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iGCSE Edexcel Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24 (Paper 2 - A2)
This is a unit of lessons that iGCSE Edexcel History. This is for paper 2 and is (A2) Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905-24. The unit has been squeezed into 24 lessons. Where there is a relevant exam question, it has been included at the end of the lesson with the mark scheme:
1.1 Tsarist rule in Russia
1.2 1905 Revolution
1.2 exam questions (2a June 2021,a & 2r June 2019, c)
1.3 The first four dumas
1.4 Stolypin’s & Goldfield (2. 20 Nov a & 2a Nov 21, a)
2.1 Effects of WW1 on Russia
2.2 Influence of Rasputin
2.3a February Revolution - 2 lessons
2.3b army mutiny, Abdication & government (2a. June 2021, a)
3.1a Problems with the provisional government (2a June 2022, b&c)
3.1b the impact of the Petrograd Soviet
3.2a Lenin and the Bolsheviks (2r. June 2019, a)
3.2b Kornilov Revolt
3.3a Reasons for the success of the Bolsheviks
3.3b Lenin and Trotsky (2AR. June 2022, b&c)
4.1a Decrees and assembly (2. Nov 2020, Qa)
4.1b Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (2a. June 2021, b&c)
4.2 Sides and events of the Civil War (2AR. June 2022, a)
4.3 Reasons for the Bolshevik victory
5.1 War communism
5.2 The Kronstadt Naval Mutiny (2r. November 2020, a)
5.3a New economic policy
5.3b Opposition to the NEP (2. Nov 2020, Qb ;2a. June 2022, a)
5.4 Lenin’s achievements to 1924
Each lesson begins with five recall questions that are self assessed on the next slide.
There are three learning objectives for each lesson. These are displayed at the bottom of each slide.
This Unit of work uses the textbook that has been published by the exam board.
Title: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History: The Soviet Union in Revolution, 1905–24 Student Book
ISBN: 978-0435185435
iGCSE Edexcel medicine revision sheets
iGCSE Edexcel medicine revision sheets:
Changes in medical treatment and in understanding the cause of illness
Improvements in public health provision
Changes in surgery
The changing role of women in medicine
The impact of war and science and technology on medicine
This should be a simple plug-and-play lesson.
Each sheet has prompts to allow independent revision.
Each sheet is accompanied by an answer sheet.You could use this to enhance your knowledge or you may want to use it as a peer/self assessment tool.
There is a powerpoint with clear instructions and self assessment included.
There are clear learning objectives displayed at the bottom of each slide.
Students will need the textbook in order to guide their revision. By the end of the activity, students should have an A3 sheet for each key theme from the spec.
Cause American Revolution (unit of work)
Causes of the American Revolution
These lessons have been designed to be plug and play. You could open the PowerPoint and begin teaching without any additional work.
#What’s Included?#
Seven lessons
Building an empire
Why go to America
American Revolution (including Boston Tea Party, Declaration of Independence, taxation without representation)
War of independence
Causes of the American Revolution
Causation lesson
Assessment
Knowledge organiser
The knowledge organiser is targeted at transferring key knowledge from short to long term memory.
Scheme of work
A written scheme of work that includes learning objectives along with suggested activities aligned to the learning objective.
A intention statement sets out the knowledge to be gained and also the importance of the second order concept of significance.
This topic is vital at KS3 for studying the American Civil War and later American units (like Civil War) at KS4.
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This is a table with the ten best tools with links, description and how to use.
Edexcel GCSE Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present (unit of work)
This is a series of 27 lessons that covers Edexcel’s Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present.
• AfL is included.
• All starter activities are self assessed, excluding the first lesson.
• Lessons are matched up with their relevant exam questions from the SAMs to 2022.
• Mark schemes are included where they have been used.
• The origins of the exam questions are clearly marked and mark schemes included.
• Where there is printing to do, it is in a separate document and clearly labeled.
These lessons are plug and play. They have been designed for other people to open the PowerPoint and begin teaching.
The list of lessons are below. I have included where Exam Qs have been matched with content.
Lessons:
Introduction to Crime and Punishment
Anglo-Saxon Crimes in Britain
Anglo-Saxon Law enforcement and punishment
Norman Crime
Norman law enforcement and punishment - 2019, Q5; 2022, Q5
Later Middle ages crime - SAM, Q5
Case study – Church
1500-1700 context of time period
1500-1700 Crime - 2018, Q4; 2021, Q5
1500-1700 law enforcement and punishment - 2020, Q4; SAM, Q6
1500-1700 Gunpowder Plot
1500-1700 Mathew Hopkins
1700-1900 Crime - 2022, Q3; 2019, Q6
1700-1900 Tolpuddle Martyrs.
