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, 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)
A differentiated and editable history lesson all about Edward I and his military campaigns against Wales. The lesson allows students to investigate both sides of the story before using their analysis and source-based skills to reach a conclusion.
The lesson is very easy to follow and will last at least one hour.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets, source tasks, clip tasks, active tasks and more.
A detailed and well differentiated, editable history skills lesson with a focus on the importance of using evidence. This hour long lesson (with PowerPoint, clips and worksheets) could be used with any KS3 group to illustrate the importance of source work as historians (and those working in archeology) in order to gain a detailed picture of the past. The lesson focuses on the story of the Pompeii and the evidence left behind that historians have pieced together to create an accurate view of the disaster.
Students will use evidence to create a detailed profile of the last days of Pompeii and explore the site left behind and the clues left for historians to decipher.
Perfect introduction to the KKK - focusing on who they were, their beliefs and their actions. This lesson allows students to explore the subject and background in detail, complete exam style questions, complete partnered tasks, clip tasks, debate tasks and more. This lesson will last at least 1 hour. Suitable for KS3 / KS4.
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.
A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about the turbulent religious changes during Tudor Times, from the Reformation to the rule of Elizabeth I. The lesson sees students discover the main changes made by each monarch, explore why and then ends in an extended literacy task - answering an test question on religious turmoil during the 16th Century. The students then peer assess using marking grid and feedback sheet (all included).
This lesson lasts 1 hour and is very easy to just pick up and use.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, extended literacy tasks, clips and more.
A differentiated and editable history lesson all about the Aberfan disaster. what it was, how it happened, the causes and whether anyone can be blamed. The lesson is very easy to follow and will last at least one hour.
This is most suitable for a KS3 class (created for Year 8) but could be used for other groups and everything is editable.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets, clip tasks, a quiz and more.
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.
**2 HOURS **- A detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson with enough material for a two hour lesson. This lesson is all about different interpretations of what happened at Dunkirk and heavily focuses on source analysis. This also includes homework - the images are a small preview of what’s included.
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.
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.
HUGE 18 HOUR BUNDLE. 18 x fully resourced medieval history lesson packs - all complete with detailed PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, source packs, peer assessments, practice GCSE style exam questions and much more.
Includes:
1. Medieval Religion
2. Life as a monk or a nun
3. The Black Death
4. The consequences of the Black Death
5. Medieval Medicine
6. The Norman Conquest
7. William I as King
8. Norman consolidation of power
9. The Crusades
10. The Hundred Year's War (introduction)
11. The Hundred Year's War and Joan of Arc (conclusion)
12. Edward I and Scotland
13. Edward I and Wales
14. The Peasants Revolt
15. Medieval science - causes of disease
16. Magna Carta and King John
17. Medieval Jobs
18. Castles
Designed by an experienced Head of Humanities in a UK secondary school, tried and tested and so easy to just pick up and run with. Eveything is editable for you to tweak as you wish.
**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.
This lesson focuses on the causes of World War I (WWI) and covers alliances (alliance system), the colonialism (imperalism) and the rivalry that paved the way for WWI.
It has been designed to last an hour - last task can be set as homework or done as plenary, depending on time. It is editable, detailed, and clip question and differentiated questions, starter sheets, LO check sheet with key terms information sheet all included with the PowerPoint.
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.
A detailed, well-differentiated and editable GCSE AQA lesson all Jenner, vaccinations and the public reactions. The lesson has an hour long PowerPoint with exam practice questions and marking guidance, clips with questions and a group activity focusing on the roles played by Lady Mary Montague, Edward Jenner, The Government and the Leader of the Anti-Vaccination League. It also contains tasks studying various cartoon sources of the time.
Created by a Head of Humanities in 2020. As there is a lot of content the lesson and worksheets are in the ZIP file. The images have uploaded so you can see some of the lesson content on TPT.
A differentiated and editable history lesson all about the different factors that lead to Britain abolishing slavery, the key figures involved and the political, moral and economic climate. The lesson is very easy to follow and will last at least one hour.
This is most suitable for a KS3 class (created for Year 8) but could be used for other year groups.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets, source tasks, clip tasks, active tasks and more.
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.
2 LESSONS - 2 x detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lessons all about Appeasement and the contribution of this policy to the outbreak of World War II. 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.
8 x fully resourced lesson packs (one pack contains 2 lessons)- all complete with differentiated, detailed, 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.
