Lesson 6 of my Roman series.

This secondary school resource will take students through the D-day landings and its impact on the Second World War. Students will view a clip from both Saving private Ryan and Band of Brothers and discuss how successful they believe an Allied invasion of Nazi occupied Europe will be. Students will then learn some context surrounding the landings and discuss the difficulties of embarking on such an operation. They will then be given a number of events that they must put in chronological order and then highlight any significant information towards the outcome of th Second World War. Finally students will decide whether D-day or Stalingrad was the turning point of the war in Europe, before going on to write 3 paragraphs (one explaining why the other event was significant before writing 2 on why their chosen event was the turning point).

Students will learn about the causes, events and consequences of the First Gulf War. This will involve some context (Iraq-Iran War), the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, a video on what happened, the creation of story a board of based on the events of the First Gulf War and a look at the consequences. To conclude students will explain analyse two sources and complete a number of tasks.

Fifth lesson looking at World War 2.

This is the first of a two part series looking at Fascist and Communist political ideology in greater detail. Students will look at what makes a Fascist?, the political spectrum, where in the world Fascism has governed, how fascists gain power and the distinction between Fascism and Nazism.

This secondary school resource will take students through a brief overview of Operation Barbarossa before focusing on the ferocious Battle of Stalingrad. Students will discuss the German motivations for seizing Stalingrad, they will then progress to watch a video on the battle with questions to answer. With this context of the battle students will debate its significance before explaining why the battle was significant in the defeat of Nazi Germany. This is the fifth lesson in a series focusing on the Second World War. ATTENTION - You will need access to Netflix or World War 2 in colour to make full use of this resource.

Fourth lesson looking at WW2, this involves going through some context before watching a WW2 documentary found on Netflix. The students answer questions whilst viewing.

This secondary school resource will take students through the Fall of France to the Dunkirk evacuation. Student will watch a video on the battles in France and then explain why the French lost. For the Dunkirk evacuation students will analyse a number of sources to decide whether the Dunkirk evacuation was a disaster or truimph for the British. This is the third lesson in a series focusing on the Second World War. ATTENTION - You will need access to Netflix or World War 2 in colour to make full use of this resource.

This secondary school resource will take students through the German invasion of Poland and the consequences of the conquest. Afterwards students will gain an insight into the Phoney War and critique Allied actions. This is the second lesson in a series focused on the Second World War. ATTENTION: You will need access to Netflix or World War 2 in colour to make full use of this resource.

This lesson looks at the consequence of Europeans discovering and settling in the New World. Students will initially annotate a world map to show the transfer of goods, diseases, people etc from the New World to the Old and vice versa. They will then watch a 10 minute video that provides and overview of this transfer and some of the consequences of it. They will then complete a mind map/worksheet from what they have learned as well as information from the slides. This will give them a good grounding on the positive and negative impacts of the Columbian exchange on both the New and Old Worlds as well as the wider biodiversity of Earth. To finish students will write 3 paragraphs, one detailing what the Columbian Exchange was and one each on the consequence this has had on the history of the New and Old worlds.

The final lesson of a 6 lesson series. This lesson looks at the consequences of the war on both England and France. Students will categorise a number of consequences into whether they affect the French or English nation. You will then look at breaking down an exam question (The Hundred Years War was important to the development of England and France as nation states. How far do you agree?) after which they will attempt to answer it using hints and sentence starters on the board.

The second of a two part series looking at the Inca empire before and as the Spanish arrive. This lesson will have students studying a number of sources (image, written and video) to learn more about the Inca’s. Once they have analysed the sources, students will write two things that they can infer from the sources about Inca society using details in there chosen source(s).

A quick look at the recent history of Afghanistan (Soviet War), followed by the a video detailing the reasoning for NATO’s intervention in 2001. Students will then look at the combatants before examining the hunt for the Bin Laden.

3rd lesson on WW2 that looks at the Battle of Britain.

This is the first of 6 lessons that examines the Hundred Years War. In this lesson students will explore the background to English holdings and the state of English and French national identity at the beginning of the war. They will then make notes on some of the key events and The Black Prince before finishing the lesson by writing two key features of this stage of the war.

Lesson 2 of my Roman series.

This lesson will provide a brief summary of naval warfare through the 20th century and how it has developed. Students will start by looking at a brief history of naval warfare by completing a word fill and chronology task. The main task involves them reading about naval warfare during WWI, WWII, the Cold War and the First Gulf War. To record their finding they will be drawing pictures which by the end will show the evolution of naval warfare. To end they will explain briefly how naval warfare development over the course of the 20th century.

Lesson 7 assessment question and slides.