Recap of disease treatment up to the Renaissance, hyperlinked video focusing on change and continuity, table showing natural and supernatural remedies at this time, explanation of why people still used these tradtional methods, table comparing progress and limited progress and continuum plenary assessing how much progress was made 1500-1800.

Lesson focused on significance and source skills. Link the picture starter, Description of difference of inoculation and vaccination, hyperlinked video on the work of Jenner, explanation of the differences of vaccination to inoculation, ranking significance card tasks, source analysis of the Gillray anti-vaccination source, and model answer built in for use in the lesson or afterwards.

Lesson exploring the impact of the Plague on medical development. Starter for 10 recapping previous learning (answers included), hyperlinked video on the Plague, plague worksheet with assessment of attempted solutions, planning of similarities with black death answer, plenary assessment of a model paragraph for students to focus on WWW and EBI.

Two lesson sequence exploring the impact of the three key individuals: Video starter, group assessment of one individual and presentations, summary information sheet for each student, signficance card sort linked to 8 mark significance of Vesailus question, impact guess who plenary.

Lesson analysing the impact of the black death on England. Rally-robin source starter, data capture task exploring what the BD was, how it spread and the impact, card categorising task on short, medium and long term impact, horrible histories video plenary linked to building an argument for and against the idea that the high death toll was the WORST impact of the BD.

Lesson exploring the four humours and the impact of the church on medicine. Source starter, hyperlinked video introducing key medical issues, four humours worksheet, analysis of extent of progress with a continuum plenary.

Lesson exploring the policy of vietnamisation. Recap starter reviewing key content from Vietnam, group task exploring how Nixon could solve the issues in Vietnam, source analysis of Nixon to compare their suggestions to,, hyperlinked video of vietnamisation, use of hand out to create a table showing the success of vietnamisation for the US government, US military and south Vietnam, 4 mark source question plenary.

Lesson exploring the motivation for US/UN intervention. US advisor starter, hyperlinked video and spider diagram (using video and hand out) for the key reasons of intervention, utility focus for the 12 mark utility question analysing two contrasting sources with scaffolded planning grid/group work. Pupils answer this question in class or at home: How useful are sources E and F to a historian studying why the US intervened in the Korean War? Model answer included.

Lesson exploring the origins of the conflict in Korea. Odd one out picture starter. Map of Korea and video (hyperlinked) introducing the conflict, carousel activity investigating the key reasons for the conflict, ranking of interpretations of likely causes of the conflict leading to a "write an account" question, source plenary comparing views of the Americans (nice link to next lesson)

Lesson introducing the causes of the Cold War and context of 1950. Video starter, paired card sort categorising causes of the Cold War - use to create a mind map, introduce location of Korea and notion of why the USA and USSR could not directly fight each other, source plenary linked to 4 mark "source supports/opposes...how do you know?" question.

Two lesson sequence exploring the feminist movement in the 1960s. Whiteboard starter recapping position of women in 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, video and note sheet (hyperlinked) showing issues facing women and how they protested in the 1960s, timeline creation (carousel activity) showing key legislation/events ( equal pay act, NOW, Women Bill of Rights, ERA, Roe v Wade) with key information included, interpretations grid analysing contrasting views on the impact of feminism - allows scaffolded planning for the first three interpretations questions (how differ, why differ and which is most convincing), comparison plenary of campaigns - civil rights or feminism: similarities and differences and which was most successful and why.

Lesson exploring social and economic policies of Kennedy and Johnson. JFK picture starter, analysis of JFK quote, highlight successes and failures of 'new frontier', assessment of success of this, analysis of Johnson quote, card sort on Great Society Programme - used to create a positive/negative table, video interpretation of the Great Society (opportunity to analyse provenance), justification plenary on who made a larger impact to society in the 1960s - Kennedy or Johnson.

Starter using key events of 1965-67 to explore why black Americans were dissatisfied (paired table), Black Power salute source and video, group task examining one area of Black Power (Nation of Islam, Black Panthers, SNCC and Malcolm X) assessing successes and limitations of each, assessment of civil rights legislation to tackle issues - challenge questions built in regarding most significant legislation, video on assassination of MLK, describe (4 mark question) plenary regarding legislation.

Lesson exploring the role of MLK through 1950s and 60s protests. Recap starter of existing knowledge of MLK, video interpretation of King, carousel activity exploring events like the bus boycott, sit ins, freedom marches etc, activity on significance of King using all learning, significance scale pyramid plenary, essay homework and model answer built in.

Lesson exploring segregation in the 1940s and 50s and the challenges to educational segregation in Brown v Topeka and Little Rock. Starter for 10 recapping previous lessons, source exploration of jim crow laws, reduction task on segregation laws, team case study challenge - one group have Brown V Topeka, the other Little Rock - five minutes to summarise and choose the top 5 factors, interpretation grid used to scaffold the first three questions (how differ, why differ and which is most convincing). Pupils can use the planning grid to answer the three questions. Video plenaries.

Lesson exploring what McCarthyism was and the impact. Model answer starter (from previous lesson), educational Cold War film from 1950s to introduce fear to the USA, cause of fear of communism categorisation task, McCarthyism exploration on worksheet, continuum plenary regarding extent of impact of McCarthyism

Picture starter, recap on 1920s and 30s society, carousel activity exploring aspects such as cinema, advertising, rock and roll music, application of knowledge in an 8 mark "in what ways were" question and an interpretation plenary. Model answer to question attached - used as a starter in the following lesson.

Lesson exploring the post-ww2 prosperity. Starter explores what the American dream was using pictures and video footage, spider diagram creation of causes of prosperity, card sort on impact of prosperity (positive and negative), 4 mark describe question and judgement line plenary on the extent of the American dream.