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British Empire (unit of work)
This scheme of work focuses on how imperialism has developed over time with a focus on the development of India and scramble for Africa.
These lessons are easily adaptable and followed with clear instructions and a scheme of work
This unit of work includes:
10 lessons, plus assessment
A written SoW. Learning objectives are linked to suggested learning activities.
Where there is reading, there is a choice of reading ages to use.
There are 10 lessons int he unit of work, plus one assessment:
What was the British Empire?
Motives for imperialism
East India Company
Cause of EIC taking over India
Indian rebellion
Impact of empire on Britain
Berlin conference
Scramble for Africa
Contemporary interpretation of Empire
Preassessment lesson
Assessment
Where there is reading to complete there is a choice of reading age of 14 or 11. The reading age has been determined using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test* and all reading comes with five comprehension questions that can be self-assessed.
There are opportunities for pupils to peer assess and self assess using the success criteria provided.
Flesch-Kincaid readability test* has been used to determine the reading age of each piece of text
The Flesch-Kincaid reading method is a readability test designed to assess the complexity of written text. It was developed by Rudolf Flesch and J. Peter Kincaid in 1975 and has since become one of the most widely used methods to determine the readability of texts in English. The Flesch-Kincaid reading method calculates the reading ease and grade level of a piece of writing based on two primary factors: average sentence length and average number of syllables per word
Cause American Revolution (unit of work)
Causes of the American Revolution
These lessons have been designed to be plug and play. You could open the PowerPoint and begin teaching without any additional work.
#What’s Included?#
Seven lessons
Building an empire
Why go to America
American Revolution (including Boston Tea Party, Declaration of Independence, taxation without representation)
War of independence
Causes of the American Revolution
Causation lesson
Assessment
Knowledge organiser
The knowledge organiser is targeted at transferring key knowledge from short to long term memory.
Scheme of work
A written scheme of work that includes learning objectives along with suggested activities aligned to the learning objective.
A intention statement sets out the knowledge to be gained and also the importance of the second order concept of significance.
This topic is vital at KS3 for studying the American Civil War and later American units (like Civil War) at KS4.
Edexcel GCSE Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present (unit of work)
This is a series of 27 lessons that covers Edexcel’s Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present.
• AfL is included.
• All starter activities are self assessed, excluding the first lesson.
• Lessons are matched up with their relevant exam questions from the SAMs to 2022.
• Mark schemes are included where they have been used.
• The origins of the exam questions are clearly marked and mark schemes included.
• Where there is printing to do, it is in a separate document and clearly labeled.
These lessons are plug and play. They have been designed for other people to open the PowerPoint and begin teaching.
The list of lessons are below. I have included where Exam Qs have been matched with content.
Lessons:
Introduction to Crime and Punishment
Anglo-Saxon Crimes in Britain
Anglo-Saxon Law enforcement and punishment
Norman Crime
Norman law enforcement and punishment - 2019, Q5; 2022, Q5
Later Middle ages crime - SAM, Q5
Case study – Church
1500-1700 context of time period
1500-1700 Crime - 2018, Q4; 2021, Q5
1500-1700 law enforcement and punishment - 2020, Q4; SAM, Q6
1500-1700 Gunpowder Plot
1500-1700 Mathew Hopkins
1700-1900 Crime - 2022, Q3; 2019, Q6
1700-1900 Tolpuddle Martyrs.
1700-1900 Bow Street Runners 2018, Q5
1700-1900 Metropolitan Police
1700-1900 Views on punishment
1700-1900 Prison reform SAM, Q4
1700-1900 Pentonville prison - 2018, Q6
1700-1900 Robert Peel
1900-present Crime - 2021, Q4, Q6; SAM, Q3
1900-present Changing definitions of crime
1900-present Law enforcement - 2020, Q3 Q6; 2019, Q4
1900-present punishment - death penalty
1900 – present - punishment - prisons - 2022, Q4; 2021, Q3; 2018, Q3
1900- present - Conscientious objectors - 2019, Q3
1900-present Derek Bentley
You will need the Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Crime and punishment through time, c1000–present. ISBN is 978 1 292 12736 1.
This unit of work does not include the Whitechapel unit.
Structure of the League of Nations
Used for IGCSE.
Structure of the League of Nations.
