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KS3: Mao's China Lessons
This short scheme of lessons has been designed for our year 9 students in History, following their study of WWI, the Holocaust, WWI and the Cold War.
I have left the resources free of branding/my school procedures so that they can adapted to suit your context.
Lesson 1 - Introduction to communist rule in China
This sets up how China becomes communist alongside European events (WWI/WWII/Cold War) and the alliance made between China and the USSR.
Lesson 2 - Industrial and agricultural changes
This lesson focused on the five year plans adopted by Mao and the success/failures of the Great Leap Forward.
Lesson 3 - Cultural Revolution and the Culture of Mao
This lesson looks at how Mao becomes an icon through the Little Red Book and how the Red Guard were used to subvert Chinese culture and cause terror.
Lesson 4 - Social changes for women and the family
For this lesson students will look at the changes made towards women under Mao, assessing significant/limited changes towards the social status of women.
Lesson 5 - From Mao to modern day China
This lesson looks at the legacy of Mao and introduces some key issues in modern day China. This is the shortest of all the lessons and is mostly based on news reports (videos and articles). I plan to edit this further to suit my school’s context, with a growing Hong-Kong population, but I’m conscious this may not relevant all schools/contexts.
GCSE Edexcel Super Power Relations: Cold War Catch Up Resources
COVID has shown us how vital it is to plug the gaps in knowledge if students have missed lessons due to absence, so I have created these catch-up sheets which can be place in students books if they miss core content lessons during their study of the Super Power Relations: Cold War unit for the Edexcel exam board.
These can be easily printed off and placed in a folder, so that when a student is absent you can select the correct lesson and stick it into their book for them to catch up in their own time.
I have aimed to put the essential knowledge in however they are easy to edit if you want to add more detail/customise them to how you teach the Super Power Relations: Cold War scheme of work.
GCSE Edexcel History: Cold War: Past paper questions and predictions 2024
This word document contains a breakdown of every question asked to date in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE History exams for Paper 2: Superpower Relations and the Cold War.
There is a simplified overview which has been colour coded to enable teachers to see which themes/topics have been asked in recent years, as well as a more detailed table of the exact questions and possible topics that could appear, to help students focus their revision.
GCSE Edexcel History: USA Conflict at Home and Abroad: Past paper questions and predictions 2024
This word document contains a breakdown of every question asked to date in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE History exams for Paper 3: USA Conflict at Home and Abroad (Civil Rights and Vietnam).
There is a simplified overview which has been colour coded to enable teachers to see which themes/topics have been asked in recent years, as well as a more detailed table of the exact questions and possible topics that could appear, to help students focus their revision.
GCSE USA Conflict at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights and Vietnam Knowledge Organiser
This knowledge organiser has been designed to follow the Edexcel GCSE USA Conflict at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights and Vietnam unit. It has been updated to reflect the changes to the exam paper coming into effect in 2025 and includes a breakdown of the key information for the unit. The booklet also includes ‘cold’ and ‘hot’ questions which I use for homework and the back pages are filled with example questions, timelines and key words/spellings.
There are two different documents included in this purchase, both can be printed as an A4 booklet for students to keep with them for revision/homework:
One knowledge organiser is 28 pages long, with ‘cold’ and ‘hot’ questions to test their knowledge - useful if your printing budget is been squeezed!
The second knowlegde organiser is 48 pages long and includes Edexcel past paper questions with the exact number of pages provided in the exam to help student practice their exam technique.
GCSE Early Elizabethan England Exam Practice Booklet
This document has been designed to follow the Edexcel GCSE Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 unit. It has been updated to suit the changes to the 2025 specification and provides exam question guidance, including the structure of the paper, example answers and questions for students to plan and practice with.
It is 24 pages in length and can be printed as an A4 or A5 booklet.
The document can be modified to suit the writing frames your school uses.
GCSE USA Conflict at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights and Vietnam Exam Practice Booklet
This document has been designed to follow the Edexcel GCSE USA Conflict at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights and Vietnam unit. It has been updated to suit the changes to the 2025 specification and provides exam question guidance, including the structure of the paper, example answers and questions for students to plan and practice with.
