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 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.
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.
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 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
These summary sheets are for the Edexcel Superpower Relations course (GCSE) they can be used for other specifications which cover Cold War crises.
This is a set of 6 word documents which have simplified, dual coded summaries of the Cold War crises for SEND students/ those who struggle to accesss the GCSE.
The 1st Berlin Crisis
The Hungarian Crisis
The 2nd Berlin Crisis
The Cuban Revolution and Bay of Pigs
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Prague Spring
I have included fully editable word docs but also PDFs as some versions of Word may cause images etc to misalign.
Edexcel ALevel Politics (Can be used for AQA too)
This two hour lesson examines the Electoral College system in the USA.
It includes- how it works, explanation of strengths and weaknesses and colour code/ evaluation of argument exercise
Case study of the 2020 Presidential election including the controversy links here to the Supreme Court topic- Ginni Thomas/ Clarence Thomas scandal.
Includes data/ case study on participation and voting behaviour in this election.
Also examines why Biden won.
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
Edexcel GCSE Superpower RElations in the Cold War
Key Topic 3:The End of the Cold War
Lesson 6 The Fall of the Soviet Union/ USSR
This is my final lesson in the Cold War Topic
This one covers the end of the Cold War/ fall of Soviet Union and also includes lots of exam question prep/ retrieval practice and all key words sheets/ answers for Key Topics 1 and 2.
All resources included does not require textbook or any additional resources.
Edexcel GCSE History- Superpower Relations and the Cold War
Key Topic 3: The end of the Cold War
Lesson 5 Gorbachev’s New Thinking and Summits to end the Cold War
Detailed lesson looking at causes, policies and consequences of Gorbachev’s New Thinking in the USSR.
Examines the role of Perestroika and Glasnost in bringing an end to the Cold War.
Includes a colour code activity and worksheet as well as an 8 mark question with gap fill model answer (explain two consequences).
Does not require textbook, includes all information/ resources you need.
Tired of mixing up revolutions?
This resource is designed to support ALevel/ GCSE students in differentiating between the 3 revolutions in Russia.
It is a colour code match up of information for the 1905, Feb 1917 and Oct 1917 revolutions.
Includes: Long term causes, short term causes/ sparks, aims, leadership and support, events, impact on government etc.
Also includes answers.
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 GCSE lesson on the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the consequences.
This is for the Superpower relations in the Cold War unit
Key Topic 3: The end of the Cold War
Lesson 3 the Soviet Invasion
Follows my lesson 1 on Detente and SALT and lesson 2 on SALT 2 and the failures of detente.
Fully resourced and detailed- does not require any additional resources. I have included all the information students need.
Includes Cold War recap starter -odd one out with explanation of answers (on the slide), causes, events and consequences of the invasion
Exam question (8 marker) on the importance.
Updated as of May 2024
Topic 1 Democracy Case Studies for key debates: Representative vs Direct Democracy, How far is there a participation crisis? Should there be further attempts to expand franchise? How far is UK Elitist/ Pluralist? Prisoner Voting Rights Debate, How well have rights been protected?
Topic 2 Political Parties Case Studies for key debates: How far do political parties support democracy in UK? Should political parties be state funded? How far has the Conservative Party identified with One Nation Principles? How far has Labour remained true to traditional principles? How significant are minor/ small parties in UK?
Hope they are useful!
There is also a template to set students hwk examples.
Ignore the PNG files they are for illustration only- files included are powerpoints and word documents- fully editable.
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.
This lesson looks at gas attacks through the skill of source evaluation of utility.
Tasks designed for students to develop their skills in evaluating sources.
All info included alongside video clips.
Also includes model answers to the 8 mark how useful question
Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Town
WWI Medicine on the Western Front
Lesson looking at the developments in medicine during and throughout WWI
Includes:
Plastic Surgery–Harold Gillies
Neurosurgery–Harvey Cushing
Shell Shock- Seale Hayne
Shrapnel Wounds- Carel Dakin method, debridement etc
Blood Transfusions
Xrays
Thomas Splint
Fully resourced does not require textbooks or any additional info other than the video links (supplied) and slides.
Powerpoint with explanation of how to answer the Edexcel GCSE Paper 1: Medicine through Time questions which can be really difficult for students so they need lots of practice and lots of examples.
Includes example answers for all 3 question types.
Edexcel GCSE History
Medicine Through Time WWI Site Study
This lesson examines the problems faced with the Chain of Evacuation
Why was the Chain of Evacuation Problematic and how was it improved?
All resources included no need for textbooks/ any other resources.
Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time
This lesson looks at causes of/ symptoms of ill health and injuries in the trenches linked to weapons studied in lesson 1-- Battles.
This source based lessons has students looking at evidence / information to find out about specific illlness/ injuries and the issues around it.
Also has a match up exercise on who treated the sick? RAMC and FANYs looking at their roles on the Western front.
Includes a retrieval quiz for the battles of WWI
This introductory lesson looks at the context of WWI and the new advances in weaponry as well as the key Battles of WWI.
Very developed and detailed resources for students including video clips of documentaries about battles and key features such as the blood bank at Cambrai, the underground hospital at Arras etc.
Examines the nature of Trench warfare and Attritional warfare as well as tactics such as Creeping Barrage to minimise injuries in the battles.