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!
Unit of work on Medieval Medicine for the Edexcel GCSE History specification.
A fully dual coded learning journey for the entire medicine course.
Whole topic!
Complete with knowledge retrieval quizzes, dual coding resources, videos, worksheets and 2 practice 16 mark questions and model answers and also a full glossary of key words.
Lesson 1: Intro to exam, thematic course, medieval England and diseases includes research hwk on Hippocrates and Galen
Lesson 2: Ideas about Causes of Disease in medieval England
Lesson 3: Care of the Sick, consolidation of Four Humours and Attitudes and introduction to WASIIC factors for change/ continuity
Lesson 4: Medieval ideas about Treatment
Lesson 5: Medieval Hospitals and exam practice
Lesson 6: The Black Death case study
Lesson 7: Medieval ideas about Prevention of Disease
Lesson 8: Summary of Medieval era- causes of change and continuity
NOTE:
Updated in 2024 with lots of new resources and improved powerpoints and word resources.
2 Any reference to the textbook can be ignored as all lessons include alternative information sources which are clearly signposted.
PNG files are for illustrative purposes only- all files are fully editable powerpoint and word documents.
This is an absolute bargain and very handy for beginners!
Edexcel Politics ALevel Lessons
These lessons are about the Labour Party- development and election history from 1997 in depth.
Includes: origins
Labour Pre 1997 including the gang of 4 and Michael Foot
The Blair revolution and changes to Claus IV- the Third Way and New Labour
Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband -surface detail
Includes a timeline of the Labour Party since 1979 and major changes to leadership I’ve added this as a PDF as well as an editable word doc as sometimes the formatting gets messed up on word.
The Corbyn Revolution 2017 to 2019- what changed?
I will be updating with the Starmer years soon!
Edexcel ALevel Politics lessons
Covering the Conservative Party up to around 2020
Set of lessons on the Conservative party from traditional values through Thatcherism and beyond. Includes the Wilderness years, the Cameron revolution, May and Johnson.
New added info:
Conservative Party Factions 2022 and post conference 2023 articles from the Guardian and Sky News
Timeline of party leaders
Colour code of how far party is united around One Nation Values
Updated to 2024 (January) including new developments on Conservative Party Factions.
This is a bundle of lessons for the OCR ALevel Course Tudors- Rebellion and Disorder
-Lesson 1: English rule in Ireland and Intro
-Lesson 2: Silken Thomas
-Lesson 3: Shane O’Neill
-Lesson 4-5: The Desmond/ Geraldine Rebellions
Plus all four lessons on the depth study of the Tyrone Rebellion
If you buy the lessons: email me for the video clips which I cannot add for copyright reasons:
-The Fall of the House of Kildare
-BBC the Story of Ireland Part 3
At present you can also find them on Youtube
moss_emma@hotmail.com
This is for Paper 1 Component 1 UK Politics only
A bumper pack of revision resources:
Knowledge organisers for all topics which are very detailed
Topic check lists for all topics
List of potential exam questions for all topics on a planning grid with an example
Revision quiz on Democracy
Example answers for a number of questions and source questions
A Democracy revision quilt powerpoint for each key question with key words and case studies
This bundle is my new and updated Medicine Through Time bundle of lessons on WWI Medicine:
British Sector of the Western Front
Total cost to purchase individually £24
Heavily discounted
Includes all the basics you would need to teach this topic for the first time. All lessons are fully resourced, no need for a textbook but obviously if you have the textbook you can further enhance the lessons.
Also includes model answers and exam questions for every question type and a guide for students on how to answer the questions.
OCR ALevel Tudor Rebellions
These lessons look at rebellions against Mary I and Elizabeth I in ENGLAND.
I have a separate bundle for Ireland so they are not on here.
Includes: Lady Jane Grey, Wyatt, Revolt of the Northern Earls and Oxfordshire and Essex (as one mega lesson).
Cost to buy separately £19
Edexcel GCSE History
Anglo Saxon and Norman England
Key Topic 2: William Establishes Control over England
Includes all lessons needed includes exam questions / planning sheets for exam questions.
Total price would be £20.00
KS3 Scheme of Work on the Tudors but very challenging with lots of detail so could be used for KS4 and even adapted for KS5.
Includes the following lessons:
0. Glossary of key terms
Henry VII and the legacy of Wars of the Roses Henry’s problems and solutions
Henry VIII Problems as he ascended the throne
Henry VIII Wives- a revisionist view looking at his wives achievements, strengths and influence
Dissolution of the monasteries
Interpretations of Henry VIII- Renaissance Prince or Terrible Tyrant?
Black Tudors- examining African people’s lives in Tudor England and deconstructing misconceptions
Edward VI Reign and legacy
Mary I- Does she deserve her bloody reputation?
Elizabeth I and her problems
Elizabeth I and the issue of marriage- Tudor Take Me Out
Religious Rollercoaster lesson
Edexcel GCSE Superpower RElations bundle
Key Topic 3 The End of the Cold War
Includes a load of useful resources
Including: Key word glossaries for all topics
Exam questions and a variety of model answers/ tasks e.g. find and fix, gap fills, planning etc
Retrieval tasks e.g. highlighter heads- who is who from Topic 1 and 2
Lesson 1 and 2 DEtente, SALT and Helsinki Accords and Why did Detente fail?/ Failure of SALT 2
Lesson 3 The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Lesson 4 Reagan and the Second Cold War including Reagan Doctrine and the Star Wars programme
Lesson 5 Gorbachev’s New Thinking and the collapse of Soviet Control in E. Europe and End of the Cold War
Lesson 6 The Fall of the Soviet Union/ USSR
Total of lessons individually £24
This is a bundle of my lessons for Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations in the Cold War 1945-1991
Key Topic 2: Crises oof the cold War
Includes:
-The Berlin Crisis 1958-1961
-The Berlin Wall and impact
-The Cuban Revolution and Bay of Pigs Invasion
-THe Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
-The Prague Spring 1968 causes events and consequences
Includes a range of exam questions of all 3 question types and model answers.
