I am a history teacher at a secondary school in North London. I’ve been teaching for over 6 academic years. In my shop you can find many amazing history resources to use in the classroom every day for all year groups from years 7-13. My GCSE resources are for the AQA spec. I have resources that cover the following units:
•Democracy and dictatorship: Germany, 1890-1945
•Cold War, 1945-72
•Elizabethan England, 1568-1603.
The A Level resources I have uploaded also follow the AQA spec.
I am a history teacher at a secondary school in North London. I’ve been teaching for over 6 academic years. In my shop you can find many amazing history resources to use in the classroom every day for all year groups from years 7-13. My GCSE resources are for the AQA spec. I have resources that cover the following units:
•Democracy and dictatorship: Germany, 1890-1945
•Cold War, 1945-72
•Elizabethan England, 1568-1603.
The A Level resources I have uploaded also follow the AQA spec.
This is a unit that I cover with my Year 7s in the second half of the Spring term. It is a 6 lesson enquiry into the question:
What did the Crusades ever do for us?
There are a range of engaging activities for the students to complete throughout each lesson. It is differentiated so that students of all abilities can access the lessons confidently.
There is also an assessment lesson that enables the students to revise the content from the topic and then plan and answer a GCSE style exam question. This is a question stem geared towards the AQA specification. The question is focused on the concept of significance which can be found in Paper 2. The question in the assessment lesson is as follows:
Explain the significance of the First Crusade between 1095 and 1099. [8 marks]
Please let me know how you found these lessons and I am happy to receive your reviews so that I can continue to improve my own teaching and learning practise.
Title of lesson: Why did the Cold War get colder in Asia?
Learning Objective: **Describing the key events of the Chinese Revolution and **
Explaining the significance of events in Asia for superpower relations
Link to AQA specification: Part Two: The development of the Cold War
The significance of events in Asia for superpower relations: USSR’s support for Mao Tse-Tung and Communist revolution in China.
These resources follow the seventh key topic to the AQA A Level Component 1 Topic: The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871-1991. This is Section 2 of the Year 13 A Level linear course – Section 2: Division to unity: the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-91
Title of lesson: Why was Bonn Democracy more successful than Weimar democracy?
Learning Objective: Examining the FRG’s Basic Law Constitution and
Evaluating why the Basic Law was more successful than the Weimar constitution
These resources are ideal for mixed ability students studying the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification on the Cold War topic; Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972. The lessons are put in order of the scheme of work supplied by AQA. This bundle focuses on Part Two of the topic - The development of the Cold War.
There are various activities that are engaging and differentiated to meet the needs of all students studying history at GCSE. They have worked extremely well with my classes this year who have all made great progress.
This bundle includes:
PowerPoints for each lesson
Worksheets
Videos/documentaries
Homework
Essays and guidance
Exam lessons on questions 15 and 16 of Paper 1
Exam model answers
These resources are for A Level AQA students studying the NEA (Non-Examined Assessment) Component 3. The coursework that I have designed for my students centres on witchcraft in Europe from 1560-1660. The course looks at the different causes of witch-hunting across Europe, mainly in England, Scotland and Germany. The notes will build up over the course to which students will answer a coursework question focusing on the causes of witch-hunting between 1560 and 1660. This year my students completed the question:
“Within the context of the years 1560-1660, to what extent were socio-economic factors the main reason for the growth in witch-hunting persecutions in Europe?”
This second section of the course is the depth study. Students will learn various depth case studies as to why witchcraft was caused in each instance. These case studies include the trial of Agnes Waterhouse, 1566; North Berwick witch hunts, 1590s; Pendle witch trials, 1612; Bamberg, Germany 16203 and 1630s; East Anglian witch-hunts, 1640s.
The Hodder Education textbook by Alan Farmer called “Access to History: The Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th centuries” will be an essential textbook reference for these lessons.
These resources are ideal for mixed ability students studying the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification on the Cold War topic; Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972. The lessons are put in order of the scheme of work supplied by AQA.
There are various activities that are engaging and differentiate to meet the needs of all students studying history at GCSE. They have worked extremely well with my classes this year who have all made great progress.
The bundle includes:
PowerPoints for each lesson
Worksheets
Videos/documentaries
Homework
Essay guidance
Exam question lessons for questions 17 and 18 on paper 1
Model exam answers
These resources are for A Level AQA students studying the NEA (Non-Examined Assessment) Component 3. The coursework that I have designed for my students centres on witchcraft in Europe from 1560-1660. The course looks at the different causes of witch-hunting across Europe, mainly in England, Scotland and Germany. The notes will build up over the course to which students will answer a coursework question focusing on the causes of witch-hunting between 1560 and 1660. This year my students completed the question:
“Within the context of the years 1560-1660, to what extent were socio-economic factors the main reason for the growth in witch-hunting persecutions in Europe?”
The first section of the course is the breadth study. Students will learn the wider historical context of witch-hunting and the beliefs in witches across Europe as a whole in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The Hodder Education textbook by Alan Farmer called “Access to History: The Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th centuries” will be an essential textbook reference for these lessons.