Nazi-Soviet Pact
No textbook required
Nazi-Soviet Pact lesson
How did Henry VIII gain wealth and power from the Reformation?
This lesson covers three learnign objectives:
I will b able to recall key information about Henry VIII’s break with Rome.
I should be able to describe how Henry VIII received wealth and power from his break with Rome.
I might also be able to explain how far wealth and power were causes of Henry VIII’s break with Rome.
Activity includes differentiated reading (reading ages 13, 10, and 8).
Self assessment activities included.
Final activity includes answer to the PEE paragraph: how far was wealth and power to blame for the break from Rome? The next slide includes peer assessment activities.
English Civil War (unit of work)
This is a source-based SoW that focuses on the causes and course of the English Civil War. The SoW is broken into ten lessons:
Gunpowder Plot
Primary source 1
Charles I and Parliament
Primary source 2
Start of the English Civil War
Causes of the English Civil War
Events of the English Civil War
Execution of Charles I
Primary source 3
Assessment (source based assessment.
Where there is reading to complete (lessons 1, 3, 5, 7, 8) there is a choice of reading age of 12 or 10. The reading age has been determined using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test* and all reading comes with five comprehension questions that can be self-assessed.
There are opportunities for pupils to peer assess their own PEE paragraphs using the success criteria provided.
This unit of work includes:
• Ten lessons. Five of these lessons have a comprehension-based reading activity targeted at reading age 12 or ten, depending upon the ability of the group.
• All lessons have blooms related to learning objectives.
• A SoW that links learning activities to the learning objectives. There is also an intention statement.
• A knowledge organiser that is editable.
• While the assessment lesson is a source based it can easily be edited into causation.
The Flesch-Kincaid reading method is a readability test designed to assess the complexity of written text. It was developed by Rudolf Flesch and J. Peter Kincaid in 1975 and has since become one of the most widely used methods to determine the readability of texts in English.The Flesch-Kincaid reading method calculates the reading ease and grade level of a piece of writing based on two primary factors: average sentence length and average number of syllables per word
Henry VIII's Reformation (unit of work - KS3)
Six lessons, plus assessment.
- Lesson 1: What was the Reformation?
- Lesson 2: Henry VIII’s Great Matter
- Lesson 3: Break with Rome
- Lesson 4: Religious transformation of England.
- Lesson 5: Wealth and power
- Lesson 6: Why did Henry VIII divorce Rome (assessment planning lesson)
- Lesson 7: Assessment
Most lessons include reading and links to engaging videos on YouTube.
Reading Packs
Three different reading packs (reading ages of 13, 10, and 8).
Answers are included for each reading pack to allow quick self-assessment.
SoW
A written SoW is included. The SoW breaks down each lesson into three learning objectives with activities connected to each objective. All activities are included on each PowerPoint. This unit includes self assessment, peer-assessment and teacher assessment at the final lesson.
This is a plug-and-play lesson. No additional planning is needed. Just print the reading packs. Where there is reading in a lesson the 13-year reading age has been included in the PowerPoint. It is easy to swap this out for the self assessment part of the lesson
Edexcel Cold War Key topic 2
This is a series of lessons that follows the Edexcel P4 Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91.
You don’t need the text book with this series of lessons but it can easily be substituted in.
7 lessons included with printable resources.
The Rufugee problem in Berlin
The Berlin Wall
Cuba (Bay of Pigs)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Prague Spring ( 2 lessons)
Key Topic 2 overview lesson with worksheet
All exam questions and mark schemes relevant for Key topic 2 in one ppt.
All exam questions for this Key Topic are included (SAMs to 2022). Mark schemes included.
AfL activities included with answers after.
Each lessons starts off with recall activity (answers on the next slide).
Self assessment is included in the lesson.
Very Little editing required.
Edexcel Cold War Key Topic 1
This is a series of 10 lessons (with a ppt with all the exam Qs for this section) that follows Edexcel History Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91. Exam questions are included within the lessons and in a separate ppt for revision.
You don’t need to published textbook with this series of lessons, but it can easily be substituted in.
Lessons in total with resources to print:
introduction to Cold War
Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam
Impact of the atomic bomb, telegrams, and Soviet satellite stats
Truman Doctrine
Cominform, Comecon, and NATO
Berlin Crisis
Significance of arms race and Warsaw Pact
Hungarian uprising (causes and Khrushchev’s response)
International reaction to invasion
A ppt with all the exam Qs (up to 2022) with mark schemes for key topic one.
