A set of teaching resources published and made freely available by by the Martin Luther King Peace Committee (Newcastle University) to commemorate the centenary of the first Christmas Truce of World War One. The resources include materials on a variety of topics within the First World War - including ideas for cross-curricular schemes of work. For more information, see the link below: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/martinlutherking/activities/worldwaronechristmastrucecommemorations/

A fully planned, differentiated and resourced lesson on Slavery / The Slave Trade for a mixed ability KS3 class (targeted at year 8). Learning objective: To understand conditions on the middle passage and to explain the motives behind the actions of slaves and slave traders. The lesson offers a variety of extension questions at every stage. The lesson comes with a fully designed powerpoint and corresponding worksheet, uses 2 consecutive clips from the same episode of the popular 'Roots' drama (link included), and a quote from Equiano as its key stimulus. The lesson also comes with a differentiated keyword sheet for literacy support, and a fully detailed lesson plan.

An outstanding-rated, fully planned, resourced and differentiated lesson on Crime, Punishment and Justice in Medieval Britain, suitable for Key stage 3, years 7 - 9 dependent on ability. The objective of this lesson is to develop students’ understanding of Crime and Punishment in Medieval Britain, and to encourage students to reach judgements about the values that Medieval society held, by encouraging students to make comparisons with modern crimes and their punishments today. This pack includes: In depth lesson plan Clear, easy to follow PowerPoint presentation Differentiated worksheet with clear extension tasks Super-extension tasks for the most able.