This is a series of 4 lessons focusing on the colonisation of India under the British Empire. Lesson 1 - The East India Company Lesson 2 - The British Raj Lesson 3 - The Amritsar Massacre Lesson 4 - Gandhi, Independence and Partition The lessons themselves are planned for doubles so would need to be adapted for your own needs. Please feel free to adapt and use!

This is the fourth and final lesson in a series of lessons on India under colonial rule. It’s planned for a double lesson so would need adapting to your own needs. Please feel free to use and adapt!

This is a second lesson in a sequence of lessons on India and British colonialism. This double lesson focuses on what it was like for people in India when it officially became a British colony, and also looks at the impact that the ‘jewel in the British crown’ had on Britain. Please feel free to use and adapt!

This is a double lesson looking at the East India Company. It covers how the company was able to take over India, and the impact it had on the country. It’s the first in a series of 4 lessons on the experience of India under British rule. Please feel free to use and adapt!

This is the 3rd lesson in a sequence of lessons looking at India under British colonial rule. This double lesson has pupils investigate the causes, events and consequences of the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, look at arguments for and against the British apologising and then write a persuasive letter to the government explaining their opinion. Please feel free to use and adapt!

This is a double lesson on the Windrush Generation so would need to be adapted to your needs. It focuses on how the Windrush Generation came to Britain, what they were expecting and how poorly they were treated. Please feel free to use and adapt!

A lesson looking at life for Black people in Victorian England. This is planned for a double lesson so will need to be adapted for your own needs. Please feel free to use and adapt!

A full scheme of Black History lessons, titled ‘From slavery to the Windrush’, used with Y8 at my school but can be used with any year group. These are planned as double lessons so would need adapting to your needs. Please feel free to use!

This is a lesson in a scheme of work called ‘From slavery to the Windrush: Black people’s experiences in the UK and America’ Pupils briefly look at Reconstruction and segregation, and then investigate key events in the Civil Rights Movement through pictures and newspapers. The lesson ends with pupils looking at the positive and negative impacts of the movement to come to a conclusion on the effect it had on Black people’s lives. This is planned for a double lesson, so would need adapting according to your own needs. Please feel free to use and adapt!

This is a lesson looking at the succession crisis of 1066 through the lens of a round based talent show. It is planned for a double lesson, so will need to be adapted according to your own needs. First lesson in a Norman Control SoW. Resources are differentiated and in folders within the ZIP file. Please feel free to use and adapt!

This lesson is part of a unit of work on slavery for Y8 but can be used with any KS3 year group. In terms of lesson sequencing, this lesson follows a lesson on abolition. It’s planned for a double lesson, but can be split into 2 separate single lessons. Part 1 - looking at African Empires and Kingdoms and how these disprove the ideas white people used to enslave Africans. Part 2 - looking at the legacy of slavery in Africa and the Benin Bronzes debate. Please feel free to use and adapt!