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I am a senior leader, and examiner who has years of experience teaching different exam specifications. My classes regularly achieve high levels of progress, in 2022 it was +1.5. Please browse a selection of history, sociology and generic lessons and resources. Most of them have writing frames for students who need support with writing. Please review if you download anything as I will try to edit and improve using any feedback

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I am a senior leader, and examiner who has years of experience teaching different exam specifications. My classes regularly achieve high levels of progress, in 2022 it was +1.5. Please browse a selection of history, sociology and generic lessons and resources. Most of them have writing frames for students who need support with writing. Please review if you download anything as I will try to edit and improve using any feedback
AQA America 1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality Part 1
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AQA America 1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality Part 1

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The first 20 lessons of the America topic for AQA for a three year GCSE. Include exam questions, with sentence starters to support the less able and challenge tasks to stretch the top end. A range of recap starters at the beginning of lessons to help students consolidate their understanding Includes lessons on: Introduction to America WW1 And its impact Economic Boom in America Ford and the car industry Failures of the boom Entertainment in 1920s (cinema, sport, jazz) Women and Flappers Causes of Prohibition Failures of Prohibition Al Capone Causes of Immigration Experiences of immigrants Experiences of African Americans Changes after the abolition of slavery Jim Crow Laws KKK Ku Klux Klan Russian Revolution 1920s Red Scare Sacco and Vanzetti
USA: How did popular culture change in America during the 1930's?
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USA: How did popular culture change in America during the 1930's?

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This lesson looks at the 1930’s and Popular Culture during this period. Students look at changes to cinema, literature, and other forms of entertainment. This lesson is teacher led but is open to question students, with questions built in to prompt discussion. There are challenge tasks to stretch and challenge the top end. As well as a GCSE question to practice with sentence starters to help stud nets who need it. This lesson forms a SOW for AQA America 1920 - 1973 Opportunity and Inequality.
Norman Conquest: How did William keep control?
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Norman Conquest: How did William keep control?

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A group of 5 lessons that get students to investigate how William kept control of the country. The lesson looks at the Feudal System, Domesday Book, Harrying of the North and Castles. Followed by a recap lesson.
USA: What explains the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan / KKK? (L16)
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USA: What explains the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan / KKK? (L16)

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A lesson that looks at the Ku Klux Klan , and their rise and fall during the 1920s . This lesson forms part of a SOW for AQA America 1920- 1973 Opportunity and Inequality. The lesson includes a GCSE question, with sentence starters for those who need them, as well as challenge tasks to stretch and challenge the top end.
Nazi Germany: Why did Hitler and the Nazis come/ rise to power in 1933?
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Nazi Germany: Why did Hitler and the Nazis come/ rise to power in 1933?

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A lesson aimed at year 9 that looks at why Hitler and the Nazis were democratically elected in 1932, students do a hierarchy task followed by a source question and GCSE styled essay question both with sentence starters. There is a model paragraph to evaluate for the essay styled question. Some challenge tasks are included to stretch the top end.
WW1: Comparing sources about trench life (Lesson 7)
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WW1: Comparing sources about trench life (Lesson 7)

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This lesson focuses upon source skills and GCSE styled questions. This lesson builds upon the previous lesson that looked at life in trenches. Students work through questions with sentence starters, key words and model answers. You can build in peer and self assessment with the model answers. Question include: - How are they different? - Why are they different? - Which is most convincing? The worksheet allows you to work through source looking at Nature, Origin, Author, Audience and Purpose.
Medicine: What was medicine and health like in the prehistoric period? (Lesson 1)
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Medicine: What was medicine and health like in the prehistoric period? (Lesson 1)

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An introductory lesson into the history of medicine starting with the prehistoric period. This lesson gets students to gain a chronology of the topic, putting together a time line using facts, dates and time periods. Students then look at the Prehistoric period and use sources to work out what medicine and health was like at the time period, source include Otzi, trepanned skull etc. Lesson has a GCSE styled question
Titanic: What can the Titanic reveal about life in Edwardian England? (Lesson 1)
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Titanic: What can the Titanic reveal about life in Edwardian England? (Lesson 1)

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This lesson approaches the Titanic from a different angle looking at what the titanic reveals about the Edwardian period. Students look at a range of sources from pictures, menus, etc to back up points about the Edwardian. There is a worksheet, GCSE styled question, with sentence starters and a model answer. Students also have a literacy focus where they need to correct mistakes to the model answer. The homework tasks involve students getting given a passenger to investigate. Students loved this as each student got a unique passenger with their own boarding pass which they fed back their findings to in the next lesson.
USA: Why did the USA introduce prohibition? (L10)
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USA: Why did the USA introduce prohibition? (L10)

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A lesson on the causes of prohibition for a 3 year GCSE for AQA America 1920 -1973. The lesson looks at what was prohibition and focuses on why it was introduced, there are a range of sources for students to look at and work out their message using the knowledge just gained. The starter is the recap wheel which once clicked will spin and land on a topic that the table must list everything they can remember about it. There is also a GCSE question with sentence starters for students who need it and throughout the lesson there are challenge tasks to stretch the top end.
Nazi Germany: Revision Activities/Games
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Nazi Germany: Revision Activities/Games

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A collection of revision materials based around Nazi Germany but the format could be adapted for other topics. Includes, Battle Ships, Draughts (Checkers), and Ludo (Frustration). Great way to revise topics and gets students super engaged.
USA: What does the St Valentine's Day Massacre reveal about the impact of prohibition? (L11)
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USA: What does the St Valentine's Day Massacre reveal about the impact of prohibition? (L11)

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A lesson that looks that the impact and failures of prohibition, the St Valentine’s Day massacre is used as a focal point for the investigation. This forms part of a 3 year GCSE scheme of work for AQA America 1920 -1972 Opportunity and Inequality. The lesson includes an GCSE style exam question with sentence starters to help those who need it and challenge tasks throughout to stretch and challenge the top end.
Nazi Germany: Activity and Revision Bundle
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Nazi Germany: Activity and Revision Bundle

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A collection of resources that will help with revision lessons increasing engagement. Includes timelines, table mats, selection of revision games and activities, as well as gap fills etc.
AQA Health and the People SOW
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AQA Health and the People SOW

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The first 7 lessons and revisions materials for a scheme of work for AQA Health and the people. Lessons include challenge tasks and writing frames for students who need support. Lessons include: Medieval beliefs and treatments Christianity and Hospitals medieval medicine Islamic medicine in the Middle Ages Surgery in the Middle Ages What was public health like in the Middles Ages? Was public health better in the towns or Monastries? What was the Black death and its impact? Why/How did medicine progress in the Middle Ages?
USA: Why were Sacco and Vanzetti executed? (L20)
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USA: Why were Sacco and Vanzetti executed? (L20)

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A lesson that looks at the Sacco and Vanzetti case, and gets students to think about what it shows about America in the 1920s, a chance to link to immigration and the red scare. This lesson forms part of a SOW for America 1920 - 1973 Opportunity and Inequality. The lesson comes with a GCSE question with sentence starters for those who need them and challenge tasks throughout to stretch and challenge the top end.
Industrial Revolution: How far did Britain change during the Industrial Revolution? (L1)
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Industrial Revolution: How far did Britain change during the Industrial Revolution? (L1)

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This lesson forms part of a SOW for year 8 students. This lesson that looks at the changes that occurred in Britain between 1750 and 185, students complete an information gather, and sort task before completing a GCSE style question. The lesson includes sentence starters and challenge tasks to stretch the top ability. There is a chance to focus on literacy describing the changes that occured.