Chronology lesson for low-ability and SEN pupils focusing on organising dates and centuries in a human timeline and completing CLOZE activties.

Lessons examining the US Civil War delivered as part of a 6 week American SOW to give pupils a brief overview - examining causes, fighting etc.

Powerpoint explores how Marley's records help tell the story of black history from slavery and emancipation to civil rights and contemporary issues such as inequality and insitutionalised racism. Audio clips inserted into powerpoint but if they fail to play they are Buffalo Soldier, Redemption Song, War and Get Up Stand Up and easily accessible on YouTube. *Notes section of ppt contains notes/script.

Flow chart for use when analysing sources - can be blown up to A3 and used on classroom wall for pupils to refer to or shrunk to A5 for pupils to stick into exercise books.

Lesson introducing pupils to the idea of the Weimar Republic and the circumstances out of which it emerged at the end of WW1.

Information sheet pupils can stick in their exercise books at the beginning of the year identifying the key skills they are going to cover in history with some examples of how the skills might appear.

Lesson examining Elizabeth I’s suitors and why she remained single, some pupils can role play suitors.

Lesson examining the origins of Rome asking pupils to complete a cartoon storyboard of the myth behind the foundation of Rome (Romulus and Remus).

Task asking pupils to compile a facebook profile page for James I using information from a short biography

Lesson examining the roles (dilemmas, choices and responses) of bystanders, perpetrators and rescuers, then drawing out of this the factors that contributed to the holocaust. Use of dilemma cards for main activity from HET.

Lesson introducing Native Americans - general overview of geography and climate of the USA and therefore explaining the diversity amongst different Native American tribes.

*NEW AQA GCSE - Thematic Study - Power and the People* Learning Outcomes To describe the aims of the Chartists To examine the tactics of the Chartists To evaluate the impact the Chartists had

Lesson examining what life was like for women and children in Nazi Germany

IB History SL/HL Paper 2; Authoritarian States Recommended textbook: Access to History for the IB Diploma: Authoritarian states Second Edition (Michael Lynch) Learning Objectives To explain why Russia had become a revolutionary one-party state by 1924 To assess the extent of influence that Stalin had by 1924 To exemplify how Stalin exploited the situation after Lenin’s death To evaluate the extent to which Stalin faced opposition from both the Left and the Right

Lesson examining life for Native Americans after the Battle of Little Bighorn...examining on the American government tried to change the Native American way of life on reservations and the emergence of the Ghost Dance, in addition to the lead up to Wounded Knee and a series of lessons examining whether Wounded Knee was a battle or a massacre.

Lesson examining education in Roman times - lesson started worked well with pupils, convincing them their curriculum was going to change.

Lesson examining how Rome expanded from a city to an empire while re-affirming skills of chronology.

Lesson examining the original 13 colonies and the road to revolution

Classic Board Games adapted for revision of Cold War A-level (Superpower Relations) including who's who and Trivial Pursuit with adapted questions. I found an old version of trivial pursuit in a charity shop and printed the slides to fit the question cards and glued them on and laminated them. My classes play this as a revision activity.

Cold War; Superpower Relations A-level (The Nuclear Arms Race 1949-1963) Learning Objectives To identify how nuclear weapons were developed by the two superpowers To explain why and how the arms race developed To use the Cuban Missile Crisis as a case study to illustrate your explanation To evaluate the impact of the arms race