How has power over people changed over time?

In this lesson students use coins to explore the changing nature of monarchy, parliament and democracy. Students explore a number of different coins from medieval period right up until the present day in order to make inferences. During the plenary students are encouraged to make their own coin which symbolises Britain today. Full resources and a lesson plan are included. This lesson was used during an interview for the position of Teacher of History - it went well! Images acquired through a search engine filtered to "labelled for reuse". Comments are appreciated!