A collection of words and phrases that will help students to achieve greater coherence when writing paragraphs. Each connective comes with an example of how to use it, along with grammatical information on its form (i.e. word class/ part of speech) and function (i.e. whether it’s an adverbial or if it begins a clause). There is also additional guidance on the difference between ‘movable’ connectives (adverbials such as furthermore) and ‘immovable’ connectives (such as although). The connectives are divided into the following categories: addition: to add information to a previous point comparison: to introduce a point that is similar to the previous one contrast: to introduce a point that is mostly different from the previous point despite one or two similarities concession: to make a counter-argument refutation: to continue with your main argument after making a counter-argument restatement: to make an argument clearer by phrasing it in a different way exemplification: to make an argument clearer by providing an example summary: to simplify information down to the main details frequency: to show how often something happens causality: to imply cause and effect between two pieces of information sequence: to structure information in a sequence

Revision quiz based on TV show Only Connect for helping with AQA History GCSE Germany 1890-1945

Simple PP to address the idea of using connectives to aid extended writing. Cross-curricular appeal. Activity for mixed abaility as a varied response will be seen to the activity. Addresses the idea of historical skills.

Revision quiz based on the TV show Only Connect aiding with revision for AQA GCSE Health and the People thematic topic

A collection of eight history connective posters: Comparing sources - differences Comparing sources - similarities Time Adding information Giving an opinion Reasons, causes & effects Giving examples Proving an argument For further information please email: info@resourcesforschools.com

Revision quiz for AQA Elizabethan England GCSE History, based loosely on TV show Only Connect

This is a fun revision activity designed for students studying GCSE History. It can also be used for KS3 or KS5 as part of a lesson. This is based on the popular New York Times Game Connections this fun revision game is designed to help the students to prepare for the exams or end of year assessments. The topics I have included are: -Medicine -The Cold War -Elizebethan England 1558-1588 -Weimar/Nazi Germany The game is simple; Students need to group together four words and figure out what the connection is between them. But many of the words can fit into multiple groups so they need to be careful. **I have included an answer sheet to make it easier for the teacher! ** As a bonus I have also included a blank template so students/teachers can make their own connections. This could also be used for other topics/subjects. It can also be used for KS3/4 or 5. If you like this resource please rate and review it!

The Ideas Roadshow TOK Connections Guide in History provides a wide range of specific examples to explicitly integrate Theory of Knowledge in your IB Diploma history course. Table of Contents: The Role of the Historian The Knowledge Process in History The Impact of Biases on Historical Understanding How Knowledge of the Past Impacts the Present

History Connective Display

Presentation designed to be used in a History or a General Studies lesson. Pupils are presented with 4 significant figures, dates or events from History and are challenged to identify the “common factor”. One simple example could be Abraham Lincoln, Julius Caesar, Mahatma Gandhi and Spencer Percival. The “common factor” being all were assassinated! Presentation can be used in a number of ways. It can be used as a teacher led starter to promote discussion or the black and white printed sheets can be used as homework or to provide a meaningful task in a library/VLE environment. Extension activities include requiring students to produce their own connections challenge. The whole presentation contains 35 slides with hyperlinks embedded throughout.

This colourful under-the-sea themed display includes 30 different connectives grouped by their uses: To put ideas in order. To add evidence. To add more information. To explain. To emphasise. To contrast. To conclude. As well as all of the connectives on different shaped fish, it also includes all signage including a ‘Gone fishing…for connectives’ sign. I use it with my KS3 students in order to encourage them to use more connectives in their written work and develop their answers. Edit - In the previews, it looks like the connectives are written across the fish but in reality all of the words are actually inside the fish templates so the display is much neater than the previews suggest!

Discover what portraits can reveal about Tudor Britain’s growing connections to the wider world, and some of the important stories hidden behind the Tudors’ ambitions for global power: https://www.npg.org.uk/schools-hub/tudor-portraits-global-connections Description At the start of the Tudor period, in 1485, Tudor Britain had very little wealth or power beyond its borders. By the end of the period, in 1603, the Tudors had greatly increased their wealth and were beginning to compete with powerful European states around the world. This marked the beginning of what would become one of the most powerful empires in the world, with ongoing and difficult legacies that still affect us today. Investigate how Tudor portraits projected an image of wealth and global ambition and what they can reveal about Tudor Britain’s growing global connections. https://www.npg.org.uk/schools-hub/tudor-portraits-global-connections

A PPT that helps Year 7 students to see how connectives can help to develop sentences and paragraphs in History answers.

