Thank you for viewing my resources. This lesson examines the role of the the Church in Medieval society as well as why the Church and religion were such important parts of people’s lives. In your purchase you will get: 1 x A4 Information Sheet about Medieval Religion and the Church 1 x A4 Question/activity sheet 1 x A4 Differentiated question/activity sheet for students to write on 1 x A4 Higher ability question sheet based on historical sources and the ‘Normanisation’ of the Church 1 x Power Point presentation which provides the structure of the lesson. As with all of my presentations it includes starter tasks, activities, clear, engaging and animated information and learning recap activities. UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.

Thank you for viewing my lesson pack. There are enough resources here to take up a couple of lessons about the murder of Thomas Becket. The lesson first examines the causes, events and consequences of the murder and then follows up with key questions about who was responsible for the murder. In this pack you will receieve: 1 x Fact sheet about the events of the murder of Thomas Becket (2 pages) 1 x Differentiated fact sheet about the events of the murder of Thomas Becket (2 pages) 1 x Question sheet about the events of the murder of Thomas Becket 1 x Main Power Point: Slide 1: Title Slide Slide 2: Think & Discuss - Who had the most power in the Middle Ages? Slide 3: Why might the king and the Church argue with each other? Slide 4: An outline of the lesson aims Slide 5: Starter Task - Students to study a manuscript illustration of the events and discuss what they think is happening (return to this at the end of the lesson to show progress) Slide 6: Fact Sheets Slide 7: Introduction to the Chronology Task based on the events Slide 8: A printable version of the chronology task for students to write on Slide 9: Answers to the chronology task revealed Slide 10: Blank storyboard Slide 11: Who was to blame for the murder of Thomas Becket? Slide 12: Learning Review - Return to the illustration for students to fully discuss the events they have learned. UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.

Big History Christmas Quiz – Christmas 50+ Questions for that perfect end of term subject based lesson. This Christmas quiz has a mixture of questions and rounds and skills. Some of the rounds will be subject based with subject based knowledge whilst others will be Christmas themed giving that perfect mix for an end of term Christmas lesson. This resource will last a full 50 minutes to 1 hour. This History resource contains: 1x PowerPoint with questions and answers 1x Student Answer Sheet double sided out of /54+ Marks 3 sets of Editable Team Certificates (1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place) Skills reflection slide Personal reflection questions What does the History Christmas quiz comprise of? Round 1: Identify winter inspired images Round 2: True or False - good variety of themed questions **Round 3: ** Matching and strategy can you find the correct links and eliminate all others Round 4: Linking Round - be able to make the correct links between left and right lists Round 5: Numbers Round -all the answers will involve numbers. Round 6: Jumbled up Round - Unravel these to find the answer staring directly back at you Round 7: Multiple Choice theory - Put your team to the test Round 8: Observation Round - Look at the image , remember everything you see…. Round 9: Wordsearch Round - Locate the words before time runs out… **Round 10: ** Tie Breaker - Design it but use all your team’s creative abilities This will last a full hour for the full quiz by the time you get students into small teams and run through the quiz and the interactive way the answers appear. This informative, fun and engaging quiz will be a great way to celebrate the end of term and Christmas. Search ‘Cre8tive Resources’ for support with our library of resources or send us an email. Leave a review and email TheCre8tiveResources@gmail.com for a free resource as a thank you!! Explore all our resources on TES

History Escape Room - Virtual Escape Room by Cre8tive Resources! This lasts an hour or under depending on how quick the teams can solve each puzzle! Students love this style of lesson, great as an educational treat for your class. C8/ES/03 ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Product Contents: ☞ Escape Room Interactive Tracker PowerPoint - Keeps the competitive nature on display ☞ Escape Room Puzzle Keys (Six Sets for Six Teams) ☞ Escape Room Team sheet - Record codes, answers clues as they progress through the 7 rooms ☞ Escape Room Puzzles (7 Rooms = 7 Different styles of Puzzles involving numeracy, literacy and lateral thinking) ☞ Teacher Answer Sheet - Quickly confirm to teams they have solved the puzzle correctly ☞ Teacher instructions of how to set up the escape room and what to print and top tips and shortcuts. ☞ Successful Escape Certificates for those that complete the entire challenge (There is a difficult bonus escape too :) for any quick teams ☞ The 7 Rooms each have a specific Puzzle that has been adapted to suit the topic of this Escape Room and is suitable to KS3 and KS4 Student ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Our Philosophy We aim to help you equip students with the knowledge and skills to take ownership of their own learning. Our Products come ‘Ready-to-Teach’ with everything you need to teach fun and creative lessons. Our products are teacher-designed, classroom tested & student approved. ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ The 7 Rooms include: Secret Bunker, Space Station, Garden Tunnel, The Office, Dungeon, The Island, Skate Park (Each Puzzle has been adapted to suit the topic of this Escape Room and is suitable to KS3 and KS4 Student or even bright KS2 students. Why not try out one of our other fantastic Escape Rooms WW2 History Digital Escape Room The Big History Digital Escape Room Bletchley Park and the Codebreakers History Digital Escape Room Norman England Digital Escape Room Cold War and Russia Digital Escape Room English Civil War and its Causes Digital Escape Room Tudor England Digital Escape Room Big Fun End of Term Digital Escape Room Citizenship & Politics Digital Escape Room JUST PRINT AND GO! They can also be used to encourage a flipped learning environment. Search ‘Cre8tive Resources’ for support with our library of resources or send us an email. Leave a review and email TheCre8tiveResources@gmail.com for a free resource as a thank you!! Explore all our resources on TES

