Exploration of the sides in the civil war, analysis of the weaponry and which was most effective. Culminates in a judgement on which side pupils would like to have fought on.

Starter around what an empire is and focus on the East India Company. Intelligent graffiti/symbol poster exploration of one of the following countries in groups: India, Australia, North America and Africa. Start to explore negatives of the Empire using source material.

Lesson exploring motives for the introduction of prohibition - group task exploring four groups in society and how they viewed prohibition, judgement activity focusing on the temperance movement and the impact of WW1.

Assessment focusing on how Williams kept control, affects of the Break from Rome and comparison of Civil War/witchcraft in England. Mark scheme and assessment grid included.

Two lesson sequence on Mary I's character - starter of 'Mary Mary rhyme', two videos and notes, source task building to a 16 mark statement essay using AQA 8145 assessment criteria.

Lesson exploring the two year premiership of Wilson. Video introducing the issues Wilson faced, group team-teach task exploring problems Wilson faced, video on his resignation and source from Wilson reflecting on his leadership (content, tone and provenance).

Lesson exploring the role of Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement. Starter recapping knowledge of King, leading to exploration of the 'I have a dream' speech and the impact. Links to modern day successes for black Americans and a review of how King would view American society today.

Picture starter, recap on 1920s and 30s society, carousel activity exploring aspects such as cinema, advertising, rock and roll music, application of knowledge in an 8 mark "in what ways were" question and an interpretation plenary. Model answer to question attached - used as a starter in the following lesson.

Two lesson sequence analysing the build up to the final solution. recap picture starter leads to group analysis of three methods used by the Nazis (emigration, gas vans and special action squads). Pupils then complete a data capture sheet. Layers of inference investigation of Wannsee leads to a significance answer. A video (hyperlinked) introduces the camps. The second lesson recaps prior learning and a hyperlinked video shows the build up to the final solution. Pupils complete an answer on how and why the treatment of Jews changed which is peer-assessed and then improved using WWW/EBI. A significance plenary rounds the lesson sequence off.

Lesson exploring what McCarthyism was and the impact. Model answer starter (from previous lesson), educational Cold War film from 1950s to introduce fear to the USA, cause of fear of communism categorisation task, McCarthyism exploration on worksheet, continuum plenary regarding extent of impact of McCarthyism

Lesson exploring the post-ww2 prosperity. Starter explores what the American dream was using pictures and video footage, spider diagram creation of causes of prosperity, card sort on impact of prosperity (positive and negative), 4 mark describe question and judgement line plenary on the extent of the American dream.

Lesson exploring why Charles was executed and interpretations of the execution. Source comparison starter, leads to main source activity (can be individual, paired or grouped, with extension challenege questions), exploration of the impact of the execution linked to two questions - how and why do the interpretations differ (linked to AQA 8145 criteria).

Lesson exploring the origins of the conflict in Korea. Odd one out picture starter. Map of Korea and video (hyperlinked) introducing the conflict, carousel activity investigating the key reasons for the conflict, ranking of interpretations of likely causes of the conflict leading to a "write an account" question, source plenary comparing views of the Americans (nice link to next lesson)

Lesson exploring the policy of vietnamisation. Recap starter reviewing key content from Vietnam, group task exploring how Nixon could solve the issues in Vietnam, source analysis of Nixon to compare their suggestions to,, hyperlinked video of vietnamisation, use of hand out to create a table showing the success of vietnamisation for the US government, US military and south Vietnam, 4 mark source question plenary.