A worksheet to go with the Battlefield Britain documentary on the Spanish Armada. Key/simple note making sheet.

Introduction lesson for students studying Edexcel (could be tweaked for other exam boards) medicine in Britain. Engaging starter activity with higher level challenge questions. Focus on chronology and key concepts crucial to this course - chronology differences between ideas about the cause of disease/prevention/treatment, continuity & change and factors affecting change. Overview of medicine from the Medieval-Modern period. Students create a timeline and use a card sort to get an overview of key medical developments in each period. They then sort the information to show whether the development is linked to ‘ideas’ ‘preventions’ or ‘treatments’. The work sheet called ‘continuity and change sheet’ allows students to track continuity/change in medicine and introduces them to the idea of factors affecting change. They use the information from the card sort to complete this independently. Progress check questions included in the powerpoint presentation. 2 different options for plenary.

Lesson for students studying Medicine through Time GCSE (Edexcel). The lesson focuses on three key aspects of the Renaissance period that affected ideas about the cause of disease and illness (Thomas Sydenham - individual, printing press - technology and Royal Society - government). A differentiated note making sheet is included, where the challenge is stepped. Firstly this involves students basically getting down the facts, to then linking to factors, to then explaining impact to then judging and evaluating importance. This sheet is to be completed with the information worksheet compiled from information gathered from the Edexcel Pearson textbook made simpler. 2 examination style questions included 4 Explain one way… & 12 Explain why… Student friendly mark schemes and model answers provided to allow students to mark and improve their own in the lesson. This could be 2 lessons in 1! Also includes link to knowledge checking KAHOOT for a mini plenary/plenary.

Lesson for students studying GCSE Edexcel medicine - would be suitable for other boards too. Looks at the ideas about the cause of disease prior to germ theory. Then goes through story of Pasteur and Koch’s discoveries. Students listen to the animated story read out by the teacher from the powerpoint - feel free to put on French and German accents!! As students listen to each development they plot on their graph who the development belongs to - Pasteur or Koch and whether it was a high or low point for them in their career. Information sheet for them to then stick in their books to have as notes. This lesson therefore includes more listening, thinking than note making, but notes are covered due to typed up notes sheet. Who’s who activity and quiz to finish.

Lesson for students studying Edexcel medicine GCSE, also suitable for other boards. Looks at the state of public health in the period through source analysis - a court for King cholera. Students use information around room (in slides) to complete work sheet. Work sheet includes: definition of public health conditions in towns and cities problems caused by these conditions cholera -symptoms and what it was appointment of Chadwick and his report response to Chadwicks report 1848 Public Health Act Limitations of Act/reasons for failure What else it would take for government to do more Differentiation for lower ability and consolidation/challenge tasks Notes on slides for teacher

Appeasement lesson for KS3. Looks at the sequence of events & arguments for and against appeasement. GCSE style extended writing task. Differentiated for higher and lower ability - 2 different starter options, one includes a source analysis, linking to GCSE ‘how useful question’. All resources included and instructions on notes section of powerpoint.

KS3 lesson looking at the significance of D Day using ‘GREAT’ - significance criteria.

Revision resource for students studying Edexcel Paper 2 Henry VIII and his ministers. A summary of each key topic including key words, dates and events based on Pearson textbook.

Lesson for students studying Edexcel GCSE Henry VIII & his ministers. Lesson on Wolsey’s downfall & reasons for it.

Lesson for students studying Edexcel GCSE Henry VIII and his ministers. Lesson starts with a recap of the Lincolnshire rebellion. Video clip to engage included. Students answer question and or create a timeline of the Pilgrimage of Grace using the info sheet - this is based on the Pearson book but reformatted, condensed and simplified. Extension tasks that involve either consolidating information or thinking about reasons for failure. Progress checks looking at role of Aske and Henry + reasons for failure/reasons for significance. 16 mark question planner at the end, with opportunity for a second lesson to write an answer. Student friendly mark scheme to 16 mark question included.

Lesson for students studying Edexcel GCSE Henry VIII & his ministers. Lesson on Cromwell gaining the annulment for Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon 4 different starter activities to choose from, include true or false, gimme 5, link it Info sheet written up from Pearson textbook, simplified and condensed Opportunity for answering a 12 mark explain exam question, i

For students studying Edexcel Henry VIII and his ministers. Lesson on Wolsey’s Amicable Grant and finance following on from his other domestic policies. Notes on powerpoint included. Complex info taken from Edexcel Pearson textbook and simplified whilst keeping key details - could be easily printed for students to stick in their books. Activity that involves them reading the information and then applying it. 4 mark describe exam technique included, with advice and guidance and exemplar answer that students could use for peer/self assessment and/or improvement. Dummies guide to activity that ensures all students understand basics of Amicable Grant Group work activity that focuses on thinking rather than notemaking

Lesson for students studying Edexcel medicine at GCSE. Suitable for other boards also. Looks at discoveries of Harvey, impact and factors that helped/hindered. Comparison of importance to Vesalius. Use Harvey help for information - taken from Pearson textbook. Notes on slides to help teacher.

Lesson for students studying Edexcel medicine at GCSE. *Done as an observation lesson under the old Ofsted grading system, given outsanding grading Lesson that recaps the Black Death at the start - as a starter. Then looks at ideas, preventions and treatments at the time of the Great Plague. Students categorise these. Students then measure each idea/prevention/treatment in terms of change and continuity. Students can then evaluate the level of change between the Black Death and Great Plague. Activity that uses a sample 16 mark essay style question from the Edexcel spec. Notes on slide, all resources included.

Lesson for students studying Edexcel medicine GCSE could also be used for other exam boards. Students look at problems in surgery pre - Simpson and Lister Clip on both individuals Notemaking & tasks looking at what each individual discovered, impact including positives/negatives, factors that helped/hindered and evaluation/comaprison of importance. Plenary competitive girl v boy game.

Lesson designed for students studying Edexcel GCSE Paper 2 Superpowers and the Cold War. Lesson is ocused on the Iron Curtain speech and the Novikov and Long Telegrams. Starter activity included which recaps previous learning on Cold War conferences. Resources included. Students analyse the Iron curtain speech, Long & Novikov telegrams through accessible/differentiated prompts. Caters for middle/lower ability & challenge tasks for higher ability. Links to exam technique as students consider consequences of these. Nice engaging plenary task where students consolidate learning.

KS4 Edexcel medicine. Focuses on Medieval prevention and treatments + differences between the two. Useful focus on knowledge and key words. Colour activity that includes detailed knowledge for students taken from Pearson textbook, put into student friendly activity. Challenge tasks for higher ability.

Done as an observation lesson that was graded outstanding under the old Ofsted grading system still used in some schools. For students studying Edexcel medicine. High level thinking starter that gets students to recap knowledge of medicine so far through 'odd one out’ Card sort/coding task looks at differences between preventions and treatments and tracks continuity and change. Challenge encourages students to evaluate the level of change and continuity in preventions and treatments Practice exam question linked to Edexcel specification - Explain on way… (4) advice/sentence starters to help. All resources included and notes on each slide that talks you through the lesson.

Lesson for students studying medicine through time would work for any exam board - I do Edexcel Revision activity on germ theory Students roll dice twice to decide which box they land on and have to answer question Tally up points in back of book

For students studying Edexcel GCSE medicine - could be used for other boards. Students look at the Second Public Health Act - what it involved. They then study the different reasons for its passing, students analyse the importance of these reasons, looking at reasons why they were important and limitations to judge the most important factor in the passing of the Act.