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Only Paper 3 to go and again there is so much knowledge to retain. These KO’s focus on who were the key figures of the topic and importantly a chronology of events, ‘the fallout’. Great as a one page reference for prompts and reminders before the exam. #historyteacher

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Still chipping away at KS3 assessment. Varied multiple choice formats provide a confidence boost for students whilst rigorously assessing knowledge. This builds to a historical skill/second order concept response. Review of knowledge/writing enhancement to finish. #historyteacher

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So glad to see lots of students outside the exam hall for Paper 1 with their ‘If faced with’ question stem sheets. Juggling the content is difficult enough so having this quick reference point is a big help. #historyteacher docs.google.com/file/d/1x2D1...

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More ‘Clip Sheets’ made for consistent/meaningful notes. This version focuses on Ian Mortimer’s brilliant ‘Time Travellers’ BBC series that are great at bringing Elizabethan society to life. The format provides a good foundation for conversation/expanding answers. #historyteacher

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

Old but gold. ‘Has it stuck’ recall is a great recall format. Students begin with ‘core knowledge’ post it’s in the centre and work their way out. Accessible for all yet full of challenge. Great for all Key Stages and easily adapted. #historyteacher docs.google.com/presentation...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Next round of ‘All Four One’ KS3 homework sheets. This format has helped with the consistency of our homework setting and offers flexibility with setting either the entire sheet or individual tasks. Short sharp bursts of meaningful knowledge/second order concepts. #historyteacher

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Business end of the academic year when we return. Our GCSE History (Edexcel) KO’s are available on our school website curriculum area to help digest the vast information required onto one point of reference. A solid foundation for revision/prompt for retrieval. #historyteacher

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

A great Easter school session on Teams with our Y11 historians. Full focus on Paper 2 question stems, their structure and working through difficult examples. The session PPT acts as a ‘one point of reference’ for how to tackle each question to help revision. #historyteacher

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Returned to school and lots of work needed to get Y11 to the end of Cold War. I’ve reused these one page overviews as a blank framework for direct teacher instruction. Students make notes on each section via explanation. Considered focus on who, why and what. #historyteacher

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We’ve embedded our whole class feedback slide across KS4/KS5. Students ‘purple pen’ and note general feedback. They then list key spellings regardless of if they had issues or not, finishing with summative ‘knowledge extension’ questions to secure understanding. #historyteacher

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So much content to digest within Superpower Relations that I’ve used ‘The Story so far…’ format for both recall/building confidence with narratives. Statements are given with linked sentence starters for the next event. Students attempt independently, then edit. #historyteacher

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Starting next week off with one of my favourites. One task in one hour, teacher led annotations of the Tudor family tree to introduce a character dense topic. Each slide builds the narrative for students to understand the links between individuals/their impact. #historyteacher

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

We’ve built into KS3 this year more teacher directed ‘one slide’ explainers to secure foundational knowledge and key understanding. Teachers work through the scaffolded aspects of the slide whilst students take core notes/make annotations on given illustrations. #historyteacher

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Constantly tweaking KS3 assessment and one of the most beneficial changes we’ve made has been combining multiple choice Q’s with story. This approach has allowed us to better evaluate student understanding rather than their ability to recall stand alone knowledge. #historyteacher

submitted 125 days ago • 2 comments

Creeping ever closer to the first History GCSE exam. This ‘if faced with’ document went down a storm with students and I’ve made the Edexcel adaptations for 2025. Here’s hoping it can be useful to many again! Often saw these being used the morning of the paper. #historyteacher

submitted 132 days ago • 1 comment

Our next round of ‘All Four One’ homework’s are ready to go for Y7-9. Short bursts of meaningful tasks from defining key terminology to further practice of source skills. Set as a whole sheet, divided into two sets of tasks or chunked into four mini homeworks. #historyteacher

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

Another term, another clip sheet. Y10 will be transported by @lucyworsley.bsky.social through Whitechapel and the national obsession with the ‘Ripper’ murders. This episode is brilliant at explaining the impact/reactions of the press and how this impacted the investigation. #historyteacher

submitted 145 days ago • 1 comment

Started to chip away at condensing our KS3 KO’s/Topic sheets. These Y7 examples provide one point of reference for foundational chronology, terminology, key figures and the content journey students will be embarking on. #historyteacher

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

Appropriate weather to share my Superpower Relations 1941-1991 exam skill booklet. It’s difficult to juggle the amount of content with this unit and exam skill so a ready made booklet for in class practice or homework has worked well. #historyteacher docs.google.com/file/d/1gf6D...

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Tis the season for reflection on the causes and impact of the 1914 Christmas truce. 10 quick questions connected to the @IWMNorth clip, gets to the root of lots of student questions. #historyteacher 🕊️🎄 Resource link: docs.google.com/file/d/1ixxR... Clip link: youtu.be/NaBJhmkDKmc?...

submitted 182 days ago • 0 comments

Heading towards the end of Paper 1 Crime and Punishment with Y10. We love this multiple choice format! Questions increase in difficulty, all topics covered and easy to amend once built. Then when completed, a perfect ‘one point of reference’. #historyteacher

submitted 183 days ago • 1 comment

Continued tweaking of our assessments at KS3. We’ve focused on adding source work and interpretations to our shorter schemes of work. Ensuring historical skills are combined with knowledge recall but keeping responses succinct and easy to mark. #historyteacher

submitted 187 days ago • 1 comment

Students providing definitions is a really underrated recall task. This ‘Define 9’ pushes student for interleaved knowledge from last lesson, last topic and last month. Once completed, the class then mark/enhance responses with modelled purple pen answers. #historyteacher

submitted 189 days ago • 1 comment

Across GCSE History there are so many key figures to contend with. ‘Character Connections’ asks students to think of two pieces of knowledge that connects the figures together. Spot on for a ‘Do now’ task or diagnostic assessment. #historyteacher

submitted 195 days ago • 0 comments

Still a long way to go in this term! A clip is an essential tool for delivering key content and giving yourself a bit of space to think. We’re starting to build a bank of our clip sheets which have been great at improving student note quality and discussion. #historyteacher #edusky

submitted 197 days ago • 0 comments

Great to reconnect with so many historians on here! Thought my first post should be connected to what I get asked most. ‘How do you make your PPT’s look like that?’ So here’s my ‘Tips and Tricks’ reference sheet! #historyteacher Link for resource is below: docs.google.com/file/d/1ZhCW...

submitted 197 days ago • 1 comment