The focus of this lesson is to encourage students to form a judgment surrounding the character of Becket (not why he was murdered) but if he was a Saint or a Sinner. Students enter class and handed a sticky note to settle . focus them on the starter activity (Why do I stand on this table?) Students watch clip of the Dead Poets Society which links in with the historical skill of observing people / events from different interpretations. Introduce the ideas behind Becket - students are supplied with an interpretation and on the back must summarise its message (saint or sinner and a quick summary) ten interpretations supplied. Students then are provided with a sheet and must circulate the room and interview each other to complete their worksheet of all the different opinions on Becket. students then use the sheet to support a judgment activity where they rank order the opinions again in order of convincing / least convincing. Plenary - students debate / judgment line their overall judgment and write up in their books. All video are embedded.

The purpose of this lesson is to enable students to explain why the reformation began though an escape room / chronology style activity. Hook: Students to enter and define the words Reformation from a dictionary, prize / merit / house point to the student who is able to do this first. Teacher introduces lesson intention / outcomes before introducing the concept of the reformation and the main task. Main task: Students work as a class or in 2 teams if a large class to locate the hidden time-line of events starting with Martin Luther and ending with the impact of reformation on England. Students will have 15 minutes (timer and dramatic music included in the PP!) to locate all the hidden events and arrange the time-line into chronological order outside of the classroom. Initiates collaboration / communication and element of competition. if students beat the clock they can be rewarded. The correct order can then be gone though on the PP with 2 embedded videos to show throughout to help visualize and consolidate the story the the reformation. Students to then be supplied with the the story on the handout and to highlight 2 key events to help explain why the reformation began. Students can then complete a write up in their books. Structure strips included for support (Easily adapted). This is more than likely to consist of 2 lessons worth of material / activities. All music and videos are embedded into the PP (Links provided) **Please see my shop for other History resources and bundles. ** https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/morlem

The purpose of this lesson to to start with a recap of industries that prospered to then transition into a case study about the problems faced by agriculture and farming during the 1920s. Outcomes: Expected Progress: To outline what products and industries boomed. Good Progress: To identify the problems faced by farms. Excellent Progress: To explain and judge the worst problem faced by farmers. Starter: Memory activity / card sort about electrical and industrial products which boomed. all explained in the embedded video. Main Task: Students watch embedded introduction video and read accompanying information sheet about the problems faced by farmers - students to highlight the main problems and the summarize on their card sort. Students cut these out and rank order them in order of worst problems. Plenary: student use the card sort to create a piece of ‘smart graffiti’ in their books outlining the problems faced by the farming and agricultural industries’ in the USA during the 1920s. All video and sound clips are embedded into the PP.

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the causes of the US boom between 1919-1930. Students enter with a task to immediately complete a recall five definitions they will need to understand for this lesson. The teacher introduces the lesson intention / the bigger picture and outlines definitions on the board. Main task 1: students are each supplied with a cause factor card. Students to watch a summary video and are challenged to look out for their particular factor title when it appears in the video. Students then summarize on the back of their card how this factor led to an economic boom in the USA. They will have the printed explanation on the other side if they require it for support. A select number of students are then asked to become experts in their particular factor. they are to remain at their tables or at designated points around the classroom whilst other students circulate to ‘interview them’ and complete their factor sheet. Main task 2: A challenge and more challenging option of tasks here for differentiation: Challenge: Diamond 9 rank order the factors in order of most to least significant. Then explain why you have placed the factors in those positions. More challenging: Students to receive factor title sheet to cut out - students then draw connections between each of the factors to explain how they link together - textbook support could be used here. Students could add further sub factors of their own. To then verbally justify and present back to the teacher class as a plenary.