may also be used for other lessons.
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This PPT contains enough for two full lessons. These lessons do NOT require the use of any accompanying textbooks. All of the resources needed are included.
It encourages the students to develop their reading and explanation skills.
The lessons include a range of activities including completing a table from an information sheet (both included, with modelling) and creating an ‘agony aunt’ style letter. There is an engaging starter, modelling, success criteria to help guide the students and differentiation. (red=easiest, green=most challenging)
Please feel free to ask any questions :)
This lesson is aimed at Y7 students but could be adapted. It is based on the Invasion, Plague and Murder Oxford textbooks and contains a range of activities including creating a poster for the pope.
It also has success criteria to help guide the students and there are challenges available for differentiation (red=easiest, green=hardest)
Please feel free to ask if you have any questions :)
This lesson is based on the Invasion, Plague and Murder KS3 textbooks and aimed at Y7.
It involves encouraging students to analyse advantages and disadvantages of different types of castles from the book and contains success criteria to help guide the students along with an engaging starter and a PEEL paragraph plenary.