By popular demand, this course will explore a range of historic periods and themes through the lens of some very famous monkeys (and apes!) History is a wonderfully diverse subject and does not need to focus on great people, kings and wars. These creatures will give students a glimpse of incredible stories from the question of where Irish people came from to a monkey that fought dogs in 19th century London. By using the monkey as a lens by which to look at history we may well discover a lot about ourselves.  

History: Monkeys in History

The Monkey of Navan Fort – An ancient monkey that may prove that ancient Ireland was more connected to the world than we think. 

Jacco Macacco – the Fighting Monkey of London

The Darwin ‘Ape’ – The Theory of Evolution and How it Rocked the World

King Louis – Kipling, the Jungle Book and Empire

Able and Miss Baker – How Monkeys beat Humans into Space

Donkey Kong – The History of Nintendo

Worksheets

Geography is a deeply practical subject that involves the use of maps, data, graphs and practical fieldwork experiments. This course is intended to give students experience with a wide range of practical and analytical skills to help them grow into the next great geographers who will develop a deeper understanding of our planet, its people and processes.

Geography: Geographical Skills

Understanding Maps

Analysing Maps

Using Graphs and Tables

Interpreting data

Fieldwork - Rivers and the Ocean

Fieldwork - Understanding People

Explore the masters of the second largest empire ever to grace the planet. From their origins on the Mongolian steppes to their terrifying conquests in Asia and Europe, the Mongols are famous for their brutality, ingenuity and super-cool moustaches. 

History: The Mongols

The Rise of Temujin

Genghis Khan Vs China

Genghis Khan Vs the Khwarazmian Empire

Ogadai Khan Vs China

Ogadai Khan Vs Europe

Kublai Khan Vs Japan

Weather is something that produces a lot of conversation in the UK, but it’s usually pretty mild. Weather can be extreme in other places though and this course will help build understanding of just how destructive weather can be. From tropical storms to showers of fish, we’ll explore the weird, wonderful and terrifying world of weather. 

Geography: Wild Weather

Tropical Storms

Tornados

Floods

Droughts

Climate Change

Raining Fish and Frogs!

We round off the series on WW2 (The Rise of Hitler, WW2 Western Front, WW2 Easter Front) with this course on the conflict in the Pacific. The course begins in 1937 with Japanese actions in China and explores the vast Japanese expansion after the attack on Pearl Harbour. Our allied focus is largely on the Americans and Australians, with the course ending at VJ day, where Imperial Japan surrenders following intense firebombing and the first and only use of nuclear weapons in anger. 

History - WW2 Pacific

Marco Polo Bridge

Pearl Harbour

Japanese Explosion

Bataan Death March

New Guinea

Fire and Nukes

Worksheet

Explore the government of the UK in this course that combines human geography with citizenship and politics. The government of the UK is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Our leaders make the laws and rules that we live by and decide the fate of a nation. How do these people get into power, how does the system function and what is our role in the process? We’ll answer all of these questions and many more!

Geography - The UK Government

Parliament

Political Parties

Making a Law

Voting at Elections

Protest and Direct Action

Brexit

This course is a little different to my usual history courses. Instead of taking one topic and diving in deep, this course is all about learning to write effective answers to big historical questions. Each lesson focuses on one of the key skills used in history from KS2 to KS4 and will help students to write paragraphs that get to the heart of an issue in as effective a way as possible. 
Each lesson will use a particular figure from history as our basis so there will still be a heap of new, interesting history facts to learn. These historical figures will hopefully be familiar already so we can really get deep into how to structure our writing. 


History - How to Write History

Change and Continuity Featuring William the Conqueror

Similarity and Difference Featuring Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr

Significance Featuring Genghis Khan

Cause and Consequence Featuring Henry VIII and His Wives

Source Analysis Featuring Osman

Interpretations Featuring Che Guevara

Farming is a big deal; it keeps the vast majority of people on the planet alive! We’ll take a tour of the farm, from arable crops including wheat and rice to the farming of animals, specifically cows and chickens. We’ll also explore the way fish is farmed and take a look into the future of agriculture in the form of clever ways to feed an ever-growing human population. 

Geography - Farming

Growing Wheat

Growing Rice

Dairy Farming

Chickens and Eggs

Farming Fish

Farming of the Future

Mark Scheme

Assessment

Revolution is in the air! We will be taking a thematic look at revolutions from around the world, with an eye to discovering any common patterns or themes within them. Why do revolutions start? Do they always require death and destruction? Do things end up better after a revolution than before? From the Boston Tea Party to Madame Guillotine, Lenin to Castro and Tehran to Tahrir Square, this one’s for the rebels!

History - Revolution

The USA: 1783

France: 1789

Russia: 1917

Cuba: 1959

Iran: 1979

The Arab Spring: 2010

Energy is big news and makes big money. In the modern Western world, we need energy in huge amounts to keep us heated, mobile and connected. This course looks at some of the main types of fuel we use – where does it come from? How do we extract it? How do we use it to create the electricity or power that we need? We go on a journey from coal mines to wind farms, Chernobyl to the Three Gorges Dam. 

