A lesson explaining Black History Month in Britain and it’s importance. The lesson looks at key figures, and uses both videos, activities and news articles to help students understand the importance of Black History Month. This lesson can be used for an assembly.

This bundle of resources/ SOW is focused on the Arab-Israeli Conflict and can be used for many exam boards such as the OCR Y321 and the Y100 or the EDEXCEL Conflict in the Middle East. It gives an excellent overview of the topic with a strong set of lessons with various resources, activities and focus on both primary and secondary sources. The lessons cover: An overview of the topic The Ottoman control of the Middle East The British Mandate The problems and aims of the British The Partition of Palestine The new state of Israel/ Zionism The First Arab-Israeli War Israeli Settlements The Refugee Crisis/ Nakba Arab Nationalism and Nasser The Six Day War The Yom Kippur War The Intifadas Failed peace process (Oslo and Camp David) Focus on individuals Exam practice

A detailed lesson on the Partition of India focusing on: causes, events, consequences (short and long term), and India today under Modi. The lesson has different activities and great discussion points for students!

Series of lessons on the OCR module Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1087. The SOW has 23 detailed Power Points with information regarding the spec, differentiation, a variety of activities and worksheets, and exam/ essay writing guidance. The lessons can be used for the Edexcel GCSE/ AQA Spec too. The lessons cover: Anglo-Saxon England 1035–1066: • Viking influence (Harold I, Harthacnut); Edward the Confessor; succession, consolidation, government and administration; religion, economy and society • Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings 1066: plans; course of events; impact • William I’s consolidation of power: securing succession; methods of control; extent of opposition. Please see my other lessons and resources (I have uploaded a revision booklet for this spec too). Hope this helps!

A lesson on the Atlantic Slave Trade covering: causes, stages and consequences. The lesson has different activities and covers both primary and secondary sources. This lesson was made for KS3 students but can be adapted for any year group.

A student booklet for OCR Y102 Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107. The booklet includes: past exam questions, pages for students to complete their own revision notes on each topic, model structures, fact tests and a glossary.

This lesson educates students on the BLM movement and its origins. The lesson includes a variety of activities which focus on the causes of the movement, its aims, how the media presents it and asks students to think of possible solutions for the racial discrimination that exists today. I taught this lesson to both my KS3 and 4 classes and they seemed to have enjoyed and benefited from the lesson. Any feedback is welcomed! Do not forget to rate the resource too please.

This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL Medicine Through Time/ Medicine in Britain course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources and students generally prefer this topic the most! The lessons cover: 1 Ideas about the cause of disease and illness ● Supernatural and religious explanations of the cause of disease. ● Rational explanations: the Theory of the Four Humours and the miasma theory; the continuing influence in England of Hippocrates and Galen. 2 Approaches to prevention and treatment ● Approaches to prevention and treatment and their connection with ideas about disease and illness: religious actions, bloodletting and purging, purifying the air, and the use of remedies. ● New and traditional approaches to hospital care in the thirteenth century. The role of the physician, apothecary and barber surgeon in treatment and care provided within the community and in hospitals, c1250–1500. 3 Case study: ● Dealing with the Black Death, 1348–49; approaches to treatment and attempts to prevent its spread.

This lesson focuses on Victorian England and can be used as part of the English unit on ‘A Christmas Carol’ or as a History lesson (has contextual information, source analysis, video analysis and writing tasks). This is from my wider ‘Full SOW A Christmas Carol’ resource.

A lesson from my wider ‘Elizabethan England Key Topic 1’ unit. A great start to the lesson with a variety of activities.

These outstanding lessons are focused on Key Topic 2 of EDEXCEL GCSE Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939. The lessons use both the Hodder and Pearsons book and is full of different activities and exam practice. The lessons can be used and adapted for any year group and exam board including AQA, OCR or IGCSE. It has a range of resources and is great for students! The lessons cover: ● Hitler’s early career: joining the German Workers’ Party and setting up the Nazi Party, 1919–20. ● The early growth and features of the Party. The Twenty-Five Point Programme and the role of the SA. ● The Munich Putsch: Events ● Putsch Significance ● The Lean Years ● Reasons for limited support for the Nazi Party, 1924–28. Party reorganisation and Mein Kampf. The Bamberg Conference of 1926. ● Depression: The growth of unemployment – its causes and impact. The failure of successive Weimar governments to deal with unemployment from 1929 to January 1933. ● Reasons for the growth in support for the Nazi Party, including the appeal of Hitler and the Nazis, the effects of propaganda and the work of the SA. ● How Hitler became Chancellor, 1932–33: Political developments in 1932. The roles of Hindenburg, Brüning, von Papen and von Schleicher. ● Assessment ●Assessment feedback and mark scheme

A lesson on Francis Walsingham (from my wider Early Elizabethan SOW). This is an interactive lesson for students on Walsingham and has a mixture of activities including games, note-taking, videos, stories, exam practice etc.

