Wolsey Academy, a proud Gold TES author, offers a wide array of resources for History, ICT, and Business Studies, all designed to work 'off the shelf'. This makes them perfect for busy teachers who need ready-to-use, effective materials that engage students through unique interactive games. Our resources ensure a seamless integration into the classroom, providing a high-quality educational experience without the need for extensive preparation.
Wolsey Academy, a proud Gold TES author, offers a wide array of resources for History, ICT, and Business Studies, all designed to work 'off the shelf'. This makes them perfect for busy teachers who need ready-to-use, effective materials that engage students through unique interactive games. Our resources ensure a seamless integration into the classroom, providing a high-quality educational experience without the need for extensive preparation.
A lesson looking at Chinese Civilisation before the British involvement, their empire and the decision to stop the Treasure Fleets.
It then goes on to study in depth the Causes, Events and Consequences of the Opium War 1842.
Lesson activities are as follows:
Teacher intro
Extended reading task and comprehension discussion
Note taking exercises
2 Source Questions
Opium War debate prep
Opium War debate
Opium War written responses
This is a fully-resourced lesson that includes everything you need in the ‘resources’ section at the end of the PowerPoint.
Hope it helps.
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One lesson in a series on the History of Germany from 1918, designed for GCSE/IGCSE but ideal for any course of study.
This lesson includes:
A recap activity on Stresemann’s domestic policies
A team teach task that looks at the Locarno Pact, League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
A source question.
Opposition to the treaties - writing exercise
Blooket recap quiz.
All resources required contained in the resources section at the end of the PowerPoint.
Hope it helps.
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A lesson introducing the EIC, the role of Robert Clive and their long term impact on India.
It includes.
Source image questions
Context slides
Extended Reading Task
Video link and Robert Clive discussion task
Table assessment of key facts
PEEKA paragraph writing frame
Peer assessment.
All resources required contained in the resources section at the end of the PowerPoint.
Hope it helps.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Indian Independence, Indian Partition and the British Empire – 5 fully resourced Lessons
A lesson from a 5-part sequence on the British Empire, Indian independence and Indian Partition.
The lessons, and the activities included are seen below.
The British Empire in 1900 (5 key theme match up > Round Robin > Class Debate > Paragraph writing skills > retrieval practice).
The First World War and Empire (Map questions > Guided Reading > Source Activity > Appositive sentence task > Blooket quiz).
Causes of Indian Independence (Cops & Robbers Retrieval > Quiz Quiz Trade > Timeline task > Prioritisation Discussion > Paragraph writing skills)
India, Gandhi and the Second World War (Narrative World Building > Comprehension Questions > Gandhi speech analysis > Pamphlet Writing > Extension Reading)
Indian Partition (Recap Task > Dual Coding Writing Task > Ms Marvel Case Study > National Archives Source Study > Paragraph Writing skills).
Hope they help.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Indian Independence, Indian Partition and the British Empire – 5 fully resourced Lessons
A lesson from a 5-part sequence on the British Empire, Indian independence and Indian Partition.
The lessons, and the activities included are seen below.
The British Empire in 1900 (5 key theme match up > Round Robin > Class Debate > Paragraph writing skills > retrieval practice).
The First World War and Empire (Map questions > Guided Reading > Source Activity > Appositive sentence task > Blooket quiz).
Causes of Indian Independence (Cops & Robbers Retrieval > Quiz Quiz Trade > Timeline task > Prioritisation Discussion > Paragraph writing skills)
India, Gandhi and the Second World War (Narrative World Building > Comprehension Questions > Gandhi speech analysis > Pamphlet Writing > Extension Reading)
Indian Partition (Recap Task > Dual Coding Writing Task > Ms Marvel Case Study > National Archives Source Study > Paragraph Writing skills).
Hope they help.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Indian Independence, Indian Partition and the British Empire – 5 fully resourced Lessons
A lesson from a 5-part sequence on the British Empire, Indian independence and Indian Partition.
The lessons, and the activities included are seen below.
The British Empire in 1900 (5 key theme match up > Round Robin > Class Debate > Paragraph writing skills > retrieval practice).
The First World War and Empire (Map questions > Guided Reading > Source Activity > Appositive sentence task > Blooket quiz).
Causes of Indian Independence (Cops & Robbers Retrieval > Quiz Quiz Trade > Timeline task > Prioritisation Discussion > Paragraph writing skills)
India, Gandhi and the Second World War (Narrative World Building > Comprehension Questions > Gandhi speech analysis > Pamphlet Writing > Extension Reading)
Indian Partition (Recap Task > Dual Coding Writing Task > Ms Marvel Case Study > National Archives Source Study > Paragraph Writing skills).
Hope they help.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Indian Independence, Indian Partition and the British Empire – 5 fully resourced Lessons
A lesson from a 5-part sequence on the British Empire, Indian independence and Indian Partition.
The lessons, and the activities included are seen below.
The British Empire in 1900 (5 key theme match up > Round Robin > Class Debate > Paragraph writing skills > retrieval practice).
The First World War and Empire (Map questions > Guided Reading > Source Activity > Appositive sentence task > Blooket quiz).
Causes of Indian Independence (Cops & Robbers Retrieval > Quiz Quiz Trade > Timeline task > Prioritisation Discussion > Paragraph writing skills)
India, Gandhi and the Second World War (Narrative World Building > Comprehension Questions > Gandhi speech analysis > Pamphlet Writing > Extension Reading)
Indian Partition (Recap Task > Dual Coding Writing Task > Ms Marvel Case Study > National Archives Source Study > Paragraph Writing skills).
