A lesson with a range of activities to develop the knowledge required for reforms to prisons in the 20th century (young offenders and purpose of changes to legislation). The resources includes information sheets, a range of activities, such as mind mapping and analysing the reasons for reforms to the prison system in the 20th century.
A lesson looking at the political threats faced by the Weimar Republic in the years 1919-1923. Students begin by completing a survey about what makes someone left or right wing and assessing their own political beliefs. They then look at the main political parties and link these to a range of potential voters in 1918-1929 Germany. They also attempt to try to work out why different groups would be unhappy with the new government. They develop their understanding of the situation by analysing two uprisings (Spartacist and Kapp Putsch) and complete a matrix before assessing what the wider significance of both events had on Germany and how it affected the Weimar Constitution.
An easy to follow lesson on Titanic. Students review pieces of evidence and categorise and organise this these into a diamond 9 (or score each piece of evidence) to determine who they think was to blame for the Titanic disaster. They follow this up with a report writing activity to explain their theory and also to offer suggestions on how future disasters might be avoided. Literacy support and differentiated materials/ resources are included. As always there are clear instructions and high quality differentiated resources. These lessons take many hours to plan and create so please leave a review if you have time :)
Easy to follow lesson on the witch trials in Lancaster. Students use a card sort to try and solve various problems such as the long and short term causes of the executions, their main factor, establishing links and so on. After they have written up a response to this enquiry, the next activity looks at the decline in witchcraft and the reasons for this for example the enlightenment, the actions of Charles II. One of the activities requires use of a textbook (either Pearson or Hodder).
Lesson one for the Edexcel Crime and Punishment Historic Environment unit. The lesson looks at the nature and impact of poor housing conditions and the attempts to improve housing and provision for the poor. Students research this through a range of sources. After extracting evidence they need to determine its influence on crime and decide upon the worst aspects of life in Whitechapel. An eight page work booklet which includes key word lists for the unit, source based activities, exam questions and engaging activities.
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This is a 19 page teaching booklet for the French Revolution Unit of Work. The booklet includes a range of worksheets and activities, such as card sorts, the storming of the Bastille newspaper writing activitiy, source activities, decision-making tasks, worksheets and information sheets. The booklet includes enough material for 6 lessons and is aimed at Key Stage 3 (USA ages 11-14). The activities cover the key areas of the French Revolution, for example the causes, key events, interpretations and its impacts on human rights and modern day implications. The booklet can be taught as a sequence of lessons or the worksheets can simply be used for one off lessons or cover lessons. All activities are student-led and easy to follow.
A detailed revision and quiz booklet for the GCSE Superpower relations and Cold War GCSE course. This booklet includes a load of quick fire quiz questions for each unit which will develop and reinforce your students knowledge and understanding of the key events. There are a range of activities, such as identify the Cold War character, anagrams of key events, identify the consequences of key events. This booklet can be complete during lessons as plenaries, starters, homework tasks, revision aids, fun Christmas lessons, etc. There is a teacher book included too with all of the answers. Enjoy.
Students learn about the causes of the 1381 peasants revolt by working their way through categorising, prioritising and discussions before writing up their findings in a newspaper reporting activity.
Students work through a range of activities to determine what was the wort problem faced by people on the home front during WW1. They use their knowledge and completed activities to respond to a how far style question. The more able will use the sources to supplement their own knowledge. Literacy support included. As always there are clear step by step instructions.
Time travel Britain! Students learn about Christmas during two different eras; the medieval period and Christmas during the rule of Oliver Cromwell. These two booklets include a range of activities (that need minimal teacher intervention) such as a time travel activity, source analysis, writing up a report about Christmas in the period of study (a differentiated version included with sentence stems and a version without literacy support is included), a stamp making activity, a word search and a quick recap at the end where students change their time travels views based on what they now know. Each book will take the students a 60 minute lesson to work through (so enough material for two lessons here). Enjoy a stress free end of term lesson :-)
A lesson that looks at Little Rock Nine and the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama. Students need to create an information poster with annotated photographs to describe the events and to explain what the evidence tells us about the events. Literacy support and all materials included, for example templates for the less able, key term a glossary and information sheet. As always there are clear step by step instructions.
An exam technique lesson which also includes the required knowledge on the use of transportation in the period 1600-1750. Students work through a card sort and prioritising activity to gain the necessary knowledge before analysing a 12 mark explain question. Students create a top tip fact file based on a student friendly mark scheme, they attempt to decide on a mark for an example response before writing up the question. Literacy support and a step by step teacher instructions are included. This lesson comes as part of the unit 3 Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/planmylesson
A lesson on victorian women and the first lesson in the Votes for Women unit of work. Students spot differences between victorian women and 21st century women before extracting information from sources and finally creating an lonely hearts advert for a man seeking the perfect victorian woman. As always there are clear step by step instructions.
Time travel Britain! Students learn about Christmas during two different eras; the medieval period and Christmas during the rule of Oliver Cromwell. These two booklets include a range of activities (that need minimal teacher intervention) such as a time travel activity, source analysis, writing up a report about Christmas in the period of study (a differentiated version included with sentence stems and a version without literacy support is included), a stamp making activity, a word search and a quick recap at the end where students change their time travels views based on what they now know. Each book will take the students a 60 minute lesson to work through (so enough material for two lessons here). Enjoy a stress free end of term lesson :-). If you are new to TES you can open an account and get this resource for free with the code NOVEMBERNEWBIE (simply enter the code at checkout). Use code WOWVEMBER to get this resource for free for existing buyers
A booklet containing a range of activities about life in the trenches during World War One. The activities look at the kit a soldier had to carry, the problems faced on the Western Front (source analysis and creative thinking task), daily routine activity and a No Man's Land task. The final activity requires the students to use their knowledge to create a trench survival guide for new recruits. This can be used for a sequence of lessons or as an independent project/ homework task. I teach this over 3 lessons (2 weeks). The lessons run themselves.
The case study for the Edexcel History GCSE crime and punishment until. Lesson includes a worksheet and tasks which covers all of the required knowledge for the case study ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ and its implications for Catholics in the period 1500-1700 as set out in the specification.
Students learn about the Harrying of the North through analysing a range of sources, from videos, illustrations and written accounts. They create a mind map to show the features before writing a speech to stir up support against William due to his actions. Step by step guide included.