www.ecpublishing.co.uk A collaboration between a long-term Head of History and Humanities and EC Resources. We have 20 years experience teaching all humanities subjects around the UK and a particular passion for creating top-notch secondary history resources. We will be uploading loads of free lessons as well an inexpensive ones in the coming months, so why not follow us? Hopefully we can save you an afternoon or two of planning!
www.ecpublishing.co.uk A collaboration between a long-term Head of History and Humanities and EC Resources. We have 20 years experience teaching all humanities subjects around the UK and a particular passion for creating top-notch secondary history resources. We will be uploading loads of free lessons as well an inexpensive ones in the coming months, so why not follow us? Hopefully we can save you an afternoon or two of planning!
This bundle contains a variety of lessons and activities for your to complete with your students during the Christmas term, or on your last day for some educational fun before you break up.
Included:
A History of Christmas lesson - this lesson covers where our traditions today have come from.
History Christmas Quiz - a fun and silly quiz covering the most popular aspects of the KS3 curriculum
An Egyptian themed end-of-term escape room. Can you crack the codes and solve the mystery of the lost scroll of Ra?
A British History themed escape room, covering 1066 to the present day.
All resources are editable, fun and easy to pick up and use.
Perfect introduction to the British Empire - focusing on both the positives and the negatives, as well as what it was and how it changed over time. This lesson allows students to explore the subject and background in detail, complete exam style questions, complete partnered tasks, clip tasks, case study tasks, debate tasks and more.
The lesson is detailed, editable and suitable for KS3 or KS4.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, three-way differentiated tasks, a variety of activities, clip tasks, exam-style practice plenary, peer teaching tasks and more.
It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
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.
DOUBLE LESSON - A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how William the Conqueror consolidated his power. The lesson focuses in detail on castles, the feudal system, bringing allies from Normandy and the Domesday Book.
This lesson lasts around 2 hours and is very easy to just pick up and use. This is suitable for any KS3 class (and could be used for KS4 - it’s full of exam-style source questions).
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, source questions, exam style practice questions, clips, group tasks and more. Acitivities are differentiated 3 ways where possible.
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.
This lesson can be used on its own or along with our other lessons on the Normans or medieval kings, all available in our TES store: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=21074955&q=norman&shop=History_Geeks
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
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A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how Mao, although a brutal individual with horrendous methods, could be argued to have the qualities of a successful leader. This lesson allows students to investigate how he was able to become a successful, albeit brutal, dictator.
This lesson investigates the strengths and weaknesses of Mao as a politician and was created for Year 9 but could be used for other years as it’s all editable - it’s full of exam-style GCSE practice questions.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, source questions, exam style practice questions, clip tasks and more.
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.
A differentiated and editable AQA GCSE history lesson all about the My Lai Massacre. It is perfect for AQA 8145, paper 1 section b, option d, but could be used with a Year 9 group or as a general recap on My Lai for any exam board.
The lesson focuses on what the massacre was and how it affected public opinion back in the US towards the Vietnam War.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, practice exam questions and mark-scheme, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets and more. It’s very easy to follow and will last at least one hour.
A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about medieval beliefs on the cause of disease. The lesson lasts one hour - 90 mins long and is very easy to just pick up and use. The lesson is suitable for any KS3 class and includes a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks and more. Acitivities are differentiated 3 ways where possible.
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.
This lesson can be used as a standalone lesson or used along with our other medieval lessons on life, castles, kings, conflict and war. All lessons are available, inexpensive or free in our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A fully resourced, detailed and editable lesson all about the Berlin Blockade, one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. Includes a detailed, differentiated PowerPoint and accompanying worksheets.
The lesson includes a wide variety of activities, and by the end of the lesson students will be able to evaluate the effects of the blockade using specific details from sources as evidence. Everything is editable, suited best to UKS3 (or good for a GCSE revision lesson) and easy to pick up and run with.
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.
Over 20 hours of very detailed and well differentiated history lessons with a focus on 20th century conflict. This would be ideal for an upper KS3 group.
There is enough content here for one term of history lessons and the bundle includes three-way differentiated PowerPoints, source analysis packs and guidance, practice GCSE exam style questions, loads of clip and questions activities, homework, literacy focus tasks - everything you need to teach outstanding history lessons and training your classes up ready for History GCSE. Some lessons are doubles.
Each lesson pack is tried and tested by a history UK department and is editable, engaging and full of content.
This Medieval Conflict lesson bundle covers William the Conqueror to the Hundred Years War.
Lessons included:
The Norman Conquest
The Crusades
The Peasants Revolt
The Hundred Year’s War Introduction
The Hundred Years War (and Joan of Arc) conclusion
All lessons include a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets you need. It is differentiated at least 2 ways where possible and fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete, including a starter, all clips and related tasks, source analysis, a written conversion task (converting information into a flow diagram), an exam style narrative question and a plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/History_Geeks
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.
