Pupils will learn the short and long-term effects of Hiroshima through a video and flashcard activity. Pupils will then look at the arguments for and against the atomic bomb. Pupils will then do a silent debate exploring if the atomic bomb was justified before completing an extended piece of writing.

Essay writing frame and fact sorting sheet on the Industrial Revolution and the positive/ negative impacts on the British people. A thematic essay looking at transport, economy, medicine, education and daily life. Keeps pupils busy/ quiet for a full lesson so perfect for last lesson on a Friday!

A source based lesson about the murder of Tsar Nicholas II. Includes the case file (source booklet), worksheets and Powerpoint.

Powerpoint about John Snow, The Broad Street Pump and the significance of Snow’s discoveries about cholera for the GCSE Medicine Through Time topic. This lesson includes various tasks for students (a layers of inference task and a debating task) and an extended writing task with a writing frame all provided on the Powerpoint.

This is the first lesson out of two on the American Civil War (although there are enough materials in this lesson alone to last at least two lessons). This lesson looks at the short-term and long-term causes of the American Civil War. Originally designed for the AQA GCSE Paper 2 (Thematic Studies, Power and the People, Challenging Royal Authority) however these resources could be used for any Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 lesson on the American Civil War. The lesson begins with a Dictagloss exercise followed by a differentiated marketplace activity which looks at the reasons for the Civil War: The English colonies in North America, taxes to the British army, feeling bossed around, Navigation Acts, No Taxation Without Representation, Boston Massacre of 1770, The Lexington Incident and the American Declaration of Independence. The lesson finishes with a GCSE exam-style question: “Compare the English and the American Revolutions. In what way were they similar?” The lesson outlines how to answer a similarity question such as this and what the markscheme is so pupils can peer assess each others answers.

This is the third lesson out of scheme of work on the English Civil War. Originally designed for the AQA GCSE Paper 2 (Thematic Studies, Power and the People, Challenging Royal Authority) however these resources could be used for any Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 lesson on the English Civil War. This lesson begins with a vanishing cloze on the diggers. Next, there is an information sharing exercise (which is differentiated) and information slides on the New Model Army, the Battle of Naseby, the differences between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads; and how propaganda was used during the English Civil War. Finally, there is a spot-the-difference plenary task on the Cavaliers and the Roundheads.

Powerpoint and supporting resources about why people believed in witchcraft in the 16th and 17th century and what the punishments were. Pupils finish the lesson by writing a letter giving advice to King James I about how to spot a witch and what to do about it for his book "Deamonologie". Writing frame and differentiated resources also included.

A follow-up lesson for students after returning from Quarry Bank Mill where pupils investigate the reliability of various sources about Quarry Bank Mill based on their own knowledge and the provenance of sources.

Powerpoint about living conditions in the Industrial Revolution. This lesson includes various tasks which are easily enough for two lessons: a layers of inference task, video activity, Venn Diagram, essay (with writing frame and gap fill for SEN/EAL pupils) and PEER marking.

This is the second lesson out of scheme of work on the English Civil War. Originally designed for the AQA GCSE Paper 2 (Thematic Studies, Power and the People, Challenging Royal Authority) however these resources could be used for any Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 lesson on the English Civil War. This lesson starts by asking pupils to recall the definitions for key terms from lesson 1 (e.g. catechism, The Grand Remonstrance, Presbyterian etc). Next, pupils have to sort the long-term and short-term causes of the English Civil War into religious, political and economic reasons onto a Venn Diagram (there are differentiated resources for this). Finally, pupils have to answer the exam question: “Were religious factors the main cause of protest in Engaldn in the nineteenth century?” There is a mark scheme related to this question so pupils can peer mark each other’s questions.

This is the second lesson out of two on the American Civil War (although this lesson could easily take up two lessons alone). This lesson looks at the short-term and long-term causes of the American Civil War. Originally designed for the AQA GCSE Paper 2 (Thematic Studies, Power and the People, Challenging Royal Authority) however these resources could be used for any Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 lesson on the American Civil War. The lesson looks at the short-term and long-term impacts of the American Revolution (through a chat-show type activity were pupils are play different characters and discuss how they have been affected by the American Revolution). The lesson also looks at the long-term effects of the American Revolution on the USA and Britain through a card-sort activity. Finally, there is an exam-style question: “Explain the significance of the American Civil War” with an accompanying mark scheme for peer marking.

This is the fourth lesson out of scheme of work on the English Civil War. Originally designed for the AQA GCSE Paper 2 (Thematic Studies, Power and the People, Challenging Royal Authority) however these resources could be used for any Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 lesson on the English Civil War. This lesson begins with a drawing exercise on the execution of Charles I. Information is then provided on how Charles came to be executed, The Second Civil War, The Rump Parliament, the trial of Charles I, the execution and if Charles I was a danger to democracy. Next there is a differentiated mock-trial on Charles I (pupils are given different character cards depending on their ability). Finally, pupils discuss the long-term and short-term impacts of Charles I’s execution. Homework is provided on whether Charles should have been executed as well as a newspaper reporting activity on the execution.

This is the fifth lesson out of scheme of work on the English Civil War. Originally designed for the AQA GCSE Paper 2 (Thematic Studies, Power and the People, Challenging Royal Authority) however these resources could be used for any Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 lesson on the English Civil War. This lesson looks at what happened after Charles’ execution and whether Oliver Cromwell was the hero or the villain of the English Civil War. Pupils begin by drawing two differing interpretations of Cromwell (one more favourable than the other). Pupils discuss why there might be differing interpretations of Cromwell before analysing further interpretations on Cromwell and deciding if they portray Cromwell as a hero or a villain. Next, pupils look at changing perceptions of Cromwell over time and plot these onto a time graph (pupils look at changing interpretations of Cromwell both through the story of his head and historiography about Cromwell). Finally, pupils evaluate whether Cromwell was a hero or villain and write a speech either defending or attacking him using the interpretations they analysed either to come to a judgement.

A lesson which teaches pupils both who King John was and how there are different interpretations about people in the past. Pupils are required to analyse various interpretations about King John and identify if they show King John as a good or bad king before writing an essay giving their own opinion.

Lesson objectives: ● Describe the impact of the creation of the atomic bomb on relations between the USA and the Soviet Union. ● Explain how the Novikov and Long telegrams shaped the policy of the USA and Soviet Union towards each other. ● Evaluate the expansion of the Soviet Union on relations with the USA.

A humourous/ tongue-in-cheek lesson which compares USA and UK pronunciation of words and what Brits do that annoy Americans and what Americans do that annoy Brits. It then finishes with a quiz where students find out if they’re more British or American! Good for TEFL lessons or 6th form form-time. It could also be useful for a discussion of accents in an English lesson.

A race track style essay plan on what was the most important reason for the Peasants' Revolt.

12-page booklet which gives definitions/ information for the main groups, events and people in the Provisional Government and its fall. It also has some diagrams/ tables/ political compass on the different parties in the Provisional Government.

32-page document with key dates, events and statistics for A-level students studying Russian History. I made this for the OCR A Level Russian History course for the Interpretations section. It focuses on the important events which led to the downfall of the Provisional Government.