Affordable Outstanding History and Politics Lessons
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15 yrs experience in outstanding schools and 5 years exam marking. I have a range of affordable resources for all Key Stages in History and ALevel (KS5) Government and Politics. I do the hard work so you don't have to! Track record of outstanding teaching and results over 15 year career so far. SPI +1.10 and a residual of +0.48 in 2023.
Please review my resources as this helps me to improve and produce what teachers want. Any issues feel free to email me- moss_emma@hotmail.com and ill help!
15 yrs experience in outstanding schools and 5 years exam marking. I have a range of affordable resources for all Key Stages in History and ALevel (KS5) Government and Politics. I do the hard work so you don't have to! Track record of outstanding teaching and results over 15 year career so far. SPI +1.10 and a residual of +0.48 in 2023.
Please review my resources as this helps me to improve and produce what teachers want. Any issues feel free to email me- moss_emma@hotmail.com and ill help!
Edexcel Politics Component 3 but can be used for AQA also.
This mega 2 hour lesson plus hwk examines how powerful the POTUS in the USA is for the key debate to end Topic 3
Includes retrieval of past knowledge re: President, note taking and discussion about unilateral actions of POTUS and limitations of these. Discussion/ ranking task of factors which can hinder/ help a POTUS achieve aims and a debate/ table of arguments about how imperial a President is alongside the discussion of whether a President may be described as Bifurcated.
Also includes a colour code sheet for homework and a comparative task to prepare them for thinking about comparison to Prime Minister.
Please note PNG images are for illustration only. Files include fully editable Powerpoint and Word document.
Edexcel Politicsc ALevel Paper 1 Feedback
Note: This mock exam feedback and modelling is for the 2023 Paper but for Questions 1a/b and 2a/b only as I don’t teach Ideologies.
This feedback powerpoint has common mistakes and key content for the exam questions 1a/b and 2a/b including a full modelled paragraph using the PEELE structure with clear evaluation and mini judgments.
Also includes a purple pen response sheet with the modelled paragraphs to highlight and then space to write their own / example conclusions.
Very detailed!
Edexcel ALevel Politics spec but can be used for AQA as very similar.
Lesson examining and analysing compartive Politics looking at various aspects of USA President and UK Prime Ministers including:
-Role and Powers
-Cabinets
-Accountability to Legislatures/ Checks and balances
-Styles of Government
-RElationships between branches
Also includes updated examples as of January 2024 including James Cleverly controversies and attempts to impeach Biden in US House due to increasing partisanship
Includes little video clips to demonstrate examples or show comparisons and a full breakdown of the comparative theories for this topic.
Includes a colour code to help students get used to understanding the different theories and how to apply them.
Very detailed and no need for any additional resources although can be set as independent work with textbook but all info is contained within resources so no need to own the Bennett book- if you don’t have it ignore page references in the teacher notes.
This lesson has a lot of resources, more than enough for 2 hours of lessons (probably 3 hours if you include video tasks) plus homework and there is a 12 mark exam question for Edexcel included.
Edexcel Government and Politics Lesson 3 Representative Democracy UK
Complete lesson on Representative Democracy and its Features in the UK including some analysis and evaluation of how effective it is.
Includes powerpoint and all documents needed including a short video clip.
Part of my entire Democracy topic priced £8 you may wish to buy whole topic instead :)
How effectively does Congress fulfil its role of Representation in the USA?
-Includes up to date examples and video links of AOC, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Marco Rubio etc.
Very detailed- explains concepts of gerrymandering and pork barrel politics, incumbency advantage, caucuses etc.
Lesson lasts around 2hours as I teach in doubles but can be broken down into smaller chunks.
Includes debate sheet on How effectively Congress performs this role for students to caption each argument and use for essay planning
OCR ALevel Depth study as part of thematic Tudor Rebellions course.
This resource will cover x4 hours of teaching plus homework- it also includes an example assessment (interpretations) witth feedback and a model paragraphs section.