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2x detailed and well differentiated editable history lessons all about the Hundred Years War, from English prowess and military victory in the first few decades to the crashing defeat by the French (joined by Joan of Arc) towards the end. The lessons cover all the most significant battles and turning points before inviting students to study sources in order to come to their own conclusions about if a French victory was always inevitable.
These lessons both last one hour and are very easy to just pick up and use. They are suitable for any KS3 class - or KS4 needing a refresher or overall introduction.
Each lesson includes an hour-long PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions and source pack, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, chronology and content focus tasks and more.
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE , RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson all about the conclusion of the Hundred Years War and the role of Joan of Arc. The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. It is suitable for any KS3 class and includes an hour-long PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions and source pack, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, chronology and content focus tasks and more.
This lesson is two of two (the first can be found here), but can still be used independently and doesn’t require any previous knowledge.
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson introducing the Hundred Years War. The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. It is suitable for any KS3 class and includes an hour-long PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, chronology and content focus tasks and more. This lesson is one of two (the second can be found here), but can still be used independently and doesn’t require any previous knowledge.
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
4 x ready to set, editable homeworks suitable for KS3 or KS4 with a focus on World War I.
Includes:
2x GCSE practice assessment packs with peer marking markschemes
One source comparison homework
One research task
One causes and consequences homework
2 hours of very detailed, well differentiated and editable lessons with 2x PowerPoints, worksheets, source analysis packs, GCSE style practice questions and also clip tasks and engaging group and individual activities .
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Or check out some Citizenship, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A HUGE unit of World War Two lessons for KS3 (or could be used as pre GCSE prep / catch up for KS4). 20 x well planned, detailed and challenging lessons, complete with 9-1 level GCSE challenge questions. This is an editable package and includes:
1. The Treaty of Versailles
2. The Great Depression and Germany
3. The Spartacist Rebellion
4. The Kapp Putsch
5. Hitler and the Nazi Rise to Power
6. WWII Propaganda
7. The Hitler Youth
8. Women, Children and Workers in Nazi Germany
9. Appeasement
10. Sudetenland Crisis
11. The German Youth in Opposition
12. Terror in Nazi Germany
13. The Holocaust
14. Blitzkrieg
15. Stalingrad
16. Dunkirk
17. Battle of Britain
18. D-Day
19. Was Hitler a great dictator?
20. The Impact of WWII on Civilians
This package would take you months to plan from scratch - each lesson will last you an hour, unless stated as two hours in the individual lesson description.
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.
A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about the genocide in Cambodia. The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. The lesson is suitable for any Middle School class . The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, source questions, exam style practice questions, clip tasks and more.
The Ultimate 2023 Tutor Time quiz - ALL NEW - fun and silly end of year quiz for 2023. A huge range of general knowledge questions with something to cater for every student’s tastes - 10 rounds covering a wide variety of fun and amusing subjects and topics. It’s not easy - but there are rounds for everyone, covering a huge variety of topics and interests so all students will feel involved.
There are 100 questions in all - the images shown are a preview of just a few from each round. Everything is editable with answers revealed at the end of each round:
Round 1: Films and visual media
From YouTubers to TikTok to film-flops and TV Trivia
Round 2: 2023 around the world - silliness, celebs, countries, food and more
How much did you pay attention to the news over the past year?
Round 3: Celebs in a suitcase
They’ve had enough and packed up on their hols - Can you identify the disguised celebs?
Round 4: 2023 in the news
How much did you pay attention to the news and social media over the past year?
Round 5: Is that Sir Keir Starmer - or just a scruffy old llama?'
Can you spot the Labour leader in strange and wonderful locations, or are you being trolled by an attention-grabbing camelid?
Round 6: Sport
Silly 2023 Sports Trivia
Round 7: Music
Can you name the track and artist and occasionally, the year of these hits?
Round 8: AI Animal-Merge
In this round, students should guess which two animals the AI has merged together in a hideous affront to nature!
Round 9: Gaming
A round for the gamers - be as quick as you are on those consoles.
Round 10: Random and Ready Riddles
Silly cereal-box trivia, a bit of English word-play, maths brain teasers and general knowledge thrown in for good measure.
The quiz is easy to use, interactive and editable. It’s designed for secondary students. You could tweak it for upper KS2 if you wished - but it is challenging.
I really hope you enjoy this, I enjoyed making it and tried to make it funny so teachers would enjoy using it too. Please note, the preview images have been uploaded so you can see what the resource contains. The quiz is in the folder called ‘This is the Quiz’.
If you have the EC Resources Complete Tutor Time Pack you will notice this has been added to your Tutor Time Dropbox as a free update :)
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, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.
We also run ecpublishing.co.uk and you can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk
