PowerPoint with five slides and three Word Documents that examines the similarities and differences between the GMD and CCP and the reasons for the establishment of the First United Front (1925-1927). The lesson also considers the reasons for the success of the Northern Expedition (1926-1928) and the causes of the Shanghai Massacre (1927). Activities include Reading and comprehension exercises to identify similarities and differences between the GMD and CCP. Discussion on whether the GMD and CCP had enough in common to work together. Discussion on the role of the USSR in the establishment of the First United Front. Reading and comprehension activity on reasons for the success of the Northern Expedition against the Warlords. Ranking activity on who benefited the most from the Northern Expedition. Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 2 Breadth Study B4 China: Conflict, Crisis and change, 1900-89. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews and ratings are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint with five slides and two Word Documents that examines the causes and consequences of the Boxer Rebellion. The lesson also considers the nature of Self Strengthening Reforms which followed the rebellion and the extent of their success. Activities include Reading and comprehension exercises to identify and categorise the causes of the Boxer Uprising. Discussion on whether the Boxer Uprising made the Qing more or less popular with the people of China. Connection activity on the benefits and drawbacks of the Self Strengthening Reforms. Conclusion on whether the reforms were enough to save the Qing. Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 2 Breadth Study B4 China: Conflict, Crisis and change, 1900-89. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews and ratings are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint and worksheet that considers the problems faced by Queen Mary I and how she dealt with them. Activities include Starter activity in which students discuss why religion, gender and legitimacy all posed problems for Mary Tudor. Decision making exercise in which pupils take the role of Mary and consider how she should tackle problems like the Lady Jane Grey Plot, whether to marry, Wyatt’s Revolt, whether to join King Philip II’s war with France, and who her successor should be. Pupils complete a table to justify their decisions. Plenary source analysis exercise. Students analyse the advice offered by her relative Emperor Charles V at the start of Mary’s reign and judge whether she followed it. Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering the Tudors. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

PowerPoint with eight slides and one Word Document that examines the transfer of power from Mao to Hua Guofeng to Deng Xiaoping between in 1976 and 1978. The lesson also considers the fall of the Gang of Four. Activities include Quick Quiz of prior learning focused on the demise of leaders in other parts of the course. Feel free to edit to fit your own topics. A decision making exercise looking at the events of 1976-1978 from various perspectives to determine how and why power shifted from Mao to Hua to Deng. Source analysis exercise on Hua and Deng’s respective attitude to reforms to determine why Deng emerged as China’s paramount leader. Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 2 Breadth Study B4 China: Conflict, Crisis and change, 1900-89. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews and ratings are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint (with 8 slides) that reasons for the establishment of the Prussian Customs Union and its expansion as the Zollverein in 1834. The lesson also considers the establishment of railways in the German Confederation and Austrian opposition to the Zollverein. Activities include Starter matching activity on definitions of economic terminology relevant to the lesson. Map analysis on the positive and negative economic consequences of the Congress of Vienna. Map analysis on the utility of the Prussian Customs Union in solving Prussia’s trading problems. Analysis of the German railway network to determine the success of the Zollverein. Source supported discussion on the impact of the Zollverein on political and cultural nationalism. Analysis of a timeline of the Zollverein to evaluate the extent of Austrian success in managing the threat to its dominance of the German Confederation. Designed for the teaching of OCR History Y314 The Development of German Nationalism 1789-1919. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews and ratings are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint (with 5 slides) and one worksheet that examines the actions of General Douglas Haig during the First World War and the impact this has had on his reputation. The lesson covers the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 and the Hundred Days Offensive in 1918. The lesson also considers the competing views of Haig as a ‘butcher’, an incompetent General or a victim of circumstance who was ultimately a successful commander. Activities include: A reading and comprehension exercise in which pupils highlight successes and failures in a passage on Haig’s career. A ranking exercise on Haig’s biggest failure as commander of the British Army. A source analysis activity to establish the differing views of General Haig. A true or false activity in which students judge various statements true or false and provide evidence in support of their view. A concluding paragraph / plenary discussion in which pupils argue in favour of the most convincing interpretation. Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 2 A1 The Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905-1918. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace

