NEA Support Lesson – The Student Sit-ins

This editable PowerPoint lesson develops essential skills for the AQA A-Level History Non-Exam Assessment (NEA), using the Student Sit-ins as a focused case study. It trains students to analyse sources, evaluate interpretations and reach substantiated judgements, with clear links to AQA assessment objectives.

The lesson includes:

• Key terms, success criteria and learning intentions aligned to AO1, AO2 and AO3.

• Background knowledge on the Sit-ins, key figures and responses to the protests.

• Guided questioning to develop higher-level source analysis skills.

• Structured activities on source value, provenance and content.

• Practice in analysing historians’ interpretations, with guidance on historiography skills. Adam Fairclough, Better Day Coming is the recommended text, however others could be used in its place.

• Links between interpretations and primary sources to strengthen arguments.

• A judgement activity assessing the overall impact of the Sit-ins on the Civil Rights Movement.

Suitable for:

Year 12/13 NEA preparation.

Coursework support lessons.

Civil Rights teaching and revision.

Format: PowerPoint (fully editable).