This lesson looks at Kennedy’s and Johnson’s policies to create a New Frontier and Great Society, students look at what they did and how it helped differed aspects of America. The lesson includes challenge tasks to stretch and challenge the top end. There is also a GCSE question with sentence starters to help those who need it. This lesson is designed for a SOW for AQA America 1920 - 1973 Opportunity and Inequality.

This lesson looks at the 1932 Presidential Lesson and why Herbert Hoover lost and Roosevelt was victorious. The lesson gives students two options for the main task. The lesson includes challenge tasks throughout to stretch and challenge students. This lesson forms a scheme of work for AQA America 1920 - 1973 Opportunity and Inequality.

This lesson approaches the Titanic from a different angle looking at what the titanic reveals about the Edwardian period. Students look at a range of sources from pictures, menus, etc to back up points about the Edwardian. There is a worksheet, GCSE styled question, with sentence starters and a model answer. Students also have a literacy focus where they need to correct mistakes to the model answer. The homework tasks involve students getting given a passenger to investigate. Students loved this as each student got a unique passenger with their own boarding pass which they fed back their findings to in the next lesson.

A lesson that forms part of a SOW for a three year GCSE for AQA America 1920 - 1973 Opportunity and inequality. This lesson looks at women in the 1920’s and investigate how far women;s lives changed in the 1920s. Students investigate flappers, the anti-flirt club etc to evaluate the changes. There is a GCSE question to practice interpretations skills, there are sentence starters provided to help the those who struggle to start a question but the lesson include challenge tasks to stretch the top end as well.

A Lesson that looks at how the Civil Rights movement became more militant in the 1960’s students look at Malcolm X, Nation of Islam, Stokley Carmicheal, Black Panthers and the Race Riots. There are a a few sources including speeches, news reports and quotes for students can analyse to build up the picture as well. Students compare this with the early non violent direct action. Students can plan a GCSE styled question.

A range of plenary activities. The Plenary wheel rotates when pressed. The plenary chooser will light up one of the activities. The ometer acts as a class meter reading on a debate question, students vote by clicking agree or disagree button and the needle will move with each vote till the last one which will show the class average and a discussion can follow. Use the class voter to carry out a class poll on their opinions to a question. Work well when comparing who they think is the most important person. The shoot out works by splitting the class into teams. Ask the students questions and if they get it right they can press shoot button and keep score of the item that was shot. Students loved this task. The plenary activities are all different version of the same task.

This lesson looks at how WW2 impacted African Americans and Women in America. Students recap what their lives were like before the war and then investigate what happened during the war that changed their lives. The lesson includes a differentiated note taking sheet, challenge tasks throughout to stretch and challenge the top end, and an exam question with sentence starters to help students. This lesson forms a SOW for AQA America 1920- 1917 Opportunity and Inequality

This lesson looks at trenches during World War One. Students read through sources to find out about life in trenches. There is a diagram task to learn about key features of a trench Lesson include a writing frame for low ability as well as a differentiated worksheet for the source activity.

A lesson in a SOW intended for a three year GCSE looking at the AQA: America 1920 -1973. Students look at the causes of the economic boom in America. Students use a card sort to rank the causes of the boom. There is a GCSE question included with sentence starters for the less able and challenge tasks to stretch the top end. There is also a model answer for students to evaluate as a class or on their own. There is also a writing frame for students if they need it.

This lesson forms a SOW on the English Civil War, there are two lessons on why the Civil war happened and then the other lessons look at the impact. This lesson includes starters with answers, a worksheet with tasks and time lines to build chronological understanding.

A set of 3 Knowledge organisers for the entire topic. They include key dates, statistics, example questions and key people and words that they should know. In lessons and for revision students can: Self quiz themselves Highlight off the information they feel confident in Use these whilst practicing questions

A lesson looks at the Jim Crow Laws and what they were and did. There are two recap activities for starters and plenaries and some sources to discuss. This lesson forms a 3 year SOW for AQA America 1920 - 1973 Opportunity and Inequality. There are challenge tasks to stretch and challenge the top end.

A lesson that looks at the causes of the Wall Street Crash and its effects, this lesson forms part of a SOW for AQA America 1920 - 1973 Opportunity and Inequality. There is a role play activity to get students to understand the stock market, there is also a GCSE question with sentence starters to help those who need it as well as challenge tasks to stretch and challenge students.

A lesson in a SOW intended for a three year GCSE looking at the AQA: America 1920 -1973. Students look at the changes to culture and entertainment during the 1920’s, looking specifically at film, music and sport. There is a GCSE question included with sentence starters for the less able and challenge tasks to stretch the top end. There is also a writing frame for the essay question

This lesson looks at why were the Civil Rights Acts passed and what were their impacts, including assassination, selma and riots. Lesson includes extracts from each law to read through, a worksheet to complete during the lesson. There is a GCSE styled question with sentence starters and a model paragraph.

This was created to recap an entire topic. Each space is a particular topic, there is one question to buy to the topic and subsequent questions other people who land on it. If they fail to answer it the cost is double. Let the student choose the costs of the topic properties, the harder topics can be made more expensive. Laminate the board and resources. Let the student choose the The resource includes an editable board, editable property cards, editable chance cards and money tokens.

A task for a homework or recap of the topic of religious change, students use the info to look at how much religion changed under different monarchs. Either use the graph or on a piece of blank paper use the info sheets to plot how much religious changed.

This can be used for a homework task or part of a lesson where students have to write a BBC news article about a particular topic/theme that has been studed. I get students to then pritoise information to include titled for other top stories and make links in the relevant articles section. Change the title to whatever links to what you are learning or leave it blank and get students to add their own.