Hello and welcome. I am currently a head of faculty, with well over a decade of teaching experience, specialising in History. I am passionate about developing excellent teaching resources that allow all pupils to feel challenged, supported and immersed in their learning. I aim to provide rigorously planned lessons which are regularly updated to reflect meaningful, pedagogical changes in the curriculum.
Hello and welcome. I am currently a head of faculty, with well over a decade of teaching experience, specialising in History. I am passionate about developing excellent teaching resources that allow all pupils to feel challenged, supported and immersed in their learning. I aim to provide rigorously planned lessons which are regularly updated to reflect meaningful, pedagogical changes in the curriculum.
This is a complete unit of lessons, covering all 4 topics from the specification in their entirety.
Each lesson is fully resourced and contains in-depth information, activities, exam practice and educational videos throughout.
• Topic 1: Medicine in Medieval England, 1250-1500
o Lesson 1: Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
o Lesson 2: Approaches to Prevention and Treatment, 1250-1500
o Lesson 3: Case Study - The Black Death, 1348-49
• Topic 2: The Medical Renaissance, 1500-1700
o Lesson 4: Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
o Lesson 5: Approaches to Prevention and Treatment
o Lesson 6: Case Study - William Harvey’s Blood Circulation Discovery
o Lesson 7: Case Study - The Great Plague of London, 1665
• Topic 3: Medicine in 18th and 19th Century Britain (1700-1900)
o Lesson 8: Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
o Lesson 9: Approaches to Prevention and Treatment
o Lesson 10: Case Study - Fighting Cholera in London, 1854
• Topic 4: Medicine in Modern Britain, 1900-Present
o Lesson 11: Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
o Lesson 12: Approaches to Prevention and Treatment
o Lesson 13: Case Study - Fleming, Florey and Chain’s Development of Penicillin
o Lesson 14: Case Study - The Fight Against Lung Cancer in the 21st Century
Edexcel GCSE History: The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches
Lesson 1: The historical context of medicine in the early 20th century.
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Topic 1: The Weimar Republic, 1918-29
Lesson 5: The recovery of the Republic, 1924–29
Reasons for economic recovery, including the work of Stresemann, the Rentenmark, the Dawes and Young Plans and American loans and investment.
The impact on domestic policies of Stresemann’s achievements abroad: the Locarno Pact, joining the League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, 1250-present
Topic 2: The Medical Renaissance, 1500-1700
• Lesson 1: Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
• Lesson 2: Approaches to Prevention and Treatment
• Lesson 3: Case Study - William Harvey’s Blood Circulation Discovery
• Lesson 4: Case Study - The Great Plague of London, 1665
Each lesson is fully resourced and contains in-depth information, activities, exam practice and educational videos throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, 1250-present
Topic 3 - Medicine in 18th and 19th Century Britain (1700-1900)
• Lesson 1: Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
• Lesson 2: Approaches to Prevention and Treatment
• Lesson 3: Case Study - Fighting Cholera in London, 1854
Each lesson is fully resourced and contains in-depth information, activities, exam practice and educational videos throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, 1250-present
Topic 4 - Medicine in Modern Britain, 1900-Present
• Lesson 1: Ideas about the cause of disease and illness
• Lesson 2: Approaches to Prevention and Treatment
• Lesson 3: Case Study - Fleming, Florey and Chain’s Development of Penicillin
• Lesson 4: The Fight Against Lung Cancer in the 21st Century
Each lesson is fully resourced and contains in-depth information, activities, exam practice and educational videos throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Topic 1: The Weimar Republic, 1918-29
Lesson 2: The Early Challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919-23 - The Treaty of Versailles
Reasons for the early unpopularity of the Republic
The ‘stab in the back’ theory
Key terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Exam questions and skills (Inference and Utility questions)
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Topic 1: The Weimar Republic, 1918-29
Lesson 3: The Early Challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919-23 - Challenges from the Left and Right
Challenges to the Republic from Left and Right: Spartacists, Freikorps and the Kapp Putsch.
Exam questions and skills (Inference questions)
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Topic 2: Hitler’s Rise to Power, 1919–33
Lesson 3: The growth in Support for the Nazis, 1929-32
The Wall Street Crash and its effects – unemployment etc
Growth in Support for the Nazis and reasons for this (how they appealed to different aspects of society)
Nazi Electoral Successes
The SA, The Communists and the Role of Hitler
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Topic 3: Nazi Control and Dictatorship, 1933–39
Lesson 3: Controlling and Influencing Attitudes (Propaganda and Censorship)
Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda
Censorship, Nazi use of media, rallies and sport, including the Berlin Olympics of 1936.
Nazi control of culture and the arts, including art, architecture, literature and film.
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-1939
Lesson 1: Nazi Policies Towards Women
Nazi views on women and the family.
Nazi policies towards women: marriage, family, employment and appearance.
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
The Spanish Armada, 1588
This lesson was designed for a formal observation and therefore comprehensively covers all areas and caters to all abilities.
Starter activity, contextual information, a number of differentiated activities in respect of all abilities and plenary.
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This lesson is fully resourced and examines the main reasons why the English Civil War between Charles I and Parliament broke out.
Introductory information, setting the scene and defining important terms, allowing for reading and recording.
Whole class activity where students take the role of Charles and see if they would make the same decisions or manage to avoid civil war
Hyperlinked videos setting the scene and providing context
Extended writing activity, helping to develop exam skills
Jack the Ripper: Did the Press Make a Mess?
Designed for Key Stage 3, this is the fifth lesson in a unit on Jack the Ripper, exploring whether or not the press fabricated evidence and exploited the murders for their own benefit.
It contains detailed information, different activities such as source analysis and and an in depth documentary.
Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, 1250-present
Topic 1 - Medicine in Medieval England, 1250-1500
Lesson 2 - Approaches to Prevention Treatment, 1250-1500
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, 1250-present
Topic 2 - The Medical Renaissance in England, 1500-1700
Lesson 1 - Ideas about the cause of disease and illness, 1500-1700
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, 1250-present
Topic 2 - The Medical Renaissance in England, 1500-1700
Lesson 2 - Approaches to Prevention and Treatment, 1500-1700
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, 1250-present
Topic 2 - The Medical Renaissance in England, 1500-1700
Lesson 3 - William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood.
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, 1250-present
Topic 1 - Medicine in Medieval England, 1250-1500
Lesson 3 - The Black Death, 1348-49
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
Edexcel GCSE History: Medicine in Britain, 1250-present
Topic 2 - The Medical Renaissance in England, 1500-1700
Lesson 4 - The Great Plague in London, 1665
This is a fully resourced lesson, covering all aspects of the specification and featuring in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice throughout.
