The Birth of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 4 lessons that look at the rise of the CCP in China. Vitally important subject that does not receive anywhere near like enough attention. These are tried and tested lessons, each with a wide range of activities and a literacy focus. All the resources needed for the lessons are contained with the PowerPoints themselves in a dedicated resources section that makes lesson preparation very easy. The four topics covered are… The United Front (Nationalists and CCP) against the Warlords The Expeditions and Exterminations of 26 – 34 (the beginnings of the Civil War) The Long March 1934-35 Consequences of the Long March Hope it helps, Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.

The Battle of Hastings 3 lessons that provide a comprehensive study of the battle. Lesson 1: Studies a range of primary sources and leads students through activities based on these. Lesson 2: A descriptive writing challenge using a number of stimuli to help them map the course of the battle and try their hand at being a war correspondence. Lesson 3: A study of the factors that led to Norman success. Students write a balanced historical argument looking at which factor(s) were the most important and why. Hope it helps, Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.

A lesson inspired by the book ‘The World For Sale’. It introduces students to all the keywords and concepts they need to understand business concepts like commodities, backward and vertical integration, sanctions, trade credit and privatization. Learning episodes: 1.Keyword relay (8 key words – all with activity flash cards) 2. Key word dual coding match up activity. 3. Extended Reading Activity/Guided Reading – Reading a section of the book and looking for the keywords and concepts they have just learned. Hope it helps, Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.

Indian Independence, Indian Partition and the British Empire – 5 fully resourced Lessons A lesson from a 5-part sequence on the British Empire, Indian independence and Indian Partition. The lessons, and the activities included are seen below. The British Empire in 1900 (5 key theme match up > Round Robin > Class Debate > Paragraph writing skills > retrieval practice). The First World War and Empire (Map questions > Guided Reading > Source Activity > Appositive sentence task > Blooket quiz). Causes of Indian Independence (Cops & Robbers Retrieval > Quiz Quiz Trade > Timeline task > Prioritisation Discussion > Paragraph writing skills) India, Gandhi and the Second World War (Narrative World Building > Comprehension Questions > Gandhi speech analysis > Pamphlet Writing > Extension Reading) Indian Partition (Recap Task > Dual Coding Writing Task > Ms Marvel Case Study > National Archives Source Study > Paragraph Writing skills). Hope they help. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.

Indian Independence, Indian Partition and the British Empire – 5 fully resourced Lessons A lesson from a 5-part sequence on the British Empire, Indian independence and Indian Partition. The lessons, and the activities included are seen below. The British Empire in 1900 (5 key theme match up > Round Robin > Class Debate > Paragraph writing skills > retrieval practice). The First World War and Empire (Map questions > Guided Reading > Source Activity > Appositive sentence task > Blooket quiz). Causes of Indian Independence (Cops & Robbers Retrieval > Quiz Quiz Trade > Timeline task > Prioritisation Discussion > Paragraph writing skills) India, Gandhi and the Second World War (Narrative World Building > Comprehension Questions > Gandhi speech analysis > Pamphlet Writing > Extension Reading) Indian Partition (Recap Task > Dual Coding Writing Task > Ms Marvel Case Study > National Archives Source Study > Paragraph Writing skills). Hope they help. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.

Indian Independence, Indian Partition and the British Empire – 5 fully resourced Lessons A lesson from a 5-part sequence on the British Empire, Indian independence and Indian Partition. The lessons, and the activities included are seen below. The British Empire in 1900 (5 key theme match up > Round Robin > Class Debate > Paragraph writing skills > retrieval practice). The First World War and Empire (Map questions > Guided Reading > Source Activity > Appositive sentence task > Blooket quiz). Causes of Indian Independence (Cops & Robbers Retrieval > Quiz Quiz Trade > Timeline task > Prioritisation Discussion > Paragraph writing skills) India, Gandhi and the Second World War (Narrative World Building > Comprehension Questions > Gandhi speech analysis > Pamphlet Writing > Extension Reading) Indian Partition (Recap Task > Dual Coding Writing Task > Ms Marvel Case Study > National Archives Source Study > Paragraph Writing skills). Hope they help. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.

