Lesson 2 of a 6 lesson unit for the new Edexcel 9-1 GCSE on Crime and Punishment in the period 1500-1700. This lesson contains 3 resources on witchcraft, including why people believed in it, the case study of Matthew Hopkins, punishments and why accusations stopped.

Lesson 1 of a 6 lesson unit for the new Edexcel 9-1 History GCSE on crime and punishment in the period 1500-1700. In this lesson there are 4 resources on changing crimes in Early Modern England, such as heresy and vagabondage.

4 resources on the Battle of the Somme where the pupils have to decide if it was a case of 'Lions led by donkeys'. Looks at the East Surrey Regiment who were ordered to kick a football as they crossed 'no-man's' land on the first day of the battle.

3 resources on the suffragettes prior to 1914 and how they stopped their campaign during the First World War. Homework PowerPoint to get pupils to be creative i.e make suffragette dolls, paint posters, etc for a whole school display to coincide with the 100th anniversary of women over 30 getting the vote in February 2018.

3 resources on the role of women in Britain during the First World War.

5 resources designed as an introduction to Key Topic 1 on the Weimar Republic 1918-1933. These include an outline sheet about the whole unit, a PowerPoint which sets out the key events in the period 1918-1939 and a timeline and events on key topic 1 of the Edexcel 9-1 course on Weimar and Nazi Germany.

10 resources on Crime and Punishment in Medieval England for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE. This lesson looks at what changes had taken place and what had stayed the same. Pupils analyse manor court and royal court records to understand the nature of crime and punishment at this time.

5 resources on Nazi propaganda and censorship, including an exam question, card sort on propaganda and lesson starter to use whilst watching 'Triumph of the Will' on YouTube.

4 resources on the role of the church in Crime and Punishment in Medieval England. This lesson examines why Henry II quarrelled with Thomas Becket and looks at how the Church hindered justice because of sanctuary, Church Courts and trial by ordeal. Includes a 12 mark exam question and a model answer.

5 resources on Charles I and the causes of the English Civil War.

3 resources which look at weapons to be used with the battle scenes in the film 'Cromwell'.

3 resources on the causes of the English Civil War.

3 resources on the execution of Charles I

4 resources on witchcraft in the Stuart period.

A PowerPoint image showing the symbolism in the Rainbow Portrait and a pupil copy of the Rainbow Portrait to annotate.

3 resources which look at the Spanish Armada and analyse the Armada portrait.

2 resources on James I "The Wisest Fool in Christendom".

6 resources which include a timeline of important events in the Middle Ages and a worksheet on what England was like in 1066.

5 resources on who should be King in 1066 looking at the claims made by Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, William of Normandy and Edgar the Aethling.

7 resources on what happened in 1066 which include looking in detail at the Bayeux tapestry.