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Africa Wider World Unit lessons package
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Saver Lesson Packages
Pearson Edexcel Migrants, c800-present
Migrants in Britain, Edexcel, GCSE 2016, Saver Lesson Packages
Why was the American West so fiercely contested in the years 1835-1895? An overview
Is History Review right about the ‘lurching’ US government policy towards Plains Indians?
How much can we learn from George Catlin about the Plains Indian way of life?
Were migrants pushed from the East, or pulled from the West?
Why did the Donner Party’s westward migration prove to be such a disaster?
Silk Roads Lessons and Assessment Package
Wider World Histories, Key Stage3: The Silk Roads, Saver Lesson Packages
What do the experiences of Abigail Scott Duniway reveal about life on the Great Plains?
What was the significance of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851?
What can the Henry Plummer case tell us about lawlessness in the new mining towns?
Who benefitted most from the Homestead and Pacific Railway Acts?
How effectively did settlers find solutions to the problems of life on the plains?
Was the ‘Wild West’ really the ‘Mild West?
Was the growth of the railroads the main reason for the development of the cattle industry?
What was it like to be a cowboy in the mid-19th century?
Why was Peter French murdered on his ranch – and how did his murderer evade justice?
How damaging was the westward expansion of 1851-76 for the Plains Indian way of life?
Germany 1918-39 for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
How to get the most out of the Edexcel Modern World Depth Study: Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39
Conflict and Tension 1945-72 – Scheme of Work
Germany 1890-1945 – Scheme of Work
Elizabethan England 1568-1603 – Scheme of Work
Crime and Punishment – Scheme of Work
Super Power Relations and the Cold War 1941-91 – Scheme of Work
Whitechapel 1880s – Scheme of work
Did the Romans have the best toilets in history?
Tidying up an eight-year-old’s set of Horrible Histories
What can different stories we tell about Britain 500-today? An overview
GCSE History: Guide to planning and teaching Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
Edexcel, Crime and Punishment, London 1880s, Elizabethans 1558-88, Cold War 1941-91, Whitechapel 1880s, Germany 1918-39
How to get the best out of the Edexcel Crime and Punishment 9-1 GCSE unit
Crime and Punishment for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
How to get the most out of the Edexcel Whitechapel environmental unit
Whitechapel c1870-c1900 for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
Crime and Punishment 1000AD to today: An overview
What factors are important in the history of crime and punishment?
Was Saxon crime prevention primitive or sophisticated?
Is Simon Schama right? Did William totally change Saxon crime prevention?
How do you think Saxon Cedric will be punished?
The Essential Guide to the HRC Key Stage 3 Curriculum
What happened during the Middle Ages: An overview
Norman Conquest – 6 lesson knowledge rich enquiry SOW free download.
Who should be the next King?
Was England ripe for invasion in 1066?
What problems did Harold face in the summer of 1066?
Norman Conquest, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Introductory Lessons
What happened at the Battle of Hastings? A role play
Has the Battle of Hastings artist done his homework?
Norman Conquest, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Introductory Lessons
For people living at the time, was the Norman Conquest a change for the better?
Norman Conquest knowledge organiser – free download
Norman Conquest, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages
Did the historian Marc Morris get it right about the significance of the Norman Conquest?
Norman Conquest substantive knowledge test
Norman Conquest tarsia
Norman Conquest, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages
Is Simon Schama correct about the Battle of Hastings?
Medieval Religion and Beliefs – 5 Enquiry SOW free download
Was the medieval period really an ‘Age of Faith’? An overview
How much can Doom paintings reveal about Medieval attitudes to the afterlife?
Why on earth would anyone go on a medieval pilgrimage?
Medieval Beliefs, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Introductory Lessons
Medieval Beliefs Knowledge Organiser
Medieval Beliefs, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages
Why do historians disagree about the Crusades? 1
Why do historians disagree about the Crusades? 2
Medieval Beliefs Substantive Knowledge Test
Medieval Murder: Changing crime prevention in the late Middle Ages
Medieval Power – 6 enquiry free download
Who was the best Medieval Monarch? An overview
Who was the most successful Plantagenet monarch? Part 1: Henry II
Who was the most successful Plantagenet monarch? Part 2: Richard I
Who was the most successful Plantagenet monarch? Part 3: John
Why was Edward III such a successful medieval monarch?
Medieval Power Knowledge Organiser
Medieval Power, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages
Barons, knights and empresses: Why was the monarchs’ authority challenged in the medieval period?
