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All lessons posted are full lessons, which include all necessary worksheets and sources. All lessons posted have been tried and tested in the classroom.
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This is the fourth lesson in a scheme of work about the Tudors.
The scheme of work is directed towards year 7 but could easily be adapted for KS1, KS2 or other year levels.
The focus of this lesson is on introducing Elizabeth and investigating the problems she had to deal with as Queen.
During the lesson pupils will:
- Complete a true or false activity to assess prior knowledge of Elizabeth.
- Create an image based on descriptions of Elizabeth and compare it to pictures of Elizabeth painted during her reign.
- Evaluate Elizabeth's problems and suggest possible solutions. Pupils will then compare their solutions to what Elizabeth actually did.
- Identify Elizabeth's most serious problem and explain if they agree with the solutions she used.
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This is the second lesson of a scheme of work in about Medieval Castles.
The focus of the lesson is to have pupils evaluate the best place to build a castle.
During the lesson pupils will:
- Pupils discuss why an important person such as a king might want to build a castle.
- Analyse picture of Dover Castle and evaluate its position on a hill next to the coast.
- Identify advantages and disadvantages of building a castle on top of a hill or in the middle of a forrest.
- Complete a mapping activity to identify the best place to build a castle based on previous learning in the lesson.
- Complete a PEA paragraph to explain their choice of position.
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This lesson is aimed towards year seven but could be easily adapted for key stage 1 or 2.
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This is the first lesson of a unit of work on sound. It is aimed towards KS3 but could be adapted for other levels. The main aim of the lesson is to introduce pupils to transverse and longitudinal waves and their main features and properties.
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During this lesson pupils will:
Complete an ISM activity discussing the speed of light vs the speed of sound.
Suggest how sound and light travel from one place to another to test pupil prior knowledge.
Introduce and define the concept of wave in terms of energy.
Investigate the difference between transverse and longitudinal wave.
Draw and label a transverse wave, defining the key features, Wavelength, amplitude, peak, trough and frequency.
Draw and label a longitudinal wave defining the key features, rarefaction and compression.
Model transverse and longitudinal waves using a slinky.
Briefly investigate absorption, transmission and reflection of waves.
Draw a ray diagram showing incident and reflected waves.
Briefly investigate superposition of waves.
Complete a short knowledge consolidation task.
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This is the fourth lesson in a series covering the new Edexcel A-Level History unit: Britain losing and gaining an Empire 1763 - 1914.
This series of lessons covers the second depth study: Learning from past mistakes:Canada and the Durham Report, 1837 - 40
The lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and sources. The lessons refers to the textbook "Britain: Losing and gaining and Empire, 1763 - 1914" (Christie, 2016 Pearson) although other textbooks could be used with the lessons.
During the lesson pupils will:
* Investigate the character of the Earl of Durham and his early work in parliamentary reform.
* Use source analysis to identify the reasons why Durham was chosen to deal with the Canadian situation
* Investigate the actions taken by Durham in Canada and evaluate his reputation as a reformer and the reasons for the failure of the Canada mission.
* Investigate and evaluate the impact of Durhams advisers Wakefield and Buller.
* Decide if Durham deserves to be remembered as a reformer.
* Evaluate British actions and decide if the way they dealt with Canada shows that they had learnt from their mistakes.
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This is the third lesson in a series covering the new Edexcel A-Level History unit: Britain losing and gaining an Empire 1763 - 1914.
This series of lessons covers the second depth study: Learning from past mistakes:Canada and the Durham Report, 1837 - 40
The lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and sources. The lessons refers to the textbook "Britain: Losing and gaining and Empire, 1763 - 1914" (Christie, 2016 Pearson) although other textbooks could be used with the lessons.
During the lesson pupils will:
* Investigate declarations of independance from Upper and Lower Canada and identify any similarities and differences to the American declaration of Indedence.
* Investigate and identidy the key events of the revolts in Upper and Lower Canada and decide which revolt the British might reguard as the most serious.
* Investigate the results of the each revolt and the impact they had on the provicences. Prioritise the results to identify the most serious issues to be dealt with.
* Decide and discuss if the Canadian revolts represented a serious threat to British control of the colonies.
