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AQA: First World War 1894-1918 entire unit
These lessons have been designed to be easy to follow.
Lessons follow the AQA (BA) Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894–1918 , and include the following 26 lessons
Part one: The causes of the First World War
1.01 The alliance system (2022, Q3)
1.02 Moroccan Crises (S1, Q3)
1.03 Crisis in the Balkans (2018, Q3)
1.04 Splendid isolation
1.05 Wilhelm foriegn policy (2022, Q1)
1.06 European rearmament
1.07 Slav nationalism and Austro-Serbian rivalry
1.08 Assassination
1.09 July Crisis
1.10 cause of WW1
Part two: The First World War: stalemate
2.01 Schlieffen Plan & Belgium
2.02 Trenches and Marne (2020, Q3)
2.03 military tactics and technology
2.04 Verdun
2.5 Somme (S2, Q2)
2.06 Passchendaele
2.07 Haig
2.8 Gallipoli (2018, Q1)
2.09 War at sea
Part three: Ending the war
3.01 Russia leaves (2019, Q1)
3.02 USA enters WW1 (S2, Q1)
3.03 tactics and technology (2019, Q2)
3.04 Ludendorff Offensive (2021, Q4; S2, Q3)
3.05 Hundred Days
3.06 end of WW1 (2022, Q2)
3.07 Cause of Germany’s defeat (2018, Q2; 2020, Q4)
The lessons use the Oxford Conflict and Tension: First World War 1894-1918 book (9780198429005); HOWEVER, there is an alternative for every time the textbook has been included. You will just need to print the reading sheets.
The lesson clearly displays where an exam question has been used and includes the mark scheme.
All comprehension activities have the answers included on the next slide.
Lessons include links to YouTube for engagement.

Cause American Revolution (unit of work)
Causes of the American Revolution
These lessons have been designed to be plug and play. You could open the PowerPoint and begin teaching without any additional work.
#What’s Included?#
Seven lessons
Building an empire
Why go to America
American Revolution (including Boston Tea Party, Declaration of Independence, taxation without representation)
War of independence
Causes of the American Revolution
Causation lesson
Assessment
Knowledge organiser
The knowledge organiser is targeted at transferring key knowledge from short to long term memory.
Scheme of work
A written scheme of work that includes learning objectives along with suggested activities aligned to the learning objective.
A intention statement sets out the knowledge to be gained and also the importance of the second order concept of significance.
This topic is vital at KS3 for studying the American Civil War and later American units (like Civil War) at KS4.

Cause and course of WW1 Edexcel iGCSE revision lesson
This will take more than one lesson and could be used as a home work activity for content revision.
There are answer sheets in the same format as the worksheets. As this is a revision activity, the answers do not go into all of the details of the textbook.
This should be an easy plug and play lesson.

Cause of WW1 (unit of work) KS3
This is a Key Stage 3 scheme of work that aims to develop knowledge and a casual understanding of the Frist World War. There are seven lessons included, plus an assessment:
What was WW1?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Assassination and July Crisis
What caused WWI?
Assessment
Also, included is a knowledge organiser. There are 30 questions designed for pupils to use to self-study at home. These are then tested in every lesson until lesson 7. Included on the knowledge organiser is also a timeline of events and a list of keywords sorted into alphabetical order.
Starter activities are knowledge recall with elf assessment.
There are clear opportunities for peer assessment with examples of WWW and EBI that pupils are able to use.
Group work, individual work, and teacher-led learning are included as a part of the scheme of work.
Reading materials are included in the lesson. Militarism and alliances include a choice of reading that is at reading age 10 or 12. Both include self assessment.

iGCSE Edexcel The USA, 1918-41 History, (paper 2 - A3)
This is a series of lessons that cover the iGCSE Edexcel History paper 2 (A3) The USA, 1918-41.
The Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History The USA, 1918-41 Student Book (ISBN 978-0435185459) has been used throughout the ppts. You, or your students, will need access to this book.
Previous exams from 2019 to 2023 have been used throughout the lessons. I have matched them up by topic and included the mark scheme after. The exclusion of 2024 exams means you will be able to use this for any mock exams.
A learning checklist is included. This gives you an overview of the content and when it has been examined.
22 Lessons include:
1.0 America in the early 20th century
1.1 The economic benefits of the First World War
1.2 Causes of Boom
1.3 Old industries
1.4 Leisure industry
1.5 Women and flappers
2.1 attitudes and policies towards immigration
2.2 The Palmer raids and Red Scare
2.3 Sacco and Vanzetti
2.4 African Americans and KKK
2.5 Morals & values and Monkey Trial
2.6 Prohibition and organised crime
3.1a Wall St. Crash
3.1b Great Depression and causes
3.2 Hoover’s reaction to GD
3.3 Impact of the Great Depression - 2 lessons worth of work
4.1 Roosevelt
4.2 Second New Deal
4.3 Impact of Second New Deal
4.4 Rural electrification and Pros & cons of New Deal
5.1 Opposition to the New Deal
5.2 Radical criticism

