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History is just full of wonderful stories isn't it? Intrigue, war, competition, greed, progress, romance(!)...but unfortunately there just isn't enough time to plan EVERYTHING, so keep an eye on this shop for free and inexpensive lessons, worksheets, assessments and homeworks. Coming soon!

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History is just full of wonderful stories isn't it? Intrigue, war, competition, greed, progress, romance(!)...but unfortunately there just isn't enough time to plan EVERYTHING, so keep an eye on this shop for free and inexpensive lessons, worksheets, assessments and homeworks. Coming soon!
Great Plague documentary questions
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Great Plague documentary questions

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Watch a great documentary on the 1666 Great Plague of London and use these questions to help your students structure their notes. Perfect for a cover lesson or to add depth and visual aids to your students learning. Note: Because this is similar to a docu-drama, this documentary contains some graphic images of illness and disease throughout. There are also sexual references at 59mins. Lots more FREE documentary questions coming soon! 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! 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!
History of Medicine Revision Homeworks
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History of Medicine Revision Homeworks

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This FREE simple Medicine Through Time homework revision resource includes 5 pages of quick questions covering prehistoric times through to the 20th century. Each page has between 14 and 19 questions on it. This can consolidate all the learning your students have been doing in class and works perfectly alongside our Medicine lessons which include: Cause & Treatment: Renaissance Medicine Surgery: Pare, Harvey, Antiseptics (Semmelweiss, Haldsted & Lister), Anaesthetics (Simpson & chloroform) and Public Health: Pencillin, Penicillin factors, Snow & cholera, Industrial Revolution, the Great Stink (Bazalgette & sewers) and can be found here: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=22174227&q=medicine&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!
Gunpowder Plot documentary
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Gunpowder Plot documentary

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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!
League of Nations Organisation
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League of Nations Organisation

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This lesson investigates the structure and organisation of the League of Nations. 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, group challenge task, individual information conversion task (into a doodle diagram), exam question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have other lessons focusing on the League of Nations, free or inexpensive in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=22174227&q=league of nations&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!
Jacobite Culloden Consequences
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Jacobite Culloden Consequences

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This Jacobites lesson investigates the consequences of the 1745 rebellion and the aftermath of Culloden. Students are to assess whether the authorities dealt with the rebels ruthlessly or right. 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, venn diagram with sort cards, diamond 9 activity, two consolidation evaluation question and two plenaries (self/peer assessment and a thinking/discussion). Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used in a series of lessons including the Glorious Revolution, problems in Britain, the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion, the 1745 rebellion (including Culloden) which can be found, free or inexpensive, 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!
Black Death Effects
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Black Death Effects

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This lesson investigates the effects and consequences of the Black Death. It looks at change and continuity in the lives of the people and invites students to evaluate how much did change. 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, think pair share task, mini plenary, card sort, a consolidation evaluation question, a peer/self assessment task and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Our TES is always growing - take a look regularly for new, free or inexpensive resources and 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!
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Cuban Missile Crisis

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This lesson investigates what happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Students look at both causes, events and consequences. 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, mini plenaries, information sheet with storyboards, consolidation exam style ‘explain’ question and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have a great value and growing Cold War bundle available, including lessons on the Cold War conferences, Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan, the Vietnam War, Berlin Wall and the fall of the Berlin Wall, here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-cold-war-12921730 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!
League of Nations
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League of Nations

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This League of Nations bundle includes: League of Nations organisation and structure League of Nations strengths and weaknesses League of Nations successes The Abyssinian Crisis Why did the League of Nations fail? The Manchurian Crisis, 1931 This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion. You can find all our lessons, both free and inexpensive, in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resources, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resources, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you asap.
Women's History Month
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Women's History Month

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Women’s History Month is a great chance for students to learn about more under-rated women in the past including Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace and Rosalind Franklin as well as more known ones such as Rosa Parks, Queen Victoria and Amelia Earhart. This lesson looks at 20 different women and their impact on different areas such as maths, health, science and improving the lives of others. You can choose to look at all 20 women in pairs/small groups or adapt the lesson to suit your students. All our lessons are fully editable. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets you need. Activities are scaffolded and adaptable where possible and fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share task, consolidation written task and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. A home learning research task is also included. We have other lessons available that focus on women (including women in the English Civil War, the Suffragettes etc), free or inexpensive, 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! For freebies, new resources and interesting facts, follow us on social media!
Berlin Wall
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Berlin Wall

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This Cold War lesson investigates why the Berlin Wall was built: the purpose of it and how it was used as propaganda for both sides. 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, think pair share activity, mini plenaries, source/interpretation sheet with questions, a consolidation explain written question and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson is the precursor to our ‘Fall of the Berlin Wall’ lesson available here: This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘The Cold War’ which includes the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Introduction, Salami Tactics, Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan, the three Conferences, Vietnam and the My Lai Massacre. 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!
Black Death
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Black Death

