This lesson contains: A starter to recap the winners and loser of WW1. An overview of the Paris Peace Conference and the Big Three, leading to a task to study the intentions of the Big Three with follow up questions. A study of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles by putting them into 6 categories called ‘BLAMED’ - Blame, Land, Army, Money, Empire and Disputes. Students study the information sheet provided to fill this in. An extension PEE paragraph can be completed. A follow up exercise to study the changes to map after the Treaty. A source study to show the feelings of the German people towards the Treaty. A chance to study an interpretation about the harshness of the Treaty. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Powerpoint Document 2 x Publisher Files 1 x Word File

This lesson contains: A starter to look at 3 images of revolutions and some of the features. This sets up the image of Henry Hunt at Peterloo really well. A background into the problems in Manchester at the time and the plans for the meeting at St. Peter’s Field. A YouTube trailer for the Peterloo film and a short YouTube documentary to elicit answers from the class about what the people wanted and what threat there may have been. Also, what happened in the actual event. It’s a good opportunity to study the image of Henry Hunt and go back to the starter to imagine what the magistrates might have thought was  going to happen (i.e. a revolution). A long task to study a series of sources on the info sheets provided and to note down, for each, who each source blames and what evidence shows this. The students built up arguments for both sides. A run through of the aftermath and what happened as a consequence. Students can then judge who was to blame. An optional homework activity to design a memorial to those who died, or to publish a one-sided newspaper article about the event. The template for this is provided. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 5 x Word Files

This lesson contains: Background into the situation leading up to the passing of the act, including the different revolts that had happened and a consideration of whether the upcoming Act would be ‘great’ by assessing what we expect ‘great’ to mean. An activity, using the information provided, to summarise the feeling of the lower, middle and upper classes about whether change was actually needed, and why. A study of the provisions of the Great Reform Act. Students read each provision and colour a battery a little, a medium amount or a lot to show the amount of change each brought. they then assess the overall impact. A video from YouTube with a historian’s point of view about the Act. Students can debate whether they agree or disagree with this view. An opportunity for a final judgement about the ‘greatness’ of the Act. Two options of plenaries: one to study a source and another to discuss who benefitted the most from the Act, and who was yet to benefit. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files 1 x Word File

This lesson contains: A discussion as a starter to talk about what the government does to help poor or homeless people today. A discussion of why there was so much poverty in Britain in the 19th Century. Students produce a mind map. A background of the Old Poor Laws and then the New Poor Law and the goals of the law. A discussion of the layout of a typical workhouse for students to analyse. An overview of the jobs people performed at the workhouse with a video from YouTube showing some examples. An activity for students to study a series of sources in groups and draw out info about life in the workhouses: food, discipline, rules, health and education. A plenary to write a short letter to a local minister with reasons why workhouses should be closed, using the info from the main activity. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Publisher File 1 x Word File

This lesson contains: A starter to consider some source images about the War. Students study a field hospital to see the crampt conditions, and stretcher bearers who probably make things worse for their carried patients going through bumpy conditions and mud. An overview of the RAMC. A task to complete a worksheet about the chain of evacuation using the on-board info and short YouTube clips. A longer activity to use a series of sources to write down the improvements to different medical problems, like Trench Foot, bullet wounds, broken legs etc. A plenary to answer quiz questions based on the key facts from the lessons. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher File

