A lesson that looks at the reason why William needed to introduce the Feudal System, what it was and how it worked. Tasks include; worksheet (literacy support included) and group activity where students create a short play to help explain how the system worked.

Year 7 Norman Conquest Assessment. OCR style questions. Levels, examplers and mark schemes included.

A lesson on the Wars of the Roses. Starter requires the students to extract information and create a factfile (sentence stems included to help less able). This task gives the class a bit of background e.g. how the conflict started. Task 2 introduces the class to the key events (cards) and they have to place these events on a graph to show which house was winning. Once this has been discussed and the groups are happy with their order there are a series of questions which can be answered by extracting evidence from the graph (literacy support is provided on the presentation). Plenary requires students to form an opinion as to which house deserved the crown and they use evidence to support their opinion. (Note: the graph needs to be printed onto A3 paper).

The first lesson in our KS3 Cold War unit. This enquiry acts as an introductory overview to the Cold War unit. which 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. 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 never heard the word document is included too. As always there are clear step by step instructions and differentiated resources.

Students learn about the Berlin crisis through a range of activities, such as matching images to captions, categorising impacts, writing a diary account and creating a Berlin blockade fact file. AS always there are step by step instructions and differentiated activities and resources.

A worksheet which gives students an overview of the conflict in Vietnam

students work through a decision making activity which introduces students to 4 key factors why the Mary Rose sank. They need to sort through evidence cards and match them to the correct explanations and then chose their most significant pieces of evidence before writing up a report which explains their theory about the Mary Rose and they end with a peer assessment plenary. As always there are clear step by step instructions.

Students have been asked for their advice on a documentary about why Hitler lost WW2. They are introduce to some key factors which they rank by using a radar graph. They then have to decide how much time should be allocated to each factor in the documentary based on their findings. As always there are clear step by step instructions and differentiated resources.

Time travel Britain! Students learn about Christmas during two different eras; the medieval period and Christmas during the rule of Oliver Cromwell. These two booklets include a range of activities (that need minimal teacher intervention) such as a time travel activity, source analysis, writing up a report about Christmas in the period of study (a differentiated version included with sentence stems and a version without literacy support is included), a stamp making activity, a word search and a quick recap at the end where students change their time travels views based on what they now know. Each book will take the students a 60 minute lesson to work through (so enough material for two lessons here). Enjoy a stress free end of term lesson :-)

Students learn about the transatlantic slave trade by creating an annotated map, fact file and a range of student-led activities. As always there are clear step by step instructions and differentiated resources and activities.

A lesson that looks at the economic and foreign policies implemented by Stresemann between 1923-1929. Students work through several activities to develop knowledge and understanding of how Stresemann helped the economy and Germany’s overseas reputation.

This lesson looks at the social, economic and political impacts of the Great Depression on Germany. Students work through a range of activities to identify links between events and to determine what the key impacts of the Wall Street Crash were on Germany. The lesson includes a range of activities which build on the knowledge gained form the previous lesson.

Students work through the evidence to create a theory about the death of suffragette Emily Davison. Once they have constructed their theory they use the newspaper templates to write up an article with their opinion. Literacy support and differentiated materials included. As always there are clear step by step instructions.

A lesson on overseas troops and their experience during World War One. The lesson includes a card sort and ranking activity, a post card analysis and then the students main activity is to create an accurate postcard that represents the experience of overseas troops during WW1. Literacy support and extension task also included as well as clear step by step instructions

EStudents analyse a range of sources and score these based on how useful medieval medicine was before responding to an extended response question which develops examination skills. Literacy support provided. Clear instructions and ready to teach.

The last lesson in our English Civil War Unit of Work. The lesson looks at different interpretations of King Charles II which students weigh up against a Horrible Histories sketch. Having done this the students write a letter to the creators of Horrible Histories to explain how the sketch could be developed. Literacy support and differentiated resources included. As always there are clear step by step instructions. PLEASE NOTE, DUE TO COPYRIGHT, I CANNOT UPLOAD THE BLING LYRICS. THESE CAN BE FOUND HERE .

Students work through a card sort and a diamond 9 activity to determine the key factors in the German invasion of France. They write up their findings in a report template which develops their literacy skills by asking them to select the best evidence to support their findings. Challenge for the more able who create their own categories and suggest how France could avoid future invasions. As always there are clear instructions and high-quality differentiated resources.

Students learn about why so many men died during the Battle of the Somme. Activities include, creating a fact file, a card sort with categorizing and prioritizing tasks and a report writing exercise. Literacy support and differentiated tasks included. As always there are clear step by step instructions.

A lesson on the Black Death. Students complete a sequencing activity, categorising/ card sort/ diamond 9 (plenty of paired work and discussion) and then responding to an examination style question (support provided) that encourages students to develop counterarguments and use key terms/ focus of paragraph structure.

An introduction to Medieval Realms Unit of Work. Students learn about Britain at the start of the 12th century. This lesson includes a range of student led activities,source analysis/ extraction tasks, categorising the sources of information, writing up a report on what Britain was really like in this era (writing frame included for less able). Clear step by step instructions and differentiated materials included.