Information and an example of an 8 mark narrative style question for Edexcel's new GCSE American West spec. Intended as a short class activity or homework.

A very simple way of introducing the Functionalist, Marxist and New Right perspectives on social class, through simple (and hopefully quite fun) activities. Also leads to the class creating a 12 mark example answer, which they can keep.

<p>Aimed at anyone struggling to get through the content in section A of the Edexcel GCSE Crime and Punishment paper. I describe it as ‘prevision’ (flip learning, read it before you come to the lesson, which is how I’ve used it) but it works just as well for revision too. Written in a simple question and answer format so students can find answers quickly.</p> <p>Does <strong>NOT</strong> include gory details of the murders - they can find that for themselves - it’s more about social structures and methods of policing used at the time.</p>

Full resources for a lesson examining how the English went from NOT wanting to execute their king = and the problems of even putting him on trial - to cutting his head off.<br /> <br /> The lesson is structured around decisions which require a degree of empathy with the 17th century, and newsflashes about what the king is up to (trying to escape, restart the war, etc)

A source based examination of the legendary Christmas Truce of 1914. Students make use of a very large selection of differentiated sources and form their own interpretation. <br /> <br /> Intended for years KS3 History. This lesson provides an opportunity for independent learning, discussion, source interpretation .

This fully resourced groupwork task is designed to give students a real sense of what Whitechapel was like during the time of Jack the Ripper. They are police officers, creating an induction talk for new policemen who have been assigned here. All the resources for the lesson are contained within the PowerPoint.

<p>A simple, SEND friendly lesson on earthquakes and volcanoes. Designed for difficult, low abilities groups with behaviour problems (which I specialise in teaching). Contains full instructions for running the lesson, and all necessary resources. Please note: some tasks need access to a computer, iPad or mobile phone.</p>

A complete lesson and printable resource for AQA GCSE Sociology, looking at the Power section of paper two.<br /> <br /> Why do some groups have more power and influence than others?What is meant by the term 'Institutional Racism? ' and how can this be simply applied.

A complete resource to help students construct and write this 12 mark GCSE Sociology question. A cut and paste / discussion activity which should take a full lesson.

This lesson is intended for use AFTER a lesson on the first day of the Somme: Students some previous knowledge of what happened on July 1st.<br /> <br /> Everyone knows that the Somme was the most lethal battle in British history - or was it?<br /> <br /> This lesson gives your students the chance to use simple statistics to compare July 1st with two other famous battles and draw conclusions from their casualty lists.They then have to decide why the Somme has gained such a dreadful reputation as 'the black day of the British army'?<br /> <br /> Can be extended into a very simple but rewarding research homework.

A simple activity to help GCSE Sociology students understand the views of different sociologists on the causes of crime. The activity covers Marxists, Functionalists, Feminists and the New Right. A starter or revision activity which has been very helpful for my own GCSE students.

&quot;Talk for writing&quot; based activity, helping students create a well structured 12 mark question. Aimed at GCSE sociology students.

A complete lesson for Year 8s on Highwaymen, which fits in as a one-off or special lesson around the Later Stuarts, Civil War and Restoration era.<br /> <br /> I'm not a believer in 'fun' lessons, but the topic really interested students and it worked very well as a challenging, sources based lesson. The students enjoyed it despite the degree of challenge in the language and decision making.<br /> <br /> Don't feel obliged to use the link at the end, to Adam Ants 'Stand and Deliver'. Oh go on, DO....

A complete history lesson looking at how terrorists became 'cool' back in the 1970s, and why we no longer see them that way. Using a lot of unusual picture resources. HINT: It works best when students have already looked at other groups such as the Suffragettes and the Gunpowder Plotters.

A full sociology lesson examining how the consensus of WW2 gave way to the free market policies of Mrs Thatcher - and how that has an effect on the modern welfare state.