Resources for Teaching History: 11-14

Susie Hodge is a secondary school teacher and a governor of the University of London. Susie writes articles and resources for museums and galleries, runs educational workshops in schools and other institutions and has written numerous education books.

'lesson plans [that] help teachers inspire pupils' TES, TES Scotland, TES Wales

• Introduction \ Part A: Early Britain \ 1. The Roman Empire \ 2. Medieval timelines \ 3. Medieval Britain timeline \ 4. Using sources \ 5. Who should be King? \ 6. Causes and consequences of the Norman Conquest \ 7. The Bayeux Tapestry \ Part B Castles and Crusades \ 8. The Age of Castles \ 9. The feudal system \ 10. The Domesday Book \ 11. Examining Medieval Life \ 12. The Crusades \ 13. The Crusades from both sides \ 14. Analysing a passage about the Crusades \ 15. Henry II and Thomas Becket \ 16. The Magna Carta \ Part C: Medieval life \ 17. The Black Death \ 18. The Peasants' Revolt \ 19. Relationships with other countries \ 20. Expanding control of Great Britain \ 21. Medieval justice \ 22. Rich and poor \ 23. Town life in the Middle Ages (1) \ 24. Town life in the Middle Ages (2) \ 25. Medieval village life \ 26. Religion in medieval life \ 27. The importance of religion \ Part D: Relationships \ 28. Achievements of the Islamic states from 600-1600 \ 29. The life of Muhammad and the spread of Islam \ 30. Merchants and trade \ 31. The Wars of the Roses \ 32. The Princes in the Tower \ Part E: The Tudors \ 33. What can we tell about Henry VIII from portraits? \ 34. Henry VIII and his wives \ 35. Tudor religion \ 36. Henry VIII and the monasteries \ 37. Mary Tudor - is 'Bloody Mary' a fair description? \ 38. Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots \ 39. Translating a Tudor painting \ 40. Wealthy Tudors \ 41. Reading Tudor portraits \ 42. How successfully did Elizabeth I deal with the problems of her reign? \ 43. Why did the Spanish Armada fail? \ Part F: The making of the United Kingdom \ 44. What caused the English Civil War? \ 45. The English Civil War \ 46. What was England like during the Civil War? \ 47. Why did the Parliamentarians win? \ 48. What kind of person was Oliver Cromwell? \ 49. Witchcraft! \ 50. What changed after the Civil War? \ 51. The Restoration \ 52. The Plague \ 53. The Glorious Revolution \ 54. The Great Fire of London \ 55. Uniting the United Kingdom \ Part G: Revolution! \ 56. Causes of the French Revolution \ 57. The French Revolution \ 58. The long-term effects of the French Revolution \ 59. The Industrial Revolution - population \ 60. Industrial Revolution - work \ 61. Agricultural Revolution \ 62. The Industrial Revolution - changes \ 63. The Industrial Revolution - inventions \ 64. The Industrial Revolution - transport \ Part H: Conflicts and developments, seventeenth to twentieth century \ 65. The new middle classes \ 66. 19th century towns and how the poor lived \ 67. Chartism \ 68. Mughal India \ 69. Mughal art and architecture \ 70. The British in India \ 71. Slavery \ 72. Votes for Women (1) \ 73. Votes for Women (2) \ 74. The Führer \ 75. What caused the Second World War? \ 76. The Holocaust \ 77. The Civil Rights Movement \ 78. Martin Luther King \ Recommended Resources