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This is the fourth lesson in a series covering the new Edexcel A-Level History unit: Britain losing and gaining an Empire 1763 - 1914.
This series of lessons covers the second depth study: Learning from past mistakes:Canada and the Durham Report, 1837 - 40
The lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and sources. The lessons refers to the textbook "Britain: Losing and gaining and Empire, 1763 - 1914" (Christie, 2016 Pearson) although other textbooks could be used with the lessons.
During the lesson pupils will:
* Investigate the character of the Earl of Durham and his early work in parliamentary reform.
* Use source analysis to identify the reasons why Durham was chosen to deal with the Canadian situation
* Investigate the actions taken by Durham in Canada and evaluate his reputation as a reformer and the reasons for the failure of the Canada mission.
* Investigate and evaluate the impact of Durhams advisers Wakefield and Buller.
* Decide if Durham deserves to be remembered as a reformer.
* Evaluate British actions and decide if the way they dealt with Canada shows that they had learnt from their mistakes.
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This is an introductory lesson for a scheme of work covering the new Superpower Relations and the Cold War Edexcel GCSE History unit.
The focus of the lesson is to introduce pupils to the capitalists and Communist ideologies and the key differences between them, pupils will also start to gain an understanding about some of the underlying causes of the Cold War.
During this unit, pupils will:
- Analyse and ISM showing the split between the Grand Alliance after the Second World War.
- Be introduced to the content of the unit.
- Complete an image analysis task to identify the difference between communism and capitalism.
- Analyse American and Soviet propaganda criticising each other and their ideologies.
- Complete a worksheet identifying the key differences between the two ideologies.
- Complete a writing task giving opinions about the benefits and issues with each ideology.
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This is the second lesson of a scheme of work in about Medieval Castles.
The focus of the lesson is to have pupils evaluate the best place to build a castle.
During the lesson pupils will:
- Pupils discuss why an important person such as a king might want to build a castle.
- Analyse picture of Dover Castle and evaluate its position on a hill next to the coast.
- Identify advantages and disadvantages of building a castle on top of a hill or in the middle of a forrest.
- Complete a mapping activity to identify the best place to build a castle based on previous learning in the lesson.
- Complete a PEA paragraph to explain their choice of position.
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This lesson is aimed towards year seven but could be easily adapted for key stage 1 or 2.
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This is the fourth lesson of a scheme of work covering the Roman Empire.
The aim of the lesson is to investigate and develop a roleplay about Boudica's Rebellion
During the lesson pupils will:
- Use ISM of the statue of Boudica to identify why she might be significant and why she has a statue in London.
- Complete a short card sort to identify the chronology of Boudica's rebellion.
- Use the information from the card sort to create a short role play portraying her rebellion.
- Develop and apply success criteria to peer assess each other's role plays.
This lesson is aimed towards year seven but could be easily adapted for key stage 1 or 2.
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This is the first lesson in a series covering the new Edexcel A-Level History unit: Mao's China 1949 - 1976. This series of lessons covers Key Topic four: Social and Cultural Changes 1949 - 1976.
The lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and sources. The lessons refer to the textbook "Communist States in the Twentieth Century " (Bunce, 2015 - Hodder) although other textbooks could be used with the lessons.
During the lesson pupils will:
* Evaluate prior knowledge about the situation in China across the time period.
* Investigate the position of women in Chinese society before 1949.
* Use quotations from Mao to try and identify he attitude towards women in society.
* Investigate CPC propaganda about the changing position of women in China.
* Identify and evaluate changes that were actually made for women after 1949 and begin to evaluate their effect.
This lesson is based on a double lesson (100 minutes) but could easily be broken up into a number of smaller lessons.
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This is the second lesson in a scheme of work about the First World War.
The lesson focuses on the assasination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914. The lesson is aimed towards year 9 pupils but could easily be adapted for other year levels.
The lesson is ready to teach and includes all required resources in the PowerPoint.
During the lesson, Pupils will:
* Complete a starter activity match up key words (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism) from previous lessons to their definitions.
* Try to suggest how Gavrilo Princip could be responsible for the start of the war based on a picture of him.
* Piece together the basic story of the assasination of Franz Ferdinand based on limited information.
* Watch a video to consolidate information about the assasination of Franz Ferdinand.
* Consider and respond to the statement "The First World War was not inevitable. It was caused by a series of coincidences."
