This ‘Historical Leaders / Great Dictators’ lesson investigates the leadership of Adolf Hitler and encourages students to see the positive aspects of his leadership (negative policies are very briefly outlined but not given detail on and the students are not asked to include these in their assessment), including family policies, employment, abolishing of the Treaty of Versailles and giving German people hope. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, , mini plenary, information sheet with questions to complete, a consolidation written questions and a discussion plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Lots of other Historical Leaders / Great Dictator lessons are available in our TES shop including Churchill, Stalin, Mussolini and Mao, which you can buy separately here: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=22174227&q=leader&shop=DiscoveringHistory And a fantastic value bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/20th-century-dictators-13131039 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This ’Historical Leaders / Great Dictators’ lesson investigates the leadership of Winston Churchill and encourages students to evaluate whether he was a hero or a villain. Students will read short summaries of the role he played during World War II, the Bengal famine, in Ireland, the development of the Welfare State and in Wales to come to a conclusion. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, think pair share activity, mini plenary, information sheet with table to complete, a consolidation evaluative written questions and a discussion plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Lots of other Historical Leaders / Great Dictator lessons are available in our TES shop including Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Mao, which you can buy separately here: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=22174227&q=leader&shop=DiscoveringHistory And a fantastic value bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/20th-century-dictators-13131039 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

Watch a great documentary using experimental history to recreate what would have happened on 5th November 1605 if the Gunpowder Plot had worked. This was shown in the UK and is investigated by Richard Hammond. Perfect for a cover lesson or to add depth and visual aids to your students learning. Students complete the questions in order to gain knowledge of what happened at the time. Lots more FREE documentary questions are available in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory We have a wide range of KS3 & KS4 History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out. Social media pages to follow soon. If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This ‘Historical Leaders / Great Dictators’ lesson investigates the leadership of Benito Mussolini and encourages students to evaluate whether he deserved his fate. Students will consider a variety of facts and information to evaluate the key question. The cult of personality, propaganda, policies and terror are all included in this lesson. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, think pair share activity, mini plenaries, information sheet with subheadings and table to complete, a consolidation evaluative written question and a discussion plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Lots of other Historical Leaders / Great Dictator lessons are available in our TES shop including Churchill, Hitler, Stalin and Mao, which you can buy separately here: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=22174227&q=leader&shop=DiscoveringHistory And a**** fantastic value**** bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/20th-century-dictators-13131039 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This World War I lesson investigates how WWI came to an end in November 1918. It looks at the situation within Germany as well as the battlefield to tell the story of how the war ended. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information conversion to timeline, mini-plenaries, a consolidation ‘write an account’ style question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have lots more WWI lessons in our TES shop including a great value ‘Causes of WWI’ bundle which includes 2 x Assassination in Sarajevo, Alliance System & Militarism, Imperialism and Nationalism lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/causes-of-world-war-one-12924566 and a WWI bundle which includes trench warfare: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/world-war-one-12942317 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource,** PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW**! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Tudor lesson investigates why Henry VIII split from the Catholic Church - it looks at reasons such as love, money, faith and power. Students will evaluate the reasons to decide which was the most important reason. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet with table, think pair share task, a consolidation explanation question and a What if plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop for free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

Watch a great 2023 documentary on how the Holocaust began and use these questions to help your students structure their notes. This documentary looks at the steps leading up to the creation of death camps and stresses to students that the Holocaust was not planned. It mainly looks at the invasion of the Soviet Union and the responses of the public - from shootings to organised death. Perfect for a cover lesson or to add depth and visual aids to your students learning. Note: this documentary does have some distressing scenes of dead people. We have a growing number of other FREE documentary questions in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us! We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts!

