Comprehensive lesson examining whether or not the Atomic Bombs were rightly used against Japan in World War 2. - Contextual Information - Hyperlinked video - Source analysis activity - Many chances for AfL discussion and debate - Extended writing activity

Complete, fully resourced lesson on the origins of the African slave trade, designed for Key Stage 3. This lesson is clear and easy to follow. Contextual information and many different activities are included throughout for students to engage with. The lesson begins with contextualisation of the period through an examination of the British Empire, before moving into the origins of slavery, reasons for slavery and an analysis of African culture. Recently updated for the new academic year.

Complete lesson on WW1 Propaganda and the reasons men signed up to fight in the war. - Reasons why men joined the Army - Analysis and discussion of what propaganda is - Source analysis - WW1 propaganda poster activity - Lots of chances for reading, recording and discussion throughout -Relevant Hyperlinked videos

Complete lesson on Slave Resistance and Escape, designed for Key Stage 3. This lesson is clear, fully resourced and easy to follow. Hyperlinked videos are included throughout, as are a number of different activities for students to engage with. The primary focus is on the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman.

Complete lesson on The Triangular Trade and Middle Passage, designed for Key Stage 3. - This lesson is clear and easy to follow. Hyperlinked videos are included throughout, as are a number of activities for students to engage with. Recently updated for the new academic year.

Complete lesson on the abolition of the slave trade, designed for Key Stage 3. This lesson is clear and easy to follow. Hyperlinked videos are included, as are a number of different activities for students to engage with. Recently updated for the new academic year, with new activities and videos included.

Complete lesson, designed for Key Stage 3, on the Harrying of the North in 1069-70. This lesson includes reading, many different activities and a number of educational videos. Thanks.

Full lesson on the My Lai Massacre, 1968. Context, significance and a case study on Lieutenant William Calley. Hyperlinked videos included. Lesson refers to the Ferriby GCSE textbook for further reading on one slide.

Whole lesson on propaganda in Nazi Germany, with information and hyperlinked videos throughout - Joseph Goebbels - Book burning - Posters and newspapers - Speeches - Cinema and film - Rallies - Sport, Festivals, Art and Music - Censorship (covered using hyper linked videos, and activity to be completed alongside use of Ferriby textbook) - Homework task on opposition to the Nazi regime

Complete lesson, designed for KS3, examining what life was like for soldiers in the trenches of the Western Front during World War One. This lesson is fully resourced, with clear, progressive differentiated activities and relating educational videos.

1066 - Castles: How William Controlled the Lands - Recap and starter activity - Paired pictionary activity - Contextual information for reading, discussion and recording - Relevant hyperlinked videos - In-depth analysis of the methods used for attacking and defending castles - Extended writing activities - Class dominoes activity - A choice of 2 interactive plenary activities

Complete lesson on the Berlin Blockade of 1948-49, including: - Hyperlinked informative video - Activity examining the causes and consequences of the blockade - Chances for analysis of a number of relevant sources throughout

Complete lesson, designed for Key Stage 3, on the Domesday Book. It is full of reading, activities and educational videos.

Once determining what an interpretation is, students are then required to consider a number of different academic interpretations about who was responsible for the outbreak of World War One. This lesson is of great relevance for higher ability KS4 students and particularly KS5 students, and works brilliantly as a skill building lesson.

Complete lesson, designed for KS3, on King John and the Magna Carta. This lesson is fully resourced, with a number of different activities for students to engage with. It also includes a fully planned and resourced interpretations assessment that helps to build skills in preparation for the new GCSE exams.

This lesson is taken from a unit on the Holocaust, titled ‘What do we need to know about the Holocaust?’. In this lesson, students will be provided with a number of statements and a set of figures on an activity sheet (differentiated). Their task is to match each of the statements to the correct figure. I have found that this activity creates a great deal of student engagement. Once complete, answers can be provided, which will then lead into an SMSC plenary. A starter activity is also included for students as soon as they get in the room.