This extention pack is designed for Key Stage 3 and provides a resource for teaching and learning about the issues and events that characterized medieval Britain. The pack includes photocopiable activities such as an investigation of whether Robin Hood really existed, a medieval police report about the murder of Thomas Becket and a template for pupils to "build" their own castles. All of the activities are self-supporting and so are ideal for homework assignments or additional classroom work. The foundation sheets are designed to reinforce the issues and topics taught in lessons, and build towards activities that also extend lower ability pupils' knowledge and understanding.

This is a resource for teaching and learning about the issues and events that characterize Tudor, Stuart and early-18th-century Britain. This pack features photocopiable activities including an opportunity for pupils to "fight" the Armada battle, an investigation on the use of propaganda in portraits (across this and other periods), and an examination of whether Cromwell's tactics at Drogheda were a result of military necessity or blood lust. The foundation sheets are designed to reinforce the issues and topics taught in lessons, and build towards activities that also extend lower ability pupils' knowledge and understanding.

This CD-ROM is packed with activities designed to be used with the whole class on a whiteboard or data projector. It contains interactive starter, main and plenary activities which can be used stand-alone or to support the teaching and learning of each chapter in the following Hodder History student books: - The Roman Empire - Conflict, People and Power: Medieval Britain 1066-1500 In addition there are a set of activities designed to be used at the beginning of Year 7 to aid student's progression from Key Stage 2 to 3 by developing their historical skills. The CD-ROM contains activities that are: - fun and engaging - built around the Key Stage 3 strategy - designed to encourage whole class interaction Each activity is supported by teacher notes explaining the objectives of the activity and how to carry it out. Other CD-ROMs in the series include: - Hodder History: Britain: 1500-1750 and Britain: 1750-1900 CD-ROM - Hodder History: A World Study after 1900 and the Black Peoples of America CD-ROM

Challenge and Change

by John D. Clare

Published 23 June 2000
This is an exciting Key Stage 3 resource for teaching lower attainers about the issues and events of the 20th century. It never lets go of the period's story, providing opportunities to examine the big picture and investigate particular topics. Discover how, in the 1920s, the German army resorted to practising in cardboard cut-out tanks; the reason why, in the 1930s, some unemployed Americans were paid to walk around with balloons on long strings; why black people in South Africa at the time of apartheid could have been imprisoned for five years just for sitting on a park bench; and how, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, large numbers of police spies lost their jobs and became taxi drivers.