An overview lesson with worksheet to accompany
Every lesson starts of with 5 recall questions with the answers
Past exam questions and mark schemes are included in the lessons
Exam questions with the mark scheme are included
Each activity had an AfL activity, often with answers
Possible to use the published textbook or to use the resources provided.
Edexcel Cold War Key Topic 3
This series of lessons follows Edexcel’s Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91. There are printable information sheets, but this can be esily substituted with the textbook.
Seven lessons in total with resources to print.
Invasion of Afghanistan and Carter
Detente (2 lessons)
Second Cold War
Gorbachev’s new thinking (2 lessons)
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Collapse of the SU and end of Warsaw
KT3 over view lessons with worksheet
KT3 exam questions with mark schemes
Every lesson starts of with 5 recall questions with the answers
Exam questions with the mark scheme are included
Self assessment is included.
Mark schemes are included on the ppts to make peer assessment easy.
Each each question relevant to KT3 is included in the exam question ppt. It is clear what part of th spec each exam question is referring to.
Henry VIII's Great Matter
This lesson includes three learning objectives:
I will be able to recall key details about the Reformation
I should be able to describe what Henry VIII’s Great Matter was.
I might also be able to explain why Henry VIII divorced Rome.
This lesson includes links to engaging YouTube videos and reading. The reading is differentiated into three different packs that you can select (reading ages of 13, 10, and 8).
The final activity concludes with a PEE paragraph answering the question: why did Henry VIII divorce Rome? This is a peer assessment activity with examples of WWW and EBIs.
Bundle
Edexcel Cold War Lessons and resources
Bundle covers the entire Period Study.
Includes exam questions and mark schemes
Printable resources included
AfL includes answers on the next slide.
What was the Reformation?
This lesson covers three learning objectives:
I will be able to identify the values of a religious institution.
I should be able to describe what the Reformation was.
I might also be able to explain why the Reformation happened.
This lesson comes with three reading packs that are differentiated by reading age (reading ages of 13, 10, and 8). The self assessment in the lesson is connected to the reading age of 13, but this can easily be adjusted.
There are links to engaging YouTube videos.
Final activity is a PEE paragraph that includes peer-assessment examples on the next slide.
Reformation and religious transformation of England
This lesson covers three learning objectives
I will be able to recall key knowledge about Henry VIII.
I should be able to describe the transformation of England.
I might also be able to explain how far Henry VIII had changed England.
Lesson includes reading comprehension and self assessment.
There are three reading packs to choose from (reading ages of 13, 10, and 8). The self assessment is targeted at reading age 13, but this is easily swapped.
Final activity is a PEE paragraph to answer the question: how far was the Reformation a transformation?
Henry VIII's break with Rome
This lesson covers three learning objectives:
I will be able to recall key information about Henry’s Great Matter
I should be able to describe how Henry VIII’s break from Rome was caused by his desire to marry Anne Boleyn.
I might also be able to explain how far Henry VIII’s break from Rome was caused by his desire to marry Anne Bolyn.
This lesson includes a reading comprehension activity that is self assessed. There are three packs to choose from (reading ages 13, 10, and 8). The self assessment is targeted at reading age 13. There is a worksheet that targets responsibility for the break from Rome.
The final activity is answering the PEE paragraph: who was to blame for the English Reformation?
US involvement in the Vietnam War, 1954-75
Edexcel Key topic 3, option 33.
9 lessons, including an introduction lesson. The lessons include all the relevant past exam questions. These include 2018, Q3a; 2019, Q2; 2020, Q2&3.
I have also included an exam map.
There is printing for lesson 2. The rest of the printing is in a booklet.
To complete these lessons you will need the *Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History (The USA, 1954-1975: conflict at home and abroad) textbook. ISBN 978-1292127323
AQA: First World War 1894-1918 entire unit
These lessons have been designed to be easy to follow.
