AQA GCSE History: British Depth Studies: Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603 - Historic Environment, 2025 - Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. The resources are suitable for Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons and assessment support: 01 - An English Renaissance 02 - The Elizabethan ‘Golden Age’ 03 - Growing Prosperity - The Rise of the Gentry 04 - Bess of Hardwick 05 - Elizabethan Architecture 06 - Outside Hardwick Hall 07 - Inside Hardwick Hall 08 - The Historic Environment: Model Answer The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603 - Troubles at Home and Abroad. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. • Religious matters: the question of religion, English Catholicism and Protestantism; the Northern Rebellion; Elizabeth’s excommunication; the missionaries; Catholic plots and the threat to the Elizabethan settlement; the nature and ideas of the Puritans and Puritanism; Elizabeth and her government’s responses and policies towards religious matters. • Mary Queen of Scots: background; Elizabeth and Parliament’s treatment of Mary; the challenge posed by Mary; plots; execution and its impact. • Conflict with Spain: reasons; events; naval warfare, including tactics and technology; the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment: 01 - The Reformation - Catholicism and Protestantism 02 - Henry VIII and ‘The Great Matter’ 03 - The Question of Religion during the Tudor Dynasty 04 - The Elizabethan Religious Settlement 05 - The Nature and Ideas of Puritanism in Elizabethan England 06 - Puritan Opposition to the Religious Settlement and Elizabeth I’s Response 07 - Troubles at Home and Abroad: Assessment 08 - Troubles at Home and Abroad: Revision Guide The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603 - Troubles at Home and Abroad. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. • Religious matters: the question of religion, English Catholicism and Protestantism; the Northern Rebellion; Elizabeth’s excommunication; the missionaries; Catholic plots and the threat to the Elizabethan settlement; the nature and ideas of the Puritans and Puritanism; Elizabeth and her government’s responses and policies towards religious matters. • Mary Queen of Scots: background; Elizabeth and Parliament’s treatment of Mary; the challenge posed by Mary; plots; execution and its impact. • Conflict with Spain: reasons; events; naval warfare, including tactics and technology; the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons: 01 - Mary, Queen of Scots 02 - Elizabeth and Parliament’s Reaction to Mary, Queen of Scots’ Arrival to England, 1568 03 - The Northern Rebellion, 1569 04 - George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury 05 - Sheffield Manor Lodge 06 - Mary, Queen of Scots Life in Captivity 07 - Mary, Queen of Scots at Sheffield Manor Lodge 08 - The Growth of Catholic Opposition to the Religious Settlement - Elizabeth’s Excommunication 09 - The Ridolfi Plot, 1571 and The Throckmorton Plot, 1583 10 - The Babington Plot, 1586 11 - The Trial and Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots 12 - Elizabeth I’s Response to the Catholic Threats 13 - Elizabeth’s Control - The Failure of Rebellions and Revolts 14 - The Catholics Challenge Abroad 15 - The Reasons for the Anglo-Spanish Conflict, 1588 16 - Naval Warfare - Tactics and Technology of the Anglo-Spanish Conflict, 1588 17 - The Battle of Gravelines and Tilbury, 1588 18 - The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588 19 - The Significance of the Defeat of the Spanish Armada 20 - The End of Elizabeth I’s Reign as Monarch The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

AQA GCSE History: British Depth Studies: Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603 - Historic Environment, 2026 - The Globe. The resources are suitable for Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons and assessment support: 01 - An English Renaissance 02 - The Elizabethan ‘Golden Age’ 03 - Growing Prosperity - The Rise of the Gentry 04 - Elizabethan Extravagance - Fashion, Food and Freshmans 05 - Elizabethan Entertainment 06 - The Growth of Elizabethan Theatre and its Achievements 07 - Elizabethan Theatre 08 - The Globe Theatre 09 - Elizabethan Playwrights and Actors - Shakespeare, Marlowe and Burbage 10 - The Cult of Elizabeth - Patronage and Propaganda 11 - Opposition and Censorship of Elizabethan Theatre 12 - The Historic Environment: Model Answer The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality - American People and the Boom. