This resource explains how crime and punishment changed in the 18th and 19th Centuries, along with the development of towns and cities. It focuses on: The development of prisons The practice of transportation to Australia Victorian views on the poor and the ‘criminal classes’

This resource is essential at the start of any study of the Russian revolution as it outlines the chaotic nature of Russia in the late 19th Century and the weaknesses of the Tsarist regime. It comes with a source based question at the end and is the first in a series of lesson guides on the revolution.

These notes are an easy and accessible guide to the Washington Naval Conference and its significance. These notes for students explore: The significance of the Washington Naval Conference and its implications for arms and the future of China. The rise of America as a world power during the 1920s.

How did Russia’s peasants, workers and emerging middle class make the Russian empire unstable by the eve of the First World War? This resource explains in detailed but concise terms exactly what impact Russia’s changing social order had on the Tsar’s regime.

This is a super handy and accessible overview of American society in 1945. * It explains the impact of the war on America and the change in living standards that Americans experienced in its aftermath. * Ideal for GCSE or A Level

This exercise contains eight primary and secondary sources and challenges learners to evaluate which school of historiography (intentionalist, functionalist) they support. The resource outlines the definition of intentionalism and functionalism. It provides a table at the end for learners to write their results in and justify their explanations.

This is a simple and accessible handout in my Vietnam War series about the Kent State shooting in 1970. The resource: Explores the causes, events and consequences of the shooting. Examine’s Richard Nixon’s attitudes to students and protesters. Explores reasons for the growth in protest throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

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Richard Nixon was elected in 1968 on a promise of withdrawing America from Vietnam, and by 1973 most US troops finally left. How did Nixon negotiate an ‘honourable peace’ with the North Vietnamese? This resource is ideal as study notes for lesson time or to base a homework around. Contains detailed and precise information made accessible for learners of all abilities

This accessible, detailed and easy to follow case study examines: The events of Emmett Till’s murder. The consequences of his death. The impact on the wider civil rights movement. The trial of his killers.

This accessible and detailed resource explains: The culture of suburbia and the 1950s home maker Divorce in the 1950s Popular culture portrayals of women The impact of the Kinsey reports.

An accessible set of super simple notes, differentiated for lower ability learners. This resource explains the life of Mary Tudor and her attempt to return England to the Catholic Church. It examines: Her upbringing and disinheritance The execution of Lady Jane Grey Her marriage to Philip of Spain The heresy laws and the purge of England’s Protestants.

This accessible and detailed resource explores the fall of China’s nationalist Kuomintang government and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. It examines: The siege of Changchun The fall of Manchuria Mao’s declaration of the PRC Reasons for Chiang Kai Shek’s defeat The KMT retreat to Taiwan

This study guide is an accessible and detailed guide to the First World War, giving students a quick overview of the conflict and its key turning points. It examines: The start of the war Problems faced by all sides The deadlock in the trenches The collapse of European empires The war at sea Reasons for the defeat of Germany and its allies

This accessible and detailed study guide explores: The impact of the 1973 Yom Kippur War on the supply of oil to America The effect of an oil embargo on the USA The cold war tensions surrounding the crisis

This accessible and detailed case study examines the Fugitive Slave Act 1793, detailing: The status of fugitive slaves before 1793 Legal rulings in Britain that had implications for American slaves The case of Oney Judge

These accessible and detailed study notes focus on the Chinese Civil War in its early stages from July 1945-June 1946. It details: Mao’s relationship with Stalin. The USA’s relationship with Chiang Stalin and Manchuria The Chongquing Conference

This is an accessible and straight forward study guide on the Second World War. It is the fourth in a series on Hitler’s war an explains: Hitler’s failing health during the war American and British successes in North Africa and Italy Germany and the Holocaust Hitler’s defeats at Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk

If you’re teaching the final stages of the Second World War and you need a detailed and accessible study guide that explains the slow downfall of the Third Reich, this resource is made for you. It focuses on: The allied campaign in Italy. Strategic decisions at D-Day. The Soviet advance in Ukraine, Poland and Belarus with Operation Bagration. Hitler’s relations with Admiral Horthy of Hungary. The battles of Anzio and Montecassino. Operation Valkyrie and the plot to assassinate Hitler.

This is an accessible and straight forward study guide on the Second World War. It is the second in a series on Hitler’s war an explains: Britain’s bombing of German cities Hitler’s plans for the invasion of the USSR Hitler’s decision to deploy the Afrika Korps to aid Mussolini