This resource centres around the following question -
How useful are these sources to an historian in trying to decide who had the most power in the Middle Ages?
It is perfect as a stand alone lesson resource or as an end of unit assessment.
The resource contains -
A set of 6 sources relating to the murder of Thomas Becket, the signing of the Magna Carta and the Peasants Revolt of 1381.
The Assessment Question
An adaptable/editable writing frame suitable for lower ability students.
This document contains four carefully selected sources accompanying the assessment question > "How far do you agree with the interpretation that Elizabeth I was successful in dealing with all of the problems of her reign?"
Fact files covering Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and the Little Rock 9. These are suitable for KS3 students and also contain differentiated versions.
The second resource is a student enquiry grid. You could place the three factfiles around the room and ask students to fill in the grid.
Complement this with video clips (see my profile for link to my website with free videos on this topic).
Test students general knowledge of events, people and places from the origins of the cold war up to 1963 using these two revision activities.
Students mtach the letter to the appropriate number. The teacher can then go through the answers with them (these are included in the document for ease of use).
Each of the two activities can take anywhere between 20 minutes and 50 minutes depending on how much explanation and teacher input you wish to make.
The resource contains -
A powerpoint which includes a starter task which asks students to imagine a playground scenario as an analogy for international relations in the 1930's. It then details the countries and territories taken over by Nazi Germany and references Neville Chamberlain. There are also links to video clips within the powerpoint.
The source sheet contains four sources and the accompanying grid asks students to analyse each source and decide whether it is positive or negative about appeasement.
The resource comes with a complete lesson plan and a mini knowledge check plenary card.
The aim of this activity is for students to find out about some of the most successful and daring pilots of the First World War.
This resource contains 9 individual factfiles containing information about 9 different World War One flying aces from different countries including the Red Baron Von Richthofen along with British, French and American counterparts. Each factfile is individually designed with a couple of "shorter" ones for the purpose of differentiation.
Students could go around the room individually or in pairs and try to fill in the grid. Alternatively, you could perform a "marketplace" activity.
Students take on the roles of individuals living in a German town in the 1930's, shortly after the Wall Street Crash.
Give each student a person and ask them to fill in the accompanying worksheet based on the information provided on their card.
Ask all students to walk around the room, exchanging information about their character and asking each other the question; "how did the depression impact you?".
Ask all students to feedback their findings.
This proforma is to support planning for new Heads of Department/Middle Leaders.
The accompanying blog is here: http://www.rogershistory.com/single-post/2017/07/01/An-SOS-for-the-new-HOD
Print, cut and laminate this as a bookmarck for History students at KS3 and KS4. It lists some of the best sites out there for revising History.
Alternatively, just cut and stick in books as an insert.
Students could complete this at the start or the end of a unit looking at the stages of independence for various British colonies. It could be sent as a homework at the start of a unit asking to students to find out the relevant information themselves.
Students are given a character card and fill in the worksheet. They then ask and answer questions of their peers to find out how the development of the railways affected them.