Medieval Power Substantive Knowledge Test
Revealing who was the real Richard the Lionheart
Was King John really nasty, selfish and terrible?
How should we commemorate Licoricia of Winchester?
Women's history, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Introductory Lessons
Medieval Ordinary Lives – 6 enquiry free unit overview
Norman Conquest Saver Package
Norman Conquest, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages, Saver Lesson Packages
Dirty, boring and treacherous: Was medieval village life really that bad? An overview
What were peasants’ lives really like?
Why were the remains of ten people buried in a pit away from the main churchyard in Wharram Percy?
What was the farming year like for ordinary people?
Medieval Ordinary Life Knowledge Organiser
Medieval Ordinary Lives, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: The Middle Ages
The mystery of the Charterhouse Square skeletons
Why should we bother learning about the Black Death?
Peasants Revolt decision maker: what would you have done?
What were the consequences of the Peasants Revolt?
Medieval Ordinary Lives Substantive Knowledge Test
Is Wat Tyler significant enough to have a park named after him?
Why were Monarchs so worried about new crimes 1500 – 1700?
Was ‘the appearance and state of the world’ changed during the early modern period? (Overview)
Inside the mind of Henry VIII Decision-maker
Early Modern Overview, Key Stage 3: Early Modern, Introductory Lessons
Should the National Portrait Gallery sell Henry VIII cushions?
Early Modern Overview, Key Stage 3: Early Modern, Introductory Lessons
Religion and Beliefs in the Early Modern Period
Why did the ideas of Martin Luther go viral?
How should we tell the story of Richard Whiting’s execution?
Why was Richard Whiting executed?
Early Modern Beliefs, Key Stage 3: Early Modern, Introductory Lessons
Why was St Winifred’s Church vandalised in the 1500s?
Early Modern Beliefs Knowledge Organiser
Early Modern Beliefs, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: Early Modern
How far were ordinary people really impacted by the Reformation?
Early Modern Beliefs Substantive Knowledge Test
Cultural Encounters in the Early Modern Period
Why was privateering so common in the Early Modern Period?
Should Walter Raleigh be honoured with a national day of remembrance?
Was the Plymouth Colony of 1620 a success?
Early Modern Cultural Encounters Knowledge Organiser
Early Modern Cultural Encounters, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: Early Modern
Can the vandalism of ‘Conquistador’ Hernàn Cortés’ memorial be justified?
What is the lasting legacy of the Spanish Empire?
Early Modern Cultural Encounters Substantive Knowledge Test
How to get the best out of the Edexcel British Depth Study: Early Elizabethan England
How to get the most out of the AQA Elizabethan England British Depth Study
ELIZABETHANS 1558-88 – Scheme of Work
Early Elizabethan England for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
Edexcel, Elizabethans 1558-88, GCSE 2016, Saver Lesson Packages
Elizabethan England 1568-1603 for AQA 9-1 GCSE
AQA, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016, Saver Lesson Packages
How was Elizabeth’s character and reign shaped by events in her early life?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
What problems did Elizabeth face at the beginning of her reign?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
How did Elizabeth maintain her authority?
How serious a challenge did Elizabeth face from the Puritans?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603
What kind of Church did Elizabeth choose in 1559?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
How big a threat was Mary Queen of Scots to Elizabeth in 1568?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
What made the Northern Earls Revolt in 1569?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
What threat did Catholic plots pose to Elizabeth?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
Can you update Ladybird’s explanation for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
How much does a 16th Century Dutch painting reveal about why England and Spain went to war?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
How accurately does the film ‘Drake of England’, deal with the Spanish Armada and its failure?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
Why was there an increase in poverty and vagabondage in Elizabethan England?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
Was Elizabethan society really under threat from a ‘rascally rabbalage’ of vagabonds?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
Was the Elizabethan period a ‘golden age’ of culture for Elizabethans?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, Introductory Lessons
Why did so many Elizabethan sailors risk long and dangerous voyages overseas?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
Why did the Virginia colonies fail?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
Who should survive a ‘rehang’ in the NPG – Raleigh or Drake?
Edexcel, AQA, Elizabethans 1558-88, Elizabethan England c1568 - 1603, GCSE 2016
Who was to blame for the Essex rebellion?
Why have old Spanish Armada cannons been discovered on Irish beaches?
Mystery enquiry: Why were ‘they’ punished so harshly?
Was England really hit by a witch craze in the 17th century?
