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This lesson contains: A ‘do now’ starter which can be edited to fit whatever you taught previously. A recap of John’s situation with the barons and introduction to the Magna Carta. A task to study the provisions of Magna Carta against the grievances of the barons and make a judgement as to whether it dealt with John adequately. A video which reinforces the impact of Magna Carta on future kings. Optional (if time) reading on the Barons War. A final task to weigh up the impact of Magna Carta. Students study the information and pick out the facts which help them make assertions about the short- and long-term consequences. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter activity to gauge student interest and knowledge of World War One before the module begins. A short video to give an introduction into how gruesome the war was. An activity to study the medical advances that had taken place in the lead up to WW1, including x-rays, blood transfusions and aseptic surgery. Students assess the merits but also the problems that still existed with these methods. A teacher-led walkthrough of how the war started and led to stalemate and trenches. Students can answer some basic questions on the potential problems medical practitioners might face. A task to study the 4 major battlegrounds of WW1 (Ypres, Somme, Cambrai, Arras) to complete comprehension questions on them. A plenary to consider the biggest challenges faced by soldiers and by medics. **Attachments: ** 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to study a painting of the explosion of Vesuvius. Students can discuss and debate what is going on and look at the provenance as well. Slides with background information on about where Pompeii was and what it was like. The slides take students through the explosion and there are two videos about the eruption. One of them looks at the different threats posed by the explosion while the second looks at how people tried to survive. Students can then discuss this as a group. An activity to use a series of provided sources to uncover details about the explosion and complete the worksheet. Students are prompted with what source to study and have the questions there to complete on the cause, experiences of the explosion and the importance today. A series of slides which summarise how Pompeii is today and asking students to consider why it’s important Pompeii is open to the public and what we can potentially learn. A plenary to consider the importance of the event overall. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter task to consider the traits of witches and what makes them scary. It also tests students’ prior knowledge of the punishment of witches. A task to draw a mind map in their books and then there are four slides of information about what the ‘witch craze’ was all about, based on common myths surrounding witches. The slides include info on how they look, what they go and about sabbats, witches marks and how people tried to ward off witches from their door. A task to study the first page of the information sheet to summarise why people became afraid of witches (based on superstition and fear) and then to find out how the witch craze began and how people started hunting for witches. A case study on five different women who were accused of witchcraft. The students find out what they did that raised this suspicion, and they decide whether there are any modern-day explanations that might explain what had happened. Students then determine, by colouring the small cauldron, how guilty in reality each woman was. The students then find out, from the slides, that all women were executed and this makes them see the injustice of the witch craze. A plenary to have students define some of the key words from the lesson. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A ‘do it now’ starter which you can edit as needed to revise concepts you have previously taught. An introduction to the word ‘refugee’ which students discuss and can write a definition of. They can discuss why children may have been refugees in the 1930’s from Germany. A background tot he Kindertransport program, including the reasons after Kristallnacht, the British hesitation and then their eventual offer of help. The students consolidate this by filling in a gap fill once you have gone through the slides. A short look at the experience of Stephanie Shirley by watching a video interview with her and discussing her difficulties in the kindertransport program. The main task to study a series of sources containing experiences of different youths who came the Britain. Students then use this to complete the diagram and questions on their worksheets to show the experiences of the journey, arriving and whether they felt welcome. A plenary to discuss how we remember this event, and to re-review their definitions of refugees and summarise the experiences they learned about. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter quiz based on previous course material. An introduction to the role of Goebbels as propaganda minister. A Youtube Video to emphasis the role of propaganda and its aims. An activity on the worksheet provided, with students making notes on rallies, newspapers, radio, film, lierature, art architecture, sports and censorship as forms of propaganda. A review activity to consider the most effective methods. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentations 1 x Publisher File

This lesson contains: An overview of the importance of the Medieval Church. A mind map note-taking task with information on the slides, which can be gone through or printed and used as group information, about the Four Humours, Religious Causes, Supernatural Causes and Miasma. Students take notes about what people believed caused disease. A task to review a summary sheet of the reasons why there was little progress in medicine during the Medieval era. Students complete questions to consolidate. A final judgement task to decide what might have been the most important cause of disease in the era. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A ‘do it now’ starter based on previous learning on the course, but this can be edited to suit what you have taught. An introduction to the idea of resistance and how it manifests. Students can explore types of resistance that can be done other than force. They then get introduced to some images of resistance in the ghettos, then discuss a ‘word wall’ with different ways the Jews resisted. Students categorise them as giving hope, morale or those preserving values and beliefs. An overview of the difficulties faced when trying to escape from concentration camps. Students examine an excerpt and write down 3 reasons escape was hard. They then give specific examples from the next slide. A guided reading task on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising with questions around the outsides, differentiated to show where the information can be found. A plenary to explain what resistance meant to Jewish people and what it means to them also. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Publisher File

