First lesson in the scheme - how was the power of the monarch challenged in Medieval England Lesson exploring interpretations of King John. Interpretation starter exploring ideas of John as a King, video exploring the views of John presented in modern media, comparison of Richard and John - annotation of their personalities based on the profiles, source analysis leading to a table creation on the positive and negative aspects of John’s character, individual written interpretation of John, leading to a vote/judgement line plenary on John as a King.

Lesson exploring who the Vietcong were, their aims and why people supported them. Video starter introduces the VC; the next activity focuses on the impact of Le Duan’s report to Ho Chi Minh; pupils use the hand out to explain why people supported the VC and finally explore what guerrilla tactics were and why they would work (more detail is explored in a alter lesson).

For AQA 8145 spec: Exploration of three potential suitors for Elizabeth and arguments for and against why she did not marry. Building to "How convincing" question with model answer.

AQA 8145 - Starter key words match up (e.g. idle-poor, vagabonds) definitions, video hyperlinked in to introduce types of poor, leaflet design warning society about the different types of poor, card sort on how different towns dealt with the poor and summary hypothesis on how the government as a whole could deal with the issue of poverty.

For new Germany unit - 1890-1945 Starter video recapping Reichstage fire and assessment of Hitler's position after this, information hunt activity concerning the different factors enabling Hitler to eliminate outside opposition (e.g. Enabling Act...), judgement activity on most significant factor and judgement line plenary.

For AQA 8145 conflict and tension 1919-39 One lesson analysing the successes the league had. Recap starter on issues the league faced, decision making task - can do individually/paired or grouped. There are 10 situations and each needs a solution using the league sanctions. This can be fedback and compared to what the league did - opportunity for analysing the successes and failures of this, building towards a "write an account" style question on how the league dealt with crises 1920-35.

Introduction to the character of Charles with interpretations to analyse, chronology card sort and hypothesis of why the civil war started.

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.

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

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 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.