This is a very detailed examination of the Reign of Edward VI and in particular the two nobles who ruled with/for him. The work contains a Interactive PowerPoint, handout and sources. This work would takes 10+ lessons to cover and is all self contained.

Ofsted describes an inadequate lesson as one where the students are over dependent on the teacher and produce only passive responses. The same lesson often has a one size fits all approach that limits the students’ own responses and ability to produce their own work. All of these points would produce a truly terrible lesson within the sixth form where there is expected to be even more independence. The students need to be encouraged to think for themselves and solve their own problems. This does not only mean making sure they bring a spare pen to the lesson but also how to go about completing their own work, how it is to be presented and finding the correct answer or solution. Activity Aims: 1. To demonstrate to the students the different ways of looking at problems 2. For the students to look at the process of coming to a solution

A collection of handouts to aid your delivery of the Second World War. Includes: 1 War in Europe Map 2 Map of Japan and the Pacific 3 Holocaust Source & Question sheet (contains a moderate image which some may find uncomfortable) 4 Normandy Landings Map 5 Atomic Bomb Arguments for and Against Source Sheet 6 Nazi Germany Wordsearch

A collection of handouts designed for using in Year 9 (or GCSE) when studying the First World War. Includes: Reasons why the Schlieffen Plan Failed Trench from Above Treaty of Versailles Sources & Questions Living Timeline Axis First World War data on an A5 handout(Populations; Military spending; army size etc Europe Map 1914

This is a very detailed unit of work that looks at the first part of Elizabeth's reign. It looks at the difficulty of the transition to her early steps at establishing a Protestant religion which culminates with the Northern Rebellion. The Pack also contains a very detailed PowerPoint and hand-outs.

This is a complete unit of work that is comprised of a very detailed, interactive PowerPoint and a scheme that contains all the notes, activities and questions needed for several weeks work. This scheme focuses on the last part of Henry VIII's reign covering such things as the Pilgrimage of Grace, the creation of the Church of England and the political nature of England by the time of his death. This will save you tens of hours of work.

Understanding what is being asked of you is an important skill. The average person is not expected to crack complex codes but we are meant to understand instructions and work independently in order to complete a task. Most things have a coded element, or at least an understanding of a pattern, whether its language or maths, geography or music. Code breaking forces us to see patterns and fully understand something. Too often people make mistakes or get work wrong because they do not fully understand something; they rush into a task. It is often useful to try and work with others on similar task to see if everyone’s task might be completed more efficiently. Activity Aims: 1. To develop individual and group problem solving skills 2. To encourage the students to see patterns in their work 3. To encourage the students to think differently. 4. To develop interpersonal skills

To behave deviantly is to behave differently from the norm. It is not just about breaking the rules or behaving criminally. This task is about deviance in terms of norms and expectations; Behaving and thinking differently. The students have been conditioned to behave in a certain way for most of their school life. Students are often encouraged to conform and behave passively but within higher education and business this often hinders success. Ofsted claim that an outstanding lesson should be one in which students ‘learn intuitively, encouraging each other to explore, inquire, seek clarity, take risks and think critically and imaginatively’. Having an element of deviance in your students encourages all of these skills. Activity Aims: 1. To get the students to think differently and see the merit of deviant behaviour when solving problems 2. For the students to challenge their own preconceived ideas and processes

The Cold War is often ignored in Year 9 history because is a perceived lack of resources available or simply that the two World Wars take up so much teaching time. This Lesson aims to give a basic overview of the Cold War and focus on a few examples of how it affected the world. This is such a good topic to cover as it hits so many aspects of the Key Stage 3 programme of study. The nature of the cold war means that it covers more than British history. It also covers many different cultures and the conflict between them. It offers the students an opportunity to see very clearly how historians and people can have different interpretations of events and as such is a good way of showing the risks of using and trusting all sources. Activity Aims: 1. To understand what the Cold War was? 2. To investigate a few examples of the Cold War in practice. 3. To develop the students understanding of propaganda.

Values are never static; they are changing all the time and are different from person to person. The values, freedoms, laws and customs that shape us today are not universal and yet they influence our views of other people, both today and in the past. The students would have a better understanding of a period if they understood the values of the people at that time. Alternatively they may be able to think of criticisms with the behaviour of people in the past if they apply today’s values. This Lesson aims to get the students to think about our values today as well as those in their period of study. The students should then be able to place the actions of the past in context. This is especially important when the students are expected to evaluate the period of study.

