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British Empire - 8. Why did the Empire fall?
A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the reasons for the collapse of the Second British Empire. Could stretch to two lessons Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum.
This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.
British Empire - 6. What was the impact of the British Empire on India?
A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the significance of India to the British Empire and the impact of ~British colonialism on the subcontinent. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum.
This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.
Edexcel GCSE History - Medicine Through Time and the Western Front - Exam technique.
This session covers the exam technique for each question in the Edexcel GCSE History Paper 1 - Medicine Through Time and Western Front exam paper. The session aims to ensure students have a clear approach to the tricky questions they have to answer in their exam. This can be used as a stand alone lesson or revision session. PowerPoint includes writing frames, example questions taken from past papers and example answers for each question.
OCR A-level History Russia 1894-1941 - Exam question list
This resource is ideal for revision. Included is a complete list of 10 mark and 20 mark questions which students should be able to answer by the time of their exam. The resource covers all topics in the exam board specification from the reign of Nicholas II to Stalin’s Russia. Compiled using past exam papers.
Students have historically used this resource as a basis from which to complete revision activities and as a check list to see which questions they need to revise in more depth.
Women's suffrage in Britain - 5. Why did women get the vote in 1918?
This is the final lesson of a scheme of work on why women achieved voting rights in Britain. Its aim is to review all of the content covered in the previous lessons and to enable students to form their own conclusions.
Fully resourced with a lesson plan included. Can be purchased individually or as part of a bundle which allows students to answer the inquiry question listed.
Designed as a British study in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum
Women's Suffrage in Britain - 4. How did WW1 change the position of women in Britain?
This is the fourth lesson of a scheme of work on why women achieved voting rights in Britain. Its aim is to show how the position of women changed as a result of the First World War.
Fully resourced with a lesson plan included. Can be purchased as a stand alone lesson or as part of a bundle which allows students to answer the inquiry question listed.
Designed as a British study in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum
British Empire - 5. What were the consequences of the Indian Rebellion?
A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the condequences of the Indian Rebellion and should teach the harsh realities of how Britain maintained control of India. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum.
This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.
OCR A-level History, Russia 1894-1941 - How did Bloody Sunday turn into a revolution?
This is the sixth lesson in a series on the causes of the 1905 revolution. It covers the events of Bloody Sunday and how the revolutionary movement expanded from there.
The lesson shows how national strikes gripped the empire and how Nicholas’s grip on power was under serious threat. Students will be given a timeline of key events and will be required to identify key information before assessing how the threat level changes over time.
Includes recall activities and homework.
British Empire Assessment - 9. Why do opinions on the British Empire keep on changing?
A fully resourced KS3 assessment including lesson plan and lesson designed to help students get to grips with the requirement of the assessment. Also includes student planning sheet, teacher feedback sheet and SEN writing frame.
The assessment aims to assess students understanding of historical interpretations and how historians are affected by their environment and prejudices. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum.
Can be purchased as part of bundle on empire which includes preceding lessons.
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OCR A-Level history, Russia, 1894-1941 - Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War?
This bundle of lessons aims to allow students to evaluate the various factors which contributed to Red victory and determine which factor was the most significant. The bundle of lessons covers, Leon Trotsky’s leadership, White weaknesses and divisions, propaganda, Geographical factors, War Communism and the Red Terror.
Some lessons require the following textbooks:
‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.
‘Russia, 1855-1991. From Tsars to Commissars’ by Peter Oxley.
All lessons used by my department and recently redesigned.
OCR A-level history, Russia, 1894-1941 - Why did the Reds win the Russian Civil War? L2
This is the second lesson of a series of lessons on the Russian Civil War. The aim of this lesson is to introduce students to a number of factors which contributed to Red victory. Students are introduced to factors ranging from Red propaganda and the leadership of Leon Trotsky to the White weaknesses and geographical factors. Lesson includes a homework on Allied Intervention which requires the textbook, 'Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.
OCR A-level history, Russia, 1894 - 1941 - Why was the New Economic Policy (NEP) introduced in 1921?
