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Key Stage: KS3 History
Overview:
This lesson explores the significance of Barack Obama’s 2008 election through the lens of African-American history. Students begin with a chronology task to build context, before learning about Obama’s background and the meaning of his campaign message, “Yes We Can.”

Using video sources and evidence-based tasks, students evaluate whether true equality had been achieved by the time of Obama’s election. The lesson develops historical thinking through second-order concepts like cause, consequence, and significance. Differentiated Bronze/Silver/Gold activities and a structured extended writing task help students form a balanced judgement.

Includes:

Chronology warm-up
Source analysis and videos
Differentiated activities
Extended writing with scaffolding
Focus on AO1, AO2, AO3