History, Government and Politics. From GCSE to A level you will find something that catches both your eye and the eye of your students.
I have recently published a book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1718040245?pf_rd_p=71cb17e9-f468-4d3f-94d5-a0de44c50a7e&pf_rd_r=N651242J7B714HVHDFCM
I have also set up a YouTube:
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History, Government and Politics. From GCSE to A level you will find something that catches both your eye and the eye of your students.
I have recently published a book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1718040245?pf_rd_p=71cb17e9-f468-4d3f-94d5-a0de44c50a7e&pf_rd_r=N651242J7B714HVHDFCM
I have also set up a YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiS0B9bmin-aBgKzGZ5vkdA?view_as=subscriber
Changing Nature of Warfare 1918 - 2011
Welcome to my book on the fascinating period of 1918-2011, covering the a multitude of battles, operations, and various types of warfare. The research and information done has taken several years, and covers in great detail the history of the events, as well as including quotes of the men and women involved, and tips on how to answer the large mark question by giving clear demonstrations on change and continuity, and key
Here is a link to the book on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Changing-Nature-Warfare-1918-IGCSE/dp/1718040245/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1547759719&sr=8-3&keywords=changing+nature+of+warfare
With a student book, teachers book and a bundle with the book and a large number of lessons.
Preface:
This book intends to give as much information as possible about the history of Warfare and relate it to the Igcse Edexcel exam board.
Alex Kerr has been teaching History and Politics for 10 years, a graduate of Oxford Brookes University, as well as having completed a PGCE at The Institute of Education, London and recently completing courses at the Johann Cruyff Institute, Barcelona.
Chapter 1; War, huh, what is it good for?
Chapter 2; The Nature of Warfare in the early 1930’s.
Tanks, Navy, Military Aircraft, Artillery and Gas.
Chapter 3; The Changing Nature of Sea Warfare.
Battle of the Atlantic, Nuclear Submarines, Aircraft Carriers, Battle of the Pacific including, Pearl Harbor, Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle for Midway and The Falklands Conflict.
Chapter 4; Land Warfare during WW2.
Blitzkrieg, Invasion of Poland, Invasion of the Low Countries and France, Operation Barbarossa and Battle of the Bulge.
Chapter 5; The Changing Nature of Air Warfare.
The Battle of Britain, The Blitz, V weapons and allied bombing of Germany.
Chapter 6; Middle Eastern Conflicts.
The Six Day War, The War of Yom Kippur, The First Gulf War, and The Second Gulf War.
Chapter 7; Guerrilla Warfare.
Purpose of Guerrilla Warfare or Blitzkrieg, Blitzkrieg vs guerrilla Strategy, Strategy and tactics of Guerrilla Warfare, Vietnam war and Afghanistan war.
Chapter 8; Amphibious Operations.
World War 2: D-Day, What was the Allies’ plan? And Deception: Operation Bodyguard.
Chapter 9; Airbourne Operations.
Operation Market Garden
Chapter 10; The Atom Bomb.
Reasons for dropping atom bombs in 1945 and The Bombing of Hiroshima
Chapter 11; Cold War.
The Cold War, The nuclear arms race, The arms race 1945-60, ICBMs, Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD Theory), The arms race 1960-91, MIRVs, Détente and Arms Reduction Talks, Attempts at arms limitation and End of the Arms Race.
Chapter 12; 21st Century.
Warfare at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Impact of terrorism, Different types of terrorist acts, 9/11, High tech weapons, The arms race 1960-91, MIRVs, Détente and Arms Reduction Talks, Attempts at arms limitation and End of the Arms Race.
Welcome to the fascinating time of the Russian Revolution, where Kings are toppled, democracy attempted and Communism established.
This lesson aims to give a broad overview of why the Russian Revolution began.
Looking at many of the facets that caused the collapse including, Economic, Social, Geographical and Political reasons as to the eventual fall of the Tsarist Russian Empire.
For additional multi-media resources, the accompanying YouTube channel offers the opportunity to revise and expand on learning in favourite format of youth media.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiS0B9bmin-aBgKzGZ5vkdA?view_as=subscriber
If you are doing the IGCSE Edexcel The Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905 - 1918 I have just built the complete course over 12 lessons.
I have made this completely free for now as I would like to give back to the teaching community.
