A lesson on King John. Students watch the walt Disney sketch on King John and record their thoughts about how he is portrayed. They then analyse a range of source and record their data whilst scoring each source out of 10 in terms of how good or bad the King was. The main activity is writing a letter to walt disney. In the letter they must explain how the sketch could be improved to give a more accurate interpretation of king john. Differentiated materials, literacy support and all resources included.

This lesson looks at the dramatic increase in votes for the Nazis in the town of Northeim. Students work through a worksheet which looks at the increase in votes for the Nazis before working through some character cards to understand the reasons for Nazi support. They use this as evidence to complete a 6 mark question (exam help and literacy support included) .As always, differentiated resources and clear step by step instructions included.

A concise 5 page A4 revision and teaching sheet for the crime, punishment and law enforcement in medieval England, Area of Study 1. This comes with key vocabulary, an overview of the period, info on law enforcement, changes and continuity during the period, case study knowledge, a student assessment grid and exam question example and advice. I’ll be doing one of these for each of the units, so keep your eyes on my page.

Students work through the impacts of the Berlin Wall to determine in the Wall increased or decreased Cold War tensions. After categorising the impacts they allocate score to make a pie chart before completing an exam style question. Student support and a step by step instructions included.

This lesson requires students to assess the key factors that enabled the Plains Indians to survive in the Great Plains. The lessons begins with a quick intro to the harsh environment that exists on the Plains with a student-led task. The main activity is a group task (can be completed individually but I prefer group discussions and questioning). A warrior brotherhood needs to teach young recruits about survival on the Plains. They only have one hour to convey the key knowledge. Students assess four key factors, weigh up the importance of each by completing decision-making tasks & explaining their decisions before outlining how they would divide the 60 minute lesson. This lesson has plenty of scope for teacher questioning and critical thinking tasks. The lesson concludes with an exam style question (structure strips/ tips included). These lessons take many hours to plan and create, so reviews are greatly appreciated.

The first lesson, The American West c1835 -c1895. In this lesson students are introduced to the physical geography of North America whilst developing their decision-making, critical thinking and literacy skills. An early explorer is making a trip to Oregon from Missouri and he needs help in deciding which route to take. He has three option. Your class will need to assess each route based on its landscapes and physical features before making a recommendation. Literacy support included for the write up. There are additional activities incorporated into the PowerPoint, for example ‘complete an illustrated and annotated map of North America’ (map template included). These lessons take many hours to plan and create, so any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Students learn about the social and tribal structures and ways of life of the Plains Indians. In this lesson the students begin by drawing and describing their interpretation of a Plains Indian. They are introduced to a range of sources linked to three of the main Plains Indian tribes. They annotate these sources to show what each reveals about the Plains Indians’ lifestyle, culture, social/ tribal structure, etc. The follow-up tasks include a quick fire quiz based on the sources and a report writing activity (with literacy support). The lessons concludes with the students returning to their original interpretation of a Plains Indian and reflecting on how their views have changed.

Students learn about the problems of lawlessness in early towns and settlements. A range of student-led tasks, such as a card sort with categorising and prioritising activites, follow-up questions, exam style question with tips and structure strips and a key term quiz.

This lesson focuses on the US government’s policy towards the Plains Indians in the period 1830-51 and how/ why it changed during this period. Students analyse four key events/ policy changes through decision-making and discussion based tasks. Using their knowledge on each policy they complete a radar graph activity which leads into follow-up tasks such as a quick fire quiz and an annotated time line. These activities set the students up for an examination (narrative style) question. These are structure strips, tips and a mark scheme included. The PowerPoint includes a step by step guide with a examples and a range of differentiated and extension tasks. This lesson will ideally be taught across two one hour lessons. These resources and lessons take many hours to plan and create, so any feedback is greatly appreciated. I hope that you and your students find them helpful.

An active learning lesson which examines the Fort Laramie Treaty and its consequences. Students must complete tasks by meeting a range of people who were involved in the Treaty or who were directly impacted by the Treaty. Whist working their way through student-led activities they will begin to understand how significant the Fort Laramie Treaty was in influencing the lives of native Americans and opening up for west for white settlement. There is plenty of scope for discussion and a radar graph activity helps students analyse the consequences of the Treaty before attempting an exam style question (structure strips and tips included).