Hope they help.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The Battle of Hastings
3 lessons that provide a comprehensive study of the battle.
Lesson 1: Studies a range of primary sources and leads students through activities based on these.
Lesson 2: A descriptive writing challenge using a number of stimuli to help them map the course of the battle and try their hand at being a war correspondence.
Lesson 3: A study of the factors that led to Norman success. Students write a balanced historical argument looking at which factor(s) were the most important and why.
Hope it helps,
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
The Birth of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
4 lessons that look at the rise of the CCP in China. Vitally important subject that does not receive anywhere near like enough attention. These are tried and tested lessons, each with a wide range of activities and a literacy focus. All the resources needed for the lessons are contained with the PowerPoints themselves in a dedicated resources section that makes lesson preparation very easy.
The four topics covered are…
The United Front (Nationalists and CCP) against the Warlords
The Expeditions and Exterminations of 26 – 34 (the beginnings of the Civil War)
The Long March 1934-35
Consequences of the Long March
Hope it helps,
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A lesson designed to get students to study one of the campaigns/battles that do not usually get taught in History lessons in much detail. Students choose one of these ‘forgotten campaigns’ and create a presentation on it. The presentation must meet a set criteria – which is then used for peer assessment when the groups come to present. The criteria includes a PEEKA paragraph (of which an example is included) and using the key word flash cards that are included in the PowerPoint that refer to their specific campaign. Any additional research is seen as a bonus and is encouraged.
Also includes a Google Form plenary quiz.
We’ve had lots of success with this lesson and the students really embrace learning about a new topic and presenting to their classmates. The use of a peer criteria check list ensures all students are focussed when their peers are presenting. It can get quite competitive… !
Hope it helps,
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7 Lessons and a workbook for an online role playing adventure game that explores the life of King John and the causes of the Magna Carta (and it’s impact).
The lessons are as follows:
Richard I, Crusades & John (Plantagenet map relay, round robin Crusader battle reports, reading comprehension tasks, consult the codex activity).
John’s Early Life (John v Longchamp card sort/PEEKA paragraph practice and assessment/consult the codex activity)
John & Taxes (‘Be the teacher’ activity/essay construction practice/consult the codex activity)
John & War (Army recruiter role play presentations & Bouvines video)
Magna Carta (Baron grievances card sort/prioritisation tasks/PEEKA writing development)
The Baron’s War (Round the Room battle reporting/descriptive writing task/videos)
End of Unit Assessment (Planning and prep for a Narrative Analysis, Edexcel style Q on John’s legacy).
Hope it helps,
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A lesson from the Wolsey Academy series on the First World War.
It includes:
A context slide and map
A ‘plan your own blockade’ activity
Discussion of ‘contraband’ and its uses
Guided Reading Task (higher level literacy task)
Video and comprehension questions
Comprehension questions and PEE paragraph writing activity
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A lesson about the success of the British Empire in winning and North African campaign in the Second World War. It is tried, tested and comes with everything you need to teach it right from the PowerPoint. Resources are at the end of the PowerPoint in printer friendly formats if you need them.
Leanring episodes are as follows:
Class discussion of the geography of the region - why it was important and how this would shape the fighting.
Video task.
Fortune graph - students have to allocate a relative importance to each major event in the conflict and plot it on a graph.
Success Factors table activity with 8 fully explained factors behind British victory.
Prioritisation of factors - group task.
Essay writing task - structure guidance grid.
PEer assessment with check list criteria.
Depth reading task.
We hope it helps.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
A series of 5 lessons taking KS3 through Central Asian History, highlighting many topics not covered by the traditional curriculum but which nonetheless are highly important to a developed and balanced appreciation of world history.
The five lessons are:
The Mongols
The Silk Roads
The Timurid Empire
The Ottomans
The Mughals
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
From a series of 5 lessons taking KS3 through Central Asian History, highlighting many topics not covered by the traditional curriculum but which nonetheless are highly important to a developed and balanced appreciation of world history.
The five lessons are:
The Mongols
The Silk Roads
The Timurid Empire
The Ottomans
The Mughals
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
From a series of 5 lessons taking KS3 through Central Asian History, highlighting many topics not covered by the traditional curriculum but which nonetheless are highly important to a developed and balanced appreciation of world history.
The five lessons are:
The Mongols
The Silk Roads
The Timurid Empire
The Ottomans
The Mughals
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
From a series of 5 lessons taking KS3 through Central Asian History, highlighting many topics not covered by the traditional curriculum but which nonetheless are highly important to a developed and balanced appreciation of world history.
The five lessons are:
The Mongols
The Silk Roads
The Timurid Empire
The Ottomans
The Mughals
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
From a series of 5 lessons taking KS3 through Central Asian History, highlighting many topics not covered by the traditional curriculum but which nonetheless are highly important to a developed and balanced appreciation of world history.
The five lessons are:
The Mongols
The Silk Roads
The Timurid Empire
The Ottomans
The Mughals
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
From a series of 5 lessons taking KS3 through Central Asian History, highlighting many topics not covered by the traditional curriculum but which nonetheless are highly important to a developed and balanced appreciation of world history.
The five lessons are:
The Mongols
The Silk Roads
The Timurid Empire
The Ottomans
The Mughals
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
A unit of work bringing in examples of wars, battles and conflicts from across the centuries. Each lesson is self contained and includes all the resources you need to successfully teach an outstanding lesson.
Lessons include:
The Punic Wars (Romans)
1066 Battle of Hastings (4 lessons)
King John & The Baron’s War (2 lessons)
French-Indian Wars
First World War (3 lessons)
Second World War (3 lessons)
Boxer Rebellion
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Falklands Conflict