A current teacher of History and Government and Politics, with 15 years experience of creating excellent resources, delivering outstanding lessons, and achieving great results, with nine years experience of examining GCSE and A Level for Edexcel and AQA.
A current teacher of History and Government and Politics, with 15 years experience of creating excellent resources, delivering outstanding lessons, and achieving great results, with nine years experience of examining GCSE and A Level for Edexcel and AQA.
This is one of ten lessons for Government and Politics: Chapter One. As a teacher of 15 years and an examiner for several years, I have developed these lessons to ensure my students exceed their expectations and achieve excellent grades. Lessons are exam focused, thought provoking, engaging and cover all of the content necessary to achieve the highest grades at A Level. The first lesson of the chapter is available for free!
Each lesson includes:
•Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
•Starter task, linking today’s topic to a contemporary issue for relevance, whilst recaping last lesson
•Example of an exam-style question for today’s topic
•Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
•In-depth reading, based on Edexcel textbook chapters
•Comprehension tasks to acquire knowledge and understanding
•A conclusion-writing activity, with writing frame, to help develop exam writing skills
•Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
Use these three detailed PowerPoints to cover all of the Edexcel course content (created from the Edexcel textbook and specification - everything is covered!).
Each PPT can be used as a great final overview of the three main chapters of the course, namely: 1 Origins of Cold War, 2 Cold War Crises, 3 End of the Cold War.
Teachers can ‘talk and chalk’ whilst students take notes on Nazi Germany.
Also a great resource to share with students for their own revision at home.
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
A one-stop shop for your Medieval Crime and Punishment revision activities. Work your way through these resources to get yourself fully prepared for any question that pops up on Medieval Crime and Punishment!
This PPT contains the following resources:
Topic checklist
Brain Dump
Quizzes (with answers)
Practice questions
Exam question guidance and model answers
A great, visually vibrant lesson, with an array of activities, including differentiated tasks for higher and lower ability students, designed to to get students thinking critically, whilst developing historical, communication and literacy skills.
This lesson is largely student led, with a lot of extra challenges, allowing the teacher time to rotate the classroom and check progress.
Key components of the lesson include:
Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
Task 1: Reading, with comprehension task to acquire knowledge
An alternative comprehension task to offer variety
Task 2: Historical source skills activity
An alternative TASK 2, to develop critical thinking
Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
Differentiated task for lower ability students
Key word glossary for lower ability students
Extension tasks for extra challenge
This is one of eleven lessons for Government and Politics - Chapter Two: Political Parties. As a teacher of 15 years and an examiner for several years, I have developed these lessons to ensure my students exceed their expectations and achieve excellent grades. Lessons are exam focused, thought provoking, engaging and cover all of the content necessary to achieve the highest grades at A Level. The first lesson of the chapter is available for free!
Each lesson includes:
•Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
•Starter task, linking today’s topic to a contemporary issue for relevance
•Example of an exam-style question for today’s topic
•Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
•In-depth reading, based on Edexcel textbook chapters
•Comprehension tasks to acquire knowledge and understanding
•A conclusion-writing activity, with writing frame, to help develop exam writing skills
•Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on the Foreign Policy of Edward VI’s England, made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an examiner).
ALL content from the AQA specification is included (also relevant to other exam boards).
Also included:
Retrieval activities
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
Content overviews
Historical extracts and exam questions
Video clips
Plenary debate
Essay planning grid
A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on problem of Succession for Edward VI’s England, made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an examiner).
ALL content from the AQA specification is included (also relevant to other exam boards).
Also included:
Retrieval activities
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
Content overviews
Historical extracts and exam questions
Video clips
Plenary debate
Essay planning grid
A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on Henry VII’s Government, made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an examiner).
Detailed content overviews from the AQA specification are included (also relevant to other exam boards).
Also included:
Retrieval activity to start
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
Content overviews
Historical extracts and exam questions
Video clips
Plenary debate
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An in-depth and thorough content overview of threats and pretenders to Henry VII’s throne.
Great for planning lessons around or just to give to students as a reading resource.
All specification content for Henry VII is covered.
A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on Rebellions - Perkin Warbeck, made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an examiner).
Detailed content overviews from the AQA specification are included (also relevant to other exam boards).
Also included:
Retrieval activity to start
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
Content overviews
Historical extracts and exam questions
Video clips
Plenary debate
Please leave a review if you found this resource useful
A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on Henry’s Finances, made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an examiner).