Variety of resources and activities included such as mapping the Pilgrimage of Grace to teach the chronology and events, context to teach the underlying tensions and a venn diagram to analyse and evaluate causes
Includes all information, suitable for beginners to the course and new teachers.
Very comprehensive.
Analysis of the roles of Witte and Stolypin for the OCR Russia 1894-1941 ALevel course.
Can also be used for other specs and for GCSE if you simplify it further.
I made this in response to a 10 mark essay I set:
Which of the following was more significant in bringing stability to Russia 1894-1941
Includes a powerpoint recapping and consolidating events of the prior four Dumas and the role of Witte and Stolypin.
Includes information and evidence about both as well as a comparative analysis table with arguments about how they both increased and decreased stability with their policies.
This powerpoint was designed around Examiner Reports for Edexcel. It uses the extracts from the Examiner comments with tips and guidance on how to approach the different exam questions for Edexcel Paper 3A in Politics ALevel- USA Comparative.
Includes tips/ structure for 12 mark Comparative Government
12 mark Comparative Theory
30 mark essays.
Also includes a table of all past paper questions and a 30 mark essay planning grid.
PNG files for illustrative purposes only- includes a fully editable powerpoint and word docs.
For OCR Alevel Tudor Rebellions ALevel History
This pack has several interpretations (30 mark questions) on the Pilgrimage of GRace and includes model answers and activities for students to do as a response to feedback on the interpretations.
Includes:
Interpretations questions on the causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace*
Interpretations question on the Nature of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Interpretations question on the seriousness of the Pilgrimage of Grace*
Interpretations question on the impact of the Pilgrimage of Grace
have model answers and tasks to complete
The model answers from OCR are rubbish- these are better!
Includes 3x interps on causes
2 x interps on nature
2 x interps on threat posed
1 x interp on impact
Detailed lesson (2 hours plus hwk) on the Nature of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Includes Historiography to deconstruct the question “Whose rebellion was the Pilgrimage of Grace” which is one of the key debates used for the exam.
Includes key debate from the textbook and historians views evaluation.
Lesson examining Political Participation in the UK and the changes to rates of voting in elections, referendums and membership of parties and pressure groups.
Includes full powerpoint resource, evidence sheet with stats up to date as of 2022/ 2023.
Examples of corruption / MPs breaking rules since 2019
Word document with evidence to support/ oppose the argument that there is a participation crisis
Article on How UK has become one of most corrupt nations in the world
Debate sheet colour code
Edexcel Politics ALevel (Can also be used for AQA)
This is a batch of revision end of topic checklists AND glossary/ key word sheets for all topics:
Constitution
Congress
Presidency/ Executive
Supreme Court and Civil Rights
Democracy and Elections including Political Parties
I have created some topic checklists for each topic from the spec with key bullet points for students to traffic light their confidence including key words at the bottom.
For US Presidency and Supreme Court/ Civil Rights I have also included key case studies as I know students struggle with these.
Included all key legislative achievements for Presidents from Clinton up to Biden (correct as of June 2023)
Also includes useful tables e.g. how many exec orders each POTUS has, vetoes used, signing statements used etc.
Included all key Court Cases which created policy for SCOTUS and key cases relating to the bill of rights.
For Democracy, I have included case studies of interest groups needed for the exam and also a debate on whether interest groups provide evidence of pluralism or elitism.
Note: also includes images for illustration only- if you download ALL files there are word documents which are fully editable.
OCR Tudor Rebellions ALevel
Can be used for any spec and for an Alevel course on the Tudors/ Wars of the Roses- Henry VII government and foreign policy
This is a detailed and comprehensive lesson which is fully resourced on the Cornish rebellion of 1497
Includes all resources, a detailed powerpoint and several activities as well as a retrieval quiz on the previous rebellions (I teach Warbeck after Cornish)
I hope it is useful for you!
Please note: PNG files are images for illustration only. The file contains fully adaptable Word documents and a powerpoint so please download entire folder and check it carefully.