At times ‘A’ level history can get a tad complicated and students get lost in the information they are given. Added to this is the tendency for students to make lots of written notes, where again they get lost in the information. Students often need a more simplistic version of events and this Recipe aims to provide the medium for that. Within science, cause and effect, can be quite simple process and is often predictable, indeed that is the aim of science. However, people respond differently to inanimate objects and therefore the process is a little harder. Nonetheless the simple way of looking at cause and effect can be a useful way to investigate historical events. Activity Aims: 1. To simplify potentially complex events. 2. To show how events in history are never in a vacuum; that they are part of an on-going process.

Sometimes students need a simpler way to explain a difficult event in history. Diagrams are good but so is the logical approach of mathematics. Students are used to being told to show their working out when doing maths but do not always transfer the same principle to other subjects, such as history. It could be argued that showing the working out in history is more important as there is rarely one correct answer. Therefore this lesson aims to get the students to show their working out and appreciate the benefits and process. Examiners want the student not only to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding but also demonstrate the difficult skills of analysis and evaluation. Showing their working, or expressing their process will enable students to achieve these skills.

D-Day is one of the key events of the Second World War and the 20th Century. It is one of those events that people have heard of even if they don’t know the specific details. The students are to complete an investigation into the planning of D-Day and then use a source to look at how the soldiers were motived and prepared for the invasion. These tasks can easily run into several lessons and you will find all of the resources needed are provided. That's 6 worksheets, a scheme of work and a corresponding PowerPoint. Unusually for this kind of lesson, the work includes a look at the German perspective when discussing empathy. Activity Aims: 1. To have an understanding of what Day was? 2. To investigate why D-Day took place where it did? This Lesson contains a variety of activities, some group, that develop a lot of the key skills needed in History as well as exploring a key topic.

The Second World War brought the fighting home like never before. Parents faced the difficult decision of what to do with their children? Where was the safest place for them? The children had to be separated from their family and the only area they had ever known and travel great distances into the unknown. This Lesson concerns the experience of those evacuees as well as the difficult decision that their parents faced. It contains a variety of activities that can be stretched over a few lessons and includes homework ideas as well.

One of the main themes of the History Key Stage summary is that the students develop and understanding for cause and consequence. Added to this they should begin to ‘devise and revise their own questions’ concerning historical enquiry. The main events of the twentieth century have in their causes the First World War and therefore the main question the students should ask is ‘Why did the First World War happen?’ The question of why? should be one of the most important that a student of history can ask and this Recipe aims to encourage this. It is not enough to know that something happened but to understand why it happened. Obviously this is a Year Nine lesson and, therefore, the full back ground of the First World War cannot be covered, However, the students will focus on three main themes to direct their questions.

This lesson is not on a specific topic nor is it a series of activities. Instead it is a whole class activity based around a major theme or topic in history. The aim is to create a visual summary of an historical event, from the main topic down to some of the key people involved. The Tree can be created as a piece of research on a new topic. The students can add to it as the topic develops. Alternatively the Tree can be created as a conclusion to a major class project. Each student can be given a task and once completed it will sum up all of their work.

The world created in the classroom is often a simple one in that everything fits with everything else. When talking about a rebellion breaking out in Norwich and a King who quickly quashes it, there is often the simplicity of a Television drama. We know of the rebellion and we know the King responds but the context to make it real is often lost. For example do the students know where Norwich is? If not then it is difficult to get them to fully understand the full implication of the rebellion. Students today live in an instant world. They upload their work to a ‘cloud’ and receive information instantly. This is not the world they have to understand for their ‘A’ levels. While most students appreciate this point to an extent they still struggle with how slow the world was before the internet and the iPhone.

This resource encourages the students to look at what they know well and what they need a little more guidance on. There are then five different types of essay plans that can be used either through the course or as part of the revision process. The essay plans are set out differently and can be easily adapted to different topics.

History is full of assumptions in that teachers often assume that students have a certain level of knowledge. Topics that are discussed regularly are very rarely explained because it is assumed that students know about them and understand them. One such example is the ‘state’ or ‘country’. ‘A’ level students will have heard the terms many times but will have rarely thought about what such a thing is, what it means and what influence it has. This unit aims to get the students thinking about what a country is and the decisions that go into its creation. The students will discuss and work together to create their own country and then apply what they have talked about to the states and countries that they encounter in their studies.

One of the hardest things to comprehend, especially when young is the passage of time. One of the easiest things to get wrong therefore is time management, especially as the idea of an A level taking two years is misleading. Being able to manage and plan time effectively as well as working with other likeminded people could be beneficial. This Lesson can also be used at the beginning of the course.