A lesson designed for the Personal rule to Restoration unit which starts with a recap of why Englishmen were falling out with Charles I. It recaps the role of the three advisors - Weston, Laud and Wentworth. The lesson then develops in to the Long Parliament with a short task where students are asked to find a list of concessions which Charles I made. There is then a task for students to find out the short term causes of the English Civil War. Including the Irish rebellion, the Grand Remonstrance, The attempted arrest of 5 members, the Militia Ordinance, the commissions of Array and the Nineteen propositions. The War and Society text book will be required for this lesson.

As the new GCSE is largely content driven, the objective of these flash cards are for students to try to help learn, revise, test and hopefully retain some knowledge of the early part of the course. The cards ask some basic comprehension questions - with some more complicated style qs that give a good overview of the Paris Peace conference and treaties, the LON successes and failures and the causes of WW2 with Hitler's actions. The cards are to be backed - the numbers on each question card correlate to the number on the answer card. The cards can be emailed out to students for them to print and revise at home, or can be printed off and cut up as part of a revision activity in lessons. There will be more to follow as I develop them.

This is just a brief task encouraging students to read the sources about the Remonstrance and answer questions on the back. The questions encourage students to use the evidence from the sources. The content covers the divisions that were emerging within Parliament about the Remonstrance and is a super start in allowing students to understand the complexities of the English Civil War and that it was not quite as simple as Parliament vs the King.

This lesson continues on from the the lesson about Charles I and Sir Richard Weston upsetting the political nation with the various taxes they implemented. This looks at the role of William Laud and Sir Thomas Wentworth later the Earl of Strafford. Students are asked to examine which Englishmen rights were they trampling all over. The lesson culminates with a section which explains how Charles went too far in trying to get the Scots to accept his English Prayer book. Whilst most of the activities are on the ppt, there are a couple of occasion where the War and Society text book will need to be used.

This is a couple of lessons work introducing students to Charles I and his beliefs. The lesson covers Charles’s attitude but also the growing power of parliament. There is a variety of tasks from a quiz, highlighting sources, fill in the gaps, to gathering evidence from around the room or on a table if you’d prefer. All the resources are on the ppt to be printed off. This works as a brilliant introduction into the Personal rule of Charles I and was a success with my Year 11 who were dreading this aspect of the course. The lesson will need the use of the OCR War and Society Text book.

To help my year 11 gain an overview of the War and Society unit and in particular the attitudes and responses to variety of warfare - I created this revision sheet. This proved invaluable for their mock revision as they were able to draw on similar and different attitudes across the various periods.

This resource has a number of revision tasks on the Interwar and Origins of WW2 period of the course. The task sheet is then followed by OCR specification style questions to help the students apply their knowledge to the questions. This is ideal resource can be used as a lesson resource to allow students to work independently whilst supporting their individual needs, or can be printed off and given as an aid to help them with their private study at home. This is 1/5 parts of the modern world element of the course. There is an overall pack which can be purchased covering all the units and the depth study of the USA 1945- 1975.

A revision game to encourage students to explain the various key terms and events during 1945-1975 USA: Land of Liberty unit for the OCR Modern World A GCSE curriculum. This will also work along side any exam board for basic content as it more about getting students to recall information about certain topics to win points. This could be adapted as a whole class game / small group game and if students are unable to explain their answers, their task could be to go away and find out so that they can then come and join back in once they have gained the knowledge.

This resource has a number of revision tasks on the unit USA 1945-1975:Land of Liberty? period of the course. The task This is ideal resource can be used as a lesson resource to allow students to work independently whilst supporting their individual needs, or can be printed off and given as an aid to help them with their private study at home. This is 1/5 parts of the modern world element of the course. There is an overall pack which can also be purchased.

This is a whole lesson which starts with a quick true and false quiz about the beliefs of Charles I. The lesson then develops into understanding the liberties of freeborn Englishman which links beautifully to the key concepts of this course. There are plenty of a number of tasks that encourage the students to categorise the beliefs of Englishmen, such as protecting the Protestant Church of England, Defending the rule of law, local power and accountability and not being taxed without Parliament’s agreement. The lesson then continues to examine one of Charles’s advisors during his personal rule - that of Sir Richard Weston. Students are then asked to examine evidence to show how he upset the liberties of free born Englishmen - by examining all the ways in which he tried to raise money for Charles. This worked extremely well with my year 11 class. All the resources for this lesson are within the powerpoint.

Revision activity for students to complete covering presidents Lydon B Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan in terms of their Domestic and Foreign Policy. In line with the A2 AQA American Dream unit.

Included are 9 revision tasks covering the Yr 12 unit for the AQA American Dream, Reality Vs illusion unit. The tasks encourage independence with own revision as they have choices, but also offers them guidance for support. These task will also be excellent useful revision for Yr 13. There are resources supplied for 6 our of the 9 different suggested revision tasks. The tasks range from planning essays, source work questions, quizzes, and card sort tasks. There are some red herrings - which should allow from some good discussion opportunities. The content covers, domestic including economic, political and social issues as well and foreign policy issues. I have used these in conjunction with my President chart overview - a separate document you can buy. Students complete the various activities such as - which policy which president? and Which Foreign policy, which president? which serves as helpful reminder, confidence boost, or a - "I really need to get stuck into some revision!" for students! A win win! This is tried and tested and worked brilliantly with my year 12 this year!

