Suitable for teaching 11-14s Elizabeth I as part of a Tudors SoW. Can also be used at Primary! What can we learn from Elizabeth I from her portraits? Whole lesson plus all resources needed for teaching Elizabeth I and her portraits. Students will first look at Elizabeth I - who she was and her achievements, including a video with quiz. Students will then analyse 10 portraits of Elizabeth I, using a variety of tasks to unpick their meaning. This includes looking at symbolism in her paintings and working out what they mean. Tasks are differentiated too! Please review if you purchase, and check out my other Tudors lessons and resources.

A lesson for teaching Year 7 about ‘What does a Historian do’? This is part of the ‘Historical Skills’ Scheme of Work, used at the beginning of September for introducing students to studying History. Students will: Understand the role and tasks of a historian. Learn about the skills and methods historians use to study the past. Your feedback is greatly appreciated! Please check out my other lessons and resources on my TES shop for more engaging and effective teaching materials.

Suitable for KS3 using skills and knowledge needed for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time (Black Death case study!) Start students early ready for GCSE History. Whole lesson with differentiated activities and all resources included. Feedback welcome, and check out my whole KS3 SoW for the Black Death!

All of the resources needed for a Medicine Through Time display (made for GCSE Edexcel 9-1). Includes: Dates Key people Key discoveries Factors This will look great in any classroom! Feedback is welcome.

Suitable for teaching 11-14s on the Norman Conquest. 2 sided A4 worksheet on ‘Who will be king in 1066’. Could be used as a homework. Please review and check out my other resources!

Whole lesson plus resources for teaching the Holocaust. This lesson looks at the work of Sir Nicholas Winton - the Holocaust hero who saved 669 Jewish children. The lesson starts with a ‘guess the story’ and a reveal of Nicholas Winton. The video shows Nicholas Winton on ‘this is your life’ and the audience are revealed to the be children he saved. I guarantee the class will be crying!! Students absolutely love this lesson and find his story incredibly touching. A wonderful ‘happy story’ of the Holocaust. Please review if you buy and check out my other resources.

For teaching Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939 This is a specially made revision booklet for revising: Impact of WW1 on Germany Creation of the Weimar Republic Weimar Constitution Treaty of Versailles Includes: Breakdown of information for each topic Range of tasks and activities (card sort, filling in diagrams, colour coding!) 20 question quizzes with answers (x2!) Also included: EXAM QUESTIONS! - Sources and interpretations are included! Give two thing you can infer from source A about how well Germany was being governed in November 1918. (4 marks) Explain why there were opposition in Germany to the Treaty of Versailles 1919. (12 marks) Q3(b). Study Interpretations 1 and 2. They give different views about German reaction to the Treaty of Versailles. What is the main difference between these views? Explain your answer, using details from both interpretations. (4 marks) Q3(d) How far do you agree with Interpretation 2 about how Germany reacted to the Treaty of Versailles? Explain your answer, using both interpretations, and your knowledge of the historical context. 16+4 SPaG Feedback is welcome, please check out my other Weimar and Nazi Germany lessons and resources!

Suitable for 11-14s and can easily be adapted for 7-11s. Whole lesson on the Magna Carta. Looks at how the Magna Carta came to be, what it is, and the impact it has on the modern day. Includes a range of differentiated and suitable for all students in your class. Whole lesson plus resources! Please check out my other King John resources, feedback is welcome.

2 Kristallnacht worksheets - high ability and low ability. Can be used when watching a video, reading information or set as homework to research the answers.

Suitable for teaching 11-14 Causes of WW1. This lesson is on alliances and militarism. Whole lesson plus resources on alliances and militarism. Includes videos, source analysis and questions on militarism. Please review if you purchase and check out my other WW1 resources.

