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Subject Leader for History and Politics

Mar 11, 2019, 47 tweets

I've finally managed to put together a google drive with some of the resources that people have seemed to love and want to use. I will add to this as much as I can and leave it as a pinned tweet. Thanks to everyone for their kind words and inspiration. #historyteacher

The Rubik's cube - great for knowledge recall and revision.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Ybvb5W…

The 'Halls of Fame' again spot on for recall of historic individuals and their impact.
drive.google.com/file/d/1_WDjQg…

'Cherry picking' has worked really well for planning questions, especially 4 markers.
drive.google.com/file/d/1dWm_ap…

The knowledge recall cranium. Another way of recalling key knowledge, statistics and terminology.
drive.google.com/file/d/1rDqYuy…

'Spin a yarn' narratives. Spot on for introducing historical narrative to KS3 and as a structure for GCSE students to organise their narrative question responses.
drive.google.com/file/d/1sEbSfZ…

The 'Pie Shop' is open! They've worked really well for knowledge recall and generating a competitive edge. I'm looking forward to seeing the adaptations and additions to come. 🥧💡✅ #historyteacher
drive.google.com/file/d/16qSt56…

GCSE Edexcel 'Bare Bones' knowledge organisers. drive.google.com/file/d/19S0JNZ…

GCSE Question Type Flowcharts - Providing students with a one point of reference view of question structure in Paper 1, 2 and 3. #historyteacher
drive.google.com/file/d/1Lb8J9w…

'A Picture Paints a Thousand Words' - GCSE: Three pictures connected to an event, students then use this as a stimulus to recall knowledge and build a 'mini' knowledge organiser to be used for relevant exam questions. 🖌️🎨 #historyteacher
drive.google.com/file/d/10DKNKD…

'Slaying the Giants' GCSE 12 and 16 mark question guidance booklet. 🖋️🗒️#historyteacher #GCSE
drive.google.com/file/d/1hBPff0…

'Has it stuck?' GCSE knowledge recall sheets all completed for C&P, Elizabeth, Weimar/Nazi Germany and Superpower relations. Simple to adapt and change the questions to suit the needs of your students and their areas of weakness. 📌💡#historyteacher #GCSE
drive.google.com/file/d/1uUiGFF…

The 'tree of knowledge' Great for rounding off a topic and recalling foundational knowledge. 🌳💡📝 #historyteacher
drive.google.com/file/d/1rZFa25…

'Securing the sphere of influence' - GCSE knowledge recall, extended explanations and a sense of place all in one sheet. 🌍💡✅ #historyteacher #GCSE #edexcel
drive.google.com/file/d/146UBUY…

The Sunflower Narrative Structure - A great way to introduce narrative to KS3 and also use with KS4. 💡✅🌻 #historyteacher drive.google.com/file/d/1gHPuLt…

Paper 2 Superpower Relations 'Russian doll' narrative question plan (structure). A visual aide for ensuring chronological linkages between key events/consequences. #historyteacher #edexcelhistory
drive.google.com/file/d/1f3qIU2…

Expanding explanations KS3 template - a format encouraging depth and detail in extended writing readying students for GCSE History. #historyteacher ✅📝💡
drive.google.com/file/d/1Q2L2Ep…

Lots of people asking for the ‘Superpower Narrative Abacus’ at the end of term. Great for knowledge recall and forming basic essay plans. #historyteacher
docs.google.com/file/d/1nvysgN…

Kick off 8:30am Monday and lots of people asking for my GCSE ‘state of play’ year 11 welcome back lesson. Feel free to chop and change to suit. 📈📉💡✅ #historyteacher

docs.google.com/file/d/1gl-6uQ…

The Historians craft. An example of a ‘meaningful homework’ full of knowledge recall and skills. ✅💡#historyteacher

docs.google.com/file/d/1plgcq2…

‘Take the Pulse’ source analysis examples. Easy to adapt and change to suit. A foundation for those Paper 3 Weimar and Nazi Germany sources. #historyteacher
docs.google.com/file/d/1cGOU0x…

A3 feedback sheet for questions 3a-3d. Do’s and Dont’s along with live examples of students work completed in the time frame. #historyteacher

docs.google.com/file/d/1WyyMl4…

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Encouraging students at KS3 to select appropriate specific evidence. The apply this to an explanation and finally recall the chronology of events. #historyteacher
docs.google.com/file/d/1Aq2o1x…

Specific evidence stacks. They’ve worked really well with GCSE recall and buy you at least 20 mins of silence! 😂 #historyteacher

docs.google.com/file/d/1Uls8sx…

The ‘Highlighter Heads’ have caused a bit of a wave this week. Just another twist on knowledge recall. 🙌🏼 #historyteacher
docs.google.com/file/d/1xzIqEe…

