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 5 lessons:
Battle of Hastings: covers what happened during the Battle of Hastings and why William I won.
Norman consolidation of England: covers the Domesday Book, building of Castles and feudalism introduced by William I to England.
King John I and Magna Carta
Peasants’ Revolt
Castle building and why it was important
All lessons are editable, ready to teach and easy to use.
Detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about the Sudetenland Crisis. 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.
20 hours of our best 20th Century History lessons. All 20 downloads contain fully resourced lesson packs - all with thoroughly differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, LOs to three levels throughout.
The lessons are suitable for KS3 or 4, with some having been used for KS4. All are amendable and editable. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by two experienced History teachers from UK secondary schools. All lessons have been highly-rated by Tes users.
Over 20 hours of very detailed and well differentiated history lessons with a focus on 20th century conflict. This would be ideal for an upper KS3 group.
There is enough content here for one term of history lessons and the bundle includes three-way differentiated PowerPoints, source analysis packs and guidance, practice GCSE exam style questions, loads of clip and questions activities, homework, literacy focus tasks - everything you need to teach outstanding history lessons and training your classes up ready for History GCSE. Some lessons are doubles.
Each lesson pack is tried and tested by a history UK department and is editable, engaging and full of content.
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.
Black History Month resource pack - an assembly, a quiz and 3 hours (more just added!) of lessons which could be used over PSHCE, Tutor Time or Drop Down Days - two giving an overview of Black history up until the present day and one focusing on the famous speech of Martin Luther King.
Chinese New Year resources - the pack includes a PowerPoint full of information about the ancient myths behind Chinese New Year, how the festival is celebrated today and the symbolism behind the celebrations. The pack also includes two clips with questions, a quiz and a creative activity - making Chinese lanterns and describing ancient symbolism (instructions included).
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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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
This bundle contains:
A History of Christmas lesson - this lesson covers where our traditions today have come from.
History Christmas Quiz - a fun quiz aimed at KS3.
All are easy to use or adapt for your students!
Find more free and inexpensive lessons and 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.
A four lesson bundle best suited to KS3 Geography (although all is editable) with a focus on how human activity changes the environment.
All 4 x 1 hour lessons are well differentiated, detailed and adaptable with Powerpoints, worksheets, clips, practice GCSE style exam questions and fun activities to engage all learners.
Includes:
1. Carbon Emissions and the Greenhouse Effect - why levels are rising and how these are contributing to the Greenhouse Effect. The lesson investigates how carbon is released, when levels started to rise as well the effect this is already starting to have on the Earth’s temperature.
**2. Human Effects on the Environment **A lesson all about how human activity over the last two hundred years has effected our environment. The lesson investigates the processes behind the effects as well as possible solutions to minimize future damage, e.g cutting meat and dairy consumption, recycling and cutting down on plastic use.
3. Natural Resources and the effect of Non-Renewables. A lesson all about non-renewable energy and the problems extracting this is causing to the environment. There is a focus on the pertinent issue of fracking and the damage this can potentially do as well as the arguments on the other side citing the advantages.
4. SustainabilityAn investigation and overview of what sustainability is and then tasks with more of a focus on eating sustainably.
5. Human Effects on the Environment Homework Booklet.
Also includes a fun end of term KS3 Geography Quiz.
More free and inexpensive Humanities lessons can be found here.
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 bundle contains a variety of lessons and activities for your to complete with your students during the Christmas term, or on your last day for some educational fun before you break up.
Included:
A History of Christmas lesson - this lesson covers where our traditions today have come from.
History Christmas Quiz - a fun and silly quiz covering the most popular aspects of the KS3 curriculum
An Egyptian themed end-of-term escape room. Can you crack the codes and solve the mystery of the lost scroll of Ra?
A British History themed escape room, covering 1066 to the present day.
All resources are editable, fun and easy to pick up and use.