The Second World War: How the Battle of Britain Was Won.

Hook starter: As pupils enter the room the presentation will display an autonomously moving spot light to reveal a picture clue of the battle to hint about the context of the lesson.

Learning Intention and differentiated outcomes (SMSC).

The lesson starts by covering the bigger picture. What the battle of Britain was, the technology and planes involved and an interactive pupil activity which leads onto how radar helped. Throughout I have embedded various BBC news clips (links provided in description).

Pupils then conduct a 'Quest for knowledge', where they will circulate the classroom collecting and recording information about the battle on their sheets.

Pupils' will then work in teams and study evidence packs to sort the different reasons Britain won into categories before deciding upon the most important reason Britain won as a class.


Pupils consolidate their individual judgment through answering a structured 8 mark exam style question.

Instructions and advice on how they lesson is to run can be found in the description of the presentation.

All videos have been embedded and links provided in the description.