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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

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
US Government
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US Government

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Some resources to help develop your students understanding of the US system of government using simple and easy to use diagrams. The diagrams show how state, federal and constitutional law is passed. 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
IGCSE Edexcel Chapter 4 Land Warfare for Changing Nature of Warfare.
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IGCSE Edexcel Chapter 4 Land Warfare for Changing Nature of Warfare.

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This is a part of my book, which I will be releasing in the near future. This focuses on Land Battles. With focus on battles of World War 2, the Middle East, and Guerilla Warfare. With the following battles: Invasion of Poland Invasion of the Low countries and France Operation Barbarossa Battle of the Bulge The Six Day War The War of Yom Kippur First Gulf War The Second Gulf War Vietnam war Afghanistan war There is even a section detailing change and continuity. 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 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
Overall Contribution to International Relations Assessment
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Overall Contribution to International Relations Assessment

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The Big idea is to assess the overall effectiveness of the League of Nations and it’s contribution to world peace. The aim of the lesson is to: Understand the contribution of the League of Nations to World Peace and develop source assessment skills. 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.
Elizabeth Gloriana Myth or Reality
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Elizabeth Gloriana Myth or Reality

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These lessons require 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 This lesson is about the cult or myth of Gloriana with tasks, pictures, quotes, starters, and homework, this should tie in with other internal problems that Elizabeth faced.
Changing Nature of Warfare, Guerrilla Warfare
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Changing Nature of Warfare, Guerrilla Warfare

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This has to be one of the most complicated and fascinating parts of the warfare, which was been depicted in so many movies. This will help you and your students to understand key events and give you comparisons with other key events in warfare history as well as giving context on how to answer the large mark questions. This chapter contains: Purpose of Guerrilla Warfare or Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg vs guerrilla Strategy Strategy and tactics of Guerrilla Warfare Vietnam war Afghanistan war Civilian Resistance Movements: France & Yugoslavia 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 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
Successes and failures of the League of Nations.
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Successes and failures of the League of Nations.

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There are three lessons. Big Idea: Identifying and understanding the successes and failures of the League of Nations There are images, and information on the organisation, treaties and commissions information. 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.
Roosevelt and New Deal
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Roosevelt and New Deal

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Roosevelt and New Deal Source Practice US Government description The beginnings of the new deal The practical support.
Edexcel IGCSE The history of Medicine 1850-1950
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Edexcel IGCSE The history of Medicine 1850-1950

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This is a collection of material for teaching from the breadth study on the changing nature of medicine. Paul Ehrlich Robert Koch Louis Pasteur Ignaz Sommeiweis Wilhelm Roentgen Joseph Lister Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Florence Nightingale Plus a balloon debate, and other games and some source work to help students gain a full understanding of how medicine has changed.
Bloody Sunday and other risings 1905
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Bloody Sunday and other risings 1905

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A full lesson on Bloody Sunday, with quotes from key figures, lesson tasks galore, and detailed information for you and your students to discuss. This is for A level, and could easily be adapted for GCSE.
The consequences of Dr. Martin Luther King's death.
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The consequences of Dr. Martin Luther King's death.

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This is a G.C.S.E. lesson on the consequences of Dr King. I could not find much on line, so I built this myself. It includes starters, reading material, lesson tasks, and homework. Enjoy! Even some questions on the Black Panthers, Trump and Obama.
1918-2011 Changing Nature of Warfare Glossary terms with links to Key events
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1918-2011 Changing Nature of Warfare Glossary terms with links to Key events

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A great and simple revision tool for students, events and key terms linked to the era’s should be handy for revision or getting students to read before entering class. 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
Changing Nature of Warfare, 1918-2011, Complete book with Maps and Facts.
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Changing Nature of Warfare, 1918-2011, Complete book with Maps and Facts.

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This is the next book on the Changing Nature of Warfare Series. Containing facts, maps and figures from history that will give you and your students great quotes to use in the exam. The books biggest difference to the previous is that it gives the reader deeper context to the unfolding military scenarios by relating events to the maps, and therefore a deeper understanding to your students, and higher grades. This contains information on the development of submarines, tanks, and aircraft. From the many battles before and during World War Two, to the Conflicts of modern warfare in the Middle East. This is a must have book for any student or teacher taking the Changing Nature of Warfare Course, or with an interest in the topic. The book is also available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Changing-Nature-Warfare-1918-Complete/dp/1796574988/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1550243807&sr=8-2&keywords=changing+nature+of+warfare
IGCSE Edexcel The Vietnam Conflict, 1945 - 1975 Chapter 2 Arrival of the Americans
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IGCSE Edexcel The Vietnam Conflict, 1945 - 1975 Chapter 2 Arrival of the Americans