America: from new nation to divided union, 1783–1877 (iGCSE history, Edexcel, paper 2, B1)
This is a series of lessons that cover Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (iGCSE) in History, paper 2, B1 America: from new nation to divided union, 1783–1877.
• Each lesson begins with knowledge recall that is self-assessed.
• Relevant past exam questions are included, with mark schemes, for each lesson (where applicable).
• There is a Personalised Learning Checklist (PLC) that breaks the specification down into its constituent parts and tracks what exam questions have been asked for each topic. This reveals what topics seem to be asked multiple times and allows students to practice those questions.
• No textbook is required. Printable reading materials provided.
Lesson titles include:
1.1 Tensions between large and small states
1.2 The significance of Shay’s Rebellion
1.3 The Connecticut Compromise
1.4a Founding Fathers – federalism
1.4b Founding Fathers - Bill of Rights
1.5 Constructionists
1.6 Jefferson’s Presidency
2.1 opposition to westward expansion
2.2a Louisiana Purchase
2.2b Transcontinental Treaty
2.2c Annexation of Texas
2.3 Missouri Compromise
2.4 Indian Removal Act
2.5 Settling the West
2.6 California Gold Rush
3.1 Compromise of 1850
3.2 Kansas–Nebraska Act
3.3 Economic origins of the division between Union and Confederacy
3.4 Causes of the American Civil War
4.1 The Civil War and Union victory
4.2 Role of military leadership
4.3 Naval blockade
4.4 Political leadership
4.5 The Emancipation Proclamation
4.6 Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and march through Georgia
4.7 Destruction of the Sothern economy
5.1 John and Reconstruction
5.2a Freedmen’s Bureau, Southern response and Black Codes
5.2b Civil Rights Acts and Amendments
5.3 Failure of Grant’s Peace Policy

East Germany, 1958-90 (Edexcel iGCSE history, paper 2, A5)
This is a series of lessons that cover the iGCSE Edexcel History paper 2 (A5) East Germany, 1958-90.
Previous exams from 2019 to 2023 have been used throughout the lessons. I have matched them up by topic and included the mark scheme after. The exclusion of 2024 exams means you will be able to use this for any mock exams.
A learning checklist is included. This gives you an overview of the content and when it has been examined.
No textbook is required. All lessons come with readymade reading that is referenced in the lesson ppts.
1.1 Origins of the Berlin Wall
1.2 Ulbricht and Khrushchev
1.3 The impact of the Wall on East Berliners, security and escapes.
2.1 Economic stabilisation and emigration
2.2 New economic system and socialism
2.3 Comecon and economic problems
2.4 The nature of state control
2.5 Propaganda and censorship
2.6 Support and Eastern Bloc
3.1 Daily life in Eastern Berlin
3.2 Changing role of women
3.3 Honecker and the development of a GDR identity
3.4 the importance of sport
4.1 Relations with West Germany
4.2 Relaxation of travel rules
5.1 Gorbachev
5.2 Key events of 1989
5.3 the end of the GDR
I’m in the process of making units of work for all of the iGCSE Edexcel Hsitory options. But for now, the ones with the
Paper 1 Depth studies
1 The French Revolution, c1780–99
2 Development of a nation: unification of Italy, 1848–70
3 Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918–45
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4 Colonial rule and the nationalist challenge in India, 1919–47
5 Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924–53
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6 A world divided: superpower relations, 1943–72
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7 A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74
8 South Africa: from union to the end of apartheid, 1948–94.
Paper 2 : Investigation and Breadth Studies
A1 The origins and course of the First World War, 1905–18
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A2 Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24
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A3 The USA, 1918–41
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A4 The Vietnam Conflict, 1945–75
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A5 East Germany, 1958–90.
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B1 America: from new nation to divided union, 1783–1877
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B2 Changes in medicine, c1848–c1948
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B3 Japan in transformation, 1853–1945
B4 China: conflict, crisis and change, 1900–89
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B5 The changing role of international organisations: the league and the UN, 1919–c2011
B6 The changing nature of warfare and international conflict, 1919–2011
B7 The Middle East: conflict, crisis and change, 1917–2012
B8 Diversity, rights and equality in Britain, 1914–2010.

