A four lesson bundle best suited to KS3 Geography (although all is editable) with a focus on how human activity changes the environment. All 4 x 1 hour lessons are well differentiated, detailed and adaptable with Powerpoints, worksheets, clips, practice GCSE style exam questions and fun activities to engage all learners. Includes: 1. Carbon Emissions and the Greenhouse Effect - why levels are rising and how these are contributing to the Greenhouse Effect. The lesson investigates how carbon is released, when levels started to rise as well the effect this is already starting to have on the Earth’s temperature. **2. Human Effects on the Environment **A lesson all about how human activity over the last two hundred years has effected our environment. The lesson investigates the processes behind the effects as well as possible solutions to minimize future damage, e.g cutting meat and dairy consumption, recycling and cutting down on plastic use. 3. Natural Resources and the effect of Non-Renewables. A lesson all about non-renewable energy and the problems extracting this is causing to the environment. There is a focus on the pertinent issue of fracking and the damage this can potentially do as well as the arguments on the other side citing the advantages. 4. SustainabilityAn investigation and overview of what sustainability is and then tasks with more of a focus on eating sustainably. 5. Human Effects on the Environment Homework Booklet. Also includes a fun end of term KS3 Geography Quiz. More free and inexpensive Humanities lessons can be found here. If you are happy with your resource, please leave us a review! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at historygeeksuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you.

FIVE HOURS CONTENT - five x fully resourced lesson packs (one is a cover lesson) focusing on the Black Death and medieval medicine. Each individual resource has been rated highly by Tes users. Contains: What was the Black Death? What were the consequences of the Black Death? An introduction to medieval medicine What did medieval people believe caused disease? Black Death source focus cover lesson All are complete with differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, LOs to three levels throughout, source analysis and much more. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.

A 7 hour unit (6 lessons, one is a double) covering the Reformation and the religious turmoil (and more) in Tudor Times. Everything is editable, contains detailed PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets, and is ready to go. Included: What was the Reformation, why did it happen? How was Henry VIII involved in the Reformation, why did he change the Church? What can we learn from sources about Henry VIII’s reign? Does Mary Tudor deserve her name, ‘Bloody Mary’? Why? What happened with Elizabeth I’s reign? Why did she kill her cousin? An overview of the religious turmoil in Tudor Times (includes Edward’s reign). Who are EC Resources? EC Resources 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, The British Legion, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.

4 x detailed and editable, one hour lessons to introduce students to history skills. The pack includes: History Skills Introduction - A fun Year 7 History lesson which can be used either on a transition day or in the first week at secondary school as an introduction to history. The lesson focuses on familiarising students with the key skills they will be using throughout history lessons in KS3- source analysis, source comparison, chronology and literacy through history (spag and essay skills). It includes engaging teamwork tasks, fact-finding activities and lots of introduction to new key terms. History Skills - Evidence. A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how to assess evidence / sources for usefulness, with PowerPoint and accompanying worksheets. It’s editable and very easy to pick up and run with. The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. The lesson is best suited to Year 7 (but could be used with an older, perhaps lower ability group as a refresher) . The download includes: a one hour PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, clip tasks and more. History Skills - The Ice Man. A detailed and well differentiated, editable history skills lesson with a focus on the importance of using evidence. This hour long lesson (with PowerPoint, clips and worksheets) was created for Year 7 (but could be used with a different group) to illustrate the importance of source work as historians (and those working in archeology) in order to gain a detailed picture of the past. The lesson focuses on the story of the Ice Man and how he died and came to be buried and preserved he was. Students will use evidence to create a detailed profile of the Ice Man’s last days and explore the artifacts he left behind and the clues left for historians to decipher. History Skills - Pompeii. A detailed and well differentiated, editable history skills lesson with a focus on the importance of using evidence. This hour long lesson (with PowerPoint, clips and worksheets) could be used with any KS3 group to illustrate the importance of source work as historians (and those working in archeology) in order to gain a detailed picture of the past. The lesson focuses on the story of the Pompeii and the evidence left behind that historians have pieced together to create an accurate view of the disaster. Students will use evidence to create a detailed profile of the last days of Pompeii and explore the site left behind and the clues left for historians to decipher.