This lesson contains: A starter to put events from the course in chronological order. A background of the refugee crisis and the Berlin tensions. This also includes the request by Walter Ulbricht to build a barrier. A study of why the Wall was built. Students complete the sentences to summarise why. An on-board explanation of how the Wall was built from the first wire fence to the concrete structures. Students consolidate this by complete the diagram on the worksheet to show the features of the Wall. A YouTube video which brings to life the building of the Berlin Wall and those who tried to explain. The consequences of the Berlin Wall and a YouTube video of Kennedy’s speech and its effects. Students complete the consequences using the information provided. A choice of plenaries: an exam question or a revision quiz. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to recap trench warfare. A background of the armistace and what it means and a YouTube video to show how the war ended. An exercise to study a series of cards, in groups, with information about the reasons why the war was lost by Germany. Students make notes about why each led to a loss in the war. A task to then complete a graph to decide the most important events and to colour code them by category. Students then put the categories into a pie chart to sort the reasons. A final task to connect the reasons, showing deeper analysis of the reasons. A plenary to discuss the ways we commemorate the War and whether we do enough. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to give recall practice for previous course knowledge. Background information about Afghanistan’s location and history leading up the 1979 from Takari to Amin and the revolts of the Mujahaddin. The students discuss the potential Soviet reaction. A task to consolidate the knowledge so far about the reasons for the Soviet invasion using the information provided. An overview of the Soviet invasion and the events, and then the consequences including the Carter Doctrine, Olympic Boycotts and the failure of SALT 2. A plenary to consider the evidence showing that Detente was now at an end. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter which gives the background of the Chernobyl disaster to lead onto this lesson about change in policy. A task to note down information from the slides about the problems facing the USSR in the 1980s including social issues, lack of freedom, living standards and economic problems. An introduction into Gorbachev and his new thinking ideas. Students use the information provided to complete the info on glasnost and perestroika. An overview of the summits with Reagan and the INF Treaty. Students complete a table to store the info all together. An introduction into the impact on relations from Gorbachev’s actions, including his impact with the people of the USSR and with the U.S. Students complete the worksheet. A plenary quiz at the end to consolidate their knowledge. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to recall previous knowledge. A background of the end of Carter’s presidency and the rise of Ronald Reagan, including his feelings about Communism and using a short YouTube video to show some of the jokes he made about Communism. Another YouTube video giving a background of Reagan and his views about the USSR with a consolidation exercise using the information sheet provided. An opportunity to study Reagan’s defensive policies, studying the information and completing the given questions. A brief overview of SDI and then a longer study of the consequences using the information provided. Its impact on the USSR is covered. A guided narrative question with PPT support for it. And a plenary with recap questions. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Publisher File

This lesson contains: A starter to recap previous course knowledge. An overview of Detente as an idea eminating from the fear of nuclear war and the expense of building up weapons. An activity for students to summarise the reasons why the USA and USSR wanted Detente. A detailed look at SALT 1 using the YouTube video and the information provided to complete the first part of the worksheet. A look at other events with similar consolidation activities for the Helsinki Accords and SALT 2. A plenary activity to do an exam question for two consequences of the Detente period with an additional plenary to consider who came out the best from Detente. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Powerpoint 2 x Publisher File

This lesson contains: A starter on the board to recap some previous knowledge. An introduction to opposition to the Nazis using a YouTube video and some discussion questions on the side of the PPT to answer. A Cornell Notes worksheet which the students use to complete info on the different resistance groups including the Edelweiss Pirates, Swing Youth, the army itself and members of the clergy. An opportunity to write 5-8 questions on the worksheet and complete a summary of what they have learned to consolidate. A chance to study a source and practice source analysis on it using the on-screen guidance. A plenary to complete a tick sheet to show the effectiveness of the opposition and how much of a threat each group was. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Publisher File 2 x Word Files

This lesson contains: A starter to make students consider atonement and how we try to make up for things. This leads nicely on to today’s discussion of pilgrimages. A series of on-board slides that go through the reasons that people went on pilgrimages. Students use the 4 characters on the worksheet to summarise, in their own words, the reasons people gave for going on them. A video then follows from YouTube to help visualise what the pilgrims may have seen when they finally got their destination. An activity to consider whether religion was always in people’s minds. Students study a series of sources and give examples where religion was at the heart of it, and perhaps when other things were on pilgrim’s minds, like adventure or meeting a companion. An overview of the importance of Jerusalem and why people might go that far on a pilgrimage. The on-board info has images and maps to help visualise. Students then complete an independent guided reading with questions on the worksheet about a typical journey to Jerusalem. Students observe what some of the positives and dangers of such a trip might have been. A plenary to consider whether pilgrimages were holy or holidays, answering the enquiry question. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 3 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to consider why it might be difficult to be healed in Medieval villages and towns. This leads on to the lesson nicely and students might find that a lot of provision was available…or not. A chance for students to be first taken through the causes of disease. This is recommended as teacher-led on the board as there are lots of visuals. The students make notes on the left-hand side of their worksheet covering Religious, Rational and Supernatural causes. Students take notes in the space given. An overview of the healing methods. There are some images on the board to illicit discussion and humour before students use a set of information cards to complete the right-side of their work sheet for the treatments. A plenary opportunity to determine how they would solve their own problems using the prompts on the board and to consider the enquiry question as to whether could actually get healed or not. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to discuss the image of Romulus and Remus being nursed by a wolf. Students make judgements based on this. A task to consider what a legend is, using examples on the board, and drawing out the meaning to work together to form a definition. Students then get background, on the slides, of where the legend of Romulus and Remus takes place and how important ‘origin stories’ are to cultures. A video from YouTube recounting the story, followed by an activity to read the story and answer questions down the side. Students must consider what parts of the story are truthful and which fall under the definition of a legend. A plenary to consider Bettany Hughes’ view about the story being false, and asking students to support or reject her view based on their learning. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Publisher File