Geography - Energy

Coal

Oil & Gas

Nuclear

Geothermal & Solar

Wind & Biofuel

Water

Our history of WW2 continues with the focus now shifting to the East and the Soviet Union. How did Hitler and Stalin go from being allies to enemies? How did the Soviets stop the Nazi war machine? How did people fight in all that snow? The answers to these questions will be made clear as we explore the bloodiest, the biggest and the baddest battlefields in human history. 

History: WW2 Eastern Front

The Soviets - Friends or Foes?

Barbarossa

Battle of Moscow

General Winter

Stalingrad

Kursk

More of the population of earth now live in cities than they do outside of them. Join me as we take a look at cities; how they grow, how they manage with problems and why they are now more popular than the countryside. We’ll also focus on three cities to develop case study skills: New York, a developed city, Beijing, an emerging city, and Addis Ababa, a developing city. 

Geography: City Living

The Shape of a City

City Growth

Slum Life

New York

Beijing

Addis Ababa

Explore the Roman world through the lens of some of its most influential leaders. From Augustus, the first Emperor, to Constantine, its last, we will learn about some pretty colourful characters. Nero is the famous mum-murdering despot who fiddled whilst Rome burnt – but was he as bad as they say? Trajan ruled over the Roman Empire at its largest, but did he do it for the fame, the money or just because he was bored? Constantine I was the first Christian Emperor, but why did he take the leap of faith? Justinian’s wife Theodora was at least as famous as he was, but could he survive the scandal attached to her? Each lesson will be a riot of pomp and massive egos!

History: Roman Emperors

Augustus

Nero

Trajan

Constantine I

Justinian I

Constantine XI

Join me on a tour through Russia – the largest country on Earth. This course will take you from the megacity of Moscow, over the Ural Mountains down into the seemingly-unending taiga forests. From there we’ll dive into Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake on Erath, where fish made from mostly oil mix with the only freshwater seals in existence. We’ll trek the wilds of Siberia in search of wild animals and end in Kalmykia, the only predominantly Buddhist society in Europe. 

Geography: Russia

Moscow

The Urals

The Taiga

Lake Baikal

Siberia

Kalmykia

History: WW2 Western Front

Outbreak

Blitzkrieg

Dunkirk

North Africa

Battle of Britain

D-Day

Geography: Natural Disasters

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Wild Bugs and Beasts

Geography: Famous Explorers

Marco Polo

Christopher Columbus

Ferdinand Magellan

Sir Walter Raleigh

Captain Cook

Roald Amundsen

History: History Mysteries

Atlantis

Cambyses' Lost Army

The Lost Legion

Roanoke Colony

The Mary Celeste

Amelia Earhart

As the only compulsory topic in the UK History curriculum, the Holocaust holds and important place in our understanding of the 20th Century. We will explore the terrible events of the attempted extermination of the Jewish people over this six week course, from beginning to end.


History: The Holocaust

Anti-Semitism

The Night of Broken Glass

Ghettos

Einzatsgruppen

Death Camps

Remembering the Holocaust

Conservation is an important part of ensuring humanity's survival on our planet. From bees to electricity, our rivers to pandas, we'll explore the topic of conservation through six case studies.

Geography: Conservation

Conserving Our Soil

Conserving Our Rivers

Conserving Our Energy

Conserving Our Bees

Conserving Our British Countryside

Conserving Our Pandas

Under the surface of the Earth there is an entire realm of cool and mysterious geography. From looking at the structure of our planet, to visiting the strange creatures that lurk below, this course will be full of caves, critters and case studies. 

Geography: Caves and the Underground

The Lithosphere

Cave Systems

Curious Caves

Underground Creatures

Mines

Cave Disaster!

One of the most iconic women in history, Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt. Famous for her romances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, there’s a lot more to Cleo than her boyfriends! We’ll see how she gradually ‘removed’ her family, how she fought in naval battles and how she loved to dress up!

History: Cleopatra

Cleopatra’s Family Tree

Cleopatra and Caesar

Antony and Octavian

Antony and Cleopatra

The Battle of Actium

The Death of Cleopatra

The Archaemenid Perisan empire is one of the largest the world has ever seen. We will trace its rise and fall from its founder Cyrus the Great to its destruction by Alexander the Great. Explore the fascinating empire that was ruled over by people who called themselves the kings of kings.

History: Archaemenid Persia

The Rise

Adventures in Lydia and Babylon

Cambyses

Darius the Great

Xerxes

The Fall

Explore the polar regions of the planet by investigating physical geography, the fragility of ecosystems, people who live in these areas and follow in the footsteps of some intrepid explorers.

Geography: The Polar Regions

Physical Geography

Adaptations

Inuit

Shackleton

Macquarie Island

Changing Landscapes

This course will be about the Amazon rainforest, the Amazon river, the people and animals that live there. The Amazon is a unique and environment that is both valuable and threatened. We will look at peak precipitation, pink river dolphins, the canopy and much more! 

Geography: The Amazon

Using Figures

The River

Amazon Life

Wildlife

Deforestation

Conservation

As one of the most recognisable names of the 20th century, Adolf Hitler's later life is well known. But how did he get into a position to declare war on the world? We will examine the threads of economics, politics and hatred that led this man to become the Fuhrer of Nazi Germany. 


History: The Rise of Hitler

The Treaty of Versailles

The Weimar Republic

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