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This is part of a book I authored for IGCSE Edexcel History. It is available on Amazon and Blackwells. 'Those who fail to learn from History, are forced to repeat it.’ The last message to Washington from Saigon in 1975, from CIA Chief Thomas Polgar. It was the first time the United States had been defeated in a conflict. This book is a perfect guide to the Vietnam Conflict. With more recent wars in the Middle East having similar issues and style of warfare. This book hopes to pass on to the next generation the issues, mistakes and lessons learnt from the Vietnam conflict in order to avoid them in future conflicts. The book is a perfect addition to any classroom or to anyone wanting to learn about the events taking place in Vietnam or in the United States, from war to peace, to anti-war and pro-war protests. This book includes facts, a timeline of events, detailed pictures, mini-bios of key people involved, sources, quotes, it discusses who won the war, and how this was achieved. US policy and intervention, 1954–64 The aims of the Geneva Conference (1954) and the US response Eisenhower and the Domino Theory, the formation of South Vietnam Life in North and South Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem The impact of Ho’s policies to unite Vietnam, the NLF, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail The response of US, the Strategic Hamlet Programme and the fall of Diem (1963)
IGCSE Edexcel The Vietnam Conflict, 1945 - 75 Chapter 4 Nixon + Ford, 69 - 75
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IGCSE Edexcel The Vietnam Conflict, 1945 - 75 Chapter 4 Nixon + Ford, 69 - 75

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This is a chapter of my book, The Vietnam Conflict 1945 - 75. 'Those who fail to learn from History, are forced to repeat it.’ The last message to Washington from Saigon in 1975, from CIA Chief Thomas Polgar. It was the first time the United States had been defeated in a conflict. This book is a perfect guide to the Vietnam Conflict. With more recent wars in the Middle East having similar issues and style of warfare. This book hopes to pass on to the next generation the issues, mistakes and lessons learnt from the Vietnam conflict in order to avoid them in future conflicts. The book is a perfect addition to any classroom or to anyone wanting to learn about the events taking place in Vietnam or in the United States, from war to peace, to anti-war and pro-war protests. This book includes facts, a timeline of events, detailed pictures, mini-bios of key people involved, sources, quotes, it discusses who won the war, and how this was achieved. Nixon and Ford’s policies, Vietnamisation, peace and Communist victory 1969–75 Failure of peace talks Widening the war in Cambodia and Laos: ‘secret bombing’ Relations with China The roles of Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in the Paris peace talks (1972) The renewed North Vietnamese offensive. (1972) Vietnamisation and withdrawal by 1973 The effects of Ford’s diplomatic response The final offensive (March–April 1975) and the fall of Saigon Reasons for the Communist Victory
IGCSE Edexcel The Vietnam Conflict, 1945 - 1975, Chapter 5 Civilians
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IGCSE Edexcel The Vietnam Conflict, 1945 - 1975, Chapter 5 Civilians

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This is chapter 5 from my book ‘The Vietnam Conflict, 1945 - 75.’ 'Those who fail to learn from History, are forced to repeat it.’ The last message to Washington from Saigon in 1975, from CIA Chief Thomas Polgar. It was the first time the United States had been defeated in a conflict. This book is a perfect guide to the Vietnam Conflict. With more recent wars in the Middle East having similar issues and style of warfare. This book hopes to pass on to the next generation the issues, mistakes and lessons learnt from the Vietnam conflict in order to avoid them in future conflicts. The book is a perfect addition to any classroom or to anyone wanting to learn about the events taking place in Vietnam or in the United States, from war to peace, to anti-war and pro-war protests. This book includes facts, a timeline of events, detailed pictures, mini-bios of key people involved, sources, quotes, it discusses who won the war, and how this was achieved. It contains: The impact on civilians in Vietnam and attitudes in the USA US response to guerrilla warfare My Lai also known as the My Lai Massacre The effects of the war in the US The Kent State University Massacre Opposition to War in U.S.A Pro-War Demonstrations The Fulbright Hearings (1971)
Elizabeth Internal Challenges Northern Rebellion
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Elizabeth Internal Challenges Northern Rebellion

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These lessons require 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 This lesson is about the Rising in the North, with tasks, quotes, starters, and homework, this should tie in with other internal problems that Elizabeth faced.
Government of Italy, 1861-1921/1922
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Government of Italy, 1861-1921/1922

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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.
A Level, Unrest and Social Disorder in Elizabethan England.
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A Level, Unrest and Social Disorder in Elizabethan England.

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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.