Early Modern Power SOW overview
What were the causes of the English Civil War?
Was the English Civil War significant?
Why did two history students argue about Oliver Cromwell?
Early Modern Power Knowledge Organiser
Early Modern Power, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: Early Modern
‘A major shift in English politcal thought’: Is Howard Nenner right about the 18th century monarchy?
Was Blackadder right about 18th century elections?
Substantive knowledge test on Power in the Early Modern Period
Early Modern Ordinary Lives Overview
What can a print from 1640 tell us about life in the early modern period?
Early Modern Ordinary Lives, Women's history, Key Stage 3: Early Modern
Could you improve a museum exhibition on the Elizabethan poor?
Early Ordinary Lives Knowledge Organiser
Early Modern Ordinary Lives, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: Early Modern
‘The most flourishing and opulent country in the world’: How much had England’s economy really improved?
Why was Temperance Lloyd executed in 1682?
Early Modern Ordinary Lives, Women's history, Key Stage 3: Early Modern
Why were so many Scottish women accused of witchcraft in the 17th century?
Early Modern Ordinary Lives, Women's history, Key Stage 3: Early Modern
Why was the Bloody Code introduced? Evaluating a dodgy internet site
Early Modern Ordinary Lives Substantive Knowledge Test
Was smuggling viewed as a serious crime in the 18th Century?
Why was John Weeks executed?
Key Stage 3 Crime and Punishment, Key Stage 3: Early Modern, Key Stage 3: Industrial
Germany 1890-1945 for AQA 9-1 GCSE
Super Power Relations and the Cold War for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE
Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-72 for AQA 9-1 GCSE
Migration 1: The context of English Society before the Viking invasion
Migration 2: Why did the Viking ‘sea-wolves’ invade England?
Migration 3: Peaceful or pillaging: What was the impact of the Vikings in England?
Migration 4: How did the Vikings change the city of York?
Migration 5: Why did the Normans migrate to England in the years after 1066?
Migration 6: What was the most significant aspect of the Norman invasion?
Migration 7: How welcome were ‘denizens’ and ‘aliens’ in the later medieval period?
Women's history, Migrants in Britain, Medieval, Edexcel, GCSE 2016
Migration 8: How should we commemorate Licoricia of Winchester? GCSE version
Migration 9: Why were European Jews persecuted during the 1300s?
Migration 10: How typical is the migration story of ‘John Blanke the Blacke Trumpet’?
Migration 11: Why did the Flemish migrate to England in the early modern period?
Migration 12: How welcome were the Flemish migrants in Sandwich?
Migration 13: How much can we learn from Hall’s Chronicle about ‘Evil May Day’?
Migration 14: Why did so many Huguenots migrate to England during the early modern period?
Migration 15: What was the impact of Huguenot migration in the 17th century?
Migration 16: What was the nature of Roma Gypsy migration in the early modern period?
Migrants in Britain, Early Modern, Edexcel, GCSE 2016, Introductory Lessons
Migration 17: How did the slave trade impact on migration to England in the early modern period?
Migration 18: How did the growth of the British Empire impact on patterns of migration?
Migration 19: Why was the life and work of Olaudah Equiano so significant?
Migration 20: Is Wilson Williams right about the significance of the slave trade for Liverpool?
Migration 21: What does the Slave Compensation Commission tell us about the impact of slavery in Britain?
Migration 22: ‘A captive girl’… How typical were the experiences of Sarah Forbes Bonetta?
Women's history, Migrants in Britain, Industrial, Edexcel, GCSE 2016
Migration 23: Were lascar sailors really ‘the most exploited vagabonds of the sea’?
Migration 24: Why was there so much internal migration in the 18th and 19th centuries?
Migration 25: What impact did migrants have on British life and society?
Migration 26: Drunken women and slip-shod vowels: How were Irish migrants received in Liverpool?
Migration 27: How were Jewish migrants like Aaron Lieberman treated in London’s East End?
Migration 28: How can we map the Jewish presence in London’s East End?
Migration 29: How typical was Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech of attitudes towards migration in the 20th and 21st centuries?
Migration 30: Why has the biggest influx of refugees in British history been forgotten?
Migration 31: How were Caribbean soldiers treated during and after the First World War?
Migration 32: Why was Charles Wotten murdered in 1919?
Migration 33: How much can we learn from Paul Kuttner’s diaries about the Kindertransport of 1938-40?
Migration 34: What were the experiences of Polish migrants to Britain in the post-1945 period?
