AQA A Level 1C The Tudors: England 1485-1603 The aim of this lesson is to decide Henry’s priorities on becoming King of England Students have to think which were Henry’s most pressing problems, before being given some help and guidance. They then have to prioritise which four things would be paramount to him and explain why. Using the information acquired, they can then begin to piece together which problems he faced and why, and plot this on a grid. The plenary requires them to write down the questions to the answers provided during the lesson. They are also introduced to a written answer to an exam question, which they analyse and evaluate before deciding which mark it could be awarded. There is some feedback from the exam board given here and a mark awarded. They can also plan an answer to this question themselves, before looking at the exam commentary, with a writing frame provided. There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

AQA A Level 1C The Tudors: England 1485-1603 The aim of this lesson is to assess the reasons behind the fragility of the crown during the Fifteenth Century. Students begin by using some source scholarship to analyse the weaknesses of the reign of Henry VI and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses between the Lancastrians and Yorkists. They also have to decide whether it was the weaknesses of Henry VI, the nobles or lack of support for the monarchy which caused the Wars of the Roses. The final task requires the students to fix a number of inaccurate statements and correct them from their learning during the lesson. There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

AQA A Level 1C The Tudors: England 1485-1603 The aim of this lesson is to question preconceived ideas of Henry being a strong and successful King. Students will need to analyse video and source evidence as well as complete some multiple choice questions to decide how much of a strong and successful king he really was. They will also study the Tudor family tree and explain why he might have had a more secure and legitimate claim to the English throne than his father did. There is a missing word activity for the plenary as students work out the correct answers to what they have learned from the lesson. There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

AQA A Level 1C The Tudors: England 1485-1603 The aim of this lesson is to decide what Mary’s main priorities were on becoming queen. Students learn the problems she faced on her accession and why her and Edward’s reigns have been labelled a mid-tudor crisis by historians. They are given a timeline of Mary’s rule to analyse and complete a diamond nine prioritising activity on her key agenda. They will then be able to make a judgement so far on how fit they think she is to rule and why the historiography of Mary has changed over the years. There is a key word bingo activity to finish the lesson as well as some exam extract analysis practice, with a writing frame and markscheme to help if required. There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

AQA A Level 1C The Tudors: England 1485-1603 The aim of this lesson is to question how effective the burning of heretics was in Mary’s reign to restore Catholicism. The lesson begins with some exam extract practice and then focuses on Cardinal Pole’s positive approach at first to gathering ‘the lost sheep’ back into the Catholic fold. Students learn the process of how a person was condemned to death in Marian England by burning at the stake and why the first executions encouraged large crowds to gather. Using some more ‘burning’ evidence, students have to evaluate how effective they were in Marian England, and be able to give both sides of the argument, including revisionist views from Dr Anna Whitelock. Students will finally have to analyse and decide where Protestantism and Catholicism was embedded around the country if at all and the significance of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 This lesson is split into two; the first part concentrates on the Mukden incident and the causes of Japan’s invasion into Manchuria in 1931. Students analyse a map of the area before completing a jigsaw puzzle and explaining in their own words (or pictures) the causes of the invasion. The second part of the lesson focuses on the consequences on the invasion and how powerless the League was to act, despite the moral condemnation from Lord Lytton’s report. There are some excellent links to video footage of the invasion in the lesson and how the League reacted to reinforce the learning. Students also have to decipher some visual images and text to build up a clear picture of the whole incident before they are ready to tackle a ‘write an account’ question. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, some retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 This lesson analyses the weaknesses of the League of Nations. Students recap on some of its successes at the start and link images and films to its performance in the 1920s. They then have to analyse and evaluate a list of sixteen statements and prioritise the reasons why it ultimately failed. They are also given some GCSE exam practice questions with advice on how to answer them correctly, complete with model answers and how to plan using key skills in the exam. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, some retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 The aim of this lesson is to analyse the thoughts of France, Britain, the USA and Russia and their reaction to Hitler’s foreign policy. Students are also introduced to Britain’s policy of appeasement and have to rate how effective negotiating with Hitler might be. Students have a choice of task from answering a GCSE question, to a balloon debate or to making flashcards to reinforce their learning. The plenary asks them to evaluate a number of silhouettes in a crowd and which character would best represent the Allied leaders. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, some retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 The aims of this lesson are to understand how far the leaders at the Versailles Conference were willing to compromise. The lesson is quite topical and uses current political events to discuss conciliation and compromise. The Armistice set out the blueprint which France expected to follow. However despite the differences of the Allied Powers, the pressure to make a decision quickly made the leaders compromise. As a result, students analyse how the map of Europe was to change. They are led to question which countries were formed and how and why rushing this was may not have been a good idea . Finally a summary of some of Wilson’s 14 points are evaluated; students have to decide who would have had the most objection to each point and justify their reasons. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, some retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

