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.
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
A Crime and Punishment (including Whitechapel) bunting display ready to print double sided. Includes 29 key events from the Medieval, Early Modern, 18th and 19th Centuries and the Modern period as well as late 19th Century Whitechapel. The display is developed for the Edexcel GCSE History 9-1 specification specifically. Simply print double sided, laminate, trim, hole punch and thread through string to create bunting for your own classroom.
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 Cold War bunting display ready to print double sided. Includes 29 key Cold War events from 1943 (Tehran Conference) to 1991 (collapse of the USSR) developed for Edexcel GCSE History 9-1 specifically. Simply laminate, trim, hole punch and thread through string to create bunting for your own classroom.
A knowledge organiser and 9 corresponding 10 question knowledge tests in easily printable separate worksheets. The organiser and tests cover all sections of the edexcel Civil Rights and Vietnam War (the USA conflict at home and abroad) paper 3 specification. Ideal for use as homework revision, tested in class and then peer/self assessed.
A knowledge organiser and 5 corresponding 10 question knowledge tests in easily printable separate worksheets. The organiser and tests cover all sections of the edexcel Cold War paper 2 specification. Ideal for use as homework revision, tested in class and then peer/self assessed.
A knowledge organiser and 5 corresponding 10 question knowledge tests in easily printable separate worksheets. The organiser and tests cover all sections of the edexcel Anglo-Saxons and Normans paper 2 specification. Ideal for use as homework revision, tested in class and then peer/self assessed.
A knowledge organiser and 5 corresponding 10 question knowledge tests in easily printable separate worksheets. The organiser and tests cover all sections of the edexcel crime and punishment paper 1 specification including Medieval, Early Modern, 18th and 19th Centuries and Modern time periods as well as the Whitechapel historic environment section. Ideal for use as homework revision, tested in class and then peer/self assessed.
A unit of work for KS3, giving students an overview of the Vietnam War. Included is a thorough SOW and accompanying resources. The unit builds students to GCSE level knowledge and understanding using GCSE grades as learning objectives but is designed for KS3 students as a transitionary or bridging unit between KS3 and KS4. Included is a one A4 page knowledge organiser and knowledge organiser tests. Lessons include:
Causes of the Vietnam War
VC tactics - booby traps
VC tactics - underground tunnels
US tactics - Operatiion Rolling Thunder, chemical weapons and seach and destroy
The My Lai massacre
The Tet Offensive
Opposition in the USA
The end of the war
A unit of work for KS3, giving students an overview of the Cold War. Included is a thorough SOW and accompanying resources. The unit builds students to GCSE level knowledge and understanding focusing on importance for international relations (Edexcel GCSE History in particular). The unit uses GCSE grades as learning objectives but is designed for KS3 students as a transitionary or bridging unit between KS3 and KS4. Included is a one A4 page knowledge organiser and knowledge organiser tests. Each lesson assesses the tension rating between the USA and USSR with students filling in a bar chart of rising and falling tension across the Cold War. Lessons include:
Capitalism v. communism
The end of WW2
The atomic bomb
The Berlin Wall
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Detente
The space race
Reagan and SDI (star wars)
The fall of the Berlin Wall
A revision work booklet (93 pages) for the following options:
Paper 1 (Crime and Punishment)
Paper 2 (the Cold War and Anglo-Saxons and Normans)
Paper 3 (the USA at home and abroad: Civil Rights and Vietnam War)
The work booklet covers every part of the specification including knowledge and skills. It can be used in class with dictation from the class teacher or for independent class/ home work. It easily works alongside the Pearson revision guides or textbooks. It includes:
Front cover
Instructions
PLCs (personalised learning checklists of the specification)
Revision timelines for students to complete with details (covering all specification bullet points)
Bluffers guide to exam questions (guidance, timings and sentence starters)
Example exam questions for every exam question (Covering all parts of the specification)
All constituent parts of the revision work booklet also included in separate documents for ease of use.
Full lesson resources, assessment, peer marking sheets, key terms and a PLC (personalised learning checklist) for the the US Congress 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 (and for later lessons include beyond this). Covers all aspects of the US Congress section of the specification. Lessons use 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.
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.
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 lesson resources and an assessment for the learning from past mistakes: Canada and the Durham Report 1837-40 depth study for Edexcel A Level History (paper 3 Britain: losing and gaining an empire). Covers all aspects of the specification and includes peer marking sheets for both knowledge and source questions. Uses the pearson textbook but could be adapted to suit other resources/textbooks.
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 revision timeline for students to complete to revise for the paper 1 topic: Crime and Punishment with Whitechapel (Edexcel 9-1 GCSE History). It covers every part of the specification. It can be used in class with dictation from the class teacher or for independent class/ home work.