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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.
Cover Work - The Danish Resistance
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Cover Work - The Danish Resistance

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Cover work sucks right? Well here’s an all in one easy set task. ** Tasks:** Students read the history (literacy focus) as class or individuals. Students complete comprehension questions to ensure understanding A choice of two more creative tasks at the end (thus always allowing for the inevitable “I’ve done it all init”… Through this students will gain knowledge of the escape of the Danish Jews during WWII. Can be used to support WWII teaching, Holocaust, Nazi Germany (at a push) or as an interesting standalone.
Key Word Cards
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Key Word Cards

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Based on the Durrington Research School CPD session. These cards are designed to dual code the key terms of your learning. How to use: Write word in middle Define in own words use in a sentence and draw an image to illustrate Differentiated included (only two on a sheet and larger)
Historical Literacy Display
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Historical Literacy Display

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Part 1 - Display used in classroom to explain methods for explaining longer mark EDEXCEL GCSE questions. Part 2 - Series of key terms and subject specific words to aid students in recognition of spelling and use of language. (Specific to: Weimar & Nazi Germany, Crime & Punishment, Henry VIII & His Ministers and The Cold War).
Witchcraft in Macbeth
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Witchcraft in Macbeth

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Context is crucial - and aren’t witches a wonderful way to do it. Through this lesson you will explore the context of the Stuart age and the links between Macbeth and King James I & VI. You’re students will begin to understand the importance of this inclusion, and the examine the methodology behind such a choice. Plenty of scope for Creative Writing and Reading assessment tasks within this lesson. Lesson 05 in scheme.
Cover Work - The Peasant's Revolt
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Cover Work - The Peasant's Revolt

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Cover work sucks right? Well this’ll make it easy. Set this to give you students a thorough breakdown of the reason for and events and consequences of the Peasants Revolt. Tasks: Students to read the text (as class or individual) for literacy focus. Students complete comprehension questions for understanding A choice of two creative tasks - thus nullifying the age old “I’ve done it all init”…
US Governance
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US Governance

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Use this lesson to understand the key features of the US governing system. Designed to be delivered in a more informal discussion based class, can be used to spear head new topic, or to solidify understanding.
British Elections
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British Elections

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Use this lesson to understand British Democracy. Through the lesson students will explore: What the UK is How we are governed What Elections are and how they work British Political Parties.
The Cold War Arms Race
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The Cold War Arms Race

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From Hiroshima to ICBM’s this lesson is designed to give students the knowledge to understand the key developments of the arms race, and the exam skills to put it into actions. Focus includes: Hiroshima, development of nuclear weapons, the space race and formations of alliances. A small nod to Korea is added to broaden student knowledge. Lesson 05/16
Gorbachev's New Thinking
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Gorbachev's New Thinking

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In order to understand the fall of the USSR can be understood in three themes. The physical actions of dissent in eastern Europe, Chernobyl and the trigger of it all, Gorby’s new thinking. In this lesson you will review what problems the USSR faced, how Gorbachev tackled these and ultimately begin to consider how this would lead to the USSR’s total collapse. Lesson 14/16
Reflections Journal
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Reflections Journal

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Created to get students thinking about actions, setting targets and reflected on what they could improve on. Good for use in RSE/PSHE lessons or as a tutor weekly tutor time task. This was adopted by my year team for students returning from Lockdown and for those with particularly poor behaviour, attendance or other mitigating issues.
OCR Tudor Rebellions Notebook
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OCR Tudor Rebellions Notebook

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Print every student a copy, and use this to record all the key data for the 20 rebellions they will encounter on this A2 journey. Booklet is divided into five sections, relating to each monarch with space to record the causes, nature, regularity, size, responses of government and more. Each monarch features a summary page to highlight key details of the reign and notes sections are further provided. Designed to be used either in conjuncture with my own chronological PPT or the thematic Textbook.
Wolsey's Foreign Policy
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Wolsey's Foreign Policy

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The 1500’s is a confusing world. Europe seems to make less sense than it does now, and theres more treaties than I’ve written SP in the margins of books… but luckily this lesson makes it easy! Establish Wolsey’s aims, get to grips with the geo-politics and analyse the successes and failings of the Cardinal abroad Lesson 04/15
Tudor Rebellions - Overview
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Tudor Rebellions - Overview

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I use this to begin the study of this course. Lesson focus is to understand the key themes presented by the set text and to establish what notes will need to be taken in the corresponding booklet. Focus also given to styles of questions presented in exam.
Edexcel Cold War Complete SOW
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Edexcel Cold War Complete SOW

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**Seventeen lessons covering the entire EDEXCEl GCSE history course. ** All major topics are covered, with regular comprehension and exam skill checks. Additional lessons included to broaden student knowledge, adding to wider context and ability to insert ‘own knowledge’ into answers, **Full lessons with complete resources. Suggested order: 1 - East & West 2 - Communism & Capitalism 3 - The Iron Curtain 4 - Truman Doctrine 5 - Berlin Airlift 6 - The Arms Race 7 - Hungarian Uprising 8 - Berlin Wall 9 - Cuba 1959-1961 10 - Cuban Missile Crisis 11 - Prague Spring 12 - Proxy Wars 13 - Detente 14 - Afghanistan 15 - Gorbachev’s New Thinking 16 - Chernobyl 17 - Fall of the USSR. Note: These lessons compliment the revision guide and homework resources available.
Collapse of the USSR
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Collapse of the USSR

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Combine this lesson with the other two parts of this trilogy (Gorbachev’s new thinking & Chernobyl) to complete the run down of how and why the USSR collapsed. In this lesson students will explore how individual states left the easter bloc, the fall of the Berlin Wall and ultimate collapse of communism in the USSR and the formation of the CIS. Lesson 16/16
Cover Work - Murder of Thomas Beckett
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Cover Work - Murder of Thomas Beckett

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Cover work sucks right? Well this’ll make it easy. Set this to give you students a thorough breakdown of the reason for and events of Thomas Beckett’s murder in Canterbury Cathedral. Tasks: Students to read the text (as class or individual) for literacy focus. Students complete comprehension questions for understanding A choice of two creative tasks - thus nullifying the age old “I’ve done it all init”…
The Amicable Grant
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The Amicable Grant

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Establish the causes and consequences of Wolsey’s ill-fated forced loan of 1525. Determine the conditions that led Wolsey to feel this was doable, and then focus on the aftermath. How did this effect the relationship of Henry and Wolsey and ultimately - how did this begin the chain of events to his fall? Lesson 05/15
Henry VIII's Annulment
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Henry VIII's Annulment

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It’s perhaps the one of the most iconic of episodes in tale of Henry. The divorce that divided England. But, how did Cromwell manage where Wolsey could not? Fully resource lesson. Lesson 09/15
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's Annulment
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Henry VIII's Annulment

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Henry’s divorces are legendary. Jeremy Kyle could fill a whole series with this fella… but, why did it happen really? Use this lesson to end the debate. Show your students why Henry ‘needed’ and justified his decision to divorce Catherine of Aragon. Finally determine why it didnt quite go right. Lesson 06/15