Students work through the impacts of the Berlin Wall to determine in the Wall increased or decreased Cold War tensions. After categorising the impacts they allocate score to make a pie chart before completing an exam style question. Student support and a step by step instructions included.

Students learn about the Nazi Police State through a student-led game. Students are introduced to a character living in the Nazi Police State. They have to remain in character during the game. There are various challenges to complete depending on who they are, for example if they are in the Gestpo they will need to identify enemies of the state. As students play the game they become to understand that no one is safe. Once they game has ended there are some written tasks to complete leading into an exam question (tips, instructions and literacy support included). As always there are clear instructions and differentiated resources. Enjoy :)

Students work through a range of activities to assess the different methods used by the Nazis to reduce unemployment. They then examine changes in living standards by reading about different characters in Nazi Germany before determining whose living standards did increase/ decrease and why. An exam question follows the task. Fully resourced, clear instructions and the required spec knowledge is covered.

A lesson which introduces students to the types of crimes and punishments in Anglo Saxon Britain. Fully resourced with five worksheets, (inc. self-assessment document, source activities, Saxon society worksheets. There is a four mark exam question included in the presentation which can be used as evidence that the lesson outcomes have been met. Terms of Use: Purchase of this item entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages for personal and classroom use only. Duplication for other classes, an entire school or for commercial use is strictly prohibited without written permission from the author. Minor editing is allowed but only for personal use. The document remains under copyright even when edited. Pasting this item in whole or part on the Internet in any form is strictly prohibited and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Copyright 2017

Building on from lesson 8, tensions continue to rise in 1948-49 during the Berlin Crisis. In this lesson we begin to unravel that tricky narrative question. Students learn about the Berlin Crisis of 1948-49 by creating a map to show the zones, a few quick activities to develop their knowledge, they work their way through a simple card sort and diamond 9 to understand the key issues (and those links) that got the Soviets so angry, a quick write up and a report making activity (based on sources) on the impacts of the Blockade and the West's response. The lesson concludes with the students applying their A01 knowledge and A02 skills to complete the 8 mark narrative question by using the chronolink technique. Fully differentiated with a student friendly mark scheme, structure strips, clear advice and instructions on how to complete this type of question. Suggested teaching time 2 hours (a double lesson).As always there are clear step by step instructions and high-quality differentiated resources.

Time travel Britain! Students learn about Christmas during two different eras; the medieval period and Christmas during the rule of Oliver Cromwell. These two booklets include a range of activities (that need minimal teacher intervention) such as a time travel activity, source analysis, writing up a report about Christmas in the period of study (a differentiated version included with sentence stems and a version without literacy support is included), a stamp making activity, a word search and a quick recap at the end where students change their time travels views based on what they now know. Each book will take the students a 60 minute lesson to work through (so enough material for two lessons here). Enjoy a stress free end of term lesson :-). If you are new to TES you can open an account and get this resource for free with the code NOVEMBERNEWBIE (simply enter the code at checkout). Use code WOWVEMBER to get this resource for free for existing buyers

This lessons looks at the reasons for the refugee crisis, the Soviets response and how the events between 1958-61 affected superpower relations. Students learn about living standards in Germany before working out where various people lived based on their knowledge. This activity is reinforced by some open ended questioning to challenge the more able. Students then study the key events in the years and plot these on a tension graph. They annotate their decisions. They end the lesson by completing an 8 mark narrative question (support included for less able as well as a student friendly mark scheme). As always there are clear instructions and high-quality resources.

An introduction to the Early Elizabethan England Edexcel Unit. This lesson looks at the key events during Elizabeth's childhood and how they might have influenced her character. The lesson also looks at the key problems/ challenges that existed at the time. Student create a timeline, select key events and determine how they might have influenced Elizabeth. There are source based activities/ worksheet tasks. The lesson concludes with the students writing an introductory chapter for a Ladybird book about Elizabeth's childhood (literacy support provided).

