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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.
The end of slavery
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The end of slavery

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Lesson exploring the impact of abolition on black Americans. Videos hyperlinked show the rise of the KKK and the start of the civil rights movement.
AQA 8145 America  1920-70: Kennedy and Johnson - how far was a 'Great Society' created?
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AQA 8145 America 1920-70: Kennedy and Johnson - how far was a 'Great Society' created?

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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.
AQA 8145 Society in Elizabethan England
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AQA 8145 Society in Elizabethan England

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AQA 8145 - analysis of Elizabethan society with focus on Great chain of being and use of videos to assess different groups in society. Summary hand out covers different groups. Assessment focus on the impatc of the rise of the Gentry in Elizabethan England.
AQA 8145 - Why did the Nazis gain support two lessons
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AQA 8145 - Why did the Nazis gain support two lessons

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For new Germany unit - 1890-1945 Two lesson sequence on the various factors causing the Nazis to gain support - depression, fear of Communism, dissatisfaction with Weimar, appeal of Hitler and propaganda. Image linking starter, video focusing on rise of the Nazis, carousel activity information hunt, essay assessment at the end.
AQA A Level Britain 1950-2007: Race and immigration 1970s
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AQA A Level Britain 1950-2007: Race and immigration 1970s

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Lesson focusing around the extent of racial equality in 1970s Britain under Conservatives and Labour. Odd one out starter, Immigration Act focus, video on Ugandan Asians, explanation of impact of Race Relations Act , 4 videos hyperlinked in exploring National Front, TV racism and extent of equality, judgement plenary. Source evaluation homework included.
AQA 8145 - Health and the People: How healthy were the public in medieval England?
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AQA 8145 - Health and the People: How healthy were the public in medieval England?

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Two lesson sequence exploring medieval public health. Town picture starter labelling positives and negatives, hyperlinked video exploring positives and negatives, group task comparing towns to monasteries - swap and share in a marketplace or carousel activity, table creation of similarities and differences of towns and monasteries, judgement on why monasteries were healthier and corners plenary.
AQA 8145 - Why did Truman sack MacArthur - conflict and tension in Asia
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AQA 8145 - Why did Truman sack MacArthur - conflict and tension in Asia

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Lesson exploring the motivation for Truman's sacking of MacArthur. The 3,2, 1 starter explores MacArthur's military career, the motivations of Truman and the impact of the sacking via a hyperlinked video. Pupils then give their own advice to Truman using the information hand out. Pupils then categorise the various reasons for the sacking in terms of importance and use the information to explain why MacArthur was sacked and the impact this had. Finally, pupils apply their knowledge in a scaffolded manner to the 4 mark source inference question.
AQA A level 2S Making of Modern Britain - Thatcher and Europe 1979-87
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AQA A level 2S Making of Modern Britain - Thatcher and Europe 1979-87

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Lesson exploring the changing nature of Britain’s relationship with Europe under Thatcher. Recap starter gets pupils to review existing knowledge of the EEC/Europe (included in PPT), leading to a video giving an overview of Thatcher’s views on Europe and others views on Thatcher. Students split up and plan half an answer to a 25 mark essay question: The Conservative party was pro-European between 1973 and 1987’. Assess the validity of this view after ‘bugging’ the question. After 15 minutes pupils swap and teach each other - focus on explanation and assessment at this stage. Criteria for Level 4 and Level 5 is shared with students who use this to craft an essay judgement using their learning from the lesson. A continuum plenary assesses the strength of Britain’s relationship with Europe by 1987. An assessment (20 mark source adaption) planning sheet is included on Thatcher’s foreign policy - for use as a timed piece in the following lesson.
Who were the Normans? Suitable for AQA 8145 and KS3
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Who were the Normans? Suitable for AQA 8145 and KS3

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Lesson exploring the Norman link to the throne of England. The starter recaps the position of Normandy and its significance, the main task is a carousel/information hunt to discover why the Normans were important and why William felt he had a claim to the throne. Bringing it all together pupils list why William would be an effective King and using the information on the slides assess ‘how’ significant Normandy was to England by 1066.