1700-1900 Bow Street Runners 2018, Q5
1700-1900 Metropolitan Police
1700-1900 Views on punishment
1700-1900 Prison reform SAM, Q4
1700-1900 Pentonville prison - 2018, Q6
1700-1900 Robert Peel
1900-present Crime - 2021, Q4, Q6; SAM, Q3
1900-present Changing definitions of crime
1900-present Law enforcement - 2020, Q3 Q6; 2019, Q4
1900-present punishment - death penalty
1900 – present - punishment - prisons - 2022, Q4; 2021, Q3; 2018, Q3
1900- present - Conscientious objectors - 2019, Q3
1900-present Derek Bentley
You will need the Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Crime and punishment through time, c1000–present. ISBN is 978 1 292 12736 1.
This unit of work does not include the Whitechapel unit.
British Empire (unit of work)
This scheme of work focuses on how imperialism has developed over time with a focus on the development of India and scramble for Africa.
These lessons are easily adaptable and followed with clear instructions and a scheme of work
This unit of work includes:
10 lessons, plus assessment
A written SoW. Learning objectives are linked to suggested learning activities.
Where there is reading, there is a choice of reading ages to use.
There are 10 lessons int he unit of work, plus one assessment:
What was the British Empire?
Motives for imperialism
East India Company
Cause of EIC taking over India
Indian rebellion
Impact of empire on Britain
Berlin conference
Scramble for Africa
Contemporary interpretation of Empire
Preassessment lesson
Assessment
Where there is reading to complete there is a choice of reading age of 14 or 11. The reading age has been determined using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test* and all reading comes with five comprehension questions that can be self-assessed.
There are opportunities for pupils to peer assess and self assess using the success criteria provided.
Flesch-Kincaid readability test* has been used to determine the reading age of each piece of text
The Flesch-Kincaid reading method is a readability test designed to assess the complexity of written text. It was developed by Rudolf Flesch and J. Peter Kincaid in 1975 and has since become one of the most widely used methods to determine the readability of texts in English. The Flesch-Kincaid reading method calculates the reading ease and grade level of a piece of writing based on two primary factors: average sentence length and average number of syllables per word
English Civil War (unit of work)
This is a source-based SoW that focuses on the causes and course of the English Civil War. The SoW is broken into ten lessons:
Gunpowder Plot
Primary source 1
Charles I and Parliament
Primary source 2
Start of the English Civil War
Causes of the English Civil War
Events of the English Civil War
Execution of Charles I
Primary source 3
Assessment (source based assessment.
Where there is reading to complete (lessons 1, 3, 5, 7, 8) there is a choice of reading age of 12 or 10. The reading age has been determined using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test* and all reading comes with five comprehension questions that can be self-assessed.
There are opportunities for pupils to peer assess their own PEE paragraphs using the success criteria provided.
This unit of work includes:
• Ten lessons. Five of these lessons have a comprehension-based reading activity targeted at reading age 12 or ten, depending upon the ability of the group.
• All lessons have blooms related to learning objectives.
• A SoW that links learning activities to the learning objectives. There is also an intention statement.
• A knowledge organiser that is editable.
• While the assessment lesson is a source based it can easily be edited into causation.
The Flesch-Kincaid reading method is a readability test designed to assess the complexity of written text. It was developed by Rudolf Flesch and J. Peter Kincaid in 1975 and has since become one of the most widely used methods to determine the readability of texts in English.The Flesch-Kincaid reading method calculates the reading ease and grade level of a piece of writing based on two primary factors: average sentence length and average number of syllables per word
Industrial Revolution SoW, KS3 (change and continuity)
This is seven lesson scheme of work, plus an assessment that focuses on the change and continuities of the Industrial Revolution. There is an additional lesson called What was the Industrial Revolution that is listed on TES that accompanies this SoW.
Each lesson contributes towards answering the question of how far was the Industrial Revolution a turning point?
There is an additional lesson that can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12888894 for FREE.
Steam engine (peer assessment at end).
Factory life
Agricultural revolution (group work lesson)
Urbanization
Transport (peer assessment)
Resistance to change
Pre-assessment lesson
Assessment
• There is a knowledge organiser included that is editable.
• Each lesson starts off with recall questions from the knowledge organiser. This is self assessed.
• Each lesson has three learning objectives.
• Lessons 5 and 1 have opportunities for peer assessment. The peer assessment slide has examples of WWW and EBI.
