Edexcel Paper 1, Option F: In search of the American Dream LESSON 2 What is the American Dream? Follow on from the intro lesson, this lesson uses the homework students were set in the first lesson as a task in this lesson. You could just print off some articles about the US in the news though and students could use those instead. - Students identify themes in the news articles - definitions of the American dream used and discussed as a basis for finding a class definition

Edexcel A Level Paper 1 Option F: In search of the American Dream: the USA 1917-1996 This lesson is an introduction to the course, it gives the teacher an idea of what students already know about the USA and gives a snapshot of what the USA is like at the moment. There are also slides on the structure of the US government, but I usually give my own description with the slides as illustrations. - Students name US states - Students use own tech and existing knowledge to answer general knowledge questions - homework which asks students to find an existing article about the USA today - slides on structure of government

Students analyse change using continuum bars. will also need previous learning on previous Presidents (Wilson onwards) and a textbook to refer to on Roosevelt's presidency. The 'Edexcel Paper 1: Searching for rights and freedoms in the 20th century' is what I use. Tasks include: chronological placing of Presidents recall of previous facts learned about that President an examination of FDR from the textbook completing the worksheet on the continuum of change

You need a textbook resource on the New Deal, or access to internet research for students to complete one of the tasks in this lesson. They just need basic information on the provisions of the new deal so they can summarise individual elements such as the NRA for each other. Learning Outcomes ALL Will be able to recall key facts about the New Deal MOST Will be able to explain how the New Deal helped the economy SOME Will be able to analyse the extent to which the New Deal altered the Presidency Lesson includes: Source analysis of a political cartoon Student paired research Student paired presentations individual students select evidence to support the point that the New Deal changed the Presidency in its relationship with Congress and business.

Describes the structure of the US government and the difference between state and federal laws.

Looking for a pen free stand alone lesson with KS3? This one has flipped learning, a kinaesthetic task, group work and absolutely no pens! (Unless you want them to fill out a self assessment) If you want FREE access to these resources, drop me an email at ruth.messenger@yahoo.com and I will send them through to you in exchange for a review of what you thought of it below. No prior knowledge required, but it is essential that you set the homework in this PP in the previous lesson as students will be making their own paper boats to re-enact the events of the Spanish Armada. By the end of this lesson: ALL will be able to re-enact the story of what happened – L3/4 depending on detail MOST groups will be able to say why they think the Armada failed and include this in their re-enactment – L4/5 depending on whether they can explain their reason SOME groups will be able to keep referring to why the Armada failed throughout their re-enactment, making connections between their reason and what happened next. - L5 EXCEPTIONAL groups will be able to make links between the reasons, showing that they all had an impact, but that one reason stands out as the main reason the Armada failed. L6+ depending on depth of analysis NB. To make this lesson even more exciting, use masking tape to mark out a rough shape of the British isles on the floor before the lesson. Students can use this as their map for their re-enactment. Alternately, go and make friends with the geography department and ask if they have a big map students could use.

This is an active lesson that meets the following objectives: ALL will be able to detail events of the scare MOST will be able to explain why Americans were threatened by Communism SOME will be able to predict its ramifications on the political system. I taught this to my year 12 class two weeks ago and it was easily the best lesson I have taught so far this year, they loved it and they refer back to it still to inform their understanding of the fear of communism in the US. There is no writing involved in this lesson, it is purely talking and listening, questioning and thinking. It allows students to move around the room, investigating like in a murder mystery, and ad libbing for their own characters. Overview of the lesson: Set up the classroom like a 1920's speak easy, or at least create a big space in the middle with some chairs around the edge. Students get a character card, these include steelworkers, anarchists etc. They are allowed to tell the truth about their character, but they aren't obliged to - they can lie as much as they like. They have to find out who the communists are in the room and they do this by making conversation. One student is a journalist and this student moves events along by informing other students. You give them each event as it happens (eg bombs in the post) and they have to stir up a fuss with other students. All other instructions are included in the downloads including the character cards, events, and questions for you to use to consolidate learning and pull out the themes necessary to help students achieve the objectives. I will admit I used chocolates to get students going, but motivation really wasn't a problem - they got fully into their characters and the whole witch hunt. enjoy!

This game gives students the chance to be a boy in the Hitler youth following the Nazi policies. Board spaces are either events such as reading aloud from Mein Kampf, or questions from the sheet provided to test students knowledge, allowing them either to move forwards or remain. Great consolidation game for KS3 and KS4, especially when revision pressure starts! Thanks to Paul Durnall who gave me this.

This lesson follows from my 'xfactor contenders' lesson, but so long as students have been introduced already to William, Harold and Harald, they will have easy access to this lesson. Target Skill - Cause and Continuity Learning Objectives: ALL: will be able to describe who the armies fought for at Stamford Bridge and begin to say who should win MOST: Will be able to make predictions based on evidence SOME: Will be able to use connectives to explain how one advantage or disadvantage would lead to the victor winning. This lesson features a brief teacher talk (with numeracy element), then a sorting task and a writing task with self-assessment.

This resource provides a one lesson overview of the slave revolt on St Dominique (later Haiti) and asks students to make a judgement as to how far it was the actions of Toussaint L'Ouverture that gave Haiti its independence, and how far it was events in and ideas coming from France. Tasks include: source based starter living graph identifying information to make an argument with speaking to persuade in pairs writing a structured paragraph that has been differentiated for learners between L3-L6 and may easily be adapted for SEN, or be part of an extended essay for the most able to achieve L7. If you download this, please review! I'd love so WWW/EBI so I know what works well.

ALL Will be able to describe why Hoover didn’t win MOST Will be able to identify detailed and relevant material to support their points SOME Will be able to analyse the factors to show how they are connected This lesson includes differentiated questions on the values and promises of Franklin D Roosevelt compared with the disaster Presidency of Hoover. Students will either need the textbook for this, or another resource on the Bonus Army.

This is a great game for introducing numeracy into a history topic. Students work their way around a Roman Empire trading map and at each port they are offered opportunities to trade goods that the Romans would have traded, for denarii. Once they get to the next port, they flip a coin or roll a dice to find out what price they receive for their goods, then they have options to buy more goods of a different time and move on to the next port to find out what their luck brings. The accountancy sheet helps them to keep track of their money, they will need counters to indicate their position on the map and coins and a dice to help them work out what happens with their products. As mentioned, this game is great for numeracy, but also in giving students an idea of the scope of the Roman Empire and how trade opportunities were increased by the stability offered by the Empire. Perfect for KS3, but not too tough for the top end of KS2. Many thanks to Paul Durnall who gave me this.

Designed to follow on from a study of crime and punishment in the Saxon period, students will also need prior knowledge of the basics of the Norman conquest (they need to know it was a violent and foreign occupation). This lesson is designed primarily for the GCSE Edexcel depth study 'Crime and Punishment' and is updated for the brand new 2018 GCSE. This PowerPoint includes information and tasks with ideas for group work and differentiation included. It also includes a sample exam question on this topic with a suggestion for a writing frame. Although the textbook is not explicitly referred it, it may help students to have one to hand. The Edexcel textbook is ideal, but the OCR or SHP will work just as well. Lesson Objectives: ALL Will be able to describe new crimes MOST Will be able to explain how these new crimes were connected to the Norman Conquest SOME Will be able to identify change and continuity in crime from Saxon times

This lesson relies on you having resources to support this question. I use the Access to History: Civil Rights 1945-1968, but any decent KS5 textbook on Civil Rights will have a section on Truman. This PP is a straightforward set of instructions for a student led class debate, it asks students to read up and prepare arguments for an against the statement: 'President Harry S. Truman was significant in bringing about change for African Americans by 1948’ Please note, this lesson ONLY covers Truman in isolation and is designed for a KS5 class who have the basic skills of reading and forming an argument. Your role as teacher is to play devils advocate in the preparation stages to help with their analysis, then sit back and chair the debate, encouraging your reluctant speakers. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Access-History-Civil-Rights-1945-68/dp/0340965835/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472420981&sr=1-4&keywords=access+to+history+civil+rights

You need a specific textbook to use this resource - if you download this without it, you will have to spend time pulling alternative resources together. Lesson Outcomes: ALL Will be able to describe at least two reasons why confidence in the President declined MOST Will be able to assess which factor was most damaging SOME will be able to link the factors Lesson includes source analysis, independent research and structured explanations.

