This is an assembly to be delivered in an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school to all year groups. It explains the origins of Remembrance day whilst focusing on acts of individual heroism in the carnage of the First World War. It also brings remembrance up to date, marking the 25th anniversary of British participation in the UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo and explains the work of the RBL today. Included are notes at the bottom of slides to provide further information I would include and instruction on what I would say to transition from slide to slide.

A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the reasons for the collapse of the Second British Empire. Could stretch to two lessons Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum. This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.

This session covers the exam technique for each question in the Edexcel GCSE History Paper 1 - Medicine Through Time and Western Front exam paper. The session aims to ensure students have a clear approach to the tricky questions they have to answer in their exam. This can be used as a stand alone lesson or revision session. PowerPoint includes writing frames, example questions taken from past papers and example answers for each question.

A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the significance of India to the British Empire and the impact of ~British colonialism on the subcontinent. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum. This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.

This resource is ideal for revision. Included is a complete list of 10 mark and 20 mark questions which students should be able to answer by the time of their exam. The resource covers all topics in the exam board specification from the reign of Nicholas II to Stalin’s Russia. Compiled using past exam papers. Students have historically used this resource as a basis from which to complete revision activities and as a check list to see which questions they need to revise in more depth.

This is the final lesson of a scheme of work on why women achieved voting rights in Britain. Its aim is to review all of the content covered in the previous lessons and to enable students to form their own conclusions. Fully resourced with a lesson plan included. Can be purchased individually or as part of a bundle which allows students to answer the inquiry question listed. Designed as a British study in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum

This is the fourth lesson of a scheme of work on why women achieved voting rights in Britain. Its aim is to show how the position of women changed as a result of the First World War. Fully resourced with a lesson plan included. Can be purchased as a stand alone lesson or as part of a bundle which allows students to answer the inquiry question listed. Designed as a British study in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum

A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the condequences of the Indian Rebellion and should teach the harsh realities of how Britain maintained control of India. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum. This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.

This is the sixth lesson in a series on the causes of the 1905 revolution. It covers the events of Bloody Sunday and how the revolutionary movement expanded from there. The lesson shows how national strikes gripped the empire and how Nicholas’s grip on power was under serious threat. Students will be given a timeline of key events and will be required to identify key information before assessing how the threat level changes over time. Includes recall activities and homework.

A fully resourced KS3 assessment including lesson plan and lesson designed to help students get to grips with the requirement of the assessment. Also includes student planning sheet, teacher feedback sheet and SEN writing frame. The assessment aims to assess students understanding of historical interpretations and how historians are affected by their environment and prejudices. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum. Can be purchased as part of bundle on empire which includes preceding lessons.

This is the second lesson of a series of lessons on the Russian Civil War. The aim of this lesson is to introduce students to a number of factors which contributed to Red victory. Students are introduced to factors ranging from Red propaganda and the leadership of Leon Trotsky to the White weaknesses and geographical factors. Lesson includes a homework on Allied Intervention which requires the textbook, 'Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.

This lesson begins at the end of the Russian Civil war and establishes a Bolshevik Russia faced with multiple domestic threats. It allows students to establish an understanding of the economic and social problems in the countryside and in the cities, as well as the opposition which the Bolsheviks faced. It therefore shows how Lenin was forced to make a “retreat” from his communist economic policies in order to allow recovery and thus prevent opposition. Included in the lesson are key events such as the Kronstadt Mutiny and the “Ban on Factions” at the 10th Party Congress but also a clear defining of what the NEP actually meant for the Russian economy. Lesson used for multiple years and recently updated.

A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the reasons for the expansion of the East India Company in India. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum. This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.

A fully resourced KS3 lesson including lesson plan. The lesson aims to teach students the reasons for the expansion of the Second British Empire. Lesson taught for a number of years and recently updated. Fits in with the national push to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ and fits within the aims of the National Curriculum. This can be taught as a stand alone lesson or can be purchased in a bundle of lessons on the British Empire which includes an assessment.

This is the first lesson of a scheme of work on why women achieved voting rights in Britain. It’s aim is to contextualise the position of women before leading to further study of the suffrage movement. Fully resourced with a lesson plan included. Can be purchased as a stand alone lesson or as part of a bundle of lessons which allows students to answer the inquiry question listed. Designed as a British study in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum.

This is the fifth lesson in a series on the causes of the 1905 Revolution. It covers the causes, reasons for Russian defeat and the consequences of the conflict. The lesson demonstrates how Minister of the Interior, Vyasheslav von Plehve planned the war as a short victorious war which ended in disaster. It also demonstrates how this war caused opposition to reach new heights with events like the liberal Banqueting Campaigns and strike action. Lesson includes retrieval quiz and homework. The lesson makes use of an extract from Orlando Figes ‘A peoples’ tragedy’, pp. 168-171.