Revision board games to help students revise Edexcel GCSE History for the courses: Germany 1919-39 (Weimar and Nazi Germany) The History of Medicine medieval to modern The Cold War and Superpower relations 1941-91 Early Elizabethan England. I have made these for GCSE History, but the templates could be easily adapted for languages, science or any other subject. Inspired by ideas I saw on Twitter, but completely made from scratch in Powerpoint. These have been made on A4 size slides so will print out nicely (Battleships works well on A3 too). All of them can be edited and used as templates for further sets of games.

Lesson two in this three-lesson sequence recaps and recalls Mansa Musa’s status and wealth, draws comparisons with Mali’s contemporary European societies (to illustrate how many of the power structures and drivers were the same), then centres on Musa’s Hajj and the way that showed the world Mali’s wealth and sophistication. Pupils should also learn about Timbuktu as an important centre of learning, which is a lead-in to lesson three.

The American Revolution is every sports movie ever. Students will consider that the the American Revolution( OR ANY WAR)to be lot like a classic sports movie. The plots are essentially identical. All sports movies start out with a group of less-than-stellar athletes. Then SUDDENLY- there is a wonderful music montage where they train to some really upbeat music and a stunning matter of 2-3 minutes become the best team ever! Then by the end of the movie they’ve won the state championship! Wow! Spectacular! Listed in this activity are different “sports movie” scenes and characters. It is your job to relate those scenes and characters to actual events and people of the American Revolution. SUPER FUN! Students LOVE This!

Connect 4 in a line revision game where students recall keywords and definitions or questions / answers to match up 4 in a line. Can be teacher created questions / keyterms or generated by students. GCSE Product Design version included in the example as well as the blank template for printing .

This Industrial Revolution Resource tasks students with making connection from the past to aspects of today’s society. It requires them to think critically and research how past concepts are still prevalent today. This Industrial Revolution was a time of change and prosperity and like any historical event, many connections to the present day can be found in the history of that time period. For this activity, students are tasked with finding present day current events that relate to concepts from the Industrial Revolution. These concepts and ideas include: Child Labor Innovations in Transportation Women in the Workplace Use of the Assembly Line Popular/Mass Entertainment Urban Growth This worksheet is set up as a graphic organizer. Students will find a current event based on the concepts listed and describe and then create a visual for the event/concept. This activity can be completed on the computer or printed for student use. This product includes a Microsoft Word and PDF version of the resource. If you are interested in other Social Studies and History resources please check out my Project Education Shop.

This worksheet is useful for a lesson where students (individually or in groups) are given a copy of the timeline/chart and the question sheet "Connected the Events 1931-37". Learning Objective: The goal is for students to find links and describe causes that led to decisions made by the leaders, rather than seeing events in isolation. Can be done individually, although pairs or groups are recommended to help engage students This can lead to good class discussion and debate after completion. Prior Knowledge required: Students should have covered the events of 1931-37 leading up to this worksheet. The purpose of the chart/timeline is for students to visually see the events by date so they can make some of those connections Recommended FREE Resource (online textbook) readings to gain Prior Knowledge: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-origins-and-fighting-of-world-war-ii-digital-textbook-readings-11124818 Readings 6 - 8

This is a complete lesson with all resources which focuses on sorting arguments about whether Cromwell is a hero or villain and then using them to form sentences using a range of connectives. There is a competitive element to the lesson with children earning points for correctly used connectives. This was a great sentence focus lesson before writing a balanced argument and could be adapted to suit a range of topics (for example, is Caliban a victim or villain?)

Revision tasks that could be used as starters or plenaries. Tasks require students to identify the connections between the key terms and images and explain them. Great for retrieval and revision of the GCSE unit on Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939. Easily adaptable. 3 different connection walls and answers provided too.