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This lesson explores the factors why the Liberal Party went into decline after the First World War.

A perfect lesson after Franz Ferdinand! In this Year 8/9 lesson the students will be introduced to the initial stages of the First World War. They will be guided to see how Britain became involved in the war and why 1 million men volunteered to fight in the first week of war! Features: Explained exposition and Q&A in the notes section of the PowerPoint A cut and stick task to get students to consider the four reasons why one person might join the army. *This helps to break lazy thinking that there was just one motivation for wanting to join. * An optional challenge is to then analyse the reasons to identify push and pull factors. Finally a ‘fun’ propaganda poster task deconstructing how posters helped to attract so many to sign up!

This is the second lesson of HSA’s Cold War unit for Edexcel History. It is from wider 6 lesson enquiry called: ‘How did the Cold War start?’ (The other lessons in the enquiry are available on the TES Shop or can be purchased as a bundle.) This purchase includes: All resources (except for the Edexcel textbook) A YouTube Walkthrough guiding the teacher through the substantive and pedagogical knowledge needed to deliver a knowledge-rich student experience

This is the first lesson of HSA’s Cold War unit for Edexcel History. It is from wider 6 lesson enquiry called: ‘How did the Cold War start?’ (The other lessons in the enquiry are available on the TES Shop or can be purchased as a bundle.) This purchase includes: All resources (except for the Edexcel textbook) A YouTube Walkthrough guiding the teacher through the substantive and pedagogical knowledge needed to deliver a knowledge-rich student experience To access the YouTube Walkthrough go to the link on the shop’s front page and find the Cold War playlist.

This lesson explores the impact of the First World War on Germany. It has been designed specifically to be used for EDEXCEL’s Weimar and Nazi Germany 9-1 GCSE, but it can be adapted as necessary. Features: The lesson is framed around analysis how useful a source is The investigation then uses source materials to explore the impacts of the war on Germany There is a section where teachers can discuss the Stab in the Back Theory, important for explaining why the Germans didn’t think they actually lost the war Finally, the students need to apply their knowledge to analyse how representative (and therefore useful) the original source is.