PowerPoint with six slides and two Word Documents that examines the causes and consequences of the war with Japan on China (1937-1945). The lesson also considers the establishment of the Second United Front and the impact of the war on the relative fortunes of the CCP and GMD. Activities include Quick Quiz of prior learning focused on Japan’s role in China before 1931 and the Extermination Campaigns. Reading, comprehension and discussion exercises to identify who was the most likely group responsible for the attack on the South Manchurian Railway in 1931 (The Manchurian Incident). Evidence finding task on the causes of Japan’s invasion of China based on prior learning. Having been given two causes (weak GMD leadership, China’s wealth of natural resources), pupils must identify specific evidence from previous lessons to support the two points. Source analysis exercise on the Rape of Nanjing to establish how Japan treated Chinese civilians. Reading, comprehension and highlighting task to identify GMD failures and CCP successes against the Japanese. Plenary discussion of who emerged from the War with Japan stronger, the GMD or the CCP? Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 2 Breadth Study B4 China: Conflict, Crisis and change, 1900-89. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews and ratings are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint (with 5 slides) and one Word Document that examines the career of Robert Clive in India in the context of a modern petition that exists to have his statue in London taken down. The lesson considers Clive’s victory at the Battle of Plassey in 1757, his resulting wealth, the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765 and Bengal famine of 1770. The lesson also considers the wider context of the importance of Clive in extending the East India Company and Britain’s control over India. Activities include Quick Quiz on prior learning on the British in India (Feel free to edit to suit your prior learning) Starter activity on the purpose of erecting statues. Reading, comprehension and highlighting exercise on Clive’s life and career. Ranking exercise on the relative importance of events in extending Britain’s control over India. Source analysis activity on Clive’s justification for his actions. Discussion on what arguments, if any, can be made about why the statue should be kept. Plenary feedback about whether students agree with the petition. Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering aspects of the British Empire. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint & 2 worksheets that examine the causes and consequences of the Danish War of 1864 over control of Schleswig-Holstein with particular emphasis on the roles of Bismarck, Prussia and the development of German Nationalism. Activities include Starter Quiz on the status of Schleswig-Holstein prior to 1864 based on prior learning Reading & comprehension to identify any successes achieved by Bismarck & Prussia during the 1864 Danish War. Matching activity to link interested parties (Austria, Denmark, Prussia, the German Confederation & the Duchies themselves) with their hopes for Schleswig-Holstein. Activity in which pupils complete an evidence table with how Prussia benefited militarily, economically, territorially and in its relationship with Austria as a result of the Danish War. Ranking task on the benefits Prussia achieved above. Comparison of two passages by historians to evaluate which is more convincing in on the domestic consequences of the Danish War for Bismarck & Prussia. Concluding debate on whether the Danish War was a victory for German nationalists. Designed for the teaching of OCR History Y314 The Development of German Nationalism 1789-1919. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

PowerPoint (with 5 slides) and worksheet that examines the causes of Chairman Mao’s Hundred Flowers Campaign in 1957 including the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, economic concerns in China and an attempt to identify and punish opponents of the CCP. The lesson also considers the consequences of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, including the persecution of the Anti-Rightist Campaign. Activities include Quick Quiz Starter on the Thought Reform, 3 & 5 Antis Campaigns Analysis activity focused on the 1956 Hungarian Revolt and what conclusions Mao might draw it. Matching task on the causes of the Hundred Flowers Campaign with the correct explanation. Ranking activity on how convincing the suggested causes for the Hundred Flowers Campaign are. Evidence sorting task to consider whether the Hundred Flowers Campaign was a mistake by Mao or a trap for his opponents. An evaluation exercise to test the validity of an historians view of the Hundred Flowers Campaign given the evidence the pupils now know. Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 2 Breadth Study B4 China: Conflict, Crisis and change, 1900-89. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace

PowerPoint (with 6 slides) and four Word Documents that examines the impact of the 1857 Indian Rebellion. Activities include Quick Quiz Starter activity on prior lesson on the causes of the 1857 Indian rebellion. Reading and comprehension on the impact of the rebellion on three individuals to consider whether their treatment by the British was justified; Laksmi Bai, Margaret Wheeler and Bahadur Shah Zafar. Source analysis activity on whether the British responded to the rebellion with moderation. Matching task on changes in British policy in the aftermath of the rebellion to ultimately judge whether Indian grievances were addressed. Plenary discussion on the extent the Indian Rebellion of 1857 failed. Homework task to explain two effects of Indian rebellion with supporting structure sheet with model paragraph focused on an earlier topic from Britain’s involvement in India. Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering aspects of the British Empire. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint (with 7 slides) and one Word Documents that examine the reasons the partition of India resulted in violence. Activities include Quick quiz starter activity on Gandhi and events in India before 1945. Matching activity on the attitude to Indian independence of the British, the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress after 1945. Analysis activity to identify flaws in Britain’s approach to partition with a focus on the roles of Mountbatten and Radcliffe. Map analysis exercises on why population distributions made the task difficult. Map analysis activity on the problems the final decisions on partition created; East Pakistan, Kashmir, the Radcliffe Line. Discussion based exercise with source prompts on why partition provoked communal violence. Source analysis activity on the causes of Gandhi’s assassination. Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering aspects of the British Empire. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint & 3 worksheets that examines the socio-economic backgrounds of the five canonical victims of Jack the Ripper: Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Kelly. Activities include -Starter activity to analyse what Booth’s survey tells us about Whitechapel in the 1880s. Discussion on what Annie Chapman’s photograph with her husband, the only one of the five victims who was seemingly pictured alive, tells us about the socio-economic status of the women as a group. Comprehension task in which students complete a table based on notes to identify whether the women had stable relationships with men, substance abuse problems, steady employment and access to accommodation. Causation activity in which pupils attempt to connect the socio-economic issues the women faced. Designed for the teaching of Key Stage 3 History. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

PowerPoint (with 7 slides) and two Word Document that considers what caused the Hyperinflation crisis of 1923, its impact on society and how the Weimar Government dealt with the problem. Activities include Starter activity which requires pupils to recall key statistics related to the Treaty of Versailles. Discussion based activity on how the Treaty of Versailles led to the invasion of the Ruhr by the French in 1923. Discussion based activity on why the Weimar Government encouraged passive resistance / strikes in opposition to the French. Source analysis exercise to establish the consequence of printing money for inflation. Matching exercise on groups in German society and the impact of hyperinflation on them. Judgment activity on whether different groups benefited or not from hyperinflation. Discussion based activity on how Gustav Stresemann’s policies solved the hyperinflation crisis. Extension / consolidation chronology activity of the key events. Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 1 Depth Study 3 Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918-45. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews and ratings are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint & 2 worksheets that examine the key evidence for and against a number of prime suspects in the Whitechapel murders carried out by Jack the Ripper in 1888. The suspects covered are John Pizer, Montague John Druitt, Aaron Kosminski, Francis Tumblety, James Maybrick, George Chapman, Carl Feigenbaum, Michael Ostrog and Prince Albert Victor. It also raises the underlying prejudice that drove many of the accusations. Activities include Starter activity to analyse two very different sketches of the killer published in the Illustrated London News. Pupils to read mini-biographies on the suspects and use the information to complete a comparative table on key information about the suspects such as their location in 1888, their mental health, their nationality, whether they had a history of violence against women, whether they were known to have killed before or after 1888, etc. To spark discussion, pupils to score the suspects out of 10 according to how likely they were to have been guilty. Extension activity to identify the homophobia, xenophobia and Anti-Semitism that was an underlying feature of many of the accusations. Conclusion on whether any of the suspects were likely Jack given the evidence. This could lead onto an essay on the issue. Designed for the teaching of Key Stage 3 History. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