A lesson that recaps on the reasons why Phillip II wanted to invade England and leads into the Armada. Students assess track the route, complete a mapping activity, analyse the evidence, make decisions and assess the significance of the defeat of the Armada. A double lesson is suggested for this enquiry.

Students create a graph to show how attitudes and the treatment of the poor changed in the period. They then link these changes to key events in the period, such as the Spanish Fury and poor harvests. They use their completed graph complete tasks and an exam question. Step by step instructions and differentiated resources included.

A lesson that looks at the increase in vagabondage and the factors that led to its increase and why witchcraft became a serious crime . Students need to identify factors and priorities evidence to make a judgement before answering a 12 mark how far question .All resources included, such as card sort and diamond 9 activity and a worksheet task with activities. The video clips for slide 5 are located under the slide (click to open).

Students learn about the main causes for the increase in poverty and vagabondage during the period. A range of student led activities which enable them to reach a judgment before completing a 12 mark explain question. As always there are clear instructions, high-quality worksheets, differentiated tasks, information sheets and exam tips and literacy support.

Students examine the causes, events and outcomes of this significant revolt. Pupils have to correctly sequence event cards, identify causes and outcomes which they priorities before creating an annotated comic book and using their completed work to respond to an open-ended enquiry question. The lesson concludes with a 16 mark exam question which focuses on the causes of the revolt. Differentiated resources included as well as clear instructions.

Students learn about the Nazi Police State through a student-led game. Students are introduced to a character living in the Nazi Police State. They have to remain in character during the game. There are various challenges to complete depending on who they are, for example if they are in the Gestpo they will need to identify enemies of the state. As students play the game they become to understand that no one is safe. As always there are clear instructions and differentiated resources.

Who did most to develop the Cold War 1945-47, Truman or Stalin? This lesson really focuses on oracy and the development of spoken skills which will help to develop written arguments. Students begin by considering the question 'who did most to develop the Cold War 1945-47, Truman or Stalin' and jot down their ideas. They then study information cards about the key events and attribute blame to each event before ranking them in order of importance and identifying links. The main activity is an argument tunnel where students line up to face each other to argue who was to blame (they will need to argue both sides of the argument). When the argument is over they return to the big question and answer it! Literacy support included. As always there are clear step by step instructions.

A 15 page Crime Punishment revision and quiz booklet. Perfect for that end of term lesson(s), for revision sessions, homework tasks, plenary or starters or can simply be used as a fun Christmas lesson for a topic quiz. The booklet includes 5 quick fire questions for each of the five units c1000-c1500,c1500-c1700, c1700-c1900, c1900-present & Whitechapel. In addition there is a famous individual round, matching crimes and laws to the correct era, an event and change quiz, anagrams and significant events in the story of crime and punishment. This product can be purchased in the 1700-present Bundlehttps://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-history-gcse-91-crime-and-punishment-c1700-present-11501920. Or if you are new to TES set up an account and get this resource for free with the code NOVEMBERNEWBIE. A teacher answer booklet is included too

A PowerPoint Christmas themed quiz with 4 rounds and 53 quiz questions and answers from guess the famous Father Christmas, guess the Christmas movie, general knowledge Christmas themed questions to the Christmas literacy round. Please note that this PowerPoint has been saved as a PDF PowerPoint because the frames and text are copyright protected and cannot be sold unless they are locked. It still opens as a PowerPoint presentation!

Students learn about Elizabeth education by comparing it to modern day education. There are a range of worksheets and activities and an exam style question. As always there are clear instructions and differentiated resources.

Students learn about the main reasons why Hitler eliminated the SA. through a card sort (categorizing and prioritising activities). They write up their views about why Hitler chose to execute the leading members of the SA (support provided for less able). There are also source based challenge activities to prep the more able for GCSE style questions. As always a step by step guide and high-quality differentiated worksheets.

Students work through a range of decision-making activities and make a supported judgement which they write up. As always there are clear step by step instructions and a range of differentiated activities which include literacy support.