A card sort for the enquiry question “Why did WW2 break out in 1939?”. Suitable for students in Key Stage Three studying the Second World War.
The main activity is to colour code the statements to sort the causes of World War Two into the four categories.
A further activity could be carried out with getting students to number them in chronological order.
Would feed nicely into a PEE paragraph answering the enquiry question.
A Guided Reading worksheet on the topic Life on a Plantation. Adapted from the Understanding Slavery Institute.
Students read the reading and answer the questions. One question for each paragraph.
Suitable for older Key Stage Three students.
A worksheet where students fill in the details and effects of American and Viet Cong tactics. Tactics include Ho Chi Minh Trail, Tunnel Systems, Booby Traps, Operation Rolling Thunder, Search and Destroy, Chemical Warfare.
A Guided Reading based on Life on Plantations to fit into a KS3 Transatlantic Slave Trade unit of work. Students read through the boxes of information and answer the questions 1-4. Adapted from the Understanding Slavery Initiative.
Task created as an assessment for Y8s studying the transatlantic slave trade. Focuses on the question: “The statue of Edward Colston and statues of other people attributed to the slave trade have no place being displayed in todays society.” How far do you agree with this statement?
Includes:
Planning worksheet
Essay writing sheet with structuring hep and sentence starters
Marking Rubric
WW1 Knowledge Organiser made for a Y8 class for the unit ‘How did WW1 shape the 20th Century?’.
Includes the following topics:
Key Words
Long and short term causes
Trench design
Key battles
Trench injuries
WW1 improvements in medicine
Russian revolution and Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
American entry into the war
Armistice
Treaty of Versailles
Impact of the war on Germany
Impact of the war on womens rights
Edexcel iGCSE History, Historical Investigation: Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905-1918.
**Lesson 1: The Alliance System **
Worksheet, PowerPoint, Homework
Enquiry Question: How did the alliance systems contribute to the outbreak of WW1?
L.O: To understand the alliance systems of the early 1900s and how they contributed to the outbreak of WW1.
Exam Focus: Paper 2, Section A, Question A
Edexcel iGCSE History, Depth Study, Germany: Rise of Dictatorship, 1918-1945
**Lesson 1: Germany in 1918 **
Worksheet, PowerPoint, Key Term Glossary
Enquiry Question: What was the situation in Germany in 1918?
L.O: To understand the situation in Germany in 1918 and its consequences
Exam Focus: Paper 1, Question A
Edexcel iGCSE History, Historical Investigation: Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905-1918.
**Lesson 2: International Rivalry in the Early 1900s **
Worksheet and PowerPoint
Enquiry Question: Why did international rivalry increase in the early 1900s and how did this contribute to the outbreak of WW1?
L.O: To understand causes of international rivalry in the early 1900s and how this contributed to the outbreak of WW1.
Exam Focus: Paper 2, Section A, Question A
Edexcel iGCSE History, Depth Study, Germany: Rise of Dictatorship, 1918-1945
**Lesson 2: The Weimar Constitution **
Worksheet, PowerPoint
Enquiry Question: What was the Weimar Constitution and what were its strengths and weaknesses?
L.O: To understand what the Weimar Constitution was and to evaluate its strengths and weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution.
Exam Focus: Paper 1, Question A