Lesson exploring social and economic policies of Kennedy and Johnson. JFK picture starter, analysis of JFK quote, highlight successes and failures of 'new frontier', assessment of success of this, analysis of Johnson quote, card sort on Great Society Programme - used to create a positive/negative table, video interpretation of the Great Society (opportunity to analyse provenance), justification plenary on who made a larger impact to society in the 1960s - Kennedy or Johnson.

*Seventh lesson in the scheme - how the Normans changed England * Lesson exploring the life of a Medieval peasant. Source starter to introduce peasant life, video introducing peasant living, cartoon strip on the daily life/routine of a peasant (limited words for challenge), positive/negative table creation on the life of a peasant, GCSE style interpretation plenary.

AQA 8145 - exploration of the threats Puritans posed - symbol poster activity with all relevant worksheets included. Assessment account question on puritan threat included.

AQA 8145 - analysis of Elizabethan society with focus on Great chain of being and use of videos to assess different groups in society. Summary hand out covers different groups. Assessment focus on the impatc of the rise of the Gentry in Elizabethan England.

Assessment focusing on factory conditions, the changes caused by the Industrial Revolution and the legacy of the British Empire. Assessment grid for marking and mark scheme included.

Recap special relationship starter, video recap (hyperlinked in) - jot down successes/limitations of SR, video of Cold War relations (umbrella murder), explanation of détente and impact, table summary analysing foreign policy in the 1970s and link to essay question regarding the special relationship.

Complete scheme of learning with activity ideas for individual lessons, assessments and hyperlinked videos.

AQA 8145 - Full lesson analysing the different developments caused by WW1 - video hyperlinked in, coding into themes and judgement line continuum plenary.

Video starter on the Boer War, exploration using source material of the chnages caused to Britain by the Boer War, reduction task summarising the impact of the war in less than 50 words.

Map starter, hyperlinked Nixon video outlining the invasion of Cambodia, hand out on invasion and explanation question on the impact of the invasions, useful sources planning grid activity (how useful are the sources for studying the invasion of cambodia, link to vietnamisation plenary.

Lesson exploring changes in hospitals. Starter recapping medieval treatments, describe the changes using the information hand out, comparison of medieval hospitals/treatment to new methods, case study and video of Florence Nightingale and her impact, significance post-it plenary.

Two lesson sequence exploring medieval public health. Town picture starter labelling positives and negatives, hyperlinked video exploring positives and negatives, group task comparing towns to monasteries - swap and share in a marketplace or carousel activity, table creation of similarities and differences of towns and monasteries, judgement on why monasteries were healthier and corners plenary.

Lesson exploring the changing nature of Britain’s relationship with Europe under Thatcher. Recap starter gets pupils to review existing knowledge of the EEC/Europe (included in PPT), leading to a video giving an overview of Thatcher’s views on Europe and others views on Thatcher. Students split up and plan half an answer to a 25 mark essay question: The Conservative party was pro-European between 1973 and 1987’. Assess the validity of this view after ‘bugging’ the question. After 15 minutes pupils swap and teach each other - focus on explanation and assessment at this stage. Criteria for Level 4 and Level 5 is shared with students who use this to craft an essay judgement using their learning from the lesson. A continuum plenary assesses the strength of Britain’s relationship with Europe by 1987. An assessment (20 mark source adaption) planning sheet is included on Thatcher’s foreign policy - for use as a timed piece in the following lesson.

Lesson exploring the Norman link to the throne of England. The starter recaps the position of Normandy and its significance, the main task is a carousel/information hunt to discover why the Normans were important and why William felt he had a claim to the throne. Bringing it all together pupils list why William would be an effective King and using the information on the slides assess ‘how’ significant Normandy was to England by 1066.

AQA 8145 - Analysis of the different contributions caused by WW2 and categorisation into themes, comparison question on similarities of WW1 and WW2 and mark scheme for summary assessment

Group task analysis of key victims, one victim per group using primary police reports and recollections, videos to introduce the victims used as a starter.

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.

Third lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring the legacy of the Magna Carta. Quiz quiz trade starter reviewing learning on the Magna Carta, analysis of the promises of the Magna Carta and who benefitted in English society, assessment of how John would feel about these promises, card categorisation in terms of short, medium and long term significance of the Magna Carta leading to an AQA 8145 GCSE style significance assessment - optional plenary writing up ONE paragraph of the assessment - alternately complete for homework/next lesson

Seventh lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Assessment lesson explaining the significance of the Black Death on England. True/false starter recaps key learning on the Black Death, recap of the meaning of significance, moving on to using the completed assessment plan done for homework from previous lesson - opportunity for peer-assessment and improvement, time allocated for writing up the assessment, leading to a self or peer-assessment plenary using the WWW/EBI pupil grid to mark their own work and demonstrate improvements on the EBI.

Lesson exploring the impact of the Falklands on Thatcher’s government and standing in the world. Starter recaps existing knowledge of the conflict using pictures, moving on to a video giving an overview of the key aspects of the conflict. Pupils use the Oxford textbook to create a table showing the arguments for and against British involvement in the conflict (information included on the PPT), leading to application of this knolwedge to analyse a source from Thatcher focusing on content, tone and provenance (frame included). Finally, pupils read the summary hand out and create an argument for the pros or cons of the conflict for Thatcher and Britain which links to the judgement line plenary.