<p>Title: Did Hitler simply wake up one day and decide to murder 6 million people?<br /> This lesson focuses on the antisemitic laws leading up to the Holocaust.<br /> I print the laws out on laminated cards to allow for an initial card sort into chronological order, students then reflect on how these laws would make them feel and categorise these.<br /> Extended writing tasks, peer assessment and homework included.</p>

<p>This lesson explores China turning Communist, the Korean War and the beginnings of the Vietnam War in context of the Cold War.<br /> Students will analyse each event, focusing on how this contributed to the tensions building in the Cold War.<br /> This lesson is designed for the AQA GCSE spc Conflict and Tension between East and West.<br /> All reference to the textbook are from the Green AQA textbook Understanding the Modern World.</p>

<p>This lesson explores the Wannsee Conference and where the decision was made to enact the Final Solution.<br /> Students start by analysing a map of the concentration camps and starting to realise how well organised and planned this was.<br /> They then watch a clip from the film ‘Conspiracy’ and then research task to gain more depth on the conference.<br /> Students then pretend they are spies and have found out about this, leaves room for an extended writing task.</p>

<p>This lesson focuses predominately on the Warsaw Ghetto.<br /> Students need to define what is meant by Ghettos and why they were used.<br /> There is some GCSE source analysis included which fits with the new GCSE spec about how these sources differ.<br /> Plenty of depth in this lesson and it really allows students to research and analyse what life was like in the ghettos.</p>

For the new AQA history spec: America; Opportunity and Inequality 1920-72<br /> L.O: To understand and be able to explain the economic and social importance of the cinema.<br /> This lesson focuses on the role of the cinema in the 1920s and how this changed the face of America.<br /> There are Charlie Chaplin clips embedded into the ppts and there is a focus on some of the most famous 1920s movie stars of the decade, along with some source annotation tasks helping with students source analysis skills.

This lesson is designed to go with the spec for the new AQA history; America 1920-73<br /> This lesson focuses on how women's lives both changed and did not change in the 1920s. It looks at how women were supposed to act before the 1920s (with a focus on how dancing changed), who were the flappers and how did they influence American society.<br /> I have also included an exam practice part for the interpretation questions 1,2 and 3. It will help the students to plan their answers and the structure of this.

This lesson is designed for the new AQA history spec Part 1:The Boom.<br /> There are 2 lessons included here; firstly an introduction to immigration in 1920s America with some youtube links embedded into the ppts. It then goes through the different quota acts introduced by the American government to limit immigration.<br /> The second lessons focuses on the case of Sacco and Vanzetti and how their case highlights the inequality faced by immigrants to America.

This is designed around the new AQA GCSE spec 1D<br /> There are 3 lessons here all with the resources to go with it.<br /> They focus on:<br /> - The reasons why Prohibition was introduced. (Keyword sheet included)<br /> - What were the consequences of Prohibition (focusing on organised crime)<br /> - Al Capone and organised crime with the focus question: Was Al Capone a gangster or a businessman?

For the new AQA history spec: America; Opportunity and Inequality 1920-72<br /> This lesson focuses on introducing the 1920s as a &quot;roaring decade.&quot; There are video links embeded.<br /> There is also a nice essay practice to help students with their evaluation skills.<br /> This lesson then goes on to focus on the students researching different aspects of life in the 1920s in order to give a group presentation to help answer the focus question.

<p>A lesson looking at why the Wall Street Crash happened through an interactive game trying to recreate the stock market. Students should already have an understanding from previous lessons as to what the stock market was and what it meant by speculating.<br /> There are some character cards which explain why people speculated in the late 1920s, give each student a different one and get them to summarise why they speculated on the stock market.<br /> You will then need dice for the next activity. Students pick shares of some well known companies of the 1920s/still today, they can only invest $1000.<br /> Then there are 5 rounds where depending on the round and the number on the dice, students shares will either go up or down.<br /> Summarise the lesson with what happened to their shares, then there is a summary task which depending on time can be done in the lesson or as homework.</p>