The Tudors: England 1485-1603 The aim of this lesson is to ascertain how smoothly Elizabeth consolidated her power on her succession to the throne. Students use source and documentary evidence to argue how Elizabeth used her coronation so effectively and think how Cecil might advise the Queen from the outset. There is a true and false activity as well as some source scholarship to consolidate the learning in the lesson. Students also have to think why a proposed marriage to Philip II of Spain might have its merits. There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

This key word literacy display has been designed to be used on classroom walls (or on display boards outside) when introducing a new History topic to the students. It is an easy resource to print and will hopefully save an incredible amount of time and effort when incorporating literacy into a new or existing scheme of work. The slides can also be laminated and used as mobiles hanging from the ceiling or used as part of an informative display. The slides cover the following words and their definitions: Cat and Mouse Act, conciliation, constitution, discrimination, Emmeline Pankhurst, equality, Emily Davison, enfranchise, Epsom Derby, Force feeding, franchise, hunger strikes, Married Women’s Property Act, Matrimonial Causes Act, legislation, militant, Nancy Astor, patriarchal society, petition, propaganda, subordinate, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, W.S.P.U., World War 1. The slides come in PowerPoint format so they are easy to change and adapt.

This key word literacy display has been designed to be used on classroom walls (or on display boards outside) when introducing a new History topic to the students. It is an easy resource to print and will hopefully save an incredible amount of time and effort when incorporating literacy into a new or existing scheme of work. The slides can also be laminated and used as mobiles hanging from the ceiling or used as part of an informative display. The slides cover the following words and their definitions: A Church, charter, commemorate, compare, crusade, Domesday Book, Doom painting, evidence, feudalism, function, government, Harrying of the North, historical source, infer, interpretation, laws, martyr, medieval, Motte and Bailey Castle, parish, parliament, penitence, pilgrimage, reign, siege, significant, sin, surrender, The Church, tithe. The slides come in PowerPoint format so they are easy to change and adapt.

AQA GCE A Level Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-45 The aim of this lesson is twofold: to introduce the A Level course and its requirements and then to assess the strengths of Germany before 1914. The course requirements are outlined to the students and how it will be assessed through the two examination components of source analysis and essay writing. The second part of the lesson analyses the three Reich’s in Germany and how it was governed from 1871. A colour coding activity on Germany unification, questions on the impact of World War I on Germany and its political structure under the Kaiser will allow students to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Germany in 1914. There is a enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

AQA GCE A Level Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-45 The aim of this lesson is to evaluate the impact the Great Depression had upon Germany. Students are given the context to the Wall Street Crash and then have to decide if Germany’s problems throughout were the sole consequence of the Wall Street Crash. They are given further details of the effects of the slump in Germany, from which they answer some differentiated questions. Various scenarios are also put forward, from the social, political and economic effects, to who suffered more - the young or the old and the rise of extremism. These can be debated and discussed in groups or individually. The plenary further challenges which particular groups suffered in the Depression and why. Some source exam practice can be completed, with help and structure given to answer the question if needed. There is a enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

