Edexcel GCSE History 9-1 Weimar and Nazi Germany This lesson looks at the Lean Years following the Munich Putsch and the way in which the Nazis reorganised including the development of new branches of the party e.g. women and young people and the development of the SS as a foil to the SA. Also includes the Bamberg Conference and the battle between Socialist and Nationalist factions within the party. Includes retrieval tasks on 25 point programme and the impact of the Munich Putsch

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 word document is a how to guide on how to answer each of the three question stems for Edexcel GCSE Paper 2 option P4 Superpower Relations in the Cold War It includes breakdowns of how to answer the questions, top tips, past paper examples and a model answer of each type of question. It is to glue into pupil books.

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.

Edexcel Politics ALevel but can be used for AQA or US Civics lessons Lesson 1 Intro to Constitution- the Articles nature and Features of it. This is a very detailed 2 hour-3 lesson with a range of resources: Includes: 40 slide powerpoint with built in activities Glossary for students of all key words for the topic Worksheet to fill in US constitutional framework Separation of Powers and Federalism diagrams and examples Amending the Constitution Homework on issues around second amendment with news articles as a case study Hours worth of work here will give students an excellent start to their US Politics/ Social Studies lesson.

ALevel Tudor Rebellions Course- Revision Resource: These retrieval grids cover all the rebellions against the Tudors in England. Grid 1: Henry VII between 1485-1499 Grid 2: Henry VIII and Edward VI rebellions 1509-1553 Grid 3: Mary I and Elizabeth I rebellions in England 1553-1601 Note: I have not included the Irish rebellions grid as I’ve not had chance to make this yet. These are two word documents- due to small size of text to fit on one side -will ideally be printed A3. 2nd Word document is the answers highlighted in case you are unfamiliar with the course. Has detailed but succinct breakdown of the main themes: -Aims and causes -Support and leadership and size -Affected regions -Government response -Reasons for success/ failure -Impact Please note: PNG files are for illustration only- file includes fully editable word documents.

A brief intro to some very basic Historical skills for a first Y7 lesson. This lessons looks at: Chronology, Facts and interpretations and Anachronisms Includes two different homework tasks (to provide options) Includes a powerpoint, word doc worksheet and two diff hwk sheets. Please note PNG files are for illustrative purposes only but all fully editable documents are included in the files.

Complete lesson for Edexcel GCSE Weimar Germany -can be used for different specs. This lesson is an in depth look at how Ebert took power in 1918 and became the new Chancellor prior to elections and also how the Weimar Constitution worked. Includes a political ideologies quiz, diagrams of the political spectrum and Weimar government/ constitution and colour code sheets to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution. Important context to set up the issues facing the Weimar Constitution and the coalition governments in Germany in the 1920s. Also important foundations to explain how Hitler was later able to exploit the Constitution and be appointed Chancellor in 1933. Updated for 2023 to make it more streamlined and simplify. Please ignore PNG files they are for illustrative purposes only, all my lessons include fully editable word docs and powerpoints as well as images of these.

This is lesson 2 of my mini unit on Weimar Culture and How Golden were the Golden Years? This lesson is focused on a depth study of German culture during the 1920s and the Liberal winds of change which swept through German cities in the 1920s. This lesson includes: women and sexuality, LGBTQ history in Berlin, Art and Architecture (Bauhaus and Gropius), Leisure and Jazz and Cinema as well as behaviour and attitudinal changes and the ways in which they were perceived differently in society. Very teacher led lesson but should produce some fantastic discussion and very relevant to today in terms of “culture wars” as a distraction from some of the problems in society. Wiill also serve as a great contrast to Life in Nazi Germany in topic 4

Edexcel GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany Lesson 1 on mini unit on the Weimar Germany Golden Years 1924-1929 Includes a retrieval starter to match up Stresemann’s policies to the problems they solved and a summary of positive and negative outcomes. Then examines a debate on the extent to which living standards improves (refers to textbook but all stats/ info is on one of the slides). Encourages students to develop explanation/ analysis for themselves for how and why this would improve living conditions. Segue into WEimar culture- Art looking at Metropolis by Otto Dix and social commentary on divided society in Weimar Germany- Primary source analysis then examination of effect of Weimar Constitution and examination of New Objectivism in German Art/ culture. This is part of my wider Unit on Weimar Germany but a 3 parter on “how golden were the golden years” as an enquiry/ debate for Interpretations.

Lesson for KS3 which examines increasing persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany since 1933. Includes all resources, fully detailed and explained so can be used by non specialists.

Edexcel GCSE lesson for Key Topic 4: Nazi policies towards Women. This lesson includes lots of information about Nazi policies towards women including enough detail to easily reach grade 9 level- can be amended for lower ability learners e.g. just by telling them to only look for 4-5 policies on the sheet to use in their answers. Also includes a whole section 3a-3d exam questions on women to practice skills and a part modelled “how useful” are these sources question for students to emulate for the next source and some sentence starters to help them to deal with interpretations e.g. “Interpretation 1 argues” In my experience students really struggle with these questions and don’t always know how to handle them and need plenty of modelling.

Included are four medicine through time thematic timelines. These are great for revision sessions - students add on lines to show when each development started/ stopped. Then add annotations to show the WASIIC factors which caused the change/ continuity. Designed for teacher supported revision sessions or lessons or independent homework which will be checked later… Also included a summary of all Edexcel Medicine through time past paper questions for the section B questions on one handy 2 page document Recommended printing to A3.

This is a grid for supporting your revision- it has some questions planned out in full for each topic and space for you to do your own using the models to help you. I’ve also included some full exemplar Level 5 essays for several topics.

2 hour ALevel lesson designed to evaluate stability in Russia between 1906-1914, Designed for OCR course but can be used for AQA or Edexcel also. Very comprehensive with detailed resources for independent learning and enquiries, debate and discussion. Follows my lesson on Stolypin and Witte and evaluating their relative significance. This is also designed to go before studying the impact of WWI on RUssia so students can evaluate how far WWI caused the February revolution 1917. DEtailed card sort examining evidence for/ against increased economic, social and political stability in the period 1906-1914

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.

OCR History lesson for ALevel course Russia 1894-1941 but can be adapted to any Alevel course with Lenin or simplified down for GCSE. -Lesson evaluates Lenin’s successes and failures. Ideally will be taught at the end of my unit on Lenin but includes all the relevant evidence via a card sort activity and info sheet to be used as a stand alone lesson.

GCSE History Superpower Relations in the Cold War Edexcel but can be used for any spec This 3 lesson bundle is very detailed and includes loads of info and tasks on Detente, SALT 1, Helsinki Accords and the APollo Soyuz mission Also Why did Detente fail? SALT 2 and its failure. Includes analysis of events and also an SEND reduced content worksheet. Also includes an 8 mark model answer but as a “find and fix” the errors exercise to test student knowledge and understanding. No textbooks necessary or any other info all included.