With 25 years teaching experience, I know how valuable high-quality resources can be in bringing lessons to life. That’s why I’ve created a collection of engaging, ready-to-use materials designed to save teachers time while ensuring students stay inspired and excited about learning. From differentiated worksheets to visually engaging resources, my materials are crafted with both teachers and students in mind—making history accessible, enjoyable, and easy to teach.
With 25 years teaching experience, I know how valuable high-quality resources can be in bringing lessons to life. That’s why I’ve created a collection of engaging, ready-to-use materials designed to save teachers time while ensuring students stay inspired and excited about learning. From differentiated worksheets to visually engaging resources, my materials are crafted with both teachers and students in mind—making history accessible, enjoyable, and easy to teach.
Visualisation of the battle, useful for reference in lessons, or as a base for discussion, comprehension Q&A.
Stage-by-stage creative writing from the point of view of a soldier fighting during the Battle of Towton.
Visual stimulus
Key words
Sentence starters
Sensory planning sheet
Success criteria
Peer feedback sentence starters
Blockbusters revision game
Divide the class in two - green team and yellow team. The aim of each team is to build a chain of hexagons from one “base” to the other (top to bottom, or side to side).
Each letter represents a key word or phrase associated with the Battle of Towton. Give the correct answer to collect the hexagon.
Takes approx. 20mins to play.
Playscript
A three act playscript pitched at Y7+ children. It covers the battle through the memories of the character Thomas, a soldier who fought in the battle.
There are eight speaking parts.
Could be used as an introduction to the Battle of Towton, a stand-alone dramatic piece, as a cross-curricular or enrichment activity, or as a stimulus for further creative writing.
A three act playscript pitched at Y7+ children. It covers the battle through the memories of the character Thomas, a soldier who fought in the battle.
There are eight speaking parts.
Could be used as an introduction to the Battle of Towton, a stand-alone dramatic piece, as a cross-curricular or enrichment activity, or as a stimulus for further creative writing.
A storyboard of the Scottish Wars of Independence, worksheets on the English and Scottish soldiers, an activity retelling the narrative of the battle and complete unit pack including:
(1) Sequencing, crossword and wordsearch activities (answer sheets provided).
(2) Structured creative writing on the battle from the perspective of a soldier, including sentence starters, sensory planning sheet and success criteria.
(3) Essay planning sheet answering “Why did the Scottish win the Battle of Stirling Bridge?”.
(4) QR code links to four online games based on the battle.
(5) Blockbusters revision game: split the group into two teams, answer the questions correctly to complete the chain and win.
Divide the class in two - green team and yellow team. The aim of each team is to build a chain of hexagons from one “base” to the other (top to bottom, or side to side).
Each letter represents a key word or phrase associated with the Battle of Towton. Give the correct answer to collect the hexagon.
Takes approx. 20mins to play.
Stage-by-stage creative writing from the point of view of a soldier fighting during the Battle of Towton.
Includes:
Visual stimulus
Key words
Sentence starters
Sensory planning sheet
Success criteria
Peer feedback sentence starters
Illustrated key terms sheet with supporting match-up and anagrams worksheets. There are QR codes included, which, when scanned, will take learners to interactive revision games.
Answer sheets are provided.
Timeline covering the life of Robert Walpole with crossword and true or false worksheets to test understanding. A six minute video has also been included.
Answers sheets are provided.
Compare the Scottish and English armies fighting during the Scottish Wars of Independence.
Images of a Scottish and English soldier
Labelling activities (answer sheets provided)
Strengths and weaknesses of both soldiers, which can lead into discussions about the better equipped/prepared/more manoeuvrable.
Two short stories, both told from the point of view of a soldier and featuring all the equipment from the labelling activities.
Complete unit pack for the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
(1) Video introduction [7mins]
(2) Sequencing, crossword and wordsearch activities (answer sheets provided).
(3) Structured creative writing on the battle from the perspective of a soldier, including sentence starters, sensory planning sheet and success criteria.
(4) Essay planning sheet answering “Why did the Scottish win the Battle of Stirling Bridge?”.
(5) QR code links to four online games based on the battle.
(6) Blockbusters revision game: split the group into two teams, answer the questions correctly to complete the chain and win.
(1) Powerpoint presentation on English society in 1603.
Good way to end work on Elizabeth I or set the scene for James VI and I.
Topics covered include:
Religion
Disease
Gender roles
Food
Travel
Leisure activities
Two activities included:
Cloze questions using the powerpoint
Story planner based on living in 1603
(2) A board game based on the presentation
Question cards and answers are provided.
Questions fall into three categories:
Give Me Three
Facts and Figures
Friends and Enemies
Print out, cut up and play.
A board game based on the [/teaching-resource/life-in-england-in-1603-13245899] presentation.
Question cards and answers are provided.
Questions fall into three categories:
Give Me Three
Facts and Figures
Friends and Enemies
Print out, cut up and play.
Overview of English society in 1603. Good way to end work on Elizabeth I or set the scene for James VI and I.
Topics covered include:
Religion
Disease
Gender roles
Food
Travel
Leisure activities
Two activities included:
(1) Cloze questions using the powerpoint
(2) Story planner based on living in 1603
Great for group work at the start of the topic.
Three issues - Yorkist threat, powerful nobles, government - with three options for each. Discuss benefits and problems of each option, choose best option and explain.
The imagined story of Uloku, an Edo boy living in a village outside Benin City.
Includes resources linked to the story, which can be used as part of a lesson focusing upon comparative experiences of childhood:
Living graph to map his day as a line graph (the y-axis could be emotions, dangers etc…). An extension would be adding a second line for a modern child.
Storyboard to turn the story into a visual format.
Interactive hangman to test recognition of key features of life in a Benin village.
Essay planner to help answer the question “How hard was life for an Edo child in the Kingdom of Benin?” in a discursive style.
Playscript to retell the story in an active way. Includes speaking and non-speaking roles.
Research lesson based on Charles Dickens. Children use computers to find out biographical answers, which they then record on the sheet. The website needed is linked on the sheet.
Horrible Histories video linked (a nice introduction).
A PowerPoint with images of different jobs done by children. Children can discuss what each job was and the potential risks.
Final slide has a list of jobs and an image quiz based on the jobs shown in the PowerPoint.
