These lessons focus on the Tudor economy in the reign of Henry VII and the beginning of the age of exploration including the work of early explorers. They contain a wide range of activities to complete individually and in groups to help students to work on their interpretation and essay writing skills. They have been made for unit 1C The Tudor on the A Level AQA specification but can be used for any post 16 Tudor England course.

These lessons focus on President Johnson’s foreign policy with specific focus on his escalation of the war in Vietnam. It allows students to study source materials to reach judgements with regards to causation. These lessons take about 3 hours to teach and contain a variety of activities; video clips and opportunities for research and debate. It was made for the AQA American Dream A Level unit, but can be used for the post 16 study of post war USA for any examination board.

This resource addresses the successes of President Johnson and civil rights. It involves looking at enclosed source materials and personal research to make an assessment on Johnson’s achievements. It contains video clips; sources and opportunities for evaluative group work. It would take about 3 hours to complete this lesson. The lessons were created for the AQA American Dream unit, but are suitable for any post 16 study of post war USA.

This resource focuses on explaining capitalism and communism through role play. Students are each given a character from either 1945 USSR or USA with information about their situation. They have to interview each other and record their results on a grid. They then use the grid to write an extended piece of evaluative writing - structure included to help students who require support. I have found this very useful to help students understand from the perspective of others in a fun way. The resource contains a short Power Point with instructions; colour-coded differentiated characters; and a grid to record findings.

This debate is an opportunity for A Level student to re-visit the Presidency of Harry Truman. It is the last of a series of 5 power points covering the Presidency of Harry Truman, and gives students the opportunity to evaluate his presidency. The whole section on Truman covers about 20-25 hours of teaching and is available either in blocks of 5 hours or as a bundle.

This is an A Level lesson on the 1952 US Presidential Election. It would take about 3 hours to teach and is suitable for the first lesson on Eisenhower for the American Dream Unit. It is also suitable for A Level Politics as it focuses quite closely on the American electoral system.

This lesson has been created for the American Dream unit of the AQA A level, but is suitable for any course which involves the study of Eisenhower’s presidency. It focuses on the successes/failures of Nixon as Vice President, and his relationship with Eisenhower, and traces the end of MaCCarthyism. It contains a variety of research; card sort and video activities, and takes about 3 hours to teach.

These lessons cover the decade of change in the 1960s with reference to youth culture and feminism during Johnson’s presidency. They involve opportunities to use contemporary source materials to reach judgements and to compare youth culture and feminism. The resources were made for the AQA American Dream A Level but are suitable for any post 16 study.

This resource contains a cloze activity at the beginning to help lower and middle attaining students place key people and events. It then contains a summary of all of the key topics under sub-headings which has been designed to support the revision of students who are unable retain a huge amount of content. It is therefore summarised in bitesize chunks to ensure that AO1 and AO2 are secure for the examination.

This is the FIFTH lesson for the EDEXCEL GCSE Super Power Relations and the Cold War, the impact on US/USSR relations of the formation of COMINFORM; COMECON and NATO. It contains various tasks and examination practice with modeled answers necessary for success at this level. Everything is included within the power point and no text book is needed.

This is the fourth lesson for the EDEXCEL GCSE Super Power Relations and the Cold War, the impact on US/USSR relations of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. It contains various tasks and examination practice with modeled answers necessary for success at this level. Everything is included within the power point and no text book is needed.

This is the SIXTH lesson for the EDEXCEL GCSE Super Power Relations and the Cold War, the Berlin Crisis 1948-49. It contains various tasks and examination practice with modeled answers necessary for success at this level. Everything is included within the power point and no text book is needed.

his is the NINTH lesson for the EDEXCEL GCSE Super Power Relations and the Cold War, including international reaction to the events in Hungary in 1956, and examination of the period 1945-56. It contains various tasks and examination practice with modeled answers necessary for success at this level. Everything is included within the power point and no text book is needed.

This assessment is for use after teaching key topic 1 - the Origins of the Cold War on the Superpower Relations and the Cold War unit at GCSE. The 9 lessons for this topic are also available. It assesses AO1 and AO2 as required for this unit by the examination board, and is fully differentiated containing some simple recall questions and other extended examination questions so that teachers can plan their approach to key topic 2 using results of summative assessment.

This is the SEVENTH lesson for the EDEXCEL GCSE Super Power Relations and the Cold War, the significance of the arms race and the creation of the Warsaw Pact. It contains various tasks and examination practice with modeled answers necessary for success at this level. Everything is included within the power point and no text book is needed.

tHIS 60 SLIDE POWER POINT CONTAIN ALL OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND REVISION TECHNIQUES REQUIRED FOR KEY TOPIC 1 OF THE EARLY ELIZABETHAN UNIT. RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE IS BULLET POINTED; REVISION ACTIVITIES ARE GEARED TOWARDS THE EXAMINATION WITH CRITERION EXPLAINED. I MADE THIS TO RE-TEACH THIS UNIT QUICKLY ABOUT 8 WEEKS BEFORE THE EXAMINATION. IT CONTAINS ABOUT 6/7 HOURS WORTH OF LESSONS PLUS HOMEWORKS. KEY TOPICS 2 AND 3 ALSO AVAILABLE.

I made these card for students at GCSE who really struggle with the volume of knowledge required. Using them I found that students who fell below the level 4 threshold made much better progress in the 2019 examination series (Edexcel). The cards address 36 Cold War events,and students learn the events by linking two consequences to the event. The events are in red; the consequence in blue; and an extension green card for those students who are able to attain level 5+ with sensible revision. They can also learn the story of the Cold War by sequencing the cards chronologically. I used the cards for paired activities; home revision and starter activities. Just cut out and laminate.

This power point contains lessons 12-14 in a scheme of learning for the historic environment in Whitechapel. It is part of a 25 lesson scheme also available. It contains activities; sources; and the resources to go with the lessons. This can be used without the text book and is therefore useful if you have to share a set of books. It contains 3 hours of learning