Hello and welcome! My name is Mr. H and I have been the head of a secondary school History faculty for over a decade. I am passionate about developing high quality, exciting teaching resources that allow all pupils to feel challenged, supported and immersed in their learning. In order to achieve this, I hope to provide rigorously planned lessons and resources which are regularly updated to reflect meaningful, pedagogical changes in the curriculum.
Hello and welcome! My name is Mr. H and I have been the head of a secondary school History faculty for over a decade. I am passionate about developing high quality, exciting teaching resources that allow all pupils to feel challenged, supported and immersed in their learning. In order to achieve this, I hope to provide rigorously planned lessons and resources which are regularly updated to reflect meaningful, pedagogical changes in the curriculum.
Edexcel GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Topic 1: The Weimar Republic, 1918-29
Lesson 1: The Origins of the Republic, 1918-19
This is a fully resourced lesson, comprehensively covering all aspects of the specification through in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice.
Fully revised and updated for 2025, in line with exam board changes.
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Edexcel GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Topic 1: The Weimar Republic, 1918-29
Lesson 4: Changes in Society, 1924–29
This is a fully resourced lesson, comprehensively covering all aspects of the specification through in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice.
Fully revised and updated for 2025, in line with exam board changes.
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Edexcel GCSE History: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
This is a complete unit of lessons, comprehensively covering all 4 topics from the specification in their entirety.
Each lesson is fully resourced, containing in-depth information, activities, educational videos and exam practice throughout.
Every lesson has also been fully revised and updated for 2025, in line with exam board changes.
• Topic 1: The Weimar Republic 1918–29
o Lesson 1: The Origins of the Republic, 1918-19
o Lesson 2.1: The Early Challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919-23 - The Treaty of Versailles
o Lesson 2.2: The Early Challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919-23 - Challenges from Left and Right
o Lesson 2.3: The Early Challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919-23 - Hyperinflation
o Lesson 3: The recovery of the Republic, 1924–29
o Lesson 4: Changes in Society, 1924–29
• Topic 2: Hitler’s Rise to Power, 1919–33
o Lesson 5: Early Development of the Nazi Party, 1920-1922
o Lesson 6: The Munich Putsch and the Lean Years, 1923-1929
o Lesson 7: The Growth in Support for the Nazis, 1929-1932
o Lesson 8: How Hitler became Chancellor, 1932-33
• Topic 3: Nazi Control and Dictatorship, 1933–39
o Lesson 9: The Creation of a Dictatorship, 1933-34
o Lesson 10: The Police State
o Lesson 11: Controlling and Influencing Attitudes
o Lesson 12: Opposition, Resistance and Conformity
• Topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–39
o Lesson 13: Nazi Policies Towards Women
o Lesson 14: Nazi Policies Towards the Young
o Lesson 15: Employment and Living Standards
o Lesson 16: The Persecution of Minorities
Edexcel GCSE History - The American West, 1835–1895
Topic 2: Development of the Plains, 1862–1876
One Page Summary Sheet / Knowledge Organiser.
Perfect for revision and student catch up.
Made for 2025, so is reflective of the most recent updates from Edexcel.
Fully editable to suit your needs.
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Life for Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
This lesson makes use of the series of short Youtube videos on the Warsaw ghetto, all of which are clearly hyperlinked at the right places. Students have a question sheet that they fill in as they watch the videos. There is also information provided on each slide. Lots of chance for discussion at different points.
Pictionary, Diary entries task and SPLAT game plenary
This lesson starts by re-capping on the reasons why America became involved in the Vietnam war. It then contains in depth information and interactive slides on all the American and Viet Cong Guerilla Tactics. There are also a number of brilliant and appropriate videos hyperlinked throughout.
A detailed information sheet and a grid for students to record information is also included.
This lesson also contains two 8 mark exam questions and model answers for students to engage with, designed to mirror the demands of the AQA History B GCSE, though the content would be relevant for any exam in this area.