Migration 35: Why did the Windrush-era migrants make Britain their home?
Migration 36: What would you put in a time capsule to commemorate the Windrush generation?
Migration 37: What was the story of migrants’ experiences in Bristol in the 20th century?
Migration 38: Were Leicester’s Ugandan Asians really ‘Britain’s most successful immigrant community’?
Migration 39: What impact has European Union migration had on Britain?
Migration 40: ‘Britain has provided a welcoming home for migrants throughout history’. How far do you agree?
Silk Roads 1: Was Persia in fact, ‘ the Greatest of all ancient Empires?’
Silk Roads 2: How did The Silk Road Empires grow?
Silk Roads 3: Does the Silk Road deserve its name?
Silk Roads 4: How did emperors and violence spread the peace of Christianity?
Silk Roads 5: What can an interview with Peter Frankopan tell us about the importance of learning about the Silk Roads?
Guide to the HRC Diverse Key Stage 3 Curriculum
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Free Resources
The Silk Roads Knowledge Organiser
Wider World Histories, Key Stage3: The Silk Roads, Free Resources
Silk Roads Substantive Knowledge Test
The connection between tea, coffee, clothes and an antique plate
1. Introduction task: What was the big story of the Medieval Period?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Free Resources
2. Year 7 Diverse Curriculum Overview Knowledge Organiser
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Free Resources
Year 7 Diverse Overview Lessons package
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Saver Lesson Packages
3. Was Leonardo Bruni right about the ‘ignorant and barbaric’ Middle Ages?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Introductory Lessons
4. Was there a clash of civilisations in medieval Europe?
5. How much movement was there in medieval Europe?
6. What did medieval Europeans know of the wider world?
7. How powerful was the Hansa League?
8. The Black Death or the Little Ice Age: Which had the biggest impact?
9. Year 7 Diverse Curriculum Overview Tarsia
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Free Resources
10. Year 7 Diverse Overview Knowledge Test
11. Year 7 Diverse Curriculum Overview Written Assessment
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 7 Diverse overview, Free Resources
1. Introduction Task: What impact did migrant groups have on the development of early Britain?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain, Free Resources
2. Migrants to Early Britain Knowledge Organiser
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain, Free Resources
Year 7 Migration to Early Britain Lessons package
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain, Saver Lesson Packages
3. What can archaeological remains tell us about Celtic life in Britain?
4. How did Boudicca resist the Roman invaders?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain
5. What can we learn from Ivory Bangle Lady about Roman migration to Britain?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain
6. Which migrant group had the biggest impact on early Scotland?
7. Was Bede right about the Anglo-Saxon invaders?
8. Did the Anglo-Saxons really lay the ‘foundations of England’?
9. How did King Cnut consolidate control in England?
10. Does Emma of Normandy deserve more credit for the impact she had?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain
11. What does the Gosforth Cross tell us about the impact of the Vikings?
12. Migrants in Early Britain Tarsia
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 7: Migrants in Early Britain, Free Resources
11. Year 7 Migrants to Early Britain Test
14. What impact did migrant groups have on the development of early Britain?
Tang Dynasty Lessons Package
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Saver Lesson Packages
1. Introduction Task: Was China under the Tang Dynasty really ‘the greatest civilisation on earth’?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
2. Tang Dynasty Knowledge Organiser
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Free Resources
3. What was the story of the Tang Dynasty?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
4. What can paintings from the Mogao caves tell us about life under the Tang Dynasty?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
5. Why was Xuanzang’s journey to India so important?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
6. What impact did trade along the Silk Roads have on the Tang Dynasty?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
7. What can the city of Chang’an tell us about life under Tang rule?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
8. Does Empress Wu deserve her reputation as a ruthless murderer?
Wider World Histories, Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
9. How useful is Du Fu’s poem for telling us about the catastrophes of the 750s?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
10. Were the Tang emperors to blame for the collapse of the dynasty in 907?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
11. Tang Dynasty Tarsia
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
12. Tang Dynasty Knowledge Test
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
13. Was The Tang Dynasty really the ‘greatest civilisation in earth’? Final Assessment
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty
Year 7 Vikings and Climate lesson package
1. Introduction: How does the climate help to explain the changing fortunes of the Vikings?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 4. Year 7: The Vikings and the Climate
2. The Vikings and the Climate – Knowledge Organiser
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 4. Year 7: The Vikings and the Climate