• Each lesson has an opportunity for peer assessment.
• All lessons, excluding agricultural revolution lesson, have a choice of reading age 12 or 10.
This has designed to be a plug and play style of lessons. No additional planning is needed, but all resources are editable.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
This is a stand alone lesson that explores the key themes of the Industrial Revolution.
Link to FULLY RESOURCED SoW here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12888896
Learning objectives:
identify changes from 1750 to 1900.
describe the changes that took place from 1750 to 1900.
Explain the impact of change over 150 years.
There is printing for this lesson. AfL is included. This includes the answers to the activities.
Cause of WW1 (unit of work) KS3
This is a Key Stage 3 scheme of work that aims to develop knowledge and a casual understanding of the Frist World War. There are seven lessons included, plus an assessment:
What was WW1?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Assassination and July Crisis
What caused WWI?
Assessment
Also, included is a knowledge organiser. There are 30 questions designed for pupils to use to self-study at home. These are then tested in every lesson until lesson 7. Included on the knowledge organiser is also a timeline of events and a list of keywords sorted into alphabetical order.
Starter activities are knowledge recall with elf assessment.
There are clear opportunities for peer assessment with examples of WWW and EBI that pupils are able to use.
Group work, individual work, and teacher-led learning are included as a part of the scheme of work.
Reading materials are included in the lesson. Militarism and alliances include a choice of reading that is at reading age 10 or 12. Both include self assessment.
AQA: First World War 1894-1918 entire unit
These lessons have been designed to be easy to follow.
Lessons follow the AQA (BA) Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894–1918 , and include the following 26 lessons
Part one: The causes of the First World War
1.01 The alliance system (2022, Q3)
1.02 Moroccan Crises (S1, Q3)
1.03 Crisis in the Balkans (2018, Q3)
1.04 Splendid isolation
1.05 Wilhelm foriegn policy (2022, Q1)
1.06 European rearmament
1.07 Slav nationalism and Austro-Serbian rivalry
1.08 Assassination
1.09 July Crisis
1.10 cause of WW1
Part two: The First World War: stalemate
2.01 Schlieffen Plan & Belgium
2.02 Trenches and Marne (2020, Q3)
2.03 military tactics and technology
2.04 Verdun
2.5 Somme (S2, Q2)
2.06 Passchendaele
2.07 Haig
2.8 Gallipoli (2018, Q1)
2.09 War at sea
Part three: Ending the war
3.01 Russia leaves (2019, Q1)
3.02 USA enters WW1 (S2, Q1)
3.03 tactics and technology (2019, Q2)
3.04 Ludendorff Offensive (2021, Q4; S2, Q3)
3.05 Hundred Days
3.06 end of WW1 (2022, Q2)
3.07 Cause of Germany’s defeat (2018, Q2; 2020, Q4)
The lessons use the Oxford Conflict and Tension: First World War 1894-1918 book (9780198429005); HOWEVER, there is an alternative for every time the textbook has been included. You will just need to print the reading sheets.
The lesson clearly displays where an exam question has been used and includes the mark scheme.
All comprehension activities have the answers included on the next slide.
Lessons include links to YouTube for engagement.
iGCSE Edexcel Cause and course of WW1 (paper 1 - A1)
This series of lessons follows the iGCSE Edexcel History, paper 2 (A1) The origins and course of the First World War, 1905–18.
18 content lessons plus two exam lessons.
Each lesson uses the textbook, but there are reading alternatives too.
Lessons follow the specification published by Edexcel and included:
1.1 The alliance system
1.2 Economic and imperial causes of war
1.3 Military causes of war
2.1 Moroccan Crises
2.2 Crises in the Balkans
2.3 Balkan nationalism and Serbian rivalry
2.4 Assassination to war
3.1 Schlieffen Plan and reasons for its failure
3.2 Trenches and reasons for deadlock
3.4 Somme
3.5 Passchendaele
3.6 Haig
4.1 German threat at North Sea
4.2 U-boats
4.3 Gallipoli (2 lessons)
5.1 Ludendorff Offensive
5.2 Hundred Days
5.3 Cause of Germany’s defeat
2 exam lessons
Lessons include relevant exam questions with mark schemes
There is a learning check list for the students
There is also a learning checklist that matches up specification topic with exam questions.
There are two lessons that focus on the examination.
o One for B question. Examples, work for students to mark and then one to complete.
o One for C question. Example answers, work for students to mark and then one to complete.
Norman Conquest reading pack
Multiple reading packs are included in this download. It can be used in the replacement of a textbook or for homework. This makes differentiation easy as the packs are broken down into different reading ages of 13, 10, and 8, but contain all the same information.
