This is a short lesson that explores the enquiry question: What was life like for British convicts in Australia? It use sources and comes with a source handout as well as a detailed lesson plan. Suitable for KS3 students

This lesson explores how to approach and structure an A-Level essay. I used Mary Brown’s article ‘From Muddleton Manor to Clarity Cathedral’ to inform the creation of this lesson. It comes with a generic A-Level essay planning sheet to match. It explores what it means to set a criteria in the introduction of an essay, to substantiate the basis of a judgement. It explores how to use topic sentences to guide the read through the essay It includes an activity that gets students to base their paragraphs around a point that contributes to their argument and allows then to practice selecting appropriate evidence in a suitable quantity. The lesson used a question from the Edexcel A-Level course: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46 However the lesson can quickly be adapted to any course to show students how to move from GCSE style answers to A-Level essays.

Christmas lesson for KS3 students The lesson explores: How people celebrate Christmas Day The meaning behind popular traditions Biblical accounts of the Nativity Christmas celebrations across the world