Unit of work on Medieval Medicine for the Edexcel GCSE History specification. A fully dual coded learning journey for the entire medicine course. Whole topic! Complete with knowledge retrieval quizzes, dual coding resources, videos, worksheets and 2 practice 16 mark questions and model answers and also a full glossary of key words. Lesson 1: Intro to exam, thematic course, medieval England and diseases includes research hwk on Hippocrates and Galen Lesson 2: Ideas about Causes of Disease in medieval England Lesson 3: Care of the Sick, consolidation of Four Humours and Attitudes and introduction to WASIIC factors for change/ continuity Lesson 4: Medieval ideas about Treatment Lesson 5: Medieval Hospitals and exam practice Lesson 6: The Black Death case study Lesson 7: Medieval ideas about Prevention of Disease Lesson 8: Summary of Medieval era- causes of change and continuity NOTE: Updated in 2024 with lots of new resources and improved powerpoints and word resources. 2 Any reference to the textbook can be ignored as all lessons include alternative information sources which are clearly signposted. PNG files are for illustrative purposes only- all files are fully editable powerpoint and word documents. This is an absolute bargain and very handy for beginners!

Long Term Causes of World War I This is a two-three lesson plan looking at the MAIN causes of WWI starting with tensions between the Great Powers and looking at key themes such as Weltpolitik and Imperialism, Alliances and Nationalism and Militarism and Arms/ Naval races. Also includes the Moroccan and Bosnian crises (in brief!) Includes powerpoint, worksheets and several activities- including historiography and interpretations of Germany’s role in “starting WWI.” Suitable for KS3 or as an intro to KS4 unit on International relations.

A huge bundle of example answers for ALevel Russia 1894-1941 - OCR ALevel course but can be adapted for any exam board. OCR uses 20 mark “How far do you agree?” style open essays and 10 mark shorter questions in which students must only compare 2 factors as a more important cause or consequence of something. These answers are all A-A* grade responses. Long essay questions included: -How successful were Stalin’s economic policies? -How far did Russia achieve stability 1906-1914? -How far do you agree that the failures of the provisional government led to the October/ November Revolution? -Stalin rose to power because of his strengths and his position within the Bolshevik party. How far do you agree? -To what extent did WWI cause the February Revolution? -“The 1905 Revolution was a result of Nicholas II himself” How far do you agree? Short essay (2 factors) quesions included: -Which was the most important reason for the introduction of the NEP: +The Kronstadt Rebellion +Famine in the countryside -Which of the following was the most important cause of the Oct/ Nov revolution in 1917? +The failures of the provisional government +The Actions of Lenin -Which of the following was the most important cause of the 1905 revolution: +Industrialisation +Political Opposition

Simple lesson on reasons for entente powers’ victory in November 1918. Includes a short video task, reading/ highlighting task and a diamond 9 for analysis of reasons for victory. Includes all resources and link to the video.