Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship This lesson is a study of the impact war had on peoples’ lives in Germany between 1914-1918. Students have to evaluate the main changes in Germany during the war and if they were positive or negative changes For example, the Kaiser being forced to share his power could be seen as a positive thing to many, but there was also a terrible shortage of food as the allied naval blockade really began to bite. Worksheets are supplied to use for evidence, as the students box up their findings ready to tackle a timed question for GCSE question practice. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited at the end to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

AQA A Level 1C The Tudors: England 1485-1603 The aim of this lesson is to analyse the rise of the Duke of Somerset to power. Students are given a timeline of Somerset’s life and the significant events in his rule during Edward VI’s reign. They can also complete some source scholarship with views from various historians summarising his rule. Students also complete a multi-choice quiz on how he consolidated his power and with it the views of his contemporaries. Students then have to justify why he was criticised at the time and if this i a fair reflection. The plenary looks at fragments of sentences which the students have to convert to full sentences, using their learning from the lesson. There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

AQA A Level 1C The Tudors: England 1485-1603 The aim of this lesson is to analyse the Battle of Bosworth Field and decide how and why Henry won. Students are given the context to the battle and how Richard III and Henry VII lined up against each other. Using video evidence, they mind map the key events of the battle and its turning point leading to Henry’s victory. Students are also given the account of the battle from the Tudor historian, Polydor Virgil. They have to determine from the account how Henry used his skills in leadership, tactics, communication and religion to win, which is a useful exercise when studying Tutor propaganda throughout the course. The plenary requires they to decipher a jumbled up number of words in a botched activity. There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

AQA GCSE 9-1 Britain: Health and the People, c1000 to present The aim of this lesson is to decide how much of an impact the Renaissance had on medicine with the new medical ideas and thinking of Vesalius, Pare and Harvey. The first part of the lesson focuses on the King’s evil and how an average of 3000 people flocked to King Charles II hoping to be cured by his touch. The second part analyses the treatments the King’s doctors gave a dying King Charles II, sadly having a detrimental effect rather than a positive one on his health. Students complete this as a quiz as they decide which treatments he received, before checking their answers with a student friendly markscheme. As well as looking at a brief summary of Nicolas Culpeper’s ‘The Complete herbal’, students ultimately decide and evaluate from a continuum line if indeed the Renaissance had had a breakthrough on medical understanding and improved techniques to heal patients. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited at the end to show the progress of learning. The resource comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change. I have also included suggested teaching strategies to deliver the lesson and there are differentiated materials included.

AQA A Level 1C The Tudors: England 1485-1603 The aim of this lesson is to judge the significance of Catherine of Aragon in the reign of Henry VIII. Students are introduced to Catherine’s background and her loyalty as a wife to her husband. Moreover they learn about the importance of the papal dispensation Henry was given by the Pope to marry his brother’s widow, a decision which of course was to haunt him in later years. However far from rejecting her, Henry’s initial years of marriage were successful and harmonious, as shown in the artwork on Hampton Court and her influence on the young king. There is an excellent video link to use and focused reading throughout. The plenary uses the thinking hats to challenge student ideas. There is a enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work. The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit. The lesson is differentiated and includes suggested teaching strategies.

Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship The aim of this lesson is to evaluate the problems the German people faced at home during World War II. Students are given lots of contextual knowledge with challenging and exciting tasks aimed at answering the typical GCSE questions set in the exam. They will judge how and why the war was a good thing for Germans at the beginning and why it became so bad as the war drew to a close. There is some excellent information taken from the BBC Bitesize website which the students have to recall and analyse in a thinking quilt and summarising pyramid. At the end of the lesson, the students will be ready to complete some GCSE questions with a simplified markscheme to help them. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, retrieval practice, differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Rise of Dictators The aim of this lesson is to decide if Franco should be loved or loathed. This lesson focuses on the policies of Franco in his time in office and opinions today over his legacy. The lesson does however steer clear of the political machinations of Spanish politics of the time and the events of the Spanish Civil War. Students learn about Franco’s early life and have to chronologically order key words in his rise to power. They also have to evaluate the controversy of moving his burial site from the Valley of the Fallen and the significance of doing this. The main task is to analyse key policies in his reign and decide whether he should be loved or loathed. This can the be written up an an extended writing task. The final task requires student to decide which phrases and images associated with Franco are the best fit; students also need to explain why this is the case. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning. The resource includes suggested teaching strategies, differentiated materials and comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

