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This lesson contains: A starter to recall the Black Plague of the previous era. An overview of the Great Plague from looking at a source image, then statistics about the plague. An activity to study the information provided and complete an organiser about the plague, including the causes, treatments and prevention. There is an extension comparison exercise. A discussion of the increased government intervention. An opportunity to do an exam question to consolidate the knowledge. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 3 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to get students’ ideas about what Cowboys looked like and acted like from their knowledge of Westerns and popular culture. An activity to label the cowboy on their worksheets with the correct equipment listed on the board. An annotating activity where information I gone through on-board (or can be printed if you prefer group work) and students annotate the different roles on the cattle drive, from point riders and flank riders through to the drag rider. An introduction to life on the trail and what it must have been like. Students then complete a highlighting task on a piece of guided reading to note the difficulties faced on the trail. Students then compare this with life on the range and whether the roles differed much. A choice of two plenaries: the first to determine whether cowboys were the heroes they are portrayed as in popular culture, and a second with sentence gap fills as a recap summary. Attachments 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: An overview of how the Civil War affected homesteaders with details about the role and purpose of the Homestead Act 1862. Students take not eon the function of the Act and can watch a YouTube video on it. An activity to note down the successes of the Act as well as the limitations from the on-board information. A task to use the information provided to complete the worksheet on other Acts that followed the Homestead Act and what they did. Students can weigh up the successes of these Acts. An activity to study the information on the changes to farming practices. Students complete a table to show what was done about each problem farmers faced and judge how successful each measure would likely have been. A plenary to consider how much life improved for the Homesteaders. Attachments 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 3 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: An introduction to the ‘open range’ and why the cowboys moved from working on the range rather than performing cattle drives. A task to study the reasons why the cattle drives ended and the role of cowboys declined. Students read the information provided and put the reasons into order of importance. A discussion of the winter of 1886-87 and the consequences of the great ‘die-up’. An opportunity to study the role barbed wire played in the decline of cowboys by studying an exam exemplar and picking out facts and importance words in the answer, then having a go at their own exam question using similar criteria. A plenary crossword with the keys words from the cattle ranging and cowboys lessons. Attachments 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Publisher Files 2 x Word Files

This lesson contains: A starter gap fill which recaps prior knowledge from the course. An introduction to the arms race using a source image to elicit responses. An embedded video of my own making which summarises the arms race and the creation of different weapons from the A bombs, H bombs and ICBMs. A consolidation activity using the information provided to complete extension questions and a timeline activity for the arms race. A discussion of MAD and what it means using a source to elicit the information then go over it using the on-board info. A task to read the guided reading on the new leaders in 1953 (Eisenhower and Khrushchev) and what impact they had on relations at the time. A plenary set of questions in a fun ‘tell your advisors’ format, and a plenary to watch a bit of ‘Duck and Cover’ and discuss it. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 3 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to put events in the correct order to practice knowledge recall and narrative skills. An overview of the satellite states and where they were, as well as the intention of Stalin to create a buffer zone. This is added to by a short YouTube video and consolidation questions on the worksheet and a map colouring exercise. An activity to use the information provided about the spread of communism throughout Europe to complete a table to show the trends of the Soviet strategy of take over. Information and a YouTube video on the Iron Curtain. Students complete questions on this. A plenary to either complete a source analysis on the worksheet provided or attempt an exam question. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 3 x Publisher Files 1 x Word File

This is an editable and printable knowledge organiser for the Treaty of Versailles. It is excellent when printed in A3 (and laminated if you can!) or even as A4 and can be used at KS3 level or KS4 GCSE!

