Concentrating on Edexcel new curriculum on the following topics:
(i) Henry VIII and his ministers
(ii) Medicine in Britain, 1250 - Present
(iii) The British Sector of the Western Front
(iv) Superpower relations and the Cold War
(v) Weimar and Nazi Germany
(vi) British America, 1713-1783: Empire and Revolution
Edexcel Politics:
(i) UK Politics
(ii) Core Ideologies and nationalism
(iii) UK Government
(iv) Global Politics
Concentrating on Edexcel new curriculum on the following topics:
(i) Henry VIII and his ministers
(ii) Medicine in Britain, 1250 - Present
(iii) The British Sector of the Western Front
(iv) Superpower relations and the Cold War
(v) Weimar and Nazi Germany
(vi) British America, 1713-1783: Empire and Revolution
Edexcel Politics:
(i) UK Politics
(ii) Core Ideologies and nationalism
(iii) UK Government
(iv) Global Politics
Extensive PPT and activities that links to Chapter 2.2 of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 textbook.
Lessons on this topic are newly planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification; they are not recycled lessons from previous years.
Encourages independent work and includes engaging resources to bring the topic to life for students.
Edexcel textbook necessary for some of the activities.
Either Hodder or Edexcel textbook necessary for some of the activities.
Extensive PPT and activities that links to Chapter 4.2 of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 textbook, looking at Nazi policies towards the young.
Lessons on this topic are newly planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification; they are not recycled lessons from previous years.
Encourages independent work and includes engaging resources to bring the topic to life for students.
Contact info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions.
Detailed workbook that analyses the impact of Nazi policies on women in work, education and the domestic sphere. Uses a range of sources to facilitate understanding.
Extensive activities that links to Chapter 3.4 of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 textbook, looking at Nazi policies towards women.
Lessons on this topic are newly planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification; they are not recycled lessons from previous years.
Encourages independent work and includes engaging resources to bring the topic to life for students.
Please contact info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions.
Detailed PPT that uses extensive activities to allow for a thorough investigation into emerging ideas about the causes of diseases and illnesses during the Medical Renaissance.
Links to and to be used alongside Edexcel GCSE (9-1) textbook, chapter 2.1, pp. 40-48.
Any issues or questons please email me on m.foley@becketkeys.org
Either new Edexcel or Hodder textbook necessary for some of these activities.
Extensive PPT and activities that links to Chapter 3.3 of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 textbook, looking at how the Nazi Party used propaganda and censorship.
Lessons on this topic are newly planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification; they are not recycled lessons from previous years.
Encourages independent work and includes engaging resources to bring the topic to life for students.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions.
Either new Edexcel or Hodder textbook necessary for some of these activities.
Extensive PPT and activities that links to Chapter 4.4 of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 textbook, looking at Nazi persecution of minorities.
Lessons on this topic are newly planned to meet the exacting standards of the new specification; they are not recycled lessons from previous years.
Encourages independent work and includes engaging resources to bring the topic to life for students.
Component 1: UK Politics - Democracy and Participation
Detailed lesson on pressure groups and other influences on the decision-making process, including think-tanks, corporations and lobbyists.
Numerous activities that looks at all aspects of pressure groups, including methods, insider/outsider, reasons for success/failure and several case studies.
There is an A-level Section A Question 1 source question on pressure groups.
This lesson has been planned for the new Edexcel specification. It includes case studies that link to the content and activities that encourages student-led learning.
The Knowledge House produce outstanding lessons for the new A-level politics specification by using content from the three approved textbooks from Hodder and Edexcel.
However, you will not need the textbooks for these lessons.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions, queries or comments.
Component 1: UK Politics - Democracy and Participation
Detailed lesson on human rights in the UK.
Numerous activities that looks at all aspects of human rights, including the ECHR, Human Rights Act, Freedom of Information Act and Equality Act.
There is an A-level Section A Question 2 essay question on who better protects rights in the UK, parliament or the judiciary?
This lesson has been planned for the new Edexcel specification. It includes case studies that link to the content and activities that encourages student-led learning.