* Complete a newspaper article outlining the key events of the assasination and its impact.
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This is the third lesson in a series covering the new Edexcel A-Level History unit: Mao's China 1949 - 1976. This series of lessons covers Key Topic Three: The Cultural Revolution and its Aftermath, 1966 - 76
The lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and sources. The lessons refer to the textbook "Communist States in the Twentieth Century " (Bunce, 2015 - Hodder) although other textbooks could be used with the lessons.
During the lesson pupils will:
* Complete a thinking task about things during the Cultural Revolution that were deemed counter revolutionary.
* Investigate the attack on the grave of Wu Xun as an example of the attacks on the four olds.
* Use the text to research attacks on the four olds to create an argument against an Historic quote.
* Complete a card sort looking at the economic, social and political consequences of the attacks on the four olds.
* Conduct a debate to decide the biggest impact of the Cultural Revolution/attacks on the four olds.
* Investigate and evaluate the attacks against Mao's political enemies.
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This is the first lesson in a scheme of work about the Tudors.
The scheme of work is directed towards year 7 but could easily be adapted for KS1, KS2 or other year levels.
The focus of this lesson is to introduce pupils to the Tudors and assess their prior knowledge. During the lesson pupils will:
- Investigate a picture of Henry VIII, Edward IV and Mary I.
- Watch a short video to give an overview of the Tudor Monarchs
- Identify the key Tudor monarchs
- Complete a Tudor true or false to assess prior knowledge.
- Homework: Pupils conduct research on a Tudor monarch of their choice.
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This is the second lesson in a series covering the new Edexcel A-Level History unit: Britain losing and gaining an Empire 1763 - 1914.
This series of lessons covers the fourth depth study: Nearly Losing and Empire: The British in India 1829 - 58.
The lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and sources. The lessons refer to the textbook "Britain: Losing and gaining and Empire, 1763 - 1914" (Christie, 2016 Pearson) although other textbooks could be used with the lessons.
During the lesson pupils will:
* Define key words from previous lesson.
* Briefly investigate the existing social structure in India (Varna/Caste System)
* Make inferences about Robert Clive through source analysis and then investigate the Battle of Plassey and its impact on British control.
* Research British control in India through the role of the military, governance and the importance of the Bengal Company presidency.
* Use work from the lesson to decide if revolution in India was inevitable given British control.
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This is the third in a series of seven lessons about the American Revolution.
This lesson forms part of the scheme of work for the new A-Level History unit 3: Britain loosing and gaining an Empire.
This lesson is part of the Depth Study - The loss of the American Colonies.
The lesson looks at:
* Why didn't the Boston Massacre start a revolution?
* The Tea Act and its impact.
* Reactions of the Sons of Liberty to the Tea Act.
* The Boston Tea Party.
* Britain's reaction to the Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts.
The lesson is ready to go and includes all resources for the lesson. The textbook used is the new Person book written for the unit.
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This is the second lesson in a series covering the new Edexcel A-Level History unit: Britain losing and gaining an Empire 1763 - 1914.
This series of lessons covers the second depth study: The Birth of British Australia 1788 - 1829.
The lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and sources. The lessons refer to the textbook "Britain: Losing and gaining and Empire, 1763 - 1914" (Christie, 2016 Pearson) although other textbooks could be used with the lessons.
During the lesson pupils will:
* Follow up on previous lesson by evaluating the successes and limitations of Phillips leadership
* Identify and evaluate the political instability caused by the Rum Rebellion and the conflict between William Bligh and the New South Wales Corp
* Investigate the measures taken by Governor Maquarie and evaluate his leadership.
* Compare and contrast the leadership of Phillips and Maquarie and decide which one was more significant to the development of the Australian colony.
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This is the fifth and final lesson in a series covering the new Edexcel A-Level History unit: Britain losing and gaining an Empire 1763 - 1914.
This series of lessons covers the second depth study: The Birth of British Australia 1788 - 1829.
The lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and sources. The lessons refer to the textbook "Britain: Losing and gaining and Empire, 1763 - 1914" (Christie, 2016 Pearson) although other textbooks could be used with the lessons.
During the lesson pupils will:
* Make initial decisions about the success of the Australian Colony.
* Ask questions about the type of information we would need to make a judgement on success.
* Investigate the main reasons for the difficulty in attracting free settlement to Australia and offer potential solutions.
