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.
China: Conflict, Crisis and Change 1900 – 1989. Designed for the Edexcel IGCSE Breadth Study but features a wide range of activities and approaches, and is in depth enough, that makes it excellent for all China history courses.
It is a standalone SOW (e.g. you don’t need to refer to a text book) and each lesson is self-contained, with all the information and resources required to deliver at least a Good rated lesson if not an Outstanding one.
Assessment & activity types are introduced and revisited based on a retrieval grid to ensure maximum learning and imbedding of skills and knowledge. Each lesson is estimated to take 45-60 minutes to complete but in my experience many can stretch over 2 or even 3 lessons depending on teacher judgement.
Each lesson features as a minimum:
Numeracy & Literacy challenges.
Keywords (to add to a student glossary).
EAL support sheets.
Stretch and challenge activities.
Teacher Quick Start Guide.
Literacy support mats.
Homework extension task mats.
Context slide for the lesson.
Part 1: Lessons included:
Intro to China & Course Set Up. (with online self-marking quiz)
Boxer Rebellion Causes & Events
Boxer Rebellion Consequences & Reforms
The 1911 Revolution
4th May Movement
Sun Yet-Sen, Chiang Kai-Shek & Guomindang
Recap Lesson 1: 1900 – 1926 (with online self-marking quiz)
The United Front & The Communist Party
Expeditions, Massacres and Exterminations 1926 – 1934
Recap lesson 2: 1926 – 1934 (with online self-marking quiz)
The Long March 1934-35
Consequences of the Long March
Catering for Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1.
Lesson 2 of 16 (lessons 1 & 2 and the revision guide are free to download)
These lessons were made for students in the Middle East and have a strong focus on EAL and keyword acquisition/application. Each lesson has 3-8 keywords on easy to use cards that fit into the lesson activity and also make excellent printable revision resources (the revision guide features them all in one place).
Each lesson begins with a different active learning activity, a mini-plenary and a written or creative ICT task requiring the correct application of the keywords. All have stretch questioning to the main activities. The SOW has an online mid and end of unit test that can be found a Wolsey Academy
Wolsey Academy has had a lot of success with this SOW with EAL students who have really progressed in their understanding of the technically vocabulary involved with the ICT iGCSE.
Very simply taken from the ADEK UAE Moral Studies guide for Year 8 (Grade 7). Converted into something more user friendly for both teachers and students.
Includes LOs that are revisited and differentiated resources for EAL classes.
Can very easily be used outside the UAE for Moral and Social studies/PSHE/Tutor periods.
Very simply taken from the ADEK UAE Moral Studies guide for Year 8 (Grade 7). Converted into something more user friendly for both teachers and students.
Includes LOs that are revisited and differentiated resources for EAL classes.
Can very easily be used outside the UAE for Moral and Social studies/PSHE/Tutor periods.
A guide created for students about to begin their CIE IGCSE History coursework module. A mix of examples and guidance adopted from my own teaching and extracts from the CIE IGCSE coursework guide book (made more digestible for students).
Includes:
• Top tips
• Clarification of key terms (e.g. significance)
• Guidance on references
• Mark Scheme/Criteria
• 3 x Introduction examples with commentary
• 3 x Main paragraphs examples with commentary
• 2 x Conclusion examples with commentary
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.
Black Lives Matter: Why I am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge.
This lesson takes the key themes of the book ‘Why I am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge’ and attempts to distill them into a format ready for a class room discussion. Ideal for discussions on race during a tutor period or at the end of a unit of work that features discussion on race.
It is broken into the following stages:
Intro to the author and initial mind mapping.
A look at the history of black people, and their contribution, to British society.
A discussion of how these historic experiences have created systemic racism – this is the crucial element of the lesson, to explain to students that being ‘colour blind’ can cause its own problems by neglecting to engage with the realities of black people.
What is ‘white privilege’ and what could be done to stop it? A look at the NFL’s “Rooney Rule”.
PEE paragraph on the Rooney Rule.
Ending thoughts and development of mind maps.
Extension task: Read Eddo-Lodge’s article.
EAL Task: Keyword focus sheet
I do not for a second pretend to be an expert in these matters but this is my attempt to introduce the discussion of systemic racism into my classroom. I hope it can be of some use to you in your classrooms too.
If you feel I have said something wrong or phrased something insensitively please contact me at thomas@wolseyacademy.com and we can make corrections together.
