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Take your students on a thrilling journey through 800 years of protest, reform and power struggles with this comprehensive Key Stage 3 ‘Power and the People’ bundle!

Perfectly designed to meet curriculum demands while developing key historical skills, this pack covers pivotal moments, all the way through from Simon de Montfort to the General Strike of 1926.

Key historical skills embedded:

Causation & Consequence: Why did people protest and what were the effects?
Change & Continuity: Track how power shifted from monarchs to the masses.
Significance: Evaluate which events truly changed Britain.
Source Analysis: Develop confidence interpreting real historical sources.
Chronology: Build a secure understanding of the timeline of protest.
Interpretation: Explore how ordinary people challenged the Government and injustice.

What is included?

Students explore how Simon de Montfort challenged royal authority and called the first parliament with commoners.
A dive into religious rebellion against Henry VIII will allow students to assess why ordinary people risked everything to protest.
Students evaluate Cromwell’s rule and legacy through different perspectives.
The American Revolution explores how British colonists challenged monarchy and inspired global revolutions.
Elizabeth Fry and Prison Reform looks at Fry’s campaign to improve prison conditions, especially for women and children.
The Anti-Slavery Society & Early Trade Unions focus on organised resistance to slavery and poor working conditions.
The Great Reform Act of 1832 unpacks how political reform changed who had the right to vote and why it mattered.
The Anti-Corn Law League studies middle-class protest against unfair food prices and tariffs.
The Chartists highlight working-class demands for political rights and fair representation.
The Matchgirls Strike examines how young women protested poor conditions and won.
The General Strike of 1926 allows pupils to weigh up causes, events and outcomes of a modern mass protest involving multiple industries

The lessons are broken down into the following:

L1 Simon de Montfort and Parliament
L2 Pilgrimage of Grace
L3 Oliver Cromwell’s Legacy
L4 American Revolution
L5 Elizabeth Fry and Prison Reform
L6 Anti-Slavery Society
L7 Early Trade Unions (Free Resource)
L8 Great Reform Act
L9 Anti-Corn Law League
L10 The Chartists
L11 Matchgirls’ Strike
L12 General Strike of 1926

Each lesson is fully resourced and chronologically sequenced to help students build a clear sense of historical progression and the ongoing struggle for power and rights in Britain. The unit builds towards meaningful discussions and analytical writing, laying foundations for GCSE success.

The lessons are used in my department and are tried and tested. Download now and bring the fight for rights and reform alive in your classroom!