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I have been disappointed recently by the shortage of materials available for teaching the crime and punishment element of the SHP GCSE. With this in mind I decided I would upload all of the materials I have collected from various people on the theme of crime and punishment and allow anyone who wanted to access them and to add their own too. It is an ongoing process which currently is the host to a lot of primary source material from Durham Prison and I'll be adding stuff from various people as and when I get the opportunity. Obviously not all the material in this folder is mine (quite a lot is from years of swapping files etc) but if you find your worksheet or powerpoint hidden within and don't want it to be then tell me and I'll remove anything. Similarly if you've got something you think I should upload then please pass it on and I'll add it. I'm not going to be storing any copyrighted materials within either so as to avoid any legal hassles.

Should you want access to my dropbox folder please pm me and I'll share the contents with you. This is an open offer to anyone interested in teaching crime and punishment.]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 15:24:20 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=13854 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14480
Thanks]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 14:17:47 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14480 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14479
We are moving to a 2 Year KS3 curriculum and therefore will have to re-write Y7 and 8.

I am keen to include the good stuff that we usually teach in Y9 but am not sure what to leave out.

Do you think Y8 could deal with the holocaust?

Which topics are important to teach to students before they take GCSE history/or drop history completely?

Has anyone else re-written their KS3 curriculum and if so what have you included/left out?

Thanks]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 12:20:13 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14479 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14478

We currently have enought Ben Walsh 3rd Edition/2nd Edition for everyone but find them a bit light on some of the topics. We also have a half class set of John's books as well (my stop gap solution)

So we are currently doing:

International Relations: WWI, Cold War Origins & Crises

Depth Study: USA - Roaring 20s, Depression and New Deal, Civil Rights


Any thoughts on good textbooks for these? Anyone ditching theirs for a new course and want to sell??






We also have a group of students studying Medicine and the Nazi germnay depth study for the AQA History A SHP course. They have the white covered textbooks by Banham, Culpin et al


We are also looking to do the Nazi Germany study for all students in the future, does anyone have a book which is good for both the History A and History B Nazi germany depth studies??





Many thanks for reading this rather confusing post. Any suggestions greatly received



Alex]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 12:18:23 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14478 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14471

Jean genie by David Bowie,
Girlfriend in a coma by The Smiths

... and that is it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 10:41:51 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14471 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14468


Just doing a lesson the black death with my wonderful Year 7's and a very astute pupil has just asked why the fleas didn't die from the plague? Does anyone know and can help me out?



Thanks,]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 08:49:38 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14468 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14460
I have not seen one for the last four years. I haven't been observed by a specialist history teacher for four years.

The Inner London consensus seems to be that Ofsted want to see levelled learning objectives, progress checks every ten minutes, minimal teacher input, group work, self assessment, extended writing .... am not sure where the History fits in anymore.

Please fill me in on what constitutes outstanding History these days. Any real life examples appreciated. I feel I have been transported to an ideological wasteland where History teaching itself is peripheral.]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 19:56:02 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14460 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14337 Hi all,

I took a position in a year and half ago Humanities deptwhereby the previous history teacher had left the curriculum in a disastersituation. In Ks3 we rotate 8 90minute lessons with RE and Geography.



I’m currently rewriting the curriculum, including all thelessons too! Im finding it a really struggled to interrelate content with theskills! We only have 8 lessons to teach each unit it so I find it really difficult where there is such scope!





So far my curriculum outline is below:

Y7

Unit 1 – Battle of Hastings

Unit 2 – Medieval Life

Unit 3 – Kings and Queens

Unit 4 – Industrial Britain

Y8

Unit 5 – World War 1

Unit 6 – Interpretations of Haig and the Battle of theSomme

Unit 7 – Holocaust

Unit 8 – Days that shook the world.



I am pleased with the outline of the curriculum and thereare elements which are great.

However I really struggled with the integrations ofskills, it has never been my ‘strong’ point but I want tobe more clear in my aim so if the dreaded OFSTED came I could be clear on theunit’s aim / overall skill.



Hence why I am hoping for some advice off someestablished History teachers.



Unit 4 – Is Historical Enquiry, using physical evidence.

Unit 6 – Interpretations



However the rest just looks at content / knowledge andunderstanding. Any advice or tips? Anyideas of overall big key question which tackles a skill too?



Look forward to reading all your advice.

Thanks!

]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 11:08:16 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14337 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14474
Something of a quandary, I need to re-interview two of my team with a view to one of them becoming permanent.

Of my many troubles, I've used up my stock interview questions already, when I interviewed them last summer. Hate to look like I've a lack of imagination.

Could anyone kindly share their best? Maybe even by PM?

Anything at all would be most gratefully received.

NeilM]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 16:44:36 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=14474 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=13191 http://bit.ly/cw7pka
It would be nice if people let us know what they think
any (relevant) suggestions welcome]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 15:48:43 +0000 http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=13191