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. • The ‘Boom’: benefits, advertising and the consumer society; hire purchase; mass production, including Ford and the motor industry; inequalities of wealth; Republican government policies; stock market boom. • Social and cultural developments: entertainment, including cinema and jazz; the position of women in society, including flappers. • Divided society: organised crime, prohibition and their impact on society; the causes of racial tension, the experiences of immigrants and the impact of immigration; the Ku Klux Klan; the Red Scare and the significance of the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment: 01 - The History of the USA Founding Fathers, Thanksgiving and Pilgrims 02 - The Political and Legal Framework of the United States of America 03 - Democrats and Republicans - The Politics of the United States of America 04 - The Geo-Political, Natural and Social Landscape of the United States of America 05 - The Impact of World War One on the American, British, German, French and Russian Economies 06 - Isolationism - Republican Presidents and Policies Post-World War One 07 - Henry Ford’s Pioneering use of Mass Production within the USA 08 - Stocks, Shares and Credit - American Consumerism during the 1920s 09 - ‘The Boom’ - The Cycle of Prosperity 10 - An Explosion of American Sports 11 - The Birth of the ‘Golden Age’ of Hollywood 12 - 1920s Celebrity Culture 13 - Radio, the ‘Jazz Age’ and the Harlem Renaissance 14 - 19th Amendment, Suffrage and Women’s Rights in Twentieth Century America 15 - The Age of the Flapper 16 - The Transformation of Women in Twentieth Century America 17 - The Roaring 20s 18 - Did Dreams Come True in 1920s Florida 19 - American People and the Boom: Assessment 20 - American People and the Boom: Revision Guide The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603 - Life in Elizabethan Times. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. • A ‘Golden Age’: living standards and fashions; growing prosperity and the rise of the gentry; the Elizabethan theatre and its achievements; attitudes to the theatre. • The poor: reasons for the increase in poverty; attitudes and responses to poverty; the reasons for government action and the seriousness of the problem. • English sailors: Hawkins and Drake; circumnavigation 1577–1580, voyages and trade; the role of Raleigh. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment: 01 - An English Renaissance 02 - The Elizabethan ‘Golden Age’ 03 - The Golden Age of Elizabethan Exploration 04 - Sir Francis Drake - Slave Trader 05 - Sir Francis Drake’s Early Expeditions 06 - Sir Francis Drake’s Circumnavigation, 1577-1580 07 - Consequences of Drake’s Circumnavigation 08 - Sir Francis Drake’s Significance 09 - Sir Walter Rayleigh and the Colonisation of Virginia 10 - The East and the New World - The Impact of Voyages and Trade on Elizabethan England 11 - Growing Prosperity - The Rise of the Gentry 12 - Elizabethan Architecture 13 - Hardwick Hall 14 - Life in Elizabethan Times: Assessment 15 - Life in Elizabethan Times: Revision Guide The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

The French Revolution and the Rule of Napoleon - 1774–1815: The Origins of the French Revolution, 1774-1789. The resources are suitable for OCR, AQA, Edexcel and WJEC A-Level History. • Absolutism and the structure of the Ancien Régime: Louis XVI as King; government; social divisions; privileges and burdens; strengths and weaknesses. • The ideas of the Enlightened philosophes: extent of influence in France; the salons; impact of the American revolution and War of Independence. • Economic problems and royal finance: attempts to improve royal finances under Turgot, Necker and Calonne. • The Assembly of Notables and political developments, February 1787 to May 1789; the state of France, politically, economically and socially by the meeting of the Estates-General. • The revolution; May – October 1789: developments in Versailles and Paris; developments in the country, including the Great Fear; the October Days. