A guide for student (and staff) on how to answer the questions in Paper 2, for the Edexcel specification. This guide focuses on the following units: Superpowers and the Cold War, and early Elizabethan England, although it can be adapted for the other papers.<br /> <br /> The model answers have been Edexcel approved, either from approved textbooks or Pearson courses specifically focusing on these questions.

Suitable for GCSE students studying the Cold War - this timeline provides an overview of the key events they need to know.<br /> <br /> (This is not a conclusive timeline, as each exam board has a slightly different focus - but this does cover all of the main events and treaties)

From a series of introductory lessons for Key Stage 3, covering historical skills.<br /> <br /> Can be used at the start of term, or to revisit and teach skills during a scheme of work.

<p>A series of 24 interview questions taken from 3 different secondary schools, with some suggestions on what to include in your answers and space for your own notes.</p>

From a series of introductory lessons for Key Stage 3, covering historical skills.<br /> <br /> Can be used at the start of term, or to revisit and teach skills during a scheme of work.

A set of 10 posters of current celebrities who all studied History at degree level. <br /> <br /> A good source of motivation and topic of conversation among students, and fellow colleagues!

From a series of introductory lessons for Key Stage 3, covering historical skills.<br /> <br /> Can be used at the start of term, or to revisit and teach skills during a scheme of work.

From a series of introductory lessons for Key Stage 3, covering historical skills.<br /> <br /> Can be used at the start of term, or to revisit and teach skills during a scheme of work.

From a series of introductory lessons for Key Stage 3, covering historical skills.<br /> <br /> Can be used at the start of term, or to revisit and teach skills during a scheme of work.

<p>A pack of homework tasks for a full year (1 task per week) for students to find out about historical events beyond the curriculum.</p> <p>In a similar theme of ‘meanwhile elsewhere…’. Tasks involve students completing a reading followed by comprehension questions, or sites for students to access followed by research based questions.</p> <p>Can be printed and issued as a hard copy, but document has embedded links so works best set as an electronic homework task.</p>

References supporting literacy in the Humanities classroom, but can apply to most other subjects.<br /> <br /> A set of bookmarks, full of different strategies to demonstrate great literacy awareness, and develop the speaking, listening, reading and writing skills of your students.

From a series of introductory lessons for Key Stage 3, covering historical skills.<br /> <br /> Can be used at the start of term, or to revisit and teach skills during a scheme of work.

<p>Three fully complete lessons for PSHE/PD to teach secondary school students some basic ‘managing money’ lessons. Lessons are planned to cover roughly 50 minutes.</p> <p>Lessons cover:</p> <ol> <li>Good V Bad debt - What is debt? What types of debt are there? Which forms of debt/loan are ‘good’ and why? Which are ‘bad’ and why?</li> <li>Managing a budget - students given different case studies to learn how to plan a monthly budget</li> <li>Types of bank account - What is the difference between a savings account and a current account? What accounts are the best for students currently and why?</li> </ol>

<p>Editable resource of 21 posters of the 4 main time periods, and 17 key individuals from the Edexcel medicine through time GCSE unit.</p> <p>Posters include Galen, Harvey, Syndenham, Pasteur, Nightingale, Crick and Watson so name a few.</p>

<p>An editable timeline of key events for the GCSE unit focusing on Weimar and Nazi Germany.</p> <p>Resource includes 24 slides with key events from 1919 to 1938.</p>

From a series of lessons covering historical skills. Aimed at Key Stage 3, these lessons can be used as an entire unit at the start of the year, or used/revisited throughout the year to focus students on specific skills.<br /> <br /> All lessons in the series are resource free, and each have a pre-prepared homework task.<br /> <br /> This particular lesson can be used to get students thinking about cause and consequence, linking factors together or developing their explanations.

Part of the complete lesson on 'renewable V non-renewable energy' lesson. Complete lesson available to buy, but this will give an idea of the activities and focus.