(I)GCSE - The League of Nations

A wide-ranging collection of 8 purposeful lessons covering the League of Nations that include PowerPoints and supportive materials. These lessons enable all students to maximise their potential by raising key questions and with focused, thought-provoking exercises. They will also enable students to develop a range of essential skills.

1. Introduction - A PowerPoint to introduce the topic as well as raise the first discussion points.

2. Aims and Problems - An exercise to raise awareness of the scale of the League’s aims and enable students to place the League’s work in critically important context.

3. The Organisation of the League - A simple but useful notes framework covering the League’s organisation coupled with an interesting task that gets students thinking like a diplomat.

4. Keeping the peace in the 1920s – Exercises focused on possible exam questions with a PowerPoint to introduce the topic and supportive material.

5. The League in the 1930s – An exercise that will complement the work you will do regarding Manchuria, disarmament and Abyssinia, focusing on the context to the 1930s.

6. The League’s Humanitarian Work – a fun exercise fully supported with reading material. And there is a plenary exercise looking at possible exam questions.

7. Conclusions – Valuable exercises to consolidate your students learning with a strong focus on possible exam questions.

8. The message in a cartoon - An exercise that teaches students how to approach the “message” question when the message is in a cartoon.