Underpinned by the concept of cause and consequence this lesson seeks to provide students with the opportunity to explore how Henry VII established the Tudor Dynasty through various strategies such as marriage, war and limiting the power of potential claimants to the throne.

This is a video lesson with voice over, however by highlighting the speaker icons in the bottom right of each slide you can quickly disable this and it will default to a normal ppt presentation… As part of the EDUQAS GCSE Crime and Punishment students must undertake a site study which for 20-21 is Botany Bay and Transportation, Although designed to support the EDUQAS SOW I am sure it is equally useful for anyone studying transportation and the penal colonies of Australia under one of the other Exam Boards. I’ve included an intermission with a great piece of music by the Dubliners (Black Velvet Band ) about a young man led astray and sentenced to transportation. The clip is freely available via the internet so encourage students to sing along or delete if you feel inappropriate.

Yr 10 focussed lesson using OCR Study Book 9Ben Walsh) exploring the long and short term causes of the Wall Street Crash.

Year 9 source based activity exploring challenges to the Weimar Republic 1918-

Lesson 2-7 covering the conditions on board transport ships making the journey to botany Bay. Video lesson which can be used as cover, distance learning or remove voiceover to personalise.

Part of a study in to terrorism looking at 19th Century ‘terrorist’ groups. Uses a range of sources and film to challenge students to determine whether the Luddites were in fact terrorists or just defending their way of life.

Linked to Empire and Industrial Revolution studies this source based lesson looks to identify the main reasons for the Allied Victory at Waterloo. A development of Folens’s Industry, Reform and Empire: Britain 1750-1900 pp.82-85.

A teacher led demonstration which requires maximum student participation to practically recreate quite literally the flow of manpower through recruitment and training of the British Army in WW1. Also has utility in explaining why conscription needed to be introduced in 1916 and provides a sound platform to develop discussion, debate and further activities designed to answer key questions on Recruitment and Conscription in the First World War.

A research based lesson questioning the success of the '12 Apostles' an IRA assassination squad set up by Michael Collins during the Irish War of Independence. Concept is for 4 groups to research the key question and then share information at the end but also to reach a conclusion of the strengths and weaknesses of each type of research.

Christmas focussed lesson for end of Autumn term questioning whether the British and Germans actually played Football Games during the Christmas 1914 Truces. Looks at nature of sources and interpreting questions (Football matches versus a kick about - definition etc).

KS3 lesson on contents of Magna Carta with emphasis on who benefited most

Using Folens Industry, Reform and Empire:Britain 1750-1900 pp.98-101 explore a different kind of factory and ethos that was borne out of the Industrial Revolution. Option to include chocolate both in the starter and as rewards for work incl final recruitment campaign poster.

A revision lesson drawing on students’ previous learning on key factors leading to Hitler establishing a dictatorship (Reichstag Fire, Enabling Act, Night of the Long Knives (political intrigue)). Key question seeks to push students to reach a judgement on the significance of Hindenburg’s death versus other key events and then justify that choice using evidence.

Lesson on the 19th Century Luddite Movement which could be included in SOW on Terrorism or alternatively provide a different perspective on the Industrial Revolution narrative that the workers were victims or provide some foundations regarding political movements such as Trade Unions etc

GCSE Lesson looking Opposition groups and the Nazi reaction to them looking for a judgment on the physical and psychological impact on the Regime

Lesson looking at Anglo-Saxon Society, Crime, Law and Punishment

Lesson covering the reasons for the French Occupation of the Ruhr in 1923 and subsequent Hyperinflation

A lesson questioning the success or failure of the Munich Putsch in 1923 as a long term cause of Hitler’s future success by identifying the need to follow a political path towards power in 1933.

A wargame designed to allow students to identify the key factors leading to the Allied defeat in the West in Spring 1940. It provides an introduction to the events leading up to Dunkirk, Battle of Britain and the Blitz. Encourages group work, collaboration and shared learning.

A lesson using a card sort activity designed to challenge students to prove the statement wrong with a twist at the end. Used as a revision of previous learning regarding Elizabeth and Philip and build up to Spanish Armada lesson