It is 36 pages in length and can be printed as an A4 or A5 booklet.
The document can be modified to suit the writing frames your school uses.
GCSE Medicine in Britain Exam Practice Booklet
This document has been designed to follow the Edexcel GCSE Medicine in Britain, c1250–present and The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18:
injuries, treatment and the trenches unit. It has been updated to suit the changes to the 2025 specification and provides exam question guidance, including the structure of the paper, example answers and questions for students to plan and practice with.
It is 42 pages in length and can be printed as an A4 or A5 booklet.
The document can be modified to suit the writing frames your school uses.
GCSE Edexcel Early Elizabethan England Catch Up Resources
COVID has shown us how vital it is to plug the gaps in knowledge if students have missed lessons due to absence, so I have created these catch-up sheets which can be place in students books if they miss core content lessons during their study of the Early Elizabethan England unit for the Edexcel exam board.
These can be easily printed off and placed in a folder, so that when a student is absent you can select the correct lesson and stick it into their book for them to catch up in their own time.
I have aimed to put the essential knowledge in however they are easy to edit if you want to add more detail/customise them to how you teach the Early Elizabethan England scheme of work.
GCSE Edexcel Medicine In Britain Catch Up Resources
COVID has shown us how vital it is to plug the gaps in knowledge if students have missed lessons due to absence, so I have created these catch-up sheets which can be place in students books if they miss core content lessons during their study of the Medicine in Britain unit for the Edexcel exam board.
These can be easily printed off and placed in a folder, so that when a student is absent you can select the correct lesson and stick it into their book for them to catch up in their own time.
I have aimed to put the essential knowledge in however they are easy to edit if you want to add more detail/customise them to how you teach the Medicine scheme of work.
GCSE Edexcel USA: Conflict at Home and Abroad Catch Up Resources
COVID has shown us how vital it is to plug the gaps in knowledge if students have missed lessons due to absence, so I have created these catch-up sheets which can be place in students books if they miss core content lessons during their study of the Edexcel USA: Conflict at Home and Abroad unit for the Edexcel exam board.
These can be easily printed off and placed in a folder, so that when a student is absent you can select the correct lesson and stick it into their book for them to catch up in their own time.
I have aimed to put the essential knowledge in however they are easy to edit if you want to add more detail/customise them to how you teach the Edexcel USA: Conflict at Home and Abroad scheme of work.
GCSE Edexcel American West Catch Up Resources
COVID has shown us how vital it is to plug the gaps in knowledge if students have missed lessons due to absence, so I have created these catch-up sheets which can be place in students books if they miss core content lessons during their study of the American West unit for the Edexcel exam board.
These can be easily printed off and placed in a folder, so that when a student is absent you can select the correct lesson and stick it into their book for them to catch up in their own time.
I have aimed to put the essential knowledge in however they are easy to edit if you want to add more detail/customise them to how you teach the American West scheme of work.
GCSE Early Elizabethan England Knowledge Organiser
This knowledge organiser has been designed to follow the Edexcel GCSE Early Elizabethan England unit. It has been updated to suit the changes to the 2025 specification and includes a breakdown of the key information for the unit, ‘cold’ and ‘hot’ questions which I use for homework and back pages filled with example questions, timelines and key words/spellings.
There are two documents available with this purchase, which can be printed as an A4 booklet for students to keep with them for revision/homework.:
The first knowledge organiser is 24 pages long and includes short ‘cold’ and ‘hot’ questions for students to practice retrieval with.
The second knowledge organiser is 32 pages long and includes example exam questions with the exact amount of pages in the exam so that students can practice exam technique.
GCSE Cold War Exam Practice Booklet
This document has been designed to follow the Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations and Cold War, 1941-91 unit. It has been updated to suit the changes to the 2025 specification and provides exam question guidance, including the structure of the paper, example answers and questions for students to plan and practice with.
It is 23 pages in length and can be printed as an A4 or A5 booklet.
The document can be modified to suit the writing frames your school uses.
