AQA GCSE History: British Depth Studies: Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603 - Historic Environment, 2025 - Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. The resources are suitable for Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons and assessment support: 01 - An English Renaissance 02 - The Elizabethan ‘Golden Age’ 03 - Growing Prosperity - The Rise of the Gentry 04 - Bess of Hardwick 05 - Elizabethan Architecture 06 - Outside Hardwick Hall 07 - Inside Hardwick Hall 08 - The Historic Environment: Model Answer The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

The French Revolution and the Rule of Napoleon - 1774–1815: The Origins of the French Revolution, 1774-1789. The resources are suitable for OCR, AQA, Edexcel and WJEC A-Level History. • Absolutism and the structure of the Ancien Régime: Louis XVI as King; government; social divisions; privileges and burdens; strengths and weaknesses. • The ideas of the Enlightened philosophes: extent of influence in France; the salons; impact of the American revolution and War of Independence. • Economic problems and royal finance: attempts to improve royal finances under Turgot, Necker and Calonne. • The Assembly of Notables and political developments, February 1787 to May 1789; the state of France, politically, economically and socially by the meeting of the Estates-General. • The revolution; May – October 1789: developments in Versailles and Paris; developments in the country, including the Great Fear; the October Days. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment: 01 - Welcome to History - The French Revolution 02 - King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France 03 - Absolutism in France 04 - The French Parlements 05 - The Government and Administration of France 06 - Ancien Regime - French Social Division - Rights and Privileges 07 - Enlightened Philosophes - Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau and Quesnay 08 - The Spread of Enlightened Ideas 09 - The French Salons 10 - The American Revolution 11 - The American War of Independence and its Impact on France 12 - In the Red - Royal Finance 13 - A French Contraction - The Economy 14 - Attempt to Improve Royal Finance - Turgot, Necker and Calonne 15 - The Origins of the French Revolution, 1774-1789: Assessment 16 - The Origins of the French Revolution, 1774-1789: A-Level Revision Guide The resources have supported my A-Level History students to consistently achieve results that exceed the OCR National Average. In 2024, 67% of students secured A*-B grades for this specific component and my A-Level History classes consistently attain the most Grade A* and As in any subject and/or class at my current school’s Sixth Form. I am proud to have inspired and helped students to study History at Oxbridge and other Russell Group universities within the United Kingdom. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality - Post-War America. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. • Post-war American society and economy: consumerism and the causes of prosperity; the American Dream; McCarthyism; popular culture, including Rock and Roll and television. • Racial tension and developments in the Civil Rights campaign in the 1950s and 1960s: Segregation laws; Martin Luther King and peaceful protests; Malcolm X and the Black Power Movement; Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968. • America and the ‘Great Society’: the social policies of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson relating to poverty, education and health; the development and impact of feminist movements in the 1960s and early 1970s, including the fight for equal pay; the National Organisation for Women, Roe v Wade (1973), the Supreme Court ruling on equal rights (1972) and opposition to Equal Rights Amendment. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons: 01 - Prosperity in 1950s America 02 - The 1950s American Dream 03 - The Birth of the Teenager 04 - 1950s Popular Culture 05 - The Development of the Cold War after World War Two 06 - The Second Red Scare 07 - Fear of the Reds - HUAC, Hollywood, Hiss and the Rosenbergs 08 - The McCarthy Witch Trials 09 - Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954 10 - The Death of Emmett Till, 1955 11 - Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956 12 - Little Rock High School, 1957 13 - The Greensboro Sit-In, 1960 14 - President Kennedy’s ‘The New Frontier’ 15 - Freedom Rides, 1961 16 - Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 17 - I Have a Dream - March on Washington, 1963 18 - Civil Rights Act, 1964 19 - President Johnson’s ‘Great Society’ 20 - Selma to Montgomery, 1965 The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950-1975 - The Ending of Conflict in Vietnam. