For new Germany unit - 1890-1945 Linking picture starter, group assessment of extent of Hitler's power by Jan 1933, video exploring the role of the reichstag fire, group analysis of 5 interpretations of fire, building towards a which is the most convincing interpretation question

For AQA 8145 - conflict and tension 1919-39 Two lessons exploring the League of Nations focusing on - membership, structure, strengths and weaknesses and how it was viewed. Lesson 1 focuses on introducing students to the league using video and written sources. Lesson 2 focuses on how the League was interpretated by Britain, the USA and Germany and a card sort assesses the strengths and weakenesses of the League. This builds towards a 4 mark source question for the new spec - source d opposes the League. How do you know?

KS3 or KS4 applicable Source analysis on isolationism, carousel activity on factors that caused the boom, video outlining the causes and optional explanation assessment at the end.

Exploration of who the KKK were using video and pictoral sources, analysis of primary source material regarding the activities of the KKK and judgement regarding the impact they had on black Americans.

Lesson exploring the causes of the stock market crash - links made to why the boom occured as a starter, video hyperlinked in explores key causes of the crash, moving on to a card sort activity allowing thematic categorisation and ranking of the relative significance of factors. Differentiated judgement questions included.

Building on the prior lesson students focus in on the importance of the depression in enabling Hitler to come to power. Video (hyperlinked) introduces the depression, focus on key individuals in Germany and how they felt with an assessed piece of work: Write an account of how Hitler and the Nazis came to power (8 marks) - AQA 8145 link

Questions around interpretations of MLK and Malcolm X and 16 mark statement essay on the importance of the death of Emmett Till. Mark scheme included.

Lesson exploring the character of Heath and his domestic aims/policies. Starter recapping Wilson, information using the video/textbook on Heath's character and assessment of his policies (overview sheet), source plenary to recap content, tone and provenance

Contemporary cartoon starter, introductory hand out and description of cholera and impact, epidemic, actions and impact card sort linked to table completion by students, group plenary focusing on positives and negatives of cholera in terms of public health and judgement line individual plenary.

Lesson exploring the impact of the Plague on medical development. Starter for 10 recapping previous learning (answers included), hyperlinked video on the Plague, plague worksheet with assessment of attempted solutions, planning of similarities with black death answer, plenary assessment of a model paragraph for students to focus on WWW and EBI.

Recap of disease treatment up to the Renaissance, hyperlinked video focusing on change and continuity, table showing natural and supernatural remedies at this time, explanation of why people still used these tradtional methods, table comparing progress and limited progress and continuum plenary assessing how much progress was made 1500-1800.

Map starter, hyperlinked Nixon video outlining the invasion of Cambodia, hand out on invasion and explanation question on the impact of the invasions, useful sources planning grid activity (how useful are the sources for studying the invasion of cambodia, link to vietnamisation plenary.

Video starter - notes on how the media reported the war and the impact it had, use the hand out to create a 'living graph' showing the positive and negative impacts of the media reports as the war progressed, card sort on the impact of the media, signficance plenary (written and either judgement line, post-it or continuum).

Lesson exploring changes in hospitals. Starter recapping medieval treatments, describe the changes using the information hand out, comparison of medieval hospitals/treatment to new methods, case study and video of Florence Nightingale and her impact, significance post-it plenary.

Two lesson sequence: Reasons for opposition ranking starter, case study on Kent State University (video and pictures), data collection task on Kent State, case study on the Fulbright hearings (worksheet and video), discussion of presidential power (link to Donald Trump), video on Watergate and information on hand out, essay planning session around this question: “The Fulbright hearings were the most significant factor in increasing opposition to the Vietnam War”. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer (16 marks). Post-it plenary on most significant reason for opposition.

Two lesson sequence exploring medieval public health. Town picture starter labelling positives and negatives, hyperlinked video exploring positives and negatives, group task comparing towns to monasteries - swap and share in a marketplace or carousel activity, table creation of similarities and differences of towns and monasteries, judgement on why monasteries were healthier and corners plenary.

Recap of liberal reform knowledge, categorising of impact of reforms cards, hyperlinked video showing causes of the reforms, judgement line (and written) plenary on overall success of the reforms.

Decision making starter - what would the US, south Vietnam and north Vietnam want in peace talks, video on paris peace talks and hand out, explanation of who gained most and why, video on fall of Saigon and hand out, spider diagram on why Saigon fell in 1975, interpretation plenary on the end of the Vietnam conflict - which view is most convincing?

Video of a bombing run starter, source paired task discussing US morale in the 1970s, hand out and corresponding questions, hyperlinked video showing the impact of the bombing raids, timed-pair share questions regarding image of Phan Phuc, cartoon plenary

Source starter with inference linked in, spider diagram on why disease spread so easily, analysis of meaning and purpose of 'Court for King Cholera' source, video plenary - what can it tell us about the successes of the government in dealing with these issues? Similarities question: Comparing medieval towns to 19th century towns linked in as homework.