Key Stage 4

Conspiracy Theories

21 April 202114 November 2023
Key Stage 4, Lessons

These lessons aim to provoke critical thinking and understand the power of persuasion and propaganda.

Crime and Deviance

12 April 202114 November 2023
Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5, Lessons

We live in a world with increased government crackdowns on what is considered criminal activity at the same time that governments themselves seem to be flouting national and international laws. Through a series of six lessons you will explore the nature of crime and deviance in modern society; the state’s role in that; how the norms of a society affect crime and attitudes towards both state and personal protections against crime.

Diversity on Screen

22 March 202114 November 2023
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Lessons

These lessons highlight the importance of inclusivity on screen and how what we see on TV and in films affects us in everyday life. We also learn how to analyse articles and the importance of different perspectives.

Misogyny, Consent and Healthy Relationships

16 March 202114 November 2023
Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5, Lessons

These lessons explore how misogyny contributes to the negative experience that women have in modern society and looks at ways in which everyday misogyny and toxic masculinity can be challenged and overcome by men themselves.

The work of James Baldwin and Ta-Nehisi Coates

15 February 202114 November 2023
Key Stage 4, Lessons

Through a series of six lessons you will be looking comparatively at ‘The Fire Next Time’ by James Baldwin and ‘Between the World and Me’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates. To gain more of an understanding of both texts you will explore their context- the Civil Rights era and Black Lives Matter movement and how they have shaped both America and the world.

What is Free Speech?

12 February 202114 November 2023
Key Stage 4, Lessons

An exploration of “free speech” in the UK and USA. The lesson includes an evaluation of cancel culture, intolerance and conspiracy theories.

Early 20th Century Ireland

10 January 202114 November 2023
Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5, Lessons

Through a series of six lessons you will be exploring different aspects of Irish history through literary texts

Identity

24 December 202014 November 2023
Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5, Lessons

In these six lessons students will explore different aspects of identity in the 21st Century. The lessons cover the topics of: gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, political identity and online identity.

Making Modern Britain 1: Money, Money, Money, Sugar, Slavery and Industry.

30 November 202012 December 2023
Key Stage 4, Lessons

This lesson looks at some factors that took Britain from an insignificant country at the edge of the world’s main civilisations, to a major world power.

Black History Month: Representation

19 October 202013 November 2023
Key Stage 4, Lessons

A look into the representations of Black people in popular culture and the importance of consistent and positive representation. Part of our series of lessons for Black History Month 2020!