3. Overview: How far can patterns of Viking migration be put down to the climate?
4. What does the Rök runestone tell us about the Little Ice Age?
5. What impact did the climate have on Viking culture?
6. How did climate and the environment help Viking trade develop?
7. How can different types of researchers work together to find out more about the Vikings?
8. Can we solve the mystery of the lost Viking settlement on Greenland?
9. Vikings and Climate change Tarsia
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 4. Year 7: The Vikings and the Climate
10. Vikings and Climate Knowledge Test
11. Vikings and Climate final assessment
Norman Conquest for Diverse Curriculum: Lessons Package
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 5. Year 7: Norman Conquest, Saver Lesson Packages
1. Introduction Task: ‘Arrogant, warlike and very pleased with themselves’: What were the Normans really like?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 5. Year 7: Norman Conquest
2. Norman Conquest for diverse curriculum – Knowledge Organiser
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 5. Year 7: Norman Conquest
3. What do contemporary sources tell us about Edward the Confessor’s reign?
4. How predictable was the rise of William of Normandy?
5. Why do sources from the time disagree about the Battle of Hastings?
6. How did William conquer the rest of England?
7. What were the consequences of the Harrying of the North?
How do we learn more about Africa and African history?
8. How significant was Gytha Thorkelsdottir?
9. Should we think of William as the first ‘chivalrous’ king of England?
10. What impact did the Normans have on ordinary people’s lives?
11. What can the Assembly at Salisbury tell us about William’s rule?
12. Is it true that ‘much remained the same’ after the Norman Conquest?
13. Norman Conquest Tarsia
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 5. Year 7: Norman Conquest
14. Norman Conquest Knowledge Test
15. Norman Conquest Final Assessment
Outsiders in Medieval England Lesson package
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England, Saver Lesson Packages
1. What was it like to be an ‘alien’ or an outsider in medieval England?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England
2. Medieval Outsiders Knowledge Organiser
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England
3. How did the experiences of Jewish people change during the medieval period?
4. What was it like to be disabled in the medieval period?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England, Introductory Lessons
5. Was Emma De Bestow treated fairly at her 1383 court case?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England
6. Why was Julian of Norwich so significant?
7. How should we remember the Folville gang?
8. How welcome were migrants in medieval England?
9. Why was an 80-year-old woman executed in 1494?
Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England
10. Outsiders in Medieval England Tarsia
11. Outsiders Knowledge Test
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England
12. Outsiders final assessment
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 6. Outsiders in Medieval England
Medieval African History Lesson Package
Year 7 Diverse KS3, 7. Year 7: Medieval Africa, Saver Lesson Packages
1. Introduction task: Was there really a ‘golden age’ in Medieval Africa?
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 7. Year 7: Medieval Africa
2. Medieval Africa Knowledge Organiser
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 7. Year 7: Medieval Africa
3. What can we learn from the archaeological finds at Mapungubwe?
4. Salt, gold and shells: How did trade help Africa become better connected?
5. What can we learn from the Sundiata Epic about medieval Mali?
6. Why did Mansa Musa go on such a long journey in 1324?
7. Why was the work of the ‘bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu’ so important?
8. What was the most important reason for the decline of Mali?
9. How far did contact with the Portuguese benefit West Africa?
10. Medieval Africa Revision Tarsia
Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 7. Year 7: Medieval Africa
11. Medieval Africa Substantive Knowledge Test
12. Medieval Africa Final Assessment
1. Introduction Task: Is Martin Sixsmith right about the ‘culture, beauty and embryonic democracy’ of Kievan Rus?
Free Resources, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
2. Knowledge Organiser for Kievan Rus unit
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
3. How useful is the Primary Chronicle for finding out about the beginnings of Kievan Rus?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
4. How successful was the rule of Oleg the Wise?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
5. Was Kievan Rus really a democratic state?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
6. Why do both Russia and Ukraine want to claim Anne of Kiev as their own?
Wider World Histories, Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus, Introductory Lessons
7. What was the most important consequence of the Mongol invasion?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
8. How accurately does Eisenstein’s film depict the events of 1242?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
9. What can the Moscow Kremlin tell us about the origins of Muscovy?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
