I used the a clip from the Pianist (the part when they move to and then settle into the Warsaw ghetto) as a stimulus.

Looking at the different influences of propaganda and conscription students examine why people joined up to fight. The oral testimonies are all from the BBC website. I also used a clip from BBC Learning Zone of one of the last veterans. I attached the EAL sheet just in case anybody else needed it.

I used the X factor to explain why people have different opinions and interpretations of History, because the students always understand why different mentors support their own acts, even if they are terrible acts and can't sing. You can update it each year with the latest acts.

This is a background lesson before students started the controlled coursework task on the Impact of WWI on civilians in Britain. For the activity I spread the information slides (at the last part of the PPT) around the room. They then filled the worksheet in using these. For the plenary you can print off a 'brain shape' for the 'fill your brain' activity. The clips for the activities are in the notes section of the powerpoint.

This is a lesson for a mixed ability Year 9 group focused on appeasement. I used two videos from BBC Learning Zone for stimulus - the links are saved in the notes section of the powerpoint. The first video should be used to answer the first task on the worksheet. The second is for the 2nd page of the worksheet (LO2).

An introduction or stand alone lesson on the Ottoman Empire. students have to study the different main events in the Ottoman Empire, to make an A3 timeline, and then evaluate how powerful the Ottoman Empire was at each of these points. An example is given of what the students need to create. I print off the task sheet and photocopy it into A3. I then print off the information slides and give these to the students. With a weaker group a teacher may wish to go through each event slide by slide. There is a challenge task available for stronger students.

This lesson is designed to follow a lesson on the Glorious Revolution. It starts by recapping the revolution and then asks students to evaluate the impact of the Bill of Rights.

This is a 1 to 1.5 hour lesson for Year 9 students on the early British Empire in Australia. The lesson uses the BBC 'In Our Time' series to understand the first encounters between the British and Aborigines. The questions are structured so that even weaker students are able to access the difficult language of this audio clip. This is followed by differentiated worksheets.

This is a double lesson (1.5hrs) for Year 10. The first activity was using sources from the US National Archives- students have to answer the questions in groups. The links for the clip (which is on BBC Learning Zone) is in the notes section of the powerpoint. The final part of the lesson, asks students to evaluate the significance of the bus boycott. I scaffold this by giving them all statements (cut up the statements of significance and then give them to students) and get them to move around the room.

KS5 Edexcel A Level lesson on the British Empire and trade. Focusses on being able to write a thematic essay, using key terms such as ‘turning point’. The lesson uses examiner feedback from the 2017 exam series. You will need to download the examiner’s report to find an example essay to look at. Students create a living graph to help them understand the trends during the period. They then look at a card sort and use the evidence to decide how far different events were ‘turning points’.

This is a lesson for mixed ability Year 7 students on the power of medieval kings. Students work out the why Henry II was being whipped, using a series of clues that can be placed in envelopes around the room. All the information they need is in the clues. This ends with a structured writing task around why the king is being whipped.

This is a revision task for students studying Medicine Through Time. Students complete the worksheet on the 'Great Individuals' they study through the course. There is a help sheet to assist weaker students and a starter which forces students to identify the differences between some of the key individuals.

This is a simplified lesson on the causes of the American Revolution / War of Independence. Students read through 4 main factors and then complete a grid describing and explainign them. The lesson ends with a structure peer assessed paragraph answering the question ‘Why did America want to break free from Britain’. It also includes a Knowledge Organiser for our unit up to this point, which includes some background on the early British settlements in the Americas.

This was used for an end of unit lesson on Women’s Rights in the 20th and 21st Century for Year 9 History, but could easily work for Citizenship or PSHE as a standalone lesson on this topic.

This is a lesson where students have to problem solve the problems of Weimar Germany and how they would be solved. Students start with the hyperinflation starter to recap their prior knowledge. This leads onto a detailed analysis of Streseman's problems and solutions which will work with any GCSE textbook.

This is a taster lesson for Year 11 students to prepare them for A Level History. It could also be useful during the A Level itself when exploring Gandhi, either as an introduction or for revision.

A lesson on Emily Davison. Can be part of a unit on the Suffragettes or a stand alone lesson on a key figure from history. The 'statements' I used for a plenary exercise for lower ability classes. I handed students different statements. I then asked them to work out if that showed Emily was a hero or not. This helped them formulate an opinion on her actions. Would work for any KS3 class.

An entire lesson on Reagan’s policies, finishing with an exam question from the Eduqas GCSE.

Exemplar question for Question 5 of the Eduqas Germany Paper, based on the impact of hyperinflation.

This looks at the four main long term causes of World War I- Imperialism, Nationalism, Alliances and the arms race. Students have a structured way of learning one factor and then teach it to each other. The lesson then asks students to link these to short term factors, using the Horrible Histories clip, with differentiated tasks to complete whilst watching this clip. It finishes with an exam practice. The worksheets are included within the PowerPoint slides, just to make things simple. This lesson was made for a mixed ability Year 9 class, and was 1 hour long. It could be broken into two shorter lessons.