This is a bundle of 34 lessons to teach OCR Y212: American Revolution 1740-1796. Each lesson has a powerpoint with a retrieval task (called KITs- Knowledge and Information Tests at the start of the lesson) engaging video clips, comprehension activities, ranking tasks for group discussion and a end of lesson write up with sentence starters. These are tried and tested resources that get good results. These lessons are designed to be used with the Access to History ‘The American Revolution and the birth of the USA 1740-1801’ (Alan Farmer) textbook. Enquiry 1: To what extent had Britain gained effective control of North America by 1763? Why did the American population grow so quickly in the eighteenth century? How similar were the colonies in North America in 1740? What was the greatest threat to the British in North America in 1740-1763? Was the Seven Year’s War the most important conflict in the British-French struggle for control of North America? Why was Britain successful in the wars with France, 1740-1763? To what extent did the colonists rule themselves?​ To what extent did the mercantilist system benefit the colonists? How similar were the British colonies by 1763? Did George III rule over a strong and united country? Enquiry 2: Why did America declare independence in 1776? Why did Britain try to strengthen its control over the American colonies? What were the consequences of the Stamp Act? Why was there a massacre in Boston and what were the consequences? Did the Boston Tea Party do the most damage to relations between the colonists, 1773-1775? Why was there fighting at Lexington and Concord? Which side was the most successful militarily in the first year of the war? Why did Congress declare independence in July 1776? Enquiry 3: Why did Britain lose the war of independence? Which side seemed likely to win in 1776? Why did Britain not win the war in 1776-7? How much impact did foreign intervention have on the American Revolutionary War? How did the Americans win the war? Enquiry 4: How serious were the problems facing the Early Republic from 1783 to 1796? How strong were the articles of Confederation? How well did the Confederation deal with the problems of the 1780s? Why did many Americans want to strengthen the national government? What were the aims of the founding fathers and how successful were they in realising them? To what extent was the Constitution a bundle of compromises? Why did the Federalists defeat the anti-federalists? How important was Washington? How successful was Aliexander Hamilton? What was USA’s biggest problem in foreign and western policy? Why did the Federalists win the 1796 election?

This is a bundle of 9 lessons on Stalin that covers the main events between 1924-1953. The lessons typically start with a retrieval task, then include individual or group discussions. There is a powerpoint with additional information. You will need to use the SHP textbook Russia 1881-1953 (Corin and Fiehn) - I have included a document which tells you which pages to print off. Why did Stalin become party leader How successful was collectivisation Was collectivisation the biggest change in agriculture, 1855-1964 How successful were the 5 year plans Were the 5 year plans the biggest change in industry Why did Stalin launch the purges and what were the consequences Did Stalin make the biggest change to education How significant was WW2 for Russia Did life improve, 1945-53 By this point in the course you need to make sure that the students are thinking and writing comparatively across most of the time period, so I have included my thematic notes pack.

Here is a bundle of 7 lessons on Khrushchev for the OCR A level course Each lesson typically starts with a retrieval activity, then there are activities for students to use with the booklet, then they finish will a thematic question to write a comparison/a paragraph on. You will also need to buy my thematic notes pack in order to make these lessons work!

6 fully resourced lessons for Lenin Overview: Lenin 1918-1924 Consolidation of power Consequences of War Communism How successful was opposition to Lenin Why did the Reds win the Civil War, and what were the consequences Comes with powerpoints but you will need to buy a copy of ‘Revolutions in Early Modern Europe’ Pearson textbook and print off the chapter on Lenin for the students to use. The lessons have retrieval activities, individual tasks and group discussions. They often finish with a writing task that requires them to write a thematic paragraph. These lessons work so well!

This is a unique resource, nothing else matches it on TES for the OCR Russia and its rulers 1855-1965 A Level course. I took me ages to create - it provides the detailed factual evidence for the course in a thematic way, which enables clear teaching and effective revision. The students that I have taught have achieved great results on this paper as a result of using this. They find writing their essays so much easier!

8 fully resourced lessons for Alexander II 1855-1881 Comes with powerpoints and a booklet on Alexander II to print off and give to the students. I recommend that you also buy my thematic notes pack so that the students can write thematically at the end of some of the lessons. These lessons work so well!

6 fully resourced lessons for Provisional Government Why was the PG so weak? How well did the Provisional Government respond to the needs of the Russian people (March-June 1917)? Why were the events of April 1917 so damaging to the PG? What were the consequences of the June Offensive? Why was the Kornilov Affair so significant? ‘The influence of Lenin best explains why the Bolsheviks were able to seize power in October 1917’. How far do you agree with this statement? The lessons typically start with a retrieval task and feature individual and group discussion activities to build an understanding of each part of the short lived provisional government’s story, then finish with a write up. There is also a handout which contains all the in depth interpretation questions. Comes with powerpoints and a booklet on the Provisional Government to print off and give to the students. These lessons work so well!

9 fully resourced lessons for Nicholas II 1894-1917 Comes with lesson powerpoints to teach from and a booklet on Nicholas II to print off and give to the students. I recommend that you also buy my thematic notes pack so that the students can write thematically at the end of some of the lessons. These lessons work so well!

Are your students struggling with the amount of content in the Edexcel Germany 1918-1939 topic? This can be printed off as a double sided A3 sheet and used in lessons for revision, or the basis of retrieval questions. It is great in the last couple of weeks before the exam as well.

6 fully resourced lessons for Alexander III 1881-1894 Comes with powerpoints and a booklet on Alexander III to print off and give to the students. I recommend that you also buy my thematic notes pack so that the students can write thematically at the end of some of the lessons. These lessons work so well!