An A-level lesson in which students examine the events of 1905. Students will create a living graph to show the anger felt by Russians, along with the level of threat posed to the Tsar. Students will examine evidence to conclude whether the events of 1905 deserve to be known as a revolution or not.

An introduction to OCR Unit 2, Russia 1894-1941. Students will understand and analyse the key problems that Russia faced in 1894 and consider whether Nicholas II was the right man for the job. Students will develop links between problems to begin to understand the interplay of political, economic and social factors.

An A-level lesson in which students must analyse the barriers to reform in Russia at the beginning of Tsar Nicholas II’s rule. Students will describe, explain and evaluate the significance of the barriers to reform to understand why little progress was made. This will form the foundation for understanding why there was significant opposition to Nicholas II. Students will ultimately reach a judgement on how well Nicholas was suited for the job, and the extent to which he can be blamed for the issues facing Russia.

An A-level lesson in which students prepare a response to the essay question: ‘How far did Witte succeed in his plans to reform Russian industry in the years 1893-1903?’. Students will use a card sort to organise their paragraphs and to form their argument. Students will use the main activities to put together an essay plan to answer the question. The essay plan provides structured support for students who may need it. They will finish by reaching judgements on essay questions on the same topic with different wording so that students can learn to focus their argument on the question specifically.

A GCSE lesson in which students will compare the effectiveness of different types of doctors who were available during the Medieval period. Students make the comparisons by completing top trumps cards for apothecaries, barber surgeons, physicians and wise women and evaluate their training, available treatments and cost. Students will also match up the Medieval patient with the most appropriate doctor to demonstrate understanding of the different roles that they played.

A KS3 lesson which includes practice of a GCSE style question. Students will need to have knowledge of the Break from Rome and will build on their knowledge to produce a written answer. Students will produce sequence events to show the connections to be able to explain the Reformation. All resources needed are included in the PowerPoint.

An A-level lesson in which students will evaluate and analyse the the success of Stolypin’s policies, with a focus on his land reforms. Students will use the aims of Stolypin as a way in which to measure his success. Students will work in groups to assess the level of success in comparison to one key aim, before reporting back to other students. Studnets will finish with a judgement in respones to the essay style question.

A GCSE resource for the conflict and tension in Asia unit. Students will understand the reasons for UN involvement, and analyse the role of the USA in the process. Students will apply their understanding of the causes so far to reach a judgement on the country/organisation most responsible for the outbreak of war.

A GCSE lesson in which students will understand how the Korean War ended in a stalemate. Students will use a skim read task to understand the events, before applying their understanding to an explanation task in which students must explain how one event caused the next. In doing so, students work towards a ‘write an account’ style question on the events of the Korean War. Students will finish with a judgement about why the Korean War ended in stalemate by deciding on which statement they agree with most. Suited for AQA Conflict and Tension in Asia specification.

A GCSE lesson in which students analyse and evaluate the impact of the Korean War. Students will compare the gains and losses of the countries and organisations involved in the war. This leads to an exam practice question on the 16 mark essay in which students must decide who won and lost.

An A-level lesson in which students analyse and evaluate the impact of Stalin on Russia. Students will progress through tasks which enable them to consider successes and failures, before categorising and prioritising their information to form the basis of an essay plan. Students will reach a judgement on an essay question about Lenin’s greatest achievement. Works well to consolidate their understanding on Lenin’s rule as it offers an opportunity to recap many of the key ideas.

A lesson in which students review their learning on War Communism and NEP to consider the more successful policies. Students will analyse success by considering their achievement according to criteria such as unity in the Bolshevik party, and increasing agricultural production. Students are required to reach judgements as to which policy was better according to each before reaching an overall conclusion about which was better for the Bolshevik party. This enables students to consider success from a different perspective beyond economic success.

A lesson in which students analyse the reasons for Bolshevik victory in the Civil War. Students will sort evidence in to two main categories: red strengths and white weaknesses, before categorising further in to factors. Students will use these factors to help them to create links between the factors in a linking lines activity. Students will finish by considering whether they think the outcome of the Civil War was a foregone conclusion.

An A-level lesson in which students assess the role of propaganda in Stalin’s consolidation of power. Students will consider the images of Stalin presented in propaganda, and its role in helping Stalin to consolidate his power. Having already studied economic policies and terror, students will draw links between propaganda and these other methods of consolidating power, to show how they are used in conjunction to strengthen Stalin’s position.

An A-level lesson in which students will explain, evaluate and analyse the effectiveness of Stalin’s purges. Students will consider the post-Kirov purges, purges of party, army and people and will complete a chart in which they use the necessary skills for effective essay writing by adding their analysis and evaluation of each different purge. Students will be able to draw conclusions about the importance and effectiveness of the purges for Stalin’s consolidation of power.

A set of Fan ‘n’ pick cards which cover the course content for A-level students on the topic of Lenin’s rule. Also included is a data capture sheet for students to pre-assess their level of knowledge on the different topics such as war communism and the NEP. This has worked effectively as a revision tool, or retrieval tasks.

An A-level lesson in which students will compare the successes of the First and Second FYPs. The lesson is based on students having already studied the first FYP. Includes paired work in which students construct lists of similarities and differences, and group work in which students interrogate statements about the relative successes of the plans and must reach an informed and substantiated judgement.

An A-level lesson to prepare students for writing an essay on how Stalin consolidated his power in the Soviet Union. Students will categorise information which clearly demonstrates the links between the different methods Stalin used to strengthen his position. Students will use the precise evidence offered to help them to reach judgements on statements about the importance of different methods in order to guide them towards making strong arguments in their essays which link the factors together.

A lesson on the effectiveness of the Vietcong when fighting in the Civil War which broke out between North and South Vietnam. Students will gather evidence on four key areas: aims, support, tactics and supplies to understand how effective they were, and then practice adding their explanations as to why this would help the Vietcong. Students will finish by reaching a judgement on which area was the most important in helping them to fight effectively.

An A-level lesson for the OCR Y321 on the Middle East. This lesson is intended to act as an introductory lesson to allow students to gain an overview of some of the key events and therefore provide some contextual knowledge. Students will use the card sort and picture matching activity to produce a timeline of key events, and begin to consider the themes from the course by considering some key questions.