Edexcel GCSE Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present (unit of work)
This is a series of 27 lessons that covers Edexcel’s Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present.
• AfL is included.
• All starter activities are self assessed, excluding the first lesson.
• Lessons are matched up with their relevant exam questions from the SAMs to 2022.
• Mark schemes are included where they have been used.
• The origins of the exam questions are clearly marked and mark schemes included.
• Where there is printing to do, it is in a separate document and clearly labeled.
These lessons are plug and play. They have been designed for other people to open the PowerPoint and begin teaching.
The list of lessons are below. I have included where Exam Qs have been matched with content.
Lessons:
Introduction to Crime and Punishment
Anglo-Saxon Crimes in Britain
Anglo-Saxon Law enforcement and punishment
Norman Crime
Norman law enforcement and punishment - 2019, Q5; 2022, Q5
Later Middle ages crime - SAM, Q5
Case study – Church
1500-1700 context of time period
1500-1700 Crime - 2018, Q4; 2021, Q5
1500-1700 law enforcement and punishment - 2020, Q4; SAM, Q6
1500-1700 Gunpowder Plot
1500-1700 Mathew Hopkins
1700-1900 Crime - 2022, Q3; 2019, Q6
1700-1900 Tolpuddle Martyrs.
1700-1900 Bow Street Runners 2018, Q5
1700-1900 Metropolitan Police
1700-1900 Views on punishment
1700-1900 Prison reform SAM, Q4
1700-1900 Pentonville prison - 2018, Q6
1700-1900 Robert Peel
1900-present Crime - 2021, Q4, Q6; SAM, Q3
1900-present Changing definitions of crime
1900-present Law enforcement - 2020, Q3 Q6; 2019, Q4
1900-present punishment - death penalty
1900 – present - punishment - prisons - 2022, Q4; 2021, Q3; 2018, Q3
1900- present - Conscientious objectors - 2019, Q3
1900-present Derek Bentley
You will need the Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Crime and punishment through time, c1000–present. ISBN is 978 1 292 12736 1.
This unit of work does not include the Whitechapel unit.

British Empire (unit of work)
This scheme of work focuses on how imperialism has developed over time with a focus on the development of India and scramble for Africa.
These lessons are easily adaptable and followed with clear instructions and a scheme of work
This unit of work includes:
10 lessons, plus assessment
A written SoW. Learning objectives are linked to suggested learning activities.
Where there is reading, there is a choice of reading ages to use.
There are 10 lessons int he unit of work, plus one assessment:
What was the British Empire?
Motives for imperialism
East India Company
Cause of EIC taking over India
Indian rebellion
Impact of empire on Britain
Berlin conference
Scramble for Africa
Contemporary interpretation of Empire
Preassessment lesson
Assessment
Where there is reading to complete there is a choice of reading age of 14 or 11. The reading age has been determined using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test* and all reading comes with five comprehension questions that can be self-assessed.
There are opportunities for pupils to peer assess and self assess using the success criteria provided.
Flesch-Kincaid readability test* has been used to determine the reading age of each piece of text
The Flesch-Kincaid reading method is a readability test designed to assess the complexity of written text. It was developed by Rudolf Flesch and J. Peter Kincaid in 1975 and has since become one of the most widely used methods to determine the readability of texts in English. The Flesch-Kincaid reading method calculates the reading ease and grade level of a piece of writing based on two primary factors: average sentence length and average number of syllables per word

English Civil War (unit of work)
This is a source-based SoW that focuses on the causes and course of the English Civil War. The SoW is broken into ten lessons:
Gunpowder Plot
Primary source 1
Charles I and Parliament
Primary source 2
Start of the English Civil War
Causes of the English Civil War
Events of the English Civil War
Execution of Charles I
Primary source 3
Assessment (source based assessment.
Where there is reading to complete (lessons 1, 3, 5, 7, 8) there is a choice of reading age of 12 or 10. The reading age has been determined using the Flesch-Kincaid readability test* and all reading comes with five comprehension questions that can be self-assessed.
There are opportunities for pupils to peer assess their own PEE paragraphs using the success criteria provided.
This unit of work includes:
• Ten lessons. Five of these lessons have a comprehension-based reading activity targeted at reading age 12 or ten, depending upon the ability of the group.
• All lessons have blooms related to learning objectives.
• A SoW that links learning activities to the learning objectives. There is also an intention statement.
• A knowledge organiser that is editable.
• While the assessment lesson is a source based it can easily be edited into causation.
The Flesch-Kincaid reading method is a readability test designed to assess the complexity of written text. It was developed by Rudolf Flesch and J. Peter Kincaid in 1975 and has since become one of the most widely used methods to determine the readability of texts in English.The Flesch-Kincaid reading method calculates the reading ease and grade level of a piece of writing based on two primary factors: average sentence length and average number of syllables per word

Industrial Revolution SoW, KS3 (change and continuity)
This is seven lesson scheme of work, plus an assessment that focuses on the change and continuities of the Industrial Revolution. There is an additional lesson called What was the Industrial Revolution that is listed on TES that accompanies this SoW.
Each lesson contributes towards answering the question of how far was the Industrial Revolution a turning point?
There is an additional lesson that can be found here /teaching-resource/resource-12888894 for FREE.
Steam engine (peer assessment at end).
Factory life
Agricultural revolution (group work lesson)
Urbanization
Transport (peer assessment)
Resistance to change
Pre-assessment lesson
Assessment
• There is a knowledge organiser included that is editable.
• Each lesson starts off with recall questions from the knowledge organiser. This is self assessed.
• Each lesson has three learning objectives.
• Lessons 5 and 1 have opportunities for peer assessment. The peer assessment slide has examples of WWW and EBI.
• Each lesson has an opportunity for peer assessment.
• All lessons, excluding agricultural revolution lesson, have a choice of reading age 12 or 10.
This has designed to be a plug and play style of lessons. No additional planning is needed, but all resources are editable.

