This useful resource will help your students assess why the Labour Party won and the Conservatives Party lost the General Election in 1945. The information covered looks at the aims of both parties, their leadership, tactics and policies on social welfare and health care. This card sort can be used with a range of abilities and has never failed to get my students excited, engaged, whilst improving their understanding of this difficult topic.
When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a single page Microsoft Word document which includes a learning objective, instructions, two headings cards labeled ‘Why Labour Won’ and ‘Why the Conservatives Lost’ as well as sixteen information cards to be sorted. At the end of the document there is an extension question designed to help consolidate the lesson.
The aims of this lesson / activity are:
Theme: Post War Britain
Know: What were the policies and aims of both the Labour and Conservative parties in 1945?
Understand: Why did the Conservatives lose under Churchill?
Evaluate: Why did the Labour Party win in 1945?
WILF - What am I Looking For?
Identify and describe - the leadership, policies and aims of both the Conservative and Labour Parties in 1945.
Explain - Why the Conservatives lost the election?
Analyse - Why the Labour Party won the election?
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