<p>‘How does the KKK reflect a divided society in America in the 1920s?’</p> <p>Starter- reveal exercise and then class discussion about the lynching photograph, how people are smiling in it.<br /> Listen to Strange Fruit, I have animated the words to come up with the song as well - using the activity sheet students should then evaluate the lyrics of the song.<br /> Research activity using the old AQA B textbook but can easily be adapted.</p>

<p>This lesson focuses on European Jewish life before 1933, I use the HET resources to base my lesson around everyday issues such as family, work, social life etc.<br /> Students start by looking at a photograph of a classroom and they need to make inferences as to who these children are, where are they etc. This then leads onto the fact that these childrens lives were not very different to our own.<br /> Then using the worksheet they need to investigate each photograph and what it shows about everyday life. Hopefully at the end of the lesson they will come to the conclusion that life then was not that different to their lives today.<br /> Includes extended writing oppoturnities and PA.</p>

<p>Lesson is designed to fit in with the AQA GCSE spec Conflict and Tension between East and West.<br /> A lesson designed for at least two lessons. The first focusing soley on the arms race, sources are included along with Duck and Cover video. Then looking at how the space race fits into the Cold war and adds to the tension.<br /> All resources are attached, with exam skill focus, along with a potential homework task if this is not done in class. All reference to the textbook are from the Green AQA textbook Understanding the Modern World.</p>

<p>A lesson which can easily be turned into two lessons outlining the Berlin Blockade and subsequent Airlift.<br /> Designed to fit the AQA GCSE spec Conflict and Tension between East and West.<br /> Lesson includes video embeded, textbook information and source analysis linked the exam spec.</p>

<p>A lesson to fit with the new AQA history spec: Conflict and Tension Between East and West.<br /> Lesson is focused around the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, what was decided, how do they differ and linking this to how this helped to start the Cold War.<br /> Video clips are embeded into the ppt, all resources attached, any reference to the textbook are for the Green AQA textbook.</p>

<p>Designed for AQA history course as a clear introduction to the differences between Communism and Capitalism as a start to the introduction to the Cold War.<br /> Resources are attached.<br /> References to the textbook are for the green AQA history book.</p>

<p>Lesson introducing Soviet Expansion into Eastern Europe by Stalin from 1945.<br /> Fitted to the AQA unit Conflict and Tension between East and West<br /> Lesson includes the iron curtain source, inference sheet for this and further analysis. Along with looking at the 5 major Eastern European countries which were under Soviet control and the 5W’s.<br /> Any reference to the textbook is the green AQA textbook Understanding the Modern World.</p>

This lesson is designed to go with the new AQA history spec part 1: The Boom.<br /> This lesson focuses on the beliefs and actions of the KKK with an emphasis on how the KKK shows inequality within 1920s America.<br /> The song strange fruit is embedded into the ppt, there is also a copy of the lyrics too.

For the new AQA history spec: America; Opportunity and Inequality 1920-72<br /> This lesson focuses on the reasons why America became the richest country in the world by 1926 as well as how advertising helped with this.<br /> There is also some evaluation practice in here as well as a PLC for the Part 1: The Boom

<p>The first lesson I teach when beginning the Holocaust unit. It looks at the history of antisemitism since 100Bc and allows students to begin processing how the Holocaust was allowed to happen.<br /> There is also a story about a Holocaust survivour called Erika which I use as a hook into the Holocaust unit.</p>

<p>This lesson focuses on the other groups which were persecuted by the Nazis in the Holocaust including; Gyspies, the diables, Hungarian Jews and Trade Unionists.<br /> Starter: To look at the various badges which were used in the Holocaust to differentiate the various groups imprisoned.<br /> The lesson is about group work, spilt the class into groups and each must prepare a presentation of the group they have been given (success criteria is within the ppt)<br /> I use the HET resources for each group.<br /> They then present these to the class and there is included some peer assessment marking sheets.</p>