Who’s who? Do you know your Romano Britons from your Anglo Saxon? LO: To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections and draw contrasts (KS2) LO: To apply the above to the study of an aspect or theme in British history that consolidates and extends pupils’ chronological knowledge from before 1066 (KS3) A complete activity to help children understand the similarities and differences between the Anglo Saxon and Romano British societies in Britain during the first millennium. The activity consists of: Teaching Input: 1. A PowerPoint identifying the key similarities and differences between the Romano Britons and Anglo Saxons including information about their: - Origins - settlements - everyday lives - lives of women and children - laws and punishments - beliefs - stories and legends - legacy. This can either be run as an introduction, or shared with children in groups or pairs. Independent Task: 2. A sorting activity consisting of a series of statements which apply to Romano Britons, Anglo Saxons, both, or neither. (This includes a fact sheet for teacher use, providing the correct answers and a series of websites which provide additional source information) 3. A set of different templates to allow you to choose how this information is then represented. Challenge / Extension / AG&T Using websites listed, children could try to find additional information about both peoples. Plenary Mark with the children, getting them to identify which description applies to which people. Pose and discuss the statement The Anglo Saxons period is often called the Dark Ages because it is said that they destroyed Roman civilisation. In what ways were the Anglo Saxons more civilised than the Romans?

The Ultimate History Quiz! For end of year, or any time, no fuss, historical fun. This quiz is a whirlwind tour through time, focusing mainly on time periods studied in KS3 and GCSE in British Secondary Schools (with a little off-curricular extra thrown in!) This quiz will definitely raise a few smiles and giggles and is interactive, editable and best suited to secondary students (although could be used with upper KS2). The rounds include: Kings, Queens and Political Leaders, Who said that quote? Lucky Dip round Ancient and Medieval trivia Mix up! (which two historical figures have their images combined?) Unusual artifacts and historical places All answers are included, as is a score sheet, and there a video clip questions, picture questions as well as many other styles - all are multiple choice The quiz lasts up to 45 mins including clip tasks and can either be played having the answers revealed as you go along, or the board can be paused and the answers read out at the end (you can play either in teams or individually). ADDITIONAL FREE CONTENT: A fun and Christmassy lesson for students in the last week of term. Could be used as a reward lesson the last time you see your class before Christmas. The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, differentiated tasks, a variety of activities, 3 different fun plenaries, timeline task and more. It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :) Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, The British Legion, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.

Big picture revision sheet for Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-1088 Perfect for revision.

The Battle of Bosworth Lesson 1 in a SOW on ‘Tudor England: A Time of Change - Religion, Power and People 1485-1603’ Lesson Objectives: Identify why the Battle of Bosworth took place Describe the reasons why Richard III lost the Battle of Bosworth and analyse which reasons played the biggest role in Richard’s failure Explain why the battle was so important Perfect for KS3 Stretch and Challenge throughout Fully Resourced Can be easily differentiated/some differentiated activities within

A one hour resource all about the history of antisemitism through the ages, as well as where and how it still exists in the world today. Students will investigate whether antisemitism can always be linked to right-wing extremism, whether it really is an issue in the UK Labour party and the problems of reportedly rising antisemitism in the US and Russia. This resource pack includes a one hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions, source investigation task and information sheets. The resources are all in the ZIP file, the images have been uploaded so you can clearly see an example on Tes of some of the contents. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for HIstory, Citizenship or Tutor Time. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.

