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I’m a qualified history teacher with over 7 years of experience, working across school and museum settings, with primary and secondary aged pupils. My resources are designed to engage learners with thoughtful, accessible, and curriculum-aligned materials. I ensure that my lessons and activities are inclusive and adaptable for a range of learning needs.

I’m a qualified history teacher with over 7 years of experience, working across school and museum settings, with primary and secondary aged pupils. My resources are designed to engage learners with thoughtful, accessible, and curriculum-aligned materials. I ensure that my lessons and activities are inclusive and adaptable for a range of learning needs.
History quotes classroom display
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History quotes classroom display

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Printable PowerPoint with one quote per slide. Includes quotes about the importance of history as well as inspirational quotes by well known historical figures such as Martin Luther King and Emmeline Pankhurst
Guided reading: children in factories_industrial revolution
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Guided reading: children in factories_industrial revolution

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Comprehension/literacy task for Key stage 3 pupils about conditions for children working in factories in Industrial Britain. Worksheet guides pupils to read, highlight dates/names/key words and then summarise the information into a title and bullet point. Can be done with class reading involved or as an independent activity/ literacy based homework.
KS3 Guided Reading_Mansa Musa
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KS3 Guided Reading_Mansa Musa

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Literacy/comprehension activity based on Mansa Musa. Four paragraphs providing an overview/introduction to Mansa Musa and the Mali Empire. Chunked learning - pupils read the text one paragraph at a time, highlighting the key facts and then summarising the text into a title and bullet point per paragraph.
KS3 Guided Reading_WW2 Evacuees / Evacuation
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KS3 Guided Reading_WW2 Evacuees / Evacuation

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Literacy / comprehension worksheet for key stage 3 pupils on WW2 evacuation. This provides an overview/introduction to the topic of evacuation. Pupils complete 4 paragraphs of reading and interact with the text by highlighting key facts, then summarising the text into titles and bullet points.
KS3 topic overview comprehension worksheets
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KS3 topic overview comprehension worksheets

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A set of accessible curriculum-linked, comprehension activities with questions on the following topics: The Black Death Henry VIII Suffragettes Trench Warfare The Home Front Norman Conquest Cold War Suitable for classroom use, homework, revision or 1-1 literacy support.
History themed colouring-in sheets
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History themed colouring-in sheets

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Printable colouring-in sheets showing a variety of historical scenes including: Titanic Moon landing Wright brothers Great Fire of London Samuel Pepyes WW1 trench Romans Columbus Florence Nightingale Guy Fawkes Medieval England Victorian schooling and toys Trip to the seaside now/then PowerPoint document with 31 pages - 1 image per slide
Key Stage 3 Cold War Overview Lesson
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Key Stage 3 Cold War Overview Lesson

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A PowerPoint presentation (including resources - worksheets to be printed from the slides) that can be used to introduce / give an overview of the Cold War. The lesson assumes no prior knowledge of the Cold War specifically, but does build on an understanding of the alliances of the Second World War and benefits from an existing (basic) understanding of capitalism vs. communism. Has been used to teach mixed ability Key Stage 3 (year 9) class.
KS3 Empire starter/SEN worksheet
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KS3 Empire starter/SEN worksheet

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Consists of a gap fill and codebreaker activity relating to British rule in Australia and Ireland, used for Key Stage 3 History classes. This can be a useful settling activity for classes or pupils who struggle with transitions. It can also be a revision worksheet for assessments or a homework task.
Key Stage 3 Revision/Starter puzzle worksheet
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Key Stage 3 Revision/Starter puzzle worksheet

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This is a general key stage 3 revision/starter/end of term puzzle activity sheet that covers the Tudors, West African Kingdoms, Industrial Revolution and Empire It can be a very useful settling activity for classes who struggle with transitions and need something simple, accessible and achievable to focus on independently whilst they settle into the lesson. Success in these tasks often builds confidence at the start of the lesson. It can also be a useful revision/homework task for end of year assessments.
AQA Health and the People: Islamic Medicine Comprehension task
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AQA Health and the People: Islamic Medicine Comprehension task

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This Key Stage 4 comprehension/literacy activity introduces students to the key information needed to understand the impact of Islamic Medicine as part of the AQA History GCSE Health and the People topic. Chunked text accompanied by comprehension tasks, this activity helps students build essential contextual knowledge while building literacy skills, therefore it is ideal for classes/pupils who need additional literacy support. Can be used as a lesson starter, homework, or revision activity.
AQA Health and the People: The Renaissance comprehension task
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AQA Health and the People: The Renaissance comprehension task

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An introduction to the Renaissance for AQA Health and the People. This is designed to introduce pupils to the key themes of the Renaissance whilst also supporting literacy skills and encouraging independent reading. It can be used as a ‘flipped learning’ homework task, in lesson as an independent reading worksheet, or as an activity for pupils who need additional support in gathering information/ chunked learning.