A quick tour through these 3 events which ends with a source based activity on the success of Dunkirk. This lesson begins a scheme of work that will end with students answering an assessment question ‘The outcome of the Second World War was decided more by the failure of the Axis powers than the success of the Allied powers. How far do you agree?’
A resource that enables you to create a timeline for the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany topic for use on a display board. The grey spaces I left on my display board (as seen in the resources image) are for either a big landspace picture or key words.
Fourth lesson looking at WW2, this involves going through some context before watching a WW2 documentary found on Netflix. The students answer questions whilst viewing.
The final lesson of a 6 lesson series. This lesson looks at the consequences of the war on both England and France. Students will categorise a number of consequences into whether they affect the French or English nation. You will then look at breaking down an exam question (The Hundred Years War was important to the development of England and France as nation states. How far do you agree?) after which they will attempt to answer it using hints and sentence starters on the board.
This is the first of 6 lessons that examines the Hundred Years War. In this lesson students will explore the background to English holdings and the state of English and French national identity at the beginning of the war. They will then make notes on some of the key events and The Black Prince before finishing the lesson by writing two key features of this stage of the war.
This is the fourth of 6 lessons that examines the Hundred Years War. In this lesson students will explore the life of Joan of Arc and her impact on the Hundreds Years War and French national identity. Students will complete a gap fill about Joan’s life and career up to her capture and then answer four questions to test their comprehension. Student will then study three sources on Joan’s trial and write two inferences about her trial. Finally students will describe the impact that Joan had on French national identity.
This is the second of 6 lessons that examines the Hundred Years War. In this lesson students will explore why the war reignited, how the two sides faired and what eventually led to a second peace. Students will achieve this by completing a catergorisation task, writing a paragraph and finally producing a newspaper report.
This is the third of 6 lessons that examines the Hundred Years War. In this lesson students will explore Henry V and his success in France by creating a factfile on the man and a storyboard of the events. Finally students will learn and explain how Henry and Agincourt impacted on the development of the national identity in England.
The fifth of a six lesson scheme. This lesson explores the reasons why the French triumphed in the Hundred Years War. Students will gain an overview of the context before completing a word fill exercise on the reasons why the French won. To cement this knowledge the students will be given a choice as to which tasks they complete to re-interpret this information. To finish students will need to explain why the French won in 3 paragraphs.