Introductory lesson asking pupils to look at the life of Cromwell and how people described him to start formulating their own opinions on whether Cromwell was a Protector or a Dictator.

Learning Objectives To identify some key attributes of a good citizen To create a “Good Citizen Guide” Students complete and activity then assessment identifying key attributes of good citizens. Assessment/marking criteria included but with new GCSE grades matched against old NC level criteria - this will not be appropriate for all schools.

Lesson examining how parliament holds and is held accountable

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

Cold War; Superpower Relations A-level (Sino-Soviet Relations 1949-1976) Learning Objectives To identify the relationship between China and the USSR in 1949 To explain why and how the relationship changed (consolidation, split and confrontation) To assess the significance of ping pong diplomacy and the impact of this on Sino-US relations

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To describe the role of Students for a Democratic Society and the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in student protests To explain the anti-Vietnam War movement and the role of students within these protests To analyse the role the hippie movement played in US counter-culture

Lesson examining the role and powers of the Prime Minister, with task of creating job advertisement for PM.

Lesson examining the candidates for the throne through a blind date exercise.

Lesson examining events of the Battle of Hastings and whether Harold lost or William won - pupils encourage to explain what advantages Harold had, how William demonstrated good leadership and the role of bad luck in Harold's defeat.

Lesson examining the Magna Carta

Learning Objective To analyse the role of campaign finance in elections

Lesson examining key events in the changing relationship between monarch and government, through student role play/sketches allowing creative interpretations. Events include; Gunpowder Plot, Votes for Women, Magna Carta and Simon De Montfort. Lesson makes use of resources supplied by Parliament Education Service and all available online.

Lesson examining blitzkrieg warfare - lesson delivered to all boys class and card sort worked well and drew on knowledge pupils had from video games like COD and MW.

Lesson encouraging pupils to examine the different newspapers (you will need to provide a recent copy of each newspaper) focusing on both content/price/target audience as well as the political bias of the major newspapers.

Y8 SOW - Unit 1; Why are civil liberties worth protecting? Lesson 4 - What is racism and how can we stop it? *Activities focus on defining racism, and exploring an allegory "The Sneetches" by Dr Seuss, before a role play exercise encouraging students to give advice in response to real ChildLine calls about racist bullying*

IB History SL - Paper 2: Authoritarian States & Causes and Effects of War This student booklet facilitates both teacher led and independent student work to complete a SOW that takes students through the following elements; Saddam’s Rise to Power Saddam’s Consolidation of Power Saddam’s Economic, Social and Cutural Policies The Iran-Iraq War The Gulf War The Iraq War Saddam’s Trial and Execution

Lesson examining areas of life in Elizabethan England requiring pupils to engage in peer teaching and presentations.

Lesson resources to examine different approaches taken within the AA community to their own position and how to improve it. Can be used to demonstrate varying philosophies extent among blacks. A look at each individual, their aims and objectives, their methods and a general picture of how far they succeeded.

*NEW AQA GCSE - Thematic Study - Power and the People* Learning Objectives To outline the problems Henry VIII had during his reign To explain why the monasteries were useful to Henry To compare different reactions to Henry’s actions.

A scaffolded historiographical approach to delivering this topic in the style of a spiral curriculum. The emphasis of this approach is to encourage students to develop and extend their ability to analyse and evaluate different interpretations. This second topic focuses on a comparative approach to students exploring the consolidation of power of Mao and Hitler, with the consolidation of power of Mussolini and Lenin/Stalin referenced as additional case studies for students. IB History - Paper 2 - Topic 10: Authoritarian States (20th century)