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!
This bundle includes:
Medieval Medicine - causes of disease
Medieval Medicine
Black Death
Black Death Consequences
Black Death home learning
Castles
Medieval Religion
Medieval Monks and Nuns
Medieval Jobs
The Crusades
The Hundred Years War (introduction)
The Hundred Years War and Joan of Arc (conclusion)
All lessons include a powerpoint and all worksheets/information sheets. Lessons are fully planned and easy to use. Activities are differentiated 3 ways where possible.
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.
3/4 hours (one lesson is a double) of very detailed and well differentiated history lessons all the Reformation.
Included
What was the Reformation? What happened and why did it affect the whole of Europe?
Why did Henry break with Rome? What was the English Reformation?
Why was religion so turbulent through the reigns of the Tudor monarchs? What was religion like under Edward, Mary and Elizabeth?
This would be ideal for any KS3 group, or could be used for a KS4 group brushing up on content, GCSE exam-style practice and source analysis skills.
The bundle includes 3x three-way differentiated PowerPoints, source analysis packs and guidance, practice GCSE exam style questions, loads of clip and questions activities, literacy focus tasks - everything you need to teach outstanding history lessons and training your classes up ready for History GCSE.
Each lesson pack is tried and tested by a history UK department and is editable, engaging and full of content.
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
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.
Each download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets you need. Lesson differentiated/structured/scaffolded so that all your students can access the information and progress.
The lessons are fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, source analysis/think pair share tasks, written comprehension tasks, mini plenaries, at least one exam style question and at least one plenary. Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
Suitable for KS3 and easy to adapt.
Please see our other resources in our TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/History_Geeks
4 hours of lessons created for OCR GCSE History A - War and Society and coving the theme ‘Impact of War on People’ and the ‘Beginnings of Total War’.
These resources are editable, contain exam practice questions and peer mark schemes, and could be tweaked for any exam board covering the same theme.
The lessons are complete with differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenary, exam practice question and 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, Tutor Time, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
This easy, free, fun activity can be used in any subject and is perfect to spice up revision lessons. All you need is a topic that can be divided into three categories - the kids are given the templates and they do all the hard work!
This pack includes an instruction Powerpoint and template packs for making revision / subject knowledge cubes. These are great for using as display pieces or for revision too!
I have permission to freely share this idea (as given in the Tes author group for any author) from Twitter’s wonderful Mr Fitzgibbon. Check him out on twitter for loads more creative ideas! https://twitter.com/mrfitzhist
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
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4 x easy to use social media ‘update’ activity templates, which can be used for any subject. Included 2x Instantgram (Instagram), 1 x Factbook (Facebook) and 1x Snappychat (Snapchat).
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
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A differentiated and editable history lesson all about horrors of the Middle Passage and an introduction to the Triangle Trade. 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.
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.
This lesson can be used as part of our Slavery Units or Black History Units, which also include lessons on life as a slave and abolition, available in our TES shop.
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
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
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.
Two KS3 History Home Learning booklets - the focus of these packs is terrorism . All ready to go, with both editable versions (in the zip files) and PDFs included. Plenty of work to keep your students occupied for the week, with well differentiated tasks for every activity.
If you like this pack, we have more to upload this week and as usual, many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Focusing on Al Qaeda, the Twin Towers terrorism plot of 9/11 and the London Bombings of 7/7. This detailed, editable and interesting lesson allows students to delve into a plethora of information and evaluate for themselves why even through all this, Al Qaeda and some sympathisers still the group as Freedom Fighters rather than terrorists.
Practice exam style questions, clip questions and debate task all in the PowerPoint too and accompanying worksheets included.
The lesson will last up to two hours and is detailed, editable and suitable for KS3 - very highly differentiated and is best suited to Year 9 or Year 8.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, differentiated tasks, a variety of activities, clip tasks, exam-style practice plenary, peer teaching tasks and more.
This lesson is part of our Terrorism topic which includes types of terrorism, why people become terrorists, the Suffragettes and the IRA.
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 interesting lesson focusing on the different ways that William the Conqueror consolidated his power. The lesson investigates castles, the Domesday book, the feudal system and much more. The lesson will last up to two hours and is detailed, editable and suitable for KS3 (created for Year 7).
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 :)
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: HISTORY GEEKS
Perfect for a Medieval History Unit for Year 7 focusing on horrible jobs in medieval times. This lesson allows students to explore sources to discover the most disgusting and difficult of the jobs of medieval times. Great for practicing source work and extended writing tasks, which 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 :)
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: 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.
Introduction to the environment - 1 - 2 hour PP, worksheets, clips, well differentiated, best suited to KS3.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each.
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.
2x detailed and well differentiated editable history lessons all about the Hundred Years War, from English prowess and military victory in the first few decades to the crashing defeat by the French (joined by Joan of Arc) towards the end. The lessons cover all the most significant battles and turning points before inviting students to study sources in order to come to their own conclusions about if a French victory was always inevitable.
These lessons both last one hour and are very easy to just pick up and use. They are suitable for any KS3 class - or KS4 needing a refresher or overall introduction.
Each lesson includes an hour-long PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions and source pack, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, chronology and content focus tasks and more.
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 fun quiz, designed for form time, lasting around 15 minutes that can be used in Remembrance week. The linked clips from Blackadder are optional, they are short two minute videos designed to compliment the answers to the questions.
A one hour lessons all about civilian life in Britain during WWI. This has been created for the OCR GCSE History A - War and Society and covers he 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 and 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 one hour to 90 minute lesson all about how the British government used propaganda and censorship during World War II, using war photos and Dunkirk sources as case studies. The lesson is fully editable and could be tweaked for any exam board or KS3.
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.
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
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
A one hour lesson all about how the British government controlled civilian life in Britain during WWI. This has been created for the OCR GCSE History A - War and Society and covers he 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 and 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