IGCSE Business Studies – Operations Management Each lesson contains: • A wide range of activities • Content Slides • Business Case Studies • All Resources Required • Online quizzes • Flash Cards. We hope it helps. Operations Management lessons include: Productivity Inventory Methods of Production Technology and Production Business Costs Economies of Scale Break Even Point Quality Production Location Decisions Revision Lesson You can access and download all the lessons for IGCSE Business Studies at Wolsey Academy (Google us). Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet

This is part of a series of 7 lessons (and 3 Guided Reading Activities) about the New Deal. It is aimed at A Level/IB students and focusses on the New Deal’s policies, their impact, the opposition to them and the historiography of them since. All the lessons contain all the resources within them required for the students to successfully research and answer the questions. Where external sources have been used for evidence, they have been cited. The other lessons in the series are as follows: What was it? > A deep dive look at the key alphabet agencies and their impact. Impact of the New Deal > A look at 4 cross sections of US society/economy and the impact the alphabet agencies had, for better or worse. The Second New Deal > An investigation into the reasons why a Second New Deal was required and how they laid the foundation for the modern welfare state. Opposition to the New Deal > A research exercise (with materials to research) of the key opposition figures to the New Deal and their philosophies. The impact of the Second World War > How the Second World War ‘saved’ FDR from the ‘Roosevelt Recession’ and how it changed the political landscape. Included in this lesson is the Guided Reading activity for the War’s impact (resource 8) The historiography of the New Deal > A look at two opposing interpretations (resources 9 and 10) and then an activity looking at six different historical interpretations of the New Deal followed by a class debate. An essay question focussing on the impact of the New Deal – was it mostly economic or political in nature? Students are guided through the process of preparing, structuring and then writing the essay. An extended reading activity on the Second World War’s impact on the New Deal An extended ready activity looking at criticism of the New Deal An extended reading activity looking at support for the New Deal, especially the WPA. We hope these resources help you teach this vital and interesting topic. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. If you teach History, Business or ICT we have superb resources ready to go on our website – we also have 5 free to play History games that are ideal for engaging lower (and older) year groups in History. We hope it helps.

A lesson that guides students through the process of researching, planning and then writing an answer to the question: To what extent was the March on Washington 1963 the most significant event in the struggle for Civil Rights between 55 and 64? Ideal for students about to complete GCSE coursework, A Level or IB written essays. The lesson looks like this: Students look at an overview timeline of Civil Rights between this time period and gain a respect for the changes made during that time. Students select 3-4 events to study in greater detail and to weigh against the importance of the March on Washington 1963. Resources and links are provided for the study of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Birmingham Campaign, the Birmingham Baptist Church Bombings and then the March on Washington itself. Students test their knowledge with an online quiz. Students plan their response using a planning guide and a PEEKA paragraph template with sentence starters to support students that require it. The class then study 5 real student examples, from both the introduction, development and conclusion stages. They assess what is good about them, what techniques they can see and offer suggestions for improvement. Students then begin to write the assessment. Students peer assess their partners work using the original essay plan to check off that they have included each element and to find examples of each. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. Also, check out our website for free history video games, to really bring teaching to life and engage students. Hope they help. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet

The Computer Revolution - Meant as a cross department study with the Humanities and ICT/Computer Science. This is 1 lesson from a series of 17 (see below). Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to answer a large essay question in lesson 17 on the nature of change and continuity thanks to the computer revolution, and a speculative discussion of the impact of future developments. The series also runs parallel to a 17 part ‘Guided Reading’ pack on the same topic. Each lesson is paired with an extended piece of computing literature – for ease these extracts have been included inside the PowerPoints but you can access the reading as a separate bundle, and for free at Wolsey Academy. The lessons are as follows: Enigma and Turing (free) The History of Women in Computing (free) The Microchip and Moore’s Law The PC, GUI and Microsoft How Video Games Shaped Our World Mid-Unit Test and Revision Impact of the Internet Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (free) Covid Track and Trace Quantum Computing (free) Artemis and Space X Facial Recognition Digital Divide DeepMind, AI, AlphaGo and ChatGPT (free) Emerging Technologies and their impact Cybersecurity case studies Revision keyword flash cards and essay assessment. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. We hope it helps. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet

The Computer Revolution - Meant as a cross department study with the Humanities and ICT/Computer Science. This is 1 lesson from a series of 17 (see below). Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to answer a large essay question in lesson 17 on the nature of change and continuity thanks to the computer revolution, and a speculative discussion of the impact of future developments. The series also runs parallel to a 17 part ‘Guided Reading’ pack on the same topic. Each lesson is paired with an extended piece of computing literature – for ease these extracts have been included inside the PowerPoints but you can access the reading as a separate bundle, and for free at Wolsey Academy The lessons are as follows: Enigma and Turing (free) The History of Women in Computing (free) The Microchip and Moore’s Law The PC, GUI and Microsoft How Video Games Shaped Our World Mid-Unit Test and Revision Impact of the Internet Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (free) Covid Track and Trace Quantum Computing (free) Artemis and Space X Facial Recognition Digital Divide DeepMind, AI, AlphaGo and ChatGPT (free) Emerging Technologies and their impact Cybersecurity case studies Revision keyword flash cards and essay assessment. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. We hope it helps. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet

The Computer Revolution - Meant as a cross department study with the Humanities and ICT/Computer Science. This is 1 lesson from a series of 17 (see below). Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to answer a large essay question in lesson 17 on the nature of change and continuity thanks to the computer revolution, and a speculative discussion of the impact of future developments. The series also runs parallel to a 17 part ‘Guided Reading’ pack on the same topic. Each lesson is paired with an extended piece of computing literature – for ease these extracts have been included inside the PowerPoints but you can access the reading as a separate bundle, and for free at Wolsey Academy. The lessons are as follows: Enigma and Turing (free) The History of Women in Computing (free) The Microchip and Moore’s Law The PC, GUI and Microsoft How Video Games Shaped Our World Mid-Unit Test and Revision Impact of the Internet Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (free) Covid Track and Trace Quantum Computing (free) Artemis and Space X Facial Recognition Digital Divide DeepMind, AI, AlphaGo and ChatGPT (free) Emerging Technologies and their impact Cybersecurity case studies Revision keyword flash cards and essay assessment. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. We hope it helps. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet

The Computer Revolution - Meant as a cross department study with the Humanities and ICT/Computer Science. This is 1 lesson from a series of 17 (see below). Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to answer a large essay question in lesson 17 on the nature of change and continuity thanks to the computer revolution, and a speculative discussion of the impact of future developments. The series also runs parallel to a 17 part ‘Guided Reading’ pack on the same topic. Each lesson is paired with an extended piece of computing literature – for ease these extracts have been included inside the PowerPoints but you can access the reading as a separate bundle, and for free at Wolsey Academy. The lessons are as follows: Enigma and Turing (free) The History of Women in Computing (free) The Microchip and Moore’s Law The PC, GUI and Microsoft How Video Games Shaped Our World Mid-Unit Test and Revision Impact of the Internet Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (free) Covid Track and Trace Quantum Computing (free) Artemis and Space X Facial Recognition Digital Divide DeepMind, AI, AlphaGo and ChatGPT (free) Emerging Technologies and their impact Cybersecurity case studies Revision keyword flash cards and essay assessment. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. We hope it helps. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet

The History of India This is one lesson from a series of 11 on the History of India. Each lesson includes as a minimum: • A context slide for teacher talk/intro • A reading comprehension task • A sorting/categorising activity of factors/causes. • A writing task with support and guidance. All resources are included within the same PowerPoint for ease of organisation. They have proved very effective with our High School classes. The 11 lessons are as follows: The Mughals (free) The East India Company The Battle of Plessey (free) The Tiger of Mysore The Mahratta Revision & Feedback lesson for unit at half way point Trucial States, UAE & Oman The First War of Indian Independence (1857) Amritsar Massacre & Indian Independence Movement India, Gandhi and the Second World War Bengal Famine 1947 (free) Indian Independence and Partition Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. Hope it helps.