Total Cost would be £21 individually
Here is a link to my Key Topic 1 Bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-cold-war-superpower-relations-topic-1-12813074
Edexcel GCSE History Specification
Anglo Saxon and Norman England
Key Topic 1 Bundle Anglo Saxon England
Includes bonus revision materials
Whole topic for Anglo Saxon England key topic 1 includes some exam questions and model answers.
Edexcel GCSE:
I made these lessons to save time as I had to teach the entire Unit 2A in just 18-20 lessons.
I have managed to squish each key topic down into 6 lessons with exam questions generally being sat as homework.
These lessons worked surprisingly well despite only having 6 lessons!
It does require some printing however if you are organised you could have your repro dept print all the sheets into a booklet with alternative pages for notes.
Includes the whole of key topic 1: Origins of the Cold War.
Lesson 1: Peace Conferences WWII and the Grand Alliance
Lesson 2: Escalating tensions and breakdown of Grand Alliance
Lesson 3: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Cominform and Comecon
Lesson 4: The first Berlin Crisis-Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift
Lesson 5: The Nuclear Arms Race
Lesson 6: The Hungarian Rising/ Revolution and Soviet invasion
Exam questions included: Explain two consequences of the Yalta Conference (includes model answer)
Write a narrative account analysing key events of the Berlin Crisis 1948 (8 marks) includes modelling
End of topic key content quiz- 18 questions
Edexcel Spec 2017- updated to 2020 with recent and relevant political examples and 2019 election.
Entire Democracy topic including topic check list and detailed knowledge organiser. Note does not include rights as I teach these with Judiciary however some Pressure groups examples relate to rights :)
This is a unit of work with over 20 hours of lessons.
All resources for each lesson included - powerpoint, worksheets, extra reading
Also includes a powerpoint for Sixth formers on Independent learning for ALevel.
Full set of lessons on Lenin’s Russia
-Bolshevik problems/ establishing Bolshevik rule
-The Causes of the Civil War
-Why did the REds win the Civil War
-How did the Bolsheviks consolidate rule- source lesson
-The Kronstadt mutiny, Tambov Rising and the New Economic Policy (NEP)
-Evaluation of how successful Lenin was.
Edexcel Comparative Politics- can be used for AQA also with small adaptations
Includes all my lessons on the Presidency- updated as of Jan 2024 to include Biden’s successes and failures. All lessons are at least 2 hours plus hwk. Some take longer
Lesson 1 and 2 Intro to President- Role and Powers
Lesson 3-4 Cabinet and Vice President
Lesson 5-6 Power of Persuasion
Lesson 7-8 Student Presentations Presidential Case Studies Aims successes and failures including foreign and domestic policy (including completed notes sheet in case any are absent or don’t include enough detail)
Lesson 9-10 Presidential Power- What factors can help the President? Is the President Imperial or Imperilled?
Lesson 11-12 Comparative Politics comparing the President and the Prime Minister in the UK
Total cost to buy separately: £28.00
Edexcel ALevel Politics (new spec from 2017)
This is a bundle of all my resources on Congress.
This is a 12-16 hour teaching bundle which covers the entire topic and comparative politics.
1.Structure, Role and powers of Congress
2. Representation in Congress
3. Legislative process in Congress
4. Oversight of the Executive Branch
5. How has role and powers of Congress changed- especially in a post Trump era?
6. Comparative Govt Comparing Congress and Parliament.
Glossary sheet for Topic 2.
Topic Check List and Key Words as well as Case Studies updated as of 2024.
Total price to buy separately would be: £28.50
Mega bundle of all my revision and exams resources for OCR Tudor Rebellions 1485-1603
Includes:
Christmas Quiz
Exam Technique information
Revision and Course Guide (includes detailed revision topic check list)
ALevel essay bundle
Epic revision quiz
Essay Plans -Thematic Questions
Revision Pack
Revision and retrieval pack
REvision Grids
End of Year Pub Quiz- with mega music round- students have to match the rebel/ key individual or rebellion to the music by thinking about the lyrics, Tudor Swearwords, Gossip etc
Price to purchase individually £37.50- huge discount!
Alevel OCR course (Easily adapted for AQA/ Edexcel similar courses or Courses on the Tudors)
This bundle includes all my initial lessons which are rebellions against Henry VII between 1485-1509 This is over 6 double lessons plus homework. It is our Year 12 summer teaching. We pick up in September with the Pilgrimage of Grace.
I have spent 3 years improving and refining these lessons. As ever, I’ve done all the reading so you don’t have to. These powerpoints and other resources include all the detail/ facts you need to succeed in Tudor rebellions learning/ teaching.
Total Price to buy lessons individually £31- huge savings- everything you need to teach the first 5 rebellions to a very high standard.
Alevel Lessons on Stalin’s Russia
For the OCR 1894-1941 spec but can easily be used for any ALevel on Stalin as the content is way more detailed than needed.
Includes:
-How did Stalin take power? Power struggle with Trotsky and others
-Stalin’s priorities and economic policies- collectivisation and 5 year plans includes impact on production and other impact e.g. the famine/ Holodomor an evaluation of successes and failures
-The Cult of personality, use of propaganda and Cultural Revolution
-Terror
-Living standards in Stalin’s Russia
Ultimately these lessons cover the entirety of the topics on Stalin for the OCR board. Each lesson has had 6-7 hours of planning- some of them cover four-five hours of teaching plus homework. I have read widely and in depth and put a lot of time into the resources to save you time!
