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I'm an experienced history teacher, educated at the University of Sussex, who has worked in two 'outstanding' inner city London schools. I am currently head of history at a large school in East London. I am particularly knowledgeable in both AQA spec B and Edexcel Spec B. I try to focus on lessons which are both knowledge and skills based and incorporate a wide variety of teaching and learning strategies; particularly independent learning.

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I'm an experienced history teacher, educated at the University of Sussex, who has worked in two 'outstanding' inner city London schools. I am currently head of history at a large school in East London. I am particularly knowledgeable in both AQA spec B and Edexcel Spec B. I try to focus on lessons which are both knowledge and skills based and incorporate a wide variety of teaching and learning strategies; particularly independent learning.
Paper Three: Edexcel - Weimar & Nazi Germany, Source & Interpretation Prep
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Paper Three: Edexcel - Weimar & Nazi Germany, Source & Interpretation Prep

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This resource is a booklet for KS4 history students which guides them through each source and interpretation question on paper three. It is made up of completely new questions, sources and interpretations that aren’t taken from past or sample papers. The resource could also be used to create new exams if all past papers and sample papers have already been used. It includes a varitety of tips, activities, structures and exam pratice as well as simplified mark schemes.
Edexcel (9-1) History. New Style Question Exam Practice . Superpower Relations & The Cold War, 41-91
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Edexcel (9-1) History. New Style Question Exam Practice . Superpower Relations & The Cold War, 41-91

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These three power points are designed to support students with answering all questions in part A of paper 2 (Edexcel - Options 26-27). Although they were designed with Option 26/27 in mind, they are the same question stems for all the options so could easily be adapted if you are doing a different module. The resoruces aim to support students in their knowledge, but primarily in their ability to successfully answer the questions. Mark schemes and structures are included. The powerpoint looks at: 1) Explain Two Consequences of.. (8 marks). 2) Write a Narrative Account.. (8 marks) 3) Explain Two of the Following.. (16 marks) The power points take the students through the new style question and explains the mark schemes to them in laymans' terms. It is useful, although not essential to have a copy of the Edexcel (9-1) Superpowers textbook.
Crime & Punishment Edexcel  GCSE  Exam Help Booklet
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Crime & Punishment Edexcel GCSE Exam Help Booklet

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This booklet was designed to support students in their preparation for paper one (Edexcel) on Crime and Punishment. The booklet contains specimen questions that students can practice, which are different from the specimen paper on the Edexcel website. It also contains detailed ideas on how students can successfully answer all of the questions on this paper. There is also a powerpoint slide containing the two sources they need for these specimen questions.
Industrial Revolution - Did Oliver Twist really Exist?
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Industrial Revolution - Did Oliver Twist really Exist?

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This lesson is designed to take around two lessons. The students begin the lesson by recapping their understanding of the industrial revolution so that they can understand the connections between it and Victorian workhouses. Students then go on to complete a square of inference where they will analyse a contemporary source about workhouse schools. Following on from this a detailed discussion should be held about the way our current government deals with vulnerable people. They will consider similarities and differences between the current government and Victorian governments. Students will question the morality of both systems and consider how/if they feel vulnerable people in society should be supported by the state. Students will then be introduced to Dickens' representation of Oliver Twist through an extract of the 1968 musical. Lesson Two will be an analysis of a variety of contemporary sources which students will analyse in order for them to understand how accurate Dickens' representation of the workhouses was. Finally students will create a human continuum where they will place themselves based on how accurate they find Dickens' representation of the workhouses to be.
Crime & Punishment Through Time - Edexcel: 18th C Smugglers, Highway Men & Poachers
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Crime & Punishment Through Time - Edexcel: 18th C Smugglers, Highway Men & Poachers

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This lesson starts with an overview of all the questions on the Edexcel (9-1) paper and goes over the timings they should use in their exams. It also gives an overview of the enquiry of Crime & Punishment 1700-1900 and looks at learning outcomes over the next few lessons. The main part of the powerpoint has detailed information and a range of activities on 18th Century Highway Men, Poachers and Smugglers. It has activities which encourage students to give evaluative answers and connect factors together. All the resources you will need to teach this double lesson are attached.
John Snow & Cholera Epidemic (Medicine Through Time)
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John Snow & Cholera Epidemic (Medicine Through Time)

