Covers themes in Macbeth, PEAL paragraph sentence starters, and generic revision tasks with three quick questions to aid recall.

A question sheet to gather knowledge and understanding of the Vietnam War. This sheet goes with the documentary 20th Century Battlefields: Vietnam with John Snow, but can be adapted to be used with other sources of information. Second lesson on whether the Vietcong or USA troops were more effective with sentence starters on the powerpoint for students to write up as a PEEL paragraph. Point, evidence, explanation, link to the question. Scaffolding for lower ability.

What did Medieval people believe about the Black Death? Lesson 2 in a SOL on the significance of the Black Death. This lesson looks at the medieval belief on causes and cures which can be compared to the previous modern interpretations lesson. For an engaging start to the lesson get students into the mindset of Medieval villagers being called to church for a meeting in front of the doom painting. Remind students of the importance of church and strong belief in Heaven and Hell (doom painting is probably the only one they have seen, so seems very real). Read source on second slide as if the a stranger has arrived to tell them about the disease. For differentiation it is best for students to work in mixed ability groups while completing the source work. Sources have some challenging vocab so great for stretching students. Lower ability need to be directed towards the less complex sources. (For some reason the worksheet looks muddled in the preview but if downloaded on microsoft word the formatting is fine.) http://www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/chaldon-mural

A generic revision strategies powerpoint with a variety of tasks. I used this for History but can be used for any subject.

Comparing three modern interpretations of the Black Death to sources so that students can judge which interpretation is most accurate and create their own theory about which disease the Black Death really was. First lesson in a sequence on the significance of the Black Death.

Lower ability introduction lesson to the Cold War to address understanding of key words e.g. communism, capitalism. Understanding needs to be reinforced regularly throughout the unit as concepts are tricky for lower ability.