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This lesson investigates why the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic sank in April 1912. It looks at a number of mistakes that were made and asks students to discuss and evaluate which was the most important cause of the sinking. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, reading comprehension task, , a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Disasters’, which includes the Aberfan Disaster, Chernobyl and Medieval Disasters, available here: /teaching-resource/historical-disasters-12911227 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Tudor lesson investigates the short life and 9 day rule of Lady Jane Grey. Students will look at her upbringing as well as her rule in order to evaluate whether she was a willing Protestant participant or an innocent victim of ambitious Tudor men. Parallels are drawn between Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey at the plenary at the end of the lesson. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip link with questions, information sheets with activities to complete, mini plenary think pair share activity, a consolidation evaluative written question and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We also have lots of amazing Tudor lessons available in a variety of bundles, please look at the bottom of this page for great value deals! For example, this lesson can be used as a part of our growing mega-bundle on ‘The Tudors’ which includes lessons on the Reformation, Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I, Bloody Mary and Tudor Women and Tudor Royal Palaces, which you can find here: /teaching-resource/the-tudors-12921738 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource,** PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW**! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates the Blitzkrieg tactic used by the Nazis in WWII in Poland, France and the USSR. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, a guided roleplay, groupwork information finding task, consolidation question with source and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have other WWII lessons available in our TES shop including Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Norman Conquest lesson investigates why William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings. It includes a role play that can be acted out using the script (I borrow bibs from PE to show who is on which side and act out in the playground!), or it could just be used as a worksheet in class. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, worksheet with optional roleplay, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates the history of Christmas and Christmas traditions from medieval times to today. Students will learn about where our modern traditions of pulling crackers and sending Christmas cards originated as well as the creation of Santa Claus! This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, timeline activity, card sort, consolidation explanation question and challenge plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This History of Medicine & Public Health lesson investigates the significance of the Great Stink in London in 1858. Students will look at the contribution of Bazalgette and the creation of the sewers. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet with differentiated questions, mini-plenary, a consolidation explain written question and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING MEDICINE, SURGERY & PUBLIC HEALTH BUNDLE, which includes lessons on Renaissance Medicine, John Snow, Great Stink & Pencillin PLUS MANY MORE. Find it here: /teaching-resource/medicine-surgery-and-public-health-12921774 We also have a smaller Medicine & Surgery bundle: /teaching-resource/medicine-and-surgery-12921765 AND a Medicine & Public Health bundle: /teaching-resource/medicine-and-public-health-12921764 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Weimar Germany lesson on the Reichstag Fire & Enabling Act investigates who may have set fire to the Reichstag in January 1933 and why. It looks at theories, decisions, actions of the time as well as the consequences. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet with table, explain written exam style questions and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundles: Weimar Germany: /teaching-resource/weimar-germany-12921811 Nazi Germany: /teaching-resource/nazi-germany-12928843 Weimar & Nazi Germany: /teaching-resource/weimar-and-nazi-germany-12921810 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Cold War lesson investigates the main tactics of the Vietnam War including US bombardment and Vietcong booby traps to answer the question - ‘why were the US unable to defeat the Vietcong?’ This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete, including a starter, all clips and related tasks, activity table, example exam questions and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. We have other lessons focusing on 20th century events, free or inexpensive in our TES shop: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us! We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts!

This History of Medicine lesson investigates the story of John Snow and the linking of water to the spreading of cholera in London in the 19th century. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a source starter, think pair share source activity, all clips and related tasks, information with tasks, a consolidation explain written question, two plenaries and extended learning/homework task. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Medicine, Public Health & Surgery’ and includes lessons on the Renaissance, Pare, Harvey, anaesthetics, antiseptics, smallpox and penicillin. THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING MEDICINE, SURGERY & PUBLIC HEALTH BUNDLE, which includes lessons on Renaissance Medicine, John Snow, Great Stink & Pencillin PLUS MANY MORE. Find it here: /teaching-resource/medicine-surgery-and-public-health-12921774 We also have a smaller Medicine & Surgery bundle: /teaching-resource/medicine-and-surgery-12921765 AND a Medicine & Public Health bundle: /teaching-resource/medicine-and-public-health-12921764 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Terrorist or Freedom Fighter lesson investigates the actions of the IRA and how they can be seen as freedom fighters and terrorists. The causes of The Troubles are looked at and case studies of Manchester and Omagh give students a taster of the IRA’s actions. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, card sort, a consolidation source written question and a plenary. There is also an essay homework task to discuss the actions of the Suffragettes also. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING TERRORISM BUNDLE! Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Weimar Germany lesson on the Night of the Long Knives investigates why Hitler had the SA, his former friends and political opponents killed as well as how this helped consolidate his power. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information sheet with table, information sheet for highlighting, source analysis and exam style question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundles on ‘Weimar Germany’ and ‘Weimar & Nazi Germany’ which includes lessons on the Treaty of Versailles, Weimar Golden Age, Reichstag Fire & Enabling Act, Nazi Opposition and many others. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates the Battle of Britain in 1940 at the beginning of WWII. It looks at the advantages and disadvantages of both the British and the Germans. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, source breakdown tasks, information sheet with table to complete/or tickchart, consolidation source ‘useful’ question and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates the beliefs and actions of the KKK up to the civil rights movement. It also looks at who they could be and why there could have been an increase in popularity in the 20th century. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share task, mini plenary, source investigation, a consolidation source evaluation question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. More free or inexpensive lessons can be out in our TES shop: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates what happened at Dunkirk in 1940 and evaluates whether the evacuation was a miracle or a disaster. The main aim of this lesson is to look at the wording of sources to identify morale, bias, exaggeration, propaganda and distort and to assess reliability from this. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, source breakdown tasks (class, paired and individual), consolidation explanation questions and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This Historical Skills lesson investigates the importance of the discovery of King Richard III : the King in the Car Park. Students look at the evidence found (including skull, teeth, skeleton etc) during excavation to explain how important his discovery was. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks,interpretation sheets with table to complete, mini-plenary, think pair share task, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. THIS LESSON IS PART OF A GROWING HISTORICAL SKILLS BUNDLE, which includes lessons on ‘using evidence’, Pompeii and Inca Mummies (check back for Otzi and Diaries!). Find it here: /teaching-resource/history-skills-12982510 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates what happened at Chernobyl in April 1986 and challenges students to explain why it was such a terrible nuclear disaster. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, reading comprehension task, mini-plenaries, a consolidation explain written question and two plenaries. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. This lesson can be used as a part of our growing bundle on ‘Disasters’, which includes the Aberfan Disaster and Titanic, which can be found here: /teaching-resource/historical-disasters-12911227 Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

This lesson investigates the contribution of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. Students study groups such as the NAACP, Freedom Riders, student sit-ins and individuals such as Rosa Parks and Malcolm X. This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, think pair share task, mini plenary, groupwork reading/talking task, a consolidation extended writing/evaluation question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion. You can find more, free or inexpensive, lessons and resources in our TES shop: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!

Watch a great documentary showing the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots from when Mary landed in Scotland through to Mary’s death. Perfect for an introductory lesson to GCSE lesson, a cover lesson or to add depth and visual aids to your students learning. Students complete the questions in order to gain knowledge of what happened at the time. NOTE sexual assault references at 15mins Lots more FREE documentary questions are available in our TES shop: /teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory We have a wide range of KS3 & KS4 History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out. Social media pages to follow soon. If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you. Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!