A concise 6 page A4 revision and teaching guide for the first unit of the Edexcel 9-1 Weimar and Nazi Germany specification (The Weimar Republic 1918-29). This comes with key vocabulary, an overview of the period, exam info on each sub topic, quick fire revision tasks, such as multiple choice questions, a student assessment grid and exam question examples and advice/ tips and skills. The is also a quick fire test, which can be used as a starter or a plenary or simply included in the booklet. This is perfect to give to each student either before or after the unit. I'll be doing one of these for each of the units, so keep your eyes on my page.

Students identify threats, challenges and responses to domestic challenges before moving on to look at the situation in Europe and in particular the Spanish influence in the Netherlands. Students assess various events, such as the trade embargo and attribute a success score for Elizabeth's influence in responding to various events. They follow this up with two exam style questions before deciding how successful Elizabeth was in dealing with religious challenges. Fully resourced with differentiated activities, exam tips and literacy support as well as a range of activities and worksheets that cover the topic.

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’.

Students learn about the main reasons why Hitler eliminated the SA. through a card sort (categorizing and prioritising activities). They writing up their views about why Hitler chose to execute the leading members of the SA (support provided for less able). There is a exam style section B task and other source related activities as well as the creation of a story board to show the causes, events and outcomes of the Night of the Long Knives. As always a step by step guide and high-quality differentiated worksheets.

The second lesson for Unit 1.1 (The situation on Elizabeth’s accession). This lesson looks at what was England like when Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558. Students organise features of England into given categories before completing analysis of the country and using the knowledge to complete a describe tow features of question. They finish by producing a comparison between England in 1558 and today.

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.

Handy structure strips that cover all the different types of questions (GCSE Modern Depth Study). I use these for the Weimar and Nazi Germany Unit. They are very useful when preparing students for exam preparation, assessments and writing up questions in lessons. The students also use these to make their own structure strips for revision. These can also be purchased as part of our Weimar Revision Pack (link below). https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-9-1-weimar-and-nazi-germany-1918-1939-revision-resource-pack-11637138

Students explore the main reasons why the Hungarian's began to protest against Soviet control. A card sort and Venn Diagram activity explores these reasons, students categorise, rank and explain the causes (as well as other activities) before updating the BBC Bitesize website about the Hungarian Uprising's causes. One task from this lesson requires use of P32 from the Pearson textbook (key events timeline). As always there are clear instructions and differentiated resources.

The first lesson in our Cold War unit. This enquiry acts as an introductory overview to the Cold War unit. This lesson allows your students to work out what the Cold War was and where it happened. It is always important to see the big picture before exploring the content. A classic introductory overview your students will look at a number images from events across the period 1945-72. They will match captions to the images to work out what was going on.This will help define what the Cold War was and plot on a map where the main flash points happened and work out what they can learn from each caption/image. A report task with a literacy focus concludes the lesson. A unit checklist/ self assessment document is included too. As always there are clear step by step instructions and differentiated resources.

Students learn about Elizabeth education by comparing it to modern day education. There are a range of worksheets and activities and an exam style question. As always there are clear instructions and differentiated resources.

Students learn about the key differences between capitalism and communism through a debate style activity. 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 Nazi policies towards minority groups and how these were influenced by eugenics. The main activity requires students to position Nazi policies on a graph frame, with the positioning based on their opinion re the severity of the persecution. The graph is then used to complete a series of tasks. Clear step by step instructions, differentiated activities and worksheets. This is the last lesson in the unit of work.

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 four key Catholic plots that eventually led to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587. The students begin with a code cracking activity. The data collection task requires the students to research the key plots and attribute scores for various categories linked to each in order to complete a card trading activity to determine which plot was most dangerous. This is followed up by various decision-making activities that aim to develop exam skills. Clear step by step instructions included.

Students examine the key push and pull factors that encouraged migration to the West. A range of student-led tasks, such as categorising/ prioritising activities through a card sort and a range of follow up tasks that help students to understand the factors that encouraged migration to the West.

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.

Students create a card trading activity/ game for 4 influential female suffrage campaigners. They do this by attributing scores for various factors based on the information given. This gives the students an overview about who the suffragettes were and their actions. Other activities included also involve creating a fact file. Differentiated and easy to follow instructions.

This lesson introduces students to the importance of factors in history in prep for the new GCSE spec. They identify the key factors from knowledge cards and use these to sort cards and to rank the importance of events before responding to a 'how far' style question. Literacy support and differentiated resources included. As always there are clear step by step instructions with differentiated resources and activities.

A lesson on the key factors that led to people voting for Hitler. There are a range of activities for all abilities, such as card sorts and prioritising activities, challenge questions, source based exercises, student-led activities, knowledge sharing active learning tasks and exam skills included throughout. As always there are clear step by step instructions and high-quality differentiated resources.

A lesson focused on the events of 1933-1934 which led to Hitler gaining control over Germany. Students analyse the key events (Reichstag Fire, Enabling Laws, Night of Long Knives, Hindenburg’s death, Oath of Loyalty) give examples and explanations of how each led to Hitler’s control and they must give each event various scores in order to create trump style trading cards. As always there are clear step by step instructions and high-quality differentiated resources.