This lesson focuses on Victorian England and can be used as part of the English unit on ‘A Christmas Carol’ or as a History lesson (has contextual information, source analysis, video analysis and writing tasks). This is from my wider ‘Full SOW A Christmas Carol’ resource.

This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time/Renaissanxe in Britain course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources, exam skills and revision and students perform extremely well! The lessons cover: Ideas about the cause of disease and illness ● Continuity and change in explanations of the cause of disease and illness. A scientific approach, including the work of Thomas Sydenham in improving diagnosis. The influence of the printing press and the work of the Royal Society on the transmission of ideas. Approaches to prevention and treatment ● Continuity in approaches to prevention, treatment and care in the community and in hospitals. ● Change in care and treatment; improvements in medical training and the influence in England of the work of Vesalius. Case studies ● Key individual: William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood. ● Dealing with the Great Plague in London (1665): approaches to treatment and attempts to prevent its spread.

These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 3 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. It has a range of resources and is great for students! The lessons cover: Key topic 3: Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933–39 1 The creation of a dictatorship, 1933–34 ● The Reichstag Fire. The Enabling Act and the banning of other parties and trade unions. ● The threat from Röhm and the SA, the Night of the Long Knives and the death of von Hindenburg. Hitler becomes Führer, the army and oath of allegiance. 2 The police state ● The role of the Gestapo, the SS, the SD and concentration camps. ● Nazi control of the legal system, judges and law courts. ● Nazi policies towards the Catholic and Protestant Churches, including the Reich Church and the Concordat. 3 Controlling and influencing attitudes ● Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda: censorship, Nazi use of media, rallies and sport, including the Berlin Olympics (1936). ● Nazi control of culture and the arts, including art, architecture, literature and film. 4 Opposition, resistance and conformity ● The extent of support for the Nazi regime. ● Opposition from the Churches, including the role of Pastor Niemöller. ● Opposition from the young, including the Swing Youth and the Edelweiss Pirates.

A series of lessons to teach the new OCR specification for Russia 1894–1941. The lessons are from the rule of Tsar Nicholas II to the events of 1917. 18 fun and engaging lessons with a model essay template (20 mark question). Each lessons links exactly to the relevant chapter in Access to History: Russia 1894-1941 for OCR. Numerous worksheets, exam practice and powerpoints (with appropriate page numbers to the book). A free example has been provided.

These lessons are focused on the Great Plague in 1665-6 which addresses the causes, events, treatments and preventive methods used at the time. These lessons have a variety of activities including: active plenaries, videos, creative writing, descriptive writing and exam practice. The lessons were mostly made using the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time spec and using a mixture of the Hodder and Pearsons book. The lessons are great for GCSE students especially.

These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 4 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. It has a range of resources and is great for students! The lessons cover: Key topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–39 1 Nazi policies towards women ● Nazi views on women and the family. ● Nazi policies towards women, including marriage and family, employment and appearance. 2 Nazi policies towards the young ● Nazi aims and policies towards the young. The Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens. ● Nazi control of the young through education, including the curriculum and teachers. 3 Employment and living standards ● Nazi policies to reduce unemployment, including labour service, autobahns, rearmament and invisible unemployment. ● Changes in the standard of living, especially of German workers. The Labour Front, Strength Through Joy, Beauty of Labour. 4 The persecution of minorities ● Nazi racial beliefs and policies and the treatment of minorities: Slavs, ‘gypsies’, homosexuals and those with disabilities. ● The persecution of the Jews, including the boycott of Jewish shops and businesses (1933), the Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht

This is an extremely fun template to use for departments/seasonal lessons/end of year lessons etc! Students absolutely loved this PPT and it can be adapted and changed according to your audience! The PPT plays like a netflix account and has some additional cool features!

This lesson is designed to support students with writing a persuasive non-fiction piece on including more people with disabilities. It looks at both a TED TALK video and a article to help students construct an argument and then present it at the end of the lesson.

A set of lessons (1h30 each) focused on the OCR Russia SPEC. The lessons cover Key Topic 1-4 and are embedded with a lot of content revision and exam questions! I taught these lessons whilst students were expected to complete my ‘Russia 1894–1941 Revision Booklet’. Students received high grades for this topic. (Also just a notice, I will be adding my complete and updated russia lessons hopefully in the next few months!)

This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL WW1 Medicine Through TimeThe British Sector of the Western Front course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources, exam skills and revision and students perform extremely well! The lessons cover: 1 The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches: ● The context of the British sector of Western Front and the theatre of war in Flanders and northern France: the Ypres salient, the Somme, Arras and Cambrai. The trench system - its construction and organisation, including frontline and support trenches. The use of mines at Hill 60 near Ypres and the expansion of tunnels, caves and quarries at Arras. Significance for medical treatment of the nature of the terrain and problems of the transport and communications infrastructure. ● Conditions requiring medical treatment on the Western Front, including the problems of ill health arising from the trench environment. The nature of wounds from rifles and explosives. The problem of shrapnel, wound infection and increased numbers of head injuries. The effects of gas attacks. ● The work of the RAMC and FANY. The system of transport: stretcher bearers, horse and motor ambulances. The stages of treatment areas: aid post and field ambulance, dressing station, casualty clearing station, base hospital. The underground hospital at Arras. ● The significance of the Western Front for experiments in surgery and medicine: new techniques in the treatment of wounds and infection, the Thomas splint, the use of mobile x-ray units, the creation of a blood bank for the Battle of Cambrai. ● The historical context of medicine in the early twentieth century: the understanding of infection and moves towards aseptic surgery; the development of x-rays; blood transfusions and developments in the storage of blood. 2 Knowledge, selection and use of sources for historical enquiries: ● Knowledge of national sources relevant to the period and issue, e.g. army records, national newspapers, government reports, medical articles. ��� Knowledge of local sources relevant to the period and issue, e.g. personal accounts, photographs, hospital records, army statistics. ● Recognition of the strengths and weaknesses of different types of source for specific enquiries. ● Framing of questions relevant to the pursuit of a specific enquiry. ● Selection of appropriate sources for specific investigations

