This is a booklet designed to give students an overview of the long-term causes of tension between the Middle East and the West, then leading up to more recent conflicts in the Middle East between nations within the Middle East and Western nations. It features information on (but is not limited to) such sources of tension such as: The Sykes-Picot Agreement First and Second Gulf Wars Imagery taken from ‘Exploring History: Trenches, Treaties, and Terror’. Information taken from, and influenced by this textbook. Designed for upper KS3 (e.g. Year 9) studying conflict and tension in the Middle East, or as an overview for GCSE pupils studying the above topic.

This lesson introduces/recaps the Reform of Parliament breadth study component of the Edexcel A-Level History course ‘Protest, Agitation, and Parliamentary Reform in Britain, 1780-1928’. This lesson includes information on: The political situation in 1780. This includes the county franchise, the borough franchise, size of the electorate, and elections and interests. The pressures which existed for change and the reasons for resistance. This includes the impact of the French Revolution and post-war unrest, 1815-30. This lesson tests skills such as: Recall of key words Judgement line on the political situation - to what extent did each represent the people of Britain? Comparison on pressures and resistance - which was the most significant? Knowledge quiz This lesson includes images sourced from Google.com, and extracts taken from the textbook ‘Protest, Agitation, and Parliamentary Reform’ by Peter Callaghan, Edward Gillin, and Adam Kidson (Pearson Education Limited, 2016)