This Germany 1918-1945 game is a perfect revision activity for GCSE students studying the Weimar & Nazi Germany period! Students can challenge each other and could either use their notes on the side to answer the questions or do it all from memory - writing down what questions they struggled with to revise later. We have a growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons, please take a look: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Weimar Germany lesson on the Reichstag Fire & Enabling Act investigates who may have set fire to the Reichstag in January 1933 and why. It looks at theories, decisions, actions of the time as well as the consequences. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet with table, explain written exam style questions and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundles on ‘Weimar Germany’ and ‘Weimar & Nazi Germany’ which includes lessons on the Treaty of Versailles, Weimar Golden Age, Night of the Long Knives, Nazi Opposition and many others. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Causes of World War I lesson investigates how Kaiser Wilhelm II’s policy of Weltpolitik led to WWI. Students will investigate what Weltpolitik was and explain how it increased tensions between European countries, including Britain and France. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheets with activities, mini-plenaries, a consolidation ‘write an account’ question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have lots more WWI lessons in our TES shop including several great value bundles: a ‘Causes of WWI’ bundle which includes 2 x Assassination in Sarajevo, Alliance System & Militarism, Imperialism and Nationalism lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/causes-of-world-war-one-12924566 a big WWI bundle which includes causess, fighting in the trenches and end of war: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/world-war-one-12942317 a home, land and sea WWI bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wwi-home-land-and-sea-12950791 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource,** PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW**! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. For the latest freebies, offers and interesting facts, please follow our social media pages: www.facebook.com/discoveringhistoryuk www.instagram.com/discoveringhistoryuk Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Genocide lesson investigates what happened during the genocide in Bosnia in 1992-5. It looks at events such as the Srebrenica Massacre, the siege of Sarajevo and the legacy of the genocide (the people, Serbia, Sprska and the land). This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share activity, information sheet with tasks, a consolidation explanation written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used along with our lesson on what caused the Bosnian Genocide, which can be found as a bundle at the bottom of this page. This lesson can also be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Genocide’ which also includes Holocaust Nazi laws, ghettos and concentration camps, as well as genocide in Rwanda and Cambodia. You will also be able to find this bundle at the bottom of this page! Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This 20th century dictators lesson compares Hitler, Stalin and Mao to decide who was the best/worst dictator. It requires students to consider what makes a good/worst dictator and to consider what they are investigating before coming to a conclusion. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, think pair share activity, all clips and related tasks, mini-plenaries, information with table, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Terrorist or Freedom Fighter lesson investigates radicalisation and why people come seen as terrorists. This lesson looks at case studies such as Gandhi, Bin Laden (And Al Qaeda), Germaine Lindsay (London bomber) and Ho Chi Minh, among others. Students are encouraged to see that there are (at least) two sides to the story - they can be seen as terrorist and freedom fighters. Students are also encouraged to see links between peoples/groups - eg. they were fighting for indepedence, rights, revenge… This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share activity, information sheets for mindmap, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING TERRORISM BUNDLE! Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Historical Skills lesson investigates the discovery of Otzi and encourages students to think carefully about the evidence we can gain from him - including what information we can learn from his clothing, his body and his equipment. Afterwards, students are asked how they think he died - keep the arrow head a secret until after they have watched the clip! Students end this lesson considering significance. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share activity, information sheets with a table to complete, a thought provoking mini-plenary, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING HISTORICAL SKILLS BUNDLE, which includes lessons on ‘using evidence’, Pompeii, Inca Mummies, Richard III, the Tollund Man and the Diaries of Anne Frank & Zlata. Find it here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/history-skills-12982510 It is also part of an ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES BUNDLE, which also includes Pompeii, Inca Mummies, Tollund Man and Richard III (King in the Car Park). Find it here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/archaeological-discoveries-12985815 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates living conditions of the poor during the Industrial Revolution. 5 main features are looked at - water, housing, population, environment and hygiene. Students are to learn about all factors and explain which feature they think would have been the worst to live with. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, paired source activity, groupwork talking task (differentiated), mini plenary, a consolidation explanation question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Find all our free & inexpensive resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource,** PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW**! