Exploring the push and pull factors worksheet and activities

Task: In your pair analyse carefully the events that led to the outbreak of World War. Discuss the questions around the path.....................

Research booklet enabling students to carry out their own research on the events of the Second World War

Billy the Kidd became of the most notorious criminals of the American West. His life and story has been told many times. In 2013 a new film was released called Billy the Kidd, Below is the Film script explaining the life of Billy the Kidd............. Your Task is to use the script on the previous page to write the script for the 2013 movie trailer of Billy the Kidd ( overview- key events in this dramatic life)

Worksheet, sources and tasks exploring President Grants peace policy and the 2nd Fort Laramie Treaty

The creation of the Goodnight-loving trail saw cattle being driven directly to the west. John Illif set up a cattle ranch in Colorado and soon other ranchers saw the Great plains as the perfect place to ranch. The huge areas of land, good grazing grass was ideal to create large cattle ranches. This would lead to tension between the Indians but also the homesteaders who moved west................................ Analysis activity of the rivalry between Homesteaders and Ranchers

The year is 1944 . The war has swung in favour of Britain and her allies. The Soviet Union and America have joined your side. Germany's hopes of invading and defeating the Soviet Union ended with defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad. Stalin wants Britain and America to launch an invasion of France and begin to attack them and force them to retreat

Activity where students explore the life and beliefs of the various tribes on the Great Plains

Time line and analysis activity exploring the changing life of the plains Indians between 1835-1895

A chain of reaction activity getting students to explore events and consequences that led to the Battle of Little Big Horn

worksheet exploring Government policy towards the Plains Indians and the problems Indians faced on reservations

Task: In your pairs study the images on the time line and work out the key changes and events that have taken place in the American West

Buffalo Hunting and the Destruction of the Plains Indians way of life Task: Study the information on the graph below and plot a line graph using the information and your own knowledge to show the decline of the Buffalo by 1883.........................

The problems that faced the cattle Industry in the 1880's had large consequences for the Cattle Industry. On each set of dominoes below think of consequences and knock on effects of the changes in the Cattle Industry in the 1880's. Look at the example of 'Barbed wire' that has been done for you...............

A complete time line of the key events and changes in the American West 1835-1895

Students use the information to create a movie trailer exploring and explaining the Sand Creek massacre and Red Clouds war

Worksheet and tasks exploring the Impact of the American Civil War and the Homestead Act 1862

You are members of the British government in 1939. The war has broken out on the 3rd September. The war is going to create many problems for the British people and the country. Study the problems and situations that could arise during the war and try to come up with ideas and solutions to help Britain prepare for every possible situation that could arise during the war

Students read the different Indian tribal leaders views and complete the thought bubble sheet explaining the various beliefs of the plains Indians

Top trumps style game cards enabling the students to explore the technology used in World War One

Bear Grylls=I am going to show you how the Indian tribes survived and adapted to the harsh life on the Great plains of America...... Students analyse Bear's explanation of how the Indians survived life on the Great Plains