This is a lesson focused on careers (personality, career roles, networking and volunteering).

This is a SOW created for KS5 students focusing on injustices throughout history (including the BLM movement, land disputes, the theory of ‘the Other’/treatment of minority groups, genocides, dictatorship and uprisings and the refugee crisis. The SOW ends with a research/ essay task for students to complete. This is a detailed SOW with tasks for students to complete (but can also be used as engaging lectures/ seminars for students to prepare them for university). Each lesson is related to contemporary news articles so students can understand the relevance of each lesson today. There are also thought-provoking questions in each lesson to allow the students to express their opinion/ challenge their opinion. My year 12 and 13s loved these lessons and it really helped them to: understand the current political/social events/problems in the world, be confident in expressing their opinions, improve their research skills and the impact media and governments have on the world!

Series of lessons on the OCR module Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1087. The SOW has 23 detailed Power Points with information regarding the spec, differentiation, a variety of activities and worksheets, and exam/ essay writing guidance. The lessons can be used for the Edexcel GCSE/ AQA Spec too. The lessons cover: Anglo-Saxon England 1035–1066: • Viking influence (Harold I, Harthacnut); Edward the Confessor; succession, consolidation, government and administration; religion, economy and society • Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings 1066: plans; course of events; impact • William I’s consolidation of power: securing succession; methods of control; extent of opposition. Please see my other lessons and resources (I have uploaded a revision booklet for this spec too). Hope this helps!

This bundle of resources/ SOW is focused on the Arab-Israeli Conflict and can be used for many exam boards such as the OCR Y321 and the Y100 or the EDEXCEL Conflict in the Middle East. It gives an excellent overview of the topic with a strong set of lessons with various resources, activities and focus on both primary and secondary sources. The lessons cover: An overview of the topic The Ottoman control of the Middle East The British Mandate The problems and aims of the British The Partition of Palestine The new state of Israel/ Zionism The First Arab-Israeli War Israeli Settlements The Refugee Crisis/ Nakba Arab Nationalism and Nasser The Six Day War The Yom Kippur War The Intifadas Failed peace process (Oslo and Camp David) Focus on individuals Exam practice

This SOW/ bundle addresses Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88. This is perfect for the EDEXCEL spec but can be used for any other exam board/ series of lessons. It has various activities and exam practice too. The lessons cover: ● Introduction to the course ● Elizabethan England in 1558: society and government. ● The Virgin Queen: the problem of her legitimacy, gender, marriage. Her character and strengths. ● Challenges at home and from abroad: the French threat, financial weaknesses. ● Religious divisions in England in 1558. ● Elizabeth’s religious settlement (1559): its features and impact. ● The nature and extent of the Puritan challenge and the nature and extent of the Catholic challenge, including the role of the nobility, Papacy and foreign powers ● Mary, Queen of Scots: her claim to the English throne, her arrival in England in 1568. ● Revision and Exam Practice

A series of lessons to support students with their spelling, punctuation, grammar and sentences. The lessons have a variety of tasks including: analytical writing, descriptive writing, fictional writing, independent and pair tasks. The 7 lessons were created for my 1h30 minutes lessons but can easily be split into more lessons. The lessons were designed for KS3 students but have been effective in supporting low-ability KS4 students.

A complete SOW with detailed lessons to teach Macbeth! These lessons are extremely engaging and support a variety of students with differentiation throughout. The lessons have a variety of activities including: analytical writing, evaluating texts, annotating texts and model paragraphs, group work, storyboards, ordering activities, exam practice, creating profile maps, comprehension, videos and so much more!! The lessons can be used to first teach the topic or for revision lessons. The lessons were designed to be longer than a normal 1 hour lesson so can also be used for double English lessons. The lessons cover the following: Macbeth Act 1 Macbeth Act 2 Macbeth Act 3 Macbeth Act 4 Macbeth Act 5 Content Revision Major Themes Context Structure/Language Analysis Exam Practice Exam

A lesson on Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot. The lesson had a variety of activities with videos, reading comprehension, chronology and narrative tasks and creating a storyboard. This was a lesson given to students on Bonfire Night and students enjoyed it! The tasks in the lesson can be removed for an assembly (and the videos should remain).

A worksheet for students to complete for their teachers. Had all the children complete this and it made the teachers all exceptionally happy!

A free resource for students - can be used at the start of the year (for students to get to know each other and work in pairs to answer) or at the end of term.