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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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
Wolsey's Fall from Power
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Wolsey's Fall from Power

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Wolsey was once the Alter Rex
 no more. Trace his cataclysmic fall from grace in this fully resourced lesson. Lesson 07/15
The Break with Rome
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The Break with Rome

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The original BREXIT back in 1536
 that’s a story to tell right? Use this fully resourced lesson to explore the personal and wider causes behind the Break with Rome and begin to consider the consequences., Lesson 10/15
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.
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
The Wall St. Crash
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The Wall St. Crash

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Things are going good in Weimar right? Well all good things end, its time to learn that lesson. Use this one to focus on the events and ultimately the consequences of the crash on Germany - with implicit links to Hitler’s rise to power. Fully resourced Lesson Lesson 10/25
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.
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