Resources useful in investigating the various electoral systems used in the UK AND GERMANY - results from other countries using these systems provide pupils with an interesting perspective rather than a hypothetical.

Learning Objectives To explore the concept of American identity To explain how the history of the USA has contributed to the political culture of the United States To explain how the diversity of the USA has contributed to the political culture of the United States

A scheme of work developed to introduce the beginnings of the American Revolution.

Learning Objectives To understand the context of the Boston Massacre Trial To evaluate the evidence produced at the trial To reach a verdict and compare this with the verdict reached in the trial

Learning Objectives To use a map as a primary source to make inferences about a historical period To research and explain the phases of US expansion

A scheme of work to accompany lessons and resources exploring the period in which the Early Republic descended into Civil War, and the effects of the this period on the American population.

Learning Objectives To explain the motives and outcome of Sherman’s March to the Sea To make inferences from the lyrics of a contemporary Civil War song

Lesson briefly examining liberation from concentration camps, fight for justice(Nuremberg trials), holocaust remembrance and holocaust denial.

Enquiry Question: Why was liberation not the end of suffering? Learning Objectives To explain the impact of liberation on the liberated, the liberators and the general public To consider the difficulties faced by survivors

Lesson examining the reasons why and ways in which Nazi persecution developed into mass murder. Internet webquest and ID Card Trail use USHMM website.

Lesson as part of wider genocide unit, delivered after completion of the Holocaust. Lesson examines the foundation of the UN and the UN Declaration of Rights in relation to the Holocaust.

A lesson examining reform of the UK House of Commons.

Lesson examining UN action and effectiveness through examining case studies of genocide. Only 4 case studies provided - Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur and Syria - template for making more case study cards is included at end of ppt.

First lesson in Holocaust/Genocide SOW - based on lesson principles from HET.

Lesson examining the changes in daily life for Jews in ghettos - using ghetto cards and lesson principles from HET.