A unit covering the main points of the Industrial Revolution including the agricultural revolution, factories and social conditions. Includes lessons on: What is the Industrial Revolution?, What was the Agricultural Revolution?, How does the steam engine work?, What was black gold?, What is Iron and how was it made?, How did factories help towns grow?, Child labour, How did the government reform factories?, Who were the Luddites?, travel during the Industrial Revolution, Effects of the steam engine, Inventors and inventions, Living conditions during the Industrial Revolution, How did conditions improve during the Industrial Revolution?, Crime and punishment and Jack the Ripper. Includes a wide-range of activities including recap starters, teacher exposition and questions, worksheets, videos, carousel activities and paragraph writing.

A lesson looking at Religion in Elizabethan England by 1563 as part of the AQA Tudors A-Level. Looks at how Protestant England had become inlcuding Jewel’s Apology and the 39 Articles Lesson includes a recap quiz, teacher exposition and note making and a practice extract question including a model answer.

Two lessons introducing the Industrial Revolution including a recap starter, spot the difference, video and card sort, gap fill and a key people sheet for all the key players from the Industrial Revolution.

A lesson looking at why the Anglo-Saxons came to Britain including a recap starter, a push and pull factor activity and a paragraph writing activity.

A lesson looking at whether or not there was a Mid-Tudor crisis as part of the AQA Tudors A-Level. The PowerPoint has a debate question and there are three tables for students to fill in on Edward, Mary and Elizabeth assessing the success of their reigns. There is also a teacher copy of the tables filled in for feedback.

A lesson looking at the Puritain threat faced by Elizabeth I as part of the AQA Tudors A-Level. The lesson looks at multiple threats to Elizabeth including the Vestment Controversy, Strickland and Fields campaigns in Parliament, Grindal and Prophesyings, The Martin Marprelate Tracts and the presbyterian and seperatist movements. The lesson includes a recap quiz, video, teacher exposition and note making and exam question. (I have uploaded a full version and a version in two halves as students could not open the full version on google classroom as the file was too large)

A lesson looking at Elizabeth I’s Early Religious Policy (1559-1564), covering France and Scotland, as part of the AQA Tudors A-Level. Lesson includes a recap quiz, teacher exposition and note making and a debate question as a plenary.

A lesson looking at how the Romans made Britain Christian including a recap starter, teacher exposition about Roman religion before Christianity and a worksheet on St Cuthbert.

A lesson looking at Henry VIII’s annulment, why he wanted it, the events and Catherine’s response and the reasons for Wolsey’s fall including his failure to get the annulment, the amicable grant, political enemies and opposition to his foreign policy and isolation from the King. Follows the AQA Tudors A level specification. Lesson includes a recap starter, teacher exposition and questions.

A lesson looking at how the government reformed working conditions in factories during the Industrial Revolution including key reformists such as Robert Owen, Richard Oastler, Michael Sadler and Lord Ashley

A lesson looking at Henry VII’s trade and economy including the cloth trade, Hanseatic League and trade with France, Burgundy and Italy. Also includes exploration and John Cabot as part of the AQA Tudors A level. Includes a recap starter, teacher exposition and strengths and weaknesses task.

A lesson looking at Henry VII’s foreign policy including his aims and relationships with Brittany, France Spain, Burgundy, HRE, the Netherlands, Scotland and Ireland as part of the AQA Tudors A level. Includes a recap starter, teacher exposition and success and failure task.

A lesson about why the Romans left Britain including a recap starter, teacher exposition, a fill in the gap activity and a true or false activity.

A lesson looking at Henry VII and the church including Henry’s relationship with the pre-reformation church and the emergence of Humanism. Includes a recap starter, teacher exposition and questions which can be debated.

A lesson looking at why the Vikings came to Britain including a recap starter, a drawing and labeling activity of a Viking longship, a push and pull factors sorting activity and a true or false activity.

A lesson looking at the poor conditions in prisons and how they were improved during the Industrial Revolution focusing on Elizabeth Fry. Includes a recap starter, teacher exposition and questions and a video.

A lesson looking at the causes, events and consequences of Kristallnacht as part of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany GCSE. Includes a recap starter, teacher exposition, video and practice exam question.

A lesson looking at child labour during the Industrial Revolution including a carousel activity on chimney sweeps, mines, mills and workhouses. Also includes teacher exposition on Robert Owen.

A lesson looking at the persecution of minorities by the Nazis including groups considered ‘asocial’ and ‘undesirable’ and homosexuals as part of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany GCSE. Includes a recap starter, teacher exposition and videos.

A lesson looking at diseases that were common during the Industrial revolution including typhoid, tuberculosis, cholera and smallpox. Includes teacher exposition and questions, a table sorting activity, video and a written task.