The aim of the lesson is for the students to judge how much Chairman Mao Zedong changed China. It is useful as a stand-alone lesson on China, as part of a greater Cold War scheme of work, or in conjunction with my other China lessons (where this forms the first part). Lesson begins with a source analysis of the carving up of China. Then students’ knowledge of China is discussed with a Round Robin activity. Students will then learn about the background of Communism in China, with the Century of Humiliation (including colonisation, the Opium Wars and China in WWII) being analysed. The main task is looking at the problems the ‘New China’ faced and how Chairman Mao and the Chinese Communist Party set about fixing them. This looks at economic growth in the First and Second Five Year Plans, analyses GDP growth and military threats to China, including the Korean War and US involvement in Vietnam. The lesson concludes with an extended writing activity with the students writing about the changes they have seen under the leadership of the CCP in a letter; allowing students to make their own assumptions and judgements on the class content. Some key words and phrases from the lesson: Century of Humiliation Opium War Ideology Economy Five Year Plan GDP Korean War Vietnam War This is a fully resourced lesson including a PowerPoint as well as documents for printing.

The aim of the lesson is for the students to actively investigate the passive world around them. They will look at the current climate around equality and make a reasoned judgment on whether a statue should be removed or not. It is useful as a stand-alone lesson on current affairs , as part of a scheme of work on Civil Rights, slavery or the British Empire . Lesson Outline The lesson begins with the image of Edward Colston’s statue being thrown into the water with questions to start the students thinking about the event. The lesson moves on to why are statues built in the first place, to help them actively engage with the concept, rather than passively accept they are just ‘something that is there’. Students are then asked to think about some of the world’s most famous statues and asked for their opinions on them. The lesson moves on to a discussion on the Edward Colston statue. With students shown a picture and video of the event and asked to reflect on what happened and hypothesise on the cause. Next is an investigation into Edward Colston himself, students are given one side of the argument and come up with an opinion on his statue, then given the other, with reasoned debate sparked in the class. Students are then given a quote from the Bible to reflect on and think about how it applies to the lesson. An investigation will then take place into four famous figures that have statues in London: Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Mahatama Gandhi, and Winston Churchill. Students are given information on each of the four to read. They will decide whether or not their statue should be removed. This part of the lesson can be done with the students working individually or in pairs with the print-out included in this lesson, or as a class, one-by-one with the PowerPoint. After coming up with an answer for each, the teacher can ask the class their opinions on each of the statues. Why or why not the statue should be removed. This is a fully resourced lesson including a PowerPoint and Word handouts.

In this lesson the students will find out about: Who colonised British America (nationality, religion) What challenges did they face (climate, religious strife, work) Where did their loyalties lie (leading to, how and why did the colonies rebel - please see my other lesson on the American Revolution) The investigation includes a writing task where students put themselves in the shoes of various types of new arrival (Middle Colony ship builder, New England Puritan, Southern slave) to empathaise with how each would feel.

GCSE EDEXCEL History: Option B4: Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 Unit 2: Challenges to Elizabeth, at Home and Abroad, 1569-88 This lesson is the first in Unit 2. The powerpoint is split into two separate lessons, with a stand-alone lesson on the Revolt of the Northern Earls and the second on the three plots (Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington)

In this pick-up-and-go lesson, your students will learn about how Dr Martin Luther King Jr. led the Civil Rights movement to enormous victories over inequality in the USA. The lesson begins with the students tackling a philosophical question. Students then share what knowledge they already have on Rosa Parks and MLK Students will then look at the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) and evaluate the role Parks and MLK played in it. Students will then complete an investigation into the March on Washington (1963) Knowledge is checked with a ‘true or false’ game Knowledge is consolidated with students completing a word cloud My students love this lesson, and I hope that yours will, too!