Lesson examining the outbreak of WW2 with American newsreel footage and British radio address from Chamberlain - students can examine the differences between the two, in addition to examining how Britain prepared for WW2.

Resources for examining the Spanish Armada - forms part of a 10 lesson Elizabeth I SOW

Assessment lesson preparation for students writing an essay answering "Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?" - can be used as ICT based lesson or non ICT based - both versions below.

Pupil-led project examining the make up of Congress

Lesson examining the leadership roles in both houses of Congress

Lesson introducing the separation of powers - building on the knowledge of checks and balances to investigate whether "separate" institutions is a more fitting description than "separate" powers.

Lesson introducing the system of checks and balances with contextual examples that students can use in exam answers to support their analysis.

A lesson constructing a model answer to an exam question assessing how effective parliament is, building on previous learning of the methods parliament uses to scrutinise the government and the legislative process.

Last lesson of the constitution topic recovering content and exam skills through student assessment of a sample exam question; discussion of assigned marks and how the exam answer can be improved.

A lesson introducing parliament in the UK.

A lesson examining the 6 sources of the UK constitution, including 10 point extended response question to apply the knowledge in order to describe the sources of the UK constitution.

Lesson examining the use of the filibuster and to what extent the legislative process is difficult - using past exam question and a Virtual Learning Environment Task - but this can easily be adapted for paper within the lesson simply by printing copies of

Lesson examining what life was like for women and children in Nazi Germany

Lesson examining the different types of democracy and sovreignty evident in the US political system with a design-a-constitution activity

Lesson examining the role and powers of the various congressional committees - used to develop skill of scanning large text for information (using Phillip Allan textbook) with teacher generated "core notes" on roles and powers of the different types of committees and committee chairs.

Lesson examining the flexibility of the constitution - how and why has the constitution managed to survive? How flexible is it? Encouraging students to make a thorough assessment of how the constitution works in practice.

Lesson introducing the US Constitution

A lesson examining reform of the UK House of Commons.

Lesson examining Lincoln's assassination linking Booth's motives to Lincoln's Emanciption Proclamation.

Lessons examining slavery from the American perspective.