2nd lesson in the French Revolution scheme of work. This lesson introduces details about the Estate System, the long, short and trigger causes of revolution, and the Tennis Court Oath, using the painting by Jacques-Louis David as teaching aide.

1st lesson in a series on the English Civil War. This lesson is quite challenging. wordsearch starter -key words Tracks where the new monarch/ruling family came from after the death of Elizabeth I Venn diagram task where students looks at the long/short term causes of the Civil War, and catagorise them according to power, money and religion Opinion line plenary Very detailed lesson (probably takes 2 lessons)

Second lesson in the English Civil War SoW This lesson defines what a civil war is, introduces the two sides of the war, the leaders, who makes up each side, why they chose that side, and what they looked like. Challenges conceptions such as the idea that all of Parliament supported the parliamentarians, and that the aim of the war was to get rid of the King. A task prompting students to make two recruitment posters leads them towards looking at exactly what each side disliked about the other, and where the specific conflict points were. Ends with a class source analysis.

A lesson that does a brief overview of the League of Nations, and why it failed. This is aimed at KS3, but could be used for lower ability GCSE as an introduction. This lesson provides some comprehension tasks for an overview of the League, and then presents some source questions. The lesson in finished off with a ‘message of the source’ GCSE style practice question, which could be talked through as a class. Copies of the source are provided for students to stick in/annotate. All resources provided, no text book needed.

An introductory lesson to World War One at KS3, looking at the different types of government and political alliances in Europe in 1914. Could also be useful for lower ability GCSE classes. Provides a map to be annotated, and lots of discussion questions. Really good way to set the scene for the outbreak of conflict - students can find it difficult to understand how some of the causes of WW1 came about without this information. All resources provided, no textbook needed.

This lessons was written for KS3, but might work for GCSE. Introduces the ‘trigger’ cause, with details on the Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand through a video. Then students will look at the M.A.I.N (militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism) causes of ww1, collect information and explain how they contributed to war. There are information sheets provided, I’m not sure why, the images appear to have gone very dark on one of them. Apologies for that! The more difficult sheet also has a LA version. Finishes with a source question based on a political cartoon.

This is an introduction Edexcel Route G: Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe, Paper 1, Option 1G: Germany and West Germany, 1918-89 Gives a brief overview of what will be studied, and dedicates some time to what pupils have previously learned about, assuming they have studied the period previously at KS3 or GCSE. If it wasn’t a topic previously studied, this could instead look at what they know from their own knowledge, and can be a good chance to address any stereotypes or misconceptions. The main tasks involves pupils finding stories from newspapers that reflect the themes that will be studied (Political and governmental change, Opposition control and consent,Economic development and policies,Aspects of life in Germany - although, Britain to begin with) in our own society today. This allows them to gain understanding of what each of the themes will entail. The extension task to this is to see if they can correlate any stories seen in the papers with prior knowledge about Germany. This will require you to buy some newspapers leading up to the lesson. Recommended is a mixture of different types of newspaper, including local, broadsheet and tabloid - this allows for the most productive discussion about attitudes of the press towards similar issues.

Very first lesson for the Edexcel course, so also includes an introduction to the UK Government section of the course, including a brief overview of the topics, the layout of the exam etc. Lesson includes a detailed PPT and a worksheet to fill in. Lesson covers the meaning of democracy, an overview of the difference between direct and representational democracy, and an activity to address the strengths and weaknesses of both. Also provides detailed modern examples of both (Brexit and the 2017 minority government - the latter could be updated depending on the political events of the coming months!) Lesson concludes with an exam question planning session, great for a recap and to discuss essay structure.

This lesson is for the AQA History GCSE ‘Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship’ course. It could probably be adapted for OCR/Edexcel too. It makes reference to the Red Oxford AQA textbook, but the lesson can be done without this as there is an information sheet provided. Lesson starts by looking at the famous Niemöller poem, asking students to think about what it means, and can they name any contextual examples from prior study that would corroborate with his claims. There is an introductory video clip for discussion, to get students thinking about why the Nazis would oppose the Church, and then a task to get them to look into why there wasn’t more opposition from the Church itself, as well as looking at the differing points of view from the different denominations, as well as a living graph task to track the relationship between the Nazis and the Church over time. Finishes with a 4 mark exam practice question which could be planned, written as a group, given for homework, or written up as a plenary activity.