Hope it helps.
A lesson from 11 lessons that cover everything you need for the External Influences section of IGCSE Business Studies. It is modelled on the CIE specification but has also been used successfully to teach Edexcel spec.
In total this Module 6 Scheme of Work includes: 53 flash cards, 7 Google Quizzes and 11 lesson PowerPoints (including a revision lesson).
Each lesson in the series comes with:
a. Activities to complete
b. Key word flash cards
c. Information to revise from and assist teacher talk
d. Link to a Google quiz that covers the topic
For more resources and to buy the complete Business Studies IGCSE bundle at a steep discount, please visit Wolsey Academy.
Lessons in the series include:
Government Economic Objectives
Fiscal Policy
Monetary & Supply Side Policies
Business Responses to Economic Policies
Business Activities and the Environment
Non-Economic Pressures on Businesses
Business & Ethics
Globalisation & Multinationals
Globalisation Issues
Exchange Rates
Revision lesson with resources
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.
A lesson designed to take students through the causes and events of the Falklands Conflict and end with a developed paragraph discussing the factors behind the British victory. There is enough content here to easily stretch across 2 (if not 3!) lessons. It has also been successfully taught to KS2 and 4 - but also to Sea Cadet groups across the UK.
It is a topic that is rarely taught in schools - but one that is fascinating and gets students engaged. A useful lesson for the end of term or as part of a wider study on Thatcher’s Britain and/or the Cold War.
Lesson sequence as follows:
Where is the Falklands? Guess the location.
Why was it invaded? – Quiz Quiz Trade
Thatcher’s response Reading comprehension
The task force Match up task
The taskforce How would you structure it?
The Belgrano Right or wrong?
The battle and landing events Relay.
Factors for success Diamond 9
Pick a factor and turn it into a PEEKA paragraph.
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.
We hope it helps.
China: Conflict, Crisis and Change 1900 – 1989. Designed for the Edexcel IGCSE Breadth Study but features a wide range of activities and approaches, and is in depth enough, that makes it excellent for all China history courses.
It is a standalone SOW (e.g. you don’t need to refer to a text book) and each lesson is self-contained, with all the information and resources required to deliver at least a Good rated lesson if not an Outstanding one.
Assessment & activity types are introduced and revisited based on a retrieval grid to ensure maximum learning and imbedding of skills and knowledge. Each lesson is estimated to take 45-60 minutes to complete but in my experience many can stretch over 2 or even 3 lessons depending on teacher judgement.
Each lesson features as a minimum:
Numeracy & Literacy challenges.
Keywords (to add to a student glossary).
EAL support sheets.
Stretch and challenge activities.
Teacher Quick Start Guide.
Literacy support mats.
Homework extension task mats.
Context slide for the lesson.
Part 1: Lessons included:
China History IGCSE: Intro to China & Course Set Up. (with online self-marking quiz)
China History IGCSE: Boxer Rebellion Causes & Events
China History IGCSE: Boxer Rebellion Consequences & Reforms
China History IGCSE: The 1911 Revolution
China History IGCSE: 4th May Movement
China History IGCSE: Sun Yet-Sen, Chiang Kai-Shek & Guomindang
China History IGCSE: Recap Lesson 1: 1900 – 1926 (with online self-marking quiz)
China History IGCSE: The United Front & The Communist Party
China History IGCSE: Expeditions, Massacres and Exterminations 1926 – 1934
China History IGCSE: Recap lesson 2: 1926 – 1934 (with online self-marking quiz)
China History IGCSE: The Long March 1934-35
China History IGCSE: Consequences of the Long March
China: Conflict, Crisis and Change 1900 – 1989. Designed for the Edexcel IGCSE Breadth Study but features a wide range of activities and approaches, and is in depth enough, that makes it excellent for all China history courses.
It is a standalone SOW (e.g. you don’t need to refer to a text book) and each lesson is self-contained, with all the information and resources required to deliver at least a Good rated lesson if not an Outstanding one.
Assessment & activity types are introduced and revisited based on a retrieval grid to ensure maximum learning and imbedding of skills and knowledge. Each lesson is estimated to take 45-60 minutes to complete but in my experience many can stretch over 2 or even 3 lessons depending on teacher judgement.
Each lesson features as a minimum:
Numeracy & Literacy challenges.