Lessons follow the AQA (BA) Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894–1918 , and include the following 26 lessons
Part one: The causes of the First World War
1.01 The alliance system (2022, Q3)
1.02 Moroccan Crises (S1, Q3)
1.03 Crisis in the Balkans (2018, Q3)
1.04 Splendid isolation
1.05 Wilhelm foriegn policy (2022, Q1)
1.06 European rearmament
1.07 Slav nationalism and Austro-Serbian rivalry
1.08 Assassination
1.09 July Crisis
1.10 cause of WW1
Part two: The First World War: stalemate
2.01 Schlieffen Plan & Belgium
2.02 Trenches and Marne (2020, Q3)
2.03 military tactics and technology
2.04 Verdun
2.5 Somme (S2, Q2)
2.06 Passchendaele
2.07 Haig
2.8 Gallipoli (2018, Q1)
2.09 War at sea
Part three: Ending the war
3.01 Russia leaves (2019, Q1)
3.02 USA enters WW1 (S2, Q1)
3.03 tactics and technology (2019, Q2)
3.04 Ludendorff Offensive (2021, Q4; S2, Q3)
3.05 Hundred Days
3.06 end of WW1 (2022, Q2)
3.07 Cause of Germany’s defeat (2018, Q2; 2020, Q4)
The lessons use the Oxford Conflict and Tension: First World War 1894-1918 book (9780198429005); HOWEVER, there is an alternative for every time the textbook has been included. You will just need to print the reading sheets.
The lesson clearly displays where an exam question has been used and includes the mark scheme.
All comprehension activities have the answers included on the next slide.
Lessons include links to YouTube for engagement.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
This is a stand alone lesson that explores the key themes of the Industrial Revolution.
Link to FULLY RESOURCED SoW here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12888896
Learning objectives:
identify changes from 1750 to 1900.
describe the changes that took place from 1750 to 1900.
Explain the impact of change over 150 years.
There is printing for this lesson. AfL is included. This includes the answers to the activities.
iGCSE Edexcel China: conflict, crisis and change, 1900–89
This is a series of lessons that covers Edexcel’s iGCSE history B4 China: conflict, crisis and change, 1900-89.
Where printing is needed, this has been included as a separate document.
The lessons are squeezed into 25 lessons:
1.0 China in the 20th century
1.1 Boxer Uprising & late Qing Reforms
1.2 the causes, events, results of 1911 revolution (2.2020 Nov, a)
1.3 China under the Warlords
1.4 CCP, United Front, Soviet Union
1.5 Emergence of Chinese Communist Party
1.6 Northern Expedition, Shanghai mass (2b, June 2021, b)
2.1 The Long March (2r. June 2019 a)
2.2 War with Japan 1937-1945
2.3 Key features of the Civil War 1946-49 (2br. June 2022, b)
2.4 Cause of success (2b June 2021, Ci; 2br. June 2022, B)
3.1 Changes in agriculture (2r. June 2019; 2. 2020 Nov, b)
3.2 & 3.6 Changes in industry (2b June 2022, Cii)
3.3 Changes in the role of women (2b June 2022,a)
3.4 Political Changes
3.5 The Hundred Flowers Campaign
3.7 USSR influence (2b June 2022 Ci)
4.1 Causes of Cultural Revolution
4.2 Key features of the Cultural Revolution.
4.3 Impact of cultural revolution (2. 2020 Nov, Cii; 2br. June 2022, Cii)
4.4 Sino-Soviet split (2. 2020 Nov, Ci)
5.1 The rise and fall of ‘Gang of Four’ (2b. Nov 2021, b)
5.2 Changes under Deng (2b June 2021, Cii; 2r Nov 2020 Cii; 2br June 2022)
5.3 Deng’s opposition (2b Nov 2021; 2. Nov 2020; 2r Nov 2020)
5.4 Student opposition and Tiananmen Sq 1986-89 (2b June 2021, a; 2b June 2022, b)
• You/ your students will need Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History: Conflict, Crisis and Change: China, 1900–1989 Student Book (ISBN 978-0435185374) as many of the lessons use this textbook.
• Each lesson begins with knowledge recall that is self-assessed.
• Relevant past exam questions are included, with mark schemes, for each lesson. So, you will teach the lesson and, at the end of the lesson are past exam questions (where applicable).
• There is also a Personalised Learning Checklist (PLC) that breaks the specification down into its constituent parts and tracks what exam questions have been asked for each topic. This reveals what topics seem to be asked multiple times and allows students to practice those questions.