A fun lesson where students work in teams to accurately reconstruct an artefact that commemorates the Empire. After the game they need to analyse the artefact and work out what it suggests about the Victorian Empire.

Empire lesson. Good for an introduction into Indian Empire.

PowerPoint, differentiated resources and writing frame. Lesson is easy to follow and students enjoy the activities.

presentation, sources, card sort activity and report activity.

Card sort activity to assess the evidence. Followed by source analysis to determine why they were executed followed by a 6 mark Explain question. OCR specification.

Students work through a range of activities to determine what was the wort problem faced by people on the home front during WW1. They use their knowledge and completed activities to respond to a how far style question. The more able will use the sources to supplement their own knowledge. Literacy support included. As always there are clear step by step instructions.

Red Scare - Why did it happen. Card sort and students required to create a tv sketch that explains the causes

I'm using this for prejudice and intolerance in the USA 1920s to ensue that students understand the differences between communism and capitalism and why Americans in the 1920s would fear communism. Also ideal for KS3 e.g. Nazi Germany and dictatorships.

PowerPoint, cardsort activity, differentiated task and key word support.

Students asked to imagine what the USA was like in 1920s. Later they are introduced to a range of sources which they annotate and use to explain what was happening in the USA in the 1920s. plenary referes back to the starter.

I use this for all my KS3 classes. Useful for self and peer assessment. I get the students to stick it in the front of their exercise books or planners.

A source comparison lesson which is ideal for year 7 and 8. The lesson aims to develops GCSE source skills through selecting and prioritising evidence in order to construct an accurate picture of what Queen Elizabeth really looked liked. Pupils use their data to create a portrait and accurate description of Elizabeth.

Students learn about the key factors that led to the developments in public health through a card sort (categorising and prioritising activities). Plenty of scope for students discussions as they select and prioritise information before writing up their findings in a post card to Queen Victoria. Literacy support and differentiated materials included. As always there are high quality resources and step by step instructions.

A lesson that looks at one of the great victorian inventors, Rowland Hill, who invented the Penny Black stamp which transformed Britain and its relationship overseas. Students will assess the impacts of the invention through card sorts, categorising and prioritising tasks before they decide what the greatest impacts of the invention were. They follow this up with writing a post card to Queen Victoria to sell her Rowland Hill's invention. There are literacy support materials and differentiated activities suited to all abilities. As always there are clear instructions and high-quality resources.

A lesson which encourages students to consider the arguments for the use of the atomic bomb and it gives students the opportunity to develop their own theories. The short video clip can be used to introduce the lesson. Before students examine the key arguments for the use of the bomb. A strong literacy focus to develop GCSE skills through counterarguments and using subject specific vocabulary. As always there are clear instructions and differentiated resources.