Was the British Empire a force for good or evil?

A KS3 designed lesson on the morality of the British Empire. This lesson focuses on key events and features of the British Empire such as:

• The Boer concentration camps
• The Amritsar Massacre
• Exacerbating the Irish Famine
• The Transatlantic Slave Trade
• The Commonwealth
• The spread of democracy

There are contextual slides on the British Empire to start, as well as a thought-provoking starter for class discussion. This lesson has a clear set of objectives and outcomes to ensure clarity and purpose.
The main task is a search and find activity, in which students fill out cards with a summary of the event, its date and an opinion line of ‘good’ or ‘bad’. The activity following focuses on scholarship (interpretations) with clear graded tasks.