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!
A detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson with a focus on Stalingrad. Students will evaluate causes of German failure and will consider how a single Battle could affect the outcome of the whole war.
This pack includes an editable PowerPoint, source packs, clip tasks, homework and extended literacy tasks. It is very easy to follow with all instructions on the slides as you go along.
A detailed, differentiated and editable 1 hour - 90 min lesson for High School history class, all about the role of terror in controlling the people in Nazi Germany. This lesson is for for the UK exam board AQA GCSE: Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship. However it could also be used for other groups with a few tweaks (it’s easy to amend).
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, information sheets, practice exam question and mark-scheme, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets and more. It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how the Treaty of Versailles helped to contribute towards the outbreak of WWII. The lesson lasts one hour long and is very easy to just pick up and use. The lesson is suitable for any Middle School class and includes a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks and more.
A detailed, differentiated and editable 1 hour history lesson suitable for KS3 all about life in the trenches. Students will study a range of issues soldiers were faced with before answering an extended writing question about whether rats were the worst problem that soldiers faced.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, information sheets, extended writing exam style questions, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets and more. It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away.
A detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson all about the effects of the Great Depression on Germany and how these contributed towards Hitler’s rise to power. The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. The lesson is suitable for any Middle School class and includes an hour-long PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, active tasks and more.
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 .
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A detailed, differentiated and editable 90 min - 2 hour lesson all about the Kapp Putsch and its consequences. Perfect for UKS3 or a GCSE introduction/overview lesson.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, information sheets, practice exam questions and mark-scheme, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets and more. It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
This bundle includes 5 lessons:
Battle of Hastings: covers what happened during the Battle of Hastings and why William I won.
Norman consolidation of England: covers the Domesday Book, building of Castles and feudalism introduced by William I to England.
King John I and Magna Carta
Peasants’ Revolt
Castle building and why it was important
All lessons are editable, ready to teach and easy to use.
Detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about the Sudetenland Crisis. Very easy to just pick up and use.
The lessons includes detailed PowerPoints, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, active tasks and more. Perfect for KS3 or GCSE revision.
In this lesson, we will celebrate Black History by exploring the remarkable achievements of black women across the globe, with a focus on Rosa Parkes. Best suited to students from UKS1 (Year 2) to LKS2 (Years 3 - 4), this engaging and editable lesson provides a gentle and age-appropriate introduction to the concepts of fairness, equality, discrimination and injustice.
The lesson begins with an interactive starter, introducing four notable black women, and then delves into an exploration of Rosa Parks’ life and contributions in the main section. Through age-appropriate content, students will learn about fairness, empathy, and the significance of treating everyone equally as they delve into Rosa Parks’ pivotal role in the civil rights movement.
This lesson aims to honour the achievements of black women, celebrate their valuable contributions, and encourage discussions about equality and justice.
A fun and Christmassy lesson for students in the last week of term. Could be used as a reward lesson the last time you see your class before Christmas.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, differentiated tasks, a variety of activities, 3 different fun plenaries, timeline task and more. It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
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.
KS3 Slavery to Civil Rights : 13 lessons (at least 16 hours of content) following the complete story of discovery of the New World and start of the slave trade to the complete Civil Rights fight and Martin Luther King. Also includes a cover lesson and additional source question pack which could be set as homework.
Lessons include: Black history overview, exploration of the new world, slavery introduction, triangle trade, middle passage, plantations, abolition, underground railroad with Harriet Tubman, Jim Crow, KKK, Emmett Till, civil rights, Martin Luther King and more.
There is easily enough material for a whole term - you may find some of the lessons last more than one hour.
The unit was originally taught to Year 8, but has had extra challenges added to suit it to Year 9 over the last year too. Every lesson is differentiated to at least three levels of challenge, has source analysis tasks, peer or mini-assessments, clip tasks with differentiated questioning, essay or literacy focus tasks for GCSE skills prep. This is inclusive of all the standards you’d expect - starters, plenaries, measurable LOs, well presented Powerpoints and easy to follow worksheets with instructions.
5 HOURS in 4 lesson packs. World War One, the Causes - UNIT OF LESSONS: Extremely detailed and easy to follow - perfect for UKS3 (or could be used as pre GCSE prep / WW1 catch-up for KS4). A unit of well differentiated lessons on complete with 9-1 level GCSE challenge questions and a heavy source-analysis focus.
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and european context
World War I: conscription, conscientious objectors and propaganda
World War I: homefront and defence of the realm
World War I: causes, alliances, rivalry and colonialism.
Everything is editable and very easy to pick up and use. The single lessons have had great reviews from Tes users so far.
2 LESSONS - 2 x detailed, differentiated and editable 1 hour lesson all about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and how this contributed towards the start of World War One.
The download includes: detailed PowerPoints, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets and more. It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
20 hours of our best 20th Century History lessons. All 20 downloads contain fully resourced lesson packs - all with thoroughly differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, LOs to three levels throughout.
The lessons are suitable for KS3 or 4, with some having been used for KS4. All are amendable and editable. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by two experienced History teachers from UK secondary schools. All lessons have been highly-rated by Tes users.
A detailed, editable and fully resourced unit of lessons for KS3 (or could be used as pre GCSE prep / catch up for KS4).
9 x well planned, detailed and challenging lessons, complete with 9-1 level GCSE challenge questions, source and reliability focus questions, clip and analysis based tasks and much more.
This is an editable package and includes:
Hitler and the Nazi Rise to Power
WWII Propaganda
The Hitler Youth
Women, Children and Workers in Nazi Germany
The German Youth in Opposition
Terror in Nazi Germany
The Holocaust
Was Hitler a great dictator?
Cover lesson (Hitler Youth)
TEN HOURS - A detailed and meticulously planned unit of Interwar Years lessons for KS3 (or could be used as pre GCSE prep / catch up for KS4). 10 x well planned, detailed and challenging lessons, complete with 9-1 level GCSE challenge questions. This is an editable package and includes:
The impact of WWI (in general)
The impact of WWI on civilians
The Treaty of Versailles
The Great Depression and Germany
The Spartacist Rebellion
The Kapp Putsch
Hitler and the Nazi Rise to Power
The Hitler Youth
Women, Children and Workers in Nazi Germany
Appeasement
This package would take you weeks to plan from scratch - each lesson will last you an hour, unless stated as two hours in the individual lesson description.
Causes of World War 2
World War Two 7 lesson bundle - 7 x detailed and fully resourced lessons for a KS3 unit (or GCSE revision unit) on the causes of WWII. Includes:
The Treaty of Versailles
The Kapp Putsch
The Spartacist Rebellion
The Great Depression
Hitler and the Nazi Rise
The Sudetenland Crisis
Appeasement
All lessons are complete with differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, LOs to three levels throughout. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school. All individual lessons have been highly-rated by Tes users.
Suitable for KS3/4 and easy to adapt (everything is editable). The pack also includes loads of GCSE style source practice exam questions, peer assessments, homeworks and past exam paper question practice.
Please also check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A detailed and well differentiated 90 min - 2 hour, editable history lesson with all about the IRA and why some people in Ireland see them as freedom fighters and others see them as terrorists. Students will investigate the crimes of the IRA before examining sources and peer assessing each other on their learning so far.
This fully resourced lesson (with PowerPoint, clips and worksheets) is editable, easy for follow and extremely comprehensive.
A Terrorism topic bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/terrorism-ks3-history-12078335
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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.