‘Folding Narratives’ template. Great for the 8 mark narrative question and allows for students to chunk up their answer. Beginning, middle, ending. #historyteacher

docs.google.com/file/d/1kuVnCf…

US politics case study overview sheet. Connected examples to all four post 1992 presidents. 🗳️🇺🇸 #Alevel #USpolitics #historyteacher

drive.google.com/open?id=1G7QJ1…

Medieval knowledge recall resource pack. This has churned our some great work and improved student confidence.
1. Highlighter Factors
2. Detail Dots
3. Cherry Picking
4. The Pincer Plan
#historyteacher #knowledgerecall
docs.google.com/file/d/1dEko3f…

The ‘Big Battery’ Knowledge Test format. Hope it’s of use. 💡✅🔋#historyteacher

docs.google.com/file/d/1YzCxdJ…

Still lots of work to do for Y8/Y9 for next year as our curriculum changes. Hopefully though, some of these ‘meanwhile elsewhere’ answer sheets can be of use. Simple peer marking and comparison of answers. Help yourself. 🙌🏼 #historyteacher
docs.google.com/file/d/17btVXv…

Posted this yesterday. My US politics contribution to our ‘Politics Bridging the Gap’ booklet for year 11. Loads for students to crack on with. #USPolitics #historyteacher 🇺🇸🗳
docs.google.com/file/d/18t9WaQ…

Map what you know. Elizabeth I and Superpower relations. Annotate key concepts and knowledge whilst creating a sense of place for students. 👍🏼 works a treat. #historyteacher docs.google.com/file/d/1f4BJ7T…

Sorry for its late arrival to the pinned tweet 😬. ‘The wheel of medieval misfortune’ - the darker the sample the harder the question. Students work their way around the wheel answering in as much detail as possible. #historyteacher
docs.google.com/file/d/1RZxQI3…

Finishing for Friday resource 1: Elizabeth Define Vine - students work through consolidation questions on the early aspects of Elizabeth’s reign. Great for knowledge recall and links. #historyteacher
docs.google.com/file/d/1Mrhlo3…

Finishing for Friday Resource 2: ‘Don’t sit on the fence’ knowledge recall. Great for highlighting misconceptions and lack of confidence on an individual and whole class level. Again easily adaptable. #historyteacher docs.google.com/file/d/1HOFJPo…

In the absence of clarity, please find something that I’m sure will help with your planning/arranging of meaningful remote learning. The ‘Compartmentalise content’ sheet is perfect for recall/link making. There are more in the pipeline. #historyteacher
docs.google.com/file/d/1TjZm2O…

Tweaked Superpower relations map what you know sheet. Great for instant and revised knowledge recall. Definitely best on A3! I’ve included my model example as well. #historyteacher #GCSE #Coldwar
docs.google.com/file/d/1yJbPFh…

‘Peg the Past Precisely’ this is an Elizabeth I version but easily adaptable. Great for chronology and a format for quick recall when complete. docs.google.com/file/d/1MxHCoM… #historyteacher #GCSE #Edexcel

Here’s the link to my ‘Going Beyond’ book recommendations for GCSE Edexcel. Great to email to students in the current climate or could be part of a display in the future. Easily adapted to suit. 🙌🏼📚#historyteacher docs.google.com/file/d/1bdV_yj…

🚨Scholarship bundle🚨 - ‘Dont take my word for it’ and ‘Historical jousting’ blank templates to be adapted to suit the scholarship you want to embed from KS3-5. 📚 #historyteacher

1. docs.google.com/file/d/12kPhoB…

2. docs.google.com/file/d/17ldSV1…

‘Boxed in’ knowledge recall. Students work from the outside in through a range of who, what, when, why, how questions. Great for a topic overview and easily adaptable. #historyteacher

docs.google.com/file/d/1vneFIh…

This is a link to my thumbs up lockdown impact sheet. I’m hoping this will be an effective way to measure student confidence and the impacts of remote learning. 👍🏼 #historyteacher #GCSE

docs.google.com/file/d/1KiCY4q…

GCSE Edexcel resources:

Weimar and Nazi Germany: Heart of the problem consolidation sheets. Great with a visualiser.

Works that Work Well: Great format for knowledge recall and quick 12 mark essay planning. #historyteacher

docs.google.com/file/d/1cvDf85…

docs.google.com/file/d/1Ra1sEL…

Weimar and Nazi Germany bundle.

Go fish - Knowledge recall and factor selection for 12 mark questions.

Hitler’s rise to Chancellor infographic.

#GCSE #historyteacher

docs.google.com/file/d/1z2rtA4…

docs.google.com/file/d/1X2ilp_…

A few people wanting to give this a go so here’s the template. Feel free to use my examples. Shouldn’t take you too long to crack... Hoping it’s a good resource to set students remotely/in a live lesson. Loads of recall/feedback #historyteacher #disthist

docs.google.com/file/d/12TLCHl…

‘Retrace their steps’. A one page fits all knowledge overview format applicable when adapted to all key stages. These examples GCSE focused. Explain each step (event) then note how it connects to the previous step. #historyteacher docs.google.com/file/d/1-8djZt…

'Sniff out the lies' Applicable format for KS3-5 testing students to recall knowledge and identify if statements are true or false. Students are then ask to either explain the truth or correct the lie. Also easy to set online #historyteacher #DistHist
drive.google.com/file/d/1GYSMnm…

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