* Decide if the situation in Canada leading to revolt and the impact showed that the British had learnt from their mistakes after the loss of the American colonies.
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This is the fifth lesson of a scheme of work covering the Roman Empire.
The aim of the lesson is to investigate and evaluate the legacy of the Romans through History
During the lesson pupils will:
- Watch a video identifying the key aspects of life for a Roman child and compare it with their own life.
- Use an information sheet to develop a poster identifying what they think are the most significant legacy of the Romans through History.
- Share and compare their ideas with other pupils in the class through a gallery task.
- Complete a short writing activity to evaluate the most significant legacy of the Romans.
This lesson is aimed towards year seven but could be easily adapted for key stage 1 or 2.
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This is the fourth lesson in a unit of work on sound. The lessons are aimed towards KS3 but could be adapted for other levels. The main focus of this lesson is the structure and functions of the different parts of the ear.
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During this lesson pupils will:
Use images to compare the ears of different animals.
Share prior knowledge about the ear.
Use a video to identify different parts of the outer and inner ear and label a diagram.
Complete a matching activity to learn the functions of the different parts of the ear.
Complete a card sort to describe how sound waves are detected by the ear and transmitted as an electrical impulse to the brain.
Consider different situations that may result in ear damage and discuss how to prevent it.
Complete a matching activity to compare a microphone to an ear.
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This is the first lesson in a unit of work on motion and pressure. The lesson is aimed towards KS3 but could be adapted for other levels.
The main focus of the lesson is to introduce pupils to the concept of speed, the speed equation and to conduct some short practicals on measuring speed.
During this lesson pupils will:
Discuss who is faster, Usain Bolt or a cheetah.
Complete questions to assess their own knowledge about speed.
Consider the speed equation and use a formula triangle to rearranging it to find distance and time.
Complete calculation questions using the speed equation to find speed, distance and time.
Use a video to measure Usain Bolts speed during his world record race and compare it to a cheetah to answer question from start of lesson.
Complete a short practical to measure the speed of a rolling ball including calculating mean speed, measuring distance and measuring time.
Complete a short practical to measure the speed of a person walking.
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This pack contains a series of lessons to cover Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941 - 1991.
The pack includes 15 lessons that are based on the new (first teaching September 2016) Edexcel specification and include practice exam questions based on that paper. Obviously, the lessons could be easily adapted to other exam boards.
Lessons cover the following topics:
1. Communism vs Capitalism
2. Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences
3. Truman Doctrine
4. Berlin Airlift and the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact
5. The Hungarian Uprising
6. The Berlin Wall
7. The Cuban Missile Crisis
8. The Prague Spring
9. Detente and the Invasion of Afghanistan
10. Reagan and Gorbachev/ The Second Cold War
11. The end of the arms race
12. The end of the Cold war.
All lessons are self contained and any sources, worksheets or video links needed are included in the power points. Many lessons refer to a text which could be adapted for any GCSE cold war textbook.
This is a full lesson covering the key revolutionary battles of Saratoga and Yorktown and the end of the American Revolution.
The Lesson was part of a series of A-Level History lessons for the new Edexcel unit - Britain Losing and Gaining an Empire: The loss of the American colonies. (2015 specification)
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This is the first lesson from a scheme of work about the Atlantic Slave Trade. The lesson is a general introduction about slavery throughout History and most activities are discussion based on pupil response to images and pictures of slavery.
The lesson includes:
* Discussion of the nature and purpose of slaver.
* Discuss on the types of slavery that had existed through time.
* Picture source analysis
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This is a lesson from a scheme of work for the new Edexcel History unit: Crime and Punishment through time, C1000 - Present.
During this lesson pupils will:
- Identify and discuss the arguments for and against the use of the death penalty as a punishment.
- Watch and evaluate a video outlining some of the arguments supporting or opposing the death penalty. Discuss which arguments are the most convincing.
- Complete a summary task identifying some of the changes in British society leading to the abolition of the death penalty.
- Comprehension and prioritisation task evaluating information about some of the main reasons for the abolition of the death penalty.
- 16 point exam question and peer assessment.
The lesson is ready to teach and all resources needed are included in the PowerPoint.
This is the first lesson in a scheme of work for the new GCSE Edexcel unit: Weimar and Nazi Germany 1919 - 1939.
