GCSE EDEXCEL History: Option B4: Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 Unit 2: Challenges to Elizabeth, at Home and Abroad, 1569-88 This lesson is the first in Unit 2. The powerpoint is split into two separate lessons, with a stand-alone lesson on the Revolt of the Northern Earls and the second on the three plots (Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington)

In this pick-up-and-go lesson, your students will learn about how Dr Martin Luther King Jr. led the Civil Rights movement to enormous victories over inequality in the USA. The lesson begins with the students tackling a philosophical question. Students then share what knowledge they already have on Rosa Parks and MLK Students will then look at the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) and evaluate the role Parks and MLK played in it. Students will then complete an investigation into the March on Washington (1963) Knowledge is checked with a ‘true or false’ game Knowledge is consolidated with students completing a word cloud My students love this lesson, and I hope that yours will, too!

This lesson works perfectly to introduce chronology with Year 7 and sets the students up for the rest of their History adventure be it 3, 5 or 7! This is a full lesson and comes with my students’ seal of approval. Introduction: Start with a game, get the students straight into thinking and talking about history Literacy: Directly teach the key words, with a visual example Historiography: Introduce the students to timelines, with them guessing what happened at the two yers Main task: Students are given a series of events (from across the KS3 and 4 curriculum), they then work together to put them in chronological order. Explanation: Full screen pictures for each event, with year and the name of the event for students to self-check their timeline. Time for teacher insight into each event and to ask class for their ideas. Historiography: Students then draw their own timeline - can add the pictures with each event. (Grid with pictures of events is included in the PowerPoint) Wonder: Students then write about which of these events they most want to learn about and why. Useful exercise for finding out what your students want to learn! I always enjoy delivering this lesson, and I hope you will, too!

This lesson works perfectly to introduce chronology with Year 7 and sets the students up for the rest of their History adventure be it 3, 5 or 7! It works as a stand-alone lesson, or as the second in my introduction to history series with ‘what is chronology’ being the first part. This is a full lesson and comes with my students’ seal of approval. Introduction: Students begin with a literacy exercise Teacher-Student investigation: Students are asked for their ideas on what ‘cause’ and ‘consequence’ means. Then put this skill to the test with a literacy exercise. Practice: Students are given four consequences and can come up with imaginative causes! Main task: Students are given a series of events (from across the KS3 and 4 curriculum), they then work together to work out the cause for each of them. Explanation: The events are then given to the students to self-check their timeline with the events being given one-by-one on the PPT. Time for teacher insight into each event and to ask class for their ideas. Plenary practice: Students then write some of their own cause and consequence sentences and share them with their partner. I always enjoy delivering this lesson, and I hope you will, too!