Title of lesson: **Why was there a space race? **
Learning Objective: Evaluating what the space race tells us about the changing relationship between the superpowers
Link to AQA specification: Part Two: The development of the Cold War
Military rivalries: the space race, including Sputnik, ICBMs, Polaris, Gagarin, Apollo.
Title of lesson: **Why was the Vietnam War significant? **
Learning Objective: **Explaining why the Vietnam War was significant to Cold War relations **
Link to AQA specification: Part Two: The development of the Cold War
Military campaigns by Vietcong against France and the USA.
These resources are ideal for mixed ability students studying the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification on Germany: 1890-1945. The lessons are put in order of the scheme of work supplied by AQA.
There are various activities that are engaging and differentiated to meet the needs of all students studying history at GCSE. They have worked extremely well with my classes this year who have all made great progress.
Title of lesson: Who really held power in Germany?
Learning Objective: Describing the character of Wilhelm II and
Evaluating who really held power in Germany by 1890
Link to AQA specification: Part One: Germany and the growth of democracy
Kaiser Wilhelm and the difficulties of ruling Germany: the growth of parliamentary government
These resources follow the eighth and final key topic to the AQA A Level Component 1 Topic: The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871-1991. This section follows the economic, social and political changes in the FRG from 1949-91.
This bundle includes:
PowerPoint presentations for each lesson
Worksheets
Various learning tasks & activities
Exam lessons with model answers, mark schemes, examiner tips, success criteria etc
Videos & documentaries
> Student activity work booklet for key topics 5 & 6 (these work perfectly with the key topic 5 and 6 bundles)
Hope the resources are enjoyable and help you with your future planning.
These resources follow the seventh key topic to the AQA A Level Component 1 Topic: The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871-1991. The key topic looks at the government of the FRG and the opposition it faced.
This bundle includes:
PowerPoint presentations for each lesson
Worksheets
Various learning tasks & activities
Exam lessons with model answers, mark schemes, examiner tips, success criteria etc
Videos & documentaries
Hope the resources are enjoyable and help you with your future planning.
Title of lesson: **How did Elizabeth run her government? **
Learning Objective: **Examining the role of the Royal Court and Privy Council under Elizabeth **
Starter video clip link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zbh8mp3
These resources follow the fourth key topic to the AQA A Level Component 1 Topic: The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871-1991. The key topic looks at Recovery and Stability in the Weimar Republic, 1924-1929.
The bundle contains different activities that are engaging and differentiated to suit all A Level students studying this unit. The bundle includes resources such as:
>PowerPoints for each lesson
>Worksheets
>Planning grid sheets
>Tables/grid sheets
>Exam questions - planning sheets, model answers
>Homeworks
Title of lesson: **How important was the use of fear in the Third Reich? **
Learning Objective: Explaining the roles of Himmler, the SS and the Gestapo in the Nazi police state and
**Analysing how the Nazis used terror tactics to maintain control **
Link to AQA specification: Part Three: The experiences of Germans under the Nazis
Control: repression and the police state and the roles of Himmler, the SS and Gestapo.
Title of lesson: **Why was the U-2 Crisis important? **
Learning Objective: **Summarising the events of the U-2 Crisis and **
**Explaining the impact of the crisis on superpower relations **
Link to AQA specification: Part Two: The development of the Cold War
The ‘Thaw’: the U2 Crisis and its effects on the Paris Peace Summit and the peace process.
Personalised Learning Checlist (PLC) included for Part Two of the AQA spec. of the Cold War topic.
These resources are ideal for mixed ability students studying the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification on the Cold War topic; Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972. The lessons are put in order of the scheme of work supplied by AQA.
There are various activities that are engaging and differentiated to meet the needs of all students studying history at GCSE. They have worked extremely well with my classes this year who have all made great progress.
Included in this bundle are:
PowerPoint presentations for every lesson
Exam question lessons with model answers and student-friendly mark schemes
Range of engaging activities
Worksheets
Videos
Title of lesson: **How did the Reichstag Fire aid Hitler? **
Learning Objective: **Summarising how the Reichstag Fire Led Hitler towards becoming a dictator of Germany **
Link to AQA specification: Part Two: Germany and the Depression
**The establishment of Hitler’s dictatorship: the Reichstag Fire. **
Link to video in PowerPoint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Sj5NqV6rQ
This is a unit that I cover with my Year 7s in the Spring term. It is a 7 lesson enquiry into the question:
What was life like in Medieval England?
There are a range of engaging activities for the students to complete throughout each lesson. It is differentiated so that students of all abilities can access the lessons confidently.
Please let me know how you found these lessons and I am happy to receive your reviews so that I can continue to improve my own teaching and learning practise.
NB: There are some lessons where the KS3 textbook by Aaron Wilkes might be helpful (but other textbooks that you have available can be equally as helpful). The title I use is ‘Invasion, Plague and Murder’.