This Medieval Times lesson investigates the tiring, boring and dangerous jobs that people did in Medieval times in order to get the money to survive. Students will look at a range of different jobs to be able to discuss and explain them confidently. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated at least two ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, think pair share activity, mini plenary, worksheet with thinking questions to complete, a consolidation source written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. ALL LESSONS ARE AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY OR IN SMALLER BUNDLES: Norman Conquest: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13179164 Black Death bundle (get one lesson free!): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-black-death-12844157 Life in Medieval Times: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-life-13178359 Please also take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find other free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Medieval Life & Times lesson studies disasters that took place in the Middle Ages, including the Erfurt Latrine Disaster, the Syrian Earthquake of 1202, Great Famine of 1315-7, the Great Drowning of Men in 1362, the Black Death and the Year without Summer, 1258. Students will find these case studies very interesting and be able to relate what happened in the past to what has been happening recently with our climate. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated at least two ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, information sheets with table, mini-plenaries including a think, pair, share activity, a consolidation explanation question and a discussion plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have lots of other Medieval lessons on the way - take a look at our great value Black Death bundle and save 33% (get a lesson for free!): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-black-death-12844157 Our Medieval Life bundle contains a number of great value lessons, including the Black Death: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-life-13178359 And our bigger Medieval Times bundle includes the Norman Conquest as well as the Black Death and Medieval life lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-times-13179168 Please also take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find other free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Norman Conquest lesson investigates the impact of the Norman Conquest. Students look at a variety of factors, such as farming, castles and punishments, to assess whether there was more change or continuity after 1066. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, sort cards, think pair share activity, a consolidation written essay question, a peer/self assessment form and a discussion plenary. This lesson could last 2 hours if you were to give the students time to do all activities thoroughly. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have some great bundles available that range from Norman to later Medieval times: Norman Conquest: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/norman-conquest-13179164 Medieval Times: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-times-13179168 Medieval Life: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-life-13178359 And get** FREE** Norman Conquest homework essays here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/norman-conquest-homework-essays-12920179 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find other free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Norman Conquest lesson investigates how William the Conqueror consolidated his power after 1066. Students will look at 4 ways in which he did this including building motte & bailey castles, Domesday Book, feudal system and bringing friends from Normandy. If you are short on lessons and need an ‘all-in-oner’ this is the lesson for you! This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, progress table, challenge drawing activity, source analysis, mini plenaries, information sheets with questions to complete, a consolidation written source question and a discussion / linking spider web plenary. This lesson could last 2 hours! Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have a great Battle of Hastings lesson available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-hastings-1066-12920170 And get** FREE** Norman Conquest homework essays here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/norman-conquest-homework-essays-12920179 ALL LESSONS ARE AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY OR IN SMALLER BUNDLES: Norman Conquest: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13179164 Black Death bundle (get one lesson free!): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-black-death-12844157 Life in Medieval Times: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-life-13178359 Medieval Times: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-times-13179168 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find other free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Medieval Times lesson investigates beliefs and medicines and focuses on the key question: What did people believe caused disease in medieval times? Students will look at supernatural, religious, ‘common sense’ and the four humours. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated at least two ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, group inference drawing challenge, mini plenary, information sheet with table to complete as a group, a consolidation source question and a paired plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. ALL LESSONS ARE AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY OR IN SMALLER BUNDLES: Norman Conquest: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13179164 Black Death bundle (get one lesson free!): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-black-death-12844157 Life in Medieval Times: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-life-13178359 Medieval Times: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-times-13179168 Please also take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find other free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Norman Conquest lesson investigates who should have been King after the death of Edward the Confessor - Edgar Atheling, Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardraada or William of Normandy. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, think pair share activity, mini plenary, information sheet with tables to complete, a consolidation written question and a discussion plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Follow on from this lesson with our great Battle of Hastings lesson: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-hastings-1066-12920170 And get** FREE** Norman Conquest homework essays here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/norman-conquest-homework-essays-12920179 ALL LESSONS ARE AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY OR IN SMALLER BUNDLES: Norman Conquest: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13179164 Black Death bundle (get one lesson free!): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-black-death-12844157 Life in Medieval Times: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-life-13178359 Medieval Times: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-times-13179168 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find other free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Medieval Times lesson studies the people behind the treatments - wise women, hospitals, the Church, barber-surgeons, trained doctors and flagellants. Students will finish by evaluating who would have made the biggest difference to the people (students are encouraged to differentiate between the rich and poor etc). This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated at least two ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, information sheet with table to complete as a group, mini-plenary, a consolidation evaluation question and a hot seat plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have lots of other Medieval lessons on the way - take a look at our great value Black Death bundle and save 33% (get a lesson for free!): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-black-death-12844157 Our Medieval Life bundle contains a number of great value lessons, including the Black Death: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-life-13178359 And our bigger Medieval Times bundle includes the Norman Conquest as well as the Black Death and Medieval life lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-times-13179168 Please also take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find other free and inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!