Extension Activities in History for More Able Students

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Age Range: KS3

Stretch knowledge and develop comprehension skills through activities which encourage further research. Teachers Notes include attainment levels, while 11 appendices supply additional source material.

Topics include: Domesday Book; Castles; Crusades; Monasteries; Magna Carta; Peasants' Revolt; Guilds; Mary Queen of Scots; Spanish Armada; Civil War; Luddites; Gunpowder Plot; Suffragettes; WW1 issues; Atomic war.

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Size: 68 Pages
ISBN: 978 1 86025 231 0
Author(s): Valerie Glover
Code: EAHM
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Contents List

LESSONS

Britain 1066-1500

7 DOMESDAY What kind of information was recorded in the Domesday Book?
9 ATTACKING A CASTLE Techniques for attacking and defending a castle.
11 FIGHTING A 'HOLY WAR'? Reasons for joining the crusades.
13 POVERTY, CHASTITY, OBEDIENCE The role of monasteries in medieval England.
15 THE ROAD TO FREEDOM The Magna Carta as the beginning of granting people rights.
17 FIGHTING FOR CHANGE Reasons for the Peasants' Revolt.
19 GUILDS Reasons for the formation of guilds.

Britain 1500-1750

21 THE REFORMATION Henry VIII's reasons for establishing a new church.
23 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Reasons for and against the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
25 DEFEATED! Why did the Spanish Armada fail?
27 CIVIL WAR Reasons for the English Civil War.
29 LEVELLERS AND DIGGERS What were their aims?
31 GUNPOWDER PLOT Who was responsible for the Gunpowder Plot?
33 LONDON'S BURNING! The overcrowded nature of cities in the 17th century.

Britain 1750-1900

35 SMASH THE MACHINES! What was the Luddites' objection to new technology?
37 ROADBUILDERS What made a good road in the 19th century?
39 RAILWAY MANIA What was the importance of railways in 19th century England?
41 TOWN LIFE The health hazards in towns in 19th century England.
43 PAINTING THE MAP PINK The connection between the British Empire and Britain's wealth.
45 ALL WORK AND NO PLAY Working conditions for children in new factories.

A World Study after 1900

47 THE 'CAT AND MOUSE ACT' The government response to the suffragettes' movement.
49 JOIN UP The different responses to the outbreak of the First World War.
51 BATTLE OF THE SOMME How Haig justified the continuation of the Battle of the Somme.
53 JUST SAY 'NO'! What treatment conscientious objectors received in the First World War.
55 WOMEN AND WORLD WAR ONE How life changed for women through the First World War.
57 DUNKIRK PROPAGANDA How the British government's propaganda turned a defeat into a victory.
59 WAR AND TECHNOLOGY Technological advancement and how it changed warfare.
61 ATOMIC WAR Was the use of the atomic bomb justified?

Additional Resources: Online Assessment

Preview tests forCastles andThe Causes of World War I delivered via our Yacapaca assessment system.

These tests are part of larger assessment resources: Britain 1066–1500 andGCSE History: The Modern World