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.
A lesson that focuses on the impacts that the atomic bomb had on Hiroshima. Students use the knowledge for the lesson to create a newspaper article which focuses on 4 key areas (that the choose). Literacy support and differentiated materials provided. As always there are clear instructions.
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.
5 lessons introducing students to using OS Maps (symbols, 4 and 6 figure grid refs (battleships, contour lines and creating their own OS map section in an assessment). The grid references on the PowerPoint will need adapting depending upon the OS Map that is being used.
This 16 page booklet includes 6 Question 1 example exam style questions. Each question links to a worksheet with activities and a card sort. There are a range of support materials for your students, such as a student friendly mark scheme, structure strips, hints and tips for approaching the consequence question as well as revision activities. These are great for revision lessons, homework tasks, assessments or the booklets can be used over a series of lessons ( probably 3 lessons worth of material and activities). These resources take many hours to create, so please leave a review. Thank you.
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The first 6 lessons for the unit USA 1919-1945. Lesson one is an introduction to the course where students are introduced to the main themes/ characters that they will study in the course. Lesson 2 requires the students to imagine what USA was like in 1920 before annotating/ analysing sources from the period and then revisiting their initial view and then explaining how their view has changed. Lesson 3 looks at the reasons for the economic boom. Lesson 4 explores the groups of people who either benefited/ did not benefit from the boom. Lesson 5 looks at the Jazz movement. All lessons contain detailed resources, literacy support, differentiated materials and key word/ literacy materials.
This is a 19 page teaching booklet for the French Revolution Unit of Work. The booklet includes a range of worksheets and activities, such as card sorts, the storming of the Bastille newspaper writing activitiy, source activities, decision-making tasks, worksheets and information sheets. The booklet includes enough material for 6 lessons and is aimed at Key Stage 3 (USA ages 11-14). The activities cover the key areas of the French Revolution, for example the causes, key events, interpretations and its impacts on human rights and modern day implications. The booklet can be taught as a sequence of lessons or the worksheets can simply be used for one off lessons or cover lessons. All activities are student-led and easy to follow.
A sequence of 3 fully resourced lessons which focuses on the war in Vietnam. Each lesson includes a powerpoint with a step by step guide and activities, differentiated worksheets, card sorts and a range of exercises which are all ready to teach.
Three fully resourced lessons on the Holocaust. Each lesson is a source based enquiry which includes a PowerPoint with a step by step guide and activities, differentiated worksheets, source sheets, literacy support and a range of activities.