There are two parts to this lesson and it is recommended that you take a couple of lessons to complete all the activities. The first part is a revision lesson (where the students are given guidance as to what to revise and how to revise) The second part of the lesson is to help the students to prepare for the new style of assessment using another example (the British colonisation of Australia). It includes the new style of questions from the 2016 Edexcel Source based paper. It also includes indicative answers. If you like this lesson then please leave a review.

The purpose of this lesson is for the students to look at the five victims of Jack the Ripper and identify similarities between the victims. They then have to act as detectives and try to spot patterns in Jack’s behaviour to try to prevent future murders. If you like this lesson then please leave a review.

This lesson looks at the reasons why it was so hard to catch Jack the Ripper. It looks at eye witness statements and all the contraditions. The students then have to draw up a profile of what they think Jack the Ripper really looked like.

“The best Christmas Quiz I have ever played” “Amazing, this must have taken you ages to make” “Absolutely brilliant!” (all reviews of my 2019 Christmas Quiz) My epic Christmas Quiz is back with six brand new rounds including music and movies. It is suitable for KS3, KS4 or KS5. After a tough 2020 I have decided to make a quiz that doesn’t mention the Coronavirus, lockdown, social distancing or facemasks! Last year my free Xmas quiz was down loaded over 32,000 times and had over 300 five star reviews (before I had to take it down because of copyright infringement! Ooops!). This year the quiz is even better: Six rounds of fun: ROUND 1 – Celebrity Make Over ROUND 2 – 2011 to 2020 news ROUND 3 – Name the movie ROUND 4 – Sequences ROUND 5 – General Knowledge ROUND 6 – TV Theme Tunes BONUS – 3 x Tie Breakers PLUS - Free Lockdown Round (WARNING: This does contain references to Coronavirus!) IF YOU LIKE THIS QUIZ THEN PLEASE GIVE ME A REVIEW!

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 how soldiers expressed them selves on the front line by looking at several examples of art in war. Primarily the pupils will be asked to analyse famous drawings, painting and poems of WW1 to see what they can learn. The they will have a choice of making a drawing/painting or a poem of their own to show what they have learned. This lesson helps the students to develop empathy and encourages literacy through creative writing. An excellent lesson.

This lesson looks at the German plan to win WW1 and the reasons for its failure. It also covers the timeline to war, and the MAIN causes of WW1. The students will learn about the Schliffen plan, how it was supposed to work and what it tells us about Germany. They will also analyse why it failed and suggest how it could have been improved. An interesting and challenging lesson.

This lesson was originally created for RS but can easily be adapted for any written subject (Especially English, History, Geography or PSHE) It encourages pupils to challenge each other and work on their literacy skills. The students have to support or challenge a proposition, and then have a live debate but in complete silence. It is also good prep for writing an essay style question in RS where the students need to consider multiple perspectives about the same issue. The students love this lesson and often ask to do the lesson again! This is a surprisingly effective lesson that the pupils really enjoy.

This lesson looks at the population of Africa and asks the question ‘why is the population growing so fast?’ It is a useful lesson for a unit on population or on Africa. It looks at numerous factors that contribute to population and uses the case study of Nigeria (both rural and urban) to explore these themes. A terrific (and terrifying!) lesson,

This is a really interesting lesson that introduces the topic of Africa and can be used in a variety of ways. This can be used as a stand alone lesson, as part of a SoW on Africa/inequality/development or as part of project on Africa. This lesson challenges pupils perceptions of Africa and seeks to identify sterotypes and where we get them from. A strong and fun lesson.

A fun lesson that is a good way to complete a unit on Tectonic Hazards (Earthquakes and Volcanoes) that allows pupils to make a creative piece of writing about tectonic hazards. This lesson includes a worksheet to help the pupils to write poems about Earthquakes or Volcanoes. It also includes some example poems to act as an example. This can be used as a stand alone lesson, as part of a SoW or as cover work. A useful and fun lesson,

This can be used as a stand alone lesson about Rio (or Brazil) or it can be used in the Fantastic places unit of work (also available in my shop). This lesson looks at Rio and the diversity, colour and inequality that exist in this amazing city. The students will get a chance to practice their geographical writing and will have a deeper look at the Rio carnival. The final task gets the students to use empathy to explain what it would be like to visit Rio. This lesson includes a bell activity, a starter, main activities, plenary and homework. A fun and colourful lesson.

This lesson looks at the various Christian attitudes towards homosexuality. It investigates three different perspectives (Liberal Protestant, Evangelical Christian and Roman Catholic) and why they believe in this view. This lesson can be used for KS3 or KS4. There is a model answer included (this is based on the GCSE Edexcel SoW) but can easily adapted for another SoW. Students then look at a flawed model answer and are asked to improve it. They are also encouraged to consider their own views, why they hold those views and whether their views mirror one of the religious perspectives studied in the lesson. Overall a fantastic lesson.

An outstanding lesson that covers several other world religions in an interesting yet challenging way. There are a number of useful activities here that can be used or adapted for other lessons. A really good starter for learning about Eastern Religions. UPDATE - Based on the feedback from reviews the activities have been updated and a video has been added. Thanks for the feedback everyone!

The aim of the assembly is to get the students to focus on mindfulness and the benefits of silence. This assembly is suitable at any time of year and with any year group. If you like this assembly please leave a review.

This is a brilliant lesson that helps the students to understand what life was like for both the rich and poor in London during the Industrial Revolution. It focuses on East London and what the conditions were like for the poor. The lesson involved students interviewing one another (half have roleplay sheets) to find out what problems faced the working class in Bethnal Green. The students then write a report to the government to make recommendations as to how they would improve East London. The lesson involved individual work, group work, role play, and literacy tasks. A fun, informative lesson that the students will get a lot out of.

An interesting lesson that looks at the issue of bullying and gets the students to consider the causes of bullying, the effects of bullying and what we can do to help. It focuses on a Christian persepective, but also uses empathy to consider the motivation behind the bullying, what the impact of bullying may have and introduces concepts such as the Golden Rule to help to prevent bullying, This lesson was created for a GCSE RS course but can be easily adapted to other year groups or other subjects. An interesting lesson that focuses on important values such as community, morality, ethics and empathy.

This lessons looks at the Greater and Lesser Jihad and explores the Muslim attitude to war. The pupils really enjoyed this lesson and felt that they understood this topic much more clearly after this lesson. It helps pupils to understand many of the misconceptions surrounding Jihad, and Islam in general and helps them to understand the positive aspects of Islamic attitdues to violence and war. An interesting and fun lesson that challenges what the pupils may have previously believed. Originally created for KS4 RS, it can easily be adapted for KS3 or KS5.

This lesson looks at the issues of Forgiveness and Reconciliation in two religions (Christianity and Islam). It uses religious quotes and teachings to explain what both relgions teach about Forgiveness and Reconciliation. It allows the pupils to compare and contrast two contrasting religions and see if there are more silimarities or differences between the two. This lesson is quite extensive and can be completed over two hours (or one lesson and a homework). An interesting and important lesson.

This geography lesson gets the students to think about what a place actually is. It is designed to kick off a year 7 or 8 unit looking at geographical skills. The students are asked to consider: -What makes a place -What their place is like -What the difference between human and physical geography is. An excellent lesson.