GCSE Early Elizabethan England in a nutshell
This two-page document provides a neat overview of the key individuals, events and dates of the Edexcel GCSE Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88 unit.
I give this to students who are feeling overwhelmed with the amount of content in the specification, as it breaks the entire unit down into a manageable amount to begin revision.
As a class we also use this document to highlight key individuals/events/topics that have not appeared in recent exams to help focus students’ revision.
GCSE USA Conflict at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights and Vietnam in a nutshell
This purchase includes two two-page documents which provide a neat overview of the key individuals, events and dates of the Edexcel USA Conflict at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights and Vietnam unit.
I give this to students who are feeling overwhelmed with the amount of content in the specification, as it breaks the entire unit down into a manageable amount to begin revision.
As a class we also use this document to highlight key individuals/events/time periods that have not appeared in recent exams to help focus students’ revision.
Bundle
GCSE USA Conflict at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights and Vietnam Bundle
This bundle includes four packs which can be used for revision for the Edexcel GCSE USA: Conflict at Home and Abroad: Civil Rights and Vietnam. All resources have been updated to suit the changes to the 2025 specification.
USA Knowledge Organiser
This knowledge organiser includes a breakdown of the key information for the unit, ‘cold’ and ‘hot’ questions which I use for homework and back pages filled with example questions, timelines and key words/spellings.
There are two different documents included in this purchase, both can be printed as an A4 booklet for students to keep with them for revision/homework:
One knowledge organiser is 28 pages long, with ‘cold’ and ‘hot’ questions to test their knowledge - useful if your printing budget is been squeezed!
The second knowlegde organiser is 48 pages long and includes Edexcel past paper questions with the exact number of pages provided in the exam to help student practice their exam technique.
USA Exam Practice Booklet
This document provides exam question guidance, including the structure of the paper, example answers and questions for students to plan and practice with.
It is 36 pages in length and can be printed as an A4 or A5 booklet.
The document can be modified to suit the writing frames your school uses.
USA in a nutshell
This two-page document provides a neat overview of the key individuals, events and dates of the unit, I give this to students who are feeling overwhelmed with the amount of content in the specification, as it breaks the entire unit down into a manageable amount to begin revision.
As a class we also use this document to highlight key individuals/events/time periods that have not appeared in recent exams to help focus students’ revision.
USA Catch up resources
Given the sheer amount of content we need to cover, I have created these catch-up sheets which can be place in students books if they miss core content lessons due to absence.
These can be easily printed off and placed in a folder, so that when a student is absent you can select the correct lesson and stick it into their book for them to catch up in their own time.
I have aimed to put the essential knowledge in however they are easy to edit if you want to add more detail/customise them to how you teach.
GCSE Edexcel History: Early Elizabethan England: Past paper questions and predictions 2024
This word document contains a breakdown of every question asked to date in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE History exams for Paper 2: Early Elizabethan England.
There is a simplified overview which has been colour coded to enable teachers to see which themes/topics have been asked in recent years, as well as a more detailed table of the exact questions and possible topics that could appear, to help students focus their revision.
Black History Month - Being Black in Weimar Germany Year 9 Study
I have created a lesson for black history month focusing on being black in Germany following WWI. The intention is to integrate the themed history month into the curriculum rather than have a tokenistic ‘black history month’ lesson that has no relevance to the current scheme of learning.
This has been designed for Year 9 to appear during their topic on the Rise of Hitler, but could be adapted to suit your context.
Why were we wrong about pre-colonial Africa?
This lesson looks to debunk the colonial views of Africa and its people perpetuated by European colonisers. It allows students to explore the justifications for slavery and study conflicting sources to show how European settlers and colonisers warped African history to suit their agenda.
The lesson begins with a hook image to discuss views towards people from Africa, the content of the lesson is difficult and can open up genuine discussion regarding racism both in the 18th Century and modern day.
This pack includes a powerpoint, researched sources in the form of a handout and a lesson plan to guide you through the material. Answers are provided on the powerpoint which can be edited to suit your school setting.