This 60-minute A-Level lesson explores the concepts of 'Control' and 'ecological theory' in Crime and Deviance. The initial task gets them thinking about Hirsch’s Four Social Bonds. The main task challenges students to work through NEW KNOWLEDGE using the Quiz Quiz Trade process. This learning strategy gets them rehearsing knowledge by quizzing themselves and others and is a fun way of getting to grips with new material. This is superb for revision as well.

This Full Lesson for KS3 takes students on an exciting, yet horrifying, journey through World War I. They explore the historical skill of 'significance' through analysing historical sources. This is a newsroom simulation where students take the role of journalists reporting as an event unfolds. The event was the first ever gas attack which took place on 22 April 1915. As gas had never been used prior to this, the effects were both shocking and horrifying. Student love this lesson and it's easily adapted to suit all learners. Resources, PowerPoint and lesson plan all included.

This 60-min full lesson challenges students to solve a MYSTERY surrounding a real-life case about a family's experience of the Black Death in Bologna . Students will discover ideas about the cause of disease, how illness was treated at the time and ways of preventing disease. Students work in groups of three or if more suitable in pairs. A PowerPoint guides them through different tasks and ends with an Exit Ticket asking them to consider a possible answer to the mystery question as well as wider issues about medicine through time.

This is a fully editable worksheet challenging students to assess how far Stolypin was a successful PM, categorising his actions into a range of different reforms e.g. Political or Economic reform. Students annotate a reason for their choices next to each card on the sheet. This activity is ideal for OCR Russia 1894–1941; Edexcel Russia in revolution, 1894–1924 or The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991; AQA Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964.

This 60-minute A-Level lesson investigates the reasons why Peel repealed the Corn Laws. There is a presentation and accompanying Source Worksheet and Sources Table. The lessons starts with a recap of Peel and the Conservative Party + brief look at key historian’s view of why Peel won the election of 1841. Why did Peel repeal the Corn Laws? Students use the Sources Worksheet to complete a table (also provided). There is an exam question planning task where they use sources and plan an answer. An example is modelled which shows how to identify, then use specific knowledge and how to corroborate or refute the argument. There is a further opportunity to model using the examples in the lesson. This part of the presentation can also be set as homework.

This 60-minute A-Level lesson investigates Robert Peel's economic policies. Briefly look at historiography of Peel. Students to summarise key historians. 10-minute lecture and follow-up quiz. Key points relating to Peel and finance + 10 min lecture with questions for students to answer. Peel responded to the challenges of his age by ‘adapting his policies in the light of reasoned argument and practical necessity’? True? Discussion. Using their understanding of the historical context, students assess how convincing the arguments are in three extract in relation to Sir Robert Peel. Students complete table identifying argument and providing evidence which corroborates or refutes. Sources from provided.

This 46-question test will give students a revision tool and teachers an assessment resource will test students on: Prime minister Peel, Poor law amendment act 1834, Manchester School, Great Famine, Corn Laws and reasons for their repeal, Anti-Corn Law League, Maynooth Grant crisis. There are also a few questions on Chartism and trade unionism during the 1840s. This test is an excellent lesson resource and can be used for students to test each others verbally, do the test in silence then peer-assess each others work.

This is a 25-page student workbook which should be used alongside the main AQA History text for the course (ISBN: 978-0-19-835453-6). This first booklet includes learning activities for Pressure for Change 1783-1812. This booklet has been used successfully for Flipping the Classroom: set the work to be completed before the lesson and then work on essays and conceptual knowledge. If a students has missed a lesson, just direct them to the appropriate part of the booklet. The booklet contains guided questions and activities using AQA’s textbook Industrialisation and the People 1783 - 1885. The booklet includes a range of tasks including comprehension questions linked to specific pages of the book, mind-maps, essay planning tasks, article and sources extracts with follow-up questions, historiography, timeline task and more. The download is fully editable.

Matching task where students match the correct the SOCIOLOGIST and THEORY with correct DEFINITION and EXPLANATION about GENDER and the media. This is a great resource to use for introducing new content to gauge understanding; consolidating learning or REVISING representations of gender in the media.

Matching task where students read about a study or definition and have to decide wether it's about AGE and DISABILITY and/or the correct perspective! Students can either add the correct heading or colour-code. This is a great resource to use for introducing new content to gauge understanding; consolidating learning or revising representations of age and disability in the media.

Three lessons revising the knowledge and understanding (AO1. AO2 and AO3) of the Sociology of The Media Revision including 31 detailed slides. Each of the following topics will be revised in great depth: Topic 2: The relationship between ownership and control of the mass media; Topic 3: The mass media, globalisation and popular culture; Topic 4: The processes of selection and presentation of the content of the news.

This is a Sociology A-Level task exploring the concepts of Agenda-setting,Norm-setting, Gate-Keeping and Moral Panics. Students read a card and categorise it according to the sociological concepts listed on the worksheet. The PowerPoint contains both the worksheet and correct answer to go through with the students.

This A-level task on demography asks students to read and colour-­code cards according to the correct category: Migration, Death-rate, Birth-rate, Ageing population, Fertility rates and Life expectancy. An excellent resources to consolidate, revise or teach a sometimes difficult topic.

The aim of this A-Level Sociology game is to become experts in a field. In teams of three or more, students prepare to rehearse a set of questions on the topics of: Functionalist Sex Role Theory/Patriarchal Control; Liberation Theory; Class Deals. Round 1: Each team is quizzed on their topic. If they do not get it, the question is put aside. The other team can choose to answer at the end of round 1. Round 2: Teams swap question sets. Repeat process for Round 1. Round 3: Both teams go head-to-head with all questions.

This 60-minute lesson or revision Sociology A-Level task get students on their feet to build their core knowledge understanding if Sociological perspectives on the Family. Students will practice their understanding of concepts, sociologists and perspectives (and the odd quote too) by quizzing each other until they have heard the correct answer been read out three times. Students will then be quizzed by the teacher. Who will become the Sociology Ninja?! This resource includes a PowerPoint and 3-page worksheet which can be cut into cards for students to use around the room. Full instructions included as well.

This 60-minute GCSE History lesson explores the issues surrounding Nazi policy on youth; Nazi ideology and aims for Germany's youth. After an engaging starter using a clip freely available on Youtube (Cabaret 1972, 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me'), students work in teams of three to solve a mystery surrounding an historically accurate account of a boy named Walter Hess. They will use evidence to see why the boy reported his dad to the Gestapo. Through this activity students will realise the mystery is not really about Walter Hess, but about something much more sinister... The lesson ends with an activity where the class investigate source material about how the Nazis tried to win the hearts and minds of German youth.

This 60-minute A-Level lesson provides an in-depth lecture with accompanying task for students. Students complete a mind-map whilst the teacher explains issues such as the relationship between Party and State; The role of Hitler and interpretations; The role of Hitler; The SS; Gestapo; SS-Police-SD System; and The Gestapo; the SS.

These GCSE or A-Level History activities ask students to use their knowledge and then categorise information of Hitler’s rise to power by 1933. The first Diamond 9 activity gets the class to place 9 cards in order of most important to least important reason(s) for why Hitler became chancellor of Germany by January 1933. Students then use the factors to write an explanation. There is also a separate interactive and physical Diamond 9 task where groups of three receive a pack of 9 A4 sheets with each of the factors printed on them. Groups organise the A4 sheets into a large physical Diamond 9. At the end of the task they have to give reasons for their collaborative thinking.