This secondary school resource will take students through the final days of the Second World War, focusing on the Battle of Berlin and and the endgame for the Nazi leadership. Students will learn some context surrounding the Allied advance on Germany before watching a number of clips from the 2004 film ‘Downfall’ (youtube clips). This will provide students with an entertaining and (for our purposes) a reasonably accurate portrayal of events. They will then describe the final weeks of the war in Europe. You will then briefly touch on the human cost of the war and have them think about and answer a few questions. Finally students will learn a little about VE Day (or Victory Day in the ex Soviet Union) and then explain why it continues to be important to commemorate the Allied victory.

A lesson looking at the consequences of the Second World War. This involves looking at and filling in an A3 sheet on the following events: Germany divided (occupation zones) Cold War Marshall Plan Iron Curtain Berlin Wall The far right in Europe Decolonisation European colonisation Students will then use this information to complete an two consequences exam question. Explain two consequences of the Allied victory in World War Two. Finally students will read about the policies of the Soviet Union and the West, with this information they will create a logo that best represents both ideologies.

This secondary school resource will take students through the strategic and later nuclear bombings of Japan. Students will gain a quick overview of the strategic bombing campaign over Japan. They will then watch 20ish minutes of WW2 in colour that details the nuclear attacks. The main task is teacher led whereby you go through the key details of the two nuclear attacks. This is a continuation of the previous lesson (adding to their mindmap). This lesson will complete the third of three branches on the mind map. Teachers will then share a little about VJ day before having students complete an exam question (two inferences) based on a Hiroshima source. The effects of the nuclear attacks will be explored in the next lesson. ATTENTION - You will need access to Netflix or World War 2 in colour to make full use of this resource.

This is the first of a two part series looking at the Inca civilisation before and as the Spanish arrived. This lesson is designed to follow on from the two lessons I have available on Spain (if not these can be easily edited). Students will look at the hierarchy of Inca society before watching a 20 minute video at wider Inca culture and history. To finish students will write two key features of the Inca empire.

This lesson follows on from my Inca lesson. This will enable students to understand how a small group of Spaniards was able to bring a mighty empire to its knees. After completing a few smaller tasks (key words, colouring in the rest of the Spanish empire of their map etc). Students will spend 20 minutes watching youtube video that details how the Inca empire came to an abrupt halt. Whilst doing this students will create a pictorial map detailing the key events.

A quick look at the recent history of Afghanistan (Soviet War), followed by the a video detailing the reasoning for NATO’s intervention in 2001. Students will then look at the combatants before examining the hunt for the Bin Laden.

A look at how aerial warfare has development throughout the 20th century; focusing on WW1, WW2, the Cold War and the First Gulf War.

A resource that enables you to create a timeline for the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany topic for use on a display board. The grey spaces I left on my display board (as seen in the resources image) are for either a big landspace picture or key words.

The 6th lesson looking at WW2 in Europe.

A slightly tweaked version of a similar lesson already available.

This is the first of 6 lessons that examines the Hundred Years War. In this lesson students will explore the background to English holdings and the state of English and French national identity at the beginning of the war. They will then make notes on some of the key events and The Black Prince before finishing the lesson by writing two key features of this stage of the war.

This is the fourth of 6 lessons that examines the Hundred Years War. In this lesson students will explore the life of Joan of Arc and her impact on the Hundreds Years War and French national identity. Students will complete a gap fill about Joan’s life and career up to her capture and then answer four questions to test their comprehension. Student will then study three sources on Joan’s trial and write two inferences about her trial. Finally students will describe the impact that Joan had on French national identity.

This is the second of 6 lessons that examines the Hundred Years War. In this lesson students will explore why the war reignited, how the two sides faired and what eventually led to a second peace. Students will achieve this by completing a catergorisation task, writing a paragraph and finally producing a newspaper report.

This is the third of 6 lessons that examines the Hundred Years War. In this lesson students will explore Henry V and his success in France by creating a factfile on the man and a storyboard of the events. Finally students will learn and explain how Henry and Agincourt impacted on the development of the national identity in England.

The fifth of a six lesson scheme. This lesson explores the reasons why the French triumphed in the Hundred Years War. Students will gain an overview of the context before completing a word fill exercise on the reasons why the French won. To cement this knowledge the students will be given a choice as to which tasks they complete to re-interpret this information. To finish students will need to explain why the French won in 3 paragraphs.

The fifth lesson in my series on the Anglo-Saxons and Normans.

The fourth lesson in my Anglo-Saxon and Norman series. This lesson looks at the claimants to the throne upon the death of Edward the Confessor.

Lesson 1 in my Roman series

Lesson 3 of my Roman series.

The final lesson in a 3 lesson series looking at Thomas Beckets confrontation with the Crown.