KS3 lesson looking at whether the memorial for Bomber Command have been built.
Lesson objectives:
To be able to explain the arguments for and against the Bomber Command memorial
To be able to conclude whether it should have been built or not
Includes:
Lesson Plan
Source pack (standard and differentiated)
Multiple activities
KS3 lessons looking at a timeline card sort activity for World War II and then a brief introduction to Blitzkrieg (Information, Small Card Sort, Worksheet, Clip)
AQA GCSE History America 1920-1973 Oppurtunity and Inequality - Lesson on Feminism.
Includes introduction, key images, key reading materials, revision sheet, documentary with graph to fill in.
Edexcel GCSE History; The American West - Topic 3.1; Lesson on the US Continued Growth of Settlement.
Lesson Objective
To understand how settlement of the West continued to grow, particularly through: The Exoduster movement & The Oklahoma Land Rush.
Includes information, sources, questions and answers, discussion point, link to a youtube video, several worksheets and an exam question.
Will need Pearson textbook; Edexcel American West, c1835-1895 for some of the activities.
The Constitutional framework of the US branches of government
To understand the key features of the Constitutional framework of the US branches of government.
Outline:
Starter Activity
Teacher Talk/Information
Matching Articles of the Constitution Activity
Diagram Activity
Links to videos
Summary plenary
Links to Crash Course Politics videos - useful for the course, but not my own content.
The nature and origin of the US Constitution
To understand how the US Constitution was formed.
To understand the nature and vagueness of the US Constitution.
To assess the implication of the nature and vagueness of the US Constitution on US Politics.
Lesson Outline:
Starter Activity
Comprehension Activity
Worksheet
Sorting Activity
This lesson references material from the following resources:
US Government and Politics for A-level Fifth Edition – Anthony J Bennett (Editor Eric Magee)
Edexcel GCE Politics AS and A-level Student Book (Edexcel GCE Politics 2017) – Pearson (Referred to as Pearson 1 on PowerPoint)
US Government and Politics (Politics Study Guides) – William Storey
To what extent is there democracy within the US Constitution?
To be able to identify elements of democracy within the US Constitution.
To be able to evaluate ways in which the Constitution upholds and undermines principles of democracy.
Lesson Outline:
Key Words
Discussion starter
Discussion prompts
Card Sort
Grid
Research Task
Conclusion Plenary
Challenge Activities
This lesson references material from the following textbooks:
Edexcel GCE Politics AS and A-level Student Book (Edexcel GCE Politics 2017) – Pearson (Referred to as Pearson 1 on PowerPoint)
US Government and Politics for A-level Fifth Edition – Anthony J Bennett (Editor Eric Magee)
The lesson requires pages from these textbooks, but similar information could be found elsewhere or in updated Politics textbooks.
To what extent is the relationship between the Federal and State governments in line with the thinking of the Founding Fathers?
To identify the main characteristics of Federalism.
To examine the relationship between Federal and State governments in recent years.
To assess the extent to which there is federalism today.
Outline:
Key Words
Discussion Prompts
Case Studies
Federalism & Trump - with examples
Research task
Colour Code Activity
Plenary discussion
This lesson references material from the following textbooks:
US Government and Politics for A-level Fifth Edition – Anthony J Bennett (Editor Eric Magee)
The lesson references pages from this textbook, but similar information could be found elsewhere or in updated Politics textbooks. Having a copy of this book is NOT essential to using this lesson.
The homework activity references a Politics Review Magazine Article from September 2019.
To what extent does Federalism ‘assure constitutional rights’?
To understand how Federalism is depicted in the US Constitution.
To examine the differences between federal and state power.
To examine how federalism has developed over time.
Outline:
Key Words
Starter Activity
Discussion prompts
Link to video - not my resource
Venn Diagram Activity
Plenary Discussion
This lesson references material from the following textbook:
US Government and Politics for A-level Fifth Edition – Anthony J Bennett (Editor Eric Magee)
The lesson requires pages from this textbook, but similar information could be found elsewhere or in updated Politics textbooks.
The homework activity (reading & questions to answer) comes from this resource:
US Government and Politics (Politics Study Guides) – William Storey
(Purchasing this book is a worthy investment, especially to challenge your upper ability students)
Lesson 1 - Introduction to the USA
Lesson 2 - Nature & Origin of the US Constitution
Lesson 3 - Constitutional Framework
Lesson 4 - Amendment Process
Lesson 5 - Checks and Balances
Lesson 6 - Bipartisanship & Limited Government
Lesson 7 - Federalism & the Constitution
Lesson 8 - Federal vs State
Lesson 9 - Democracy within the Constitution
Lesson 10 - Strength of the Constitution
Lesson 11 - Comparative Theory & Comparison to the UK
Lesson 12 - Knowledge Test with Answers
Bonus - 2 example answers to a Checks and Balances essay.
KS4 Edexcel The American West, c1835-1895 an Introduction to the Topic ‘What was the ‘real’ American West like?’
Lesson Objective
To have an overview of the key themes related to the American West
To be able to evaluate the stereotypical image of the American West
Includes;
14 different maps; showing the location, development and context of the USA
Starter with images
Main task with multiple development points and resources
Extension work
Plenary
A Level Politics Taster Session for KS4, suitable for Year 10 or Year 11.
Looking at the key question: Who is most responsible for protecting race rights in the USA?
Lesson Objectives:
To identify the ways in which race rights are protected in the USA.
To assess how effectively rights are protected in the USA.
To make a judgement about who bears the greatest responsibility for rights protection in the USA.
Includes;
Key Words
3 x Case Studies (Trayvon Martin, Jacob Blake, George Floyd)
Card Sort
Comprehension questions
Challenge tasks
Activities on extracts from the US Constitution
Responsibilities spectrum
GCSE Ancient History: Foundations of Rome - Topic 1: The Legendary Kings and Origins of Rome, 753-616 BC
Lesson 1: Introduction
Contains PLC, Exam 2 information, tasks on developing contextual knowledge of Italy etc.
Plus Homework and resource on the story of Aeneas
GCSE Ancient History: Foundations of Rome - Lesson 3: Authors & Evidence
GCSE Ancient History: Foundations of Rome
Topic 1 - The Legendary Kings and Origins of Rome, 753-616 BC
Title: Who were Livy and Dionysius?
Lesson Objectives
To be able to explain why Livy and Dionysius wrote there histories.
To be able to describe the story of Aeneas.
Recall task, start, WS on Authors, resources from OCR, plus answers and info on Augustus.
GCSE Ancient History: Foundations of Rome
Topic 1 - The Legendary Kings and Origins of Rome, 753-616 BC
Title: ‘The Greatest People on Earth’ - Why was Livy writing?
Lesson Objectives
To be able to summarise why Livy and Dionysius wrote there histories.
To be able to describe what Livy writes in his preface.
To be able to explain what Livy is telling the reader in his preface.
Recall task, recap information, Livy guided reading task with answers, additional tasks with Livy and task on the Cinerary Urn.
GCSE Ancient History: Foundations of Rome - Lesson 2: Foundation Myth: Aeneas
Topic 1 - The Legendary Kings and Origins of Rome, 753-616 BC
Title: Why was Aeneas important to the Romans?
Lesson Objectives:
To be able to evaluate the story of Aeneas.
To be able to explain why the story of Aeneas was important to the Romans.
Recall task, quiz, market place task (resource and WS)