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I teach History at Key Stages 3 to 5 and Politics at Key Stage 5. My resources cover both of these subjects and a wide range of topics and units. If you like my resources please leave feedback.
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I teach History at Key Stages 3 to 5 and Politics at Key Stage 5. My resources cover both of these subjects and a wide range of topics and units.
If you like my resources please leave feedback.
History
World War One - Trenches - Analysis Skills
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 8 group studying the First World War. It is primarily an analysis skills lessons that follows on from a lesson on the trenches (also available on TES). It is not essential to teach the other lesson prior to this one though. There is an extension task that involves a "GCSE style question" - this is for a 16 mark question on the new AQA Spec. The lesson could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups and alternate exam specifications.
Please note - there is a clip from YouTube embedded within the PowerPoint for this lesson - I do not own the rights to this clip or any of the information contained within.
Hitler's Foreign Policy Revision
This resource contains a full lesson powerpoint and worksheets (differentiated). It was made to revise for a GCSE assessment on Hitler's Foreign Policy. It could very easily be used with other age and ability groups.
First World War - The Allied Advance of 1918
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 9 group studying the new AQA Paper 1D Specification, Conflict and Tension 1894-1918. It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups and alternate exam specifications.
Please note - there is a clip from YouTube embedded within the PowerPoint for this lesson - I do not own the rights to this clip or any of the information contained within.
First World War - American Entry and Russian Withdrawal
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 9 group studying the new AQA Paper 1D Specification, Conflict and Tension 1894-1918. It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups and alternate exam specifications.
There is a differentiated version of an information sheet included in the lesson package.
Please note - there is a clip from YouTube embedded within the PowerPoint for this lesson - I do not own the rights to this clip or any of the information contained within.
Tudors - Elizabeth I Through Portraits
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 7 group studying the Tudors. It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups.
Please note - there are clips from YouTube embedded within the PowerPoint for this lesson - I do not own the rights to these clips or any of the information contained within.
The Tudors - Henry VIII: Megastar or Monster?
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 7 group studying the Tudors. It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups.
Please note - there are clips from YouTube embedded within the PowerPoint for this lesson - I do not own the rights to these clips or any of the information contained within.
Russian Revolution to Dictatorship - The Soviet War Economy in WW2
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 13 group studying Component 2 of the new AQA History Spec on Russia from Revolution to Dictatorship.
It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups and alternate exam specifications.
Russian Revolution to Dictatorship - Stalin's Post-War Totalitarian Dictatorship
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 13 group studying Component 2 of the new AQA History Spec on Russia from Revolution to Dictatorship.
It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups and alternate exam specifications.
Russian Revolution to Dictatorship: Zhdanovism and the Cultural Purge (Plus Cult of Stalin)
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 13 group studying Component 2N of the new AQA History Spec on Russia from Revolution to Dictatorship.
It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups and alternate exam specifications.
Russian Revolution to Dictatorship: The Leningrad Affair and Doctors' Plot
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 13 group studying Component 2N of the new AQA History Spec on Russia from Revolution to Dictatorship.
It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups and alternate exam specifications.
Russian Revolution to Dictatorship - Renewed Terror After WW2 and the NKVD Under Beria
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 13 group studying Component 2N of the new AQA History Spec on Russia from Revolution to Dictatorship.
It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups and alternate exam specifications.
Post War Britain - The Return of Churchill 1951
This lesson was created to teach A-Level students studying Post WW2 Britain. It could easily be adapted for other age groups.
References are made in the PowerPoint to textbook page numbers. The textbook is the Access to History: Britain 1951-2007, second edition. These references could be deleted in a matter of seconds though if you do not use this text book.
Post War Britain - MacMillan and the Economy
This lesson was created to teach A-Level students studying Post WW2 Britain. It could easily be adapted for other age groups.
References are made in the PowerPoint to textbook page numbers. The textbook is the Access to History: Britain 1951-2007, second edition. These references could be deleted in a matter of seconds though if you do not use this text book.
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Post War Britain Lesson Bundle
This is a full year scheme of lessons. I created it to teach Post War Britain from 1945-1992 to a mixed ability Year 12 History group. The first few lessons though do cover the war years and the creation of the Welfare State to give additional context. The lessons can easily be adapted to be taught to other year groups or ability sets. The lessons follow the principle of a "flipped classroom" with prep work and discussion/debate time a key feature of every lesson in the bundle.
Life in Modern Britain
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 8 group. It could very easily be adapted for different groups. It includes a general lesson plan, full lesson PowerPoint and lesson work booklet.
The War in Afghanistan 1979
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 11 group. It could very easily be adapted for different groups. It includes a general lesson plan, full lesson PowerPoint and lesson work booklet.
Post War Britain - Eden and the Suez Crisis
This lesson was created to teach A-Level students studying Post WW2 Britain. It could easily be adapted for other age groups.
References are made in the PowerPoint to textbook page numbers. The textbook is the Access to History: Britain 1951-2007, second edition. These references could be deleted in a matter of seconds though if you do not use this text book.
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GSCE History Revision Bundle
A number of revision worksheets and resources to cover the topics listed below. I made them for mixed ability groups studying the AQA Specs but they can very easily be adapted for other exam boards and ability groups.
*Origins of WW1
*Peacekeeping - Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations
*Hitler's Foreign Policy
*Roaring 20s
Women's Civil Rights - Post War New Feminism
This lesson was created for a mixed ability A-Level group studying the Civil Rights Movement from 1865 to 1992. It could very easily be adapted for different groups and key stages.
Russian Revolution & Dictatorship - The USSR Under Occupation in WW2
This lesson was created for a mixed ability Year 13 group studying Component 2 of the new AQA History Spec on Russia from Revolution to Dictatorship.
It could very easily be adapted for other age or ability groups and alternate exam specifications.
Please note - there is a clip from YouTube embedded within the PowerPoint for this lesson - I do not own the rights to this clip or any of the information contained within. For origin please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGDjo-cr6iw