History Revisited

Why did a Civil War break out in 1642? Short-term causes of the English Civil WarSuitable for KS3 and KS4These handouts are designed to help students find out about five short-term causes of the English Civil War (the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Grand Remonstrance, the Five Members' Incident, the Militia Ordinance and the Nineteen Propositions), consider the consequences of these events and decide whether the conflict underlying each one was political, religious or economic in nature. Includes

A comprehensive overview of Cold War leaders and events for GCSE students. The 3-page document file lists the US Presidents and their Soviet counterparts alongside the main events of the Cold War from the war-time conferences at Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The timeline can be used as an overview at the beginning of the courseor as a review at the end. Ideas for tasks: - add notes to specific events to be able to write a narrative account of topic x (Ede

Looking for lesson starters that combine overview and in-depth details for your KS3 History students? This set of resources is for you! 3 worksheets providing you with no-prep starters / registration activities. Content: Abolition of Slavery - 1867 Parliamentary Reform Act - 1944 Liberation of Majdanek Each handout focuses on one event and targets one or more of the following National Curriculum skills: - cause and consequence - significance - historical enquiry Use these sheets as lesson star

This resource can be used with Year 10 and 11 students studying the German Depth Study of the iGCSE History exam. It includes all the past paper questions for the four focus points specified by the exam board: 1. Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start? 2. Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934? 3. The Nazi Regime: How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1939 - 45? 4. The Nazi regime: What was it like to live in Nazi Germany? I usually ask students to rate their understa

A source evaluation exercise for AQA History A-Level 7042-2G The Birth of the USA, 1760 - 1801. This comprehensive sample exam question pack on the Stamp Act crisis of 1766 includes: - exam question with three primary sources - contextual knowledge quiz with answers - source evaluation grid (blank) - source evaluation grid with answers The question focuses on one of the key crises of the AQA A-level unit The Birth of the USA, 1760 - 1801. The pack is designed to help students with revision as w

A simplified interpretation exercise for AQA History A-Level 7042-1J British Empire, c1857 - 1967. This comprehensive sample exam question pack includes: - simplified exam question with one simplified extract - key vocabulary: jingoism, patriotism, imperialism, bellicosity - contextual knowledge divided into supporting / challenging evidence - two sample answers with space for student marking (use the free mark scheme for this unit available in my shop) - marks and teacher comments for both s

If, like me, you like to give your A-Level students a copy of the exam board mark schemes in student-friendly language, then this free resource is for you. This generic mark scheme for the Breadth Study / Q1 on interpretations can be used for all AQA A-Level Component 1 options. The grade boundaries are the ones used by AQA for 1J British Empire c.1857 - 1967 in June 2018. You may also be interested in my resource offering sample answers and revision notes to go with this mark scheme. Thanks fo

Hope you and your students find this bullet-pointed mark scheme for the essay questions of AQA A-level 7042 Component 1 helpful. Wishing you and your students every success! Please visit my tpt store for more A-level resources to go with the AQA 7042 specification. Enjoy! Sandra History Revisited

A revision pack for AQA History A-Level 7042-1J The British Empire, c1857 - 1967. This comprehensive sample exam question pack on indigenous challenges to empire in India and North East Africa and on Joseph Chamberlain's attempts to strengthen the British Empire includes: - two exam questions with detailed notes - contextual knowledge quiz with answers - sample essay plan for an exam question on Joseph Chamberlain - additional essay questions The questions focus on two subtopics within Imper

Teaching British Empire at A-Level? Help your students work through interpretation questions using this one-hour lesson about the expansion of the empire in Africa before 1890. This document includes a quiz to cover the required subject knowledgean exam question in the style of the AQA Paper 1 exam (2016 onwards)three secondary sources to be evaluateda table to help students analyse the three secondary sourcesa sample structure to model the language required.-------------------------------------

Mark Scheme for the AQA A-level Historical Investigation in a student-friendly version. Wishing you and your students every success! Please visit my tpt store for more A-level resources to go with the AQA 7042 specification. Enjoy! Sandra History Revisited

Teaching British Empire at A-Level? Help your students work through interpretation questions using this one-hour lesson about the expansion of the empire in Africa before 1890. This document includes a quiz + solutions to cover the required subject knowledgean exam question in the style of the AQA Paper 1 exam (2016 onwards)three secondary sources to be evaluateda table + solutions to help students analyse the three secondary sourcesa sample structure to model the language required.-------------

A revision sheet for students in Years 10 and 11 working on subject knowledge for Option 33: The USA, 1954 - 75 of the Edexcel GCSE (9 - 1) course, specification 2018.