<p>Who’s it for: This lesson was designed for Year 9 pupils who were examining the experience of WWI for British civilians.<br /> What’s included: 1 lesson PowerPoint with the accompanying lesson worksheet<br /> Why it’s useful: This is a lesson which will improve the source analysis of your pupils. The lesson PowerPoint contains sentence starters and promotes to the students the need to “infer” from sources new information.<br /> The lesson is also very engaging, especially at the last slide where pupils can end up getting in heated argument over who the “real heroes” of WWI were.<br /> Learning objectives:<br /> To understand why British men voluntarily joined the British Army.<br /> To understand how conscientious objectors were treated within Britain<br /> To critique modern interpretations of who the heroes of WWI were.<br /> Differentiation opportunities: Higher attaining pupils are encouraged to decipher a quantity of sources. The sentence starters make the lesson more accessible for lower attainers.</p>

<p>Who’s it for: This lesson was designed for Year 8 pupils examining the impact of the Protestant Reformation.<br /> What’s included: 1 double-sided reading resource for pupils + 1 lesson presentation<br /> Why it’s useful: It’s an engaging lesson where pupils develop an in-depth understanding of how different Protestants were to Catholics. In the lesson, pupils understand both the similarities and differences between Protestants and Catholics, and then bring this together in an essay at the end of the lesson.<br /> Learning objectives:<br /> To understand how Protestants and Catholics were similar<br /> To understand how Protestants and Catholics were different.<br /> At a higher level, pupils will be able to explain these similarities and differences.</p>

<p>Who’s it for: This lesson was designed for Year 9 pupils who were examining the causation of WWI. This is the last of 3 lessons these pupils had on the causation of WWI (the two previous lesson are also on TES). In this lesson, pupils apply their knowledge of the short-term and long-term causes by analysing the extent to which Germany should be blamed for WWI. Accordingly, Year 9 pupils, in this lesson, have the opportunity to enter the historiographical debate behind WWI’s causation at a high-level<br /> What’s included: 1 lesson plan, 1 lesson PowerPoint, 1 worksheet which contains the different causes of WWI (not a fully exhaustive list otherwise pupils will have content overload).<br /> Within the PowerPoint is the zones of relevance (slide 12). This should be printed off for pupils. They then write on the zones of relevance where the different factors behind the causation of WWI should go.<br /> 1 piece of textbook reading is used from Making Sense of History 1901-Present Day, pp. 12-13 (due to copyright reasons, this is not included within the lesson. You can buy this book from the internet)<br /> Why it’s useful: Pupils, in this lesson, come up with their own unique interpretations of what the main causes of WWI were. This happens through what is called the zones of relevance at the end of the lesson. It’s highly recommended way in which pupils can progress their historical thinking in causation.<br /> This lesson goes beyond most KS3 lessons for the causation of WWI as it examines the idea that some historians have blamed different countries for WWI. Accordingly, the lesson produces some heated historiographical debate amongst students.<br /> Learning objectives:<br /> By the end of the lesson:<br /> Pupils improve evidential skills using source analysis here.<br /> Pupils will understand how people have different perspectives of history<br /> Pupils will observe that through the examination of evidence, historians can be proved wrong<br /> Pupils will be able to argue in greater depth why WWI happened,<br /> Differentiation opportunities: Tips are provided within the lesson plan</p>

<p>Who’s it for: This lesson was designed for Year 9 pupils as their first lesson examining WWI, specifically the causation of WWI<br /> What’s included: 1 lesson plan, 1 lesson PowerPoint, 1 homework sheet on the causes of WWI.<br /> The class reading resources come from the following textbook (not attached due to copyright reasons):<br /> Why it’s useful: This is lesson provides pupils with a useful start towards understanding the causation of WWI. I find it’s more useful to start with the short-term causes of WWI so that pupils are more engaged from the start.<br /> Learning objectives:<br /> To understand why Franz Ferdinand was killed.<br /> To understand how Ferdinand’s assassination led to an escalation of tensions within Europe which resulted in WWI<br /> To realise that Franz Ferdinand’s assassination was only the trigger in causing WWI. There were other underlying causes which caused WWI.</p>

<p>Who’s it for: This lesson was designed for Year 9 pupils who were examining the causation of WWI. Last lesson (also on TES), pupils examined the short-term causes of WWI. This time pupils examine the long-term causes. The next lesson after this bring everything together into one lesson,<br /> What’s included: 1 lesson PowerPoint<br /> The class reading resources come from the following textbooks (not attached due to copyright reasons):<br /> Re-discovering the Twentieth Century World, pp. 4-7.<br /> Modern Minds, The twentieth-century world, pp. 8-9.<br /> Why it’s useful: This lesson improves the ability of pupils to understand causation by examining the causes of WWI through a long-term perspective as well as a short-term perspective. In this lesson, pupils are also introduced to the important historical concepts of nationalism, imperialism, militarism and alliances<br /> Learning objectives:<br /> To understand the MAIN (militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism) long-term causes of WWI<br /> To examine the extent to which WWI was inevitable in consideration of the tensions within Europe before WWI started.</p>

<p>Who’s it for: This lesson was designed for Year 9 pupils who were examining the experience of WWI for British civilians.<br /> What’s included: 1 lesson PowerPoint with the accompanying lesson plan<br /> Why it’s useful: This is an engaging lesson which improves the source analysis skills of pupils. They must infer information from sources and assess source reliability within the lesson.<br /> Learning objectives:<br /> To understand the horror of trench warfare through use of sources.<br /> To empathise with British soldiers during WWI<br /> To understand how different sources are useful in different ways.</p>