Lots of thinking has taken place to decide the best way to structure the new Edexcel 9-1 GCSE history course. The rationale behind this plan comes straight from successful classroom practice. This Essential Guide shows you the best way to structure and teach the course. It focuses on the most effective way to organise the different[…]
We have thought long and hard about the best way to plan and teach the Edexcel Crime and Punishment thematic study. The thinking behind this comes straight from successful classroom practice. This guide explains how you should teach the course.
Enquiry-led lessons to analyse and evaluate continuities and changes in 1,000 years of crime and punishment as part of the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE thematic study.
Lots of thinking has gone into planning and resourcing the Edexcel Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: crime, policing and the inner city. The rationale behind this comes straight from successful classroom practice. The entire course has been structured around 10 core principles designed to support learning. The Whitechapel SOW with fully resourced lesson enquiries has been created to increase engagement and[…]
Give your students the best chance of GCSE success with these engaging lessons covering crime, policing and inner city poverty in late Victorian Whitechapel
This lesson provides a great start to a thematic study of crime and punishment over time.
What factors are important in the history of crime and punishment? This lesson second lesson in our Crime and Punishment course introduces your students to the important ‘factors’. To be able to explain when and why things changed or stayed the same, these nifty factors are vital to your student’s[…]
Engage the class with this tale from 602AD
This enquiry looks at the work of our favorite TV historian, Simon Schama to help work out how much William I changed Saxon crime prevention.
Using the skill of storytelling, the class have to decide what they think is Cedric’s fate. They delve into the past to discover that Saxon punishments were much more complicated than we think.
This essential guide explains how the HRC KS3 curriculum works to provide your students’ with the powerful knowledge of the past they need.
This lesson provides you with the chronological overview your students need to make sense of the Middle Ages. We firmly believe in ‘scale switching’ to show the big picture of the unit you are studying. Here your students get to see the whole of the Middle Ages and they begin[…]
Download this free knowledge-rich plan for a 6-hour study into the impact of the Norman Conquest. After teaching the one lesson thematic overview for the entire Key Stage 3 course, we recommend you teach our one lesson overview showing what actually happened during the Middle Ages. This will provide your[…]
After the death of the childless, religiously pious Edward the Confessor who should be the next King of England? Ask your students to work as members of the Witan to decide what skills the next King should have. They then listen to three claimants via ‘talking heads’ and assess each[…]
Read extended passages and evaluate the reasons why William the Conqueror decided to invade England in the summer of 1066.
This decision maker lesson motivates your students to choose options for points and provides them with new contextual knowledge about the fateful summer of 1066. Your students take on the role of adviser to Harold Godwinson. The face 5 problems Harold faced and have to decide which is the best option[…]
The best way to teach your students about the Battle of Hastings in our experience is to use this brilliant role play. Ian Luff created this memorable lesson simulation that you can use with your students. We would recommend adding some props including rulers for swords, imaginary bows and arrows[…]
Great, accessible interpretations work. Can your students use evidence to check whether an artist has done his homework?
This enquiry tackles the concept of change head-on. It uses story telling and brings to life 5 diverse characters from the Norman Period. Your students will start off evaluating a contemporary source, a monk’s description of William’s legacy. Next, your class will be introduced to the 5 different characters from the[…]
Download this free knowledge organiser for our 6 lesson enquiry on the Norman Conquest. It provides your students with the core knowledge they will need to know to be successful in this unit. We recommend that you don’t give this out at the beginning of the unit of work. If you[…]
This short enquiry asks your students to evaluate Marc Morris’s interpretation of the significance of the Norman Conquest. To do this, they define what significance is and recall all they can about the Norman Conquest. You then introduce a ripple diagram to evaluate changes (and continuities) that occurred during the Norman[…]
Download this free substantive knowledge test for our 6 lesson enquiry on the Norman Conquest – just sign up as basic member. Inspired by Richard Kennett’s work, It tests your students’ core knowledge from this 6 lesson enquiry. Use it alongside an end product of either the change or the Morris[…]
Some of you may well use tarsias to consolidate your pupils knowledge of a unit of work. You can find out about them here. This tarsia has been designed to check out your classes knowledge of the HRC unit on the Norman Conquest. It is recommended that you use this[…]
This outstanding, active and engaging enquiry gets to the heart of why so many of history teachers choose to teach Hastings – it was a really significant event in English history.
Download this free knowledge-rich plan for a 5 enquiry study into Beliefs in the Medieval Period. This fits into our coherent Key Stage 3 curriculum. After teaching the one lesson thematic overview for the entire Key Stage 3 course, we recommend you teach our one lesson overview showing what actually[…]
This clever enquiry provides an overview of religious belief in the medieval period. Use it before you delve into Doom Paintings, Pilgrimages and Crusades. The overview enquiry encouraging your students to engage with historical interpretations before substantiating (or challenging) the interpretations with evidence. It is a good way of developing[…]
In this enquiry your class will tackle to purpose and utility of sources in an engaging and thoughtful way. To enthuse them from the beginning you get them to draw each other’s head on a thumbnail-sized piece of paper. They then place their heads in an image of Hell. Having described[…]
This enquiry helps students to know that although religious devotion was a primary motivation for going on pilgrimage, there were diverse and underlying personal reasons too. Therefore this helps with causal reasoning. Using Google as a way in you ask the class what Google’s most popular results for a search[…]
Download this free knowledge organiser for this coherent 5 enquiry unit on the Beliefs in the Medieval Period It provides your students with the core knowledge they will need to know to be successful in this unit. We recommend that you don’t give this out at the beginning of the[…]
This extended enquiry uses the Crusades to focus on historical interpretations. By the end of this 2 phase enquiry, your students will be able to explain why historians disagree over the Crusades. They will also be able to place these arguments into the context of the time they were written,[…]
