Gives students a quick overview of key individuals involved in the abolition of the Slave Trade

Students look at a variety of locations to determine advantages and disadvantages.

An in-depth look at an influential woman involved in the underground railway.

To assess the Battle of the Somme and make a judgement on the role of Haig.

Made this very quickly and have to credit the British Museum's resources on Mali for the depth study. Please do as you want with it. I thought it was important to stress how Africa did have a history before the Transatlantic Slave Trade and this does reinforce the idea that they did. If you make any good amendments, please share.

This lesson looks at a variety of areas within Mughal India and is based on the book by Abraham Eraly. The students gather information on a variety of factors to decide if each one if golden or not. They will then share this information with others and as a class, decide whether Mughal india was in fact golden. Topic sheets are based on: Art & Architecture Travel Weather Cities and Towns Muslim-Hindu relations Untouchables, Slaves, Europeans Amirs Leisure for Amirs People at the bottom Women Artisans Accession The Imperial Harem Law and Order

A lesson that introduces Akbar and uses a variety of sources to understand why some people hold him in high esteem and why this continues into today. Two audio clips are added which you can use as you see fit.

Using a variety of information from books i have read or things i ave picked up, students look at the factors which caused USA to enter the war. This could appear in the exam as a 6 mark question to explain and i think this lesson helps cover all the main factors.

Looking at the life of Aurangzeb to question why he possibly is remembered by some in India today as an evil emperor. This lesson uses information gathered from Audrey Truschke’s book. Any feedback would be appreciated as this is a new topic i’m trying to improve my own subject knowledge on and make good and accessible resources.

Student's will assess many reasons for winning the war and write a PEEL paragraph to show their evaluation of most important reasons. There are some slides from the Boardworks collection. They also look at a piece of parliamentarian propaganda and attempt to guess the message of the source and you can question it's reliability/usefulness etc. .

Looks at the causes for the Crusades and goes through a number of reasons why people would've gone.

This shows how Henry was able to close the monasteries down by looking at the Surveys he conducted.

A brief overview of Henry's wives. It goes well before the break up with the Church

Students will look at a variety of information in order to come to their own opinion. A silent debate is good to encourage them to be aware of others’ arguments and to counter these. Use with caution- this lesson will be amended to include more scholarly debate surrounding this issue (June 2020)

Looks at the role of ghettos to confine, control and weaken the Jews. Finishes with students being able to explain why very few Jews attempted to escape because of the difficulties.

Looks at a multiple of areas that changed during this period.

This lesson emphasises the work and function of the monasteries to local people. The information cards has lots of information so pick and choose.

We only studied the Empire for 8 lessons so a short assessment with use of sources to allow students to find suitable quotes/description of images to support their answers.

I use this lesson to get the students knowing some of the basics for the topic. I usually offer rewards for the best teacher and students (voted by the students) and students like this as an intro. I've probably stolen and amended of others for this so do the same.

Role play simulation where students are a variety of characters and must trade with each other. They will learn how tough life was as a peasant. I don't know who i got this from or where but it's been great to use with the students at the beginning of the Medieval Unit.

Source annotation and looking at the advantages and disadvantages for Britain.