10. How did Ivan the Terrible consolidate power in Muscovy?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
11. Kievan Rus Revision Tarsia
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
12. Kievan Rus Knowledge Test
Wider World Histories, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
13. Kievan Rus Final Assessment
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus
1. Introduction Task: Did the changes during the years 1500 to 1900 really cause people to ‘redefine themselves’?
2. Year 8 Diverse Curriculum Overview Knowledge Organiser
Year 8 Diverse Curriculum Overview Lessons Package
Year 8 Diverse KS3, 1. Year 8 Diverse Overview, Saver Lesson Packages
3. Overview: How much change did Britain see between 1500 and 1900?
4. How much did people’s ideas about the world change between 1500 and 1900?
5. How much of an impact did the Renaissance have in England?
6. Who held power in early modern and industrial Britain?
7. How did voyages of exploration help map the world?
8. How can The Cheese and the Worms change the way we study history?
9. Year 8 Overview Substantive Knowledge Test
10. Year 8 Diverse Overview Written Assessment
1. Year 8: How did Revolutions change Early Modern England? Overview task
Free Resources, Year 8 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 8: Revolutionary England
2. Year 8: How did revolutions change Early Modern England, Knowledge Organiser
Free Resources, Year 8 Diverse KS3, 2. Year 8: Revolutionary England
African history C1000-1900 focusing on Benin: SOW download
Is it true that Benin enjoyed a ‘golden age’ during the 15th and 16th centuries?
Did the Obas of Benin really rule through superstition and fear?
Why did the Obas of Benin participate in the slave trade?
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Industrial Empire
How much can we learn from Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua’s slave narrative?
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Industrial Empire
Why did Britain and China go to war in 1840?
Is John D Clare right about the Indian Mutiny?
Did John D Clere get it right about the Indian Mutiny?
Could you bring Sir Harry Rawson to justice for the Benin Massacre?
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Industrial Empire
Should the British Museum return the Benin Bronzes?
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Industrial Empire
Was Letitia Bunting right to walk out of Zulu?
Industrial Empire, Key Stage 3: Industrial, Introductory Lessons
How well connected was Early Modern Africa? Challenging Hugh Trevor Roper.
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Introductory Lessons
How accurate is Professor Olupona’s interpretaton about the influence of Islam in Africa?
How and why was Africa ‘invented’ in the 19th century?
French Revolution – 10 enquiry package
What and when was the French Revolution?
What does Mary Jones’ story reveal about Early Modern crime prevention?
Who were the winners and losers in France in the 1770s?
Why couldn’t France get out of debt in the 1780s?
How far did Louis XVI live up to his portrait?
Causes of The French Revolution: Pulling it all together
When was it inevitable that Louis XVI would be executed?
What did the artist David want us to think Jean Paul Marat was like?
How far was David’s Marat ‘a beautiful awful lie’?
Does Robespierre deserve the title ‘The Butcher of the Revolution’?
Why bother learning about the French Revolution?
Which ‘new’ crimes worried the authorities in the Industrial Period?
How much did life in Britain change during the years 1750-1900?
Key Stage 3: Industrial overview, Key Stage 3: Industrial, Introductory Lessons
How much can the Olympic opening ceremony tell us about the Industrial Revolution?
Key Stage 3: Industrial overview, Key Stage 3: Industrial, Introductory Lessons
Religion and Beliefs in the Industrial Period
Is Trevor Ling right about nineteenth-century religion? An overview
What impact did the Enlightenment have on ideas and beliefs in Britain?
Industrial Beliefs Knowledge Organiser
‘Disbelief crept over me’: Did Darwin cause everyone to lose faith after 1859?
How could Charles Kingsley’s religious ideas be represented in the ‘Kingsley 200’ festival?
Industrial Beliefs Substantive Knowledge Test
To what extent was political change caused by riots and rebels in the 19th century?
Why was Bill Sykes transported?
Was transportation to Australia a success?
Which reformer most deserves to go on the back of a £5 note?
Industrial Power SOW download
British Empire 1700-1900 – Six lesson saver package
What can we learn from Sarah Baartman about attitudes towards empire in the 19th century?
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Industrial overview, Industrial Empire, Women's history, Introductory Lessons
Blood on Prime Minister William Gladstone’s Statue
Why was the Bloody Code abolished in the 1820s – 1830s?
What can tea show about Britain from 1700?
The role of Tea in Britain from 1700 – 6 Lesson Package
When in the 19th century was it the best time for John Walker to go to prison?
Did anyone really bother to enforce the law properly 1700-1900?
How should we remember the Peterloo Massacre?
Was there a shift in power during the Industrial Period? Knowledge Organiser
Why were Daniel Chater and William Galley beaten, stoned and murdered in 1748?
