AQA GCSE history lesson on the battle of Verdun for the Conflict & Tension 1894-1918 unit. We start with a simple retrieval practice quiz. We then look at the location of Verdun and why the German’s thought that an offensive there would be effective. The pupils watch a video clip and answer questions on Falkenhayn’s plan, we then look at the events of the battle. The pupils read a sample of text and answer the questions relating to the text around the outside. We then move on the the aftermath and the pupils complete a battle summary sheet. There is a source activity and exam practice question. Hope you find this useful and it saves you some planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

A Key Stage 3 lesson, used as part of a Welfare State unit of work on the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948. We complete quick retrieval starter on the discovery of penicillin to begin with. We then discuss what happened to people when they got ill before the NHS. We look at the Beveridge Report and the pupils complete a reading text analysis by reading the text and answering the questions around the outside of the template. We then look at the changes made by the Labour government. The pupils rate these changes in terms of how useful they were to ordinary people and explain their impacts. We then move onto the formation of the NHS, we watch a public information video created in 1948 and the pupils answer questions about this. We then look at a further clip on the NHS beofre asking the question ‘Is the NHS Britain’s greatest ever achievement?’. I hope that this proves useful and saves you some time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE history lesson on how the assassination of Franz Ferdinand start a chain reaction of declarations of war in 1914. We start with a simple retrieval practice quiz. We then have a brief recap of the murder of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. The pupils have a picture source to look at. We then look at Austria-Hungary’s demands of Serbia. The pupils record the demands and explain how acceptable the demands are to Serbia. We then look at the events of the July Crisis is a sequence of slides. The pupils will record the tension levels in Europe as the events progress by creating a bar chart until a pan-European war is declared. The pupils then revisit the alliance source (a threatening situation) and answer some questions based on the source. We finish with a 16 mark “To what extent” question with some guidance on what the pupils can write about. Hope you find this useful and it saves you some planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at the social challenges in Lagos of education. healthcare, water supply and energy. We start with a retrieval practice stater, which you can edit for suitable questions to match your recent teaching. We then look at the the social challenges that Lagos faces due to rapid urban population growth. The pupils will work on an A3 worksheet to consider 4 types of social challenges , that of education. health care, water supply and energy. Each challenge has its own introduction and has video clips and resources to support the pupils learning. Each section has different activities. We finish with a GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it In a nutshell lesson includes: Retrieval practice starter Video clips A3 worksheet with a variety of tasks. GCSE-style question with guidance on how to respond. Hope this saves you some valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

This lesson looks at all the potential contenders for the throne in 1066. The pupils will use the contenders cards to complete a worksheet which features a variety of ways the pupils can rate the claims of the contenders including a visual scoring system. The pupils then complete a campaign poster on who should be king, this has detailed success criteria and guidance for the pupils. The lesson therefore can be 2 periods or shortened if needs be. included is: Bayeux tapestry starter Video clip on contenders The contender information cards Worksheet activity Campaign poster with success criteria. Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification. The lesson introduces the concept of irrigation and then looks at the Indira Ghandi Canal in the Thar Desert. We then look at the challenges of the desert environment, extreme temperatures, water supply and accessibility. We finish with a GCSE style question on irrigation with guidance. All worksheets and photocopying resoources included. At a glance lesson includes Irrigation question starter Task in the Indira Ghandi Canal Three tasks on the challenges in the desert to development A guided 4 mark GCSE style question on irrigation. Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Power & the People AQA GCSE History lesson. The second lesson on Extending the Franchise section Peterloo and the Great Reform Act. There are no other resources needed for the lesson and there are differentiated activities and worksheets for photocopying. Included in the lesson is: Video clip on Peterloo Activities on Peterloo both describing and comprehension Activities on the Great Reform Act both describing and comprehension Source interpretation question. Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE history lesson on the war at sea, the naval blockade and the Battle of Jutland for the Conflict & Tension 1894-1918 unit. We start with a simple retrieval practice timeline quiz. We then have a recap on the naval arms race before looking at why a blockade was an effective tactic against Germany and the impact that the blockade had on Germany at home. Pupils explain each effect and try to explain how this would impact Germany. We then look at the early engagements in the Indian and Southern Atlantic Ocean before looking at the new German approach using ‘bait ships’. The pupils analyse the events of the Battle of Jutland using sources and an information strip and reach a reasoned conclusion as to who won the battle. Hope you find this useful and it saves you some planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE History lesson as part of the Reform and Reformers Section of the Power and the People unit. The lesson is roughly one hour long. In the lesson we introduce the concpet of a trade union. We then look at opposition to technology in the early 1800’s such as the Luddites and the ‘Swing Rioters’. We then look at the Combination Act of 1825, why this law was passed and what restrictions it placed on trade unions. We then look at the early attempts to organise trade unions before looking at another source extract taken from the Warwickshire Agricultural Labourers Union handbook. Included is: Starter actvity around Luddite Source Source task on the Luddites and Swing Rioters Annoatation task on the Combination Act 1825 Speech bubble actvitity on the early attempts to form trade unions Source question task on Warwickshire Agricultural Labourers Union handbook. Plenary. Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

