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 one hour to 90 minute lesson all about life for men and women in Britain during WWI. It covers Kitchener’s recruitment campaign, women in new job roles, conscription, conscientious objectors and much more. This has been created for the OCR GCSE History A - War and Society and covers the theme ‘Impact of War on People’ and the ‘Beginnings of Total War’. However, it is editable and could be tweaked for any exam board covering the same theme.
The lesson is complete with a differentiated PowerPoint and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenary, exam practice question, source analysis tasks, peer assessment and LOs to three levels throughout. Created by a experienced Head of History in a UK secondary school.
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A differentiated task for students to collect information on Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights groups. The aim is to see the importance the role each group played in achieving Civil Rights.
A fun task which can be used to collect important information prior to a literacy based task.
A day in the life of a Medieval Monk, storyboard and questions worksheet.
Whole lesson that goes with this can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/medieval-monks-lesson-11519200
Leadership of Churchill lesson - A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how Churchill was far more than a one-dimensional character who lead the allies to victory. This lesson allows students to investigate to what extent Churchill was a ‘hero’ or a ‘villain’ by evaluating his policies, successes and failures.
This lesson investigates the strengths and weaknesses of Churchill as a politician and was created for Year 9 but could be used for other years as it’s all editable - it’s full of exam-style GCSE practice questions.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, source questions, exam style practice questions, clip tasks and more.
A fun lesson focusing on the significance of historical couples - created as a Valentine’s Day History lesson. The lesson will last up to two hours and is detailed, editable and suitable for Middle School (although could be used s a fun one-off with High School too).
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, differentiated tasks, a variety of activities, clip tasks and more. There is also a Home Learning version included.
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.
A differentiated and editable history lesson all about Edward I and whether he really was the ‘Hammer of the Scots’. 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, 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…
Check out some Citizenship, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A fully resourced, detailed and editable Cold War lesson all about the development and implementation of the Atomic Bomb. Includes a detailed, differentiated PowerPoint and accompanying worksheets. The images shown are just a few indicators of what’s in the pack, there is more content.
The lesson includes a wide variety of activities, clips, source and extended writing tasks, and by the end of the lesson students will be able to evaluate the effects of the bombings using specific details from sources as evidence.
Students will delve into reasons why America decided to use nuclear weapons and extract key details from sources to explain how the cold war could have turned hot, before evaluating sources for an extended literacy / exam style question at the end.
Everything is editable, suited best to UKS3 (or good for a GCSE revision lesson) and easy to pick up and run with.
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.
Fully resourced and editable, one hour lesson about what happened at Chernobyl in 1986 and why it was such a terrible nuclear disaster.
This download includes a fully editable PowerPoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and accompanying worksheets . It is differentiated 3 ways and includes clips and related tasks, reading comprehension task, analysis tasks and more. It is very easy to just pick up and teach.
This bundle includes 11 lessons covering the Cold War, and Terrorism:
Cold War
Introduction to the Cold War
Soviet Expansion
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Terrorism
Types of terrorism
Radicalisation
Suffragettes
IRA
Israel and Palestine
Al Qaeda
The download includes all lesson powerpoints (containing all activity tasks, clip links etc), worksheets and information sheets. All lessons are easy to use and editable. All activities are differentiated 3 ways where possible.
All these lessons are also available individually and as topic bundles here:
Cold War: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-cold-war-12192363
Terrorism: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/terrorism-ks3-history-12078335
Genocide: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/genocide-12114524
You can find many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/History_Geeks
If you are happy with your resource, please leave us a review! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at historygeeksuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you.
7 HOUR UNIT - a detailed, challenging and editable unit, best suited to upper KS3 (due to the nature of the subject). The unit starts with an introduction to why genocide was such a significant and horrendous hallmark of the 20th century, before focusing on 4 genocides in particular, then an additional lesson on the Stolen Generations (not a genocide, but a mass replacement of indigenous peoples, and something many students are unaware happened).
Genocide - an introduction
The Holocaust
The Cambodian genocide
4/5. The Bosnian genocide (2 lessons in one pack, 2 hours total)
The Rwandan genocide
The Stolen Generation
A lot of hard work went into this unit and it would probably save you about 10 hours of planning from scratch.
Who are EC Resources?
EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and 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, The Bank of England, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.
A 7 hour unit (6 lessons, one is a double) covering the Reformation and the religious turmoil (and more) in Tudor Times. Everything is editable, contains detailed PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets, and is ready to go.
Included:
What was the Reformation, why did it happen?
How was Henry VIII involved in the Reformation, why did he change the Church?
What can we learn from sources about Henry VIII’s reign?
Does Mary Tudor deserve her name, ‘Bloody Mary’? Why?
What happened with Elizabeth I’s reign? Why did she kill her cousin?
An overview of the religious turmoil in Tudor Times (includes Edward’s reign).
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.
