4 Battle of Britain Lesson

**A lesson that you can pick up and deliver, last-minute, without any preparation!

This lesson is self-explanatory, largely student led and with a lot of extra challenges, allowing students to get on with clearly instructed tasks.

A great, visually vibrant lesson, with an array of activities, including differentiated tasks for higher and lower ability students, designed to to get students thinking critically, whilst developing historical, communication and literacy skills.

Key components of the lesson include:

• Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
• Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
• Task 1: Reading, with comprehension task to acquire knowledge
• An alternative comprehension task to offer variety
• Task 2: Historical source skills activity
• An alternative TASK 2, to develop critical thinking
• Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
• Differentiated task for lower ability students
• Key word glossary for lower ability students
• Extension tasks for extra challenge