PowerPoint (with 6 slides) and two Word Documents that examines the purpose and success of Nazi economic policies in Germany between 1933 and 1939, considering the contributions of Hjalmar Schacht and Hermann Goering. Activities include Starter activity in which pupils match leading Nazis with their role in Government. This should be based on prior learning but will depend on the order you have covered the course. Feel free to edit. Matching task on Nazi economic aims with an explanation of their purpose. Reading and comprehension activity on Nazi economic policy in which pupils highlight successes and failures before adding the information to the relevant area of a table in which each column is a different economic aim. Ranking activity on which economic aims were most successfully achieved by Schacht and Goering respectively. Colour coding grid activity on positive and negative impacts of Nazi economic policy on Germans. Line of continuum on the most to least beneficial consequences of Nazi economic policies. Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 1 Depth Study 3 Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918-45. Lesson Length: 1 hour depending on pace. Resource reviews and ratings are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint (with 4 slides) and two Word Documents that examine the causes of the 1857 Rebellion. Factors that are considered within the lesson are cultural causes such as rumours of cartridges greased with animal fat, economic causes such as low pay for sepoys and political causes such as the Doctrine of Lapse. Activities include Starter activity to match key terms used in the lessons with the correct definitions. Source analysis activity (6 sources) to determine the causes of the rebellion, judge whether the issues were short or long term causes and consider who was most motivated by the cause; princes, sepoys or civilians. Evidence based discussion activity on whether the cartridge issue was the most important cause of the rebellion. Debate on why historians give different names to the events of 1857; mutiny, rebellion or the First War of Indian Independence. Conclusion on which view of the events of 1857, given the causes, is most convincing. Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering aspects of the British Empire. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint (with 6 slides) and two Word Document that reasons why Nazi popularity with the German people increased during the Great Depression. The lesson considers the inadequate response of the moderate Wiemar parties to the socio-economic problems of the period and Nazi policies and campaigning between 1929 and 1932. Activities include Starter discussion on the link between America, the Wall Street Crash and Germany. Reading, comprehension and highlighting activity on Nazi successes and Wiemar failures in gaining popular support during the Great Depression. Evidence finding activity to support statements about the Great Depression. Source analysis exercise on how the Nazis used propaganda to gain support during the Great Depression. Data analysis of graph showing Nazi votes and unemployment figures alongside each other to help reach a comparative judgment on the most important factor in the growth of Nazi support during the Great Depression. **Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 1 Depth Study 3 Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918-45. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.** Resource reviews and ratings are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint (with 9 slides) and two Word Documents that examines whether the Battle of the Somme was a victory or defeat fro the British army. Activities include: A quick quiz on the opening stages of the First World War. A chronology exercise in which the stages of General Haig’s plan of attack are put into sequence. A matching exercise in which British errors are connected with the correct explanation. A ranking exercise on Britain’s biggest error during the Battle of the Somme. A sorting exercise on British successes and failures. A concluding paragraph / plenary discussion in whether the Battle of the Somme was a victory or defeat for Britain. A re-evaluation of that judgment after the tactic of attrition is introduced and considered in the context of the Somme. A past paper exam style question (8 marks) on the Battle of the Somme. Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 2 A1 The Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905-1918. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace Resource reviews and ratings are always much appreciated and help others using the site.

PowerPoint (with 6 slides) and two word documents that examine whether Napoleon Bonaparte betrayed the ideals of the French Revolution. Activities include Starter activity that requires pupils to discuss what the painting of Napoleon’s Coronation as Emperor in Notre Dame suggests about the success of the French Revolution. Source analysis and comparison exercise on two views of the Coup of Brumaire supported by explanatory text to provide context on the event. Chronology activity to put nine key events in Napoleon’s life in the correct order. Evidence colour coding activity to determine whether Napoleon’s actions betrayed or maintained the ideals of the French Revolution. Concluding paragraph for pupils to formulate their overarching judgment on the enquiry question. Final slide with supporting notes and images for teacher to summarise the end of Napoleon’s reign and the Revolutionary period as a whole. Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering aspects of the French Revolution. Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace. Resource reviews are always much appreciated and help others using the site.