These assessments (7 quizzes and 2 surveys) cover the requirements for source evaluation in History at KS3, and is designed to introduce students to the idea of using sources as evidence in a variety of contexts.

The resources can be used independently if you are teaching a specific topic but we recommend that students new to the idea of source evaluation try Brenda's Murder as a fun introduction to the concepts.

Brenda's Murder presents students with a scenario (differentiated by ability) then asks them to identify, analyse and evaluate evidence in order to solve the case. Students become comfortable with the processes involved without being tied to a specific (and potentially intimidating) historical context.

Henry II and Thomas Becket is a source-based resource which uses the same structure as Brenda's Murder whilst encouraging students to engage with a set of genuine historical sources.

More resources:

• Full teachers' Notes
• Lesson Plan for Brenda's Murder
• Lesson Plan for Henry II and Thomas Becket

• What was the Treaty of Versailles?
• Why did different countries disagree about how Germany should be treated?
• What were the terms of the Treaty?
• Why was Germany horrified by the Treaty? and Why did Germany sign the Treaty?
• Treaty of Versailles. Big Quiz.

• How did Communism and Capitalism differ?
• What happened at Yalta in February 1945?
• What happened at Potsdam in July 1945?
• Why did East - West relations continue to grow worse?
• What was the Truman Doctrine?
• Why did the USA offer Europe help through the Marshall Plan?
• What caused the Berlin Blockade?

This course covers the Weimar Republic from 1918 -1933. It includes quizzes on the following topics:

• What was the background to the Weimar Republic?
• What problems were faced by the Weimar Republic? - Spartacist Uprising 1919 and More Unrest
• What problems were faced by the Weimar Republic? - German reactions to defeat and the Treaty of Versailles
• What problems were faced by the Weimar Republic? - The Weimar Constitution
• What problems were faced by the Weimar Republic? - The Kapp Putsch (1920)
• What problems were faced by the Weimar Republic? - Reparations, the occupation of the Ruhr and hyperinflation (1923)
• Who was Gustav Stresemann?
• How far did the Weimar Republic recover under Stresemann?
• Why did the Great Depression lead to disaster in Germany?
• How did the German government deal with the problems of the Depression?
• The Big Quiz Part 1
• The Big Quiz Part 2

• What were NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
• How did the USSR and the USA become involved in Korea?
• What happened after Stalin's death (1953)?
• How did Khrushchev try to show that Communism could compete with the West?
• What happened in the Hungarian Rising (1956)?
• What happened in the nuclear arms race 1945-63?
• Who took the lead in the Space Race 1957-62?
• What happened in the U2 Crisis (1960)?
• Why was the Berlin Wall built (1961)
• Cold War Develops The Big Quiz 1
• Cold War Develops The Big Quiz 2

This course covers the following quizzes

• Who was Adolf Hitler?
• How did the National Socialist German Workers (NAZI) Party develop?
• How did the Nazis attempt to take power in the Munich Putsch (1923) and what was the result?
• Did the Nazis gain support 1924 - 1929?
• How was Hitler able to become Chancellor in January 1933?

Tests include:

• English Civil War (linked SoW)
• Great Fire Of London (linked SoW)
• Jacobites
• Martin Luther (linked SoW)
• Pirates
• The Great Plague
• The Mary Rose
• The Stuarts
• The Tudors
• Witchcraft

This Unit covers the following key questions:

• How did Hitler plan to move from a democracy to a dictatorship?
• How did the Reichstag Fire help the Nazis win the 1933 Election?
• What was the Enabling Law and how did Hitler manage to make it Law?
• How did Hitler deal with opposition to the Nazis?
• Why did Hitler kill the SA leaders on the Night of the Long Knives?
• Establishing a Nazi dictatorship : The Big Quiz!

• What was the League of Nations?
• Why didn't all countries join?
• How was the League structured?
• What were the strengths and weaknesses of the League?
• Why wasn't the League successful in dealing with the dictatorships of Japan, Germany and Italy?
• League of Nations. Big Quiz part 1.
• League of Nations. Big Quiz part 2.

This course covers the following topics at a variety of different levels of difficulty (B = Basic, M = Medium, D = Difficult):

• Causes of the Slave trade and the Triangular Trade
• The Middle Passage
• Plantation Life
• The Abolition Movement, Lincoln and the Civil War
• The KKK
• The Civil Rights Movement (including Martin Luther King)

• What was the policy of appeasement?
• Who supported appeasement and why?
• Why did Hitler want to take the Sudetenland and the rest of Czechoslovakia in 1938?
• Why did appeasement end after the take over of Czechoslovakia?
• Why was the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed in 1939?
• How did the war begin?
• The Big Quiz

This unit covers the following key questions:

• Why were people afraid to oppose Hitler and the Nazis?
• Which groups did the Nazis persecute?
• How did the Nazis increasingly persecute the Jews?
• How and why did Hitler try to control the churches?
• What plans did Hitler have for the women and children of Nazi Germany?
• How did the Nazis use propaganda?
• How did the Nazis deal with the economic problems in Germany?
• Did the German people benefit from Nazi rule?