An assembly I put together on the importance of resilience. It is based around the film ‘The Swimmers’ on Netflix, which follows two sisters - Yusra and Sara - who fled Syria and still manged to compete at the Rio Olympics. I linked this to my schools values and the importance of never giving up! Helps if you have watched the film but you can easily find the story online too.

Lesson beginning to look at the comparative powers of Commons and Lords. Will require discussion and prior knowledge or legislative process for students to begin to develop arguments regarding which house is more powerful. Can be used as part of my series of lessons on Edexcel paper 2 topic 2 Parliament.

Complete lesson on the role of Select Committees and how well these help to fulfill the roles of Parliament. Includes sheet to fill on what committees do and the powers they have. As well as spider diagram to annotate on how they help parliament to fulfill its main functions. Broken up with videos. Can be used as part of my series of lessons on Edexcel Paper 2 Topic 2 Parliament.

Resourced lesson on the importance of Parliament’s ability to recruit and maintain ministers. Includes an activity to research the political careers of PMs to see how experienced they were before becoming PM and an article on the issue of Conservative MPs not standing for election. Can be used as part of my series of lessons on Edexcel Paper 2 Topic 2 Parliament.

A short PP and planning sheet WITH arguments on the comparative powers of the Commons and the Lords. Can be used as an assessment in my series of lessons on Edexcel Paper 2 Topic 2 Parliament.

Fully resourced lesson for Edexcel Government UK topic one on constitution covering Parliamentary Sovereignty. It has a worksheet to cover how sovereignty works with other aspects of the constitution, such as devolved bodies. Also includes two really useful articles to ensure students gain real political examples of how sovereignty works in practice. Homework written in to bridge to my devolution lessons. Works well with rest of my series of lessons on the constitution topic.

Overview lesson on the whole of Modern Medicine. Includes overview colour code sheet, practise exam question and exemplar answer to use in feedback. Fully resourced and can be used as part of my series of lessons on Modern Medicine for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time.

Lesson on the introduction, impact of and problems facing the NHS. Included a moving video on why the NHS was so important to people in its early days and good discussion points on problems currently facing the NHS. Fully resourced and can be used as part of my series of lessons on Modern Medicine for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time.

Lesson on the discovery and development of Penicillin. Covering the actions of Fleming, Florey and Chain. There are videos to and plenty of text on the slides to help students make a judgement on which individual was most important and which other factors were at play in the discovery. Fully resourced and can be used as part of my series of lessons on Modern Medicine for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time.

Lesson on Modern Medicine case study disease - lung cancer. Covers the reasons why lung cancer got so bad, the key discovery of the BMA, key developments in the treatment of the disease and ways the government tries to prevent lung cancer. Fully resourced and can be used as part of my series of lessons on Modern Medicine for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time.

A lesson on the new technology created in the Modern Era and the impact this had on Modern Medicine. Can be used as part of my series of lessons on Modern Medicine for Edexcel Medicine Through Time.

Introductory lesson to Modern Medicine on changes in ideas on CAUSES of disease. Covers the discovery of DNA, the imapct on modern medicine as well as the increasing importance of lifestyle factors as a cause of disease. Fully resourced and can be used as part of my series of lessons on Modern Medicine for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time.

Edexcel Politics lesson for topic 1 - Constitution covering the issue of whether we should have a codified constitution. This lesson preps students to for the past paper source question on this debate and includes an article to set them for homework in preparation; a ‘how to’ writing guide for source questions and an exemplar written answer to use for feedback with colour code to talk students through top level answers.

Fully resources lesson for Edexcel Constitution topic on the Rule of Law. Included a table and info sheets to fill, as well as lots of real political examples and links to useful articles on the slides. Great for discussion on how well the government is currently holding up the Rule of Law. Homework written into the lesson. Works well as part of my scheme of lessons on Constitution topic.

A lesson on Constitutional reform under the Coalition, May and Johnson, made as part of a series of lessons on the Constution topic for Edexcel A Level Government and Politics. Requires students to do some independent research, but what they should have found is written into the slides. Provides opportunity for lots of disussion on how far these reforms have been a success. Also includes a homework to prepare for an essay question on constitutional reform. Fits well with my previous lesson on my TES on Labout reform from 1997.

An introductory lesson on Constitution topic for Edexcel A Level Government and Politics. Introductory quiz, nature of the constitution (unentrenched, uncodified, etc). Also includes a homework written in and resourced on the development of our constitution from Magna Carta to BREXIT.

A lesson on the sources and principles of the UK Constitution, madea as part of a series of lessons on the Constution topic for Edexcel A Level Government and Politics. Also includes a homework written in to research 1997-2010 Constitutional reform. NOTE - Will require a textbook if you want students to work independently OR can print slides for them to work from.

A KS3 lesson on the succession crisis and contenders to the throne in 1066. A tweet activity, profiles on each contender and top trumps to complete to help students decide who should have been given the throne in 1066. My Y7s love it! Goes down every year

A lesson on Constitutional reform under Blair and Brown, made as part of a series of lessons on the Constution topic for Edexcel A Level Government and Politics. Requires students to do some independent research, but what they should have found is written into the slides. Provides opportunity for lots of disussion on how far these reforms have been a success. Also includes a homework written in to research 2010 - 2022 Constitutional reform.

Edexcel GCSE history summary lesson on the Stresemann years. Includes a big overview colour code of the 1920’s under Streseman. This includes different interpretations of what people thought of the changes under Stresemann and how they experienced the impact of these changes. Also includes a practise 12 marker question with suggestions for factors. Can be used as a consolidation of my lessons on the Stresemann years 1923-1929.