Watch a great documentary, featuring Sir Tony Robinson, on working conditions in Quarry Bank Mill and how they affected the workers. The documentary uses case studies of what happened in order to understand what it would have been like at the time and how lives of British workers were changing. Perfect for a cover lesson or to add depth and visual aids to your students learning. Students complete the questions in order to gain knowledge of what happened at the time. Lots more FREE documentary questions are available in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory We have a wide range of KS3 & KS4 History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out. Social media pages to follow soon. If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This FREE homework pack contains two essays covering the contenders to the throne on the death of Edward the Confessor and why William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings. Use one, use both, it’s up to you - it’s FREE!! LOADS MORE FREEBIES are available in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory We’ve also got a really good Battle of Hastings lesson available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/battle-of-hastings-1066-12920170 If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates what happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Students look at both causes, events and consequences. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete, including a starter, all clips and related tasks, mini plenaries, information sheet with storyboards, consolidation exam style ‘explain’ question and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have a great value and growing Cold War bundle available, including lessons on the Cold War conferences, Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan, the Vietnam War, Berlin Wall and the fall of the Berlin Wall, here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-cold-war-12921730 If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates the key features and the changing nature of trench warfare during WWI. Students will look at pictures, watch videos as well as extract key information to discover what it was like to fight in the trenches during WWI. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete, including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet with activities, consolidation exam style ‘write an account’ source question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have a great value and growing WWI bundle available, including lessons on the Assassination in Sarajevo, Alliance System & Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism and Life in the Trenches, available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/world-war-one-12942317 If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This FREE Terrorist or Freedom Fighter lesson investigates the history of terrorism by looking at case studies including the French Revolution and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Students will also read about examples from Roman and Medieval times, as well as all the way through to modern times (examples that are good to know about but we never have time to do a full lesson on!). This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheets with timeline to complete, mini-plenaries, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING TERRORISM BUNDLE, which includes examples of terrorism, radicalisation, the IRA, Israel & Palestine, and Suffragettes. Find it here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/terrorism-12972766 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Historical Skills lesson encourages students to consider pros and cons of different types of evidence, including websites, photographs, books etc. Students will look at one controversial website and book author to open their discussion on useful evidence before going on to consider the uses and limitations of other types. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share activity, card sort with diamond 9, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This ‘syringe & ladders’ revision game is a perfect activity for GCSE students studying Medicine, Surgery & Public Health! Students can challenge each other and could either use their notes on the side to answer the questions or do it all from memory - writing down what questions they struggled with to revise later. We have a growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons, please take a look: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Weimar Germany lesson on the Kapp Putsch of March 1920 investigates the causes, events and consequences of the rebellion. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share discussion task, information sheet with conversion activity, source exam style question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundles on ‘Weimar Germany’ and ‘Weimar & Nazi Germany’ which includes lessons on the Treaty of Versailles, Reichstag Fire & Enabling Act, Night of the Long Knives, Nazi Opposition and many others. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This FREE ‘Drakes & Ladders’ game is a perfect revision activity for GCSE students studying Elizabeth I! Students can challenge each other and could either use their notes on the side to answer the questions or do it all from memory - writing down what questions they struggled with to revise later. We have a growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons, please take a look: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates what happened during the French Revolution including the fall of the Bastille and the Terror. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, progress checker, think pair share task,mini-plenaries, source information extraction task, consolidation ‘write an account’ question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Rebellion & Revolution’, which includes the causes of the French Revolution as well as the Jacobite Rebellion (which ranges from the Glorious Revolution to the consequences of the 1745 rebellion). Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This FREE game is a perfect revision activity for GCSE students studying Britain 1900-1951! Students can challenge each other and could either use their notes on the side to answer the questions or do it all from memory - writing down what questions they struggled with to revise later. We have a growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons, please take a look: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Genocide lesson investigates what caused genocide in Bosnia in 1992. It looks at causes such as nationalism and ethnic groups, the break up of Yugoslavia and Slobodan Milosovik and Serbia. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet with tasks, diamond 9 activity, a consolidation evaluative written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used along with our lesson on what happened during the Bosnian Genocide, which can be found as a bundle at the bottom of this page. This lesson can also be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Genocide’ which also includes Holocaust Nazi laws, ghettos and concentration camps, as well as genocide in Rwanda and Cambodia. You will also be able to find this bundle at the bottom of this page! Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This FREE Causes of World War I lesson investigates what the Schlieffen Plan was and how it led to WWI. Students will listen to and read about the plan to make judgements on it’s strengths and weaknesses as well as it how led to war. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheets with questions, mini-plenaries, a consolidation explanation question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have lots more WWI lessons in our TES shop including several great value bundles: a ‘Causes of WWI’ bundle which includes 2 x Assassination in Sarajevo, Alliance System & Militarism, Imperialism and Nationalism lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/causes-of-world-war-one-12924566 a big WWI bundle which includes causess, fighting in the trenches and end of war: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/world-war-one-12942317 a home, land and sea WWI bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wwi-home-land-and-sea-12950791 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Historical Skills lesson investigates the discovery of Pompeii and encourages students to consider how important archaeological evidence is in helping us understand the past. Students will look at photos from Pompeii and watch a short clip on what may have happened there to help their understanding and to explain why the discovery was so important. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share activity with photos, a worksheet with tasks, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This FREE Causes of World War I homework revision activity sheet aims to help students structure and focus their revision on key exam questions. It covers questions covered by the GCSE spec but could also be adapted for KS3. We have lots more WWI lessons in our TES shop including several great value bundles: a ‘Causes of WWI’ bundle which includes 2 x Assassination in Sarajevo, Alliance System & Militarism, Imperialism and Nationalism lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/causes-of-world-war-one-12924566 a big WWI bundle which includes causess, fighting in the trenches and end of war: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/world-war-one-12942317 a home, land and sea WWI bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wwi-home-land-and-sea-12950791 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource,** PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW*! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Causes of World War I lesson investigates who the responsibility for WWI lies with. It looks at the part played by France, Britain, Serbia, Russia, Austro-Hungary and Germany and encourages students to evaluate their responsibility for the outbreak. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheets with table to complete, mini-plenaries, think pair share source activity, a consolidation essay style question, a plenary and a homework task. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have lots more WWI lessons in our TES shop including several great value bundles: a ‘Causes of WWI’ bundle which includes 2 x Assassination in Sarajevo, Alliance System & Militarism, Imperialism and Nationalism lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/causes-of-world-war-one-12924566 a big WWI bundle which includes causess, fighting in the trenches and end of war: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/world-war-one-12942317 a home, land and sea WWI bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/wwi-home-land-and-sea-12950791 and a GCSE First World War bundle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-first-world-war-1894-1918-12952900 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This FREE simple Medicine Through Time homework revision resource includes 5 pages of quick questions covering prehistoric times through to the 20th century. Each page has between 14 and 19 questions on it. This can consolidate all the learning your students have been doing in class and works perfectly alongside our Medicine lessons which include: Cause & Treatment: Renaissance Medicine Surgery: Pare, Harvey, Antiseptics (Semmelweiss, Haldsted & Lister), Anaesthetics (Simpson & chloroform) and Public Health: Pencillin, Penicillin factors, Snow & cholera, Industrial Revolution, the Great Stink (Bazalgette & sewers) and can be found here: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=22174227&q=medicine&shop=DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource,**** PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW****! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Nazi Germany lesson investigates Nazi policies towards women and evaluates how successful they were. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, group drawing activity, mini plenaries, sort cards with table, two exam style questions to choose from depending on your time available and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundles on ‘Nazi Germany’ and ‘Weimar & Nazi Germany’ which includes lessons on the Treaty of Versailles, Weimar Golden Age, Night of the Long Knives, the Reichstag Fire & Enabling Act and many others. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource,** PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW**! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us! Tes paid licence