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This lesson was planned as part of the Edexcel Medicine Through Time course (9-1). It focuses on the end of the industrial period, where Snow discovers that cholera is transmitted through dirty water. The lesson aims to get students to work out the mystery 19thC killer through looking at a range of sources. The lesson also incoroprates exam skills such as inference and source utility.
Western Front Medicine Through Time Edexcel GCSE Exam Practice
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Western Front Medicine Through Time Edexcel GCSE Exam Practice

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These resources are two booklet for KS4 history students which guides them through each question on the Western Front section of MTT. It is made up of completely new questions, sources and interpretations that aren’t taken from past or sample papers. The resources could also be used to create new exams if all past papers and sample papers have already been used. The first booklet has a lot of model answers in it and the second is for more independent work. It includes a varitety of tips, activities, structures and exam pratice as well as simplified mark schemes.
Thomas Becket & Henry II - Medieval Christianity
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Thomas Becket & Henry II - Medieval Christianity

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All images labelled for reuse from google images This is an updated version of a previous copy of this lesson that I added a while back. This version has differentiated resources, extended writing support and improved challenges for the students. This lesson is a medieval murder mystery which requires students to work independently and competitively. Students begin in groups, by recreating and deciphering an image of the murder of Becket. They are asked to work out aspects of the event through discussion and analysis. They then go on to work through a selection of evidence in their groups in order to work out the mystery event in the painting they analysed at the beginning of the lesson. They then go on to consider why this event is so significant and what the problems between church and state were in medieval England. Finally students are given writing scaffold to help them explain their findings in a piece of extended writing. This lesson also includes differentiated resources for lower abilities.
Should ordinary people be blamed for genocide?
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Should ordinary people be blamed for genocide?

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This lesson was devised to support students in a debate about whether ordinary people should be blamed for genocide in their societies. It is differentiated throughout and also contains ‘history scholar’ tasks to challenge the most able students. It should be taught over 2 or 3 lessons.
20th-21st C ideas about the cause of disease and illness
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20th-21st C ideas about the cause of disease and illness

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This lesson has been planned as part of the GCSE medicine through time, Edexcle GCSE spec. It introduces students to new ideas and theories of 21st & 21st C. It looks in depth at the discovery of DNA and how this has impacted on preventive measures that people with hereditary gene defects can now take, such as BRCA1. The lesson asks students to consider the ANgelina Jolie case study. It also looks at how m,odern scientists began to take lifestyle factors into further consideration.
Virtual/Remote WWI SOW for KS3
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Virtual/Remote WWI SOW for KS3

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This SOW includes 10 hours worth of remote lessons on WWI. I have also included the google forms quizzes that I used as do now tasks,. There’s an overview of what each lesson covers below: L1-2: The significance of WWI. L3 -4: Long-term causes of WWI. L5 -6: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and how it led to WWI. L7: Use of WWI propaganda. L8: Who fought in WWI? (Focuses on soldiers from the British colonies). L9 - 10: How far were Indian soldiers valued by the British.
Can you solve William the Conqueror's problems?
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Can you solve William the Conqueror's problems?

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This resources provides students with a secret mission. They have been appointed as William the Conqueror's head advisor and they must work out the best ways to help him gain total power over England. This is an independent learning task. They are provided with everything they need to succeed without too much teacher support. This lesson is excellent for getting pupils to understand what problems William faced when he first invaded England and the decisions he made to overcome them. Pages 11-20 are the work booklet that must be printed off and given to students.
Edexcel GCSE History 9-1 - Crime & Punishment Revision & Exam Q Tips
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Edexcel GCSE History 9-1 - Crime & Punishment Revision & Exam Q Tips

