This is a lesson aimed at KS3, it provides an overview of crime and punishment in Tudor times. Pupils complete a carousel around the room in order to analyse the punishments that people received for certain crimes. They then decide which punishments the criminals deserve (Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell included) before comparing whether the Tudor justice system is fair with today’s justice system.

Timeline with sections for pupils to create - worksheet to support. Fully differentiated lesson to go alongside the timeline. Starter: structure of Paper three task one: overview video Task two: timeline - defining key words, describing key events and extension task Whiteboard AFL Task Three source work - why vote for hitler? challenge: making links to key events on the timeline Task designed as an introductory lesson to paper three to give pupils an overview of the topic so assumes no prior knowledge but could also be used as a revision task.

Aimed at developing skills required for the GCSE reforms at KS4, this lesson encourages pupils to develop PEEL paragraphs for the explain two consequences question. This is part of a scheme of work about WW2 - the rest of which can be found within my shop. Pupils will: Identify who Winston Churchill is as a hook to the lesson describe why France surrenders using images to challenge them to think outside of the box Use a WAGOLL to identify examination skills required and the structure of a PEEL paragraph Use an information sheet (included) and the WAGOLL to structure their own PEEL paragraph explaining a consequence of the defeat of Poland. Peer assess their work to reflect on their own progress within the lesson.

These quizzes have been designed as 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 tasks to drop into other lessons. The idea is to use them as a way to interleave prior knowledge into current topics and ensure that knowledge is returned to frequently to develop knowledge retention. The 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 structure gives students instant formative assessment in which they can then choose a topic to ‘pledge’ to revise that week as part of their homework. Every quiz has a green pen slide with answers to go through with students to support the teacher. Students find these tasks very fun and engaging and can see where their strengths and weaknesses across a topic lie. I have designed the task to revise important concepts briefly at least once by the time they have completed all of the starter activities. The activities could also be used as a building block to help students identify what they will be doing for the rest of the lesson (to be used closer to exams when completing revision tasks).

WALT: Explain why the Axis forces were defeated at D-Day.Level 3: Identify hidden messages in US propaganda. Level 4: Describe the key events of the D-Day invasion. Level 5: Explain why Allied tactics lead to success. Level 6: Compare the Allies and German tactics to explain why the Allies won. Pupils analyse a source, follow a carousel to create the battle plan shown as the cover image, then read a source to compare British and German weaponry before creating a newspaper article about the invasion.

Full lesson with differentiated activities Pupils will: WALT: Explain the causes and consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbour.Level 3: Identify what Pearl Harbour was and who was involved. Level 4: Describe the causes of tension between America and Japan. Level 5: Explain what happened at Pearl Harbour and how America joining the war might affect the outcome of WW2. Level 6: Analyse a source to explain why it is useful and limited to a historian.

Pupils explore the concept of chronology and how it supports historical learning, they are also introduced to the concept of a turning point and identify turning points in their own lives/across history. Includes a chronological order game of significant events from history. WALT: define chronological order and apply this skill to historic events. L3: Define what the term chronological means. L4: create a timeline of events from history in chronological order. L5: Explain what a turning point is. L6: Apply skills to a timeline of my own life and evaluate the biggest turning point in my life so far.

Session covers the Western Front section of the Edexcel history 9-1 course. Pupils cover: features of a trench features of the main battles key medical problems key medical advances blood transfusions and x-rays (problems and solutions) following up a source

Part of a three lesson SOW about the CRM in America. WALT: Evaluate methods used to fight for equality in 1960s America. Level 3: Identify the meaning of the phrase Civil Rights Level 4: Describe the Jim Crow Laws and examples of how they linked to life in the 1960s Level 5: Explain methods in which Civil Rights leaders fought for equality. Level 6: Analyse the methods you think would be most successful and explain why. Starter: what does Civil Rights Movement mean? using Frayer model task one: video task Task two define and describe the Jim Crow Laws using images Task three: describe and explain methods of protest task four: analytical discussion and annotation of President Kennedy’s Civil Right’s Address. Plenary: 3 - 2 -1 plenary task

Pupils will: Analyse a source to suggest what the relationship was like between Hitler and Stalin describe two reasons Hitler chose to invade Russia - guided questions on the PPT for support suggest what Britain should do - four options to engage pupils before they discover Churchill’s speech as a response Explain why Stalin was able to beat Hitler - rank a worksheet and then explain one in detail. create a battle plan as if they are Hitler, what could they have done to beat Stalin? WALT: Evaluate the causes and consequences of Hitler’s decision to invade Russia.Level 3: Identify what the relationship between Stalin and Hitler was like in 1941. Level 4: Describe the causes of the invasion of Russia. Level 5: Explain why Russia were able to beat Hitler. Level 6: Create a battle plan to try to overcome Stalin.

This lesson covers: The Battle for Berlin Hitler’s suicide Yalta Conference Pupils will: WALT: Explain why the Nazi’s surrendered to the Allies and the importance of Yalta. Level 3: Identify what position Germany was in by 1945. Level 4: Describe the key events of the Battle for Berlin. Level 5: Explain how the Battle for Berlin lead to Germany surrendering to the allies. Level 6: Compare sources to analyse what the Big Three wanted at Yalta and how this would affect Germany.

An hour and a half lesson aimed at intervention prior to the examination. pupils are given an a5 booklet to follow along with the session, parts of which can be completed at home to build knowledge as last minute revision. This is the last session I use prior to Paper One. Pupils cover: key people, key discoveries, skills for all question types, source evaluation and judgement.

Full lesson Pupils are given a budget and key features of a castle, they must make their own castle and then must attack their partner's castle. Aimed at year 7 pupils studying life in Norman England.

Introductory lesson for Henry the Eighth. Pupils compare reasons Henry is remembered as a good and a bad king to come to a conclusion as to how they think he should be remembered. Pupils also answer an interpretation question - training for the new GCSE reforms. WALT: Explore the type of king Henry VIII is remembered as. Level 3: Identify what makes a good king. Level 4: Describe the type of person Henry VIII was. Level 5: explain how features of Henry’s personality made him a good king. Level 6: assess the main difference between two interpretations.

Pupils explore the problems soldiers, nurses and doctors faced as well as analysing the advances in medicine that helped soldiers overcome problems like trench fever, shell shock and shrapnel wounds. Pupils analyse sources before completing a carousel and then making a leaflet advising a soldier about how best to protect themselves on the western front.

The concept of a revision clock is that pupils spend five minutes completing each section - thus meaning they revise a large amount of a single topic in an hour. this resource includes two revision clocks, i plan to provide my pupils with it printed double sided, they will complete one side in class and one side for homework. Another technique is to ask pupils to fill out what they know in one colour, and then use a second colour to revise using a revision guide or textbook, giving them a colour coded guide to what they need to focus their revision on.

The concept of a revision clock is that pupils spend five minutes completing each section - thus meaning they revise a large amount of a single topic in an hour. this resource includes two revision clocks, i plan to provide my pupils with it printed double sided, they will complete one side in class and one side for homework. Another technique is to ask pupils to fill out what they know in one colour, and then use a second colour to revise using a revision guide or textbook, giving them a colour coded guide to what they need to focus their revision on.

The concept of a revision clock is that pupils spend five minutes completing each section - thus meaning they revise a large amount of a single topic in an hour. this resource includes two revision clocks, i plan to provide my pupils with it printed double sided, they will complete one side in class and one side for homework. Another technique is to ask pupils to fill out what they know in one colour, and then use a second colour to revise using a revision guide or textbook, giving them a colour coded guide to what they need to focus their revision on.