Easy to follow lessons which examines the changes brought in by the Normans following the conquest of Britain. Several tasks and worksheets are included in this lesson, these include plotting the changes/ continuity on a graph, spotting differences between Saxon and Norman justice, self assessment tasks and a 12 mark question (with mark scheme). Terms of Use: Purchase of this item entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages for personal and classroom use only. Duplication for other classes, an entire school or for commercial use is strictly prohibited without written permission from the author. Minor editing is allowed but only for personal use. The document remains under copyright even when edited. Pasting this item in whole or part on the Internet in any form is strictly prohibited and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Copyright 2017

A lesson that looks at the key factors behind the failure of the Munich Putsch. Students review a text to create a mini fact file of events (differentiated). They are then introduced to a clip from the Rise of Evil directed by Christian Duguay. Whilst watching the clip they need to jot down the reasons given in the clip for the Putsch’s failure. Following this they each have a source which explains a reason why the Putsch failed. they need to match this to a card (placed on classroom wall). They complete a matrix for their source before exchanging evidence with other students. The main task requires the students to write a letter to the director of the film to explain what they agree with and how the sketch could be developed. Exam question included for homework (12 mark explain question). Fully resourced with high-quality differentiated worksheets and clear instructions throughout

Students piece together a revision tarsier and create a story board of the key events that led to Hitler’s chancellorship and use their knowledge to complete a range of source based questions and worksheet activities. The worksheets also include exam skills and preparation for dealing with source based questions. There is an end of Unit 2 self-assessment grid to complete the lesson. This lesson concludes Unit 2 ‘Hitler’s Rise to Power’.

The third lesson from the Edexcel Superpower relations and the Cold War GCSE course. Students continue to set the tone for the origins of the Cold war as they learn about the key differences between capitalism and communism through a debate. They then plot the key countries that followed each system on a world map before recapping their knowledge in a plenary. As always there are clear instructions and high-quality resources.

Students learn about the main reasons why Hitler eliminated the SA. through a card sort (categorizing and prioritising activities). They write up their views about why Hitler chose to execute the leading members of the SA (support provided for less able). There are also source based challenge activities to prep the more able for GCSE style questions. As always a step by step guide and high-quality differentiated worksheets.

The Narrative question exam preparation lesson. This product includes all of the material required to teach the two narrative exam style questions. Students read about two key events (the Hungarian Uprising and the Berlin crisis, 1958-61), complete a card sort activity, sequence key events before writing up their responses to the questions. A student-friendly mark scheme is included as well as structure tips for this question type. There is also literacy support and exam tips for how to approach this type of question. In the examination students should aim to spend 10 minutes writing up this question, so this could be a timed activity. It's important that the students start to get into the habit of arranging and sequencing the events and using the linking language. Terms of Use: Purchase of this item entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages for personal and classroom use only. Duplication for other classes, an entire school or for commercial use is strictly prohibited without written permission from the author. Minor editing is allowed but only for personal use. The document remains under copyright even when edited. Pasting this item in whole or part on the Internet in any form is strictly prohibited and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Copyright 2017

Students learn about the conditions on the Great Plains and how these led to serious difficulties for white settlement farming. This lesson includes a range of student-led activities, such as developing exam skills by creating an advert for a sod house, spotting and explaining errors in a government advert and a range of tasks to develop knowledge of life on the Great Plains.

An exam skills lesson. Students are introduced to the concepts of interpretations and work through a variety of activities to develop their source analysis skills. They examine two different types of exam style questions and use worksheets to help guide them through the skills needed to produce a level 3 response. The lesson also builds on the knowledge gained from Lesson 9 and the lesson concludes with the students applying this knowledge to complete a 12 mark explain question.

Students learn about the causes of the 1381 peasants revolt by working their way through categorising, prioritising and discussions before writing up their findings in a newspaper reporting activity.

Students begin by creating a fact file about the event (directed and differentiated). They then look at several reasons why Japan might have attacked Pearl Harbour. They need to sort these reasons into categories or factors that motivated the attack. They eventually decide which factor was key and link this to the best supporting evidence before writing up their findings in a telegram. Literacy support and differentiated resources included as well as clear step by step instruction.