A lesson that looks at one of the great victorian inventors, Rowland Hill, who invented the Penny Black stamp which transformed Britain and its relationship overseas. Students will assess the impacts of the invention through card sorts, categorising and prioritising tasks before they decide what the greatest impacts of the invention were. They follow this up with writing a post card to Queen Victoria to sell her Rowland Hill's invention. There are literacy support materials and differentiated activities suited to all abilities. As always there are clear instructions and high-quality resources.

Students explore the main reasons why the Hungarian's began to protest against Soviet control. A card sort and Venn Diagram activity explores these reasons, students categorise, rank and explain the causes (as well as other activities) before updating the BBC Bitesize website about the Hungarian Uprising's causes. One task from this lesson requires use of P32 from the Pearson textbook (key events timeline). As always there are clear instructions and differentiated resources.

The first lesson for the last unit (C1900-present: crime, punishment and law enforcement in recent times). An easy to follow lesson which introduces students to a range of crimes (some new and some old but carried out using new methods). Students are issued with one crime which they use to make a teaching poster. They then teach other students about their crime. Plenty of opportunity for discussion e.g. which factors have influenced present day crime the most etc. There is a table to complete for 12 crimes before an exam style question.

Students start by adding detail to a never heard the word grid which cover the unit. They then start to collect evidence to show how the Nazis influenced people's lives. They must decide how this would impact Jewish people living in Germany by matching their evidence to a range of categories. This is followed by a postcard activity whereby students write to a pen friend to outline how and why their lives are changing. Literacy support provided as well as step by step instructions and differentiated resources.

Case study looking at pentonville Prison in the later half of the 19th century. Students are initially introduced to images and information about the supermax prison cells used in USA and they need to identify how they are designed to reform inmates. Following this they need to annotate various images about Pentonville to explain how the separate system was designed to operate.

Students assess the reasons for Soviet expansion into Eastern Europe, such as percentages deal. They rank factors, create an annotated graph before producing a map showing how the countries of Eastern Europe became Soviet satellite states., leading into an 8 mark (narrative exam question). Literacy support and a student-friendly mark scheme with tips on completing the narrative question included. Easy to follow, with a step by step guide and differentiated resources.

An engaging and active lesson which examines the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid and how it divides Europe. Students create a fact file, before meeting those people influenced by US money in Europe. As they meet the various characters they begin to understand the implications of the doctrine. A booklet with various tasks related to the people they meet is included, with a range of activities. The lesson draws to a close when the class use their booklets to attempt two longer style questions about how the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid divided Europe.

Students learn about the consequences of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences and the changes that took place between the two conferences. Two worksheet tasks which require students to extract agreements and disagreements, which they use to create two chats about each conference. There is a ranking activity and an 8 mark question with exam advice and Literacy support As always there are clear step by step instructions.

The Narrative question exam preparation. This product includes all of the material required to teach the two narrative exam style questions. Students read about two key events (the creation of satellite states and the Berlin crisis, 1948-49), complete a card sort activity, sequence key events before writing up their responses to the questions. A student-friendly mark scheme is included as well as structure tips for this question type. There is also literacy support and exam tips for how to approach this type of question. In the examination students should aim to spend 10 minutes writing up this question, so this could be a timed activity. It's important that the students start to get into the habit of arranging and sequencing the events and using the linking language. Terms of Use: Purchase of this item entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages for personal and classroom use only. Duplication for other classes, an entire school or for commercial use is strictly prohibited without written permission from the author. Minor editing is allowed but only for personal use. The document remains under copyright even when edited. Pasting this item in whole or part on the Internet in any form is strictly prohibited and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Copyright 2017

The first lesson in our Cold War unit. This enquiry acts as an introductory overview to the Cold War unit. This lesson allows your students to work out what the Cold War was and where it happened. It is always important to see the big picture before exploring the content. A classic introductory overview your students will look at a number images from events across the period 1945-72. They will match captions to the images to work out what was going on.This will help define what the Cold War was and plot on a map where the main flash points happened and work out what they can learn from each caption/image. A report task with a literacy focus concludes the lesson. A unit checklist/ self assessment document is included too. As always there are clear step by step instructions and differentiated resources.

This is the final lesson in our Industrial Revolution Unit of Work. The lesson looks at causation and who was at fault for the sinking of the Titanic. Students create a factfile (differentiated), analyse a card sort, complete a diamond 9 activity and write up a report on how future problems at sea could be avoided. They also reach a supported judgement re who was to blame. As always there are clear instructions and high quality differentiated resources with literacy support.

Students begin by watching a clip from Platoon, whereby they suggest adjectives to describe the impression given re American involvement in Vietnam and share their opinions on the source and what it suggests. They are introduced to 5 different reasons for US action in Vietnam, which they have to link to a description for each reason and a supporting quote. They then decide which of the 5 factors were the main reasons for US involvement. They main activity is to create a script for a voice-over to either condemn or support US actions. As always there are clear step by step instructions.

This lesson looks at the significance of the Reichstag fire and if the possibility of a Nazi conspiracy could have taken place. Students work through activities, such as sequencing and categorising the events before and after the fire, analysing evidence cards and working through sources to draw their own conclusions before making a judgement. As always there is a step by step guide with clear instructions, high quality, differentiated resources, student led activities, extension tasks and plenty of scope for engaging discussions and questioning.

A concise 6 page A4 revision and teaching guide for the crime, punishment and law enforcement historic environment unit (Whitechapel), Area of Study 5. This comes with key vocabulary, an overview of the period, info on law enforcement, quick fire revision tasks, a student assessment grid and exam question example and advice. I’ll be doing one of these for each of the units, so keep your eyes on my page.

Students begin by watching the Black Friday scene from the 2015 film The Suffragette. They record their thoughts on how it portrays events. They then have the task of analysing a source with a similar or different viewpoint and then share this evidence with other students whilst collecting a range of interpretations. The main task is a letter to the director which sets out the students thoughts on how accurate the scene is and how it could be developed to make it more accurate. As always there are clear step by step instructions.

Early Elizabethan England Lesson 10. This lesson looks at four key factors that led to a deterioration of Anglo-Spanish relations. Students analyse these, create a graph and then assess evidence surrounding Elizabeth's actions in the Netherlands before responding to a 16 mark exam question. As always there are step by step instruction, differentiated worksheets and activities.

A lesson that focuses on contextual information about the historic environment of Whitechapel in the East end of London. Students examine a range of problems faced by the police, such as immigration, the environment of Whitechapel, police issues, etc. After working through a card sort/ categorizing activity students need to rank problems and produce a table before writing up a report on the issues faced by the police (explain with examples the problems faced by the police in Whitechapel) . A homework mindmap activity reinforces the knowledge gained during the tasks. This lesson gives the students the background knowledge needed before moving onto the trickier source related questions.

Students learn about Elizabeth education by comparing it to modern day education. There are a range of worksheets and activities and an exam style question. As always there are clear instructions and differentiated resources.

The last lesson in the Crime and Punishment Unit of Work. Students learn about the significance of the Bentley execution by assessing evidence and different points of view regarding the details of the case. An active student led lesson with a range of activities with an extended response question.

Easy to follow lesson which examines the penal and police reforms led by Robert Peel. Students create a fact file, analyse the reasons for penal reforms, assess the success of the peelers based on a card sort and ranking activity (differentiated) with various extension tasks to challenge the more able and an exam style question.