Lesson and range of resources that can be used to encourage students to analyse and evaluate the extent of prime ministerial power and dominance in the UK political system.
Lesson that introduces the definitions of ‘citizen’ and ‘citizenship’. Students describe key British values. Students complete a baseline quiz to assess the extent of their citizenship knowledge.
Lesson examining the political spectrum in the UK including 2 questionnaires for students to reflect on where they would place themselves on the spectrum.
Lesson examining the Battle of Stalingrad and what we can learn from source evidence (photographs) about how the battle was fought. Includes caption competition plenary.
Lesson examining events of the Battle of Hastings and whether Harold lost or William won - pupils encourage to explain what advantages Harold had, how William demonstrated good leadership and the role of bad luck in Harold's defeat.
Introductory lesson for German Depth Study introducing pupils to the basic geography of Europe and Germany, an giving pupils an idea of who Wilhelm II was and his personality traits. Pupils also briefly exaine what makes a country great. Textbook references to SHP Germany textbook (white).
Assessment preparation lesson for pupils examining why WIlliam won the Battle of Hastings - lesson can be delivered as an ICT lesson with pupils completing task on computers or as a card sort for a non-ICT based alternative. Lesson focuses on pupils using explanatory language and being able to prioritise information.
Cold War; Superpower Relations A-level (End of the Cold War)
Learning Objectives
To examine the philosophy that lay behind the Reagan Doctrine
To investigate the factors that weakened the hold of the USSR over Eastern Europe
To discover the ways in which Mikhail Gorbachev changed Soviet Foreign Policy in the 1980s
To investigate the significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall
To understand the sequence of events that was involved in the ending of the Cold War
Lesson examining blitzkrieg warfare - lesson delivered to all boys class and card sort worked well and drew on knowledge pupils had from video games like COD and MW.
Lesson examining Czechoslovakia and Nazi-Soviet Pact explaining why Stalin chose to sign the Nazi Soviet Pact - in addition to interpreting cartoons and catchphrase plenary.
Role information for class mock trial for Mary Queen of Scots for a class of 32 pupils (can be varied accordingly) including; Judges x 3,
Jury x 12 (+ Foreman of the Jury for deciding vote if a tie), Prosecution x 3, Defence x 3, Francis Walsingham, Anthony Babbington, Mary Queen of Scots, Witnesses x 6, (Clerk x 2)
Brief history/snapshot of the USA in preparation for the US Constitution topic - statistics can be used as a source - what can pupils learn about US society from these statistics.
Lesson examining Operation Barbarossa asking to pupils to 'flesh out' the reasons why Hitler invaded Russia and the implications of his mistakes. Plenary as caption competition for cartoons depicting operation barbarossa.
This lesson examines the legislative process in the UK, including key vocabulary.Pupils are encouraged to independently research a piece(s) of legislation they are interested in to use as contextual examples in exam answers.