A source based lesson looking at the suffragettes and whether or not women should be given the vote. Students to look at different sources to look at the reasons behind the vote. Also, students will examine the different tactics used by the Suffragettes and decide which was the most effective Different activities for different students

Students will look at how Elizabeth I dealt with the problems of poverty and begging during her reign. Accompanying worksheet. Ideal for the new GCSE specification and for higher ability students at KS3. Differentiated activities for students.

A lesson looking at the problems Henry VIII faced as monarch. Students will look through the different problems and will categorize them. Students will also complete a diamond 9 activity and a speech. Differentiated activities and worksheets.

An overview of the Religious Settlement, looking at whether or not it was a good compromise to stop religious conflict. Differentiated worksheets for higher, middle and lower ability students. Accompanying worksheets.

Was Anglo-Saxon justice violent and superstitious? Ideal to be used with KS3 to as part of a programme teaching exam skills, or useful for the new Edexcel GCSE course. This lesson gets students to create a matrix of how far justice was normal or whether it was superstitious. Includes differentiated resources and activities throughout, as well as challenge activities.

A lesson ideal for KS3, focusing on the events of the Great Fire of London, the causes, and consequences of the Fire. Uses sources and higher level thinking skills for students to investigate this. Includes challenge and super challenge activities throughout.

Ideal to be used with KS3 to as part of a programme teaching exam skills, or useful for the new Edexcel GCSE course. This lesson looks at the reasons behind the Bloody Code being introduced. It includes the game quick on the draw, which is ideal for team building, testing literacy skills and extracting key information. Students will then look at the reasons behind the introduction of the Bloody Code, explaining, prioritizing and linking the reasons. Also includes a 12 mark exam question

Ideal to be used with KS3 to as part of a programme teaching exam skills, or useful for the new Edexcel GCSE course. This lesson focuses upon factors which affected changes to crime and punishment. Students will complete an activity that requires them to rank the factors based upon their own opinion. Lesson also includes an exam question for students to answer, and differentiated activities throughout.

Ideal to be used with KS3 to as part of a programme teaching exam skills, or useful for the new Edexcel GCSE course. This lesson looks as whether the Normans were nice or nasty. Students will create a venn diagram looking at changes and continuities between the Anglo-Saxon period and the Norman period. Includes differentiated resources and activities throughout.

Ideal to be used with KS3 to as part of a programme teaching exam skills, or useful for the new Edexcel GCSE course. This lesson asks students to reach a judgement on how far transportation was a success as a form of punishment, making comparisons to other punishments used. Students will complete a sort card activity, and link it back to the aims of the British government,

This lessons looks at the reasons why people moved West, looking at the concept of Manifest Destiny, and push and pull factors. Includes differentiated activities, challenges and super challenges.

A powerpoint looking over part b of the Edexcel coursework, and why guerilla warfare was so significant in the Vietnam War.

A resource ideal for either KS3 or the new Edexcel GCSE American West course. This lesson focuses on the significance of the Californian Gold Rush, looking at the reasons why people made the move West, the activities when there, and the consequences for the Plains Indians. Includes a worksheet, and a 4 mark exam question.

Ideal for the new Edexcel GCSE course, this resource looks at why Nazi support grew between 1928 and 1933. Includes an exam question, with differentiated resources, a sheet for lower ability students with guided questions, and an exemplar paragraph to use with middle ability students. Includes directed questions throughout for students to make their notes.

An end of unit assessment that is ideal for KS3 having studied Jack the Ripper as part of a unit. The assessment focuses upon the new style GCSE questions, and comes with a mark scheme. There is also a follow up lesson where students gauge where their work is at in comparison to a series of model answers.

Students investigate different turning points in the English Civil War, looking at what happened, and how this then impacted on the outcome of the Civil War. Differentiated activities for higher, middle and lower ability students, and support sheets available for lower ability students.

This lesson is ideal for the new Edexcel GCSE course or as part of a KS3 scheme of work. This lesson looks at why the buffalo was so important to the Plains Indians. A game of quick on the draw introduces students to the concept, encourages team work as students compete in teams of 2/3 to beat the other teams in finding the answers. Students then consolidate their individual knowledge by 'flogging' parts of the buffalo at the market. Includes differentiated resources and activities.

This lesson can be used for cross-curricula links to religious education. It looks at the impact of Charles Darwin, and why his ideas were deemed dangerous. Include a worksheet, and a quick on the draw activity, encouraging team building and literacy skills.

A resource ideal for GCSE students, looking at how the Nazis changed their ideas following the Munich Putsch.

An overview of protests and potential revolutions in Britain between 1750-1900. Looks at - The Luddites - The Chartists - The Swing Rioters - Peterloo Massacre Finishes with a washing line activity. Includes a reading for purpose worksheet. No textbooks required