I am a history teacher in Scotland. Sharing a mixture of resources including knowledge organisers, retrieval practice, units of work and work related to pedagogy and practice. Will be adding more resources as and when I have them. Please check my social media accounts for more ideas.
I am a history teacher in Scotland. Sharing a mixture of resources including knowledge organisers, retrieval practice, units of work and work related to pedagogy and practice. Will be adding more resources as and when I have them. Please check my social media accounts for more ideas.
A poster to showcase elements of excellent teaching. It contains links to articles and other resources to help teachers understand how to implement those elements into their practice.
A guide to help teachers with tactics for behaviour, questioning, retrieval, evaluations and feedback. A collection of simple Grab and Go sheets to give top tips on how to tackle common issues. Each one is accompanied by a guide to the pedagogical thinking behind it.
This unit of study is about the witch crazes. It contains lessons, resources and an assessment which takes students through the following topics
Why women in particular were vulnerable to accusations of being a witch
The Pendle witches
Matthew Hopkins
Salem
Revision
Assessment
It also contains lessons which will “pre-teach” and front load the students with some of the key information.
There is also an introduction sheet which outlines the benefits and key aspects of the course and a pdf. handout of all the slides to help the teacher keep track of what has been taught.
This unit of study is about the Vikings. It contains lessons, resources and an assessment which takes students through the following topics
The origins of the Vikings
How the Vikings lived
Viking Sagas
The Vikings in Scotland
The Viking Warrior
Viking Religion
The unit was designed with Scottish students in mind but the lesson on the Vikings in Scotland can easily be adapted to other areas.
It also contains lessons which will “pre-teach” and front load the students with some of the key information.
There is also an introduction sheet which outlines the benefits and key aspects of the course and a pdf. handout of all the slides to help the teacher keep track of what has been taught.
6 different units which can be added into a KS3 curriculum with ease. Containing a variety of different resources including PowerPoints, knowledge organisers and printable resources and worksheets.
Suitable for English or Scottish schools.
This unit is a complete unit of study on the topic of castles. It contains some pre-teaching materials as well as a number of fully resourced lessons on castles.
Lessons include:
Where is the best place to build a castle
The Motte and Bailey Castle
How castles developed over time
How to attack a castle
How to defend a castle
Resources include all lesson handouts, key words and a knowledge organiser. Assessment is included. Happy to share an electronic copy of the assessment. Email me at mr.roberts.history@gmail.com
six lesson long Booklet with tasks taking students through the topic of the Vikings in Scotland. It can be edited to change the focus to another part of the British Isles. There is an accompanying PowerPoint presentation and the tasks have also been split into different lessons. The presentation includes Starters, Plenaries as well as Learning Objectives and Success Criteria
Different templates that can be adapted to suit different pupils and classes to aid in retrieval practice.
They can be used as starters, as standalone tasks or as part of revision booklets.
This is a collection of templates for various tasks which can be completed at the start of a lesson as a “Do Now” task. They work well as retrieval practice tasks as well.
A guide to help teachers with common problems they face in the classroom. How to improve behaviour, make feedback meaningful, deliver effective plenaries and much more. Useful for classroom teachers and middle managers looking to drive improvement in their departments.