This KS3 unit of study should take around seven hours to complete. There is a Power Point included for every lesson which leads students through the activities and provides advice and guidance where required. In teaching/chronological order, the lessons include: Who should be king? Claimants to the throne in 1066 Events leading up to the Battle of Hastings Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? How did William control England? How far did castle design improve during the MAs? There are a great range of activities including discussion, problem-solving, argument formation, chronological ordering, formal essay writing and comparative writing. The two formal assessments are the essay on “Why William won?” and the comparative writing on castle development. Support, advice, writing frames and mark schemes are provided for both of these. To avoid completing two asessments in quick succession, I generally teach the castles lesson a little later having looked at other medieval topics such as living conditions and religion in between. For more details, please refer to individual lessons.

IMPORTANT: This Edexcel 9-1 History GCSE unit is structured around the textbook “Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History, Medicine through time, c1250-present” (editor Leonard A. and published by Pearson) ISBN 9781292127378. The lessons will not be usable without a class set of these textbooks. However, if you’re looking to change course and can’t face all the fresh planning then I can guarantee that this bundle covers the entire specification with all supporting resources and assessment opportunities throughout. For a summary of activities etc. please see individual items. Every section of the specification is supported with a Power Point which leads students through all of the activities and includes feedback, answers and exam advice. Every worksheet and resource referred to is included in the bundle.

This complete KS3 unit of study covers around 14 lessons depending upon how long you devote to the research task and how much of the work you set as homework. Every lesson includes a Power Point which leads students through the activities with support/answers and all resources referred to are included. The unit works in a loosely chronological structure as follows: Causes of WW1 and Schlieffen Plan WW1 Propaganda and Recruitment Trench Warfare (extended research unit with Trench Diary Assessment) WW1 Christmas Truce Field Marshal Haig and the Battle of the Somme (source study and assessment) Why the Allies won There are two key assessments with mark schemes included. There are also differentiated materials throughout including writing frames. For more information please refer to individual lessons.

This KS3 unit of study should take around 15 hours to complete. There is a Power Point included for every lesson which leads students through the activities and provides advice and guidance where required. In teaching/loose chronological order, the lessons include: King James I, witchcraft and science The Gunpowder Plot Causes of the English Civil War Events of the civil war and Charles’ defeat The execution of Charles I Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villian? The Plague in London The Great Fire of London, 1666 There are a great range of activities including discussion, speech writing, pamphlet making and formal assessments. The two formal assessments are the essay on the causes of the Civil War and a source investigation into Oliver Cromwell. Writing frames and mark schemes are included for these. For more details, please refer to individual lesson summaries.

This KS3 unit of study should take at least 15 hours to complete. There is a Power Point included for every lesson which leads students through the activities and provides advice and guidance where required. In teaching/loose chronological order, the lessons include: What was life like in the Middle Ages? Who should be king? Claimants in 1066 Events leading up to the Battle of Hastings Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? How did William control England? How far did castle design improve during the Middle Ages? Why was religion so important to people in the Middle Ages? Who was to blame for the murder of Thomas Becket? How did people in the Middle Ages view the Black Death? Did Robin Hood really exist? There are a great range of activities including discussion, problem solving, card sorting and ranking, source analysis, comparison of continuity vs. change, introduction to explanatory essay writing and evaluative essay writing and board game creation. There are three formal assessment- the explanatory essay on why William won the Battle of Hastings, the comparative writing on developments in castle design and the evaluative writing on whether or not Robin Hood was real. Writing frames and mark schemes are included for these. For more details, please refer to individual lesson summaries.

IMPORTANT: This Edexcel 9-1 History GCSE unit is structured around the textbook "Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History, The American West, c1835-c1895 (editor Leonard A. and published by Pearson) ISBN 9781292127309. The lessons will not be usable without a class set of these textbooks. However, if you’re looking to change course and can’t face all the fresh planning then I can guarantee that this bundle covers the entire specification with all supporting resources and assessment opportunities throughout. For a summary of activities etc. please see individual items. Every section of the specification is supported with a Power Point which leads students through all of the activities and includes feedback/answers. Every worksheet and resource referred to is included in the bundle.

This KS3 unit of study should take around 18-20 hours to complete. There is a Power Point included for every lesson which leads students through the activities and provides advice and guidance where required. In teaching/loose chronological order, the lessons include: Communism, Democracy and Dictatorship: Introducing political concepts and their 1930s context. The Causes of WW2. The Main Turning Points of WW2. The Dunkirk Evacuation: How accurate are film portrayals? How Dangerous were the D-Day Landings? How were Commonwealth soldiers treated during WW2? What was it like to be a young person in Nazi Germany? The Persecution of the Jews: Nazi Germany, Ghettos and The Final Solution. Was “Blitz Spirit” real? The British Home Front. Why was Churchill a great war leader? What was it like to be evacuated? The Nazi defeat in Europe and aftermath of WW2. Should the US have dropped the A-bomb? There are a great range of activities including discussion, debate, source analysis, independent research, creative writing and formal assessment. Please refer to individual lessons for more detail. The D-Day lesson introduces GCSE-style source questions (Edexcel) and the Dunkirk lesson assesses cross-reference with a mark scheme provided.

IMPORTANT: These lessons are based upon the textbook “Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History, Medicine through time, c1250-present” (editor Leonard A. and published by Pearson) ISBN 9781292127378 and will not be fully usable without a class set of this text. This bundle covers the entire specification EXCLUDING the Western Front (I’m unable to include more than 20 items, so will put this as a separate bundle). There is a Power Point for every lesson which leads students though all activities and all worksheets and resources referred to are included. Please view some individual lessons in shop to get a feel for the amount of resources included.