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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 5 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 8 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 20 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 26 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 33 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 38 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 46 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 50 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...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

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 83 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 85 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 88 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 90 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 96 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 98 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 99 days ago • 1 comment