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Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level History resources available for purchase and download. New Focus Education offer resources from a teacher with 10 years teaching experience, a track record of excellent outcomes and experience of leadership at several levels. The main focus is AQA 8145 and AQA A Level, with key stage three resources available with GCSE skills and requirements embedded throughout.

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Key Stage 3, GCSE and A Level History resources available for purchase and download. New Focus Education offer resources from a teacher with 10 years teaching experience, a track record of excellent outcomes and experience of leadership at several levels. The main focus is AQA 8145 and AQA A Level, with key stage three resources available with GCSE skills and requirements embedded throughout.
Effects of the Wall Street Crash/start of the Great Depression
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Effects of the Wall Street Crash/start of the Great Depression

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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.
How did Hitler control the youth
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How did Hitler control the youth

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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.
Why did King John sign the Magna Carta?
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Why did King John sign the Magna Carta?

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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.
How did the power of the King change in Medieval England?
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How did the power of the King change in Medieval England?

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Eleventh lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring the extent of change in the power of the King in medieval England. Starter recapping key powers a King has, information hunt with table completion on how the power of the King changed/remained the same in Medieval England (can be done as a categorisation card sort if desired), paired task reviewing how the different events studied in this unit impacted on different groups (e.g. barons, peasants), using all of this completion of living graph (attached at the end of the PPT) leading to a judgement summary answer. The post-it note plenary allows assessment of pupils understanding.
How did the Black Death affect England? - KS3 but suitable for AQA 8145
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How did the Black Death affect England? - KS3 but suitable for AQA 8145

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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.
The impact of the Peasant's Revolt
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The impact of the Peasant's Revolt

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Tenth lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring the impact of the Peasants’ Revolt. Starter recaps what life was like for peasants BEFORE the revolt, video explores the significance of the revolt, categorisation card sort into positive and negative impacts of the revolt leading to a creation of a Venn diagram (attached at the end of the PPT) to assess the overall impact. Creation of a table showing change/continuity for peasants after the revolt leading to a written judgement on the overall impact. A continuum plenary shows pupils understanding of how much the revolt improved life for peasants.
Why is the Magna Carta significant in History?
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Why is the Magna Carta significant in History?

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Third lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in medieval England? Lesson exploring the legacy of the Magna Carta. Quiz quiz trade starter reviewing learning on the Magna Carta, analysis of the promises of the Magna Carta and who benefitted in English society, assessment of how John would feel about these promises, card categorisation in terms of short, medium and long term significance of the Magna Carta leading to an AQA 8145 GCSE style significance assessment - optional plenary writing up ONE paragraph of the assessment - alternately complete for homework/next lesson
Why did the peasants revolt in 1381?
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Why did the peasants revolt in 1381?

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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
Explain the significance of the Black Death assessment lesson - AQA 8145 criteria/KS3
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Explain the significance of the Black Death assessment lesson - AQA 8145 criteria/KS3

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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.
What impact did the Black Death have on England? - KS3 but suitable for AQA 8145
LauraMeadowcroftLauraMeadowcroft

What impact did the Black Death have on England? - KS3 but suitable for AQA 8145

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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.
Was the Peasants' Revolt successful?
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Was the Peasants' Revolt successful?

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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.
AQA 8145 Elizabethan England - power, court, marriage and parliament starter for 10 and answers
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AQA 8145 Elizabethan England - power, court, marriage and parliament starter for 10 and answers

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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.
AQA A level 2S Making of Modern Britain - the Falklands
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AQA A level 2S Making of Modern Britain - the Falklands

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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.
AQA A level 2S Making of Moden Britain - Thatcher, the 'special relationship' and the Cold War
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AQA A level 2S Making of Moden Britain - Thatcher, the 'special relationship' and the Cold War

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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.