Designed to be used for GCSE Crime and Punishment either Edexcel or OCR, you will need a textbook to support learning from this lesson as students will be prompted to find out information for themselves. This PowerPoint is essentially a focal point for the lesson, it covers Thomas Beckett and Benefit of the Clergy, Church Courts and moral crimes. It covers the following Learning Objectives: ALL will be able to describe how the Church affected law and order in Medieval England MOST will be able to used precise historical detail to describe the role of the church SOME will be able to evaluate who had more power over law and order; the church or the King.

Learning Objectives: * To know the pivotal events in 1968 * To have an overview of the background to these events * To be able to make links between these crises to explore the tensions in US society. I created this lesson for my year 12, but it can be differentiated down for younger age groups so long as you have an appropriate textbook or a class that are able to listen effectively to teacher talk. This lesson was designed to work with 'Access to History: Politics, Presidency and Society in the USA, 1968-2001' by Vivienne Sanders, but can easily paired with another textbook from this year, or if you as the teacher have a good knowledge of some of the following events you can fill in the background information. Another option is to provide access to the internet so students can research the background themselves. Events covered are: The death of Martin Luther King The Tet Offensive The assassination of Bobby Kennedy Feminist protests at the Miss America Pageant Protests at the Democratic Convention in Chicago The election of President Nixon. Students will be using information on these events to say what tensions existed in US society, for example the death of MLK shows that there was huge political tension. This lesson works really well as an introduction to the time period and includes a music based homework so students can immerse themselves in the popular culture of the time. It includes a matching task, a researching task and either pair or class discussion of significance. All feedback welcome, Ruth appropriate search terms for this resource: America, USA, 1960's, 1968, Martin Luther King, Kennedy, Nixon, popular culture, music, Tet Offensive, Vietnam War, feminism

UK Teachers: This resource is intended to support the learning of AS and A Level students, but can be adapted to support learners in KS4. It is designed to cover 2 lessons and lead towards students writing an essay on the topic for homework, alternatively the essay could be completed in class and form a third lesson. Essay resources and structure included in the PowerPoint. US Teachers: This resource is aimed at students who would be aged 17 and 18 in the UK, although it can be adapted for younger or less able learners. It is an in depth investigation of the success of the civil rights movement using facts and statistics, leading learners to write an essay on the topic. Learning time should be 2 hours in class, plus time to write the essay. NB the term 'black Americans' is used throughout, you may want to change this to African Americans. Lesson Objectives for this resource: LO: To be able to make a judgement on how much change took place by 1968 LO: To be able to support this judgement with detailed pieces of evidence LO: To be able to organise our analysis into factors or themes that can be used in an essay LO: To show how our overall judgement has been arrived at from our analysis of these factors Activities include a starter based on school experiences, a card sort into factors, a living graph activity that can be done in pairs, or groups, and an essay based on the above question. Resources needed: scissors, glue, coloured pens, sugar paper or large piece of white paper (A3 should do) Please let me know what you think of this resource in the reviews - particularly if you have any suggestions on how to improve it.

Fairly straightforward game for consolidating knowledge at the end of a unit, or for revising for a test. Board game is already assembled, students need a dice and a counter to represent them. Depending on what they land on, the game either gives a fact about factory conditions and instructs them to move further or back, or it prompts them to ask a question in order to advance one space. I have provided a question sheet, but you may want to supplement it with your own specific revision/ consolidation questions or get students to make up their own. A huge thanks to Paul Durnall who gave this to me :-)