A differentiated lesson including resources considering Lawlessness in the Early American West

This lesson can be used as an introduction to the Edexcel American West unit of work exploring the key themes the unit will address and the skills required by the exam board. The lesson provides students with the opportunity to give any pre-concieved ideas regarding the American West and address any misconceptions students may have

A lesson based on the Paris Peace Accords linking to why the USA failed in Vietnam

A complete revision lesson including content tables for each section of the USA conflict at home and abroad 1954-1975 module USA civil rights: Students read through each of the parts of the information table and using the evidence decide whether each aspect of the civil rights movement brought success or failure for the overall aims of the movement For Vietnam: students use the information to explain why aspects of the Vietnam war could lead to the overall American Failure in Vietnam

A completed lesson fitting into a scheme of work for the Edexcel module The American West DO NOW: As your DO NOW task please complete the questions on the document titled ‘recall questions lesson 8’ Task 1: Read through the information on slide 2 to understand the threats each group faced before using the information on page 27 to complete the questions on the document titled ‘conflict and tension between Plains Indians and Migrants’ to understand what tensions there were and why they took place Task 2: Read through the diagram on slide 5 to understand why the Fort Laramie Treaty to create an agreement between the Indians and White settlers was passed. Once you have read through this diagram using the document titled ‘Fort Laramie Treaty’ and the information on pages 28,29 and 30 to complete the diagram about the Fort Laramie Treaty Task 3: Using the diagram on slide 7 to see the consequences of the Fort Laramie Treaty. Once you have read this diagram you will need to answer the question explaining why this treaty would be significant. In order to do this make sure you consider what the impact would be for the white settlers and the Plains Indians. Task 4: Using the document titled ‘what were the consequences of the Fort Laramie Treaty’ you need to colour code the effects of the Fort Laramie Treaty for the White Settlers and the Plains Indians - both positive and negative Task 5: Using your knowledge of the Fort Laramie Treaty complete the question titled ‘explain two consequences of the Fort Laramie Treaty’

A differentiated lesson focusing on the Donner Party migration west fitting into a scheme of work focusing on the Edexcel module the American West

A guided set of sheets differentiated for grade 5, 7 and 9 examples of how to structure a paragraph and form an answer to the question 'how far do you agree with interpretation … about… Can be adapted for any unit of work using this question

A lesson considering the three contenders to the throne in 1066

A lesson considering life before 1066 as an introduction to the Norman Conquest module

A completed lesson fitting into the Edexcel scheme of work considering the American West

A completed lesson considering the Plains Indian Society fitting into a scheme of work following the Edexcel module The American West

A set of Recall questions for the Edexcel 9-1 unit The USA conflict at Home and Abroad focusing on the Civil Rights Movement

A completed lesson fitting into a scheme of work considering how imperialism led to World War One

A completed assessment linking to the Edexcel GCSE 16 mark question considering how far students agree with an interpretation

A completed lesson about the Alliance System fitting with a scheme of work for the causes of World War One

A collection of recall sheet for source analysis practice and knowledge and skills recall. Can be used to interleave topics and revise skills and content

A collection of source analysis sheets for the Civil Rights Movement 1954-1975

Fits in the Edexcel scheme of work The USA 1954-1975 conflict at home and abroad. This lesson focuses on the escalation of the war under Nixon