Churchill : Hero or villain?

This ‘Historical Leaders / Great Dictators’ lesson investigates the leadership of Winston Churchill and encourages students to evaluate whether he was a hero or a villain. Students will read short summaries of the role he played during World War II, the Bengal famine, in Ireland, the development of the Welfare State and in Wales to come to a conclusion.

This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, think pair share activity, mini plenary, information sheet with table to complete, a consolidation evaluative written questions and a discussion plenary.

Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.

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