Impact of colonisation on Native American population AQA GCSE Useful Source Question

What was the impact of British colonisation on the Indigenous peoples of North America? Lesson Plan included

This lesson is suitable for GCSE students studying the AQA Britain: Migration, empires and the people, c790 to the present day Unit.

**Prior learning: **students should have completed a lesson on the impact of colonisation on the Indigenous population of North America – I have included an info sheet that teachers can use if needed.

This lesson is designed to help students develop their answers to 8 mark ‘useful’ questions. It allows students to use prior learning and apply it to the AQA GCSE exam spec.

The lesson includes an attractive PowerPoint presentation that includes differentiated lesson objectives and detailed resources.

The main activity is a group work activity that focuses on students looking at 5 different picture sources from John Smith’s book: Generall Historie of Virginia, New England (1624). The students will be practising their analysis of historical sources in preparation for writing an answer to this 8-mark question: How useful is Source C to a historian studying the impact on the indigenous peoples of the British colonisation of North America (8)

The PowerPoint includes an example front sheet to support student peer marking, self-marking and teachers marking. Sample answers have also been made to support students learning.

A similar AQA mark scheme can be found here: https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/history/AQA-81452AC-EX.PDF
Duration: 1 lesson (that can be extended if students are writing and peer marking answers in class)

Any feedback appreciated