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.

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.

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.

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

Building on the student's understanding of the Industrial Revolution this lesson sought to get them to consider the Great Exhibition from a Factory Worker's perspective. Video sources provided a prompt and ideas of how working class people felt about it. (Potentially drop video first video if time does not allow). Pictures of the Great Exhibition allowed students to wander around the classroom gaining ideas and a sense of what the Exhibition might of looked like.

Presentation with student led use of data to answer 2015-2017 GCSE Questions

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.

Use either as an introduction to appeasement or as revision. The lesson was designed to deliver students an overview and sufficient detail to start making kinks and judgements on which event between 1935 and 1939 led to WW2. Could be easily split in to 2 lessons if you wish to cover in more depth.

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.

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

Research based lesson with source analysis Homework question

Lesson seeks to challenge students to consider the USA’s justification in 1945 for dropping the Atomic Bombs on Japan. Intentionally seeks to minimise over emphasis on the moral issue which can cloud analysis of whether in 1945 (versus 2015) the USA had a case or not. Emphasis on discussion and debate but could be turned into a written answer if necessary.

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.

A revision session (30 mins) in which students create connections between key events, people and dates. Each student is then given a colour coded question which they must answer in writing in 8 minutes but must not write the question down . Students then swap papers. The marker's first task is to work out what the question was and write this below the answer before marking the paper guided by the key points on the final slide. gets student thinking about whether they have answered the question and identifying what a good answer is.

The lesson explores the immediate short term measures taken by Henry VII after seizing the throne from Richard III at Bosworth in 1485. Focus is on the significance of the marriage to Elizabeth of York versus other factors such as the coronation and calling his first parliament. The role of powerful women behind the throne is highlighted. Rebellions, which posed direct and indirect threats, are not covered in detail but should for the focus of a later lesson

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.

A research based lesson questioning the success of the '12 Apostles' an IRA assassination squad set up by Michael Collins during the Irish War of Independence. Concept is for 4 groups to research the key question and then share information at the end but also to reach a conclusion of the strengths and weaknesses of each type of research.

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

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

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