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment: 01 - Welcome to History - The French Revolution 02 - King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France 03 - Absolutism in France 04 - The French Parlements 05 - The Government and Administration of France 06 - Ancien Regime - French Social Division - Rights and Privileges 07 - Enlightened Philosophes - Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau and Quesnay 08 - The Spread of Enlightened Ideas 09 - The French Salons 10 - The American Revolution 11 - The American War of Independence and its Impact on France 12 - In the Red - Royal Finance 13 - A French Contraction - The Economy 14 - Attempt to Improve Royal Finance - Turgot, Necker and Calonne 15 - The Origins of the French Revolution, 1774-1789: Assessment 16 - The Origins of the French Revolution, 1774-1789: A-Level Revision Guide The resources have supported my A-Level History students to consistently achieve results that exceed the OCR National Average. In 2024, 67% of students secured A*-B grades for this specific component and my A-Level History classes consistently attain the most Grade A* and As in any subject and/or class at my current school’s Sixth Form. I am proud to have inspired and helped students to study History at Oxbridge and other Russell Group universities within the United Kingdom. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

The French Revolution and the Rule of Napoleon - 1774–1815: The Directory and Napoleon’s Rise to Power, 1795–1799. The resources are suitable for OCR, AQA, Edexcel and WJEC A-Level History. • The aftermath of the Terror: the Thermidorian reaction and White Terror; the 1795 Parisian risings. • The establishment of the Directory: the constitution; financial and political problems and policies; strengths and weaknesses of the Directory. • Military campaigns and expansion abroad: Napoleon’s contribution to French success; background, character and military leadership; the Italian campaign and Egypt. • The coup of Brumaire and the establishment of the Consulate: the strengths and weaknesses of the new constitution; Napoleon’s position and the state of France by 1799. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons and assessment: 01 - The Thermidorian Reaction 02 - The White Terror 03 - Rising of Germinal 04 - Rising of Prairial 05 - Rising of Vendemiaire 06 - The Constitution of the Directory 07 - The Directory’s Economic and Financial Problems 08 - The Babeuf Plot 09 - French Fallacies - Coups of Fructidor and Floreal 10 - Coup of Prairial 11 - The Directory - Strengths and Weaknesses 12 - The Directory and Napoleon’s Rise to Power, 1795–1799: Assessment The resources have supported my A-Level History students to consistently achieve results that exceed the OCR National Average. In 2024, 67% of students secured A*-B grades for this specific component and my A-Level History classes consistently attain the most Grade A* and As in any subject and/or class at my current school’s Sixth Form. I am proud to have inspired and helped students to study History at Oxbridge and other Russell Group universities within the United Kingdom. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

The French Revolution and the Rule of Napoleon - 1774–1815: The Emergence and Spread of the Terror, September 1792–1795. The resources are suitable for OCR, AQA, Edexcel and WJEC A-Level History. • The emergence and spread of the Terror, September 1792–1795. • The establishment of a Republic: problems and policies; debate leading to the execution of the King. • Internal and external war: the spread of war; the rising in the Vendée; attempts to establish wartime control; Robespierre; the fall of the Girondins and the Federalist revolt. • The progress of the war: the levée en masse and the coming of the Terror. • The spread of the Terror: executions; the influence of Robespierre and the sans culottes; the role of the CPS; Robespierre’s fall and the collapse of the Terror. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment: 01 - The Debate on the Fate of the King 02 - The Execution of Louis XVI 03 - The Spread of War 04 - Machinery of the Terror 05 - The Rising in the Vendee 06 - The Fall of the Girondins 07 - The Federalist Revolt 08 - Influence of the Sans-Culottes 09 - The Emergence and Spread of the Terror, September 1792-1795: Assessment 10 - The Emergence and Spread of the Terror, September 1792-1795: A-Level Revision Guide The resources have supported my A-Level History students to consistently achieve results that exceed the OCR National Average. In 2024, 67% of students secured A*-B grades for this specific component and my A-Level History classes consistently attain the most Grade A* and As in any subject and/or class at my current school’s Sixth Form. I am proud to have inspired and helped students to study History at Oxbridge and other Russell Group universities within the United Kingdom. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©