Edexcel Politics ALevel Specification from 2017 but can be used for AQA also if slightly adapted - Comparative USA/ UK Politics
Mega planning grid with many different 12 markers for US Comparative Government (not the theory questions) which has a mixture of fully planned answers, partially planned answers and blank for students to plan as a revision tool.
Includes all the past paper questions (12 markers) and recent and relevant examples (updated for 2023) for the ones which are planned.
My students have found these grids really useful.
Please note images are for illustration only file does include a word document which is fully editable. Please download all files and disregard the images.
Model Answers in different formats included to the following questions.
Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations specification 1943-1991
All 3 question types models included and a range of different models including Find and Fix models for students to correct factually incorrect answers and improve them, gap fills and just paragraphs.
All correct answers supplied for activities.
Note: Pictures are for displays only but all fully editable word docs are also included:
Explain two consequences of:
The Hungarian Uprising 1956
The Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961
Gorbachev’s New Thinking
Write a Narrative Account of…
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Second Cold War
Explain the importance of Detente
Explain the importance of the Prague Spring
PLUS detailed plans of 13 different Explain the Importance of Questions- including ALL past paper questions
Edexcel; ALevel Politics
This is a detailed planning grid for answering 12 mark COMPARATIVE THEORY questions. The questions are all either past paper questions or constructed from the spec.
Some are filled in fully, some partly and some blank for students to plan. Includes many potential/ past questions to prepare students for a range of elements from the spec. There are 7 pages of questions here and it took a long time to make so hopefully it is useful!
Note: The images are for illustration only- the file includes a fully editable word document also which can be adapted/ further edited and enlarged/ adapted etc.
OCR Tudor Rebellions ALevel (can be used for other specs)
This lesson is a detailed study of the Simnel rebellion 1487
It includes all resources needed- for any references to the textbook- all info is actually typed up onto the slides- the references are only if you wish to set independent study using the Mervyn Tudor Rebellions textbook (SHP Hodder)
This is not necessary- the powerpoint can be used as a guided resource or slides/ info can be printed for students to work independently.
Many of the slides require the animations to reveal the info beneath.
Covers all the aspects needed for the Rebellions against Tudors Breadth study/ Thematic for the Lambert Simnel rebellion 1487 vs Henry VII.
OCR Tudor Rebellions ALevel course
Depth Study: Western Rebellion 1549/ The Prayer Book Rebellion
Lesson examining the impact/ government response to the Western Rebellion of 1549
No textbook needed
Includes powerpoint with detail about the Western rebellion govt response and context/ issues/ challenges faced by the govt.
Also includes retrieval of causes of the prayer book rebellion and a practice assessment interpretation of the effectiveness of Government response to Western rebellion.
Includes key debate How serious was the Western government/ how far did it pose serious threat.
Includes colour code sheet to analyse the consequences and consider how far rebellion was a success.
Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations and the Cold War
This is my 4th lesson from Key Topic 3: The End of the Cold War but can be used as a stand alone lesson.
In depth examination of who Reagan was, his ideas and beliefs and his policies including increased arms spending, rolling back Communism by funding guerrillas and the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) programme. Includes youtube video clips, source work and all the detail needed for students. Fully resourced nothing else needed.
Examines how Reagan’s personality played a key role in developments from the Second Cold War to Gorbacev;s “New thinking” and need to reform the USSR (this is next lesson).
Also includes a bumper retrieval practice for Key Topic 1 and 2 Highlighter Heads to help students recall key individuals from earlier in the Cold War (includes all key individuals from Roosevelt to Brezhnev, Dubcek and Husak).
Also includes an 8 mark exam question, planning sheet, SEND planning sheet and model answer for a narrative account question on the Cold War.
NOTE: I include images (PNG) files for illustration purposes - ignore these and open the word documents and powerpoint files for actual resources :)
Edexcel Politics ALevel
Lesson on USA Interest Groups
Examines role and nature of US Interest Groups
Aims?
Methods?
Types?
How far do they evidence USA is Elitist/ Pluralist?
Examples of Interest Groups and their aims/ influence
Case studies