An introductory lesson on US Congress including the powers of the House and Senate and its representative nature (social and political). Examples of US Politics are up to date as of October 2018. The lesson uses the Pearson textbook but could be adapted to suit other resources/textbooks.
A lesson on congressional elections for the reformed A Level Politics specification for Edexcel. The lesson analyses the typicality of the 2018 midterm elections, comparing to previous midterms, including the importance of incumbency. Examples of US Politics are up to date as of November 12th 2018. The lesson uses the Pearson textbook but could be adapted to suit other resources/textbooks.
Resources to teach the Cold War in 6 weeks or less (depending on how fast you go)! This is for the edexcel 9-1 History specification and is based on 3 50 minute lessons a week. The whole specification is taught and most lessons do not use textbooks at all, utilising handouts to considerably speed up teaching. Any Cold War textbooks can be used, old or new specification to accompany the few lessons that require the use of a textbook. All lessons include differentiated learning objectives linked to the 9-1 grade criteria and an exam question. Includes fully resourced lessons, peer/self marking sheets for all exam questions, a personalised learning checklist for students to self assess themselves against the specification content and a bluffers guide to help with structuring exam questions.
A set of lessons designed to be taught ‘live’ by the teacher online (Microsoft Teams/Zoom etc.) to fully teach the Feminism non core ideology section of paper 2 A Level Politics. The lessons are fully resourced and do not require student or teacher access to textbooks. The lessons include:
Defining Feminism
key terms
A short history of feminism
The beliefs of socialist, liberal, radical and post-modern feminists
Key thinkers
Exam skills.
A set of lessons designed to be taught ‘live’ by the teacher online (Microsoft Teams/Zoom etc.) to fully teach the first section of paper 3 (USA) A Level Politics on the US Constitution and Federalism. The lessons accompany the Edexcel/Pearson new specification textbook but could be easily adapted to suit other available textbooks.
Full lesson resources, an assessment, peer marking sheets, key terms and a PLC (personalised learning checklist) for the the US Constitution and federalism section of paper 3 Edexcel A Level Politics (comparitive politics) reformed A Level specification. Examples of US Politics are up to date as of October 2018. Covers all aspects of the US constitution and federalism section of the specification. Lessons use the Pearson textbook but could be adapted to suit other resources/textbooks.
Also now included are online lessons created during lockdown with more up to date examples.
Full revision materials for the Anglo-Saxons and Normans section of the Edexcel History 9-1 GCSE History exam (paper 2). Included is a series of revision lessons (all in one PowerPoint), a revision timeline to complete, a bluffers guide to structure exam questions, a PLC (personalised learning checklist covering the whole specification) and example exam questions to plan.
A unit of work for KS3, giving students an overview of the American Civil Rights movement. Included is a thorough SOW and accompanying resources. The unit builds students to GCSE level knowledge and understanding focusing on the enquiry question: how far did the position of black Americans improve 1955-70? The unit uses GCSE grades as learning objectives but is designed for KS3 students as a transitionary or bridging unit between KS3 and KS4. Lessons include:
Jim Crow
Emmett Till
Progress in education: Brown v. Topeka and the Little Rock 9
Progress in transport: Bus Boycott and the Freedom Rides
Progress in law: Birmingham Campaign, March on Washington, the assassination of JFK and the passage of the 1964 CRA
Progress in voting: Selma and the 1965 VRA
Black Power
An overview of overall progress made 1955-70