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.

The English Civil War end of unit assessment. The assessment is a source based activity. There are a range of preparation activities, such as grading another student's response by colour coding different aspects of the response, extracting similarities and differences form sources before attempting the assessment. There is a self-assessment and DIRT activity to follow up.

This lesson looks at the problems faced by the Nazi Party in 1933 and how they addressed these problems. In the lesson the class will need to work in groups (4 per group). They are presented with some memos linked to propaganda and they have to identify the problems (for the Nazi party) included in these memos. They will need to decide which issues are the most important (and justify this - a good opportunity to encourage deeper level thinking through teacher questioning). When they have done this they can begin to construct some possible solutions that teh nazi Party could have implemented. each group will present their ideas to the class (I use sugar paper and coloured pens so that they can makes spider diagrams or mindmaps). I also ensure that they use the sentence stems provided when speaking to the class to encourage literacy development. Each student will need to complete their own matrix. There is a homework task included in the presentation which compares the students solutions to the actual solutions implemented by Goebbels. This lesson teachers itself.

The first lesson of the second unit of the Edexcel 9-1 crime and punishment specification. This lesson looks at the changing definitions of crime, c1500-c1700. A step by step guide to the lesson which examines the religious changes during Tudor England and its affects on crime and punishment. Several tasks linked to the new crimes that came into place following religious changes 1500-1700, such as heresy and treason. Students will determine which monarch made the most changes to crime and punishment during the period whilst learning about the religious changes that led to new crimes

Lesson 20 of our Edexcel Crime and Punishment Unit. A lesson on the work of Fry and Howard and the subsequent changes to prisons. Students are introduced to some sources about the use and condition of prisons in the 17th century, which they analyse and use as evidence to comment on the state of prisons. They then work through a range of activities such as creating a fact file, a research task on Fry and Howard. Once they have secured their knowledge of the work of the reformers they begin to link their work to prisons changes and write up how their work affected prisons in the period. All resources are differentiated with literacy support and prompts.

A lesson looking at the political threats faced by the Weimar Republic in the years 1919-1923. Students begin by completing a survey about what makes someone left or right wing and assessing their own political beliefs. They then look at the main political parties and link these to a range of potential voters in 1918-1929 Germany. They also attempt to try to work out why different groups would be unhappy with the new government. They develop their understanding of the situation by analysing two uprisings (Spartacist and Kapp Putsch) and complete a matrix before assessing what the wider significance of both events had on Germany and how it affected the Weimar Constitution.

A lesson with a range of activities to develop the knowledge required for reforms to prisons in the 20th century (young offenders and purpose of changes to legislation). The resources includes information sheets, a range of activities, such as mind mapping and analysing the reasons for reforms to the prison system in the 20th century.

This Tarsia puzzle covers the theme of crime and punishment through time, c1000 – present. The Tarsia puzzle requires students to match up sides of triangles to form a hexagonal shape (as shown on the presentation). These are really useful for revision purposes. The activity takes around 15 minutes and can be used as a starter or a plenary. This resource includes all necessary materials. Instructions included on the PowerPoint.

This lesson looks at a range of key events that impacted the population growth in Britain, 1750-1900. Students discuss key factors, select and priorities evidence before completing a teaching poster for 3 factors or events that affected population growth during the Industrial Revolution. All resources provided and modelled in the presentation. As always there are clear instructions and differentiated activities

Students learn about the Harrying of the North through analysing a range of sources, from videos, illustrations and written accounts. They create a mind map to show the features before writing a speech to stir up support against William due to his actions. Step by step guide included.

Students begin by creating a caption for a cartoon of JFK. They then categorise knowledge cards before producing a SWOT analysis for Cuba for Castro in 1959 before he launches his revolution. They use their knowledge of Cuba and fresh evidence cards of the main incidents following the revolution to create an annotated heart beat graph for President Kennedy. This is then used to respond to a series of questions. There is a homework activity on the causes of effects on the Bay of Pigs incident. The lesson concludes with students refining their cartoon captions. As always there are step by step instructions and high quality resources.

This lesson starts with a knowledge recap about the situation in Hungary in 1956 before students start evaluating the outcomes of the Uprising through categorising and prioritising information. The lesson involves exam practice for the 8 mark consequences style questions. Fully differentiated with step by step instructions, exam tips, structure strips and a range of activities and worksheets. This lesson concludes Unit 1

A lesson focused on the changes that took place in the Soviet Union under the rule of Gorbachev… Students learn about the problems that existed by 1985 and the solutions to these problems. They use their knowledge to complete a series of tasks which include a narrative account question (exam tips and support included). Clear step by step instructions and differentiated tasks included.