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This is a practice exam paper for Edexcel History GCSE 9-1 to help students prepare for exam paper 2 on Crime & Punishment and Whitechapel. It has practice questions and tips on how to successfully answer each type of question. It also includes a revision guide which covers all the knowledge needed for this paper.
Did Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette Deserve to Die? (French Revolution - Monarchy)
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Did Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette Deserve to Die? (French Revolution - Monarchy)

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EQ: Did Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI deserve to die? This lesson begins by asking students to consider the way that Louis & Marie-Antoinette were portrayed in the 2006 film 'Marie-Antoinette'. It asks them to make inferences and question reliability. Students then go on to draw on previous knowledge about the causes of the French Revolution and will vote on the significance of each cause. For the main activity the students play the role of the jury who have to decide whether Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI deserved to die. This lesson has a lot of focus on independent learning. Students will work their way through each exhibit in order to help them make their final conclusion as to whether the kind and queen were responsible for their own demise. This lesson includes a variety of AFL techniques and independent learning strategies.
Market Place Game - Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Comecon, Cominform, Dollar Imperialism
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Market Place Game - Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Comecon, Cominform, Dollar Imperialism

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This lesson is aimed at a GCSE class studying the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, Comecon , Cominform and Dollar imperialism. It is a market place game which will require you to have: sugar paper, and marker pens. I have included the text from the books that I used for this, but you might want to find your own information. It is a really fun lesson that I love teaching and the kids love doing. All of the instructions and resources you need for this lesson are included on the powerpoint. I did it over a double lesson. I taught it recently for an observation and it was graded outstanding because of its emphasis on independent learning. Students begin by analysing an American source showing Stalin choking on the Truman Doctrine. The students look at this through a square of inference. Students are then put into groups, each one looking at either: the Truman Doctrine, The Marshall Plan, Comecon, Cominform or the Soviet response. Groups of no more than 5 are ideal. Students are then asked to read the text on their topic and after that have 20 minutes to answer the questions on their topic that they have been given. They must do this by symbolising their answers using no more than ten words and as many words, numbers, symbols as they want. After the 20 mins is up, one student stays at their table and the others take their A3 worksheet and go shopping in the market place to find the answers to all their questions. One student stays and teaches those that come to their market place. At the end the students go back to their table and 'teach the teacher'. At the end you ask the students to revise their answers for a knowledge test at the beginning of the next lesson.
Entire Scheme of Work on the Rwandan Genocide - Lessons and SOW included
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Entire Scheme of Work on the Rwandan Genocide - Lessons and SOW included

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This is a mini four lesson scheme of work the Rwandan Genocide. The first powerpoint containing lessons 1-2 focusses particularly on the UN eight stages of genocide and the impact of propaganda through an analysis of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, Kangura and the Hutu Ten Commandments. Lesson 3-4 considers the significance of the genocide by asking students to consider why the Rwandan Genocide was so personal. Students will look at news footage from 1994 and read a variety of survivor stories of both Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
KS3 Intro to Crime & Punishment (Medieval England)
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KS3 Intro to Crime & Punishment (Medieval England)

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This is an 8 lesson unit designed to introduce KS3 students to crime and punishment in medieval England. The unit begins by introducing students to important contextual knowledge about the era. We first consider the tribes who invaded Britain after the fall of the Roman empire and consider how Britain fell into the dark ages. It then goes on to look at the power of the Catholic church. All of this knowledge will be important as we go through. The unit then looks at the justice systems in Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and Late Middle Age England. The lessons include differentiation for EAL, SEN & most able. Students are required to compare, contrast and evaluate throughout the unit. It is good for any KS3 students but will be particularly helpful for those schools who teach crime and punishment through time at GCSE.
10 lesson SOW on Civil Rights & Black Power for KS3
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10 lesson SOW on Civil Rights & Black Power for KS3

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This SOW begins at the end of the slave trade and looks at Civil Rights and Black Power achievements throughout the 20th Century. The SOW also includes a GCSE style assessment to conclude the unit. It is differentiated throughout and includes both knowledge and skills. It incorporates a variety of activities to enhance student engagement.