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 an active revision guide for students which I made to cover the whole of the GCSE Germany content. It consists of questions and answers for the whole period for Germany 1919-39. Students can then test each other on their knowledge, use it for revision, or get family members or friends to test them. I have found it to be a really effective revision guide.

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

A complete exam practice pack for the AS Edexcel Unit on Britain and India. Has a wide selection of practice exam questions, including source questions. Easy to adapt to add in your own source questions as well.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

A lesson for the Eduqas GCSE History America unit. Focusses on students understanding the story of Watergate using two listening tasks. It then finishes with an exam question from the Eduqas GCSE unit.

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

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’.

An A Level Revision Lesson for students on this topic, focussing on turning points.

An introduction lesson for the Edexcel A Level Unit 'Britain and India'

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 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.

Short exam practice booklet for the Crime and Punishment unit. There are six questions in total. Prompts and tips for answering each question are given.

A knowledge organiser and revision guide for the Botany Bay Case studies. It has 10 pages of information and tasks for students to complete.

A revision pack of 2 exam questions for questions 2-5 of the Eduqas Elizabeth paper, with success criteria for each question.