Lesson also makes reference to the GCSE History B Ferriby Textbook in some areas, purely for additional reading for students if desired.
The TET Offensive, 1968
- Complete informative lesson, including relevant hyperlinked videos.
- Victory/Defeat sorting activity, leading into discussion
- Reference is made to the GCSE Ferriby textbook for further reading.
- Complete lesson on later bombings and Vietnamisation under President Nixon, 1970-72.
- Relevant hyper-linked videos are included.
- Reference is made to the GCSE Ferriby textbook for further reading.
Complete lesson on slave auctions, designed for Key Stage 3.
This lesson is comprehensive, fully resourced and easy to follow.
It is full of different activities for students to engage with.
Hyperlinked videos are also included throughout.
Recently edited for the new academic year, with greater focus on developing the source skills needed by students, particularly when they reach GCSE level.
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Complete lesson on Resistance and Opposition to the Nazi Regime
Students study 4 key examples...
- The White Rose Movement
- The Edelweiss Pirates
- The Kreisau Circle
- The Stauffenberg bomb plot (Operation Valkyrie)
Reading and discussion opportunities
Team and individual activities
Hyperlinked videos
Lesson designed for younger students, introducing the concept of chronology.
The lesson is clear and easy to follow and is full of activities and discussion opportunities.
Whole lesson on propaganda in Nazi Germany, with information and hyperlinked videos throughout
- Joseph Goebbels
- Book burning
- Posters and newspapers
- Speeches
- Cinema and film
- Rallies
- Sport, Festivals, Art and Music
- Censorship (covered using hyper linked videos, and activity to be completed alongside use of Ferriby textbook)
- Homework task on opposition to the Nazi regime
Complete lesson, designed for KS3, examining what life was like for soldiers in the trenches of the Western Front during World War One.
This lesson is fully resourced, with clear, progressive differentiated activities and relating educational videos.
This is a complete lesson on the Schlieffen Plan, designed for KS3.
- 'Do Now’starter
- Hyperlinked educational videos
- Detailed maps, information and activities throughout
- Also includes a reflection slide with a working 10 minute timer (could be used for other lessons as well).
Complete lesson, designed for Key Stage 3, on the Feudal System created by William the Conqueror.
This lesson includes many different activities and a number of educational videos.
Complete lesson on the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49, including:
- Hyperlinked informative video
- Activity examining the causes and consequences of the blockade
- Chances for analysis of a number of relevant sources throughout
Jack the Ripper: Life in the East End of London
Designed for Key Stage 3, this is the first lesson in a unit on Jack the Ripper. It explores what life was like in the East End (Whitechapel) and why crime was easier to commit in this period. A variety of activities run throughout the lesson.
Medieval England: Villages and Towns
This is a complete lesson, designed for Key Stage 3, on villages and towns in Medieval England. Particular focuses include living conditions, hierarchy and the different jobs that people did.
This lesson includes reading and discussion opportunities, a number of different activities and many educational videos.
This is a series of lessons I have made for teaching Medieval England at Key Stage 3.
Lesson 1: Villages and Towns
Lesson 2: Religion and the Church
Lesson 3: Crime and Punishment
Lesson 4: The Murder of Thomas Becket
Lesson 5: Life as a Medieval Knight
Lesson 6: King John and the Magna Carta
Lesson 7: The Black Death, Causes & Spread
Lesson 8: The Black Death, Symptoms & Cures
Lesson 9: The Black Death, Consequences
The lessons on Thomas Becket and King John also have newly designed assessments. Each assessment contains an in-depth mark sheet and reflection activities that will save you hours in marking.
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This lesson has been designed as the first in a KS3 unit of work on Women’s fight for suffrage in the early 20th Century.
It is titled ‘British Society in the 19th and 20th Centuries’.
Key focuses include:
… Starter task on understanding centuries
… Class structure activity - working, middle, lower
… Chartism (information and discussion)
… Attitudes towards women (source analysis and questions)
… Introductions to the Suffragists and the Suffragettes
… Plenary, homework and relevant videos throughout
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