Swing Riots Decision Maker
Industrial Power, Key Stage 3 Crime and Punishment, Key Stage 3: Industrial
How much do you agree with the Professor about the causes of the Swing Riots?
Why did Robert and Joseph Mason take part in the Swing Riots?
Design a tea cosy dedicated to our national drink
Why did Sussex gamekeeper Henry Ayling report so much debt in 1830?
Is David Taylor right: Was 19th century local policing characterised by ‘limited progress’?
How typical was Elizabeth Lavender’s execution in 1799?
Ordinary Lives in the Industrial Period SOW overview
Was Harriet Taylor Mill the most significant feminist campaigner of the 19th century?
Substantive Knowledge Test for the Industrial Period
Is the BBC History magazine right about the ‘Happy Victorians’? An Overview.
Should Richard Arkwright be in the National Portrait Gallery?
What was it like to be a worker during the Industrial Revolution?
Is E.P. Thompson right: was Victorian child labour ‘one of the most shameful events in our history’?
Industrial Ordinary Lives Knowledge Organiser
Industrial Ordinary Lives, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: Industrial
What can the music hall really tell us about women in Victorian society?
Industrial Ordinary Lives, Women's history, Key Stage 3: Industrial
Industrial Ordinary Lives Substantive knowledge Test
Who benefitted most from the Industrial Revolution?
Could you prosecute the captain of the Slave Ship Zong?
Where to site a museum to the Industrial Revolution
How successful in improving conditions was the 1842 Mines Act?
Should Peter Sanderson move to Manchester in the 1850s?
Was Britain to blame for the Irish Potato Famine?
What does the story of Polly Nichols reveal about Whitechapel in the 1880s?
How did conditions in the East End help the Ripper to commit murder?
Why was Whitechapel so difficult to police?
Why did the Whitechapel police fear a race riot?
Was Thomas Brynes correct when he described the London Police as stupid?
Commander of H Division: Dream job or nightmare?
Who did the best job as Head of the Met?
How to get the most out of the AQA 9-1 GCSE Germany Period Study
1880-2004: How good was the view from the Reichstag?
What is the story of Germany between 1890–1945?
How much was Kaiser Wilhelm II’s ability to rule shaped by his early life?
What problems did Kaiser Wilhelm II face 1890-1914?
Was there anything new about 20th century crimes?
How much did the police-force change after 1900?
Edexcel, Crime and Punishment, GCSE 2016, Introductory Lessons
Did the 20th century see the biggest change in the punishment of offenders?
Was Emily Davison a Martyr for the Suffragette cause?
How and why did the Suffragettes become more extreme?
When was the safest time in history to steal?
How much can a German satirical map tell us about the causes of WW1?
Preparing a news bulletin about the start of World War One
How can we use Charlie Byrne’s diary to challenge misconceptions about the Western Front?
Why did Clara Haber kill herself in May 1915?
How can we check if photographs from World War One are faked?
Why was Margaretha MacLeod executed in 1917?
Why was World War One described as ‘Great’?
Sarah Barnes’ World War One Memorial Campaign
Could you create a more fitting memorial for those who died in the global war?
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Key Stage 3: 20th Century
What did the artists of the Panthéon de la Guerre want to tell us about the First World War?
Should your history department spend money on Lenin artefacts?
What really happened in Petrograd in October 1917?
The USA in the 1920s – 11 enquiry saver package
Why was there an economic boom in the 1920s?
Who shared in the US economic boom of the 1920s?
How should we remember carmaker Henry Ford?
Hollywood scandals: Can you predict the contents of the Hays Code?
Is Daisy Buchanan representative of American women in the 1920s?
Were Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti innocent?
Why did Prohibition fail in America in the 1920s?
Why did the village of Rosewood disappear?
What was America’s Monkey Trial all about?
Does Al Capone embody the American Dream?
What can a cartoon tell us about the causes of the Great Depression?
The Cinderella Man: a metaphor for 1920s America?
What should go on the cover of a book about USA 1919-41?
What was life like in Britain during the 1930s?
Why did James Maley go to Spain?
Was the Battle of Cable Street a turning point in the fight against British Fascism?
How should we remember Winston Churchill?
Germany 1918-1945 – 27 enquiry lesson package
Germany 1918-33 – 14 Enquiry Scheme of Work
Germany 1933-45 package – 13 Enquiry Lesson Package
The Rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany: An overview
What was Germany like in 1918? Raemaeker cartoon audio guide
What was Germany like in 1918? Produce an Audio Guide for a cartoon
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Weimar constitution?
