For teaching 11-14s Holocaust This lesson looks at 'What was the Final Solution?' Students will start by looking at the Wannsee Conference and the concentrations camps. Students will look in depth at Auschwitz and Dachau using a variety of tasks (videos and sources). Students will aim to answer the following question: Explain in what ways the ‘final solution’ was different from the way the Nazi’s treated the Jews between 1933-1941. The lesson finishes by looking at the liberation of Auschwitz. This lesson is differentiated for all students in your class, and includes all resources needed. Feedback is welcome, and please check out my other Holocaust lessons and materials.

Suitable for teaching 11-14s Causes of WW1. This lesson focuses on imperialism and nationalism as causes of WW1. Whole lesson plus resources on imperialism and nationalism as causes of WW1. Includes differentiated source analysis, questions, and an overall judgement on the main cause of WW1. Includes a Blackadder clip! Please review if you purchase and check out my other WW1 resources.

Suitable for 11-14s and can easily be adapted for 7-11s. Whole lesson on the Magna Carta. Looks at how the Magna Carta came to be, what it is, and the impact it has on the modern day. Includes a range of differentiated and suitable for all students in your class. Whole lesson plus resources! Please check out my other King John resources, feedback is welcome.

Otzi the Iceman history lesson - created for STEM week so has science/technology/archaeology themes. Students decide who Otzi the Iceman using investigation - what is the story? What items was he discovered with? Includes some videos links, differentiated resources and all worksheets. Perfect for KS2 and KS3!

Suitable for teaching 11-14 Causes of WW1. This lesson is on alliances and militarism. Whole lesson plus resources on alliances and militarism. Includes videos, source analysis and questions on militarism. Please review if you purchase and check out my other WW1 resources.

Suitable for teaching KS3 Charles I and the English Civil War. Whole lesson looks at the battles of Civil War, with a particular emphasis on Marston Moor. The lesson includes differentiated tasks, such as a card sort of the battles either onto a timeline or on a map of the UK. Students also look at Marston Moor in detail and how it was fought. Please review if you purchase and check out my other Charles I and the English Civil War resources!

Suitable for teaching 11-14s Whole lesson plus resources on the contenders for the throne in 1066. Looks at Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, Edgar the Aetheling and William Duke of Normandy. Students look at the situation at the time of Edward the Confessor’s death, and why each contender has a claim to the throne, and what would make them a good/bad king. Includes all resources needed! Please review if you purchase and check out my other Norman Conquest resources.

For teaching Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-1991 Revision lesson - Timeline of the Origins of the Cold War. The timeline analyses key events from 1945-1956 and assess how much tension each event caused. Please review if you purchase and check out my other Cold War lessons and resources!

For teaching Edexcel 9-1 Medicine Through Time 1250-present. 18th-19th Century Medicine: Who was the most significant individual in medicine? Halloween inspired lesson (although can be used all year!). Fully resourced! Students place key individuals or developments onto the web and explain why they are important to medicine - the centre of the web is the most important! These look fabulous!! Please review if you purchase, and check out my other Medicine Through Time resources!

Suitable for KS3 - uses skills and knowledge required for teaching Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time!! Start your KS3 early and ready for the new GCSE specification. Whole lesson includes differentiated activities and resources on the symptoms and causes of the Black Death. Feedback is welcome and please check out my whole SoW on the Black Death for KS3

Suitable for KS3 using skills and knowledge needed for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time Black Death case study!!! Start your students early in preparation for GCSE. Looks at the Four Humours, miasma and more. Whole lesson includes differentiated activities and resources. Feedback is welcome and please check out my whole SoW for the Black Death for KS3.

Whole lesson plus resources for teaching the Holocaust. This lesson looks at the work of Sir Nicholas Winton - the Holocaust hero who saved 669 Jewish children. The lesson starts with a ‘guess the story’ and a reveal of Nicholas Winton. The video shows Nicholas Winton on ‘this is your life’ and the audience are revealed to the be children he saved. I guarantee the class will be crying!! Students absolutely love this lesson and find his story incredibly touching. A wonderful ‘happy story’ of the Holocaust. Please review if you buy and check out my other resources.

Suitable for teaching 11-14s on WW1 - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Whole lesson plus resources on the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Students investigate the assassination by using a ‘Sarajevo Police Report’ using a video and differentiated information sheets. Plenary gets students to decide who they think is to blame for the assassination. Please review if you purchase and check out my other resources.

Whole lesson plus all resources needed for teaching **** ‘How fair was the Treaty of Versailles on Germany?’**** Students first look at the end of WW1 and how the Treaty of Versailles came about. Then, students analyse the aims of the Big Three, using role play, sorting them into Punish Germany and get revenge Weaken Germany so it cannot threaten Europe again Reward/compensate the Allies Students will then look at the terms of the treaty using a video, and decide if those terms were fair or unfair by sorting card statements (differentiated!). Please review if you purchase, and check out my other WW1 and WW2 resources on my shop.

Whole lesson plus all resources and worksheets needed for teaching: Did child labour end in the Victorian Period? This is a fascinating lesson that gets students to think about modern day child labour and compare it with Victorian child labour. Students will look at the work completed by children in the Victorian Period through a variety of tasks, and then they will assess the situation today, first by looking at the case study of Nike using child labour (great link to History in the news), followed by a selection of videos that go through the modern day child labour situation. They will also research the various government acts put in place to stop child labour, using the information sheet (PROVIDED!) onto a differentiated table. Students will then complete one of three differentiated tasks assessing child labour. Please review if you purchase, and check out my other Industrial Revolution resources, such as ‘life for children in the factories’.

A skills booklet given as a revision guide for students on how to answer the different exam questions for Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Paper 2 Superpower Relations and the Cold War. Includes; Guide on how to answer each question Answer structure broken down step-by-step Exemplar answers with colour coding A list of practice questions Please review if you purchase and check out my other Cold War resources and lessons.

A display for the Edexcel 9-1 course on The American West 1835-1895 This is a great display which looks great in any classroom. Separated into three subtopics; Destructions of Plains Indians way of life White settlers Law and order The display includes; Key words Key people Key events Lots of pictures! Lettering is done in an American West ‘style’ for added style to your display board! Feedback is welcome.

Suitable for KS3 using skills and knowledge needed for Edexcel GCSE Medicine Through Time (Black Death case study!) Start students early ready for GCSE History. Whole lesson with differentiated activities and all resources included. Feedback welcome, and check out my whole KS3 SoW for the Black Death!

Whole lesson plus resources on 'What caused the French Revolution?' Includes a fun interactive activity where you split the class into peasants and nobility and they are given a series of scenarios which they have to pay the king (you)… I have had great fun with this lesson!

For teaching 11-14s Holocaust This lesson looks at 'What was life like in the Warsaw Ghetto?' Students will start by looking at what is a ghetto and their locations across occupied Europe. This also includes a timeline of how the ghettos came to be. Students will then look in depth at the Warsaw Ghetto by watching a series of videos by Yad Visham on YouTube. They will also look at a letter written from Warsaw Ghetto and complete one of three differentiated tasks! Finally students will write their own letter from the Warsaw Ghetto describing what life was like. This lesson is differentiated for all students in your class, and includes all resources needed. Minimal resources needed - perfect for even setting as cover! Feedback is welcome, and please check out my other Holocaust lessons and materials.