GCSE Geography lesson for AQA specification. Unit 2C Water Management. in this lesson we start by looking at an advert aimed at conserving water in the household. The pupils need to work out what the adverts message is. The second clip shows the adverts true purpose. We then look at what sustainable supplies mean before completing a factor hexagon task on water conservation. We then go on to domestic water supplies and how we can save water at home. the pupils sketch a house in 2 mins, before being given the success criteria afterwards as an example of why checking mark schemes for question types is a good idea. We then annotate around the outside ways we can conserve water at home. The pupils then complete an activity involving an extract which they use to answer questions. We finish with a GCSE-style question with some guidance on how to answer it. In a nutshell the lesson includes: Video advert starter Factor hexagon task on water conservation Domestic water use task Extract task with questions on methods of water conservation GCSE-style question with guidance if the pupils need this. hope this helps save you some valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE history lesson for The Power & The People thematic unit. In this lesson we look at the New Model Army and events of the English Civil War. We start with a simple retrieval practice quiz ‘whose graves are these?’. We have a brief recap of the short and long term causes of the Civil War using picture prompts. We then look at the outbreak of war and Cromwell’s changes to the army. The pupils are asked to explain why each of the changes Cromwell introduced made them a more effective fighting force. We then look at the differences in the soldiers of both forces and the pupils label the diagrams. We then move onto the events of the war and the pupils complete a ‘Swingometer’, by marking on the dial who they think the war is going in favour of. After briefly looking at tjhe second Civil War the pupils then complete a ‘How useful is this source?’ question on the Soldiers Catchisme. I hope that this saves you some valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at the environmental challenges facing Lagos. Air pollution, waste management, traffic congestion and water supply/pollution. We start with a simple true or false retrieval practice quiz. We then look at the environmental issues facing Lagos one at a time. The pupils have an A3 sheet with all 4 challenges in sections divided into problems and solutions. The pupils work their way through the sheet using video clips and photos to help them guided by the teacher. We finish with a GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it. In a nutshell lesson includes: True/false starter Activities on the environmental challenges and potential solutions Video clips where appropriate GCSE-style question with guidance on how to respond. Hope this saves you some valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Reform and Reformers Power & the People Lesson for AQA GCSE History. First lesson on this unit. The lesson introduces why so many people felt there were problems with elections during these years with several activities around this, The pupils then go on to learn who the Radicals were and what protests were undertaken and by whom. There is also a source interpretation question with guidance included and video clips. Lesson features:- Video clips All resources needed and photocopying files. GCSE style source interpretation question with guidance. Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE history lesson for The Power & The People thematic unit. In this lesson we look at the short term causes of the Civil War. We start with a retrieval practice quiz filled in for the P&TP Unit so far. We have a brief recap of the long term causes of the Civil War using picture prompts. We then look at the Long Parliament and the concessions made by Charles. We consider how happy Parliament would have been with each of the terms of the agreement using a reaction scale. We then consider the other potential causes in a thermometer analysis. The pupils rate and explain how much tension each action created, which they then explain why. We then look at the overall causes of the English Civil war, the pupils create a diagram of short/long-term and trigger events of the war using notes from this and previous lessons. The pupils finally complete an extentometer exercise to debate how much of a factor Charles’ attempted arrest of the five members was in triggering war. I hope that this saves you some valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Part of the Norman Conquest SOW. In this lesson we consider why Historians need to be careful about the reliability of sources. After some thinking exercises on the reliability of information and how people can have different views of the same events we look at a number of sources that document the death of Harold at Hastings and complete an activity of how reliable these sources are. We finish the lesson with a writing task which has a structure strip to support the pupils recording a good written response to the question “Explain, using evidence, what the most likely cause of Death was for Harold Godwinson at Hastings”. Included in the lesson is True or False retrieval starter thinking exercises around reliability and perception Source reliability task with information sheet and worksheet Video clips to support the source task. Fully supported written task using structure strip. Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Key Stage 3 lesson for a scheme of work on The Rise of The Dictators. In this lesson we look at how the Nazis used both terror and propaganda and censorship to indoctrinate & control the populace of Germany. We start with a simple retrieval practice quiz. We then look at how the Nazis used terror. the pupils look at both the SS and Gestapo, rating the different aspects of each for terror and intimidation, explaining as they go. We then look at Josef Goebbels and propaganda and censorship. The pupils read each method and rate their effectiveness before deciding which method was the most effective. We look at a propaganda poster from 1936 and answer a question around this, and finish with a to what extent style plenary where the pupils can either debate or write about whether terror or propaganda & censorship was the most effective method of gaining control over the people, I hope this proves useful and saves you some time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

