Lesson examining the roles, functions and significance of the US cabinet and Executive Office of the President. *May need to be updated to keep up to date with cabinet changes!*

Lesson examining the power of judicial review and how the US SC has used this in landmark cases.

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To independently research a particular example of McCarthyism To collaboratively produce a handout summarizing your example

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To analyse the importance of key events in 1950s Brown v Board (1954) Emmett Till (1955) Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-56) Little Rock (1957) Civil Rights Act (1957) Revival of the KKK

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To explain why the constitution does not provide protection for the civil liberties of minorities To explain the impact of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments To describe the racial discrimination towards African Americans in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 ** Learning Objectives** To describe how the Cold War developed To explain how the Cold War led to the Red Scare in the USA To analyse how the events of the Cold War increased the fear of communism in the USA

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To describe the methods and activities of Martin Luther King To explain the impact of the mass peace marches in Birmingham and Washington To evaluate the reasons for the failure of the Mississippi Freedom Summer and the events in Selma

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To explain the reasons for legislation, especially the impact of protests To analyse the provisions and impact of the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965)

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To explain the sit ins and analyse their significance To explain the freedom rides and the response to them To evaluate the significance of the James Meredith case

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To explain the impact of the CRM on other groups To identify shared reasons for the growth of protest movements in the 1960s To identify unique reasons for the growth of protest movements in the 1960s

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To explain the reasons for the growth of Black Power and its impact To analyse the influence of Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael

A scaffolded historiographical approach to delivering this topic in the style of a spiral curriculum. The emphasis of this approach is to encourage students to develop and extend their ability to analyse and evaluate different interpretations. This first topic focuses on a comparative approach to students exploring the policies and impact of Mao and Hitler, with the impact of Mussolini and Lenin/Stalin referenced as additional case studies for students. IB History - Paper 2 - Topic 10: Authoritarian States (20th century)

Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To describe how the Women’s Movement developed To explain why the Women’s Movement developed To evaluate the extent of success of the Women’s Movement in the 1960s and 1970s

A scaffolded historiographical approach to delivering this topic in the style of a spiral curriculum. The emphasis of this approach is to encourage students to develop and extend their ability to analyse and evaluate different interpretations. This first topic focuses on a comparative approach to students exploring the rise to power of Mao and Hitler, with the rise of Mussolini and Lenin/Stalin referenced as additional case studies for students. IB History - Paper 2 - Topic 10: Authoritarian States (20th century)

IB History SL/HL Paper 2; Authoritarian States Recommended textbook: Access to History for the IB Diploma: Authoritarian states Second Edition (Michael Lynch) Learning Objectives To explain how the early purges were used to suppress opposition To assess why Stalin was able to extend the purges to such a grand scale To analyze the reasons why Stalin persisted with the purges in his later years 1941-1953 To evaluate the extent which there was resistance to the purges

Cold War; Superpower Relations A-level (The Nuclear Arms Race 1949-1963) Learning Objectives To identify how nuclear weapons were developed by the two superpowers To explain why and how the arms race developed To use the Cuban Missile Crisis as a case study to illustrate your explanation To evaluate the impact of the arms race

iGCSE Edexcel History (Specification code: 4HI1) Paper 1: Depth Studies [Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918–45] Learning Outcomes To explain the reasons for Germany’s defeat in WW2 To analyse the competing theories surrounding Hitler’s death

Enquiry Question: What is government? Learning Objectives To understand the concept of government To explain the different ways in which countries can be governed To research examples of different government systems Civics curriculum designed to be delivered in an International school to a largely American student body.

Lesson examining totem poles - pupils to create their own totem pole, used with a low ability class, introducing them to Native American beliefs.

Lesson examining the history and role of the judiciary in the UK