This unit would easy last you a half term and has had about 20 hours worth of planning time put into it.
Also includes a Black History Month Assembly.
Lessons:
Black History overview
The abolition of slavery
KKK
Jim Crow
Emmett Till
Civil Rights Groups
7/8. Martin Luther King (2 x lessons)
Black History Month Assembly
Suitable for KS3 and all editable so easy to adapt.
Easy to use source work history cover lesson. All you need to do is print it out and leave it with the cover teacher - all the instructions are on the worksheets. This doesn’t contain any of our previous material so you don’t need to worry about students having already completed any tasks,
The pack includes:
4 sources
3 worksheets
8 tasks in total to work through
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A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about Henry VIII and the English Reformation. The lesson focuses in detail on the most significant reasons why Henry VIII chose to break from Rome before challenging students to produce an extended writing task based on their learning.
This lesson lasts 1 hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. This is suitable for KS3 and is editable.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, source sheet, extended literacy plenary, clips and more.
Perfect for a Medieval History Unit for Year 7. This lesson allows students to explore and discover different types of castles, why they were built and how they changed over time. Great for practicing source work and extended writing tasks, with clip and other tasks also included.
The lesson will last up to two hours and is detailed, editable and suitable for KS3.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, differentiated tasks, a variety of activities, clip tasks, exam-style practice plenary, peer teaching tasks and more.
It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
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FIVE HOURS CONTENT - five x fully resourced lesson packs (one is a cover lesson) focusing on the Black Death and medieval medicine. Each individual resource has been rated highly by Tes users.
Contains:
What was the Black Death?
What were the consequences of the Black Death?
An introduction to medieval medicine
What did medieval people believe caused disease?
Black Death source focus cover lesson
All are complete with differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, LOs to three levels throughout, source analysis and much more.
Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
A detailed and well differentiated, one hour, editable history lesson all about the Suffragettes and their activism methods which led some to call them freedom fighters, whilst others terrorists. Students will investigate which category they think is most accurate after analysing numerous sources. This lesson is suitable for any KS3 group.
This hour long lesson includes an editable PowerPoint, source sheets, a rolling source Powerpoint, clip tasks, source analysis tasks and literacy tasks…
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4 x detailed and editable, one hour lessons to introduce students to history skills. The pack includes:
History Skills Introduction - A fun Year 7 History lesson which can be used either on a transition day or in the first week at secondary school as an introduction to history. The lesson focuses on familiarising students with the key skills they will be using throughout history lessons in KS3- source analysis, source comparison, chronology and literacy through history (spag and essay skills). It includes engaging teamwork tasks, fact-finding activities and lots of introduction to new key terms.
History Skills - Evidence. A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how to assess evidence / sources for usefulness, with PowerPoint and accompanying worksheets. It’s editable and very easy to pick up and run with.
The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. The lesson is best suited to Year 7 (but could be used with an older, perhaps lower ability group as a refresher) . The download includes: a one hour PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, clip tasks and more.
History Skills - The Ice Man. A detailed and well differentiated, editable history skills lesson with a focus on the importance of using evidence. This hour long lesson (with PowerPoint, clips and worksheets) was created for Year 7 (but could be used with a different group) to illustrate the importance of source work as historians (and those working in archeology) in order to gain a detailed picture of the past. The lesson focuses on the story of the Ice Man and how he died and came to be buried and preserved he was.
Students will use evidence to create a detailed profile of the Ice Man’s last days and explore the artifacts he left behind and the clues left for historians to decipher.
History Skills - Pompeii. A detailed and well differentiated, editable history skills lesson with a focus on the importance of using evidence. This hour long lesson (with PowerPoint, clips and worksheets) could be used with any KS3 group to illustrate the importance of source work as historians (and those working in archeology) in order to gain a detailed picture of the past. The lesson focuses on the story of the Pompeii and the evidence left behind that historians have pieced together to create an accurate view of the disaster.
Students will use evidence to create a detailed profile of the last days of Pompeii and explore the site left behind and the clues left for historians to decipher.
Israel - Palestine Conflict - this lessons covers the origins of the troubles in the Middle East.
This is an hour long, fully resourced lesson with Powerpoint, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip link and accompanying task all about the history and origins of the Palestinian conflict. There is a debate focus on who is to blame and who does the land rightfully belong to, with a 20 min assessment task at the end complete with all materials to mark and feedback.
Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
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