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 how the early purges were used to suppress opposition To assess why Stalin was able to extend the purges to such a grand scale To analyze the reasons why Stalin persisted with the purges in his later years 1941-1953 To evaluate the extent which there was resistance to the purges

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

iGCSE Edexcel History (Specification code: 4HI1) Paper 1: Depth Studies [Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918–45] Learning Outcomes To explain the reasons for Germany’s defeat in WW2 To analyse the competing theories surrounding Hitler’s death

Enquiry Question: What is government? Learning Objectives To understand the concept of government To explain the different ways in which countries can be governed To research examples of different government systems Civics curriculum designed to be delivered in an International school to a largely American student body.

A revision aid - a dummies' guide to legislation in the UK covering why laws are needed, draft bills, bills, the passage of a bill, acts, delegated legislation and the parliament acts with 2011 examples.

Lesson examining totem poles - pupils to create their own totem pole, used with a low ability class, introducing them to Native American beliefs.

Lesson examining the history and role of the judiciary in the UK

Lesson examining the functions of parliament in the UK political system

Source Skills Classroom Signs to refer to during lessons when analysing sources

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 examining the outbreak of WW2 with American newsreel footage and British radio address from Chamberlain - pupils can examine the differences between the two, in addition to examining how Britain prepared for WW2.

Resources for examining the Spanish Armada - forms part of a 10 lesson Elizabeth I SOW

Assessment lesson preparation for pupils writing an essay answering 'Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?' - can be used as ICT based lesson or non ICT based - both versions below.

Pupil-led project examining the composition of Congress

Lesson examining the leadership roles in both houses of Congress

Lesson introducing the separation of powers - building on the knowledge of checks and balances to investigate whether 'separate' institutions is a more fitting description than 'separate' powers.

Lesson introducing the system of checks and balances with contextual examples that pupils can use in exam answers to support their analysis.

A lesson constructing a model answer to an exam question assessing how effective parliament is, building on previous learning of the methods parliament uses to scrutinise the government and the legislative process.

Last lesson of the constitution topic recovering content and exam skills through pupil assessment of a sample exam question, discussion of assigned marks and how the exam answer can be improved.

A lesson introducing parliament.