An interactive class role play where students bring to life the meeting held at Wanasee that led to the Final Solution. Great for getting students to understand its significance and the mindset of those involved

The year is 1295 Edward I is king of England. He has called a meeting of Parliament. Parliament usually met whenever the king needed it but usually it met several times a year. In 1295 Edward I called Parliament to discuss taxes. Lets explore how it worked

As part of our series of back in time interviews we have travelled back to the year 1213 when a King called John was getting himself into a few difficulties. In your pairs read the interview with King John and then discuss the questions that follow......................

The year is 1215. For the last 5 years King John and the Barons have been falling out. Their relationship gets worse and the Barons begin to challenge the power of John. Your challenge is to show how and why the Barons began to challenge the power of King John................

Billy the Kidd became of the most notorious criminals of the American West. His life and story has been told many times. In 2013 a new film was released called Billy the Kidd, Below is the Film script explaining the life of Billy the Kidd............. Your Task is to use the script on the previous page to write the script for the 2013 movie trailer of Billy the Kidd ( overview- key events in this dramatic life)

Read read and analyse the experiences of 2 different groups that travelled West. Read their experiences carefully analysing the different experience and challenges they faced. Questions follow each case study

Students use the information to create a movie trailer exploring and explaining the Sand Creek massacre and Red Clouds war

A chain of reaction activity getting students to explore events and consequences that led to the Battle of Little Big Horn

The creation of the Goodnight-loving trail saw cattle being driven directly to the west. John Illif set up a cattle ranch in Colorado and soon other ranchers saw the Great plains as the perfect place to ranch. The huge areas of land, good grazing grass was ideal to create large cattle ranches. This would lead to tension between the Indians but also the homesteaders who moved west................................ Analysis activity of the rivalry between Homesteaders and Ranchers

Activity where students explore the life and beliefs of the various tribes on the Great Plains

worksheet exploring Government policy towards the Plains Indians and the problems Indians faced on reservations

Time line and analysis activity exploring the changing life of the plains Indians between 1835-1895

Task: In your pairs study the images on the time line and work out the key changes and events that have taken place in the American West

The problems that faced the cattle Industry in the 1880's had large consequences for the Cattle Industry. On each set of dominoes below think of consequences and knock on effects of the changes in the Cattle Industry in the 1880's. Look at the example of 'Barbed wire' that has been done for you...............

Buffalo Hunting and the Destruction of the Plains Indians way of life Task: Study the information on the graph below and plot a line graph using the information and your own knowledge to show the decline of the Buffalo by 1883.........................

A interactive powerpoint and thinking skills activity exploring the stories of Hannah Brady and Anne Frank and their families. Great resource for exploring the Holocaust through the eyes of children

A character based role play activity where students go around the room in their characters and explore the impact the Magna Carta had upon people at the time

Worksheet exploring Germany's punishment at the Treaty of Versailles

Students explore the events of the Blitz through photographs

Students play a version of snap where they win their opponents cards if they correctly work out the imag before their opponent