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 fully resourced, detailed and editable lesson all about the Berlin Blockade, one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. Includes a detailed, differentiated PowerPoint and accompanying worksheets.
The lesson includes a wide variety of activities, and by the end of the lesson students will be able to evaluate the effects of the blockade using specific details from sources as evidence. Everything is editable, suited best to UKS3 (or good for a GCSE revision lesson) and easy to pick up and run with.
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 :)
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.
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how Mao, although a brutal individual with horrendous methods, could be argued to have the qualities of a successful leader. This lesson allows students to investigate how he was able to become a successful, albeit brutal, dictator.
This lesson investigates the strengths and weaknesses of Mao 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 detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson introducing the Cold War. The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. Includes an hour-long PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, 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 HOURS OF CONTENT - A detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson all about what went on during the Holocaust and how each of the camps operated as well as what daily life was like for the different inmates. There is a lot of content here, so you may want to teach this over 2 lessons.
The lesson is very easy to just pick up and use and includes a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, active tasks and more.
6 x fully resourced lesson packs, 1 x cover lesson and 1 x homework pack. All lessons complete with differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, source analysis, evaluation and reliability tasks, plenaries, learning objectives to three levels throughout.
Includes:
An introduction to slavery
The Triangular Trade
The Middle Passage
Life on the plantations
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
The abolition of slavery
Also includes homework packs and a cover lesson.
Also includes a cover lesson and an additional source question pack which could be set as a homework.
Everything is editable and the pack is very easy to just pick up and use.
Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
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.
20 x fully resourced lesson packs - all complete with differentiated 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. All lessons have been highly-rated by Tes users.
This pack is created by EC Resources, the team who create for the Children's Commissioner, the Bank of England, the British Legion and many more.
A little bit different Black History Month assembly, with a focus on why we don’t have a ‘white history month’ - (a common question from students) and an investigation into the black icons we don’t know so much about. Enough material to last around 20 minutes including clips.
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MORE ADDED! One year’s worth (38 hours) of KS3 History. These lessons are a selection of my very best originally created for Years 7 or 8 and include three complete units of work:
History Skills + Medieval History (1 term)
Black History + Civil Rights (1 term)
20th Century Conflict (1 term)
Every lesson is differentiated to at least three levels of challenge, has source analysis tasks, peer or mini-assessments, clip tasks with differentiated questioning and essay or literacy focus tasks for GCSE skills prep. This is inclusive of all the standards you’d expect - starters, plenaries, measurable LOs, well presented Powerpoints and easy to follow worksheets with instructions.
All lessons could be used stand-alone and everything is editable too.
I also have a 1 YEAR OF CITIZENSHIP bundle (37 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of Citizenship
and I have a 1 YEAR OF RE bundle (36 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of RE
and a very popular 1 YEAR of PSHE here
Check out loads more HISTORY GEEK resources here
An hour long PowerPoint with differentiated tasks throughout, clip link and accompanying task focusing on Remembrance Day and the significance of poppies. Designed by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
The images have just been uploaded so you can see some of the content of the lesson. The actual PowerPoint is in the zip file.
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, Tutor Time, PSHE + RSE new Curriculum 2020 resources at EC Resources
An hour long, fully resourced lesson with powerpoint, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip link and accompanying tasks all about investigating why genocides happened in the 20th century. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
Rwandan Genocide - An hour long, fully resourced KS3 lesson with powerpoint, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip link and accompanying tasks all about investigating why the Rwandan Genocide happened and who was to blame. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
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.
4 x ready to set, editable homeworks suitable for KS3 or KS4 with a focus on World War I.
