In this lesson students use a variety of text and picture sources to draw conclusions about working conditions. Students should be selecting evidence from the sources to back up their points. A creative writing activity is used to end the lesson. Comments are appreciated.

Students take a class vote to decide which tourist attraction is their favourite and produce a bar graph. I used some youtube clips to demonstrate certain places. Graph paper would help too!

Students use picture sources to explore the features of Brighton in the past. Comments are appreciated.

Students use sources and information to explore how the war at sea affected Britain.

Students use maps and sources to explore the damage caused to Brighton during WWII. Works best if this is used as a local study but could be used up and down the country. Comments are appreciated.

This lessons explores the idea of a stereotype based on guidance from the IWM. Students develop an understanding of some of the people involved in the Holocaust. Comments are appreciated.

Students use maps of Brighton to explore the changing nature of the city. Comments are appreciated.

Students explore the life of Joseph Mengele, The Angel of Death. They use song lyrics and information to develop their understanding. Comments are appreciated.

Students explore the concept of the package holiday from its origins to the present the day. They finally plan some holidays for some well known TV families. Comments are appreciated.

Students use resources to plan and write a story about working in a factor. This lesson works best having spent some time with sources from the period (see other resources posted). Students are encouraged to use a range of adjectives and end with peer assessment. Minds and Machines is the textbook used. Comments are appreciated.

Students explore the treatments and beliefs at the time of the Black Death using sources, a video clip and a textbook. My classroom is equipped with both the white Dawson textbooks and the brown Edexcel version. You can adapt page numbers to suit your own. Comments are appreciated.

This lesson was planned for Y8 students sitting the Common Entrance exam. It was designed to revise BOTH the Black Death and Great Plague of London. It asks students to pitch which of the plagues should be featured in an empty gallery in the Museum of London. This lesson works really well as students think about wider consequences which could also lead to discussion and research into increased freedoms after the Black Death etc. This lesson could be easily adapted to suit GCSE teaching of the History of Medicine. My students supplements the information sheet with relevant textbooks in my room. In the next lesson students used a past paper question to demonstrate their knowledge. Enjoy!

This lesson explores the reasons for America withdrawal by assessing the tactics used by both sides. Paired and group work takes up the bulk of the lesson. The main poster task can be interpreted in different ways but I use playmobil and props to allow students to get around the imposed word restriction. Examples of this task are shown in the powerpoint to help you visualise this! Comments are appreciated. :-)

This Tarsia puzzle covers the theme of Christmas. It includes facts about modern traditions and the origins of Christmas. Excellent for those tutor time slots when you need to fill time. A Tarsia puzzle requires students to match up sides of triangles to form a hexagonal shape. They are brilliant for collaborative working and get students to think hard. I use these at the starts of ends of lessons and they can take 10-20 minutes depending on your class’s confidence in the material. All materials are provided here including student instructions, student puzzle pieces and teacher answers. All images have been acquired through a search engine filtered to labelled for re-use. Enjoy!