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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.
Wolsey's Reforms
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Wolsey's Reforms

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Get to grips with the judicial, economic and social reforms of Cardinal Wolsey. Students will complete a ‘journal’ of reforms to keep it all nice and tidy. Each set of reforms will be analysed and tied together with an exam question. lesson 03/15
Henry VIII
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Henry VIII

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By the end of this lesson students will have formulated a view on Henry VIII on his taking to the throne in 1509. Students will read sources, evaluate societal structure and assess the aims of Henry. Lesson 01/15
Police Reform
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Police Reform

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. Lesson to focus on the changes made to policing as an overview. To include: Overview of Bow Street Runners and early Metropolitan Police Opposition to reforms. Reason for slow change. Source analysis.
Tension In Whitechapel
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Tension In Whitechapel

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Part of GCSE Crime and Punishment Whitechapel case Study Lesson focus on immigration to Whitechapel in the 19th century and the increasing tensions as a consequence. Evaluation of tension created by immigration of Eastern European Jews, Irish Navvies and Social Anarchists to East London. Table of evaluation to complete. 8 Mark Source Usefulness question. Think-Pair-Share Starter.
Modern Crime and Punishment.
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Modern Crime and Punishment.

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Part of Edexcel GCSE Crime and Punishment Lesson focus to evaluate how & why attitudes to some crimes have changed in the modern age. Tasks include: Dates guessing starter. Evaluation of changing attitudes towards race, gender and sexuality in Britain. Explanation of changing laws on domestic violence and drug use. Extra own knowledge segments to promote discussion - county lines and Aids Crisis. Final task exploring continuity and change over time.
Modern Terrorism & Smuggling
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Modern Terrorism & Smuggling

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Part of Edexcel GCSE Crime and Punishment Lesson focus to evaluate terrorism and smuggling as crimes in the modern age. Tasks include: Defining the key terms. Explanations of International & Right Wing terrorism as well as other forms and a specific focus on IRA and UDF actions in Northern Ireland. Evaluation of change and continuity with modern smuggling. Exam style question.
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.
Policing in Whitechapel
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Policing in Whitechapel

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Part of GCSE Crime and Punishment Whitechapel case Study Focus on understanding the difficulties faced by the society of Whitechapel: Descriptions of H-Division. Table of evidence to explore problems facing the police. Balanced view points provided. Exam style question.
Crime & Punishment Sources
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Crime & Punishment Sources

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Lesson focus is to understand the nature of the ‘Source follow up’ question in GCSE Crime & Punishment. Lesson includes: Source practice tasks Evaluation of changes to policing in London. Creation of examples sheet of sources to be used in a follow up task. Exam practice.
Pentonville Prison
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Pentonville Prison

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Part of GCSE Crime & Punishment. The focus of this lesson is to explore the changes made to Pentonville under the separate system. Includes: Focus on chronology of change over time. Booklet handout to complete covering: * The design of the prison. * Conditions in the prison. * Opinions on the prison. Evaluation of the reasons for the harsh conditions in Pentonville.
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).
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
Anglo Saxon England
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Anglo Saxon England

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Lesson designed to give contextual knowledge to the Saxons. Task include: Source analysis (the ‘Groans of the Britons’ letter). Hengist and Horsa story comprehension. Reason for Saxon invasions/migrations. Exploration of life through Sutton Hoo artefacts Exploration of the Heptarchy.
Norman Crime & Punishment
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Norman Crime & Punishment

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. Lesson to focus on changes to C&P after the Norman Conquest. To include: Murdrum Fines & Forest Laws Law enforcement Comparison of continuity and change from Saxon England. Lesson 04 in scheme
Saxon Crime & Punishment
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Saxon Crime & Punishment

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. This lesson will explore: Saxon Crimes Use of community law enforcement Methods of trials for criminals Saxon Punishments. Comprehension tasks throughout. Lesson 02 in scheme.
Tudor Crime & Punishment
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Tudor Crime & Punishment

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. Lesson to focus on the increase of Witchcraft as a crime as well as vagrancy between the 16th and 17th Centuries. To include: Reasons for increased focus on witchcraft. Reasons for convictions. Matthew Hopkins Case study Chronology of Vagrancy laws. Changes after the Civil War (Puritan England).
Transportation to Australia
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Transportation to Australia

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. Focus on the introduction of large scale transportation as a punishment. To include: Mapping of the reasons for it’s use Source inference for punishments in the colonies. Story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs (literacy focus) Story board of causes, events and consequences of Tolpuddle.
Early Modern Policing
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Early Modern Policing

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. Lesson to focus on changes to law enforcement in the 16th-18th Centuries. To include: Source analysis Continuity and change evaluation. Descriptions of new methods. Explanations of: Thief Takes, Early Transportation (to 13 Colonies), early Prisons and the Bloody Code.
Highwayman
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Highwayman

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. Focus on changing nature of crime. To include: Casestudies of Highwayman, Smuggling and Poaching. Comprehension tasks and flow diagram to complete. Exam style q.
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.