Lesson for my Year 10s on how the court system works. The video for Adam's Case is from the BBC Learning Zone.

Students start by watching a video (link is in the notes for the powerpoint) - although it is designed for younger students my Year 9 class liked it. Students then create an advert for Cadbury's Dairy Milk using as many key words as they can. There is additional information for Level 6/7+ on the second page of the task sheet.

I used the a clip from the Pianist (the part when they move to and then settle into the Warsaw ghetto) as a stimulus.

Looking at the different influences of propaganda and conscription students examine why people joined up to fight. The oral testimonies are all from the BBC website. I also used a clip from BBC Learning Zone of one of the last veterans. I attached the EAL sheet just in case anybody else needed it.

I used the X factor to explain why people have different opinions and interpretations of History, because the students always understand why different mentors support their own acts, even if they are terrible acts and can't sing. You can update it each year with the latest acts.

NB The links for videos are in the notes for the powerpoint. This is an activity on legal rights. The starter is from a worksheet from the Citizenship Foundation. We then looked at current events that are going on to evaluate whether the law really protects our human rights. For more able students you can delete some of the questions and frameworks to allow them to work more independently.

Would voter turnout increase if 16 year olds got the vote? For the starter I showed them a graph of voter turnout and we discussed reasons turnout has gone down (I have a worksheet but I can't find it!). After doing the activities on the powerpoint, I used a video clip from the BBC's '16- Too Young to Vote' to get them thinking. Then I gave them all a speech bubble and we had a class discussion about whether 16 was too young to vote. The plenary I used for all students in one group, some found it a bit challenging. Plenary 2 could be used for SEN students instead.

This is a lesson where students investigate current issues in Syria and then discuss and form their opinions about it. It was developed for a short lesson with a lower ability Year 10 group so would need extending for higher ability students. The link for the video clip is in the notes section of the powerpoint.

This is a background lesson before students started the controlled coursework task on the Impact of WWI on civilians in Britain. For the activity I spread the information slides (at the last part of the PPT) around the room. They then filled the worksheet in using these. For the plenary you can print off a 'brain shape' for the 'fill your brain' activity. The clips for the activities are in the notes section of the powerpoint.

Students evaluate different types of punishment to decide how effective prison and community sentencing are. All the examples are either from direct.gov.uk or restorativejustice.org.uk

This is for a short (40 minute) lesson with students on what caused the recession. It could be extended with some more discussion or a relevant news article. The links for the two videos are in the notes for the powerpoint.

Case study on the effectiveness of the UN, focusing on the discovery of Chinese weapons in Darfur. I used it with Year 9, as I am teaching the GCSE from Year 9, but it could be adapted for Year 10 and 11 groups.

This is a lesson for a mixed ability Year 9 group focused on appeasement. I used two videos from BBC Learning Zone for stimulus - the links are saved in the notes section of the powerpoint. The first video should be used to answer the first task on the worksheet. The second is for the 2nd page of the worksheet (LO2).

A lesson on religion and natural evil, focusing on Islam.

An introduction or stand alone lesson on the Ottoman Empire. students have to study the different main events in the Ottoman Empire, to make an A3 timeline, and then evaluate how powerful the Ottoman Empire was at each of these points. An example is given of what the students need to create. I print off the task sheet and photocopy it into A3. I then print off the information slides and give these to the students. With a weaker group a teacher may wish to go through each event slide by slide. There is a challenge task available for stronger students.

This lesson is designed to follow a lesson on the Glorious Revolution. It starts by recapping the revolution and then asks students to evaluate the impact of the Bill of Rights.

This is a 1 to 1.5 hour lesson for Year 9 students on the early British Empire in Australia. The lesson uses the BBC 'In Our Time' series to understand the first encounters between the British and Aborigines. The questions are structured so that even weaker students are able to access the difficult language of this audio clip. This is followed by differentiated worksheets.

This is a double lesson (1.5hrs) for Year 10. The first activity was using sources from the US National Archives- students have to answer the questions in groups. The links for the clip (which is on BBC Learning Zone) is in the notes section of the powerpoint. The final part of the lesson, asks students to evaluate the significance of the bus boycott. I scaffold this by giving them all statements (cut up the statements of significance and then give them to students) and get them to move around the room.

KS5 Edexcel A Level lesson on the British Empire and trade. Focusses on being able to write a thematic essay, using key terms such as ‘turning point’. The lesson uses examiner feedback from the 2017 exam series. You will need to download the examiner’s report to find an example essay to look at. Students create a living graph to help them understand the trends during the period. They then look at a card sort and use the evidence to decide how far different events were ‘turning points’.

This is a lesson for mixed ability Year 7 students on the power of medieval kings. Students work out the why Henry II was being whipped, using a series of clues that can be placed in envelopes around the room. All the information they need is in the clues. This ends with a structured writing task around why the king is being whipped.