This lesson contains: A starter which looks at a map of the Mediterranean and asks students to study the Roman and Carthaginian lands. Students can discuss the potential benefits of their relationship and the potential negatives. The teacher can then introduce the idea that there were 3 wars between them, to set up the lesson. A teacher-talk overview of Carthage, its location and a bit about them as people. There is an embedded YouTube video that shows what their city might have looked like. A task to listen to the teacher give a 4-5 slide overview of the first Punic War with on-board animated movement and coloured maps which are customisable. Students use what they heard to complete a simple comprehension gap fill. An activity to study the rise of Hannibal and for students to watch two videos and complete part of the provided worksheet to talk about Hannibal’s army and elephants. The students then use a double-page info sheet to complete questions on Hannibal’s journey and invasion. They can answer the questions around the map, which I had made myself. A plenary/review to answer about the consequences of the Punic War against Hannibal. Students will study the map and a quote from Appian, then summarise the consequences for Rome. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to study a painting of the explosion of Vesuvius. Students can discuss and debate what is going on and look at the provenance as well. Slides with background information on about where Pompeii was and what it was like. The slides take students through the explosion and there are two videos about the eruption. One of them looks at the different threats posed by the explosion while the second looks at how people tried to survive. Students can then discuss this as a group. An activity to use a series of provided sources to uncover details about the explosion and complete the worksheet. Students are prompted with what source to study and have the questions there to complete on the cause, experiences of the explosion and the importance today. A series of slides which summarise how Pompeii is today and asking students to consider why it’s important Pompeii is open to the public and what we can potentially learn. A plenary to consider the importance of the event overall. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter with a quote from Polybius about the nature of Roman religion. Students discuss the importance of religion in the Roman world. An overview on the board of religion in Rome, including the nature of polytheism, the pantheon of Gods, the temples and importance of festivals, the use of augurs and shrines. Students then complete a gap fill, with a word bank, to show their learning. A task to match the most famous Roman gods with the roles they played. A discussion of what tolerance is before a main task to use the information sheet to complete the worksheet to show how the Romans treated the Druids, the Jews and the Christians. Students shade an amphora to show to what extend they were tolerant, or not. A final plenary to weigh up the overall tolerance of other religions. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 3 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A discussion activity to discuss Ancient Rome and for students to share what they know using the picture prompts. An overview of what public health means. An activity using the on-board information and the info sheet provided to complete questions on the importance of the army and how the army helped medical progress. Discussion of public health measures used by the Romans, followed by info and an activity on the uses and effectiveness of aquaducts, toilets, sewers and Roman baths. A plenary to use a radar graph to determine the most important parts of Roman public health. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 3 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to consider why people come to Britain today. Students might suggest money, education, work, tourism. This leads on to the theme for this lesson. An overview of where Britannia fit into the Roman’s plans and who lived on the island before the Romans came. An activity to watch a video which briefly summarises the reasons why the Romans wanted to invade, and students make notes on their worksheet. The students then get given a more detailed sources sheet which will then help them flesh out their notes and read contemporary sources to extract the information. This can be extended by considering the main reason and giving a score to each. A task for students to study the two invasions and to answer questions on the board about each. This includes noting why Caesar’s invasion may have failed as well as why Claudius’ invasion was more successful and worked. The students get this information from an information sheet. A set of slides which give a brief overview of the consequences of the invasion using pictures and text. A plenary with a quote from Tom Holland and his view of the reason why the Romans invaded. Students can argue with or against this view using what they learned in the lesson. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files