Included in this bundle are 6 essay planning sheets. There are a number of questions - each sheet has one standard A Level question. There are then the key issues that need to be addressed in order to be able to successfully answer the essay question. - This is for the student to then complete. It should be noted that these form only a basis for student's knowledge to aid in student's revision and serve to help weaker students plan and identify necessary content. However, it can still be useful as a checklist for moreable students. Included is a completed answer example of Elizabeth's last years. I hope your students find them useful.

This is a one hour revision lesson on Imperial warfare covering the Seven years war, the Napoleonic, Boer and Crimean wars and their impacts on British society. The worksheet contains numerous tasks from making notes, to categorising. This is to enable the students to access a lot of material quickly so that they are then able to get onto the more important tasks of planning and answering GCSE style questions.

Lesson 1 - covers the feelings at the end of WW1, then onto identifying the aims of the Big 3 and the terms of the treaty of Versailles. There are a number of activities for students to complete - including a facebook dialog between the Big 3 plus a homework. Lesson 2 introduces students to the skills required for an OCR style Q1 worth 5 marks and gives an example for students to mark. The lesson then moves on to the impact of the treaty on Germany Also included in the pack is an overview chart for the course where students can plot the driving forces of conflict and cooperation throughtout the 20th Century,

A mini topic on the gun powder plot - I link it to our overall enquiry which examines the impact of the European reformation and changes to British society. It is primarily aimed at KS3 yr 8 - but may be useful for teaching skills of collaboration, instructions or drop down days for KS4. There are questions supporting a documentary - which can take approx 2/3 lessons with supporting activities. The Escape Room (style) activity lesson. You will need a coded padlock and a lockable tin! I have shared my codes etc - but you are obviously welcome to change any of this. All of this is explained on the PPT Students work in small groups and compete to get the codes (to escape) first. To truly win they will need to use all the evidence they have acquired along the way. There are 4 PPT 3 with resources and one which has all the lessons: Worksheet / mini booklet for all the lessons - includes cover sheet, Questions for documentary / mini source analysis / excape room charts and tables / cross word quiz (6 slides plus cover 7) Answer sheets for staff - for all elements of the escape room (4 slides) The evidence cards. (19 slides) PPt for the lessons (28 slides) The documentary takes about 2hours with all the other activities. The Escape room is approx 1 hour. Students work through breaking the various codes until they are able to crack the numerical code! I use a keysafe box (you could use something with a padlock) students then gain access to the key and then to the safe. I do then keep the last activity (cross word) locked in the safe - this is where they have to have read the evidence carefully to truly win! I have found doing this maintains enthusiasm for all the other groups who are a bit slower as they all stand a chance of winning! Enjoy :)

A lesson on Edward I. It covers the age of chivalry and the age of professional warfare. It examines 2 case studies as Edward I embarked upon his war in Wales and Scotland and then the hundred years war with France. Students are asked to complete worksheets and answer questions examining the impact of these conflicts on local, national, governement and psychological levels. The lesson draws together the key themes with a section on whether infact this period was an age of chivalry or an age of professional warfare. There are also some practise GCSE questions at the end. Attached is a ppt which has the resources at the end which can be printed off and completed by the students.

Included in this pack are a variety of 4,6 and 10 mark OCR GCSE style questions, covering content such as the Origins of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam and the depth study Russia. On some questions there is a model answer, others have guidance with support , others are blank for them to discover the answers themselves. There are plenty of opportunities for students to have a go at planning their short and essay style answers. These frames can them be used as a basis to write up their extended answers.

A GCSE revision lesson based on the OCR modern world A specification. This could also be used as a consolidation lesson. The worksheet works along side the ppt, giving students opportunities to work independently or in pairs, on tasks such as matching up events with the countries, mini mindmap on Bin Laden, a True and False quiz, a note taking exercise on the more extreme actions of as-Qaeda, culminating in 9-11, the lesson finishes with a youtube clip covering the USA’s response and their war on terror. There are also some sample questions on the ppt for students to complete.

This is a brilliant guide to help students prioritise and conduct their own independent revision for their GCSE. This gives a break down of OCR's Explaining the Modern World History A, with the Depth study of USA 1945-1975 and Personal rule of Charles I, plus War and Society and the castle study of Framlingham castle. This document can of course be adapted to fit the various other OCR modules, as and where relevant. As the new course requires so much content, we have chosen to give this to our yr 11 at the start of the year to help them build up a bank of resources in preparation for the exams in the summer. The chart allows students to complete the chart to show how confident they are with certain topics, and allows them to go back and reflect on specific areas. The aim is for them to get to point (hopefully by May) where they can happily complete the green smiley face for all of the sections; showing that they are confident with all the content for the GCSE!