Complete set of lessons linked to Edexcel IGCSE History: A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945-74. Full contents included: 1.1 The US political system 1.2 Reasons for the Red Scare: The Cold War 1.3 Reasons for the Red Scare: events at home 1.4 McCarthy and the Red Scare 2.1 Segregation and discrimination 2.2 Brown v Topeka and Emmett Till 2.3 Montgomery Bus Boycott 2.4 1957 Civil Rights Act 2.5 School desegregation - Little Rock Nine 3.1 Protests 1960-63 3.2 Protests 1963-65 3.3 Civil rights legislation 3.4 Protests 1966-74 4.1 Student protests and Vietnam 4.2 The women’s movement 5.1 The Watergate Scandal - causes and features 5.2 The impact of Watergate All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification. The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts. There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions. There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation. Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries. Thank you

This is a complete series of lessons that links to Edexcel GCSE 9-1 specification on British America. Nine detailed PPTs and activities that links to Chapter's 1,2 and 3 of the new Edexcel GCSE 9-1 curriculum. The following topics are covered: 1. British settlement in North America 2. A disrupted society 3. The loss of an empire These lessons are planned using the Pearson and Hodder books although neither textbook is necessary for the activities. Our resources aim to instill independent learning in students. Our activities are carefully created to develop historical concepts such as significance, chronology, causation and consequence while mastering exam technique. Please email on info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions. Thank you.

Complete set of lessons linked to Edexcel IGCSE History: USA, 1918-41. Full contents included: 1.1 The USA in 1918 1.2 Reasons for the economic boom in the 1920s 1.3 The social impact of the 1920s 1.4 Problem industries in the 1920s 2.1 Attitudes and policies towards immigration 2.2 The Palmer Raids and the Red Scare 2.3 Attitudes towards black Americans 2.4 Morals, values and the Monkey Trial 2.5 Prohibition and gangsters 3.1 The Wall Street Crash 3.2 The impact of the Great Depression 3.3 Hoover’s reaction to the Great Depression 4.1 Roosevelt’s aims with the New Deal 4.2 The First Hundred Days and the alphabet agencies 4.3 The second New Deal 4.4 Rural electrification 5.1 Opposition to the New Deal 5.2 Radical criticism of the New Deal 5.3 Achievements and shortcomings of the New Deal All lessons are fully resourced and mapped to match exactly with the contents of the official Edexcel IGCSE textbook and specification. The Knowledge House lessons contain student-friendly requiring students to categorise, assess significance, sort events chronologically, comprehension, solving keyword anagrams, video-related exercises and other engaging tasks that improve students’ knowledge and understanding of second order concepts. There are extension tasks on each resources, including, but not limited to, Edexcel IGCSE exam questions. There are no content-heavy PPTs that encourage regurgitation and rote memorisation. Rather, our focus is on resources created with the learner in mind. Please email info@theknowledgehouse.co.uk if you have any questions or queries.