Your students will need the student book to complete this course with your students. However, there are plenty of exercises and task that do not need the book.
So help yourself to a wonderful array of lessons that I hope will help your teaching and enhance your students learning.
I would love some reviews of the work, as well as comment and feel free to subscibe and follow my channel.
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French Revolution
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This is a full unit of work for the Edexcel IGCSE Civil Rights unit.
It contains information on the entire topic over 12 lessons.
The Red Scare and McCarthyism
Civil Rights Movements led by Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Betty Freidan.
Finishing with Vietnam, Nixon and Watergate.
There is homework and differentiated tasks.
This unit covers it all and ticks all the OFSTED boxes.
I have included videos many of which are Sources (Primary Sourced) and the ‘I have a dream speech.’
There are also two YouTube Videos detailing the US government structure and a timeline of the Civil Rights movement.
This comprehensive A-level history textbook provides an insightful examination of the complex causes that led to the Cold War, a pivotal period in global history. Tailored specifically for the Cambridge International curriculum, this book offers a thorough analysis of the political, ideological, and geopolitical factors that fueled the East-West divide after World War II.
Written by experienced Teacher and Historian, Alex Kerr, “The Causes of the Cold War” explores the origins and development of this enduring conflict, drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources to provide students with a deep understanding of the key events, personalities, and ideologies that shaped this era.
Covering topics such as the ideological differences between the United States and the Soviet Union, the impact of World War II on international relations, the division of Europe, and the strategies of containment and deterrence, this text provides students with a solid foundation for understanding the causes and consequences of the Cold War.
With engaging narrative, critical analysis, and thought-provoking questions, this textbook fosters historical thinking skills, encourages evaluation of differing interpretations, and prompts students to develop their own arguments and perspectives. It also includes relevant primary source material to stimulate class discussions and independent research.
“Those who fail to learn from History, are forced to repeat it.” This IGCSE Edexcel History book serves as a vital guide to the French Revolution, a pivotal moment in history that shaped the modern world. It aims to pass on the lessons learned from the revolution to help future generations avoid similar mistakes. Complete with fun facts, timelines, images, sources, and quotes, this book is an essential resource for classrooms and individuals seeking to understand the French Revolution and it’s consequences. Written by Alex Kerr, an acclaimed military historian, this book is a valuable addition to the study of history and can be found on Amazon and Blackwells.
A simple sets of worksheets to help GCSE students understand a spiral of decline within an economic system and it uses the example of the Wall Street crash.
A full lesson on the expansion of the Japanese Empire during World War 2. Allow your students to become the leaders of the Japanese Empire and they will decide the direction of the Empire. This is a very interactive lesson for students studying the Changing nature of warfare for Edexcel. The lesson also contains information on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, as well as a starter and homework. Enjoy.
A brief look at the Government of Italy before the take over by Mussolini.
Includes diagrams of Government and how laws are passed, tasks, and homework.
Details each department's role and allows debate to level of power, the King, Ministers, Chamber of Deputies and Senate.
This resource contains a variety of individual, class and group tasks for students to work on, as well as a systematic and animated break down of Hitler’s rise to power.
It starts off with Lesson objectives.
Then a simple diagram of the Weimar Republic, which moves on to a detailed break down of the functions of the different parts of the federal government.
Then moves onto a timeline of events.
Finally, an animated break down of Hitler’s rise to power, and him taking over each event, with each event linked to the government.
Homework at the end.
Big Idea: Identifying and understanding the reasons why the USA, Russia and Germany were not involved in the League.
Aim: Further skills to be developed for analysising sources.
For this course you will need the following books:
International Relations, 1879–2004
ISBN
9780192853523
The League of Nations and the Organization of Peace
ISBN
9781408228211
Access to History: Rivalry and Accord - International Relations 1870-1914, 2nd Edition
ISBN-10: 0340804319
ISBN-13: 978-0340804315
I have created a course for Cambridge Internationals As level History, Component One, International Option: The Search for International Peace and Security, 1919–1945. This should help teach any student the entire course, it is advisable that you allow students access to the internet during these lessons.
You will have activities, reading, and homework provided.
These lessons could easily be adapted to other League of Nations courses.
The Wall Street Crash, with it's causes and lead up to the Crash.
