This lesson looks at the effects of the crusades. It briefly covers the context of the crusades (what they were, when they took place, why they took place) The lesson has a variety of activities and encourages the pupils to think of both positive and negative effects of the crusades on Christianity and Islam (in Europe and the Middle-East) An excellent lesson.

This is an assembly to explain the gender pay gap in society today. -It covers why there is a pay gap -What are the causes of the gap -How equal the UK is compared to other countries -What we can do to fix the pay gap -And it investigates Iceland (the most equal county in the world) The assembly finishes by getting the students to think about the gift of education and what they can do to make the UK a fairer society. The assembly should take between 10 and 15 minutes to complete and is always very popular. This is an outstanding and inspirational assembly.

This lesson looks at the tragic story of the colonisation of Australia and the destruction of the Aboriginal way of life. There are several resources you can use for this lesson (and you might want to use this over two or three lessons - there is a lot here!). This is a good intro lesson to colonialism, the Aboriginal people or a skills lesson to look at important historical questions. The students investigate whether or not we should apologise for the actions of our ancestors, and how it could/should be made right today. A really good lesson.

This lesson looks at the Indigenous Australians (or Aboriginies) as a case study for religions in other parts of the world. The students investigate the aboriginal way of life and beliefs to learn what life may have been like in Britain before Christianity arrived. The lesson covers: -History -Life style -Beliefs -Culture/Medicine -Future A fascinating lesson that is a good into to both Aboriginies and other world ancient religions.