How often do you put real archive material in front of your students? Rarely? Well, why not make up for it by using this genuinely accessible, original official letter from the mid-18th Century. Can your students work out what crime Captain Gwyn was accused of by Portsmouth customs officials in[…]
This enquiry takes the gruesome story of John Weeks. Weeks was an ordinary man from West Sussex who was punished severely for being a Highway Robbery in the early 18th century. Here you will use Weeks’ story to exemplify the manner in which the ruling classes (dominated by the rich)[…]
Teach motivating GSCE lessons that will help raise attainment for the AQA 9-1 Germany 1890 – 1945 Period Study – and save yourself hours of planning time. These enquiry-led lessons take your pupils through the turbulent decades from the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Wiemar Republic and the rise of Hitler. You[…]
Stimulating GSCE lessons that will help raise attainment for the Edexcel 9-1 Period Study – Superpower Relations and the Cold War.
GSCE lessons to help teachers raise achievement for the AQA 9-1 Conflict and Tension between East and West wider world depth study.
This enquiry serves as an introduction to the Migrants in Britain, c800-present Edexcel GCSE topic. It addresses the first specification point for the medieval period, ‘the context for migration’. It helps students develop their understanding of the context of English society. Your students will quickly gain lots of new knowledge about land,[…]
This enquiry addresses the specification point ‘Reasons for migration and patterns of settlement’ in relation to Viking invaders/migrants. It helps students gather plenty of knowledge about reasons for Viking migration, and students categorise this information before they are guided to write up part of an exam-style response. Importantly, the enquiry addresses misconceptions[…]
This enquiry challenges traditional ideas and misconceptions about the Vikings. It encourages your students to look beyond the impression we often get of the Vikings as ‘bloodthirsty raiders’. Students first consider how traditional accounts, like a Ladybird book, present the Vikings. They go on to examine a range of evidence that helps them[…]
This enquiry fulfils the ‘case study’ point of the Migrants in Britain specification. It gives your students the chance to find out more about the impact of the Vikings on the city of York. Your classes will evaluate the various ways in which the Vikings changed the face of medieval York. They[…]
This enquiry introduces a new migrant group: the Normans. The Normans arrived in England in significant numbers after William the Conqueror’s success at the Battle of Hastings. Students start by consolidating their knowledge of the Norman Conquest itself, before examining the reasons for Norman migration after 1066. They use a[…]
This enquiry focuses on the impact of the Normans in England, helping to develop students’ understanding of the second-order concept of significance. Students gather evidence about the impact of the Norman invasion, before applying this to an engaging task. They advise a TV production company on how much time should be allocated within[…]
This enquiry broadens students’ understanding of migration in the medieval period, by exploring the experiences of various ‘denizens’ and ‘aliens’ from the time. They will use tax records to delve into the stories of real people who arrived in England during this period. It is important to focus on case[…]
This enquiry examines the fascinating story of Licoricia, a famous Jewish money-lender from the medieval period. Licoricia made a real name for herself, lending money to people like Henry III, Queen Eleanor of Provence and Simon de Montfort. She also helped to finance the building of Westminster Abbey. Despite her[…]
This enquiry looks at the prejudice and discrimination experienced by Jewish people across Europe during the 1300s. Clues are given to students in a drip-feed approach. First they try to work out why Jewish people were persecuted during the 14th century. Next they work out why Jewish people (in particular) might[…]
This enquiry addresses the first point of the specification within the ‘early modern England’ section. It focuses on the context for migration, ‘change and continuity in reasons for migration and patterns of settlement’. It centres upon five engaging case studies, including that of ‘John Blanke the Blacke Trumpet’. John[…]
This enquiry focuses on one of the key migrant groups of the early modern period: the Flemish. They arrived in England for various reasons, and went on to have a significant impact on English cultural life. It is intended to give students the chance to be ‘real’ historians. They are tasked with[…]
This enquiry focuses on the experiences of Flemish migrants in Sandwich, fulfilling the specification point which focuses on the case study of Sandwich (‘the experiences of Flemish migrants and their role in the local economy’). Students gather information about the changing experiences of Flemish migrants in this Kent town, and plot this on[…]
This enquiry focuses on a key event in the history of migration to England during the early modern period: the May Day Riots of 1517. These riots saw an outbreak of violence towards ‘Strangers’. Historian Joanne Paul argues that the riots can tell us a great deal about ‘the violent xenophobic roots[…]
This enquiry focuses on the second case study outlined in the specification for the early modern period: the experiences of Huguenots in seventeenth-century England. It gets students thinking carefully about the causes of Huguenot migration to England in the period. Firstly they analyse a painting by French artist Francois Dubois (which depicts the[…]
This enquiry focuses on the impact of Huguenot migrants during the early modern period. It gives your students the chance to plan a ‘museum exhibition’ commemorating Huguenot contributions to English life. Students learn about the ways in which the Huguenots impacted on the physical environment of Spitalfields; on religious and cultural life in[…]
This enquiry focuses on an important but often overlooked migrant group from the early modern period: the Roma Gypsies. They faced such hostility as they migrated from the Punjab region of northern India to various places around the world, eventually arriving in England in the 1500s. Students first categorise information according to the[…]
This enquiry introduces students to a migrant group that will figure significantly in the third key question of the‘Migrants in Britain’ course: namely, African migrants (often those who were enslaved or formerly enslaved). It introduces this group via a petition written by a Portuguese merchant called Hector Nunes, who complained in 1587[…]
This enquiry represents the first in the third key question of the ‘Migrants in Britain’ topic, and it provides a useful overview of the impact of the British Empire on patterns of migration in the 18th and 19th centuries. Students gather lots of information about different stages in the development of[…]
This enquiry delves further into the impact of the British Empire on patterns of migration in the 18th and 19th centuries. It focuses on the role of transatlantic slavery. It spotlights Olaudah Equiano and his role in bringing about the abolition of slavery, helping to develop students’ understanding of the second-order concept[…]
This enquiry fulfills the specification point ‘Liverpool in the nineteenth century: its role in migration’, focusing on the relationship between Liverpool’s prosperity and the slave trade. Students practise applying significance criteria to judge the significance of the slave trade for Liverpool, before they make ‘pendulum judgements’ about aspects of the topic. Finally, students[…]
This enquiry focuses on the consequences of the abolition of slavery in Britain, making use of an incredible online resource: the University College London’s database. This database records the individuals and businesses that benefitted from the £17 billion that the British government paid out to former slave-owners after 1833. S tudents take on[…]
This enquiry centres upon three engaging and important case studies: those of Sarah Forbes Bonetta (the child from West Africa who was transported to Britain to become Queen Victoria’s ‘pet’); Mary Seacole (the famed Crimean War-era nurse); Ignatius Sancho (widely known as the first Black person given the right to vote in[…]
This enquiry focuses on the experiences of lascar sailors, a migrant group whose experiences were shaped by the activities of the growing British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries. Students are introduced to an historian’s interpretation, and use evidence to support and challenge the historian’s claim about lascar sailors being ‘the most[…]
This enquiry focuses on a new group of migrants to Britain in the 18th and 19th century: ‘internal migrants’ or those who came to England from other places within the British Isles. Students find out more about the varied reasons for this migration, which included the disastrous potato famine in[…]
This enquiry focuses on the varied and brilliant ways in which migration has changed British life and culture. This happened in many ways, from the opening of Italian cafes and restaurants, to the building of beautiful synagogues and the establishment of high-street stores like Marks & Spencer. Students first gather information[…]
