Focussed lesson on the Night of the Long Knives with emphasis on group work and individual writing to build confidence in paragraph writing. Easily adapted with a good range of resources.

KS3 lesson on contents of Magna Carta with emphasis on who benefited most

Introduction to key events leading up to establishment of Hitler as a Dictator. Lesson looks to provide overview before going in to depth on key events eg; Reichstag Fire, Enabling Act etc.

Christmas focussed lesson for end of Autumn term questioning whether the British and Germans actually played Football Games during the Christmas 1914 Truces. Looks at nature of sources and interpreting questions (Football matches versus a kick about - definition etc).

Revision Quiz looking at Cold War 1945-75 set at GCSE Level

Linked to AQA GCSE Depth Study Elizabethan England. Consideration of the role of theatre in Elizabethan life with 8 mark question centred on Victorian source showing Elizabeth at the Globe Theatre.

ppt with chronology cards introduces students to Berlin Blockade with emphasis of why it happens versus detail of life under the blockade etc

Lesson designed to introduce these two events and push students to make link to understand their relationship. Utilises OCR, Walsh, 3rd ed

Year 9 source based activity exploring challenges to the Weimar Republic 1918-

The lesson looks to provide students with an understanding of why there needed to be a Civil Rights movement in the USA in the 1950s and how the Jim Crow Laws were used by white Americans to oppress Black Americans leading to organised protests. The aim is to allow students to identify various means of protest from passive to violent that can then be explored in future lessons. The lesson was delivered to a class that had not done slavery for over a year so key information on slavery leading up to the Emancipation (1863) and Freedom of slaves (1865) was built in.

Source based lesson designed to introduce students to the idea of Autocratic rule and how Alexander's decision to emancipate the Serfs in 1861 was not driven by philanthropy but political necessity to avoid revolution.

A wargame designed to allow students to identify the key factors leading to the Allied defeat in the West in Spring 1940. It provides an introduction to the events leading up to Dunkirk, Battle of Britain and the Blitz. Encourages group work, collaboration and shared learning.

Yr 10 focussed lesson using OCR Study Book 9Ben Walsh) exploring the long and short term causes of the Wall Street Crash.

A play about the trial of Pte Harry Farr executed in 1916 for cowardice. The Lesson mixes research activities with either a script rehearsal or play (or both) dependent on time.

Power point highlighting reasons for Galen's Fame that draws on a text book to find answers before identifying similarities and differences between Galen and Hippocrates. Leads into a student led linking exercise to identify similarities and differences between the two men before completing an 8 point exam style question. Lesson can be split or elements taken out dependent on ability

Consideration of the impact of Policy, Facilities, Exercise and Doctors in delivering a Roman Public Health System

A lesson using a card sort activity designed to challenge students to prove the statement wrong with a twist at the end. Used as a revision of previous learning regarding Elizabeth and Philip and build up to Spanish Armada lesson

Linked to Empire and Industrial Revolution studies this source based lesson looks to identify the main reasons for the Allied Victory at Waterloo. A development of Folens’s Industry, Reform and Empire: Britain 1750-1900 pp.82-85.

A source based lesson identifying causes for the breakdown in the Allied Relationship (US-USSR) at the end of WW2. Bridging lesson between WW2 and Cold War Studies.

Using Folens Industry, Reform and Empire:Britain 1750-1900 pp.98-101 explore a different kind of factory and ethos that was borne out of the Industrial Revolution. Option to include chocolate both in the starter and as rewards for work incl final recruitment campaign poster.