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Welcome to History Hacks, where history comes alive! 🌟 Discover expertly crafted GCSE and KS3 history lessons meticulously designed by a qualified history teacher with a passion for education. Dive into ann engaging curriculum that not only covers all the key skills and disciplinary knowledge required by Edexcel but also sparks creativity and excitement in every student. From captivating storytelling to interactive activities, my lessons are tailored to make history a thrilling adventure.

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Welcome to History Hacks, where history comes alive! 🌟 Discover expertly crafted GCSE and KS3 history lessons meticulously designed by a qualified history teacher with a passion for education. Dive into ann engaging curriculum that not only covers all the key skills and disciplinary knowledge required by Edexcel but also sparks creativity and excitement in every student. From captivating storytelling to interactive activities, my lessons are tailored to make history a thrilling adventure.
The Spartacist Uprising
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The Spartacist Uprising

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The new republic is not safe, the Spartacists are coming! Use this third lesson in the series to explain the events of the German Revolution and Spartacist Uprising. Don’t forget to use the threatometre to ensure thematic links and significance are inferred between this and the Kapp Putsch. Lesson 3/25
Nazi Church Policies
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Nazi Church Policies

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Fully resourced lesson exploring Hitler’s & wider Nazi policies towards the Church - with additional focus on German faith movement. Lesson 19/24
Weimar and Nazi Germany Revision Booklet
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Weimar and Nazi Germany Revision Booklet

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Booklet revision bundle Weimar and Nazi Germany - Knowledge and Exam Skills (Edexcel) Two booklets separated into Weimar and Nazi Germany. Each contains pages of key knowledge for revision to allow completion of additional tasks. Rear of the book contains exam questions with guidance and model answers covering all question styles of Edexcel to allow for comprehensive revision of topics and exam skills.
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
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Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

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1066 Scheme of work - Lesson 1/5 *Struggling to explain the context of the pre-norman England? Well here’s the ready made resource for you. * Lesson includes: Comprehension of ‘who the Saxons are’ Evaluation and analysis of three kingdoms (Mercia, Wessex & Kent) Exploration of Saxon Crime and Punishment (links to GCSE) Plenary tasks. Aimed at KS3.
Weimar Culture
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Weimar Culture

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Its time to deep dive into the ‘free-lovin’ Weimar Golden age. Use this lesson to explore the liberal culture of the Weimar Golden age. From Art to literature, film to architecture, women’s rights to music… this has it all. Fully resourced lesson, remember to use this to contrast Nazi culture using the Timeline booklet. Lesson 9/25
Night of the Long Knives
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Night of the Long Knives

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It was a black day for Germany. The event that showed all who was truly in charge. Use this fully resourced lesson to plot the events of this fateful night, and more importantly, analyse the consequences… Lesson 16/24
1923 - Invasion & Hyperinflation
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1923 - Invasion & Hyperinflation

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Combine the twin threats of French invasion and economic collapse into one lesson - although it may take you two. Fully resourced lesson focusing on the cause and effects of the French invasion of the Ruhr (wit source inference), continuing into the events of hyperinflation on German society - real dodgy old-school Youtube videos included! Lesson 6/25
The Enabling Act
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The Enabling Act

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A law to establish a dictatorship? Doesn’t seem right, right? Well that’s what happened and in 1933 and this lesson will help you tell that tale. Explore the conspiracies and evaluate the impact with this fully resource lesson. Lesson 15/24
Henry VIII & His Ministers Revision
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Henry VIII & His Ministers Revision

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Complete resource booklet with key information for Edexcel Henry VIII unit. Broken into three sections (Wolsey, Cromwell & the Reformation). The booklet features and exam skills section at the end, complete with model answers and exam skills.
The Nazi Police State
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The Nazi Police State

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Now Hitler’s got the high job, his plans turned to retaining it. This fully resourced lesson will aid you in explaining the systems of control within Nazi Germany. Lesson 17/24
Creating the Weimar Republic
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Creating the Weimar Republic

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*The year is 1918, a brand new Germany has risen! But what does it look like? Who governs this new Weimar Republic and how strong is this new democracy? * Use this lesson to give initial context of the Weimar Republic. Looking at the set up of the government, considering strengths and weaknesses whilst students construct a constitution of the republic. Resources included. Lesson 01/25
Medieval Crime & Punishment
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Medieval Crime & Punishment

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. Lesson to focus on change an continuity during the Medieval Era To include: Changes to law enforcement. Introduction to Heresy Laws Graphing of changes from Saxons to start of Tudor age. Use of story to provide comprehension (literacy focus).
Cold War Character Cards
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Cold War Character Cards

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Revision cards for all the key individuals in the Cold War unit. Space for bullet-point notes and links to relevant topics.
The Kapp Putsch
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The Kapp Putsch

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The Spartacists are gone, but in their wake stand the Freikorps. In this second installment of ‘Threats to Weimar’ you and your class will uncover the key moments and debate the consequences of the Kapp Putsch 1921. Part of a twin lesson with the Spartacist Uprising and includes all resources. Lesson 4/25
Minorities in Nazi Germany
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Minorities in Nazi Germany

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From camps to ghettos, laws to violence and the Untermensch. Use this fully resourced lesson to explore Nazi polices to minorities and how this crime against humanity first developed… 18/24
Nazi Economics
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Nazi Economics

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Economics… fun right? Well this lesson is, well sort of. It does what it says on the tin. This fully resourced lesson will focus in on all major aspects of the Nazi economic policy. Lesson 23/24
The Gunpowder Plot
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The Gunpowder Plot

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. Lesson to include: Analysis of why the plotters wanted James I dead. Exploration of whether the plotters were framed. Explanation of consequences. Exam style questions. Lesson 7 in scheme
Prague Spring (Invasion of Czechoslovakia)
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Prague Spring (Invasion of Czechoslovakia)

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Use this lesson to construct the narrative of Czechoslovakia’s attempt to create ‘communism with a human face’. Look at Dubcek’s reasoning, Brezhnev’s response and the American’s lack of… Lesson 10/16
Motte & Bailey Castles
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Motte & Bailey Castles

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Lesson designed to explore early castle building. The purpose, design and impact of these will be explored. Includes: Evaluation tasks of why the Normans built castles. Explanation task of where to build castles. Literacy tasks. Plenary letter writing task.
The Treaty of Versailles
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The Treaty of Versailles

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What does a lamb have to do with peace treaties? Use this lesson to explain the decisions and consequences of the Paris Peace Conference 1919. Fully resourced lesson to support teaching of Edexcel Weimar & Nazi Germany. Lesson 2/25