PSHE, Citizenship, RE, SMSC Lessons + Teaching Resources
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www.ecpublishing.co.uk We are the market leaders in PSHE + RSE resources, with over 14 million downloads of our lessons worldwide and over 5500 five star reviews. Established in 2015, our team of consultants and teachers has written for The Bank of England, The Children's Commissioner, The CCRC, The British Legion and many other UK charities and institutions. We love what we do and we aim to be highest quality and best value for money out there. Find us at www.ecpublishing.co.uk.
13 hours of fully resourced lesson packs (11 PowerPoint-based lessons and one workbook) which all have a focus on abusive and unhealthy relationships, from date rape and sexual assault to domestic violence, cults, revenge porn and much more. These are designed to cover the PSHE Association’s latest guidance for 2020-24 (to cover all forms of abuse) and the new statutory PSHE requirements.
All lesson packs are complete with a detailed PowerPoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs and starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students.
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16 hours of fully resourced PSHCE lesson packs which all have a focus on our legal rights as UK citizens. From employment and consumer law to CSE, voting rights, anti-social behaviour laws and age of criminal responsibility, this pack contains thorough coverage of both our rights and responsibilities under the British Law.
All lesson packs are complete with a detailed PowerPoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs and starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students.
Included:
Our employment rights and responsibilities
Health and Safety laws in the UK
UK drugs laws
Our rights in civil and criminal courts and the differences between these.
Anti-social behaviour and the law
CSE (child sexual exploitation) and the law
Free Press and Media UK Laws
Controlling relationships under UK law
Age of criminal Responsibility (English focus)
Our legal rights in UK democracy and how it works
Forced and arranged marriages and the law
Hate Crime and UK laws
Cyber Crime and UK law
How the UK law and legal system works
Our legal entitlements in trade unions
Our rights under UK law as consumers
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4 hours of fully resourced, PSHE / Financial Literacy lesson packs all about debt, money problems and how to avoid getting into tricky financial circumstances.
Lessons included:
1: What is debt? How can we manage our personal finances to avoid getting into debt?
2. What are payday loans? Why do people take them out and how hard are they to pay back?
3. Why do people use credit cards? What are the positives and negatives and how can we use them responsibly?
4. What is money laundering? Why is it illegal and how are some criminals tricking students into hiding their money?
All lesson packs are complete with a detailed PowerPoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs and starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students. All created using PSHE Association guidelines.
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5 hours of fully resourced, PSHE lesson packs all about drugs and the UK classification system (the Class A lesson is a double). All lesson packs are complete with a detailed PowerPoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs and starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students.
1: A focus on Class A drugs - crack, heroin, krokodil, DMT, ecstasy, magic mushrooms, much more. Can anyone become addicted to these?
2. A focus on Class B drugs - ketamine, ritalin, codeine and cannabis (+ derivatives)
3. Class C and perscription drugs (steroids, painkillers, GHB, Khat, more) - what are these and how do people fall into addiction without even realising it?
4. What kind of penalties can we expect in UK law for possessing or selling drugs? Are any mind altering substances legal in the UK now?
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A mega bundle of AQA GCSE Citizenship Revision and Exam Practice. This bundle includes practice exam questions, revision guides, activities.
The pack covers all themes of the AQA Spec (and therefore largely the same content as Edexcel and OCR - but this was created for AQA).
There is around 30+ hours worth of content here, so should be enough to keep your students going for a while! All have been created by an experienced Citizenship teacher and AQA marker.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All the resources are editable (so easy to adapt further for your classes if you want to).
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ONE YEAR OF RESOURCES - Be ready for the new 2020 DfE PSHE and RSE guidelines! This Year 11 PSHE, Careers and RSE pack contains 1 Year’s worth of Yr 11 PSHE resources (it has now has 31 hours, accounting for study leave).
31 x fully resourced, highly-rated PSHE lesson packs and units. All 31 lesson packs (bundled into 20 separate downloads), complete with at least one hour-long Powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow.
This pack follows on from:
1 Year of Year 7 PSHE
1 Year of Year 8 PSHE
1 Year of Year 9 PSHE
1 Year of Year 10 PSHE
There is zero extra work required, and the whole bundle follows PSHE Association 2020 SoW for Year 11 (KS4).
You can also find this pack and further discounted packages at the EC Publishing website.
