School assembly for secondary schools for Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 - theme “Bridging Generations”. Gives scale of the Holocaust in numbers, the stages of the Holocaust, and German laws which led to the dehumanisation, ostracisation and ultimately the mass murder. The chain of events is covered with Pastor Martin Niemoller’s poem “First They Came…”, followed by the stages of the Holocaust as described by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. Pupils are then asked to think about how the German anti-Jewish laws put in place from 1933 to 1939 would have affected them. Assembly finishes with images of victims and their names, ages and hometowns. Assembly host asks the audience to repeat their names in unison. No atrocity or graphic images are included.

School assembly tried and tested in a UK state secondary for ages 11-18 for Holocaust Memorial Day. Historical context on the final months of WWII and first hand accounts from the liberators of the camp on 27th January 1945.

Series of slides showing an ABC of imagery on D-Day. Suitable for school displays and internal screenage to commemorate D-Day, or for an introduction to a history unit on the topic.

An introduction to life in England in the Puritan-run Commonwealth of England (1653-60) run by Cromwell as Lord Protector. Useful as an overview or introduction for KS3 or KS4 history. Making of the UK 1500-1750 English Civil War era Crime and Punishment (Early-Modern Period - moral crimes)

Introductory lesson on the Viking Invasions of Britain

Presentation on the Bloody Code for GCSE History - Crime and Punishment development study.

KS3 presentation on Korea divided since the 1950s

Presentation featuring primary sources from people who lived in eastern European socialist states. Slides can be printed and used in class.

Marxist theory and the idea of Communism made simple for an introduction in history

Introduction to England in 1065 for OCR B GCSE Norman Conquest

Series of slideshows geared to reduce cognitive overload, covering twentieth century crimes, law enforcement and punishments. Can be used with most C&P textbooks. Contains links to relevant clips on YouTube.

Introduces Che Guevara as a topic for KS3 or KS4 Cold War study and how pupils can use the web to test significance and source provenance.