This lesson is part of the AQA History GCSE ‘Migration, Empires and the People’ module, specifically section 1: Conquered and Conquerors. It uses the blue Hodder migration textbook, but if you’re using the collective textbook with all the options in you’ll just need to find the correct pages and adjust accordingly on the PPT. This is the first lesson of the course, and so gives an overview of the different topics and themes studied. It’s a good idea to stick in a copy of these themes, the lessons are colour coded to match (same thing can be added to any of your own lessons, feel free to change the colours). When I’ve taught this, it’s been in a school where we had studied the AS and Vikings in Y7. If this is not the case, change the started task to anything they might know about the period. Lesson gives a good brief overview of what happened between the Romans leaving, into the Viking invasion. There is then a task to help them familiarise themselves with the Viking invasion, Great Heathen Army etc. Second task asks them to make a comparrison between Alfred the Great and Aethelred the Unready. From experience, these lessons from the earliest period of study are the ones they find the hardest from the whole course, so go slow and make regular revisits to the content.

This lesson is part of the AQA History GCSE ‘Migration, Empires and the People’ module, specifically section 1: Conquered and Conquerors. Lesson starts with a recap of what students can remember about Alfred the Great, before introducting Knut’s North Sea Empire. Main focus of the lesson is on the significance of Alfred, Knut and Emma of Normandy - mostly who was the most significant. Main task is a card sort where students are provided with evidence that can be attributed one of the three historical figures. First they have to establish who each piece of information belongs to; once that’s done, they must stick them down - the highter to the top of the page they place them, the more significant they deem the piece of evidence. (Provided is a blank copy of the evidence, and a colour coded version to check the answers) Following this, there is the plan for a significance question on Knut. This comes with a blank copy to fill in individually or as a group, and a filled in version for some ideas. Finally, a chance for a written answer or group discussion which of the three (Alfred, Knut, Emma) they think was the most significant and why (When I’ve done this in the past, I’ve often ask them to stick a post-it on the board with their choice and reason)

This lesson is part of the AQA History GCSE ‘Migration, Empires and the People’ module, specifically section 1: Conquered and Conquerors. This is the third lesson of the course. Begins by looking at the link between France and the kings of England following 1066, before introducing the Angevin Empire. But why ‘Angevin?’ - follow up task introduces the Norman, Angevin and Plantagenet family trees, and what the link is between them. ‘Annotated’ family tree provided to walk through it. Section in the text book should also be read, and then a short task to check understanding. Main task is to annotate a provided map with how the Angevin Empire was formed (important to stress that next lesson will look at the LOSS of the Empire - hence why John is included). 8 mark comparrison question between the North Sea and Angevin empires included, complete with mark scheme. Also includes a homework task to prepare for the next lesson on the Hundred Years War

An introductory lesson to the Industrial Revolution, where students will look at home the IR had an impact on the landscape and population. Includes key words. 1)a fun starter - how many of the pictures can pupils identify? What do they all have in common (all invented/discovered during the IR) a ‘spot the difference’ between 2 scenes (1750-1900). Table to fill in responses included Assessing population size, urbanisation and life expenctancy - what can that tell us about the changes happening to people’s lives? A cycle to explain population growth A final task - write a letter home after living in an industrial city for a few months, to highlight there differences (also emphasises the change of moving away from a support system)

A lesson looking at how Elizabeth use portraits (and symbols) to control her image. Pupils will use a grid system that will help them step by step to dissect two portraits (rainbow portrait and Armada portrait), which will have them first label the symbols, then what they mean, and finally what the message/intention of the source is. They can then make a judgment as to how well they think Elizabeth controlled her image. Includes a copy of the source grids that is both blank and has heading prompts - you can choose which is best suited to your group. Also includes a homework which discusses differences in authorship.

Because they’re too often forgotten! A lesson with allows pupils to research a woman of their choice, from Elizabeth Woodville, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Cecily Neville, Anne Neville, Lady Margret Beaufort and Margaret of Anjou. A little information is provided about each to help them get started/choose. Includes some nice extension activities too.

Third lesson in Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485-1603 spec - for ‘Aspects in breadth: Controlling a fractious nation – changes in Tudor government 1485-1603’ This lesson focuses on the role of the Privy Council. Notes provide a brief overview for the reigns of Henry VII and VIII, and then introduces a research task. Lesson includes links to research articles to give to the students - this will just save you/them some time! They cover the structure and changes to the council, as well as some of the key members.

This is a free resource. Begins with a 'which of these promentant figures do we recognise?" task - some discussion into each of them can be done. Main task - research and present in some way, a key figure from Black history. Gives a big list of examples of both men and women to cover a range of interest areas, but others can be chosen. There are also some optional extension tasks which prompt pupils to look at the 1960s Civil Rights movements in the USA, and the British Race Relations Acts of 1965 and 1976.

A resource to help students make notes on the purpose of Nazi economic policy. For the Edexcel A Level: Germany and West Germany 1918-89 Part 3: Economic development and policies 1918-89 This sheet requires the Pearson ‘Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in 20th century Europe’ text book.

Pupils sort the information avaliable to decide who is ACTUALLY responsible for Becket's death. They then explain their decision using evidence from the lesson.