This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise reasons that Mussolini conducted the invasion of Abyssinia. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the invasion. It can be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

The first resource is an information sheet which students can use to identify the successes, partial successes and failures of the Gulf War. More able students can decide for themselves how successful the Gulf War was. The second resource is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise the successes, partial successes and failures of the Gulf War. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important successes and failures - in the short and long term, and apply their knowledge to a GCSE style essay question. The task could also be done as a diamond activity. This is an ideal activity for preparing students for longer-answer exam questions. It allows discussion to develop as students explain their thoughts and defend them in front of their peers.

A card sort which allows students to place in chronological order the events (from 1996 to 1999) which happened in Kosovo. More able students can be challenged to explain what each of these events meant, and how much of a threat it was, with the higher end resource. The PowerPoint gives background to the events and can be used as a discussion point with students. The chart can be filled in by students to assess how far American aims were fulfilled in Kosovo.

A card sort which allows students to place in chronological order the events (from 1991 end of 1995) which happened in the Former Yugoslavia. More able students can be challenged to explain what each of these events meant, and how much of a threat it was, with the higher end resource.

A card sort which allows students to place in chronological order the events (from the start of Glasnost and Perestroika to the end of 1991) which led to the fall of the USSR. More able students can be challenged to explain what each of these events meant, and how much of a threat it was, with the higher end resource.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that the Berlin Airlift was successful. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the Airlift’s success. The task could also be done as a diamond activity. It could be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

This is a card sort designed to allow students to categorise and prioritise reasons that the Soviet Union failed in Afghanistan. More able students can use the cards to explain their thoughts on the most important reason for the USSR’s failure. This could also be done as a venn diagram using the second sheet.

A lesson on the development of thee British Empire. A blank copy of a world map is attached for a labelling exercise of the colonies of the Empire. Students complete card sorting activity on the reasons for the development of the empire. They can be challenged to come up with their own categories, or those on the table in the PowerPoint can be used. It can be done as a diamond 9 activity for more able students. There is a differentiated copy for lower-ability students. Students can decide on the key reason(s) and give their own explanation. It could also be one as a venn diagram using the venn diagram template, Finish by explaining the main trading routes, and have students draw these on their blank map.

An assessment for Key Stage 3 students about assessing the accuracy of a source. Students are invited to label the picture of slaves working on a plantation. They then fill in what they notice on the worksheet, which is differentiated for the lower-ability students. They give their own explanation of the evidence in the picture. E.g. P - slaves’ clothes, Ev - they are European, and look new and fresh, Exp - Slaves did wear European clothes, but after a long day in the fields they would be looking more tatty than they are how to be. There is a writing frame and mark scheme attached. The mark scheme is NC levels, but can easily be adapted to GCSE style grades.

A cut and stick activity which leads to a piece of judgemental writing on the daily life and work of enslaved people. There are differentiated versions for higher and lower ability students. Students match up point of slave life to the evidence surrounding it. They stick each matched point and piece of evidence into the table. They then give their own explanation, such as ‘This was cruel because…’ The evidence table will need to be blown up to A3 so that there is enough space for the cards to fit into it. Students can categorise and prioritise the different aspects of life, into areas such as social life, work and others. Homework vocab-building task also included.

A worksheet differentiated for the higher-, medium- and lower-ability students, containing reasons for the abolition of the slave trade, and slavery itself. Could be used as a card sort or a colour-coded worksheet. Students can decide which factors help to end the slave trade, slavery itself, or both. Students can sort for political, economic social and cultural reasons. Students are invited to make decisions on the most important 3 reasons at the end of the sorting. This can lead to lively debate.

This is a whole-lesson on Martin Luther King. it contains a link to the ‘I have a Dream’ speech, an information sheet on Martin Luther King 's beliefs and a factfile on Martin Luther King, differentiated for the lower ability students. The factfile can be turned into a spider diagram, or students can categorise information in it into Martin Luther King 's views, actions and consequences of actions. Students have a writing frame on which to base an evaluation of Martin Luther King’s significance. Students finish by considering the effect of non-peaceful protest.

This is a resource which can be used as a colour-coded worksheet or a card sort. There are differentiated resources for the ore and lower-ability students. Students are asked to identify changes for the better and for the worse. They must then categorise changes as work, daily life, crime and government/voting. There are extension questions for students to make judgement on the best and worse changes, and an overall judgement. There is a summary of the positive and negative changes, with key words marked in red.

A resource for GSCE students studying the Prohibition era in the USA. There are two cards sorts, one one why Prohibition was introduced, and one for why it was repealed. The repeal card sort is best done as a diamond 9 activity. There is a separate document for this card sort for the higher abilities. Categories could include, but not be limited to: corruption, violence, crime, alcohol, the public.

This is a lesson for Key Stage 3, looking at the events of the First World War. It is designed for near the end of a module on the First World War. Students place events on a timeline and decide whether each event was a victory for the Allies or Germany. They reach an understanding of how the war unfolded and why it did so. They are challenged to think of a turning point. Students then look at a range of memorials, and think about why they are developed in such a way - location, design etc. They can then design their own memorial.

This is a cut and stick activity for Key Stage 3 students. There are worksheets for core and less-able students. Students must decide which of the terms relate to war guilt, reparations, military restrictions and land. Students then decide on the worst of the punishments, placing themselves in the position of Germany. This can lead to a piece of extended writing.