Was Germany stabbed in the back?
Why were the Germans so angry about the Treaty of Versailles?
Do you agree with a memoir from 1923?
A gallery caption for a German Nationalist Party Leaflet.
Rate a historian’s description of the Treaty of Versailles?
What to include in a documentary on the Treaty of Versailles.
Do you agree with the memoir of a young German living in 1923?
Who was the biggest threat to the Weimar Republic 1919-23?
Putsches or money: which threatened early Weimar the most? AQA
Was the Munich Putsch of 1923 a Success or Failure?
Why did people join the Nazi Party?
How would you design a Weimar election poster from 1924?
Was Stresemann really the saviour of Weimar?
Can you always trust websites to get it right about the Munich Putsch?
How far did the Nazis change tactics after 1924?
Why didn’t many people vote Nazi 1924-29?
Why did Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany in 1933?
Why did Hitler become Chancellor mystery
How did Hitler manage to become a dictator?
Was Nazi Germany really a paradise like an ex-Nazi described it?
How can historians disagree about the Nazi ‘economic miracle’ even when they look at the same sources?
Why did fewer people criticise the Nazis in pubs and bars after 1933?
How do historians disagree about the Gestapo?
Which historian is correct about the Gestapo?
What can an internet forum tell us what Nazis wanted from women?
Was Henry Metelmann a typical young Nazi?
How prescient were the Social Democrats about ‘The Worker in the Swastika state’?
Triumph of the Will: Can you beat the Online Expert?
What really happened on 8-9 November 1938?
Was the Holocaust during World War Two inevitable?
Germany 1890-1945, AQA, GCSE 2016, Key Stage 3: 20th Century
The opposition cocktail party – why did so few people oppose the Nazis?
How effective were Nazi policies towards the young?
Can you solve the mystery of the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
How far did the Nazis achieve their aims?
What can a song tell us about life in a Nazi Labour Camp?
Guide to teaching AQA conflict and tension between East and West 1945-1972
Guide to teaching Edexcel Period Study: Super Power Relations and the Cold War 1941-91
Yalta ‘Big Three’ World War Two Conference Role Play
What and where was the Cold War?
Stalin wasn’t stallin’: How much can a song reveal about who really won WW2?
Was a 1980 hit song right about the B-29 bomber ‘Enola Gay’?
Why couldn’t the USA and USSR be friends?
Why did the Grand Alliance begin to fail in 1945?
Who did most to develop the Cold War 1945-47?
Who should win cartoon of the year for 1945?
How much can we trust internet sites to tell the truth about The Berlin Blockade?
Why were the two biggest communist countries not best friends forever?
What do 1950s sci-fi movies reveal about American fears and attitudes to the Cold War?
Edexcel, AQA, Conflict 1945-72, Cold War 1941-91, GCSE 2016, Key Stage 3: 20th Century
Why did America really get involved in Vietnam?
Who can tell us most about the nuclear arms race, Robert McNamara or Dr Strangelove?
Who was winning the Space Race by 1968?
What caused the Hungarian Uprising in 1956?
What were the consequences of the Hungarian Uprising?
Was the Berlin Wall really built to just annoy the West?
How should we tell the story of the Berlin Wall?
What does Steven Spielberg need to do to improve his history grade for ‘Bridge of Spies’?
What went wrong at the Bay of Pigs?
Cold War Cuban Missile Crisis Decision Making
Edexcel, AQA, Conflict 1945-72, Cold War 1941-91, GCSE 2016, Key Stage 3: 20th Century, Introductory Lessons
What really prevented war during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
How close did the Cold War come to Nuclear War?
Edexcel, AQA, Conflict 1945-72, Cold War 1941-91, GCSE 2016, Key Stage 3: 20th Century
Was the Prague Spring another Hungary?
What were the consequences of the Prague Spring?
How real was Detente?
Who was to blame for the Second Cold War?
Why were the people of Berlin able to dismantle the wall?
Did Gorbachev kill the Soviet Union?
Why did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan in 1979?
What were the consequences of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
Vidal Sassoon mystery: What was Vidal up to in the 40s and 50s?
How much had really changed for women by the end of the 1960s?
Why did American soldiers shoot at My Lai?
The Falklands Syndrome: What were the consequences of the Falklands War?
Black Britain: Was Lord Kitchener Right? Was London the ‘Place to be’?
How much difference did Scarman make to the lives of Black Britons?
A Radio Discussion about the history of Black Britain