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This lesson investigates what caused of the Black Death in the eyes of the medieval people and in reality. It also looks at the symptoms that the people had to endure. 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, investigation paired task, mini plenary, a consolidation source evaluation question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. 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! 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!
Matchstick Girls + London Dockers
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Matchstick Girls + London Dockers

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This lesson investigates the formation of new trade unions at the end of the 19th century. It looks at why the Matchstick Girls’ and the London Dockers’ went on strike in 1888 and 1889 and the consequences of their protests. The depth makes this lesson suitable for KS4 but it could easily be adapted for KS3. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2 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, source/interpretation analysis, 2 mindmaps, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. 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!
World War One
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World War One

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This massive great value WWI bundle includes: Alliance System & Militarism Imperialism Nationalism Assassination of Franz Ferdinand How the assassination led to WWI Living in the Trenches Trench Warfare Propaganda & Censorship Home Front: Zeppelins, U-boats, Rationing & bombing WWI Naval Blockades: U-boat warfare and British blockade of Germany How did WWI end? Why did WWI end? PLUS a WWI homework pack This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion. You can find all our lessons individually and in smaller bundles, both free and inexpensive, in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resources, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resources, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you asap. 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!
Women Through Time
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Women Through Time

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The role of women has changed greatly over time. This great value Women Through Time bundle includes the following lessons: Tudor Women - looks at the role of wealthy women in Tudor society English Civil War Women Industrial Revolution women How did women get the vote in 1928? This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion. 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 SAVE £££ BY BUYING OUR GREAT VALUE BUNDLES! 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!
Tudor Palaces : Henry VIII
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Tudor Palaces : Henry VIII

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This Tudor lesson investigates the importance of studying the royal palaces of Henry VIII. Students will study royal palaces such as St James Palace, Beaulieu Palace, Nonsuch Palace, Hampton Court Palace and the Field of the Cloth of Gold, in order to look at what they tell us about Tudor times. 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, individual thinking tasks, information sheets with a table and tasks to complete, a diamond 9 activity, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Tudor Times’ which includes lessons on the Reformation, Elizabeth & Spanish Armada, Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots, Bloody Mary and Reformation Rollercoaster, which you can find here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-tudors-12921738 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!
Martin Luther King + Civil Rights
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Martin Luther King + Civil Rights

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This lesson investigates the contribution of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. Students study groups such as the NAACP, Freedom Riders, student sit-ins and individuals such as Rosa Parks and Malcolm X. 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, think pair share task, mini plenary, groupwork reading/talking task, a consolidation extended writing/evaluation question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. You can find more, free or inexpensive, lessons and resources 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!
The Interwar Years
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The Interwar Years

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This great value Interwar Years bundle includes the following lessons: League of Nations organisation League of Nations strengths & weaknesses League of Nations successes Manchurian Crisis Abyssinian Crisis Sudetenland Crisis League of Nations failure This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion. 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 SAVE £££ BY BUYING OUR GREAT VALUE BUNDLES! 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!
Spartacist Rebellion 1919
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Spartacist Rebellion 1919

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This Weimar Germany lesson on the Spartacist Uprising in January 1919 investigates the causes, events and consequences of the rebellion. 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 sheet with tasks, evaluative written exam style essay question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundles on ‘Weimar Germany’ and ‘Weimar & Nazi Germany’ which includes lessons on the Treaty of Versailles, Reichstag Fire & Enabling Act, Night of the Long Knives, Nazi Opposition and many others. 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!
Nazi Germany
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Nazi Germany

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This great value mega Nazi Germany bundle includes: Reichstag Fire & Enabling Act Night of the Long Knives Nazi Education & Hitler Youth Nazi Youth Opposition Nazi Women Nazi Opposition Nazi Terror & Control Nazi Holocaust Laws Life in Ghettos Concentration & Death Camps PLUS DOCUMENTARY QUESTIONS AND A REVISION GAME! This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion. 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 SAVE £££ BY BUYING OUR GREAT VALUE BUNDLES! 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!
Nazi Youth Opposition
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Nazi Youth Opposition

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This Nazi Germany lesson investigates the actions of youth opposition peoples/groups such as the White Rose, Edelweiss Pirates and Helmuth Hübener. 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, mini plenaries, group talking activity, two exam style questions to choose from depending on your time available and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundles on ‘Nazi Germany’ and ‘Weimar & Nazi Germany’ which includes lessons on the Treaty of Versailles, Weimar Golden Age, Night of the Long Knives, the Reichstag Fire & Enabling Act and many others. 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!