The History of India This is one lesson from a series of 11 on the History of India. Each lesson includes as a minimum: • A context slide for teacher talk/intro • A reading comprehension task • A sorting/categorising activity of factors/causes. • A writing task with support and guidance. All resources are included within the same PowerPoint for ease of organisation. They have proved very effective with our High School classes. The 11 lessons are as follows: The Mughals (free) The East India Company The Battle of Plessey (free) The Tiger of Mysore The Mahratta Revision & Feedback lesson for unit at half way point Trucial States, UAE & Oman The First War of Indian Independence (1857) Amritsar Massacre & Indian Independence Movement India, Gandhi and the Second World War Bengal Famine 1947 (free) Indian Independence and Partition Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. Hope it helps.

The History of India This is one lesson from a series of 11 on the History of India. Each lesson includes as a minimum: • A context slide for teacher talk/intro • A reading comprehension task • A sorting/categorising activity of factors/causes. • A writing task with support and guidance. All resources are included within the same PowerPoint for ease of organisation. They have proved very effective with our High School classes. The 11 lessons are as follows: The Mughals (free) The East India Company The Battle of Plessey (free) The Tiger of Mysore The Mahratta Revision & Feedback lesson for unit at half way point Trucial States, UAE & Oman The First War of Indian Independence (1857) Amritsar Massacre & Indian Independence Movement India, Gandhi and the Second World War Bengal Famine 1947 (free) Indian Independence and Partition Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. Hope it helps.

This is one lesson from a series of 6 lessons that focus on the History of Food. Each lesson is fully resourced with anything that needs printing at the end of the PowerPoint ready in a print friendly format. The idea of this series of lessons is to introduce students to key historical skills using content they are familiar with and find engaging. We have had huge success with these lessons at Wolsey Academy with students often demanding that we teach more of them. The work produced from these lessons has also been exceptional, with the main activity in each lesson being scaffolded and supported in a number of ways. For details of each lesson please see below. If purchasing just one lesson, make sure you have seen the details for that one below. These lessons have also been used by our Business Teachers as excellent case studies to introduce new businesses and industries. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. We hope it helps. The 6 Food lessons: The History of Breakfast Cereals The History of Chocolate The History of Coffee The History of Doughnuts (or Donuts, if you prefer) The History of Fast Food. The History of Soft Drinks/Soda The History of Doughnuts (or Donuts, if you prefer) a. Discuss how donuts became popular in a city that has changed its name b. Put together a timeline of the donut. c. Create a project about a donut story of your choosing. d. Grade your fellow students’ projects using a criteria e. Answer questions on the History of the donut

This is one lesson from a series of 6 lessons that focus on the History of Food. Each lesson is fully resourced with anything that needs printing at the end of the PowerPoint ready in a print friendly format. The idea of this series of lessons is to introduce students to key historical skills using content they are familiar with and find engaging. We have had huge success with these lessons at Wolsey Academy with students often demanding that we teach more of them. The work produced from these lessons has also been exceptional, with the main activity in each lesson being scaffolded and supported in a number of ways. For details of each lesson please see below. If purchasing just one lesson, make sure you have seen the details for that one below. These lessons have also been used by our Business Teachers as excellent case studies to introduce new businesses and industries. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. We hope it helps. The 6 Food lessons: The History of Breakfast Cereals The History of Chocolate The History of Coffee The History of Doughnuts (or Donuts, if you prefer) The History of Fast Food. The History of Soft Drinks/Soda The History of Fast Food. a. Discuss how a book called The Jungle may have kick started the fast food industry b. Answer questions on the actual process of how chocolate is made c. Put together a timeline of chocolate d. Match the events to places on the world map e. Watch a video of the history of chocolate f. Discuss the importance of chocolate in global history and culture