Either new Edexcel or Hodder textbook necessary for some of these activities. Extensive PPT and activities that links to Chapter 4.3 of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 textbook, looking at employment and living standards under the Nazi regime. Lessons on this topic are newly planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification; they are not recycled lessons from previous years. Encourages independent work and includes engaging resources to bring the topic to life for students.

Changes in medicine: c.1848-c.1948 All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification. Each lesson is accompanied by a YouTube video that explains the topic that is the focus of the lesson. The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts. There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions. There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation. Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries. Thank you.

Detailed lesson including numerous students led activities that analyses the causes, events and consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Lessons are newly planned to meet the exact requirements of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 spec. There is a detailed worksheet that tutors students in how to approach the ‘Explain the importance of…’ question. Links to Chapter 2.2 of the Edexcel/Hodder textbook, although neither textbook is necessary for the completion of these tasks.

Detailed lesson that links to the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 curriculum. Lessons are newly planned to meet the exacting standards of the new curriculum. This lesson looks at the appointment of Gorbachev and the reasons for why he wanted to reform the Soviet Union. It then goes on to examine the events that led to the loss of Soviet control in Eastern Europe, the end of the Warsaw Pact and the fall of Gorbachev. There is exam practice and excellent student activities to complete.

Lesson 8/12 linking to the new Cambridge specification: Cambridge International AS and A Level History (9489) Each lesson is carefully planned to meet the exacting standards of the new CIE curriculum. Changes from (9389) specification are incorporated. The lesson is an examination of the impact the Sino-Japanese War had on international relations: Teacher PPT on key events The Sino-Japanese War 1894-5 Interpretations of the Sino-Japanese War Japanese foreign policy, 1895-1902 Anglo-Japanese Treaty 1902 Extension activities Exam questions Our resources are fully differentiated and come with engaging, student-led activities with source material, interpretations and exam questions. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions, queries or comments. Thank you.

Part of a series of lessons linked to the Edexcel IGCSE curriculum for: The USA, 1918-41 All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification. Each lesson is accompanied by a YouTube video that explains the topic that is the focus of the lesson. The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts. There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions. There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation. Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries. Thank you.

Lesson 3/3 linked to Chapter 8 of the Edexcel specification: regionalism. This lesson gives students a comprehensive understanding of the complexity of the European Union through interactive worksheets and case studies. Students will examine: the development of the European Union from the inception of the European Coal and Steel Community the aims of the EU the six main institutions of the EU, their key features and their impact on state sovereignty widening of the EU through additional states joining the Economic and Monetary Union (ECB and Euro) The lesson will give students that knowledge and tools to approach a question on the EU with confidence. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries. Thank you.

The seventh of eleven lessons that links to the role of religion in the Middle Ages. This lesson examines the tensions that existed between the Church and the state in the 12th century. Students will examine: the different powers that the Church and the state enjoyed in the 12th century the ways in which Thomas Becket and Henry II clashed over Church power. This is part of a series of lessons that aims to encompass the new 9-1 GCSE skills into Key Stage 3. Lessons are colourful and engaging and match the content of the new Exploring History textbook from Pearson, although the textbook is not necessary for any of the tasks. If you have any questions or queries please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk.

Detailed lesson that explains the purpose of the Schlieffen Plan and reasons for its failure. Also includes a lesson that gets students to produce an extended piece of writing on the reasons for the failure of the Schlieffen plan through assessing a model answer and rewriting one of their own.

Changes in medicine: c.1848-c.1948 All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification. Each lesson is accompanied by a YouTube video that explains the topic that is the focus of the lesson. The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts. There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions. There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation. Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries. Thank you.

Changes in medicine: c.1848-c.1948 All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification. Each lesson is accompanied by a YouTube video that explains the topic that is the focus of the lesson. The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts. There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions. There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation. Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries. Thank you.

Changes in medicine: c.1848-c.1948 All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification. Each lesson is accompanied by a YouTube video that explains the topic that is the focus of the lesson. The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts. There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions. There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation. Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries. Thank you.

Detailed lesson on how Parliament interacts with the executive within the UK government. Students will examine how backbench MPs and peers interact and check executive power, assessing their relative importance. There are several detailed tasks on the role of select committees, with a strong emphasis on the Public Accounts Committee, Departmental Select Committee, Backbench Business Committee and Liaison Committee. There is a research task on the role of the opposition and accompanying tasks. There is also an article form the Huffington Post on Jeremy Corbyn and a Channel 4 documentary examining Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Opposition. Lessons from The Knowledge House are specially planned to meet the exacting standards of the new A-level politics specification. Each lesson has been planned using content taken from the three approved textbooks from Hodder and Pearson and media sources. However, there is no requirement to have a textbook for the completion of these lessons as they come with extensive information sheets and tasks for students to complete. Resources have numerous extension tasks, many of which can be completed for homework. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions, queries or comments.

Changes in medicine: c.1848-c.1948 All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification. Each lesson is accompanied by a YouTube video that explains the topic that is the focus of the lesson. The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts. There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions. There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation. Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries. Thank you.

Changes in medicine: c.1848-c.1948 All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification. Each lesson is accompanied by a YouTube video that explains the topic that is the focus of the lesson. The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts. There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions. There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation. Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries. Thank you.

Comprehensive examination of the increasingly complex and interdependent world in which we are living. This is the first of a series of lessons from The Knowledge House that links to Chapter 2 of the new Edexcel specification on Global Politics - The state and globalisation. This introductory lesson to globalisation introduces students to key terms, developments and factors in the development of the nation-state and in the processes of globalisation. This is done in an engaging and student-friendly manner, with interactive worksheets and an accompanying PPT that guides both teacher and student through the content. There are two examination questions that come with this lesson. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries about these resources.