With Games,
Details of the influence of farming, WW1, Banking, the Federal reserve, Tariffs, economics, and a clear summary.
Lots of lesson task, and lots of information for students to digest. This is an interesting tale, with quite a lot of mystery, which I have included in the tale of Rasputin. Includes a brief timeline, tasks, sources, and a debate, with homework at the end. All of this can be adapted to your students abilities.
Written information on the operation, and The Battle of Arnhem.
Includes sources tasks, planning the operation task and homework.
If this was helpful, please review :)
If you would like to know more information about this topic there is now a book, Changing Nature of Warfare:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1718040245?pf_rd_p=71cb17e9-f468-4d3f-94d5-a0de44c50a7e&pf_rd_r=7FA539V21238JNHZ9A8C
I have also established a Youtube Channel, which might be helpful to students wanting to learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiS0B9bmin-aBgKzGZ5vkdA?view_as=subscriber
A fascinating period of history within warfare, this Chapter comes from my book Changing Nature of Warfare 1918 - 2011.
This section focuses on:
The Battle of Britain,
The Blitz,
V weapons
The allied bombing of Germany.
Giving details that will make you and your students understand the events that unfolded during World War 2 and show you the significance of aerial combat during World War 2.
There is also a book: Changing Nature of Warfare 1918 - 2011
The research and information done has taken several years, and covers in great detail the history of the events, battles, operations, change and continuity within this topic, as well as including quotes of the men and women involved.
Here is a link to the book on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Changing-Nature-Warfare-1918-IGCSE/dp/1718040245/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1547759719&sr=8-3&keywords=changing+nature+of+warfare
If this was helpful, please review :)
For additional multi-media resources, the accompanying YouTube channel offers the opportunity to revise and expand on learning in favourite format of youth media.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiS0B9bmin-aBgKzGZ5vkdA?view_as=subscriber
Big idea: To understand the aims of the League and its Covenant.
Further aim: analysing and extracting information from sources.
For this course you will need the following books:
International Relations, 1879–2004
ISBN
9780192853523
The League of Nations and the Organization of Peace
ISBN
9781408228211
Access to History: Rivalry and Accord - International Relations 1870-1914, 2nd Edition
ISBN-10: 0340804319
ISBN-13: 978-0340804315
I have created a course for Cambridge Internationals As level History, Component One, International Option: The Search for International Peace and Security, 1919–1945. This should help teach any student the entire course, it is advisable that you allow students access to the internet during these lessons.
You will have activities, reading, and homework provided.
These lessons could easily be adapted to other League of Nations courses.
A book produced by myself containing all information on the Changing Nature of Warfare syllabus as well as a few lessons to help you get started with the course. The fascinating topics of Operations: Market Garden, Barbarossa and the Expansion of the Japanese Empire are lesson planned to deliver a strong start for your students and kindle their enthusiasm in the myriad-faceted period of ever changing military history.
The lessons are designed to throw your students into the middle of the military decision making, whilst giving them information of objectives, so that the students can see what the military generals of the time had to deal with and how their planning created the situations that unfolded during these conflicts.
If this was helpful, please review :)
If you would like to know more information about this topic there is now a book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1718040245?pf_rd_p=71cb17e9-f468-4d3f-94d5-a0de44c50a7e&pf_rd_r=7FA539V21238JNHZ9A8C
For additional multi-media resources, the accompanying YouTube channel offers the opportunity to revise and expand on learning in favourite format of youth media.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiS0B9bmin-aBgKzGZ5vkdA?view_as=subscriber
You must have these books for this A level course.
Required books for this course:
Reign of Elizabeth, Marie Rowlands (English Catholics in the Reign of Elizabeth 1), which can be found at: http://www.historytoday.com/
Access To History: Elizabeth 1 - Religion and Foreign Affairs 2nd Edition, John Warren Published 2002, ISBN 978 0340846896
AQA History, The Triumph of Elizabeth: Britain, 1547 - 1603,(Known as the blue book in these lesson slides.) Michael Tillbrook, Published 2009, ISBN 978 1 4085 0317 1
Elizabeth I, Anne Somerset, Published 1997, ISBN 978 1 8421 2624 0
It comes with a starter and homework as well as tasks to be completed in the lesson.
This covers the situation for the poor in Elizabethan England and the reasons for the poor law.