Students will look at whether or not Henry VIII was a man or monster. They will use sources to reach a supported conclusion. Ideal to be used as an assessment. Differentiated resources for different abilities.
A powerpoint and worksheets looking at different historical figures in History. Each group gets a different worksheet on a different figure, they are to prepare a presentation and a speech on this person, and then the class votes on who was the most significant.
A series of 3 lessons looking at arguments for and against women getting the vote, tactics used by the women and why women won the vote. Attached is also an assessment that can be used at the end of the 3 lessons which follows the new GCSE style of questions. Ideal for KS3.
A lesson ideal for the new Edexcel GCSE scheme of work, this lesson (will probably take around 3 hours to do), looks at the causes, events, and consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Includes an 8 mark exam question for students to consolidate their knowledge.
A lesson looking at the impact the Magna Carta had on democracy. Different activities for different ability students, looks at the longer term picture of democracy
Students will look at how Elizabeth I dealt with the problems of poverty and begging during her reign. Accompanying worksheet. Ideal for the new GCSE specification and for higher ability students at KS3. Differentiated activities for students.
Was Anglo-Saxon justice violent and superstitious?
Ideal to be used with KS3 to as part of a programme teaching exam skills, or useful for the new Edexcel GCSE course.
This lesson gets students to create a matrix of how far justice was normal or whether it was superstitious. Includes differentiated resources and activities throughout, as well as challenge activities.
Ideal to be used with KS3 to as part of a programme teaching exam skills, or useful for the new Edexcel GCSE course.
This lesson focuses upon the reasons behind the setting up of the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829. Students explain, prioritize and link the reasons.
Includes differentiated activities throughout
Ideal to be used with KS3 to as part of a programme teaching exam skills, or useful for the new Edexcel GCSE course.
This lesson focuses upon factors which affected changes to crime and punishment. Students will complete an activity that requires them to rank the factors based upon their own opinion.
Lesson also includes an exam question for students to answer, and differentiated activities throughout.
This lesson (will probably take 3 lessons), looks at relations with Spain (Specification point 2.2 on new 9-1 Edexcel Elizabeth course). Students will examine a number of different reasons for worsening relations including the deaths of William of Orange and the Duke of Alencon. Students will also look at Elizabeth's foreign policy aims, and the voyages of Drake. Ends with students consolidating their knowledge through a 16 mark question.
A resource ideal for either KS3 or the new Edexcel GCSE American West course. This lesson focuses on the significance of the Californian Gold Rush, looking at the reasons why people made the move West, the activities when there, and the consequences for the Plains Indians. Includes a worksheet, and a 4 mark exam question.
A double lesson ideal for the new Edexcel 9-1 Elizabeth GCSE course, looking at the causes and significance of the Northern Earls Revolt. Requires the blue Edexcel GCSE (9-1) early Elizabethan England textbook (p.41-45). Includes a worksheet on the key players, and an exam question to consolidate understanding.
This lesson is ideal for the new Edexcel GCSE course or as part of a KS3 scheme of work.
This lesson looks at why the buffalo was so important to the Plains Indians. A game of quick on the draw introduces students to the concept, encourages team work as students compete in teams of 2/3 to beat the other teams in finding the answers.
Students then consolidate their individual knowledge by 'flogging' parts of the buffalo at the market.
Includes differentiated resources and activities.
An overview of protests and potential revolutions in Britain between 1750-1900.
Looks at
- The Luddites
- The Chartists
- The Swing Rioters
- Peterloo Massacre
Finishes with a washing line activity. Includes a reading for purpose worksheet. No textbooks required
A lesson ideal for the new 9-1 Edexcel GCSE course (can be adapted for other exam boards) looking at the different types of education existing and how far education progressed during Elizabethan England.
A lesson ideal for the new Edexcel GCSE Cold War course (adaptable to other exam boards), that looks at the Berlin Crisis and the consequences of this. Students will look at the key events, before deciding who was to blame for the escalation and the impact this had on the Cold War. Students will then look at the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact as a direct result of the crisis. Students will then look at a 16 mark question to consolidate knowledge.
A lesson ideal for the new Edexcel 9-1 GCSE (adaptable to other specification points). This lesson looks at the challenges Elizabeth faced at home and abroad, including a card sort.