GCSE Anglo Saxon and Norman England 1060-87 for the new specification 2016. In this lesson we look at the medieval manor system. We start with a simple retrieval practice starter. We then introduce the Norman village by giving an overview of how it works. The pupils answer questions from an info strip. We then look at the types of houses found in the village and what the medieval manor was. The pupils describe the typical village house and manor. We then look at the peasants year and day with the pupils answer questions and recording potential hardships. We also briefly look at Wharram Percy as an example village. We finish with a source question. Hope this saves you some valuable planning time! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Key Stage 3 lesson but could be adapted to Key Stage 4. This lesson looks at the impacts of the Second World War on health and medicine. A simple retrieval practice multiple choice quiz starts the lesson. We then watch a Disney clip created for the US army in 1945 about the importance of taking medicines. We discuss how the clip reveals the US army’s concerns about diseases during WW2. We then look at the dangers faced by the military on the front lines and analyse the kit of a medic to see why they carried what they did and what this says about the nature of the injuries. We then look at risks to health at the ‘home front’. The pupils use an impact strip to record the impacts of the war on health and medicine, they describe the impact and explain what effect it would have had on health. We then look at a source question on penicillin. A plenary pyramid finishes the lesson. I hope that this proves useful and saves you some time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Works really well with Hodder textbook or pupils notes from their exercise books. The activity is differentiated so pupils choose a different starting point on the Nigerian border depending on the difficulty and make their way towards Lagos, colouring in the states when they have answered a question. The activity can be used in different ways, pupils can even go after every state! Instructions are:- *Use your class notes, textbooks and/or the internet to answer questions on your way to Lagos. Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper. Once you have answered the question, colour in the corresponding state on the map. Move onto the next state on your journey towards Lagos. Choose a starting state from green (easy), orange (medium) or red (hard). * Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

This is a retrieval practice template for history using old picture frames for use at the start of a lesson as a quick quiz recap or as a plenary quiz. Pictures could be colour-coded for difficulty, or just use it as you like… https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer