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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.
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.
Henry VIII Revision Bundle
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Henry VIII Revision Bundle

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Bundle includes: Key content booklet Exam skills section with model answers and tips Key Character Cards with links to topics.
Weimar & Nazi Germany Thematic Timelines
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Weimar & Nazi Germany Thematic Timelines

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Revision booklet with a series of timelines for students to construct. Designed to aid in the chunking of of whole unit down into smaller - easier to manage sections.
The Battle of Hastings
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The Battle of Hastings

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1066 Scheme of Work - Lesson 4/5 Here you have it, the most comprehensive look at the three major battles of 1066 that I could make in a single evening before needing to teach it… Lesson Includes: Recall tasks (claimants) Story telling activity Map labeling task - retell the story. Comprehension task - Hastings before the battle. Battle of Hastings video inference work. Battlefield map labeling task. Evaluative ‘what if?’ plenary. Lesson designed for KS3 - will take min 2 1hr. lessons to do.
The Crisis of 1066
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The Crisis of 1066

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1066 Scheme of work - lesson 2/5 We arrive in January 1066, the king is dead - and four men prepare to battle for the throne. Use this lesson to describe the claimants and explore their claims. Lesson includes: Comprehension of crisis (death of Edward) Explanation of Witten’s role in Saxon England Evaluation of strengths and weakneses of claimants (William, Harold, Harald and Edgar). Significance ranking task with analysis. Lesson designed for KS3.
Warfare in 1066
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Warfare in 1066

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1066 Scheme of Work - lesson 3/5 Ever struggled to get the students to know a Fyrdmen from a knight, or an archer from a Housecarl? Well… look no further because this is the one lesson you didn’t think you’d need but you’ll love (mostly because of the chance to get some marking done…) Lesson Includes: Comparison on 1066 with modern armies. Evaluation of Saxon and Norman forces prior to Hastings. (students complete ‘Top Trumps’ for each type - judging significance). Analysis of forces and judgment on most successful. ** Lesson designed for KS3
Introduction to Macbeth
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Introduction to Macbeth

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Its time to start reading - where better to start than Act 1. Use this powerpoint to guide you through the opening Act of this tragedy. Begin with an interpretation task and then jump headlong into the reading (making use of the script resource). Once finished, focus on comprehension through the plenary tasks. Top tip - make use of the lighting effects on youtube, coupled with the image slides to really bring the play to life - your students will love it! Lesson 04 of scheme
Cold War Revision Bundle
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Cold War Revision Bundle

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Bundle includes: Key content booklet Section with exam skills with model answers and tips. Key character cards to complete, with links to topics. Cold War board game with space for students to add questions.
Weimar & Nazi Germany Revision Bundle
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Weimar & Nazi Germany Revision Bundle

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Bundle includes: Two content booklets Sections with exam skills, model answers and tips Revision cards for key individuals Thematic timeline workbook Revision board game with space for students to add questions.
Afghanistan
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Afghanistan

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Trace the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan through this lesson. Look at the causes, major events and consequences in order to construct the narrative and assess the importance. Lesson 13/16
Detente
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Detente

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From SALT to SOYUZ this lesson is designed to explain all the key moments of the Detente era with analysis of the its true success. Students will gain the chronology needed for a narrative account and regularly evaluate consequence and importance to Cold War relations. Lesson 12/16
Wolsey's Reforms
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Wolsey's Reforms

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Enclosures, courts and expenses. Its time to delve into the world of Wolsey’s reforms. Use this fully resourced lesson to establish his aims and the outcomes. Lesson 03/15
Hitler's Rise to Power (2)
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Hitler's Rise to Power (2)

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Part 2 of 2. Now you’ve explored the narrative, its time to establish the factors. How did Hitler manage it? How did he successfully become the Fuhrer? Lesson 12/24
Youth In Nazi Germany
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Youth In Nazi Germany

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Make it memorable with this, my favourite lesson of all time. A lesson of two parts, first convince the kids the school system will be changing, then consolidate with part 2. Lesson 22/24
The German Resistance
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The German Resistance

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From solo plots, to pamphlets. Political priests and officers with an opposition. This fully resourced lesson will trace four major areas of resistance, homing in on specific examples to paint as wide as possible image of the heroics of the Germans that did stand up. Lesson 24/24
Nazi Culture
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Nazi Culture

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Through this fully resourced lesson you will contrast and compare the culture of the Weimar Republic with that of Nazi Germany. Judging change and continuity, whilst adding specific examples to be used in longer mark answers. Lesson 20/24
Women in Nazi Germany
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Women in Nazi Germany

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Guide your students through kinder, kuche and kirche with this fully resourced lesson. Determine change & continuity between the Weimar & Nazi ages and delve into the depravity of Lebensborn. Lesson 21/24
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