Thank you for viewing my resources. This lesson contains a variety of activities and tasks which will allow students to understand the key events of each crusade as well as some of the individuals involved. This pack includes: 1 x A4 Fact Sheet about the crusades (colour free for photocopying) 1 x A4 Fact Sheet about the crusades (in colour if required) 2 x A4 Worksheets about the events covering key terms, sources and an analysis of the events. (including challenge questions) 1 x Main Power Point Presentation: Slide 1: Title slide - To examine the main events and key people of the crusades Slide 2: Animated, clear and engaging background information giving a brief background to the crusades Slide 3: An overview of Pope Urban II’s speech which called for the First Crusade Slide 4: My own designed map of the main routes and areas of the crusades Slide 5: Why there was more than one crusade Slide 6: An overview of the main fact sheet needed for the lesson Slide 7: A table based activity for students to pick out facts such as dates, people and events from each event along with an analysis of if the crusaders were successful or not Slide 8-9: A recap quiz with answers revealed for students to self assess (mainly based on key individuals and places). UPDATE 2023: Please note that all images (clipart/vector/illustrations/photographs) are in the public domain and are therefore classed as Creative Commons 1.0 unless otherwise attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you believe there are any errors, please email me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue.

Lesson title: Who should be King in 1066? Complete lesson investigating the 4 contenders to the English throne in 1066. Pupils will make a decision on who should be King in their opinion using discussion and debate skills. All resources included in the PowerPoint. Lesson structure: Discussion on what makes a great leader, intro to the succession crisis, BBC Teach video clip, info about staking a claim, intro to the 4 contenders, activity to create an advert to sell the contender as best fit for the throne to the Witan, class vote, demonstrate: Explain who should have become King in 1066. Info on contenders in the last slides.

Get ready for The Aztecs! These 10 outstanding history and geography lessons are the perfect way to teach your children all about the Aztecs over a half term or term. This unit is packed with 46 files! Children will begin with where and when the Aztecs lived to using real-life artefacts to discover more. Packed with exciting videos and resources, this unit comes fully resourced and planned with detailed lesson plans provided for each lesson. Created by an experienced humanities subject lead, these lessons have been used in a real classroom with real students across KS2. Children will find out about: When and where they lived Aztec artefacts Aztec artefacts Everyday life Aztec Gods Tenochtitlan (Aztec capital city) Aztec clothing Sacrifices Designing an Aztec chocolate bar Aztec diet Resources included: ★ x10 PowerPoints ★ x10 Lesson Plans ★ Starter assessment ★ Blank map of Mexico worksheet ★ Complete map of Mexico ★ Timeline worksheet ★ Timeline answers sheet ★ Civilisation video notes worksheet ★ Video about Aztec civilisations ★ Artefact pictures ★ Artefact teacher notes ★ Artefact discussion questions ★ Solving mysteries video ★ Artefact pictures and information sheets ★ Artefacts worksheet ★ 25 Facts about Aztecs video ★ Aztec Empire video ★ x2 Everyday Aztec life texts ★ Fact file template ★ Note taking sheet ★ x2 differentiated Aztec gods worksheets ★ Aztec gods information sheet ★ Aztec gods fact table ★ Aztec gods note taking sheet ★ Aztec gods Top Trumps template ★ Top 10 Aztec gods facts sheet ★ Life in Tenochtitlan information sheets ★ Tenochtitlan maps ★ Life in Tenochtitlan video ★ Clothing fact sheets ★ Clothing worksheet ★ Aztec fashion video ★ Discussion sentence starters mat ★ Chocolate bar design sheet Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com KS2 History year 3 year 4 year 5 year 6 knowledge skills lks2 uks2

A differentiated and editable history lesson all about Edward I and whether he really was the ‘Hammer of the Scots’. The lesson allows students to investigate both sides of the story before using their analysis and source-based skills to reach a conclusion. The lesson is very easy to follow and will last at least one hour. The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets, source tasks, clip tasks, active tasks and more.

7 Lessons with PowerPoints, worksheets, starters and plenaries, success criteria and teachers notes. Written for SEN KS3 students, this scheme of work would last my students a short term as some lessons may go over into two. Written for SEN students it is very bright,colourful and animated, appealing to visual learners who may struggle with engagement. This topic introduces KS3 students to studying resources, recognising the difference between a primary and secondary resource… then later on answering given questions on resources with the support of sentence starters. Formative teacher assessment to be carried out throughout the topic, with an assessment at the end to assess how much students have remembered throughout the term.

A higher ability Year 7 lesson on the impact of the Vikings on Britain. Begins with a discussion of historical significance, and progresses to a card sort and a graphical representation of the significance of different impacts that the Vikings had. Was an observation lesson judged outstanding.

A full lesson with summary, questions and writing activity on the Crusades

A lesson plan to present your students with everything they need to know about the Viking Age in general (includes STEM activities!): important characters warfare ships women food runes It includes many links towards reliables resources for : articles, audio articles several great videos 3D objects fantastic very detailed STEM activities from the Royal Society of Chemistry Enjoy your teaching!