Hero image

New Focus Education

Average Rating4.11
(based on 38 reviews)

Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level History resources available for purchase and download. New Focus Education offer resources from a teacher with 10 years teaching experience, a track record of excellent outcomes and experience of leadership at several levels. The main focus is AQA 8145 and AQA A Level, with key stage three resources available with GCSE skills and requirements embedded throughout.

525Uploads

145k+Views

50k+Downloads

Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level History resources available for purchase and download. New Focus Education offer resources from a teacher with 10 years teaching experience, a track record of excellent outcomes and experience of leadership at several levels. The main focus is AQA 8145 and AQA A Level, with key stage three resources available with GCSE skills and requirements embedded throughout.
How did Hitler control the youth
LauraMeadowcroftLauraMeadowcroft

How did Hitler control the youth

(0)
National anthem starter requiring all students to sing it - link to Nazi Germany. Video (hyperlinked) introducing methods of control, followed by a team source analysis task (sources at end of PPT) where pupils study two sources then team teach their group. Building to an explanation plenary of how the control of the youth helped the Nazis.
Depression focus - how and why did Hitler come to power?
LauraMeadowcroftLauraMeadowcroft

Depression focus - how and why did Hitler come to power?

(0)
Building on the prior lesson students focus in on the importance of the depression in enabling Hitler to come to power. Video (hyperlinked) introduces the depression, focus on key individuals in Germany and how they felt with an assessed piece of work: Write an account of how Hitler and the Nazis came to power (8 marks) - AQA 8145 link
Hitler's rise to power
LauraMeadowcroftLauraMeadowcroft

Hitler's rise to power

(0)
Introductory lesson to Hitler focusing on his early life and how it influence him. Opportunity for group task symbol poster, building to an explanation of how Hitler came to power.
The return of the King - Charles II restoration
LauraMeadowcroftLauraMeadowcroft

The return of the King - Charles II restoration

(0)
Lesson exploring the impact of Charles II's return to England and restoration. Focus on what the English would want after the death of Cromwell, reduction cartoon strip creation - only allowing 10 words per box to tell the story of the Restoration, exploration of Charles' reputation as 'the Merry Monarch' and finally hypothesising who would dislike the return of the monarchy.
Cromwell - hero or villain? Essay question linked to AQA 8145 included
LauraMeadowcroftLauraMeadowcroft

Cromwell - hero or villain? Essay question linked to AQA 8145 included

(0)
Two lesson sequence exploring the rule of Oliver Cromwell and interpretations of him. Source starter and comparison of two paintings of Cromwell to explore how he is portrayed. Video hyperlinked in to gather contrasting evidence on Cromwell and categorisation card sort task. Leading to a 12 mark bullet point essay comparing Cromwell's legacy - hero or villain.
Why was Christmas banned in 1652? - the rule of Cromwell in England
LauraMeadowcroftLauraMeadowcroft

Why was Christmas banned in 1652? - the rule of Cromwell in England

(1)
Exploration of the impact of Cromwell on England - puritan image starter, links to Cromwell and exploration of how his beliefs would affect how he ruled England, warning poster production aimed at English citizens outlining the new rules for England leading to a judgement explaining how and why England changed under Cromwell.
Effects of the Wall Street Crash/start of the Great Depression
LauraMeadowcroftLauraMeadowcroft

Effects of the Wall Street Crash/start of the Great Depression

(0)
Exploration of key impacts of the Wall Street Crash in the USA (collapse of business, unemployment, homelessness and collapse of farming) - pupils can create an A3 symbol poster (no more than 10 words to explain each section) using the hand outs - this could be invdividual or a gorup activity. Judgement at the end regarding the most significant effect.