Starter - exisiting knowledge of Gandhi, group task analysing one method Gandhi used to protest against British rule - present to group or use as a carousel/market place activity, analysis of the various factors that ended British rule with an overall judgement.

Exploration of key impacts of the Wall Street Crash in the USA (collapse of business, unemployment, homelessness and collapse of farming) - pupils can create an A3 symbol poster (no more than 10 words to explain each section) using the hand outs - this could be invdividual or a gorup activity. Judgement at the end regarding the most significant effect.

National anthem starter requiring all students to sing it - link to Nazi Germany. Video (hyperlinked) introducing methods of control, followed by a team source analysis task (sources at end of PPT) where pupils study two sources then team teach their group. Building to an explanation plenary of how the control of the youth helped the Nazis.

GCSE style assessment focusing on the causes of WW1, the Somme, trench warfare and the Treaty of Versailles. Mark scheme included.

Lesson focusing on the issue of industrial relations - video exploring the issue, ranking of why Heath introduced the Industrial Relations Act, focus on three day week with videos hyperlinked including 'Till Death us do part' and judgement line plenary. Scargill homework source.

Second lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring why King John signed the Magna Carta. Recap starter on John as a king, analysis of the factors that contributed to the signing with explanation of importance, differentiated task completion on why the Magna Carta was signed, recap video leading to a 3,2,1 plenary.

A review starter/plenary for AQA 8145 Health and the People - focused on the medieval period . 10 recap questions to be completed in pairs/individually. Answers included. Useful for interleaving and reviewing knowledge.

Fifth lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring the affect the Black Death had on England. 3,2, 1 video starter recaping the Black Death, symptom explanation of the stages of the disease (differentiated sheet included), group decision making task on how to tackle/cure the disease with judgement activities included, analysis of medieval medical understanding based on learning so far leading to a ‘hypothesis’ plenary thinking about the impact of the Black Death.

Eight lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring the causes of the Peasants’ Revolt. Speech bubble starter recaps how peasants felt by 1381, differing interpretations activity linked to AQA 8145 criteria, video introducing the revolt leading to a thematic categorisation activity of the reasons for the revolt, group task arguing ONE of the main causes of the revolt leading to presentation of their arguments and a summary answer on the most important cause of the revolt. Finally, a post-it plenary allows assessment of pupils judgements on the causes of the revolt

Seventh lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Assessment lesson explaining the significance of the Black Death on England. True/false starter recaps key learning on the Black Death, recap of the meaning of significance, moving on to using the completed assessment plan done for homework from previous lesson - opportunity for peer-assessment and improvement, time allocated for writing up the assessment, leading to a self or peer-assessment plenary using the WWW/EBI pupil grid to mark their own work and demonstrate improvements on the EBI.

Sixth lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring the impact and significance of the Black Death. Starter recapping medieval understanding of the causes of the Black Death, rally-robin source task, video notes assessing positive and negative impacts of the Black Death, categorisation of the long and short term impact of the Black Death (could be done as a card sort instead), video assessing the positives for the peasants of the Black Death, leading to differentiated summary question choice on the overall effects of the Black Death on England.Finally, a judgement line plenary assesses pupil understanding of the impact. NB - significance assessment plan is attached for homework for use in the following lesson.

Ninth lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring the success of the Peasants’ Revolt based on the key events. Layers of inference starter links to AQA 8145 ‘Source A supports’ question style using John Ball, video interpretation and discussion of successes/failures, carousel activity exploring the events and if each was a success or failure leading to a judgement answer on the success of the revolt. Finally there is a differing interpretations plenary (linked to AQA 8145) discussion task.

Resources focusing on reviewing key themes and topics from AQA 8145 Elizabethan England unit. Pupils answer the key questions which step their review of content from basic recall, to description to explanation.

A resource focusing on reviewing key content from AQA 8145 Elizabethan England unit. Pupils answer the key questions individually or in pairs as a starter or plenary to review key topics. Useful for interleaving and reviewing prior knowledge throughout the year or could also be used as a homework task. Answers for teachers also included - could be used online on platforms like show my homework with self or peer-marking.

A review starter/plenary for AQA 8145 Health and the People - focused on the themes of surgery, causes and cures and public health. Opportunity to review key content, develop skills of explanation/description and revisit themes. Challenge questions built in.

Lesson exploring the impact of the Falklands on Thatcher’s government and standing in the world. Starter recaps existing knowledge of the conflict using pictures, moving on to a video giving an overview of the key aspects of the conflict. Pupils use the Oxford textbook to create a table showing the arguments for and against British involvement in the conflict (information included on the PPT), leading to application of this knolwedge to analyse a source from Thatcher focusing on content, tone and provenance (frame included). Finally, pupils read the summary hand out and create an argument for the pros or cons of the conflict for Thatcher and Britain which links to the judgement line plenary.

Lesson exploring the strength of the ‘special relationship’ within the context of the Cold War, under Thatcher. Starter asks students to write a guess on their impression of the special relationship using the images, moving on to a video of the special relationship with discussion focused on the balance of power. Using the oxford textbooks pupils create a spider diagram assessing any strengths of the relationship (information included in the PPT), leading to analysis of key events at this time on the worksheet assessing the role Thatcher played and how far each event contributed to the end of the Cold War. A source and ‘value’ question is included to apply the knowledge gathered in the lesson, leading to students writing a judgement to a sample 25 mark essay question as a plenary.

AQA 8145: Exploration of the two rebellions against Elizabeth - Norfolk and Essex including details and worksheets - comparison of the two rebellions at the end.

Introduction to causes of Armada - carousel activity regarding causes, then categorisation into themese. Exploration of interpretation of Armada as a starter.

AQA 8145 - Exploration of various themes involved in discovery and use of penicillin, group based essay planning task around "Has WW2 been the most important factor in the discovery and use of penicillin?"