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GCSE History for Edexcel
The Cold War: 'How dangerous was the Cuban Missile Crisis?'
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The Cold War: 'How dangerous was the Cuban Missile Crisis?'

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Students learn about the one of the key flash points from the Cold War. There are a range of activities, such as a fact file task, plotting the ‘13 days’ on a crisis graph and the main task is a newspaper article (success criteria, literacy support and differentiated). To end they need to determine who was the victor in the crisis by writing a tweet setting out either the USA or Soviet’s view on the outcome of the crisis. These resources take many hours to create so please be kind enough to leave a review. Thank you.
Edexcel 9-1 Crime & punishment and law enforcement in medieval England teacher/ student booklet
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Edexcel 9-1 Crime & punishment and law enforcement in medieval England teacher/ student booklet

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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. This product comes as part of Unit 1 Crime and punishment through time c.1000-c.1500 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-gcse-9-1-history-crime-and-punishment-c1000-c1500-11463922
The First World War: 'What was life really like on the Western Front?'
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The First World War: 'What was life really like on the Western Front?'

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Students label a WW1 trench system. extract evidence from a Horrible Histories sketch about life in the trenches, before analysing sources to determine how accurate HH are in their interpretation of trench life. The main task is writing a letter to the producers to explain how the sketch could be improved. As always there are clear step by step instructions.
The Industrial Revolution. L4 'Why were the cities so dirty during the industrial revolution?'
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The Industrial Revolution. L4 'Why were the cities so dirty during the industrial revolution?'

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This lesson looks at the key factors that led to such poor living conditions during the industrial revolution. Students are introduced to a comic of a London street in 1890 which they use to identify problems. The main activity requires the students to complete a matrix of the problems that they find in the towns and cities and why these issues exist. They do this by extracting evidence from a range of different people's views about the problems. Finally the students use the data to write a report about what the issues are, why they exist and what should be done. Literacy support included.
Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations & Cold War L13 'Why was there a crisis in Berlin, 1958-61?'
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Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations & Cold War L13 'Why was there a crisis in Berlin, 1958-61?'

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This lessons looks at the reasons for the refugee crisis, the Soviets response and how the events between 1958-61 affected superpower relations. Students learn about living standards in Germany before working out where various people lived based on their knowledge. This activity is reinforced by some open ended questioning to challenge the more able. Students then study the key events in the years and plot these on a tension graph. They annotate their decisions. They end the lesson by completing an 8 mark narrative question (support included for less able as well as a student friendly mark scheme). As always there are clear instructions and high-quality resources.
Medieval Realms: 'Who was to blame for the state of Medieval towns?'
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Medieval Realms: 'Who was to blame for the state of Medieval towns?'

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Easy to follow lesson on Medieval towns. Starter activity requires students to identify problems from an image and consider adjectives to help describe the town. They then analyse a range of sources that relate to the town’s residents and give each a blame rating for their role in the poor living conditions before writing a PPE paragraph about who their chief culprit is. the main task is a TripAdvisor review for the town (success criteria and literacy support provided).
L5 Edexcel 9-1 Crime & Punishment: How did the Normans change justice?
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L5 Edexcel 9-1 Crime & Punishment: How did the Normans change justice?

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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).
The Norman Conquest: L4 Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?
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The Norman Conquest: L4 Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?

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Students analyse four key factors that led to the successful Norman invasion. Students work through a card sort (categorising), diamond 9 (prioritising) and identifying links between the evidence before writing up their findings in a Facebook style response, with a strong emphasis on literacy and developing examination skills.
The Tudors & Stuarts: Lesson 11 How Good was Queen Elizabeth?
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The Tudors & Stuarts: Lesson 11 How Good was Queen Elizabeth?

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Easy to follow lesson on Queen Elizabeth. Students eventually make a judgement about Queen Elizabeth through, portrait analysis, card sort and discussions. Main activity requires class to create their own annotated portrait which summarises their decision. Literacy support/ differentiated materials provided.
Easter lesson: How did people in the past celebrate Easter?
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Easter lesson: How did people in the past celebrate Easter?

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A fun end of tern Easter lesson, which includes students researching either Medieval or Tudor Easter and completing a series of independent activities, such as creating a Tudor or Medieval invitation to an Easter party, a leaflet/ poster setting out how easter was celebrated in the past, decorating a Tudor/ Medieval Egg, word search etc.
Structure Strips for Edexcel 9-1 History Paper 2
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Structure Strips for Edexcel 9-1 History Paper 2

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Handy structure strips that cover all the different types of questions (Edexcel GCSE 9-1, Paper 2 ). I use these for the Superpower Relations and Cold War 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.I cut out the literacy support and stick this to the reverse of the strip for students to use when they need help with introducing evidence/ examples and phrases for explaining. I hope people find these helpful :)
Structure Strips for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Modern Depth Study
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Structure Strips for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Modern Depth Study

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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