Complete scheme of learning with activity ideas for individual lessons, assessments and hyperlinked videos.

AQA 8145 - Exploration of key causes of failure. Initial worksheet gets students to pin point at what stage they think the Armada failed. Group task involves the creation of a persuasive poster regarding their factor - overall judgement activity on biggest reason for failure. Interpretation practice question built in with mark scheme.

For new Germany unit - 1890-1945 Picture starter focusing on how the depression linked to an increase in extremism, video on the impact of the depression, source sheet and explanation tasks with continuum plenary

Exploration of the sides in the civil war, analysis of the weaponry and which was most effective. Culminates in a judgement on which side pupils would like to have fought on.

Lesson exploring motives for the introduction of prohibition - group task exploring four groups in society and how they viewed prohibition, judgement activity focusing on the temperance movement and the impact of WW1.

Two lesson sequence on Mary I's character - starter of 'Mary Mary rhyme', two videos and notes, source task building to a 16 mark statement essay using AQA 8145 assessment criteria.

Two lesson series exploring life on plantations for slaves. Lesson 1 focuses on day-day life. Hyperlinked vider starter leads to a data capture carousel activity and judgement line plenary. The second lesson involves students exploring life on plantations using sources and creating positive and negative interpretations to enable them to reach a clear judgement.

Lesson exploring the policy of vietnamisation. Recap starter reviewing key content from Vietnam, group task exploring how Nixon could solve the issues in Vietnam, source analysis of Nixon to compare their suggestions to,, hyperlinked video of vietnamisation, use of hand out to create a table showing the success of vietnamisation for the US government, US military and south Vietnam, 4 mark source question plenary.

Lesson exploring Al Capone's fame and interpretations of him. Video hyperlinked in exploring his more positive side, interpretation/source work and table completion leads to an overall judgement activity allowing pupils to justify their own view on Capone.

AQA 8145 - Evaluation of developments in treatments and drugs in the C20th with focus on body, surgery and treatment. Colour coded timeline shows themes over time and allows categorisation, diamond 6 judgement activity on most significant

Exploration of why prohibition failed - use of the Simpsons Beer Baron episode promotes discussion of utility, card ranking exercise exploring significance of causes of the failure. Overall judgement activity on why prohibition failed.

Lesson exploring division of opposition to Conservatives: Recap domestic policies of Wilson and Callaghan and assess failures, two videos on SDP hyperlinked in, exploration of Labour under Kinnock, analysis of the reasons for the divisions in opposition, judgement plenary.

Lesson exploring the preparations of William of Normandy. Starter uses the Bayeux Tapestry to gain evidence from. Pupils then explore the advantages and disadvantages of William’s preparations in a table, linking them to the problems they could cause Harold Godwinson. Pupils answer an explain question (AQA 8145) - Explain what was important about William’s preparations for the invasion of England, leading to a judgement line plenary on how effective William’s preparations were

Lesson exploring the way that Harold Godwinson died. Starter utilises the bayeux tapestry scene to explore how Harold is portrayed as being killed. Pupils then investigate five sources and complete the table to analyses the content and provenance of the sources. This is brought together with a paired summary analyses enabling students to reach a conclusion, leading to supported judgement on their own theory on Godwinson’s death.

Exploration of social change in the 1920s. Whiteboard picture starter, carousel activity/market place exploring differen aspects of social change (music, cars, cinema and sport), judgement on if the roaring 20s really "roared" for everyone

Starter - exisiting knowledge of Gandhi, group task analysing one method Gandhi used to protest against British rule - present to group or use as a carousel/market place activity, analysis of the various factors that ended British rule with an overall judgement.

Introduction to causes of Armada - carousel activity regarding causes, then categorisation into themese. Exploration of interpretation of Armada as a starter.

AQA 8145 - Exploration of various themes involved in discovery and use of penicillin, group based essay planning task around "Has WW2 been the most important factor in the discovery and use of penicillin?"

Lesson exploring growin racial tensions due to immigration in Britain 1951-64. The trio starter recaps previous learning over the unit. Pupils then use the images to explore the experience of ‘new Commonwealth’ immigrants and begin to think about why there would be hostility to immigrants at this time. A video (watch up to election of Wilson) explores the experience immigrants had, leading to a contemporary news report on the Notting Hill riots. Students then read and use the hand out to answer two questions on the ‘issue’ of immigration and the positive and negative impacts. Finally a source plenary allows students to practice analysing content and value of a source relating to the Notting Hill riots.

Lesson reviewing the theme Public Health. The starter is a 3,2,1 knowledge recall task, leading to completion of a chart assessing public health from 1000-present day by categorising the evidence from the timeline into both themes and periods (medieval-modern). This leads into a challenge question assessing which development was the most helpful/most hindered public health. Pupils then write a judgement to a 16 mark question (governments most important factor) and the compare theirs to a model paragraph; annotating it showing strengths and weaknesses. The plenary is a ‘rolling revision’ - using dice to explain key knowledge to their partners.