Year Nine lessons

Who were the suffragettes? A lesson introducing students to the aims and methods of the Suffragettes

WW1 Wordsearch

Fling the Teacher, Half a min and Invaders WW1 activities

Year Nine Worksheets

These are a selection of worksheets that are available to be downloaded either in Word, PDF or as Flipcharts.

• Why women wanted the vote (word) This is a sequencing activity, followed by a speech writing activity as Emmeline Pankhurst
• The Suffragettes (pdf) This is a worksheet outlining the beliefs and activities of the suffragettes wih some nice picture sources
• Suffragette timeline (pdf) A timeline based on primary sources - students need to sort into chronological order
• Suffragette merchandise (pdf) Images of merchandise produced by the Suffragettes - students can design a T-shirt based on these images
• Why did women get the vote (higher) (pdf) A discussion of the variety of reasons why women won the vote with activities based on sources
• Why did women get the vote (lower) (pdf) As above but for lower ability students
• Suffragette Assessment (pdf) This includes differentiated assessments for NC Levels 3-6 and a markscheme
• William Cuffay - the Black Chartist (pdf) A worksheet about the role that Cuffay played in the Chartists with a mixture of comprehension questions and a task asking pupils to write a poem about Cuffay
• Housing conditions (sourcework) (pdf)This is a worksheet based on cartoon sources about the living conditions and a structure for answering utility style questions
• Charles Booth and Fulham (pdf) This worksheet looks at the work of Charles Booth and his report into poverty in London in the late 19th Century. There is an extract from his report into Fulham. The activities are mainly comprehension as well as writing a report about problems today.
• Charles Booth SEN (pdf) As above but differentiated for lower ability with an additional picture source and questions
• Sources about children in the factories (pdf) Five sources from Spartacus which can be used as part of a newspaper report about children in the factories
• World War One overview (word) This is a brief outline of the causes (no activities)
• World War One odd one out starter OHP (word)
• Trench warfare game (word) This is a decision making game that I designed on my PGCE and still use it over ten years later! Students work in small groups and make decisions that are recorded on the sheet available on the results download. One person from the group acts as the judge and reads out the results of each decision.
• Trench warfare game results (word)
• Trench warfare wordsearch (flip) This is a wordsearch that can be done an interactive whiteboard as a starter or a plenary
• Henry Compton Logbook 1914 (pdf) Entries from the school logbook during the First World War and a copy of the Air Raid warning. The students have to write the Headteacher's speech on Armistice Day. Read Iain Blakelock-Rae's speech here.
• Recruitment in WW1 (part 1) (pdf) Images from the recruiting offices in Hammersmith in 1914
• Recruitment in WW1 (part 2) (pdf) A speech from the Mayor of Hammersmith, October 1918 and a letter about a 'patriotic family' whose five sons were fighting, 1914
• Recruitment questions (pdf) questions to go with the sources
• Edward Dwyer VC (1) (pdf) Starter activity about the youngest winner of the VC in the First World War
• Edward Dwyer VC (2) (pdf) Image of Dwyer in action and official citation awarding the VC
• Edward Dwyer VC Task (pdf) Letter written by Dwyer and task asking students to write an obituary for Dwyer
• Edward Dwyer webpage the above activities on Edward Dwyer can be found online here
• Revison crossword (word)
• WW2 mystery objects (pdf) Can you work out the 6 objects that come from the Second World War?
• WW2 historical fiction (pdf) Two extracts about the effects of bombing (one from Small Island, one from the BBC VE Day website) showing the difference between fact and fiction. Differentiated version included.
• Evacuation (word) Read Marjorie Blakelock's experiences of being evacuated as a child during WW2

World War One websites Do your own research to find out more about the First World War

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