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 differentiated and editable history lesson all the Vietnam War - an introduction to the conflict, the tactics used on both sides and finally, why the US were unable to defeat the Vietcong. Students will investigate the origins of the war, how the far was fought and complete tasks on why the US can be seen to have failed in their mission.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets, exam style question task, clip tasks, and more. It’s very easy to follow and will last at least one hour.
9 HOURS - A mini unit of 9 x 1 hour lessons on the Cold War. Includes:
An introduction to the Cold War
Stalin and his leadership
The Atomic Bomb
The Berlin Blockade
Soviet expansion, tactics and consequences
The Vietnam War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The My Lai Massacre
Chairman Mao and his leadership
Each lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, source analysis, GCSE-style question practice, clip questions and differentiated activities, starter sheets and much more. Created by an experienced HoD in a UK secondary school.
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! The Ultimate KS3 Geography Quiz! For no fuss, geographical fun. This quiz is a whirlwind tour through the curriculum, perfect for a bit of a start of term warm-up, or end of end term wind-down. The quiz is light-hearted and amusing, multiple choice, interactive and focused on all areas of the KS3 curriculum.
The rounds include:
Location, location, location,
Out of Africa,
Lucky Dip,
My Mad Geography Skills,
Human Impact
Rockin’ all over the world (physical geography)
Please note, the quiz is large so it’s in the ZIP file. The images are just a small preview of what’s inside :)
All answers are included, there is a score sheet (last page of PowerPoint), and the quiz lasts up to 45 mins. It can either be played having the answers revealed as you go along, or the board can be paused and the answers read out at the end (you can play either in teams or individually).
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! The Ultimate KS3 German Quiz! For no fuss, germanophile fun. This quiz is a whirlwind tour through the curriculum, perfect for a bit of a start of term warm-up, or end of end term wind-down. The quiz is light-hearted and amusing, multiple choice, interactive and focused on all areas of the KS3 curriculum.
The rounds include:
Getting verbal - Common verbs
Listen Up! - Listening round with links to short, German listening video clips
Home sweet home - Around meine haus
Where’s kitty? - Prepositions round
Loud and clear! - Comprehension listening round (again with clips)
Lucky Dip - A round with a mix of fun and challenging questions about Germanic life and culture
The preview images show a few examples from each round.
Please note, the quiz is large so it’s in the ZIP file. The images are just a small preview of what’s inside :)
All answers are included, there is a score sheet (last page of PowerPoint), and the quiz lasts up to 45 mins. It can either be played having the answers revealed as you go along, or the board can be paused and the answers read out at the end (you can play either in teams or individually).
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! No ordinary Maths Quiz! This is a fun numerical general knowledge quiz with, of course, some proper head-scratcher maths questions thrown in. There are a mix of easy and difficult questions, many are rounds where you’ll have to do some proper calculations, yet many are based around current affairs and pop-culture where you have a good chance of gaining points if your answer is nearest to the number on the answer sheet.
This is suitable for KS3 or KS4 and perfect for the last maths lesson of term.
This quiz is not for GCSE revision, it’s just a bit of fun for the end of term or last day, to keep your students happy whilst still relating your last lesson to your subject!
A differentiated and editable history lesson all about The Stolen Generations, what it was like for native Australians at the time of British rule and whether or not an apology from a later Prime Minister is really ever going to be enough to make up for the travesties forced onto the Aboriginal people.
This lesson lasts around 50 minutes (or an hour and a half if you manage to book laptops as suggested) and is very easy to just pick up and use. This is most suitable for a KS3 class (created for Year 8).
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, source tasks and more.
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, Tutor Time, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
20 x fully resourced lesson packs (one is a double lesson) - all complete with differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, LOs to three levels throughout.
Topics covered: The Cold War, Nazi Germany and 20th Century Terrorism.
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.
Suitable for KS3 and easy to adapt. The pack includes loads of GCSE style source practice exam questions, peer assessments, homeworks and past exam paper question practice.
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A bundle which can be used for form time or history lessons consisting of a Remembrance Day full lesson, a causes of World War I full lesson, a Remembrance Quiz and a full lesson on the Homefront and Britain during the war years.
All are fully resources, well differentiated with worksheets, clips, activities and Powerpoints.
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:
5 sources
3 worksheets
8 tasks in total to work through
Check out loads more history and geography resources - 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
If you’re also teaching Citizenship GCSE or PSHE next year, why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with almost 4000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
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.
A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about why there was civil unrest and rebellion in 18th century Britain. Students explore the political, religious and social reasons for unrest and the background behind the Jacobite rebellions before attempting an exam-style practice question on their learning.
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, source tasks and more.
3 HOURS WORTH OF LESSONS (possibly will last 4):
**1. The Kapp Putsch - A detailed, differentiated and editable 90 min - 2 hour lesson all about the Kapp Putsch and its consequences. Perfect for UKS3 or a GCSE introduction/overview lesson.
The Spartacist Revolt - A detailed, differentiated and editable 90 min - 2 hour lesson all about the Spartacist Rebellion / Revolt and its consequences. Perfect for an upper KS3 unit on the causes of WWII, or as an introduction / revision lesson for GCSE.**
Both downloads includes: a detailed PowerPoint, information sheets, practice GCSE (AQA style) exam questions and mark-scheme, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets and more. Both are very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
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.
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.
MORE ADDED, now 7 x fully resourced, hour long lessons all about caring for the environment and living sustainably. Best suited to KS3.
Each includes: a one hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, activities, worksheets and is fully editable.
All lessons are ready to teach and each to use. All powerpoints, worksheets, information sheets and tasks are provided and are differentiated three ways wherever possible to suit all your students.
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.
Easy to use source work history cover lessons. All you need to do is print them out and leave them with the cover teacher - all the instructions are on the worksheets. This bundle doesn’t contain any of our previous material so you don’t need to worry about students having already completed any tasks,
Each pack includes:
4 or 5 sources
3 worksheets
8 tasks in total to work through
Check out loads more history and geography resources - 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
If you’re also teaching Citizenship GCSE or PSHE next year, why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with almost 4000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
Please see our other resources in our TES shop: 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.
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 detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how Mussolini, although a terrible individual with brutal 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 Mussolini 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 all about how youth groups and other brave rebels opposed the Nazis. The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. The lesson is suitable for any Middle School class (and could be used for High School - it’s full of exam-style source questions). The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, a variety of activities, worksheets, source questions, exam style practice questions, clip tasks and more.
2 x 1 hour lessons on the Bosnia Genocide, best suited to UKS3.
What were the causes of the Bosnian Genocide?
What happened during and what was the aftermath?
Created for UKS3 (best suited to Year 9 due to the topic). Fully resourced PowerPoints, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip links, source analysis and accompanying tasks all about investigating why the Bosnian Genocide happened and who was to blame.
Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school. Everything is editable so you can tweak it to suit your class.