World War II The aim of the lesson is to question how we should treat prisoners of war in Britain during World War 2. Students might be influenced initially in their thoughts by their prior knowledge of Nazi and Japanese treatment of captured prisoners. There is a discussion task with a number of scenarios which will allow the story to unravel of Italian and German prisoner experiences in Britain. Pathé news also has some excellent links to video footage of capture prisoners and the commentators emphasis on their good treatment and being given a square meal each day. A case study of Eden Camp in Yorkshire, site of a former prisoner of war camp, will enable students to analyse what happened there and if treatment was good, fair or bad. It is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning. The resource includes retrieval practice activities, suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials, and comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

The American West 1835-1895, GCSE 9-1 Edexcel The aim of this lesson is to analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of the new inventions introduced in the 19th Century to the Great Plains to aid the Homesteaders and tackle the problems they faced. Students have to decide what a Homesteader would need with up to $1000 and use images to piece together how inventions would help them settle in the Plains. There is an effective rating activity using a battery in which they have to rate the most and least effective of all the inventions (or not if they take into account natural disasters). Some GCSE question practice focuses of the narrative account question with key exam skills attached as well as some help if required. The plenary involves students deciding on the answers to 12 answers. The resource is differentiated and gives suggested teaching strategies. Some retrieval practice using the odd one out is also included. It comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Edexcel 9-1 Medicine in Britain, Thematic study and historic environment This lesson aims to give the context of medical treatments and the advancements made before the outbreak of war in 1914. The lesson focuses on three areas: the strides made in the understanding infection and aseptic surgery, x-rays and blood transfusion. Activities include two different types of retrieval practice, note taking using video evidence, analysis of text and questioning, as well problem solving and GCSE question practice. The resource is differentiated and gives suggested teaching strategies. It comes in PowePoint format which can be amended and changed to suit.

The American West 1835-1895, GCSE 9-1 Edexcel This lesson aims to explain how the Plains Indians believed that everything in nature had a spirit. Students analyse how humans and nature work together and complete a thinking quilt linking key ideas and key words together. They are also challenged as to what significance certain objects have as well as ascertaining why some tribes went to war . They will evaluate why land was so important to the Plains Indians and why they had difficulty when the US Government tried to allocate them certain areas of the Great Plains. This evaluation is put to the test with some GCSE exam question practice using the 8 mark ‘consequences’ question. The final learning task is writing a recipe and mixing up key ingredients of the lesson which will reinforce the learning during the lesson. The resource is differentiated and gives suggested teaching strategies. Some retrieval practice is also included. It comes in PowerPoint format which can be amended and changed to suit.

The French Revolution The aim of this lesson is to investigate how rotten Robespierre was. At first, students have to decide and discuss makes a good leader, with suggested answers given They are given some context of the Revolution before they are introduced to Robespierre. The main task of the lesson is to decide whether he was an outstanding leader and a ‘champion of democracy’ or rotten to the core and a ‘depraved monster.’ Students will work through the evidence, which is differentiated, before completing this an extended piece of writing with argument words and a writing frame to help if required. An odd one out plenary to finish aims to challenge what they have learnt in the lesson. The lesson comes with differentiated materials, suggested teaching and learning strategies and is linked to the latest historical interpretations, video clips and debate. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited at the end to show the progress of learning. It is fully adaptable in PowerPoint format and can be changed to suit.

The American West 1835-1895, GCSE 9-1 Edexcel This lesson aims to understand and evaluate the impact of the US Government policy on the Plains Indians. Students recall previous Government policy pre 1860 and analyse how this started to encroach on the Plains Indians way of life. They then have to analyse four areas of impact; the coming of the railroad, cattle, reservations and the discovery of gold. Using a cauldron, they have to decide which facts (or ingredients) are the most significant to mix into it. These ingredients are placed on the shelves. The higher the shelf, the more significant the impact of the ingredient. The plenary uses images (the linkee game) to decipher and recap further problems faced by the Plains Indians . Students then have to decide what happened at a consequence. There is some follow up exam question practice using the ‘consequences’ question worth 8 marks. The resource is differentiated and gives suggested teaching strategies. It comes in Powerpoint format which can be amended and changed to suit.

The American West 1835-1895, GCSE 9-1 Edexcel The aim of this lesson is to explore the challenges faced by Homesteaders in moving onto the Plains and setting up farms. Students begin by deciding how different inventions could lead to improved farming techniques. They also have to complete a true or false quiz, before using a thinking quilt to match up key facts with the correct questions. The plenary is based around the ‘are you a robot?’ idea which is becoming all too familiar when we are trying to log into a specific website. There is some follow up exam question practice using the ‘importance’ question worth 8 marks, with help given if required. The resource is differentiated and gives suggested teaching strategies. Some recall retrieval practice is also included using a spider diagram. It comes in Powerpoint format which can be amended and changed to suit.

Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 The aim of this lesson is to analyse the new spirit of co-operation between the Superpowers but understand the context as to why this collaborative approach ultimately failed. Students begin by examining the three baskets of agreement in the Helsinki Accords of 1975 and have to explain what was achieved by both sides, with argument words to help in a written activity. Furthermore they evaluate the failings of the SALT 2 talks and have to decide why the American Senate did not ratify this treaty. The plenary concludes with a find and fix activity. There is some GCSE practice on the narrative account question with some hints and prompts to help. The lesson is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout this and subsequent lessons to show the progress of learning. The lessons in this bundle are therefore linked together to build up a picture of how diplomacy, propaganda and spying led two Superpowers with opposing political ideologies to create tensions, rivalries and distrust as well as subsequently forming mutual understanding and cooperation over the time period in question. The resource includes retrieval practice, suggested teaching strategies, differentiated material and GCSE question practice. It comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

The Norman Conquest This is a great game to be used after having studied attacking and defending a Medieval Castle. Students take on the role of the defenders of a Medieval Castle (in this case loosely based on the siege of Rochester Castle by King John in 1215). They have failed to pay their taxes and King John and his knights are marching on the Castle. Their job is to defend the Castle at all costs by making wise choices and thus collecting points as they go. When they have completed the tasks, they are given a student friendly markscheme which will by the end give them great status as geniuses of siege warfare or not as the case may be! Students can write out the choices they make or just the numbers and corresponding letters. They can only make one choice per question.

This key word literacy display has been designed to be used on classroom walls (or on display boards outside) when introducing a new History topic to the students. It is an easy resource to print and will hopefully save an incredible amount of time and effort when incorporating literacy into a new or existing scheme of work. The slides can also be laminated and used as mobiles hanging from the ceiling or used as part of an informative display. The slides cover the following words and their definitions: Cavalier. Commonwealth, confess, controversial, civil war, defence, ducking stool, Divine Right, evidence, interregnum, Matthew Hopkins, negotiate, New Model Army, Oliver Cromwell, Puritan, Republic, resonant, Restoration, Roundhead, Rump Parliament, scaffold, scold, ship money, Stuarts, treason, trial, tyrant, witch. The slides come in PowerPoint format so they are easy to change and adapt.

This key word literacy display has been designed to be used on classroom walls (or on display boards outside) when introducing a new History topic to the students. It is an easy resource to print and will hopefully save an incredible amount of time and effort when incorporating literacy into a new or existing scheme of work. The slides can also be laminated and used as mobiles hanging from the ceiling or used as part of an informative display. The slides cover the following words and their definitions: Alliance, armistice, arms, barbaric, bellicose, conscientious objector, cowardice, desertion, escalate, imperialism, inevitable, Jerry, Kaiser, militarism, munitions, nationalism, naval, propaganda, stalemate, trench foot, tommy, shellshock, shrapnel, trenches, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, Victoria cross, warfare. The slides come in PowerPoint format so they are easy to change and adapt.

This key word literacy display has been designed to be used on classroom walls (or on display boards outside) when introducing a new History topic to the students. It is an easy resource to print and will hopefully save an incredible amount of time and effort when incorporating literacy into a new or existing scheme of work. The slides can also be laminated and used as mobiles hanging from the ceiling or used as part of an informative display. The slides cover the following words and their definitions: Agent Orange, Arms Race, Bay of Pigs, Berlin Airlift, Berlin Wall, Cold War, communism, containment, Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, East and West Germany, exclusion zone, Fidel Castro, ideology, iron curtain, Marshall Plan, McCarthyism, NATO, Nikita Khrushchev, President Kennedy, red scare, soviet bloc, Soviet Union, Superpower, trade embargo, Truman Doctrine, U2, Warsaw Pact, zones of occupation The slides come in PowerPoint format so they are easy to change and adapt.

This key word literacy display has been designed to be used on classroom walls (or on display boards outside) when introducing a new History topic to the students. It is an easy resource to print and will hopefully save an incredible amount of time and effort when incorporating literacy into a new or existing scheme of work. The slides can also be laminated and used as mobiles hanging from the ceiling or used as part of an informative display. The slides cover the following words and their definitions: abolition, American Civil War, auction, slave, branding, captive, emancipate, flux, Guinea coast, Harriet Tubman, Indentured servants, lynching, manumission, Middle Passage, plantation, profit, repatriation, resistance, shackles, sharecropper, slave colony, tight pack, Triangular trade, Thomas Clarkson, trans-Atlantic, underground railroad, William Wilberforce. The slides come in PowerPoint format so they are easy to change and adapt.