Lesson 1: Why move west Push/pull factors two consequence or how useful question (hide slide you do not want to show pupils, both included) Lesson two: Journeying West Oregon Trail, Donner party, experiences of migrants Explain the importance of question at the end of the lesson Both lessons focus on skills building.

Exploration of the significance of the Exoduster movement as a case study. All tasks fully differentiated, carousel with gap fill for weaker pupils and every task must/should/could to support and challenge.

Lesson covers: Homestead act Inventions supporting homesteaders: barbed wire, sod houses etc. Final task has option as a carousel or a comprehension task - both included.

Significance and importance of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 Includes ‘explain the importance of’ homework.

American West Ranching lesson includes explain two consequences question with differentiated options for HA/MA and printable sentence starters for LA pupils.

Lesson explores concepts of reservations, assimilation and the Dawes Act of 1887.

Lesson that focuses on causes, conduct and consequences of Little Crow’s war. Includes a card sort in which pupils categorise ideas into the three groups. They are then asked to explain, link and analyse with the final task.

This lesson compares housecarls, knights, fyrdsmen and footsoldiers. Lesson is fully differentiated with tasks based at different grades to stretch and challenge learners, there is also polish differentiation attached with the tasks and key words translated for EAL pupils.

Lesson that analyses the causes, conduct and consequences of Sand Creek and Red Cloud. Includes opportunity for pupils to analyse the success of President Grant’s Peace Treaty. Pupils complete a narrative account and work in pairs to gain information about the two events .

Whole lesson exploring the reasons for and impacts of the extermination of the buffalo. Includes carousel task and exemplar answers that pupils are asked to compare and improve.

Part of a series of revision sessions designed to build knowledge prior to the Early Elizabethan England examination. Pupils will cover: Legitimacy and accession Mary Queen of Scots - problem, fleeing to England, execution Walsingham and his spies Pupils will also complete planning sheets for two explain why questions, focused on building their skills and ability to link back to a question prior to the exam.

Full mock hitting as many themes as possible from throughout the course content.

Full mock including questions that cover majority of themes throughout the course.

This is the final lesson in the revision bundle for Paper Two Early Elizabethan England on the new Edexcel specification (2016). This session will cover: Why exploration was promoted Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe - consequence question Raleigh and Virginia (and why it failed) Planning three explain why questions 15 question quiz to guide future revision of pupils

This lesson has been designed to embed comparison skills needed for the 16 mark question in paper two Anglo-Saxon and Norman England. Pupils will: WALT: Explore the power of the King and his earls. 2-3: Recall information on Anglo Saxon society. 4-5: Describe the power of the English monarchy. 6-7: Explain the role of the Witan in English government. 8-9*: Compare the power of the King with that of his earls. Tasks include: a carousel comparison worksheet in which pupils catagorise their ideas and develop comparative thought. 16 mark question with support for PEEL paragraph structuring. AFL and differentiation throughout

Three page document of key words for the Medicine through time unit and the historic environment (Medicine on the Western Front). I used the pearson textbook and went through cover to cover to produce a document of all key words to support pupils with the content prior to examination.

WALT: explore the key skills needed to reach full marks on an ‘importance of’ question. Recall prior knowledge from the Norman unit. Describe the assessment objectives and mark scheme. Analyse and criticise an example answer. Apply my understanding to an exam question to demonstrate my knowledge. This lesson has been created to build students confidence with using and applying assessment objectives to their learning - i have found that through using skills builders students grow in confidence and full marks seems more attainable. Students annotate the mark scheme and an example answer before applying their knowledge to a new question and marking their peers work to demonstrate further undertstanding. The starter activity recalls prior knowledge of the Normans topic, however the task from slide 11 could easily be moved to the starter if you do not teach this topic/ have not taught it prior to this lesson.

WALT Analyse sources to explain how gas was used during WW1. Recall key features of the main battles of WW1. Identify key features of the first use of mustard gas. Describe the three types of gas used in WW1 in detail. Explain how they harmed a soldier. Apply: Analyse sources to evaluate their utility. The first task recaps the main features of battles in WW1. the main body of the lesson revises key knowledge of gas attacks, before focusing keenly on source skills using the IS-SAYS-KNOW structure and modelling the answer to the first source as a group.