Affordable Outstanding History and Politics Lessons
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15 yrs experience in outstanding schools and 5 years exam marking. I have a range of affordable resources for all Key Stages in History and ALevel (KS5) Government and Politics. I do the hard work so you don't have to! Track record of outstanding teaching and results over 15 year career so far. SPI +1.10 and a residual of +0.48 in 2023.
Please review my resources as this helps me to improve and produce what teachers want. Any issues feel free to email me- moss_emma@hotmail.com and ill help!
15 yrs experience in outstanding schools and 5 years exam marking. I have a range of affordable resources for all Key Stages in History and ALevel (KS5) Government and Politics. I do the hard work so you don't have to! Track record of outstanding teaching and results over 15 year career so far. SPI +1.10 and a residual of +0.48 in 2023.
Please review my resources as this helps me to improve and produce what teachers want. Any issues feel free to email me- moss_emma@hotmail.com and ill help!
GCSE Edexcel Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-1991
This lesson follows my lesson on the Second Berlin Crisis and examines why the Wall was built and what the consequences were on Berlin/ Germany, USA, USSR and International Relations.
Fully resourced, does not need textbooks - any reference to the textbook- has all the necessary information on the following slides/ animations pull it up but obviously you can use the textbooks if you have them- or print the info on the slides for students to do that task independently.
Very detailed; enough material for Grades 9-1.
Long Term Causes of World War I
This is a two lesson looking at the MAIN causes of WWI starting with tensions between the Great Powers and looking at key themes such as Weltpolitik and Imperialism, Alliances and Nationalism and Militarism and Arms/ Naval races. Also includes the Moroccan and Bosnian crises (in brief!)
Includes powerpoint, worksheets and several activities- including historiography and interpretations of Germany’s role in “starting WWI.”
Suitable for KS3 or as an intro to KS4 unit on International relations.
ALevel lesson for OCR course Russia: 1894-1941 but can be used for any ALevel with a question about Stalin’s control/ purges or use of terror.
This is an incredibly detailed lesson- my motto with ALevel is I do the reading so you don’t have to! I’ve read extensively and included a lot of detail within all the resources. Demonstrates turning points in Stalin’s rule e.g. the death of his wife and the 17th Party Congress and significance.
Also includes key case studies e.g. the Ryutin Platform and impact.
Examines the role of NKVD and various leaders including their purges!
Includes Stalin’s purges of various sectors of Russian society and the Communist Party.
Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations and the Cold War
This is my 4th lesson from Key Topic 3: The End of the Cold War but can be used as a stand alone lesson.
In depth examination of who Reagan was, his ideas and beliefs and his policies including increased arms spending, rolling back Communism by funding guerrillas and the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) programme. Includes youtube video clips, source work and all the detail needed for students. Fully resourced nothing else needed.
Examines how Reagan’s personality played a key role in developments from the Second Cold War to Gorbacev;s “New thinking” and need to reform the USSR (this is next lesson).
Also includes a bumper retrieval practice for Key Topic 1 and 2 Highlighter Heads to help students recall key individuals from earlier in the Cold War (includes all key individuals from Roosevelt to Brezhnev, Dubcek and Husak).
Also includes an 8 mark exam question, planning sheet, SEND planning sheet and model answer for a narrative account question on the Cold War.
NOTE: I include images (PNG) files for illustration purposes - ignore these and open the word documents and powerpoint files for actual resources :)
Edexcel GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany (Paper 3) but can be easily adapated for other topics or exam boards.
This is a mega pack of source and interpretations skills activities and part modelled answers to build confidence in tackling this difficult paper. Our students performed really well last year after using these skills builders and we had an SPI of +0.55.
The average marks for 8 mark, 4 marks and 16 mark interpretations questions were 2 marks higher than the national average.
This pack includes: sources/ how useful questions and/ or interpretations plus modelling/ model answers on:
2020 mock paper model answers
Threats to Weimar government from left wing and right wing
Women
Kristallnacht/ persecution of minorities
And a marking/ feedback sheet to use for this paper.
Edexcel GCSE lesson on the Nazi Police state.
Fully resourced comprehensive lesson- powerpoint, word doc tasks e.g. table to fill in and practice paper exam question 12 marker.
Starter- anagram key words- Hitler’s rise to power and becoming dictator
Source work- different elements of police state e.g. Gestapo, SS, Concentration Camps
Includes a “tour” of Sachsenhausen- if you don’t feel confident explaining Sachsenhausen yourself there are video links to documentaries on youtube showing what sachsenhausen was like although I prefer to do it myself.
Includes a model answer to 12 mark question on police state
Edexcel ALevel Politics
Component 3 USA
Topic 1 Constitution
Includes all lessons in topic 1 (they are all doubles including homework) as well as two intro lessons to US Politics
All updated to Biden Presidency and 117th Congress
Total cost for resources sold individually would be £37
Lesson 1 American Politics Intro
Lesson 2 USA History and Context includes foundation and War of Independence, Liberal ideals and the Constitution as well as the challenges and major landmarks since e.g. Depression and New Deal, WWII, 9-11 and issues USA are divided over as well as context of Geography/ religious and racial divides in USA.
Lesson 3: Intro to and Origins of the Constitution
Lesson 4: US Constitution Features and Principles
Lesson 5: Amending the Constitution- process and strengths and weaknesses
Lesson 6: Federalism and challenges to it- also models of Federalism and analysis/ debate on Federalism- Layer cake or Marble cake?
Lesson 7: Evaluation of the Constitition looks at strengths and weaknesses of features according to FOunding Father’s intentions
Lesson 8 US vs UK Constitution Comparison including Comparative Theories.
Note: Each lesson is 2 hours of teaching time plus hwk.
Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany GCSE
Complete lesson on Nazi Policies to reduce unemployment and increase the standard of living.
Includes the RAD, Beauty of Labour etc and some analysis of the impact including Interpretations on the Standard of Living.
Page references on worksheet are for the Pearson Edexcel textbooks however all info is included on slides so these could be printed for the groups if your school does not have access to these textbooks.
Stand alone intro to the Crusades for KS3- the religious and historical significance of Jerusalem to all 3 faiths.
Also includes a glossary sheet for key people, key terms etc for the Crusades.
Edexcel GCSE History- Superpower Relations and the Cold War
Key Topic 3: The end of the Cold War
Lesson 5 Gorbachev’s New Thinking and Summits to end the Cold War
Detailed lesson looking at causes, policies and consequences of Gorbachev’s New Thinking in the USSR.
Examines the role of Perestroika and Glasnost in bringing an end to the Cold War.
Includes a colour code activity and worksheet as well as an 8 mark question with gap fill model answer (explain two consequences).
Does not require textbook, includes all information/ resources you need.
This lesson is designed for KS3 but can be used for KS4 also for the AQA and Edexcel specs.
It examines how far the lives of women changed during the 1920s and covers flapper culture as well as opposition from Christians and Traditional women as well as some men and authorities.
Includes 3 activities - a similarity and difference activity, note taking from a video clip and explanation and a card sort with continuums to annotate before making final judgments.
Considers nuances such as the lives of African-Americans in both the North and South e.g. Harlem Renaissance vs Southern Jim Crow repressed women. Also looks at age groups and rural vs urban women.
The Background to and Causes of the Tyrone Rebellion
ALevel OCR- Tudor Rebellions.
The 9 Years War Irish History
This is one of the Depth studies- a likely exam question since the focus has largely been on the Pilgrimage of Grace and the Western Rebellion up til now.
This work will take several one hour lessons - it recaps the prior Irish rebellions such as Desmond and Geraldine since the legacy of these was one of the reasons.
Looks at Tyrone’s demands as well as the motivations of Hugh Roe O’Donnell and Hugh Maguire.
Full unit of work on Industrial era Medicine
-Intro context and Jenner
-Germ Theory- Pasteur and Koch
-Improvements to Surgery
-Improvements to Hospitals
-Cholera/ Public Health
-Improvements to Public Health
-Further vaccinations
-Industrial era summary and exam Qs
This lesson is for KS3 not KS4 therefore is more focused on the Big 3 and their aims rather than simply the impact on Germany and Dolchstoss etc- I do have a lesson for KS4 as well
Fully resourced lesson with several different activities.
Starter- retrieval task WWI and discussion of peace treaties with links to war in Ukraine and what would need to happen if the war ended.
stats to assess damage relative to countries from WWI
Aims of Big 3 video and explanation- speech writing with template
Discussion -why might Germany’s absence cause issues? Why would the aims cause problems making the treaty
Plenary match up exercise.
Edecxel GCSE History- the Harrying of the North
but can easily be adapted to any exam board by changing the exam questions
William’s reasons for the Harrying of the North and a 16 mark planning question on this.
Looking at the Short and Long term impact of the Harrying of the North- colour code exercise.
Includes everything you need, no need for a textbook.
Model Answers in different formats included to the following questions.
Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations specification 1943-1991
All 3 question types models included and a range of different models including Find and Fix models for students to correct factually incorrect answers and improve them, gap fills and just paragraphs.
All correct answers supplied for activities.
Note: Pictures are for displays only but all fully editable word docs are also included:
Explain two consequences of:
The Hungarian Uprising 1956
The Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961
Gorbachev’s New Thinking
Write a Narrative Account of…
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Second Cold War
Explain the importance of Detente
Explain the importance of the Prague Spring
PLUS detailed plans of 13 different Explain the Importance of Questions- including ALL past paper questions
This is for Edexcel but can also be used for AQA.
Medicine THrough Time Revision Resources:
1.Includes full set of detailed Lotus revision diagrams
2. Thematic timelines to teach big picture of medicine over time
3. Big fat medicine quiz for an intense revision session
4. 4x weekly revision quizzes plus answers which cover whole themes:
-Changing understanding of Causes over time
-Changes approaches to treatment and care of sick over time
-Changing attitudes and approaches to prevention over time
-Case studies Black Death, Great Plague, Cholera and Lung Cancer
Cost to purchase separately £16
Made for OCR ALevel Specification but can be used for any ALevel/ GCSE spec with minor tweaks- very detailed.
These powerpoints and accompanying resources are all you need to teach/ learn the Causes of the October revolution in great depth I have even included an analysis section at the end to help with essay planning with arguments for each factor.
Complete resources will be about 5-6 hours of teaching plus hwk.
My resources are perfect for new teachers to Russia or students wanting highest grades- very detailed with all knowledge included.
You can use for flipped learning or print out some slides and distribute in groups e.g get some to read about the July Days and other the April Theses/ Lenin’s role etc.
Edexcel GCSE Superpower RElations bundle
Key Topic 3 The End of the Cold War
Includes a load of useful resources
Including: Key word glossaries for all topics
Exam questions and a variety of model answers/ tasks e.g. find and fix, gap fills, planning etc
Retrieval tasks e.g. highlighter heads- who is who from Topic 1 and 2
Lesson 1 and 2 DEtente, SALT and Helsinki Accords and Why did Detente fail?/ Failure of SALT 2
Lesson 3 The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Lesson 4 Reagan and the Second Cold War including Reagan Doctrine and the Star Wars programme
Lesson 5 Gorbachev’s New Thinking and the collapse of Soviet Control in E. Europe and End of the Cold War
Lesson 6 The Fall of the Soviet Union/ USSR
Total of lessons individually £24
