Units of Work – September 2015
Year: 9
Subject: History
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Teaching Objectives
Suggested Activities:
group work; active
learning; research;
practical’s
Resources: text refs;
ppts; IT; equipment;
worksheets
Link to SMSC:
literacy; numeracy;
ICT
Extension re GAT / SEN
provision
Rich Questions: what;
why; where; when; how;
Misconceptions
DESCRIBE what the
British empire was like
Inference from
sources
Big Picture
Paragraph-gap filling
using maps or
Questions based on
maps
Independent work
Recap maps
Inference sources
Table
Questions
Active learningdiscussion
Inference source Cecil
Rhodes
X diagram
Question
Independent work
Inference video
Speech
Table
Questions
Active learningdiscussion/group
work opportunity
Inference source
Newspaper report
Group work
Power point
Worksheet
Video British
empire in colour
Cultural- diversity
Literacy- full
sentences
GAT- pupils using maps
to work out information
What British Empire?
Resources
Worksheet
Social-discussion
Literacy-full
sentences
AEN-key words defined
GAT- map colour coded
depending on how a
country was taken over
How did Britain get
such a big empire?
Power point
Worksheet
Video –Timelines.tv
Cultural- diversity of
experiences
Moral- how the x
factors live their lives
GAT-Using X diagram to
answer questions and
justify opinions
Who were the x-factors
of the British Empire?
Power point
Worksheet
Video Zulu Dawn
Literacy-full
sentences. Speech
AEN- key words to help
write speech
GAT- Questions to show
developed
understanding based on
sources
Why did the Zulu war
start?
Power point
Worksheet
Video Zulu Dawn
Literacy- newspaper
Social- group work
AEN- writing frame
provided
Why did Britain lose the
Battle of Ishandlwana?
1
CLASSIFY the reasons
how Britain got such a
big empire
2
3
4
5
IDENTIFY what parts
explorers, adventurers
and missionaries
played in creating the
British Empire
SUMMARISE the
reasons why the Zulu
war started
EVALUATE who had
the best chance of
winning
DESCRIBE the reasons
why the British lost
H&S
Homework
Home
learning
booklet
should be
completed
throughou
t the topic
and will be
due after
the
assessmen
t has been
completed
.
Ensure
sensible
moveme
the Battle of
Isandhlwana
nt
around
the
room
What is the Victoria
Cross?
Table
Questions
Independent work
Inference video
Wanted poster
Group work
Power point
Worksheet
Video Zulu
Literacy- justifying
opinions
AEN- key words
provided
GAT- questions to show
developed
understanding
How did Britain win the
battle of Rorkes Drift?
Power point
Worksheet
Video Zulu Dawn
Social- group work
Cultural- diversity
AEN- key words to
prompt pupil responses
Wanted Cetshweyo
poster
CONSIDER how
successful people
were at resisting
British rule in India?
Inference video
Living Graph
Questions
Active learningdiscussion
Moral- right and
wrong
Cultural- diversity
AEN- modelling of living
graph
GAT-Mini- newspaper
examining and specific
event
How successful were
local people at resisting
British Rule?
ANALYSE the reasons
why there was mutiny
against British rule in
India in 1857
Inference source
Spider diagram
Key 1 and 2
Mini newspaper
report
Independent learning
Power point
Worksheet
Textbook ‘Think
History 3
foundation’
Video Gandhi
Power point
Worksheet
Textbook
‘Heinemann
History 3’
Video Timeline.tv
Social- how people
lived
AEN – Pictures to
prompt pupil responses
Why was there a
mutiny in India?
1
0
EVALUATE what the
consequences of the
Indian Mutiny were
Power point
Envelope
Social- how people
lived
What were the
consequences of the
Indian mutiny?
1
1
UNDERSTAND just
how successful
Gandhi’s Salt March of
1930 was.
Recap causes Indian
Mutiny
Table
Questions
Cartoon design
Active learning
discussion
Facts about Mahatma
Gandhi- what do they
tell us?
Comic Strip
Key 1 and 2
GAT- Mini- newspaper
report asks pupil to
define key points from
lesson
AEN- key words defined
GAT- Designing a
political cartoon
Power point
Worksheet
Textbook ‘Think
History 3’
Video Gandhi
Moral- right and
wrong/ passive
resistance
6
EVALUATE if the
British were lucky to
win the Battle of
Rorkes Drift?
7
DESIGN a wanted
poster for Cetshweyo
8
9
GAT- pupils challenged
to define the most
important information.
Was the Salt March
successful?
Ensure
sensible
moveme
nt
around
the
room
1
2
EVALUATE how far the
British Empire was
responsible for the
Slave Trade
1
3
DESCRIBE how well
slaves were treated in
the British Empire
SUMMARISE the
reasons why slavery
was abolished in the
British Empire
1
4
1
5
INVESTIGATE why the
British Empire came to
the end of the road.
1
6
Assessment
Paragraph – agree,
disagree with
statement
Independent learning
Inference from
sources
Hands exercise
Verdict
Voyage of the African
Queen worksheet
Independent learning
Inference from source
Diary entry
Independent learning
Important dates in
history
Speech
Active learningdiscussion
Inference from sourcewhat’s the WALT
Road diagram
Legacy-inference form
source
Independent learning
Power point
Worksheet
Moral – right and
wrong
AEN- key words
GAT- Pupils use hands to
come to a verdict which
shows their own opinion
Was the British Empire
responsible for the
Slave Trade?
Power point
Worksheet
Video- Roots
Power point
Worksheet
Video???
Moral- right and
wrong
AEN- writing frame
provided
How were slaves
treated?
Moral- right and
wrong
Literacy- speech
writing
AEN- writing frame
provided
Why was slavery
abolished?
Power point
Textbook ‘Living
through history 3.’
Cultural- legacy of
empire
AEN-modelling of
diagram
GAT
Pupils use source to
define legacy of British
Empire
Why did the British
empire come to an
end?
‘The British empire
benefitted people in
Britain and natives who
lived in the Empire’
How far do you agree
with this statement? 16
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