PDFs and Word versions are included so that the packs are easy to edit.
Topics included:
Anglo-Saxon England.
Contenders to the throne.
The Battle of Hastings.
The Feudal system.
Motte and Bailey Castles.
Domesday Book.
Harrying of the North.
Significance of the Norman Conquest.
Henry VIII's Reformation (unit of work - KS3)
Six lessons, plus assessment.
- Lesson 1: What was the Reformation?
- Lesson 2: Henry VIII’s Great Matter
- Lesson 3: Break with Rome
- Lesson 4: Religious transformation of England.
- Lesson 5: Wealth and power
- Lesson 6: Why did Henry VIII divorce Rome (assessment planning lesson)
- Lesson 7: Assessment
Most lessons include reading and links to engaging videos on YouTube.
Reading Packs
Three different reading packs (reading ages of 13, 10, and 8).
Answers are included for each reading pack to allow quick self-assessment.
SoW
A written SoW is included. The SoW breaks down each lesson into three learning objectives with activities connected to each objective. All activities are included on each PowerPoint. This unit includes self assessment, peer-assessment and teacher assessment at the final lesson.
This is a plug-and-play lesson. No additional planning is needed. Just print the reading packs. Where there is reading in a lesson the 13-year reading age has been included in the PowerPoint. It is easy to swap this out for the self assessment part of the lesson
Norman Conquest (Unit of work): how did William take control of England?
Seven lessons including assessment lesson.
Each lesson includes reading and a clip from YouTube.
The reading is differentiated by reading age (Reading ages of 13, 10, and 8). You can swap out different reading packs, depending on ability. All packs are included.
Written SoW.
All lessons work towards the end question: how did William take control of England?
Bundle
Edexcel Cold War Lessons and resources
Bundle covers the entire Period Study.
Includes exam questions and mark schemes
Printable resources included
AfL includes answers on the next slide.
Edexcel Cold War Key Topic 3
This series of lessons follows Edexcel’s Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91. There are printable information sheets, but this can be esily substituted with the textbook.
Seven lessons in total with resources to print.
Invasion of Afghanistan and Carter
Detente (2 lessons)
Second Cold War
Gorbachev’s new thinking (2 lessons)
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Collapse of the SU and end of Warsaw
KT3 over view lessons with worksheet
KT3 exam questions with mark schemes
Every lesson starts of with 5 recall questions with the answers
Exam questions with the mark scheme are included
Self assessment is included.
Mark schemes are included on the ppts to make peer assessment easy.
Each each question relevant to KT3 is included in the exam question ppt. It is clear what part of th spec each exam question is referring to.
Edexcel Cold War Key topic 2
This is a series of lessons that follows the Edexcel P4 Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91.
You don’t need the text book with this series of lessons but it can easily be substituted in.
7 lessons included with printable resources.
The Rufugee problem in Berlin
The Berlin Wall
Cuba (Bay of Pigs)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Prague Spring ( 2 lessons)
Key Topic 2 overview lesson with worksheet
All exam questions and mark schemes relevant for Key topic 2 in one ppt.
All exam questions for this Key Topic are included (SAMs to 2022). Mark schemes included.
AfL activities included with answers after.
Each lessons starts off with recall activity (answers on the next slide).
Self assessment is included in the lesson.
Very Little editing required.
Edexcel Cold War Key Topic 1
This is a series of 10 lessons (with a ppt with all the exam Qs for this section) that follows Edexcel History Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91. Exam questions are included within the lessons and in a separate ppt for revision.
You don’t need to published textbook with this series of lessons, but it can easily be substituted in.
Lessons in total with resources to print:
introduction to Cold War
Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam
Impact of the atomic bomb, telegrams, and Soviet satellite stats
Truman Doctrine
Cominform, Comecon, and NATO
Berlin Crisis
Significance of arms race and Warsaw Pact
Hungarian uprising (causes and Khrushchev’s response)
International reaction to invasion
A ppt with all the exam Qs (up to 2022) with mark schemes for key topic one.
An overview lesson with worksheet to accompany
Every lesson starts of with 5 recall questions with the answers
Past exam questions and mark schemes are included in the lessons
Exam questions with the mark scheme are included
Each activity had an AfL activity, often with answers
Possible to use the published textbook or to use the resources provided.
Edexcel History Elizabeth A3 revision sheets
Early Elizabethan England A3 revision sheet.
Could be used for cover lessons or as revision.
You will need the published textbook to go along with this.