A comprehensive lesson resource looking at the current standing of the Liberal Democratic Party as well as its historical and ideological groundings. This lesson also incorporates a consideration of liberalism as an area of consideration to apply to the evolution of the party, potentially offering stretch and challenge questioning as you cover the evolution of the party.

Four lessons are provided that begin the A-level Government and Politics: Ideologies unit for Liberalism. This was designed for the recent Edexcel course. Each lesson is provided through a PowerPoint presentation that covers key information alongside discussion points. Additional information for teacher knowledge is often incorporated into the ‘notes’ section of each slide. The components covered in this bundle are: The core concepts of individualism, freedom and the state The core concepts of rationalism, social justice and liberal democracy Classical Liberalism - its key themes and thinkers Modern Liberalism - its key themes and thinkers Not included in this bundle are: Deep dive lessons into the five key thinkers required for the course. A consolidation of overall Liberalism A suitable introduction into the Liberalism course itself Essay technique for the course

Within this bundle are 5 individual presentations, each one looking at one of the key Liberal thinkers required for the Edexcel Government & Politics course. The key thinkers covered are: Locke Wollstonecraft Mill Rawls Friedan Each lesson covers a range of information about the relevant thinker, with a collection of quotes, factual information and tasks to guide student learning. Not included in this bundle: An overview of the key themes of Liberalism A breakdown between Classical and Modern Liberalism

A presentation-based lesson on censorship and Socialist Realism within Soviet Russia, designed to fall in line with the Edexcel exam specification for GCSE.

This is a short lesson on the Soviet Constitution of 1936, including a presentation as well as a worksheet. The presentation is primarily based around the worksheet and would require contextual knowledge on the part of the teacher.

A lesson looking at the challenges faced by Hitler once he had come to power. The lesson includes a card sort and diamond nine activity, with additional development to support the building of a judgement.

A lesson giving an overview of Hitler’s approach to dealing with the economy. This would either be appropriate for a KS3 lesson where you are covering the different components to Hitler’s leadership, or for an introductory lesson to a GCSE course.

In delivering this lesson, I needed to carry some content over into the subsequent lesson. As such, I have provided both presentation documents so that you may draw as you’d like from each in building out/delivering your own lesson. These lessons look at the Purges and the Secret Police, including an information sheet for students to read.

A lesson looking at the chronology of the rise of Stalin. Some teacher knowledge will be required to talk around the points within the presentation.

This is an introductory lesson looking at a welfare state for the Britain transformed a-level course. It focuses on the definition of the term and developing some understanding of the situation at the start of the course.

This is a lesson that covers the civil war at the start of Soviet Russia. It comes with a starter worksheet, as well as a table to navigate a reasonably substantial resource pack.

A presentation looking at the consequences of the Treaty of Brest Litvosk on Russia. Guidance to lesson slides is often included in the notes section of a slide.

A lesson overview that takes students through an introduction to Brexit, concluding with the recent developments following the draft bill publication. This lesson is intended to provide a scaffold for a class discussion - although questions are posed, there are no work sheets. Instead, it is intended to capture some of the interest from the recent drama of the draft bill publication, as well as provide a reasonably detailed background so that students are able to discuss contemporary politics.

A lesson that covers the Hungarian Uprising and it’s implications for the development of the Cold War. The lesson comes with a comprehensive information worksheet and a short biography overview of Eisenhower and Malenkov. The lesson is designed for the Edexcel ‘Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91’ unit.

A lesson that looks in depth at the impact of social class on voting behaviour. The PowerPoint presentation covers the following areas: A definition of key terms on voting behaviour (not comprehensive, however a good start for the unit) A comprehensive definition of what is meant by ‘class’ An evaluation of the extent to which class affects voting behaviour A short consideration of the context that has affected the impact of class on voting behaviour more recently Alongside the presentation, there is a PDF of an analysis of the BBC Great British Class Survey from 2013, to add complexity to modern considerations of class. There is also a table that details the AB, C1, C2 and DE breakdown of class as well as a mock-up source question through which students are directed (in the lesson) to identify the arguments for and against the importance of social class in voting behaviour.

This is a 15 page resource pack that contains practice exam questions, question guidance and model answers for the Edexcel - Early Elizabethan England course, all broken down by key topic. Included within the pack are: 47 practice questions for Q5(a) 31 practice questions for Q5(b) 29 practice questions for Q5© A model answer has been given for each question. For questions 5b and 5c, additional commentary is given in terms of introduction structure, as well as highlighting the required components of the answer to support in knowing what to write to give a model answer in the assessment.

An introductory lesson to a KS3 unit introducing the second order concept of interpretations. This lesson provides an introductory scaffold, two short interpretations and guides early analysis that is followed up in subsequent lessons.

The follow up to the introductory Dark Ages lesson. This now provides students with: An early introduction to the challenging idea of ‘royal absolutism’, made accessible for Years 7 and 8 A detailed case study looking into King John and the Magna Carta - this case study allows students to match against both interpretations A scaffold to match the interpretations against the case study

The follow up to the first two Dark Ages interpretations lessons. This now provides students with: An early introduction to theories on medicine A detailed case study looking into the Black Death - this case study allows students to match against both interpretations Character cards for a student roleplay to consider the varying consequences of the Black Death A scaffold to match the interpretations against the case study

A further lesson in the Dark Ages Interpretations unit. This now provides students with: An early introduction to ideas of heresy A detailed case study looking into the witch trials Information cards on the different roles of the Church A scaffold to match the interpretations against the case study