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Teaching Ideas & Activities: GCSE

Women in Nazi Germany

An ‘engaging’ activity devised by Christina Pascoe to develop students’ understanding of the ‘ideal woman’ Nazi Germany.

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Spin PowerPoints

From the TeachMeet session at the 2012 SHP Conference, find out how Lesley Ann McDermott uses Spin Powerpoints to add spice to GCSE revision.

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SHP Conference 2012

History Around Us:
Archaeology and the NMR

Guidance and an activity from Mary Mills, Catherine McHarg and Ian Coulson on doing archaeological research without leaving the classroom.

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SHP Conference 2009

Raising Attainment at GCSE & A Level

A second report from Dale Banham and Russell Hall on their action research project to promote curiosity, intrinsic motivation and a greater degree of independence amongst their A Level students – and how they applied the key principles to GCSE.

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SHP Conference 2013

Revising individuals from
the Medicine Development Study

Find out how Muriel Wilkins uses bingo revision to help her students to sort out the key individuals from the history of medicine.

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Simulating an early 19th Century
Surgical Operation

Find out how Andy Harmsworth provides his students with an engaging and memorable introduction to a series of lessons on the development of surgery.

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