Lesson introducing the medieval period and a snapshot of what life was like in 1066 compared to 2011 - this exercise works well with low ability students but can be adapted for higher ability by asking students to link the facts together to explain why Medieval England was the way it was.

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To describe the role of Students for a Democratic Society and the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in student protests To explain the anti-Vietnam War movement and the role of students within these protests To analyse the role the hippie movement played in US counter-culture

Lesson examining the role and powers of the Prime Minister, with task of creating job advertisement for PM.

Lesson examining the candidates for the throne through a blind date exercise.

Lesson examining the role of parliament in the UK political system

Lesson on the Norman conquest of England - examining events of the Battle of Hastings and whether Harold lost or William won. students encouraged to explain what advantages Harold had, how William demonstrated good leadership and the role of bad luck in H

Lesson examining the Magna Carta

Learning Objective To analyse the role of campaign finance in elections

Lesson examining key events in the changing relationship between monarch and government, through student role play/sketches allowing creative interpretations. Events include; Gunpowder Plot, Votes for Women, Magna Carta and Simon De Montfort. Lesson makes use of resources supplied by Parliament Education Service and all available online.

Lesson focusing on the reforms made to the constitution

Lesson examining blitzkrieg warfare - lesson delivered to all boys class and card sort worked well and drew on knowledge students had from video games like COD and MW.WWII

Lesson encouraging pupils to examine the different newspapers (you will need to provide a recent copy of each newspaper) focusing on both content/price/target audience as well as the political bias of the major newspapers.

Y8 SOW - Unit 1; Why are civil liberties worth protecting? Lesson 4 - What is racism and how can we stop it? *Activities focus on defining racism, and exploring an allegory "The Sneetches" by Dr Seuss, before a role play exercise encouraging students to give advice in response to real ChildLine calls about racist bullying*

IB History SL - Paper 2: Authoritarian States & Causes and Effects of War This student booklet facilitates both teacher led and independent student work to complete a SOW that takes students through the following elements; Saddam’s Rise to Power Saddam’s Consolidation of Power Saddam’s Economic, Social and Cutural Policies The Iran-Iraq War The Gulf War The Iraq War Saddam’s Trial and Execution

Lesson examining areas of life in Elizabethan England requiring students to engage in peer teaching and presentations.

Lesson resources to examine different approaches taken within the AA community to their own position and how to improve it. Can be used to demonstrate varying philosophies extent among black people. A look at each individual; their aims and objectives; their methods and a general picture of how far they succeeded.

*NEW AQA GCSE - Thematic Study - Power and the People* Learning Objectives To outline the problems Henry VIII had during his reign To explain why the monasteries were useful to Henry To compare different reactions to Henry’s actions.

Lesson examining the Battle of Stalingrad and what we can learn from source evidence (photographs) about how the battle was fought. Includes caption competition.

A scaffolded historiographical approach to delivering this topic in the style of a spiral curriculum. The emphasis of this approach is to encourage students to develop and extend their ability to analyse and evaluate different interpretations. This second topic focuses on a comparative approach to students exploring the consolidation of power of Mao and Hitler, with the consolidation of power of Mussolini and Lenin/Stalin referenced as additional case studies for students. IB History - Paper 2 - Topic 10: Authoritarian States (20th century)

Lesson requiring pupils to examine arguements for and against executing the King, the verdict and to create a short talk-show clip interviewing the key people.