A lesson on the actions of the new Weimar Republic (1919-1923). Students analyse information cards about key events during the early years of the Weimar government and determine if they are positive or negative. They then priorities these cards. They are introduced to some stamps from the years 1919-23 and they discuss if they accurately represent the period under question. The main task involves the students creating their own stamps that they feel accurately represents the era and they provide a written explanation for the design. As always there are clear instructions and differentiated resources.

A lesson focused on the events of 1933-1934 which led to Hitler gaining control over Germany. Students analyse the key events (Reichstag Fire, Enabling Laws, Night of Long Knives, Hindenburg’s death, Oath of Loyalty) give examples and explanations of how each led to Hitler’s control and they must give each event various scores in order to create trump style trading cards. As always there are clear step by step instructions and high-quality differentiated resources.

This lesson looks at 3 key factors that contributed to the civil war (the role of individuals, money and religion). Students work through categorising and prioritsing activities before completing a Venn Diagram and a how far style question. As always there are clear step by step instructions and differentiated activities.

The English Civil War end of unit assessment. The assessment is a source based activity. There are a range of preparation activities, such as grading another student's response by colour coding different aspects of the response, extracting similarities and differences form sources before attempting the assessment. There is a self-assessment and DIRT activity to follow up.

Easy to follow lesson on plantation life. The students analyse two clips from the film 'Twelve Years a Slave' and note down evidence of what was like on a plantation based on the scenes from the film. They are then introduced to some sources (they analyse one each) and match it to one of 4 categories (which I put on posters around the room). They stand by the poster and discuss with other students to ensure they are in the correct place and then they can complete the section on the worksheet that relates to their source. Following this they should exchange info and complete the worksheet. After discussion the main task is writing a letter to the director of the film to give their impression of how accurate the scenes are and how they could be improved. I recently taught this lesson for an observation and the class were really engaged and produced some excellent work. Differentiated materials included, as well as literacy support.

A lesson that looks at Little Rock Nine and the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama. Students need to create an information poster with annotated photographs to describe the events and to explain what the evidence tells us about the events. Literacy support and all materials included, for example templates for the less able, key term a glossary and information sheet. As always there are clear step by step instructions.

Christmas Quiz!

35 quiz questions and answers (general knowledge & popular culture questions). Enjoy :)

A Christmas themed quiz ideal for year 10 and 11. General Knowledge questions (linked to Christmas). Famous faces linked to their topics of study. True / false and memory rounds

This lesson looks at the problems faced by the Nazi Party in 1933 and how they addressed these problems. In the lesson the class will need to work in groups (4 per group). They are presented with some memos linked to propaganda and they have to identify the problems (for the Nazi party) included in these memos. They will need to decide which issues are the most important (and justify this - a good opportunity to encourage deeper level thinking through teacher questioning). When they have done this they can begin to construct some possible solutions that teh nazi Party could have implemented. each group will present their ideas to the class (I use sugar paper and coloured pens so that they can makes spider diagrams or mindmaps). I also ensure that they use the sentence stems provided when speaking to the class to encourage literacy development. Each student will need to complete their own matrix. There is a homework task included in the presentation which compares the students solutions to the actual solutions implemented by Goebbels. This lesson teachers itself.

Easy to follow lesson which examines the events of the Putsch and its longer term impacts on Germany. Students work through a range of activities and make a judgment which is followed up by a written task. Step by step instructions and differentiated resources with literacy support.

First World War lesson on the Christmas Truce in 1914. The students analyse a range of sources (posters, letter extracts and film footage) to collect evidence on British attitudes towards the German people. The main task is a letter writing activity where the students need to explain how and why their feelings towards war and the enemy has changed. Literacy support and differentiated materials included as well as clear step by step instructions

A comprehensive lesson on the Munich Putsch. Students work through a range of student-led activities, such as creating a fact file, sequencing and organising information, analysing sources and completing an extended response task which develops GCSE skills. As always there are clear instructions, and high-quality differentiated resources. This lesson should ideally be taught over two lessons.

A lesson which examines the key factors in the civil war. Students sort cards into categories, prioritize information and complete a newspaper article activity. The lesson has a strong literacy focus and there are sentence stems, key word banks and differentiated materials.

What does the case of the Tolpuddle Martyrs tell us about crime and punishment in the early 19th century? The Tolpuddle Martyrs lesson requires students to complete a worksheet based on a video clip about the event which forms the case study for the period. There is an information sheet which includes the necessary information for the spec. Students use and information sheet to add additional knowledge before analysing the event to determine its importance in the history of crime and punishment.

Lesson 20 of our Edexcel Crime and Punishment Unit. A lesson on the work of Fry and Howard and the subsequent changes to prisons. Students are introduced to some sources about the use and condition of prisons in the 17th century, which they analyse and use as evidence to comment on the state of prisons. They then work through a range of activities such as creating a fact file, a research task on Fry and Howard. Once they have secured their knowledge of the work of the reformers they begin to link their work to prisons changes and write up how their work affected prisons in the period. All resources are differentiated with literacy support and prompts.

The first lesson for the last unit (C1900-present: crime, punishment and law enforcement in recent times). An easy to follow lesson which introduces students to a range of crimes (some new and some old but carried out using new methods). Students are issued with one crime which they use to make a teaching poster. They then teach other students about their crime. Plenty of opportunity for discussion e.g. which factors have influenced present day crime the most etc. There is a table to complete for 12 crimes before an exam style question.

A lesson on the key factors that led to the end of public executions in 1868. Students anaylse an image of a public execution and complete a was sheet with four different activities. Following this they extract key factors from a worksheet and determine which factors they feel were most significant in ending public executions through a table activity which they use to create a mind map. There is a source based question to develop skills and deploy knowledge before resounding to an exam style question (literacy support included). This lesson comes as part of the Unit 3 Crime and Punishment c1700-c.1900 Bundle which can be found through my shop https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/planmylesson

Easy to follow lesson which examines the penal and police reforms led by Robert Peel. Students create a fact file, analyse the reasons for penal reforms, assess the success of the peelers based on a card sort and ranking activity (differentiated) with various extension tasks to challenge the more able and an exam style question.

An exam technique lesson which also includes the required knowledge on the use of transportation in the period 1600-1750. Students work through a card sort and prioritising activity to gain the necessary knowledge before analysing a 12 mark explain question. Students create a top tip fact file based on a student friendly mark scheme, they attempt to decide on a mark for an example response before writing up the question. Literacy support and a step by step teacher instructions are included. This lesson comes as part of the unit 3 Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/planmylesson