AQA GCE A Level Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-45 The aim of this lesson is to analyse the appeal of Nazism to German voters. Students will start by examining the lean years of the Nazi Party and how Hitler reshaped his vision of Nazi ideology while in prison. They will also learn about the significance of the Bamberg Conference in 1926, which reasserted Hitler’s control over the Party. The second part of the lesson will focus on the broad support and appeal of Nazi ideology to the old elites, industrialists, and the Mittlestand. Hitler’s confidence in his success was evident when he ran for President in 1932, narrowly losing to Hindenburg. In this context, students will debate, discuss, and present feedback on seven key Nazi policy ideals, explaining why these policies had such widespread appeal. To conclude, students can complete some exam question practice, with structured support provided to help them effectively answer the question. An enquiry question posed at the beginning of the lesson will be revisited throughout to track the progress of learning during the lesson and the subsequent unit of work. The lesson is available in PowerPoint format and can be customised to suit specific needs. It is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship This lesson focuses on Weltpolitik and the dangers for the Kaiser faced with increasing industrialisation in the country and his pursuit of creating an Empire abroad so that ‘Germany could have its place in the sun’. Included in the lesson are a number of sources and charts, links to videos and information for the students to analyse and evaluate to decide the strength of Germany under the Kaiser and its weakenesses/ Some GCSE exam question practice is included with help given to answer them if required. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship This lesson introduces students to Stresemann and his policies. The starter is interactive as each student has a character card and will introduce themselves to each other to find out their worries and concerns with Germany between 1918-1923. At the end of the lesson the students will judge if Stresemann has made their lives better or not and justify their reasons. Was he a brilliant statesman who solved Germany’s problems or did he just paper over the cracks? There are a variety of learning tasks for the students to complete which include a quiz where the students pick up points for the correct answers, source analysis, colour coding activities on Stresemann’s economic and political policies as well as a GCSE exam practice question, with help given if required. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Suffragettes The aim of this lesson is to evaluate how much the vote gave independence to women in the roaring twenties. Students have to assess how and why women became more confident and empowered with new technology and the introduction of the reckless flapper, shocking society with her wild behaviour. There is video evidence, text mapping and source analysis for the students to complete to aid them in justifying their decisions. Students will also evaluate the role of four pioneering women in a differentiated task by colour coding batteries to rate their contribution to ‘girl power’. There is a chance to complete some extended writing using importance words as well as adding appositives to simple sentences in the plenary. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 The aim of this lesson is to analyse the events leading to the Berlin crisis of 1948 and the actions of the Allies to unite a divided Berlin into Trizonia with its new currency, the Deutschemark. Students begin by analysing maps of Berlin to understand its unique position in East Germany; they also use text to find out key information and decipher key words as well as evaluating how the crisis unfolded using a dual coding and text mapping exercise. The plenary requires the students to use causational equations to explain how and why the crisis happened. There is some GCSE exam question practice to complete, with tips on how to answer the consequences question, with model answers given if required. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout this and subsequent lessons to show the progress of learning. The lessons in this bundle are therefore linked together to build up a picture of how diplomacy, propaganda and spying led two Superpowers with opposing political ideologies to create tensions, rivalries and distrust as well as subsequently forming mutual understanding and cooperation over the time period in question. The resource includes retrieval practice, suggested teaching strategies, differentiated materials and GCSE exam practice. It also comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Rise of Dictators The aim of this lesson is to decide how evil Tsar Nicholas was. Students are given facts about Tsar Nicholas and his family which suggest he is a caring and devoted family man as well as a competent ruler. Inferences will be made using video, source and photographic evidence. Students are then given more information which will challenge their original assumptions. Incompetence, an ambitious and influential wife, a massacre as well as the growing influence of a ‘mad monk’ will enable students to give him an ‘evil rating’ out of 10. An extended written piece using argument words and a writing frame if required will allow students to give their final judgements and be able to justify their conclusions as to how evil they think he was, or not as the case may be. In the plenary activity, students have to prove they are not a robot by ticking the correct images which link to the learning of the lesson. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes some retrieval practice on Dictators, suggested teaching strategies, differentiated materials and comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.