I use all of these myself as a Head of PSHE and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team. You can also find the other ‘one year of PSHE’ packages for all of the KS3 groups at my store.
Please note, this bundle has 30 lessons in rather than the 37 of of the other packs. This is to account for the fact most schools break up for study leave in May half term. This is also reflected in the price as the pack is the cheapest of the five year groups.
I also have a 1 YEAR OF CITIZENSHIP bundle (37 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of Citizenship
and I have a 1 YEAR OF RE bundle (36 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of RE
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9 x fully resourced lesson packs and one assembly suitable for KS3 / KS4 all with a focus on the controversial issues Britain is currently facing. From Boris Johnson as the new PM, to Fracking to Mob mMntality - this lesson unit would make the perfect Citizenship drop down day - ticking boxes for British Values and SMSC.
All 9 lesson packs (and one assembly an an additional extra) are complete with at least one PowerPoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs and starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students.
These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow.
There is zero extra work required, and the whole bundle follows the latest Citizenship Association guidance.
Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free.
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A Medical Ethics Unit lasting 12 hours (one lesson is a double) that was created for Year 9 RE, but could easily be used for a capable Year 8 or none-GCSE KS4 group.
Each lesson is very detailed, editable and differentiated three ways with colour-coded challenge tasks for every activity. The lessons are very easy to follow as all the instructions are on the PowerPoints and worksheets. Each of the individual lessons have had excellent reviews so far.
The unit includes:
What are the religious and ethical views on abortion? A lesson exploring the pro-choice and pro-life debate and introducing the concept of sanctity and quality of life.
What are the religious and ethical views on euthanasia? A lesson examining the quality vs sanctity of life debate in detail while examining types of euthanasia and religious views on these.
Stem Cell Research - an investigation into embryology and the controversial issues surrounding the science. The lesson investigates how scripture can be applied to these issues and why there is so much debate.
Capital Punishment and The Death Penalty - a two hour lesson which focuses on capital punishment, its legal status around the world, the moral and religious arguments for and against and the history of the death penalty.
Drugs and morality - a lesson exploring the moral and religious debate around drug use before examining religious quotes and practicing GCSE style exam questions.
Genetic Engineering - an overview lesson on test tube and designer babies as well as religious objections to the technology, with a focus on Christianity and Islam.
An detailed article with differentiated comprehension questions all about the ethics, morality and faux-science of the anti-vaxxer movement.
Why do some religions have objections to particular medical technologies and procedures?
IVF - what is this and what are the different religious views towards it?
What do Islam and Christianity believe about medical death?
Religion and science - are they forever destined to work against each other, or can they work together?
Assessment, feedback and mark scheme
Scheme of work
Who are EC Resources?
EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.
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ONE YEAR OF RESOURCES -This pack contains 1 Year’s worth of Yr 10 PSHE resources! 37 x fully resourced, highly-rated PSHE lesson packs and units. All ready for the new DfE guidelines and aligned to the new PSHE Association’s KS4 recommended topics.
All 37 lesson packs (bundled into 20 separate downloads) are complete with at least one hour-long PowerPoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and all are well-differentiated to three levels throughout. From County Lines and Careers to Mental Health, RSE, Revision Skills and Transphobia - this pack covers everything suggested to be taught in Year 10 by the PSHE Association.
These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow.
This pack follows on from:
1 Year of Year 7 PSHE
1 Year of Year 8 PSHE
1 Year of Year 9 PSHE
There is zero extra work required, and the whole bundle follows PSHE Association 2020 SoW for Year 10 (KS4).
You can also find this pack at the** EC Publishing website.**
I use all of these myself as a Head of PSHE and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team. You can also find the other ‘one year of PSHE’ packages for all of the KS3 groups at my store.
I also have a 1 YEAR OF CITIZENSHIP bundle (37 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of Citizenship
and I have a 1 YEAR OF RE bundle (36 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of RE
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5 hours of lessons all with a focus on gangs and youth crime. This pack covers gangs, knife crime and county lines.
The lessons are fully differentiated, engaging and contain Powerpoints, worksheets, clips and activities. They have been made by an experienced PSHCE Head of Department and used in a variety of UK Secondary Schools.
I really hope you enjoy this pack - please do leave a review :) Many more free and inexpensive PSHE and Citizenship resources available here: EC_Resources Store
MORE ADDED! Citizenship GCSE 9-1 Unit for Politics and Participation (Theme 3). Made for AQA, but all editable and covers the vast majority of Edexcel and OCR content too. Includes 10 x full 1 hour lessons and a revision guide. Also includes practice exam questions which can be done in the lesson or at home for revision.
Included 10 lessons (11 hours total) for:
3.4.1 Where does political power reside in the UK and how is it controlled?
3.4.2 What are the powers of local and devolved government and how can citizens participate?
3.4.3 Where does political power reside: with the citizen, parliament or government?
3.4.4 How do others govern themselves?
3.4.5 How can citizens try to bring about political change?
and a Complete Unit Revision Guide
Also included - an interactive exam practice question generator.
All lessons are fully differentiated for 9-1 gradings, easy to follow, detailed and created by an experienced Head of Citizenship.
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GCSE Citizenship 9-1: A 60 min lesson on public funding and spending and the arguments around this, how taxes are raised and spent and how risk is managed, as required by the AQA spec. This lesson covers:
3.4.2 What are the powers of local and devolved government and how can citizens participate?
How public taxes are raised and spent by government locally and nationally.
The practice of budgeting and managing risk and how it is used by government to manage complex decisions about the allocation of public funding.
Different viewpoints and debates about how governments and other service providers make provision for welfare, health, the elderly and education.
Created for Citizenship GCSE - Politics and Participation. Includes:
One 60 min hour lesson with PP, worksheets, exam practice question, peer assessment and marking grid, clips and source book. Well differentiated and easily adapted. Made for AQA Citizenship 9-1 but suitable material for any of the Citizenship GCSE courses or could be used for non-GCSE British Values lessons.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes).
You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources
Exam practice question and mark scheme for Citizenship GCSE 9-1.
This was created as part of this two hour lesson for Citizenship GCSE 9-1 with a focus on:
3.4.4 How do others govern themselves?
Key differences in how citizens can or cannot participate in politics in one democratic and one non-democratic political system that is outside the UK.
The full lesson can be found here.
GCSE Citizenship 9-1: A 2 hour lesson on the European Parliament, UK democracy and one other form of government as comparison (in this case dictatorship) as required by the AQA spec. This lesson covers:
3.4.4 How do others govern themselves?
Electoral systems and processes used in European parliamentary elections; the impact of these systems on the composition of political parties representing citizens.
Key differences in how citizens can or cannot participate in politics in one democratic and one non-democratic political system that is outside the UK.
Created for Citizenship GCSE - Politics and Participation. Includes:
One two hour lesson with PP, worksheets, exam practice question, peer assessment and marking grid, clips and is well differentiated and easily adapted. Made for AQA Citizenship 9-1 but suitable material for any of the Citizenship GCSE courses or could be used for non-GCSE British Values lessons.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes).
You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources
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UPDATED FOR 2024 General Election - GCSE Citizenship 9-1: A 1 hour lesson on FPTP, PR and the philosophies of the main UK political parties. As required by the AQA spec (but also suitable content for other specs), this lesson covers:
1.The major political parties contesting UK general elections; key philosophical differences between the political parties operating in UK general elections.
2.The nature of the ‘First Past the Post’ system based on parliamentary constituencies; the frequency of Westminster elections. Other voting systems used in UK elections, including proportional systems and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Created for Citizenship GCSE - Politics and Participation - perfect for revision too. Includes:
1 hour PP, worksheets, exam practice question, clips, well differentiated and easily adapted. Made for AQA Citizenship 9-1 but suitable material for any of the Citizenship GCSE courses or could be used for non-GCSE British Values lessons.
This lesson has been planned for Citizenship AQA 9-1 : Politics and Participation, specifically spec point 3.4.3 Where does political power reside: with the citizen, parliament or government?
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes).
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GCSE Citizenship 9-1: A 2 hour lesson on where political power resides in the UK. This lesson covers; the difference between the executive, the legislature, the judiciary and the monarchy as well as the nature of bicameral Westminster parliament, the respective roles of and the relationship between the House of Commons and the House of Lords and the role of the monarch. This could be used as an introduction to the topic or a revision session.
Created for Citizenship GCSE - Politics and Participation. Includes:
2 hour PP, worksheets, exam practice question, clips, well differentiated and easily adapted. Made for AQA Citizenship 9-1 but suitable material for any of the Citizenship GCSE courses or could be used for non-GCSE British Values lessons.
