Aimed for GCSE, this lesson is based around the concept of a revision clock, and is differentiated into 3 different ones, based on lower, mid and higher ability.
Instructions are all in the presentation.
This is a full scheme of work on World War II and the Holocaust, aimed for Year 9 (13-14).
All lessons are fully resourced, with a document containing all resources needed for the lesson. There is a detailed and varied powerpoint for each lesson.
Lessons on the Holocaust are made following guidance from HET (Holocaust Educational Trust) about how to best teach the Holocaust in schools.
All lessons will also be available separately to buy for £2 each on my author’s page.
This is a full scheme of work on World War II and the Holocaust, aimed for Year 9 (13-14).
All lessons are fully resourced, with a document containing all resources needed for the lesson. There is a detailed and varied powerpoint for each lesson.
Lessons on the Holocaust are made following guidance from HET (Holocaust Educational Trust) about how to best teach the Holocaust in schools.
All lessons will also be available separately to buy for £2 each on my author’s page.
A collection of knowledge based revision resources for the GDR unit of A Level history. Could also be used for high level GCSE students on the Cold War module.
Includes:
A full knowledge organiser, covering key dates, people, acronyms and words for all four units.
A set of knowledge organiser tests (eg for weekly use to test memory).
A set of simple revision tasks, one per each subsection of the unit. Could be used as starters or plenaries.
Fully differentiated lesson on Introduction and Government from the Early Elizabethan England GCSE module.
Contains:
Introduction to the course
Context on who Elizabeth was and the situation when she came to power in England
Organise different roles and jobs in England
Task to give an understanding of roles in Elizabethan England
Explain what jobs the Queen should do
Plenary: Source inference activity
Fully differentiated lesson on the GCSE Edexcel Elizabethan England module.
Contains:
Differentiated card sort on the Anglo-Spanish relationship
Lesson 8 summary cards
Graph to show declining relations
Introduction: Why would there be tensions between King Phillip of Spain and Queen Elizabeth II
Main: Explain Elizabeth's foreign policy
Card sort on declining Anglo-Spanish relations and prioritise key features
Plot the cards onto a graph and identify turning points
PEA paragraph to justify the main reason England and Spain went to war
Plenary: True or false based on summary cards
Part of a Year 9 Scheme of Work on the Holocaust. Resources are differentiated and include various activities. Includes some resources from the Holocaust Trust.
Fully differentiated lesson on the GCSE Edexcel Elizabethan England module.
Contains:
Activity sheet on the changing relationship between Mary QoS and Elizabeth
Introduction: Anagrams of key words
Main: Watch video on Mary's early life, and complete flow chart to explain it. Easily differentiated for weaker students.
Choice activity - based on what could Elizabeth do to help/stop Mary QoS.
Evaluate changes in the relationship using activity sheet.
Progress check - why might Elizabeth want to help Mary?
Judgement - what is the main reason Mary was a threat to Elizabeth and why?
Plenary: Using the summary sheet (attached), highlight all key names and phrases to help with revision
Fully differentiated lesson on the GCSE Edexcel Elizabethan England module.
Contains:
Differentiated card sort on the Catholic threat
Catholic threat table
Starter: Who might be angry with the Religious Settlement? Why?
Main: Puritan challenge - Using p26 in the textbook (Hodder 9-1), research the Vestment and the Crucifix controversy. Evaluate which was a bigger problem for Elizabeth and why.
Catholic challenge - card sort. Place events on graph.
Plenary: How well did Elizabeth deal with the threats? Why?
Fully differentiated lesson on the GCSE Edexcel Elizabethan England module.
Contains:
Introduction: How many differences can you think of between the rich and the poor
Main: What different activities do you think different social groups may have done?
Sport or pastime activity
Research leisure activities in the Elizabethan era, recording the information in a table
Progress check: How varied were the activities for the different social groups?
Debate tennis
Plenary: Complete the gaps in the summary sheets using the words on the board
Fully differentiated lesson on the GCSE Edexcel Elizabethan England module.
Contains:
Fully differentiated resources on each of the three plots against Elizabeth.
Introduction: Can you guess what all of the following had in common?
Main: Complete research on each of the three main plots against Elizabeth.
Progress check - Various questions on the plots to check understanding.
Evaluation - Judge how much of a threat each of the plots was to Elizabeth
Explain why Mary was executed
Plenary: Can you complete the summary sheet using the key words on the board.
Fully differentiated lesson on the GCSE Edexcel Elizabethan England module.
Contains:
Differentiated resources on the reasons why the Armada failed
Summary sheet for topic
Introduction: Source inference from a picture
Main: Order the events of the Armada
Research why the Armada failed. Use differentiated resources according to GCSE target grades (or as you feel appropriate)
Source analysis activity
What was the significance of the Armada?
Plenary: Draw a cartoon to illustrate what you learnt today
This lesson has been rated as Outstanding in observations. It focuses on 1920s America and the role of the gangsters (linked back to prohibition as well).
Each of the tasks are timed, and all resources are differentiated to three levels for abilities. Extension tasks and sentence starters are all in the presentation.
This resource contains ALL of the lessons for the GCSE Edexcel module on Elizabethan England.
Each of the lessons is differentiated, which is reflected in the resources as well. This was planned using the Hodder 9-1 Elizabethan England textbook, and some scans of pages have been included in the lessons.
Each lesson contains a starter, multiple main activities or choices of activities, then plenaries, which utilise the “summary” sections on each topic (contained in the files).
Each lesson will also be available separately.