This lesson contains: A ‘do it now’ starter which can be amended to fit whatever you have recently been studying. A background into the emigration of Jews after the changes ot the laws in the 1930’s. it introduced Herschel Grunszpan and his murder of Ernst Von Rath. There is then a video from YouTube to back this up and tells the whole story of Kristallnacht. Students complete a series of questions as the video plays. A small task for students to use the stats on the board to write down the 5 facts that go with them. An additional task to read 3 sources from eye witnesses and to write down what we can learn from them about people’s experiences of the night. A plenary to review an interpretation and what it might mean. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Word File 1 x Publisher File

This lesson contains: A starter to consider what students already know about the Holocaust. Students then draw a mind map to gather ideas about why they study it, what happened and when and to whom. A video from YouTube which consolidates this and allows students to add to their knowledge. A slide then has suggested responses for some green pen work. An activity to study 3 interpretations of the word ‘Holocaust’ and students find common factors between them, making their own definition at the bottom of the worksheet. An introduction to stereotypes and students can annotate the picture of a Jewish stereotype. This will allow later study of German propaganda against the Jews. Students also have some slides to see on modern stereotypes which may interest them, before looking at how the Nazis then portrayed them. A plenary to describe two features of the Jewish stereotype. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Word File 1 x Publisher File

This lesson contains: A starter which introduces the idea of civil rights and what it means. An overview of the Jim Crows laws that were still in place,  leading to segregation still operating in the southern states. A further overview of the problems that existed in the 1950’s and 1960’s in the U.S. for black people, including the KKK and racist attacks. A YouTube video which gives a nice overview of segregation and what forms it took, and how black people began to fight back against it, including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and some of the movements. An activity to use the information provided to complete a worksheet to show the major efforts, like the bus boycott, freedom riders, sit in’s etc. for each, students briefly judge the impact they had. A plenary task to study on-board info and judge whether there were improvements. They use the info to pick a side and argue for it. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to look at some images that relate to MLK and students guess why. An activity lasting the whole lesson, to complete Cornell Notes, using the worksheet provided, while the lesson progresses. It’s very effective for student revision. A YouTube video to start looking at MLK himself. Students complete the questions by writing them out in full in the top part of their worksheet to summarise his life. A series of slides covering his role in the civil rights movement, from the Bus Boycott to his speaking skills, to Selma. Students take notes in the appropriate section of the worksheet. You can either talk these through with the class, or print the slides as handouts and shared around in groups. A YouTube video within the activity to watch the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. There is an optional Word File with a transcript of the essential parts of the speech for students to follow along and annotate if you like. A brief look at those who opposed MLK, like Malcolm X. There is a YouTube clip which students use to interpret the different message being send from Malcolm X. A plenary to finish the Cornell Notes and summarise the learning about his contribution. The prompts and sentences for this are on the Powerpoint. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Word File 1 x Publisher File

LESSON 1 A starter to ask students to discuss types of crimes that take place in society. crime. This will lead on to talk about the environment facilitating crime in Whitechapel. A task for students to discuss what they want to find out about Jack the Ripper. A visual discussion on-board about the conditions in Whitechapel using maps and a YouTube video. A literacy task using ‘The Five’ by Hallie Reubenhold to assess what problems existed in Whitechapel, and how they made the murders possible. LESSON 2 A starter to consider how crimes are solved today, and then how crimes may have been solved in 1888. This leads on to the tasks. There is a video from Bloody Britain on YouTube that is shown to give the ‘story’ of the crimes and the victims. Students then start to profile the killer including what he might do for a job, where he might live, what kind of person (i.e. insane) he might be. These initial thoughts may change as the lessons go on and lead tot he suspects lesson. There is an optional task using information cards instead to create a mind map. You can extend this by providing a map of Whitechapel and students also label where the bodies were found. LESSONS 3-4 A starter to recap previous knowledge so far in the JTR module. A discussion of guilt based on evidence - a picture of a cat is used to facilitate a discussion of how we know there is guilt. A task for students to study a large table with descriptions of witness statements. Students put short info in each descriptor box (leave any N/A blank) and begin to theorise what Jack looked like. Students summarise at end. Extension - Students can read the Dear Boss letter and analyse the writing for what each part means. Students might be extended to think about what this tells us about the killer (i.e. educated, nice writing, could be a doctor etc.) and it will change some of their theories. LESSON 5 A starter to recap past knowledge gained on the course so far. An introduction tot he five main suspects (each of them is real). Students use the workbook and the information sheet provided to write reasons for an against each suspect. This can often fill an entire page. Some students stick on extra notes. You could get them to write reasons why they could be the Ripper in one colour, and why not in another colour - make sure students explain - E.g. does he know Whitechapel well…therefore could he do the crime then escape easily? There is a further extension to consider further evidence in the table. For each piece, students tick the suspect it best relates to. This can give further evidence for the assessment. LESSON 6 Students bring everything together to plan, in their workbooks, what they will put in each paragraph. You can edit the question to simply be ‘who was JTR’ or keep the ‘how far do you agree’ version. Students then get 30 minutes to write their essay.