This lesson has been planned for the new Edexcel specification. It includes case studies that link to the content and activities that encourages student-led learning.
The Knowledge House produce outstanding lessons for the new A-level politics specification by using content from the three approved textbooks from Hodder and Edexcel.
However, you will not need the textbooks for these lessons.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions, queries or comments.
This lesson introduces students to global politics.
There are activities that allow students to explore key-terms, the differences between national and global politics and different actors that seek to influence and exert control over global politics.
There is also an exam guide on how to approach questions for Paper 3 and a student-friendly version of Assessment Objectives.
This is part of a wider series of lessons on Global Politics being released by The Knowledge House to coincide with the new curriculum from Edexcel.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions, queries or comments regarding these resources.
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Covers ideas about the Black Death in medieval England.
Detailed lesson with PPT and accompanying activities dealing with chapter 1.3 of the new Edexcel GCSE (9-1) textbook.
Chapter 5.5: The significance of the Western Front for experiments in surgery and medicine
Detailed PPT and activities that links to Chapter 5.5 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) textbook on Medicine through time.
Detailed lesson that links to Chapter 3.1. 'British and American relations: the stirrings of rebellion, 1765-75'.
These lessons are planned using both the Hodder and Pearson textbook. However, there are detailed resources included and the textbooks are not necessary for any of the activities.
This is a very lengthy and complex lesson that will require more than a double lesson to complete all of the activities. The worksheets can be completed as homework activities.
The lesson looks at the following areas in depth:
1. The Stamp Act
2. The Boston Massacre
3. The Tea Act
4. The Boston Tea Party
5. The Intolerable Acts
6. The First and Second Continental Congresses
Theses resources are created to develop independent learning in students and do not rely on slides to give students knowledge. Rather, the resources get students to think about each topic in terms of chronology, significance and causation through carefully crafted tasks.
Each lesson comes with at least one exam question and an accompanying writing frame/guide.
Please email me on info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Detailed lesson that corresponds to Chapter 2.1 of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE 9-1 textbook. Planned using the Pearson textbook although this lesson can be delivered without the need for a textbook.
There are numerous activities and the lesson looks at three distinct areas:
1. The Great Awakening;
2. The Enlightenmnet
3. The role of Benjamin Franklin.
Please email me at markfoley1983@hotmail.com if you have any questions. You can find me at https://www.facebook.com/markfoleyeducation/ where I hope to have a series of GCSE history tutorial videos uploaded over the coming year.
The seventh in a series of lessons linked to the Edexcel IGCSE curriculum for:
A divided union, civil rights in the USA, 1945-74.
All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification.
Each lesson is accompanied by a YouTube video that explains the topic that is the focus of the lesson.
The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts.
There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions.
There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation.
Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries.
Thank you.
Component 1: UK Politics - referendums
Detailed lesson on referendums in the UK.
This lesson comprises:
- a comparison of representative democracy and referendums
- a list of UK referendums since 1973 and an accompanying PPT
- how we use referendums in the UK - local and national
- a comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of referendums
- a 30 mark source based exam question on referendums written in Edexcel format.
Numerous activities and case studies to engage students and give a thorough understanding with extension activities and questions for MABLE.
The Knowledge House produce outstanding lessons for the new A-level politics specification by using content from the three approved textbooks from Hodder and Edexcel.
However, you will not need the textbooks for these lessons.
Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions, queries or comments.
Students to look at the impact of the Great Plague in London in 1665.
Series of sources and activities that assess how people thought the plague was caused, how it was treated and how they sought to prevent it.
Links to an online lesson from the National Archives.
Students to use Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Medicine through time textbook.
Chapter 5.3: Conditions requiring medical treatment on the Western Front
Extensive PPT and activities that links to Chapter 5.3 of the Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Medicine through time.
Covers ideas about the causes of diseases and illness in medieval England.
Detailed lesson with PPT and accompanying activities dealing with chapter 1.1 of the new Edexcel GCSE (9-1) textbook.
Covers ideas about the approaches to prevention and treatment in medieval England.
Detailed lesson with PPT and accompanying activities that link with chapter 1.2 of the new Edexcel GCSE (9-1) textbook.