Detailed content overviews from the AQA specification are included (also relevant to other exam boards).
Also included:
Retrieval activity to start
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
Content overviews
Historical extracts and exam questions
Video clips
Plenary debate
Please leave a review if you found this resource useful
A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on marriage.
Detailed content overview from the exam specification is included.
PPT includes:
Retrieval activity to start
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
A short clip (where relevant)
Detailed content overview
Choice of comprehension tasks
Historical extract and exam question practice
Plenary debate
Made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an AQA examiner).
Please leave a review if you found this resource useful
A comprehensive A Level Politics PowerPoint lesson on Liberalism (State and economy).
Detailed content overview from the exam specification is included.
PPT includes:
Retrieval activity to start
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
A short clip (where appropriate)
Detailed content overview
Comprehension tasks
Exam practice plenary
Additional, optional reading
Made by an A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an AQA and Edexcel examiner).
Please leave a review if you found this resource useful
This is one of ten lessons for Government and Politics: Chapter One. As a teacher of 15 years and an examiner for several years, I have developed these lessons to ensure my students exceed their expectations and achieve excellent grades. Lessons are exam focused, thought provoking, engaging and cover all of the content necessary to achieve the highest grades at A Level. The first lesson of the chapter is available for free!
Each lesson includes:
•Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
•Starter task, linking today’s topic to a contemporary issue for relevance, whilst recaping last lesson
•Example of an exam-style question for today’s topic
•Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
•In-depth reading, based on Edexcel textbook chapters
•Comprehension tasks to acquire knowledge and understanding
•A conclusion-writing activity, with writing frame, to help develop exam writing skills
•Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
This is one of ten lessons for Government and Politics: Chapter One. As a teacher of 15 years and an examiner for several years, I have developed these lessons to ensure my students exceed their expectations and achieve excellent grades. Lessons are exam focused, thought provoking, engaging and cover all of the content necessary to achieve the highest grades at A Level. The first lesson of the chapter is available for free!
Each lesson includes:
•Clear objectives, incorporating differentiated, higher-order thinking skills
•Starter task, linking today’s topic to a contemporary issue for relevance, whilst recaping last lesson
•Example of an exam-style question for today’s topic
•Context slide and video link to ‘set the scene’
•In-depth reading, based on Edexcel textbook chapters
•Comprehension tasks to acquire knowledge and understanding
•A conclusion-writing activity, with writing frame, to help develop exam writing skills
•Plenary to assess learning and to challenge evaluative critical-thinking
A one-stop shop for your Early Modern Crime and Punishment revision activities. Work your way through these resources to get yourself fully prepared for any question that pops up on Early Modern Crime and Punishment!
This PPT contains the following resources:
Topic checklist
Brain Dump
Quizzes (with answers)
Practice questions
Exam question guidance and model answers
A one-stop shop for your Modern Crime and Punishment revision activities. Work your way through these resources to get yourself fully prepared for any question that pops up on Modern Crime and Punishment!
This PPT contains the following resources:
Topic checklist
Brain Dump
Quizzes (with answers)
Practice questions
Exam question guidance and model answers
Use these PPTS for revision sessions on each of the five Crime and Punishment chapters. They can also be shared with students to work through at home or in school by themselves.
Each PPT contains the following resources:
Topic checklist
Brain Dump
Quizzes (with answers)
Practice questions
Exam question guidance and model answers
*Please review and feel free to offer suggestions on how the resource could be improved further!
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A comprehensive A Level Politics PowerPoint lesson on Liberalism (origins, human nature and society)
Detailed content overview from the exam specification is included.
PPT includes:
Retrieval activity to start
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
A short clip (where appropriate)
Detailed content overview
Comprehension tasks
Exam practice plenary
Additional, optional reading
Made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an AQA examiner).
Please leave a review if you found this resource useful
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A comprehensive A Level Tudors PowerPoint lesson on Edward VI - Somerset’s Government , made by a Tudor A Level teacher of 16 years (plus several as an examiner).
Detailed content overviews from the AQA specification are included (also relevant to other exam boards).
Also included:
Retrieval activity to start
Open-ended questions and opportunities for debate
Content overviews
Historical extracts and exam questions
Video clips
Plenary debate
Please leave a review if you found this resource useful