KS4 lesson on the Cuban Revolution, and focusing on its significance.
Lesson Objectives:
To explain the significance of the Cuban Revolution to the development of the Cold War.
To apply our knowledge to an exam question to develop our skills.
Includes;
Key words and definitions
Map task and challenge task
Information cards and activity
Information sheet and task
Exam Question (EDEXCEL)
Plenary
Stretch Challenge Task
KS3/KS4 lesson on the Munich Putsch, lesson title; To what extent were the early years of the Nazi Party a success?
Learning Objectives
To be able to identify key events in the beginning years of the Nazi Party.
To be able to explain why the Putsch was both a success and a failure for the Nazi’s.
To be able to assess the impact of the Munich Putsch on the development of the Nazi Party.
Lesson Activities
Key words and definitions
Hook with challenge
Information with comprehension questions and challenge
A look at political parties on the left and right in Weimar Germany
Clip and questions
Information Sheet
PDF of two textbook pages, taken from ‘Modern World History’ (Heinemann, by David Ferriby & Jim McCabe)
KS3 lesson on ELizabeth I, and the problems she faced during her reign.
Lesson Objectives
To be able to explore some of the problems that Elizabeth faced during her reign.
To be able to explain why she faced these problems.
To be able to evaluate the significance of these challenges.
Lesson Includes;
Lesson Plan
Card sort (standard and differentiated)
Glossary of key terms
KS3 lesson looking at whether the memorial for Bomber Command have been built.
Lesson objectives:
To be able to explain the arguments for and against the Bomber Command memorial
To be able to conclude whether it should have been built or not
Includes:
Lesson Plan
Source pack (standard and differentiated)
Multiple activities
AQA GCSE History America 1920-1973 Oppurtunity and Inequality - Lesson on Feminism.
Includes introduction, key images, key reading materials, revision sheet, documentary with graph to fill in.
Edexcel GCSE History; The American West - Topic 3.1; Lesson on the US Continued Growth of Settlement.
Lesson Objective
To understand how settlement of the West continued to grow, particularly through: The Exoduster movement & The Oklahoma Land Rush.
Includes information, sources, questions and answers, discussion point, link to a youtube video, several worksheets and an exam question.
Will need Pearson textbook; Edexcel American West, c1835-1895 for some of the activities.
Introductory lesson to a scheme of work on Hitler.
Lesson includes;
Key question and lesson objectives
Timeline activity with an embedded clip (and answers)
Card sort and table
Plenary
KS3 period looking at an introduction to the Victorian Period - with a focus on the Industrial Revolution.
Lesson Objectives:
To be able to understand different ways the Victorian period has been presented.
To be able to explain why the Victorian period has been presented differently.
Includes
Key words and definitions
Starter Images, prompts and guidance
Sources on the Victorian Period (Images, Reports, Written and Video Clip - link included)
Source Table
Plenary
A KS4 lesson aimed at helping students to answer the first question on Paper 1, Section A for Edexcel.
This is the Historical Environment section, and this is on: The British Sector of the Western Front, 1914-1918: injuries, treatments and the trenches.
Learning objectives:
All – Will know what an answer needs to include to get full marks on the ‘describe’ questions.
Most – Will be able to put into practice knowledge of answering these questions.
Some – Will be able to use this knowledge to get full marks on future questions.
KS3 lesson looking at whether America apologise to Japan for dropping the Atomic Bomb.
Lesson includes;
Several images
Primary Source (Truman)
An Historians viewpoint
Worksheet on different factors
Factor information cards
KS4 Edexcel The American West, c1835-1895 an Introduction to the Topic ‘What was the ‘real’ American West like?’
Lesson Objective
To have an overview of the key themes related to the American West
To be able to evaluate the stereotypical image of the American West
Includes;
14 different maps; showing the location, development and context of the USA
Starter with images
Main task with multiple development points and resources
Extension work
Plenary
To what extent has Devolution been a success?
To assess the difference made by devolution on UK government.
To examine whether devolution has met its aims.
To reach a judgement about further devolution in the UK.
Outline:
Key Words
Starter Activity
Card Sort
Comprehension Activity
Conclusion Plenary
This lesson references material from the following textbooks:
UK Government and Politics for AS/A-level (Fifth Edition) - Editor Eric Magee
UK Politics Annual Update 2020 - Nick Gallop
If the UK is uncodified, what are the main sources of its Constitution?
To be able to identify the main sources of the UK Constitution.
To be able to examine the twin pillars of the UK Constitution.
Outline:
Starter Activity
Textbook Reading
Card sort & Worksheet
Independent Research Task
True/False Plenary
This lesson references material from the following textbooks:
Edexcel GCE Politics AS and A-level Student Book and eBook: (Edexcel GCE Politics 2017) - Referred to as Pearson 1 in the PowerPoint.
The lessons requires pages from this textbook, but similar information could be found elsewhere or in updated Politics textbooks.
KS3 lesson on Charles II reign.
Lesson Objectives:
To be able to assess the difficulties faced by Charles II.
To be able to interpret source material.
Includes;
Key words and definitions
Starter task
King of Bling Video clip (downloaded) and lyrics
Video Clip task
Source pack (PDF and Word format)
Source grid
Historians viewpoints
Creative task
KS3 lesson on the English Civil War.
Lesson Objectives:
To understand key events of the English Civil War.
To assess who had more power at various stages of the English Civil War.
Lesson includes;
Key words and definitions
Starter and Challenge Task
Video Clip (downloaded)
English Civil War Timeline Statement cards
Significance and graph tasks with Statement cards
Exam Question (GCSE Narrative Account)
A model answer to colour code and annotate
This is an assembly for KS3 pupils looking at doing there options, it includes slides on;
Why should I choose History?
Why study HIstory?
Where might the study of History take me?
Several slides on What do I study at GCSE History?
Please note, the slides for What do I study at GCSE History? are for AQA and Edexcel, there is a slide for each paper (Edexcel) or each topic (AQA)
Key features of the US Constitution: Checks and Balances
To be able to explain one of the key features of the US Constitution.
To be able to assess the effectiveness of the system of checks and balances.
Outline:
Discussion Starter
Teacher Talk/Information
Sorting Activity
Comprehension Task
Research Task
Summary Plenary
This lesson references material from the following textbooks:
US Government and Politics for A-level Fifth Edition – Anthony J Bennett (Editor Eric Magee)
Pearson Edexcel A level Politics (2019) - Jenkins, Tuck & Jefferies (Referred to as Pearson 2 in the PowerPoint)
Homework Task refers to:
US Government & Politics Annual Update 2018 – Anthony J Bennett
Really fun and engaging double lesson where students are given a ‘Castle Catalogue’ and a budget and are told to design a castle within budget, in the second lesson pupils test there castle against 8 progressively harder scenarios during a ‘siege’ to see how well there castle held up.
Lesson Objectives
To form an understanding of some of the challenges and decisions faced by Castle builders and to weigh up some of the decisions they would have had to have made
Includes;
Castle Catalogue
List of Scenarios
Worksheet for building there castle
Report Worksheet (Standard, Differented for Lower Ability and a third for SEN)
AQA GCSE History Exam Question Booklet; Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975.
This 36 page booklet is full of exam questions for students to complete, includes Hints for the majority of questions, several question guidance sheets and a tracker.