A lesson ideal for KS3, focusing on the events of the Great Fire of London, the causes, and consequences of the Fire. Uses sources and higher level thinking skills for students to investigate this. Includes challenge and super challenge activities throughout.
A complete workbook for the Edexcel A-Level course for the unit of democracy and participation. Includes recall quizzes for each lesson, activities and exam questions. Roughly 10-12 weeks worth of lessons included depending on how many hours per week you teach the unit.
A work booklet looking at political parties in the UK. Includes key words and an overview of each political party. Includes up-to-date examples, and can be used alongside the AQA or Edexcel specification. Great resource for students (also your planning done as it is all planned for you!).
A source based lesson looking at the suffragettes and whether or not women should be given the vote. Students to look at different sources to look at the reasons behind the vote. Also, students will examine the different tactics used by the Suffragettes and decide which was the most effective
Different activities for different students
A lesson exploring what the Glorious Revolution was and how it impacted on democracy. Differentiated activities and worksheets for higher, middle and lower ability students
A PowerPoint and resource that looks at who was the biggest threat to Elizabeth's religious settlement - the Puritans, Catholics (home and abroad)> Includes a worksheet for students to direct their notes through questioning, and two exam questions.
A powerpoint and worksheets looking at different historical figures in History. Each group gets a different worksheet on a different figure, they are to prepare a presentation and a speech on this person, and then the class votes on who was the most significant.
An extensive revision guide crated to support students through the new Edexcel 9-1 History GCSE (Superpower relations). This revision guide offers condensed notes, quick quizzes, exam questions and model answers.
A powerpoint that goes through key skills like chronology, timelines, matching dates to centuries and source analysis skills. Ideal for a year 7 introduction lesson
A lesson aimed at KS3 students that looks at the similarities and differences between the weapons used in WW1 and WW2. Includes an information sheet, Venn diagram and a 'how far do you agree' question,
A lesson summarizing why Jack the Ripper was never caught. Asks students to link and prioritize the reasons. Provides differentiated resources throughout, as well as challenge activities for each task.
A workbook with everything you need in for Edexcel A-Level Politics course. This was made with remote learning in mind, with quick quizzes for every lesson, guided reading activities and exam questions. Around 20-22 hours worth of lessons included within the workbook.
A scheme of work ideal for KS3 exploring the Stuarts. All lessons included starters, differentiated activities for different ability pathways, alongside challenges and super-challenges for each task. Lessons also include exam questions that will help students prepare for the new demands of the GCSE.
Lessons include:
1. Was James I a good King?
2. The Gunpowder Plot - were the Catholics framed?
3. Problems facing Charles I
4. Causes of the English Civil War
5. Soldiers of the English Civil War
6. Battles of the English Civil War
7. Should Charles I be executed?
8. What did Cromwell ban?
9. Cromwell - curse of Ireland?
10. Oliver Cromwell - hero or villain?
11. The Restoration
12. The Great Fire of London
13. Assessment preparation lesson
14. Assessment
A lesson ideal for KS3 students looking at crime and punishment over time, or ideal for the new Edexcel GCSE course.
This lessons looks at whether abolishing the death penalty in 1965 was the right thing to do. Includes two source enquiry questions, a work sheet with arguments for/against the death penalty as well as a section on the case of Derek Bentley.
An excellent discussion based lesson, with resources to prompt students, and differentiated tasks throughout.
Ideal for the new GCSE course. A powerpoint and resource looking at the impact of the Reichstag Fire, and how it helped Hitler to create his dictatorship.
Ideal for students studying the Tudor period, this lesson looks at whether or not Tudor entertainment really was as bloody as historians have made out.
A lesson ideal for an introduction into how important the church was in Medieval England. Students are asked to decide the importance of church today, and then compare it to Medieval England. Students will complete an inference question on the doom painting, as well as looking at a card sort into the power of the church in Medieval England. An opportunity for some extended writing to summarize the learning, with support sheets included for weaker students.
A work book for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE History course of Weimar and Nazi Germany. The work book is a complete scheme of work with every lesson needed to complete teaching of this module. The work book is designed so that students can complete this at home. Every lesson contains a 10 question recall quiz, there are exam questions throughout with guidance on how to answer the exam questions, a glossary of key terms, and a variety of activities for each lesson. At the end of every specification point there is a 30 question recall quiz, and at the end of the work book is a full exam paper.