This lesson serves as an introduction to the unit, evaluates pupil knowledge and begins to explain the situation in Germany after the First World War.
During this lesson pupils will:
* Gain a basic understanding of the Wiemar and Nazi Germany exam paper.
* Complete a card sort to create a timeline of some of the key events from the unit.
* Begin to identify some of the key figures who contributed to Hitler's rise to power.
* Watch a video and investigate sources to identify key aspects of the situation in Germany after the First world War.
* Write a report to explain the types of problems that Germany was experiencing and their impact.
This lesson was designed for a 100 minute double lesson but could easily be broken up.
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This is the fourth lesson of a scheme of work investigating life in Medieval Times, the Medieval Church and the Black Death.
This lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and resources needed.
During the lesson pupils will:
- Revise their learning about the Black Death from previous lessons.
-Think about and identify what causes illness and sickness.
- Complete a primary source analysis to identify some of the perceived causes of the Black Death.
- Investigate cures people attempted for the Black Death and link them to the perceived cause.
- Homework task - Write a the first part of the Historical fiction to explain what people believed caused and cured the Black Death.
This lesson is aimed towards year seven but could be easily adapted for key stage 1 or 2.
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This pack contains the sixth and seventh lessons in a scheme of work about the Tudors.
The scheme of work is directed towards year 7 but could easily be adapted for KS1, KS2 or other year levels.
The focus of this lesson is on investigating the reasons for and failure of the Spanish Armada.
During these lessons pupils will:
First Lesson:
- Complete an ISM task to identify what happened in 1588.
- Evaluate the key reasons (MEERPS) for Phillip sending the Spanish Armada to invade England.
- Analyse and evaluate the Spanish plan of attack and English plan of defence and use this evidence to decide who they think would win .
Second Lesson:
- Listen to Elizabeth's speech at Tilbury and suggest how much impact it might have.
- Use inference to try and identify the main reasons why the Spanish Armada failed.
- Investigate what actually happened to the Armada
- Begin as assessment task/essay evaluating and prioritising the main reasons for the failure of the Armada.
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his is the fifth lesson of a scheme of work investigating life in Medieval Times, the Medieval Church and the Black Death.
This lesson is ready to teach and includes all worksheets and resources needed.
During the lesson pupils will:
- Evaluate their knowledge from previous lessons by completing a true or false activity.
- Complete a card sort activity to investigate and evaluate the impact of the Black Death of Europe.
- Decide if life improved for the survivors of the Black Death.
- Homework task: Complete the final chapter of the Black Death Historical fiction. (This homework project was started earlier in the SoW.)
This lesson is aimed towards year seven but could be easily adapted for key stage 1 or 2.
This lesson is ready to teach and includes all the resources needed.
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This is the fourth in a series of seven lessons about the American Revolution.
This lesson forms part of the scheme of work for the new A-Level History unit 3: Britain loosing and gaining an Empire.
This lesson is part of the Depth Study - The loss of the American Colonies.
The lesson looks at:
* Colonial Reaction to the intolerable acts
* Events leading up to the Battles of Concord and Lexington.
* Source activity to identify the key features of the Battles pf Concord and Lexington
* Battle of Bunker Hill and its impact on the growing Revolution.
* Pupils begin to consider the Declaration of independence
The lesson is ready to go and includes all resources for the lesson. The textbook used is the new Person book written for the unit.
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This is the fifth lesson in a scheme of work about the Atlantic Slave Trade. In this lesson, pupils will investigate what happened to slaves when they arrived in the America's and life on slave plantations.
This lesson includes -
* Sources and video activity to help pupils infer what a slave auction was like.
* Writing/emotive activity to describe what a slave auction might have been like for a slave.
* Source analysis to help pupils infer about what it was like to live on a slave plantation for a slave.
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This is the seventh and last lesson in a scheme of work about the Atlantic Slave Trade.
This lesson includes -
* Investigation of the reasons why so many people benefited and supported the slave trade. This is supported by a hot seating activity.
* Activity investigation the obstacles in the way of abolition of the slave trade. Supported by an extended writing task.
* Differentiate between reasons for and against the slave trade that were proposed at the time.
* Homework - pupils to design a hand bill to encourage people to support the abolition of slavery.
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