This is a whole lessons activity on the coming of canals during the Industrial Revolution. Use the powerpoint to encourage students to define the word canalmania, and to decide the biggest problems that the canalbuilders faced in the 1780s/90s. The worksheet can be done as a card sort or a cut and stick activity. Students must decide which of the pieces of information are advantages and disadvantages. They must then, as an extension, decide which relate to: a) money, b) transporting people/things, c) others. Students then answer the question on the final slide of the powerpoint. This can lead to a piece of extended writing for more able students, or as a more broken down set of answers for the less able. There is plenty of scope for discussion throughout the lesson.

This is a lesson resource in including a two-fold card sorting or cutting and sticking exercise. Students start by matching up key terms which will be used in this lesson and others on the Civil War. Students then move on to the causes of the war, on the worksheet. They decide which are the long-term and short term factors. They can subsequently arrange them according to blame - the king, Parliament, or no particular blame. Lower-ability students can move straight on to blaming the king, Parliament, or no-one in particular. Students can use the writing frame at the end to decide on the more important causes of the Civil War, and attach overall blame to the king / Parliament. A fun and informative lesson.

This is a cut and stick activity. Students must decide which of the pieces of information relate to: • How healthy were prehistoric people? • How did prehistoric people die? • Why does archaeological evidence not give us a full understanding of prehistoric people? Students then answer the questions on the second side of the sheet, They are scaffolded for abilities, with more able students encouraged to think of what sources of information they would be able to use for other periods that cannot be used to learn about prehistory, and to suggest how else people could learn about prehistoric societies - eg. observing modern tribal societies in Australia, New Zealand, South America, Africa etc, or by reading Roman accounts of Iron Age Britain. This leads well onto class discussion on health through the ages. This can lead to a piece of extended writing.

This is a cut and stick activity. Students must decide which of the terms relate to war guilt, reparations, military restrictions and land. Students then decide on the worst of the punishments, placing themselves in the position of Germany. Students are invited to consider the extent to which the terms of the treaty met the aims of the Big Three. This can lead to a piece of extended writing.

A resource for GSCE students studying the Prohibition era in the USA. There are two cards sorts, one one why Prohibition was introduced, and one for why it was repealed. The repeal card sort is best done as a diamond 9 activity. Categories could include, but not be limited to: corruption, violence, crime, alcohol, the public.

This is a resource which can be used as a colour-coded worksheet or a card sort. There are differentiated resources for the ore and lower-ability students. Students are asked to identify changes for the better and for the worse. They must then categorise changes as work, daily life, crime and government/voting. There are extension questions for students to make judgement on the best and worse changes, and an overall judgement. There is a summary of the positive and negative changes, with key words marked in red.

This is a whole-lesson on Martin Luther King. it contains a link to the 'I have a Dream' speech, an information sheet on Martin Luther King 's beliefs and a factfile on Martin Luther King, differentiated for the lower ability students. The factfile can be turned into a spider diagram, or students can categorise information in it into Martin Luther King 's views, actions and consequences of actions. Students have a writing frame on which to base an evaluation of Martin Luther King's significance. Students finish by considering the effect of non-peaceful protest.

A cut and stick activity which leads to a piece of judgemental writing on the daily life and work of enlaved poeople. Students match up point of slave life to the evidence surrounding it. They stick each matched point and piece of evidence into the table. They then give their own explanation, such as ‘This was cruel because…’ Students can categorise and prioritise the different aspects of life, into areas such as social life, work and others. Homework vocab building task also included.

An assessment about assessing the accuracy of a source. Students are invited to label the picture of slaves working on a plantation. They then fill in what they notice on the worksheet, which is differentiated for the lower-ability students. They give their own explanation of the evidence in the picture. E.g. P - slaves' clothes, Ev - they are European, and look new and fresh, Exp - Slaves did wear European clothes, but after a long day in the fields they would be looking more tatty than they are how to be. There is a writing frame and mark scheme attached. The mark scheme is NC levels, but can easily be adapted to GCSE style grades.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that the Soviet Union failed in Afghanistan. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the USSR's failure. This could also be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that the Berlin Airlift was successful. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the Airlift's success. The task could also be done as a diamond activity. It could be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

A card sort which allows students to place in chronological order the events (from the start of Glasnost and Perestroika to the end of 1991) which led to the fall of the USSR. More able students can be challenged to explain what each of these events meant, and how much of a threat it was, with the higher end resource.

A card sort which allows students to place in chronological order the events (from 1991 end of 1995) which happened in the Former Yugoslavia. More able students can be challenged to explain what each of these events meant, and how much of a threat it was, with the higher end resource.

A card sort which allows students to place in chronological order the events (from 1996 to 1999) which happened in Kosovo. More able students can be challenged to explain what each of these events meant, and how much of a threat it was, with the higher end resource. The PowerPoint gives background to the events and can be used as a discussion point with students. The chart can be filled in by students to assess how far American aims were fulfilled in Kosovo.

The first resource is an information sheet which students can use to identify the successes, partial successes and failures of the Gulf War. More able students can decide for themselves how successful the Gulf War was. The second resource is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise the successes, partial successes and failures of the Gulf War. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important successes and failures, and apply their knowledge to a GCSE style essay question. The task could also be done as a diamond activity.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise reasons that Mussolini conducted the invasion of Abysinnia. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the invasion. It can be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise reasons that the League of Nations failed to stop the invasion of Abysinnia. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for this failure. It can be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

A cut and stick activity which leads to a piece of judgemental writing on successes of the League of Nations. Students match up point of success to the evidence surrounding it. They stick each matched point and piece of evidence into the table. This could alternatively be recorded in the venn diagram. They then give their own explanation, such as 'This was a more / less meaningful success because...' Students can categorise and prioritise the different aspects of success, into areas such as local peacekeeping, global peacekeeping and global improvement.

This is a cut and stick activity. There are worksheets for core and less-able students. Students must decide which of the terms relate to war guilt, reparations, military restrictions and land. Students then decide on the worst of the punishments, placing themselves in the position of Germany. This can lead to a piece of extended writing.

An interactive decision-making sheet for students to fill in. They place themselves in the position of the League and decide what they would do in each scenario. Information on each scenario is provided, as is space for students to give an explanation of each of their choices. This could be done as a group, paired or individual activity.