Keywords (to add to a student glossary).
EAL support sheets.
Stretch and challenge activities.
Teacher Quick Start Guide.
Literacy support mats.
Homework extension task mats.
Context slide for the lesson.
Part 1: Lessons included:
China History IGCSE: Intro to China & Course Set Up. (with online self-marking quiz)
China History IGCSE: Boxer Rebellion Causes & Events
China History IGCSE: Boxer Rebellion Consequences & Reforms
China History IGCSE: The 1911 Revolution
China History IGCSE: 4th May Movement
China History IGCSE: Sun Yet-Sen, Chiang Kai-Shek & Guomindang
China History IGCSE: Recap Lesson 1: 1900 – 1926 (with online self-marking quiz)
China History IGCSE: The United Front & The Communist Party
China History IGCSE: Expeditions, Massacres and Exterminations 1926 – 1934
China History IGCSE: Recap lesson 2: 1926 – 1934 (with online self-marking quiz)
China History IGCSE: The Long March 1934-35
China History IGCSE: Consequences of the Long March
China: Conflict, Crisis and Change 1900 – 1989. Designed for the Edexcel IGCSE Breadth Study but features a wide range of activities and approaches, and is in depth enough, that makes it excellent for all China history courses.
It is a standalone SOW (e.g. you don’t need to refer to a text book) and each lesson is self-contained, with all the information and resources required to deliver at least a Good rated lesson if not an Outstanding one.
Assessment & activity types are introduced and revisited based on a retrieval grid to ensure maximum learning and imbedding of skills and knowledge. Each lesson is estimated to take 45-60 minutes to complete but in my experience many can stretch over 2 or even 3 lessons depending on teacher judgement.
Each lesson features as a minimum:
Numeracy & Literacy challenges.
Keywords (to add to a student glossary).
EAL support sheets.
Stretch and challenge activities.
Teacher Quick Start Guide.
Literacy support mats.
Homework extension task mats.
Context slide for the lesson.
Part 1: Lessons included:
China History IGCSE: Intro to China & Course Set Up. (with online self-marking quiz)
China History IGCSE: Boxer Rebellion Causes & Events
China History IGCSE: Boxer Rebellion Consequences & Reforms
China History IGCSE: The 1911 Revolution
China History IGCSE: 4th May Movement
China History IGCSE: Sun Yet-Sen, Chiang Kai-Shek & Guomindang
China History IGCSE: Recap Lesson 1: 1900 – 1926 (with online self-marking quiz)
China History IGCSE: The United Front & The Communist Party
China History IGCSE: Expeditions, Massacres and Exterminations 1926 – 1934
China History IGCSE: Recap lesson 2: 1926 – 1934 (with online self-marking quiz)
China History IGCSE: The Long March 1934-35
China History IGCSE: Consequences of the Long March
1 Lesson from a series of 28 lessons on UAE Social Studies (History). Each lesson contained keywords and a wide range of activities, with a focus on developing skills that students can use in their regular lessons too. A key focus is obviously on Historical skills, but also Geographic, Business as well as general skills of research, debate and presentation. Several lessons have been inspired by lectures given at the NYU Abu Dhabi by experts in their fields.
The lessons begin with the formation of the Arabian landmass and end with the Arabs on Mars! Fairly comprehensive history. All lessons have been made with cultural sensitivities in mind.
The lessons are:
Historical Overview of the UAE
Jebel Faya
The Magan People
Bronze Age Trade
Wadi Suq and Umm Al Na
The Iron Age
Pre-Islamic Arabia
The Prophet Muhammad and the arrival of Islam
Battle of Dibba 632CE
Mecca and Madina
Khalid ibn al-Walid
The Portuguese and the Persian Gulf
The Islamic Era & Hormuz
Bedouin Traditions
Pirate Coast & Trucial States
The Pearl Trade
Diary of a Dhow Driver
Qasr Al Hosn
Emirati Homes and Architecture
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Founding of the UAE 1971
Famous Emiratis
Famous Ex-Pats
UAE The Global Crossroads
The Dubai Miracle
Sovereign Wealth Funds
UAE Space Program
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.
Industrial Revolution:
From a Scheme of Work on the Industrial Revolution. Target is KS3 but all assessments throughout are GCSE and use Edexcel criteria. Each lesson contains a lesson plan, quick start guide, printable resources, mini plenaries, challenge questions, mark schemes, writing frames, lots of differentiation, a nice mix of activity types and a lesson specific EAL activity sheet. There are 14 lessons in total, but each lesson has enough material to last 2 or 3 lessons for even high ability classes.