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This History of Medicine lesson investigates the story of John Snow and the linking of water to the spreading of cholera in London in the 19th century. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a source starter, think pair share source activity, all clips and related tasks, information with tasks, a consolidation explain written question, two plenaries and extended learning/homework task. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Medicine, Public Health & Surgery’ and includes lessons on the Renaissance, Pare, Harvey, anaesthetics, antiseptics, smallpox and penicillin. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This History of Medicine lesson investigates how William Harvey helped the understanding of anatomy, blood and the heart. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information & summary table, mini-plenaries, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary linking to previous learning. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Medicine, Public Health & Surgery’ and includes lessons on the Renaissance, Pare, John Snow & cholera, antiseptics, anaesthetics, smallpox and penicillin. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Medicine Through Time lesson investigates factors outside medicine that helped the Ancient Egyptians make progress including the River Nile, writing, trade, religion and money. It encourages students to compare with prehistoric Britain at the same time. Although this lesson was made for GCSE students, it can easily be adapted for KS2 or KS3. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, starter thinking comparison table, groupwork talking information sheets with a table to complete, mini-plenaries, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING MEDICINE, SURGERY & PUBLIC HEALTH BUNDLE, which includes lessons on Renaissance Medicine, John Snow, Great Stink & Pencillin PLUS MANY MORE. Find it here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medicine-surgery-and-public-health-12921774 We also have a smaller Medicine & Surgery bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medicine-and-surgery-12921765 AND a Medicine & Public Health bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medicine-and-public-health-12921764 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Genocide lesson investigates what caused the Rwandan genocide in 1994. It looks at causes such as racial tension caused by imperialism, propaganda and the spark of the President’s plane crashing. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet with tasks, diamond 9 activity, a consolidation evaluative written question and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used along with our lesson on what happened during the Rwanda Genocide, which can be found as a bundle at the bottom of this page. This lesson can also be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Genocide’ which also includes Holocaust Nazi laws, ghettos and concentration camps, as well as genocide in Rwanda, Cambodia and Bosnia. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Nazis in WWII in Poland, France and the USSR. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, a guided roleplay, groupwork information finding task, consolidation question with source and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have other WWII lessons available in our TES shop including Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates working conditions in the cotton mills during the Industrial Revolution. As well as looking at the different jobs in the mill, this lesson also investigates the dangers and problems of working in the cotton mills as well as the benefits of working there. Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire is used as an example. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet task with mindmap, mini plenary, a think, pair, share task, a consolidation explanation question and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have a wide range of KS3 & KS4 History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out. Social media pages to follow soon. If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Tudor lesson investigates why Elizabeth I had Mary Queen of Scots executed following the discovery of the Babington Plot. It looks at the story leading up the execution to understand Elizabeth’s reasons for killing her cousin. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete, including a starter, all clips and thinking hat activity, mini plenary, information sheet with questions, a consolidation explanation questions and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have loads more, free or inexpensive, resources and lessons in our TES shop; please take a look: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates Christmas jobs through History! Students work in groups to complete challenges - they will have to work together to think of historical jobs related to entertainment, food and presents, watch and collect information, read and present new facts and their opinions. They will collect points for their challenges, resulting in a winning group at the end! This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons, as well as other seasonal lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Causes of World War I lesson investigates how the Moroccan Crises of 1905/6 and Agadir in 1911 helped cause international tension which ultimately led to the outbreak of WWI in 1914. Students will look at how relationships change through the 1905/6 crisis and how this leads greater tension at the end of the Agadir Crisis in 1911. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheets with questions, mini-plenaries, a consolidation source usefulness style question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have lots more WWI lessons in our TES shop including several great value bundles: a ‘Causes of WWI’ bundle which includes 2 x Assassination in Sarajevo, Alliance System & Militarism, Imperialism and Nationalism lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/causes-of-world-war-one-12924566 a big WWI bundle which includes causess, fighting in the trenches and end of war: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/world-war-one-12942317 a home, land and sea WWI bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wwi-home-land-and-sea-12950791 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!