* Investigate the measures taken by Australian Governors to develop the colony (Territorial expansion, Establishing a penal colony in Tasmania/Van Dieman's Land, Economic Development and political development.
* Begin planning for essay/assessment on British Australia unit.
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This is the second lesson in a scheme of work for the new GCSE Edexcel unit: Weimar and Nazi Germany 1919 - 1939 however this could easily be adapted for other exam boards and specifications.
This lesson serves introduces the concept of Dolchstoss and evaluates the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany after the First World War.
This lesson is ready to teach and contains all resources needed.
During this lesson pupils will:
* Investigate the German military situation at the end of the First World War.
* Watch a video to identify and evaluate the main reasons for Germany loosing the First World War.
* Complete source analysis to define the key points of the stab in the back theory/Dolchstoss and discuss the attitudes of German soldiers at the end of the war.
* Complete a card sort and watch a video to identify the main terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
* Complete a writing task to prioritise and evaluate the impact of the Treaty of Versailles.
* Complete a source analysis (cartoon) to evaluate German attitudes towards the Treaty of Versailles and discuss the concept of Diktat.
* Complete a 12 mark exam question (homework) with a partial model answer.
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This bundle contains four full lessons covering Key Topic Three: Canada and the Durham Report of the new edexcel A-Level History course, Britain loosing and gaining an Empire 1763 - 1914.
The bundle contains the following lessons:
Lesson 1 - Canada and the Revolutions of 1837
Lesson 2 - Revolts against British Rule
Lesson 3 - Events and results of the Canadian Revolts
Lesson 4 - The impact of the Durham Report
The lessons are ready to teach and include worksheets and sources. The lessons refers to the textbook "Britain: Losing and gaining and Empire, 1763 - 1914" (Christie, 2016 Pearson) although other textbooks could be used with the lessons.
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This bundle contains seven lessons that cover the Loss of the American Colonies depth study which forms part of the Edexcel A-Level History Unit 3: Britain losing and gaining an Empire 1763 - 1914.
The lessons include are ready to go and included all necessary sources and resources. The lessons refer to the Pearson textbook developed for the unit.
The pack contains the following lessons:
Lesson 1 - Introduction to the American Colonies
Lesson 2 - Increasing Tensions between Britain and the colonies
Lesson 3 - Long Term causes of the Revolution
Lesson 4 - From Tea Party to Revolution
Lesson 5 - Declaration of Independence and conflict
Lesson 6 - Britain vs America
Lesson 7 - The Battles of Saratoga and Yorktown and the end of the war.
All presentations are based on 100 minute lessons but could be easily adapted for other lengths.
This lesson pack contains five full lessons covering aspects of life in Medieval Europe, The influence and impact of the church and the causes, course and impact of the black death.
All lessons are completed and ready to teach including all resources and worksheets needed. They are aimed towards KS3 pupils but could easily be adapted for KS1 and KS2.
There are five full lessons including:
1. Introduction to Medieval Life
2. The Medieval Church
3. Introduction to the black death and symptoms of the black death
4. Causes and cures of the black death
5. Consequences of the black death.
The black death lessons have an assessment task/homework tasks that involved writing a piece of Historical fiction about life during the black death.
This lesson introduces Germany after the First World War and the problems they were facing during the early 1920s. The lesson is designed as an introduction to the new Edexcel 9 - 1 History unit Wiemar and Nazi Germany 1918 - 1939 but could easily be adapted for other exam boards or key stages.
During the lesson pupils will:
- Analyse and infer from casualty figures for the Central Powers during the First World War.
- Analyse ISM of the cartoon "Clémenceau the Vampire"
- Complete a gallery tour task to gather and record information to identify and describe the problems Germany faced after the war.
- Write a report on the problems and prioritise their seriousness.
- Complete an inference exam question based on the content of the lesson.
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This is a big board quiz covering the key aspects of the development of the Cold War. Pupils work in teams to select questions of varying difficulties based on the point values.
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KS3 lesson to introduce evidence and how Historians use evidence to learn about the past. Could be used as part of a unit of Historical skills and before work on primary and secondary sources.
You will need to bring a bag of "stuff" to use as evidence.
This is the fifth lesson in a scheme of work about the Battle of Hastings. The lessons are aimed towards year 7 but could easily be adapted for other year levels.
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During this lesson, pupils will:
- Use information and learning from previous lessons to create a newspaper acticle to outline the key events of the Battle of Hastings and suggest why William won.
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