This lesson begins at the end of the Russian Civil war and establishes a Bolshevik Russia faced with multiple domestic threats. It allows students to establish an understanding of the economic and social problems in the countryside and in the cities, as well as the opposition which the Bolsheviks faced. It therefore shows how Lenin was forced to make a “retreat” from his communist economic policies in order to allow recovery and thus prevent opposition. Included in the lesson are key events such as the Kronstadt Mutiny and the “Ban on Factions” at the 10th Party Congress but also a clear defining of what the NEP actually meant for the Russian economy.
Lesson used for multiple years and recently updated.
British Empire - 3. How significant was Robert Clive in conquering India?
A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the reasons for the expansion of the East India Company in India. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum.
This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.
British Empire - 1. Why did the British Empire get so big?
A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the reasons for the expansion of the Second British Empire. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum.
This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.
Women's suffrage in Britain - 1. What was life like for women in Victorian England?
This is the first lesson of a scheme of work on why women achieved voting rights in Britain. It’s aim is to contextualise the position of women before leading to further study of the suffrage movement.
Fully resourced with a lesson plan included. Can be purchased as a stand alone lesson or as part of a bundle of lessons which allows students to answer the inquiry question listed.
Designed as a British study in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum.
OCR A-level History, Russia 1894-1941 - Why was the Russo Japanese war so significant?
This is the fifth lesson in a series on the causes of the 1905 Revolution. It covers the causes, reasons for Russian defeat and the consequences of the conflict.
The lesson demonstrates how Minister of the Interior, Vyasheslav von Plehve planned the war as a short victorious war which ended in disaster. It also demonstrates how this war caused opposition to reach new heights with events like the liberal Banqueting Campaigns and strike action.
Lesson includes retrieval quiz and homework.
The lesson makes use of an extract from Orlando Figes ‘A peoples’ tragedy’, pp. 168-171.
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OCR A-level history, Russia, 1894-1941 - Why was revolution in February 1917 followed by another in October?
This bundle aims to enable students to develop an understanding of the factors which led to the October Revolution and develop their own interpretations to allow them to answer exam questions on this topic. It include lessons on the failures of the Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet in the ‘Dual Power System’; the rising popularity of the Bolshevik; the importance of the April Theses; the significance of the July Days; the significance of the Kornilov Coup; and the events of the revolution itself.
This is key content in the exam board specification and has been planned according to its requirements. All lessons recently updated and used by my department.
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British Empire Bundle - What was the impact of the British Empire?
This scheme of work aims to shed light on the consequences of British imperialism in multiple contexts. The first 7 lessons enable students to answer the listed inquiry question. It includes a variety of activities covering multiple topics and substantive concepts.
Bundle also includes a lesson on why the British Empire collapsed and an assessment based on the differing interpretations of the British Empire.
This scheme of work was designed in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum and with the idea of ‘de-colonising the curriculum’ in mind.
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Women's suffrage in Britain bundle - Why did women get the vote in 1918?
This bundle is a five lesson scheme of work on the women’s suffrage movement in Britain. All five lessons aim to enable students to answer the advertised ‘Big Question’. The lessons begin in Victorian England to enable students to develop an understanding of the reasons women in England would want voting rights; they continue by looking at the actions of the suffragists and suffragettes; and go through to the women’s role in WW1.
This is an ideal unit to include after a study of the First World War. This scheme is tried and tested and recently updated. All lessons were designed with the requirements of the National Curriculum in mind.
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OCR A-level history, Russia, 1894-1941 - How effectively did Lenin deal with the problems he faced between 1917 and 1924?
This large bundle of lessons aims to take students from the October Revolution to the introduction of the New Economic Policy. It coveres a range of key topics and events including:
How lenin secured the Bolshevik grip on power immediately after the revolution.
The closure of the Constituent Assembly.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
The Russian Civil War
The Red Terror and the assassination of the Romanov family.
War Communism and famine.
The Kronstadt Mutiny
The introduction of the NEP and its impact.
The bundle ends with a lesson designed to asses Lenin’s strengths and weaknesses as a leader.
All lessons designed with exam questions in mind and includes practice answers for students to complete, alongside essay planning activities.
A couple of activities require the following textbooks:
‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.
‘Russia, 1855-1991. From Tsars to Commissars’ by Peter Oxley.