This lesson has been planned for Citizenship AQA 9-1 : Politics and Participation, specifically spec point 3.4.3 Where does political power reside: with the citizen, parliament or government?
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes).
You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources
Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
3 HOURS of GCSE Citizenship 9-1: lessons on democracy, the electoral systems, voting age, voter apathy and English Laws for English Votes as required by the AQA spec. These could be used as a detailed introduction to the topic or a revision session. One lesson is a double, one a single.
Spec covered:
3.4.2 What are the powers of local and devolved government and how can citizens participate?
The debate about ‘English votes for English laws’. Who can stand for election and how candidates are selected.
Who can and cannot vote in elections and why; debates about the voting age.
Issues relating to voter turnout, voter apathy and suggestions for increasing vote turnout at elections.
3.2 Life in Modern Britain 3.2.2 What do we mean by identity? Mutual respect, understanding and democracy in Britain.
Created for Citizenship GCSE - Politics and Participation. Includes:
One double lesson + one single with PP, worksheets, exam practice question, peer assessment and marking grid, clips and well differentiated and easily adapted.
Made for AQA Citizenship 9-1 but suitable material for any of the Citizenship GCSE courses or could be used for non-GCSE British Values lessons.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes).
Citizenship GCSE 9-1 Complete Unit (14 hours) for Life in Modern Britain. Made for AQA, but all editable and covers the vast majority of Edexcel and OCR content too.
Included 13 lessons (14 hours total) for:
3.2.1 What are the principles and values that underpin British society?
3.2.2 What do we mean by identity?
3.2.3 What is the role of the media and the free press?
3.3.4 What is the UK’s role in key international organisations?
3.3.5 How can citizens make their voice heard and make a difference in society?
Also included - an interactive exam practice question generator.
All lessons are fully differentiated for 9-1 gradings, easy to follow, detailed and created by an experienced Head of Citizenship.
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4 hours of fully resourced and highly-rated lessons on sexual consent. These RSE/ PSHE lesson resources are for KS3/4.
Includes - 4x 1 hour PowerPointss, worksheets, clips, well differentiated, KS3/ KS4. Good Sex and date rape resource are best suited to KS4. Also includes a consent knowledge organiser.
These lessons were created specifically to fit with the newly released DfE guidelines for Relationships and Sex Education in UK schools, set to become statutory 2020/21.
The complete PSHE School Packages are available here.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each.
You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources here.
New KS4 / KS5 RSE Unit of 14 lessons (16 hours of content). These lessons were created specifically for KS4 / KS5 to fit with the newly released DfE guidelines for Relationships and Sex Education in UK schools, set to become statutory 2020. They are intended as a continuation of my KS3 Unit, available here: but can be taught without this and all work as standalone lessons.
My complete KS3 / KS4 set is available here.
The lessons included are:
Consent, Sexual Harassment and Rape - How can we establish clear sexual boundaries?
2) Good Sex - How can we have good, safe sex and is it best to wait for someone you care about?
Same Sex RelationshipsWhy do some people have same sex relationships, what’s it like to be in one and what challenges do couples face?
Break - Ups Why do these feel like the end of the world - and are they really?
Gender, Sex and Trans Identity What do these terms mean and why is it important we study them?
Revenge Porn - why is this on the increase, how can we prevent it and what are the legal consequences?
7) Safe Sex and Chem Sex - an investigation into the less obvious things that make sex safe and the emerging and dangerous trend of chem sex.
8) LGBT+ (focusing on the +) non-traditional relationships, asexuality and creating an inclusive school.
9) Parenting - what’s it like being a new parent? What are the different styles of parenting? How do you look after a new baby?**
10) Coercive and Controlling relationships- what are these, how are they abusive? What are the red flags and where can you go for help?
11) Sex and the media - how do media representations of sex affect us?
12) Sex, hormones and emotions - how can one night stands affect our emotions? How do we know when to take a relationship a step further?
13) Online dating safety - how can we stay safe when using online dating apps? How damaging is hook-up culture?
14) Sexual harassmentA brand new lesson which details what we mean by sexual harassment, what constitutes as sexual harassment in the eyes of the law (UK), the different forms this can take and how this can be reported correctly.
All lessons include a well differentiated PowerPoint, detailed worksheets, information sheets, engaging activities, clips and accompanying question tasks.
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