Most lessons include some high-level source analysis.
The lessons also include a link to a site hosting a self-marking End of Unit quiz and a revision guide which make for nice homework activities. The SOW has been used for several years (with continual updates and improvements) at a very successful History department in an outstanding school.
If used at KS3 it also acts as a grounding for any History of Medicine modules they might encounter at KS4 (hence the focus on public health and inventions).
The SOW covers the following topics:
Introduction to the Industrial Revolution (free)
Population Boom (free)
Factories
Coal Mining
Transport
Robert Stephenson
Industrial Revolution inventors
Child Labour
Public Health Problems
Public Health Solutions & Government Intervention
Source Question on the Big Stink
Luddites
British Empire
Source Question on Empire
Revision Guide & EAL activities.
Discover a vast selection of educational resources in our TES Shop: Wolsey Academy on TES. As a committed TES author, we channel all profits into charitable initiatives, including carbon capture efforts that render our resources carbon negative.
Explore our comprehensive collection of History, ICT, and Business Studies materials, expertly crafted for immediate classroom use. Perfect for time-pressed educators, our resources are designed to be ‘off the shelf,’ ensuring they can be seamlessly integrated into any lesson plan. They are crafted to captivate students with unique interactive games and high-quality content that demands no prior preparation.
In addition to traditional materials, we occasionally employ AI to create visually compelling illustrative images and to design adaptive writing frames and activities, enhancing the educational impact and engagement in your classroom. Explore Wolsey Academy’s resources today to elevate your teaching experience and contribute to global good causes.
Hope it helps.
Industrial Revolution:
A Wolsey Academy Scheme of Work on the Industrial Revolution. Target is KS3 but all assessments throughout are GCSE and use Edexcel criteria. Each lesson contains a lesson plan, quick start guide, printable resources, mini plenaries, challenge questions, mark schemes, writing frames, lots of differentiation, a nice mix of activity types and a lesson specific EAL activity sheet. There are 14 lessons in total, but each lesson has enough material to last 2 or 3 lessons for even high ability classes.
Most lessons include some high-level source analysis.
The lessons also include a link to a site hosting a self-marking End of Unit quiz and a revision guide which make for nice homework activities. The SOW has been used for several years (with continual updates and improvements) at a very successful History department in an outstanding school.
If used at KS3 it also acts as a grounding for any History of Medicine modules they might encounter at KS4 (hence the focus on public health and inventions).
The SOW covers the following topics:
Introduction to the Industrial Revolution (free)
Population Boom (free)
Factories
Coal Mining
Transport
Robert Stephenson
Industrial Revolution inventors
Child Labour
Public Health Problems
Public Health Solutions & Government Intervention
Source Question on the Big Stink
Luddites
British Empire
Source Question on Empire
William Cuffay & The Chartists (Black History Month lesson)
Causes of Indian Independence
All Guided Reading Challenges (24 in total - 6 of which directly relevant to the Industrial Revolution & Empire)
Discover a vast selection of educational resources in our TES Shop: Wolsey Academy on TES. As a committed TES author, we channel all profits into charitable initiatives, including carbon capture efforts that render our resources carbon negative.
Explore our comprehensive collection of History, ICT, and Business Studies materials, expertly crafted for immediate classroom use. Perfect for time-pressed educators, our resources are designed to be ‘off the shelf,’ ensuring they can be seamlessly integrated into any lesson plan. They are crafted to captivate students with unique interactive games and high-quality content that demands no prior preparation.
In addition to traditional materials, we occasionally employ AI to create visually compelling illustrative images and to design adaptive writing frames and activities, enhancing the educational impact and engagement in your classroom. Explore Wolsey Academy’s resources today to elevate your teaching experience and contribute to global good causes.
Hope it helps.
Very simply taken from the ADEK UAE Moral Studies guide for Year 8 (Grade 7). Converted into something more user friendly for both teachers and students.
Includes LOs that are revisited and differentiated resources for EAL classes.
Can very easily be used outside the UAE for Moral and Social studies/PSHE/Tutor periods.
Check out our other resources at Wolsey Academy
Hope it helps :)
The first 11 lessons of 22 lessons that together teach the entire Vietnam Conflict, 1945-1975.