This lesson contains: A starter task that has questions that can be amended or altered based on what you have been previously teaching. A quick reminder/discussion about why witches were scary to people in Europe at the time and what people worried might happen. An introduction to Matthew Hopkins and his role in the witch craze. Students read the information sheet and use it to answer a couple of questions about him in full sentences. A larger task to use the worksheet to label the different methods Hopkins used to discover the guilt of witches. Students look at familiars, herb use, pricking witches, waking witches, swimming witches, marks and moles and their actions as well. They have some extension questions to follow up on the information they have learned and extend their thinking. An overview of how witches were then punished, followed by the modern cultural depictions of witches. There is then a short activity to read the later Witchcraft Act of 1735 and to summarise how it ended the witch craze, including information on the last cases tried in the UK. A plenary to write a letter making arguments against Hopkins and his use of torture against witches as a way of summarising what they have learned. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to consider the merits and demerits of democracy vs dictatorships and what problems or benefits they may bring. This leads on to the switch today from kings to republic and how it was structured. Information about the founding of the Republic and the symbols it had. Students then consider what a ‘citizen’ is. They then summarise what a person had to do to be a Roman citizen. They also find out about women and slaves. An activity to read about Patricians and Plebs before answering consolidation questions about everything taught so far. A task to study the structure of the Republic and answer questions on their worksheet provided showing the role of the different parts of government. An activity on the Twelve Tables. Students study the information provided and answer some questions about the laws, before considering which protected the poor and which empowered the rich. A plenary to consider whether the republic benefitted everyone. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to check student knowledge about the Empire and where the Empire reached. An overview on the need for the Empire to call up troops from all over the world. A short case study of Khudadad Khan, the first Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross. An overview of the use of propaganda across the Empire and the study of some different types. An activity to study a series of information cards provided to fill in the worksheet mind map for South Africa, Australia, Canada, India, the West Indies and New Zealand. A final activity to argue for or against a viewpoint about the Empire making a huge impact on the victory in WW1. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 1 x Publisher File 1 x Word File

This lesson contains: A starter to put events from the course in chronological order. A background of the refugee crisis and the Berlin tensions. This also includes the request by Walter Ulbricht to build a barrier. A study of why the Wall was built. Students complete the sentences to summarise why. An on-board explanation of how the Wall was built from the first wire fence to the concrete structures. Students consolidate this by complete the diagram on the worksheet to show the features of the Wall. A YouTube video which brings to life the building of the Berlin Wall and those who tried to explain. The consequences of the Berlin Wall and a YouTube video of Kennedy’s speech and its effects. Students complete the consequences using the information provided. A choice of plenaries: an exam question or a revision quiz. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files

This lesson contains: A starter to consider the famous quote by Churchill. A run through of the situation in 1940 post-Dunkirk and the situation Britain was in. A Youtube video of WW2 in colour to bring it to life. Students complete a comprehension multiple choice set of questions as the video plays. An activity to consider the tactic advantages and disadvantages of both sides. A task to use a series of sources in groups to build an arguement for the significance of the battle using the ‘GREAT’ formula. A worksheet is designed for this purpose. A plenary to consider what factors won the Battle of Britain for the British. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Word Files 1 x Publisher File

This lesson contains: A starter to recap previous course knowledge. A background into the causes of disease by 1700, and what was carried over from the Renaissance. Information about microbes and the old theory of Spontaneous Generation and the problem with it. Students complete the relevent worksheet part. A background to Louis Pasteur and an on-board overview of how Pasteur discovered Germ Theory and his four principles for Germ Theory. This is re-enforced by a short YouTube video and consolidation exercises, including discussing his impact. An overview of the work of Robert Koch and his hunt for microbes, including a chance to complete the worksheet. A detailed look at the vaccinations that came from the work of both scientists. A plenary to search for key words and explain them. Attachments: 1 x Powerpoint Presentation 2 x Publisher Files