Students examine significance of the murder of Kelso Cochrane in Notting Hill in May 1959 including the reaction of the black community, press, police investigation and government response.
UPDATED CONTENT & EXAM QUESTIONS FOR 2025/6 ONWARDS
The 23 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2: Lesson outcomes and key questions
- Slide 3-4: Unit Recap - Students attempt to identify 8 key individuals from the Notting Hill unit from a brief description. Answers given.
- Slide 5: Starter - Source analysis with prompt questions
- Slide 6-8: Task 1 - Students place the events of the murder into the correct chronological order. Printable resources and answers provided.
- Slide 9-11: Tasks 2&3 - A choice of two worksheets (source analysis & knowledge and understanding).
- Slide 12: Challenge questions
- Slide 13: Bonus challenge source (suited to higher ability students)
- Slide 14-15: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the ‘One feature’ question with printable answer sheet
- Slide 16-17: EXAM FOCUS - Examples and printable resources for the ‘Follow up’ question including a useful help sheet which outlines the type of sources students could use in their follow up.
- Slide 18-20: EXAM FOCUS - Example of the ‘How useful’ question with printable resources, structure suggestions and help sheets.
- Slide 21: Learning Review activity
- Slide 22: Lesson fact sheet
- Slide 23: More from RA Resources
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
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