Henry VIII's Reformation (unit of work - KS3)
Six lessons, plus assessment.
- Lesson 1: What was the Reformation?
- Lesson 2: Henry VIII’s Great Matter
- Lesson 3: Break with Rome
- Lesson 4: Religious transformation of England.
- Lesson 5: Wealth and power
- Lesson 6: Why did Henry VIII divorce Rome (assessment planning lesson)
- Lesson 7: Assessment
Most lessons include reading and links to engaging videos on YouTube.
Reading Packs
Three different reading packs (reading ages of 13, 10, and 8).
Answers are included for each reading pack to allow quick self-assessment.
SoW
A written SoW is included. The SoW breaks down each lesson into three learning objectives with activities connected to each objective. All activities are included on each PowerPoint. This unit includes self assessment, peer-assessment and teacher assessment at the final lesson.
This is a plug-and-play lesson. No additional planning is needed. Just print the reading packs. Where there is reading in a lesson the 13-year reading age has been included in the PowerPoint. It is easy to swap this out for the self assessment part of the lesson

US involvement in the Vietnam War, 1954-75
Edexcel Key topic 3, option 33.
9 lessons, including an introduction lesson. The lessons include all the relevant past exam questions. These include 2018, Q3a; 2019, Q2; 2020, Q2&3.
I have also included an exam map.
There is printing for lesson 2. The rest of the printing is in a booklet.
To complete these lessons you will need the *Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History (The USA, 1954-1975: conflict at home and abroad) textbook. ISBN 978-1292127323

Edexcel Cold War Key Topic 3
This series of lessons follows Edexcel’s Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91. There are printable information sheets, but this can be esily substituted with the textbook.
Seven lessons in total with resources to print.
Invasion of Afghanistan and Carter
Detente (2 lessons)
Second Cold War
Gorbachev’s new thinking (2 lessons)
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Collapse of the SU and end of Warsaw
KT3 over view lessons with worksheet
KT3 exam questions with mark schemes
Every lesson starts of with 5 recall questions with the answers
Exam questions with the mark scheme are included
Self assessment is included.
Mark schemes are included on the ppts to make peer assessment easy.
Each each question relevant to KT3 is included in the exam question ppt. It is clear what part of th spec each exam question is referring to.

Edexcel Cold War Key Topic 1
This is a series of 10 lessons (with a ppt with all the exam Qs for this section) that follows Edexcel History Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91. Exam questions are included within the lessons and in a separate ppt for revision.
You don’t need to published textbook with this series of lessons, but it can easily be substituted in.
Lessons in total with resources to print:
introduction to Cold War
Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam
Impact of the atomic bomb, telegrams, and Soviet satellite stats
Truman Doctrine
Cominform, Comecon, and NATO
Berlin Crisis
Significance of arms race and Warsaw Pact
Hungarian uprising (causes and Khrushchev’s response)
International reaction to invasion
A ppt with all the exam Qs (up to 2022) with mark schemes for key topic one.
An overview lesson with worksheet to accompany
Every lesson starts of with 5 recall questions with the answers
Past exam questions and mark schemes are included in the lessons
Exam questions with the mark scheme are included
Each activity had an AfL activity, often with answers
Possible to use the published textbook or to use the resources provided.
Bundle

Edexcel Cold War Lessons and resources
Bundle covers the entire Period Study.
Includes exam questions and mark schemes
Printable resources included
AfL includes answers on the next slide.

Edexcel Cold War Key topic 2
This is a series of lessons that follows the Edexcel P4 Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91.
You don’t need the text book with this series of lessons but it can easily be substituted in.
7 lessons included with printable resources.
The Rufugee problem in Berlin
The Berlin Wall
Cuba (Bay of Pigs)
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Prague Spring ( 2 lessons)
Key Topic 2 overview lesson with worksheet
All exam questions and mark schemes relevant for Key topic 2 in one ppt.
All exam questions for this Key Topic are included (SAMs to 2022). Mark schemes included.
AfL activities included with answers after.
Each lessons starts off with recall activity (answers on the next slide).
Self assessment is included in the lesson.
Very Little editing required.