Suitable for teaching 11-14s Whole lesson plus resources on the contenders for the throne in 1066. Looks at Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, Edgar the Aetheling and William Duke of Normandy. Students look at the situation at the time of Edward the Confessor’s death, and why each contender has a claim to the throne, and what would make them a good/bad king. Includes all resources needed! Please review if you purchase and check out my other Norman Conquest resources.

Suitable for teaching KS3 - ideally Y9 due to the content of the lesson; "Does genocide exist today?" Students will look at examples of genocide in the 20th century; Holodomor, Ukraine Cambodia Bosnia and Herzegovina Rwanda Armenia Using information sheets (provided) students will complete a table (differentiated) on the different genocides. Students will then be asked to reflect on what they have learnt; Who is responsible for genocide? Are other people responsible if they do not try to stop the genocide? Why do people treat other human beings in ways like these? What would you do if you were in a situation where a group was being targeted? What can we do to stop genocide from happening in the future? This can open up some fantastic and thoughtful discussions. I use this lesson after teaching the Holocaust, as often I find other genocides tend to be forgotten about in the curriculum. All resources needed are included - please consider teaching this important lesson! Feedback is welcome.

For teaching Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939 The Weimar Republic To what extent was the Weimar Republic threatened by its early challenges? The Spartacist Uprising 1919 and the Kapp Putsch 1920 Students will look at the Spartacist Uprising and the Kapp Putsch and judge to what extent they threatened the Weimar Republic. This lesson includes: Retrieval task starter ‘horribly told histories’ Background to the political challenges The problems in Germany 1918-1920 German political parties - with diagram to explain the political spectrum at the time (including communism and fascism) The Friekorps Spartacist Uprising and Kapp Putsch plus further uprisings Also included: Accompanying work booklet to the lesson, with a wide range of fun activities! 20 question quiz plus answers based on the lesson TWO inference exam questions! (4 marks) 12 mark explain why exam style question with AfL sheet Please review if you purchase, and check out my other Weimar and Nazi Germany resources.

For teaching Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany 1918-1939 Hitler’s Rise to Power How did Hitler become Chancellor? This lesson looks at the events preceding Hitler becoming Chancellor, and who was most to blame for this happening. This lesson includes; Timeline of key events Inference question Source analysis (Von Papen and Hindenburg lifting Hitler up) - complete with breakdown of content, provenance and own knowledge! This lesson also includes an in-depth explanation on how to answer the interpretations questions for Paper 3 (3b, 3c and 3d) using an ‘I do, We do, You do’ worksheet which was used at a whole school CPD as an exemplar worksheet for how to effectively demonstrate worked examples and scaffolding! Also included: Accompanying work booklet to the lesson, with a wide range of fun activities! Please review if you purchase, and check out my other Weimar and Nazi Germany resources.

Whole lesson based on how to answer Edexcel GCSE Paper 2 Cold War. My Year 11 students asked for a lesson on how to structure the answers, examples and practice questions - and here it is! This lesson includes: Examples for all 3 questions on the Cold War paper, including model answers which are broken down to show how to answer them and what the examiner is looking for (I marked for this paper last year). Opportunities for students to answer their own questions and mark it using the markscheme. I hope you find this useful!

For teaching Edexcel GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany 9-1 new specification. A 50 question quiz on Key Topic 1: Weimar Republic, colour coded for each lesson. Great to use as revision! Please review if you buy and check out my other lessons and resources!

For teaching Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany 1918-1939 Hitler’s Rise to Power Why did the Nazi Party increase in popularity 1921-1923? This lesson looks at the early years of the Nazi Party, focusing on the ‘Lean Years’, including: What happened after the Munich Putsch? What were the Lean Years? What are the views in Mein Kampf? Reorganisation of the Nazi Party Bamberg Conference of 1926 Also included: Accompanying work booklet to the lesson, with a wide range of fun activities! 20 question quiz plus answers based on the lesson An interpretations exam question on the ‘Lean Years’ - what is the main difference between the interpretations (4 marks) Please review if you purchase, and check out my other Weimar and Nazi Germany resources.