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. • Nixon’s War: Vietnamisation; chemical warfare; bombing campaign of 1970–1972; relations with China; widening of the war into Laos and Cambodia. • Opposition to war: Kent State University; the importance of the media and TV in influencing public opinion; the context of the Watergate affair. • The end of the war: the Paris Peace talks; the role of Kissinger; the US withdrawal; fall of Saigon; the price of conflict; problems of Vietnam in 1975. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment: 01 - Nixon Wins 02 - Vietnamisation 03 - Operation Menu - The Cambodian Genocide 04 - The Incident at Kent State University 05 - The My Lai Massacre 06 - The Widening of the War in Laos 07 - The Easter Offensive and Operation Linebacker 08 - Agents of Death 09 - Veterans Speak Out - The Fulbright Hearings and the Pentagon Papers 10 - Changing Attitudes - Protests and Opposition against the Vietnam War 11 - Peace and Love - The Woodstock Festival 12 - The Media and Changing Public Opinion of the Vietnam War 13 - A Divided Society 14 - The Ending of Conflict in Vietnam: Assessment 15 - The Ending of Conflict in Vietnam: Revision Guide The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603 - Troubles at Home and Abroad. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. • Religious matters: the question of religion, English Catholicism and Protestantism; the Northern Rebellion; Elizabeth’s excommunication; the missionaries; Catholic plots and the threat to the Elizabethan settlement; the nature and ideas of the Puritans and Puritanism; Elizabeth and her government’s responses and policies towards religious matters. • Mary Queen of Scots: background; Elizabeth and Parliament’s treatment of Mary; the challenge posed by Mary; plots; execution and its impact. • Conflict with Spain: reasons; events; naval warfare, including tactics and technology; the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons: 01 - Mary, Queen of Scots 02 - Elizabeth and Parliament’s Reaction to Mary, Queen of Scots’ Arrival to England, 1568 03 - The Northern Rebellion, 1569 04 - George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury 05 - Sheffield Manor Lodge 06 - Mary, Queen of Scots Life in Captivity 07 - Mary, Queen of Scots at Sheffield Manor Lodge 08 - The Growth of Catholic Opposition to the Religious Settlement - Elizabeth’s Excommunication 09 - The Ridolfi Plot, 1571 and The Throckmorton Plot, 1583 10 - The Babington Plot, 1586 11 - The Trial and Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots 12 - Elizabeth I’s Response to the Catholic Threats 13 - Elizabeth’s Control - The Failure of Rebellions and Revolts 14 - The Catholics Challenge Abroad 15 - The Reasons for the Anglo-Spanish Conflict, 1588 16 - Naval Warfare - Tactics and Technology of the Anglo-Spanish Conflict, 1588 17 - The Battle of Gravelines and Tilbury, 1588 18 - The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588 19 - The Significance of the Defeat of the Spanish Armada 20 - The End of Elizabeth I’s Reign as Monarch The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©

Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603 - Elizabeth’s Court and Parliament. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History. • Elizabeth I and her court: background and character of Elizabeth I; court life, including patronage; key ministers. • The difficulties of a female ruler: relations with Parliament; the problem of marriage and the succession; the strength of Elizabeth’s authority at the end of her reign, including Essex’s rebellion in 1601. Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons: 01 - Life in the Royal Court of Elizabeth I - Performance and Progresses 02 - Elizabeth I’s System of Patronage 03 - The Role of the Privy Council in Elizabethan England 04 - Elizabeth I’s Key Ministers of the Privy Council 05 - Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I’s Relationship 06 - Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I: Contemporary Accounts 07 - A Royal Progress to Kenilworth Castle 08 - The History of Kenilworth Castle 09 - Life at Dudley’s Kenilworth Castle 10 - Robert Dudley’s Changes to Kenilworth Castle 11 - Pleasure Grounds at Kenilworth Castle 12 - The Role of Parliament in Elizabethan England 13 - Local Government - Lords Lieutenant and Justices of the Peace 14 - The Problem of Marriage for Elizabeth I 15 - Robert Dudley’s Marriage Proposal to Elizabeth I 16 - The Succession Crisis of Elizabeth I 17 - A Royal Favourite - The Earl of Essex 18 - The Earl of Essex’s Rebellion in 1601 19 - The Strength of Elizabeth’s Authority at the End of her Reign The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©