A set of lessons (1h30 each) focused on the OCR Russia SPEC. The lessons cover Key Topic 1-4 and are embedded with a lot of content revision and exam questions! I taught these lessons whilst students were expected to complete my ‘Russia 1894–1941 Revision Booklet’. Students received high grades for this topic. (Also just a notice, I will be adding my complete and updated russia lessons hopefully in the next few months!)

Series of lessons on the module for the Norman Conquest 1035–1087. The SOW has detailed Power Points with information regarding the spec, differentiation, a variety of activities and worksheets, and exam/ essay writing guidance. The lessons can be used for the Edexcel GCSE/ AQA Spec too. The lessons cover: • Norman invasion and Battle of Hastings 1066: plans; course of events; impact • William I’s consolidation of power: securing succession; methods of control; extent of opposition. I also have other lessons and a revision booklet uploaded for this unit.

Mussolini’s Italy - follows Paper 4 Cambridge International History European Option. Can be used for any exam board. Why did Mussolini gain power in 1922? To understand the appeal of Fascism. To evaluate Mussolini’s aims in government and his leadership. To understand the establishment of a dictatorship, repression of opposition. To evaluate propaganda and foreign policy To understand the nature of Mussolini’s economic aims and the corporate state To understand dealings with the Church To understand social policies

This SOW/ bundle addresses Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88. This is perfect for the EDEXCEL spec but can be used for any other exam board/ series of lessons. It has various activities and exam practice too. The lessons cover: ● Introduction to the course ● Elizabethan England in 1558: society and government. ● The Virgin Queen: the problem of her legitimacy, gender, marriage. Her character and strengths. ● Challenges at home and from abroad: the French threat, financial weaknesses. ● Religious divisions in England in 1558. ● Elizabeth’s religious settlement (1559): its features and impact. ● The nature and extent of the Puritan challenge and the nature and extent of the Catholic challenge, including the role of the nobility, Papacy and foreign powers ● Mary, Queen of Scots: her claim to the English throne, her arrival in England in 1568. ● Revision and Exam Practice

A lesson on Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot. The lesson had a variety of activities with videos, reading comprehension, chronology and narrative tasks and creating a storyboard. This was a lesson given to students on Bonfire Night and students enjoyed it! The tasks in the lesson can be removed for an assembly (and the videos should remain).

This SOW was created for the EDEXCEL WW1 Medicine Through TimeThe British Sector of the Western Front course but can be used for the OCR/AQA topics too. It has a variety of activities and resources, exam skills and revision and students perform extremely well! The lessons cover: 1 The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches: ● The context of the British sector of Western Front and the theatre of war in Flanders and northern France: the Ypres salient, the Somme, Arras and Cambrai. The trench system - its construction and organisation, including frontline and support trenches. The use of mines at Hill 60 near Ypres and the expansion of tunnels, caves and quarries at Arras. Significance for medical treatment of the nature of the terrain and problems of the transport and communications infrastructure. ● Conditions requiring medical treatment on the Western Front, including the problems of ill health arising from the trench environment. The nature of wounds from rifles and explosives. The problem of shrapnel, wound infection and increased numbers of head injuries. The effects of gas attacks. ● The work of the RAMC and FANY. The system of transport: stretcher bearers, horse and motor ambulances. The stages of treatment areas: aid post and field ambulance, dressing station, casualty clearing station, base hospital. The underground hospital at Arras. ● The significance of the Western Front for experiments in surgery and medicine: new techniques in the treatment of wounds and infection, the Thomas splint, the use of mobile x-ray units, the creation of a blood bank for the Battle of Cambrai. ● The historical context of medicine in the early twentieth century: the understanding of infection and moves towards aseptic surgery; the development of x-rays; blood transfusions and developments in the storage of blood. 2 Knowledge, selection and use of sources for historical enquiries: ● Knowledge of national sources relevant to the period and issue, e.g. army records, national newspapers, government reports, medical articles. ��� Knowledge of local sources relevant to the period and issue, e.g. personal accounts, photographs, hospital records, army statistics. ● Recognition of the strengths and weaknesses of different types of source for specific enquiries. ● Framing of questions relevant to the pursuit of a specific enquiry. ● Selection of appropriate sources for specific investigations

10 Lessons that compliment the new OCR specification for Russia 1894–1941. The lessons are on Lenin’s decrees to his legacy.

A student booklet for OCR Y219 Russia 1894–1941. The booklet includes: past exam questions, pages for students to complete their own revision notes on each topic, model answers/ structures, fact tests and a glossary.