Ideal for all specifications. Each lesson comes with a range of activities, flash cards for revision and assessments and checks throughout. Almost all include a written assessment with guidance and activities that ask students to consider a range of different historical interpretations of the events. All resources needed for the lesson are self-contained within the PowerPoint with printer friendly versions ready to go.
The lessons are as follows:
PART 1:
Vietnam Overview and Timeline
Colonial Vietnam
General Giap
Dien Bien Phu 1954
Geneva Accords 1954
Domino Theory & McCarthyism
Ho Chi Minh
The Vietcong
Strategic Hamlet Program
Overthrow of Diem 1963
Gulf of Tonkin Incident 1964
BONUS: Max Hastings Guided Reading Activity - Operation Rolling Thunder
PART 2:
12. Vietcong Tactics
13. US Tactics
14. Khe Sanh, Tet & Hue
15. Nixon Doctrine & Vietnamization
16. Opposition to the War – Media & Atrocities
17. My Lai Massacre 1968
18. Opposition to the War – Students, Kent State and the Draft
19. Support for the War – Hard Hats
20. Peace and the Fall of Saigon 1975
21. Why did the US Fail?
22. 80 Flashcards
BONUS: Max Hastings Guided Reading Activity - Operation Rolling Thunder
Wolsey Academy is a non-profit with every penny we make going to good causes, see our website, Wolsey Academy (Google us), for more information and to access free History games and lots more resources.
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Digital Devices - 6. Convergence - Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1 – EAL
Catering for Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1.
Lesson 6 of 16 (lessons 1 & 2 and the revision guide are free to download)
These lessons were made for students in the Middle East and have a strong focus on EAL and keyword acquisition/application. Each lesson has 3-8 keywords on easy to use cards that fit into the lesson activity and also make excellent printable revision resources (the revision guide features them all in one place).
Each lesson begins with a different active learning activity, a mini-plenary and a written or creative ICT task requiring the correct application of the keywords. All have stretch questioning to the main activities.
Wolsey Academy has had a lot of success with this SOW with EAL students who have really progressed in their understanding of the technically vocabulary involved with the ICT iGCSE.
A lesson from 11 lessons that cover everything you need for the External Influences section of IGCSE Business Studies. It is modelled on the CIE specification but has also been used successfully to teach Edexcel spec.
In total this Module 6 Scheme of Work includes: 53 flash cards, 7 Google Quizzes and 11 lesson PowerPoints (including a revision lesson).
Each lesson in the series comes with:
a. Activities to complete
b. Key word flash cards
c. Information to revise from and assist teacher talk
d. Link to a Google quiz that covers the topic
For more resources and to buy the complete Business Studies IGCSE bundle at a steep discount, please visit Wolsey Academy.
Lessons in the series include:
Government Economic Objectives
Fiscal Policy
Monetary & Supply Side Policies
Business Responses to Economic Policies
Business Activities and the Environment
Non-Economic Pressures on Businesses
Business & Ethics
Globalisation & Multinationals
Globalisation Issues
Exchange Rates
Revision lesson with resources
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.
ICT > iGCSE > Edexcel > Unit 2 > Connectivity > Digital Communication
Catering for Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 2: Connectivity.
11 Lessons in total. Alllessons are free to download except the revision lessons which come with printable guides and links to online exams (lessons 6 & 11)
These lessons were made for students in the Middle East and have a strong focus on EAL and keyword acquisition/application. Each lesson has 1-8 keywords on easy to use cards that fit into the lesson activity and also make excellent printable revision resources (the revision guide features them all in one place).
Each lesson begins with a different active learning activity, a mini-plenary and a written or creative ICT task requiring the correct application of the keywords. All have stretch questioning to the main activities. The SOW has an online mid and end of unit test that can be found at Wolsey Academy
Wolsey Academy has had a lot of success with this SOW with EAL students who have really progressed in their understanding of the technical vocabulary involved with the ICT iGCSE.
Very simply taken from the ADEK UAE Moral Studies guide for Year 8 (Grade 7). Converted into something more user friendly for both teachers and students.
Includes LOs that are revisited and differentiated resources for EAL classes.
Can very easily be used outside the UAE for Moral and Social studies/PSHE/Tutor periods.
Check out other resources at Wolsey Academy
Hope it helps.