Includes:
2x GCSE practice assessment packs with peer marking markschemes
One source comparison homework
One research task
One causes and consequences homework
A HUGE unit of World War Two lessons for KS3 (or could be used as pre GCSE prep / catch up for KS4). 20 x well planned, detailed and challenging lessons, complete with 9-1 level GCSE challenge questions. This is an editable package and includes:
1. The Treaty of Versailles
2. The Great Depression and Germany
3. The Spartacist Rebellion
4. The Kapp Putsch
5. Hitler and the Nazi Rise to Power
6. WWII Propaganda
7. The Hitler Youth
8. Women, Children and Workers in Nazi Germany
9. Appeasement
10. Sudetenland Crisis
11. The German Youth in Opposition
12. Terror in Nazi Germany
13. The Holocaust
14. Blitzkrieg
15. Stalingrad
16. Dunkirk
17. Battle of Britain
18. D-Day
19. Was Hitler a great dictator?
20. The Impact of WWII on Civilians
This package would take you months to plan from scratch - each lesson will last you an hour, unless stated as two hours in the individual lesson description.
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.
For Christmas / End of term or any time! **BRAND NEW The BIG RE QUIZ! **Huge quiz suitable for KS3 (or as a recap for KS4) covering Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism (a round on each). PLUS a bonus multiple choice round on religion in Britain.
There are a good mix of easier and more challenging questions, a couple of silly jokes thrown in and occasional bonus clips on the slides that can be used as clues.
There are 70 questions in all - the images shown are a preview of just a few from each round. Everything is editable and the quiz comes complete with an answers pack.
The quiz is easy to use and editable. If you already have the EC Publishing Complete KS3 RE Package (can be found discounted on the EC Publishing website) you will find this in the main menu folder as the latest free update.
You can also find it on Tes here
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, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.
We also run ecpublishing.co.uk and you can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk
Reading comprehension and questions pack perfect for KS3 (or as a fun warm-up for KS4)- a few included:
Rise of the YouTube Vloggers - who are they and how did they make their millions?
Environmental issues - a very serious article about very scary problems students will face in their lifetimes unless serious action is taken.
E-Sports and professional gamers. What’s it like to be one of these? How do they do it and what exactly do they do?
Flat Earthers - what is this new trend? Why do some people believe the Earth is flat? An investigation into the growing anti-science trend and why this movement is gaining momentum.
Rise of the Online Trolls - why do people ‘troll’? Who are these bullies hiding behind screens? This article investigates.
The rising popularity of plastic and cosmetic surgery - what is this, what are the ethical issues behind it and why is it so popular?
Virtual reality - what can we do with this technology? How does it work and what’s in store for the future?
Tattoos - too cool for school or looking like a fool? Why is there so much prejudice against tattoos in a professional workplace and is this likely to change any time soon?
) Alternative Facts - what are these? Who came up with this term and what do we need to know?
The Sugar Tax - why should your pay more for your favourite bottle of pop? This opinion piece investigates the rights and wrongs of this controversial tax.
Scientology - just why is this organisation so rich?
Terrorism - how have our attitudes towards terrorist plots changed? (Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes Focus)
Fracking - what is this and what’s the big fuss about?
The antivaxx movement - who are these people rejecting vaccines? Why?
Amazon and the toy-craze madness - why do people turn consumer-crazy at Christmas? What’s the problem with this?
And more!
All of these articles are pretty interesting for students and teachers! All are very easy to use and a good way to combine Current Affairs / Citizenship and English or just for reading comprehension practice.
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.
1 hour, fully resourced Geography or Citizenship lesson which focuses on the problems presented by our excessive use and disposal of plastic and possible solutions. The lesson is most suitable for KS3 / KS4 (but has been left editable) and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is also useful for Tutor Time, Global Citizenship or an Environment Drop Down Day.
The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow.
Black History Month Quiz: A fun quiz, perfect for form time on current and past black icons and history. Easy to use, just opens in powerpoint and all you need to do is click on the answers, which are revealed to be correct or incorrect. Lasts around 20 minutes.
1 hour, fully resourced lesson all about sustainability and our carbon footprints. The lesson investigates the harmful effect of excess carbon emissions on our environment, the consequences and what we can do collectively to make a change.
This resource pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