This lesson contains: A starter ‘do it now’ task to recap previous learning. An introduction to what a ‘stigma’ is. This leads to a discussion about social stigmas. Then you can introduce the three Elizabeth had against her: legitimacy, gender and marriage. A task to use the information sheet provided to create a mind map with the key information about each of the three problems, emphasising why each was an issue for her. An activity to study a series of sources to discover whether Elizabeth has the force of character to overcome these social stigmas or not. A final task to create a diamond 9 from a set of small info cards, each with a different problem Elizabeth had, which students cut out and stick down, with an extension to explain why they chose the top one she had to try and deal with first. A plenary activity to summarise a point of learning. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Word File 1 x Publisher File 1 x PDF Scan of the Answer Key

This lesson contains: A starter that looks at the family tree and as you click, it confirms why Mary has a claim. You may with to supplement this with your own activity, but I find this is really good at showing how closely Mary and Elizabeth are linked, but need to emphasise using your own dialogue that Mary is Catholic and what impact her taking the throne might have for England. A few slides dealing with the changes taking place in Scotland and the Treaty of Edinburgh. Before looking at Mary, the lesson introduces that Mary is sent to France to live and meanwhile, Scotland undergoes the change of religion and leadership. There is a video and students answer some questions on the Treaty. This sets the scene because Elizabeth is in a good position in Scotland and doesn’t want that to change. An activity to watch a short video and answer questions on Mary’s life’s ups and downs, including her various marriages. This ends with Mary coming to England. A multiple choice sheet is provided or you can set your own questions. As an alternative, you could ask them to do a timeline as the video plays. A discussion about which marriage provided different benefits or detrements to Mary. A main activity to read statements about why Mary posed a threat coming to England. Students colour-code the severity of each statement and make a judgement about the religious risk posed. A final task to study Elizabeth’s choices and the fit the ‘for and against’ statements to the different choices. Students then make their own judgement about what Elizabeth should do based on historian’s ideas that she needed to make the ‘least worst choice’. A plenary exam question if there is time. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A comprehensive background into the war in the Spanish Netherlands for context. A discussion task about what Elizabeth should do about the Netherlands. An activity on the worksheet to study the chronology of events leading to declining relations with Spain, categorising them as financial, political and religious. A graphing activity to show the rising and falling of relations as time passed. A consolidation activity to consider which events leading to war were Elizabeth’s fault, and which were Phillip’s. A final activity to read the provided information sheet and complete questions on the fighting which took place with English troops. A plenary to plan (or write) an exam question. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A T/F starter activity that can be swapped out for whatever you studied in the previous lesson. A video that gives an opportunity to study the background of Martin Luther’s life and his actions, which is reinforecd by some slides that give an overview. Slides which then go over the background of the Protestant nd Catholics differences and an activity to study the viewpoints of a Catholic and a Protestant on the information sheets provided and create a table to note these differences. A plenary discussion to consider the positives and negatives about a new religion in Europe. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files 1 x Word File

This lesson contains: A starter to see how much students already know about Mary Queen of Scots. An overview of Mary and her life using some slides and a YouTube video which summarises her marriages etc. Students complete a multiple choice questionnaire as they go. A discussion of what Elizabeth should do with her cousin when Mary arrived in England in 1568. An information gathering exercise, using info sheets which can be used in groups or as a carousal, so that students can complete info about the 4 major plots/threats and judge each one for how much Mary was to blame. A plenary to judge whether Mary should have been executed. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 3 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: An introduction to the problems of the League of Nations and some of the reasons it was quite powerless to stop major issues. A video that has a question sheet to go with it. Students watch this and learn about the Manchuria and Abyssinia Crisis’ and their impact on the League. An activity to study the information sheet and why the League failed. Students catagorise the information and the reasons for failure. Then, they do a diamond 9 to rank the 9 different categories. There is also an opportunity to do a write up of their judgement as the main reasons the League failed. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 3 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter that can be edited based on what you taught previously. An introduction to the post war world. The students will need some background on WW1 ending and how th epowers have tried to sort out Europe. if you have taught WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles, this puts you at an advantage as the students have far more context from that previous learning. An introdcution to Woodrow Wilson’s idea of a League of Nations and why it might have been introduced. An activity to study the information and then complete questions on why the League was founded and what it aimed to do. There is also a discussion of the problems that might arise because of America’s refusal to join. A task to learn about some events of the 1920’s that the League helped with. For each, students summarise what happened and how the league dealt with it, then rate each event for the success in which it was handled. A plenary to bring this all together and argue for or against a historian’s quote about the League being a good idea to solve world problems. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files