An engaging lesson exploring England in 1060, before the Norman invasion. This works well at the beginning of a unit of study on the Normans. The lesson includes a start/end true or false quiz, a source investigation and a written task. All of the resources are included and no text book is needed for this lesson. It works weel at GCSE or KS3 - feel free to adapt accordingly. Enjoy!

Created for GCSE but also works for KS3. This lesson explores the Harrying of the North 1069-1070. It includes a starter based on a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, a resarch task including a video and a source sheet and a written task in the form of a newspaper article either from the Saxon or Norman point of view to incorporate an understanding of bias. I always find this a fascinating bit of history to teach. Enjoy!

Explores how Saxon England was ruled before the Norman invasion, including the king, the Witan, eardoms and the church. Includes a starter, a lengthier research task and an exam question. Please note - The Pearson textbook - Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88 is used in this lesson. If you use a different textbook, you will need to alter the page numbers on the slides accordingly. Thanks, enjoy!

Explores William’s death and looks back at his legacy. Includes a starter quiz, a video with a question sheet and an obituary written task. A great way to end a unit of study on the Normans. Enjoy!

Explores the culture of the Normans including hunting, fashion, hairstyles, language and architecture. The lesson includes a starter, then a jigsaw activity and finally a written task. I usually give textbooks out for this lesson as well to add to their knowledge but they are not needed for the lesson to work. Enjoy!

This lesson explores the feudal system and the Domesday Book. It includes a drawing task, a video with some note-taking and an exam question. I have included an entry from the Domesday Book for a village in our local area which you could easily change to something more relevant for your location. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - How did prisons change in the 20th century? GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson covers prison work, open prisons, female prisons and modern alternatives to prison. There is also a separate task - Wandsworth Prison Report - where the students follow a link to a video about Wandsworth prison and then complete a report on the conditions as if they were a modern day Elizabeth Fry or John Howard. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Women in Nazi Germany - GCSE Germany. This lesson covers the experiences of women in Nazi Germany. It includes women’s expected roles, laws, programmes, propaganda, sources for analysis and an exam question. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed is included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - What Was Whitechapel Like? - GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson looks at conditions in Whitechapel in the late 19th century. It includes overcrowding, pollution, slum houses, rookeries, workhouses, the Peabody Estate and many other factors. The students use the information and video link to answer the questions on the worksheet and then type up a ‘Whitechapel Report’. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the worksheet over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - The Metropolitan Police in Whitechapel - GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson explores the police in Whitechapel in the late 19th century. It looks at their organisation, equipment and the problems they faced capturing Jack the Ripper. Students use the information and video links to answer the questions on the worksheet. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the worksheet over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Youth in Nazi Germany - GCSE Germany. This lesson covers a 25 minute video, a source analysis task and an extra task based around the Disney propaganda film ‘Education for Death’. Links to all of the videos are included in the resource. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - The Working Class in Nazi Germany - GCSE Germany. This lesson covers the changes for the working class. The whole lesson is based around analysing written, statistical and picture sources to develop their understanding. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed is included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Conscientious Objectors - GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson asks the students to define some key terms, to analyse a selection of sources, to watch two videos on CO’s experiences, to look at the reasons why people objected to fighting and to compare the experiences of conscientious objectors in WWI and WWII This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Who was Jack the Ripper? - GCSE Crime and Punishment. This lesson looks at pieces of evidence, including the Ripper Letters, and considers some of the suspects in the case. The evidence is all in the slideshow and the students complete their work on the worksheet. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the worksheet over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed is included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - The Water Cycle - KS3 Geography. This lesson covers the water cycle, how it works and the key words involved. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos and BBC Bitesize are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

This lesson explores the life and achievements of Amy Johnson. I created it for KS3 but it would work well with all ages. The lesson inludes a starter with a video, a research task with an information sheet and a written task in the form of an obituary. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Hurricane Katrina - KS3 Geography. This lesson covers Hurricane Katrina, defines some key terms and then asks the students to identify social, economic and environmental impacts of the hurricane. It ends with a written task. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Severe Weather in the UK - KS3 Geography. This lesson covers severe and extreme weather in the UK. It includes a brief video of news coverage and lots of questions for the students to complete. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!

Explores the Treaty of Versailles. This lesson is suitable for both KS3 and GCSE. I tend to just use the LA version of the worksheet for my KS3 groups. After a quick starter, the lesson looks at the ‘Big Three’ at the Paris Peace Conference and their motivations after WWI. The students then look at some of the terms of the treaty using BRAT (Blame, Reparations, Army and Territory). There are two versions of the worksheet for this activity, one is written in slightly more simple English to be easier to understand for some students. The lesson then moves onto the analysis of a source (there is a slide at the end which has four copies of the source for printing and cutting if you would like the students to have it in front of them instead of just on the board). The question in the lesson asks for two inferences from the source but sometimes I ask the students to analyse it in more detail and to try to figure out who each person represents and what the meaning of the source is. I have been using this lesson for a long time and always find the students enjoy it and it flows well. Enjoy!

Ideal for remote home distance learning, sickness, self isolation, school closure or revision - Plains Indians’ Beliefs and Way of Life - GCSE American West. This lesson begins with a starter looking at various images to introduce the topic. The students are then required to use the internet to define certain key terms including Counting coup, nomadic and the Great Spirit. Next there is a link to an 11 minute long video which helps them with the longer task. The students are required to produce a series of paragraphs covering a selection of bullet points including the importance of the horse, hunting the buffalo, Native American homes, society, spirituality and war. This is a remote learning resource which can be emailed out or set on Google Classroom or similar platforms. I simply copy the information over into a Google Doc on Classroom so the students can then type their responses straight onto the sheet. All the information needed and links to videos are included to help them understand. Enjoy!