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 detailed and well differentiated, editable history or Citizenship lesson with all about terrorism and why people become terrorists. Students will investigate why people become involved in terrorism before examining case studies of historical figures who could be interpreted as either freedom fighters or terrorists.
This hour long lesson (with PowerPoint, clips and worksheets) was created for Year 9 (but could be used with a different KS3 group) and includes exam style practice plenary questions for students to reflect upon their learning and demonstrate their explanation, description and analysis skills. This could also be useful as a KS3 Citizenship lesson.
This lesson is part of our Terrorism topic which includes types of terrorism, Suffragettes, Israel and Palestine, the IRA and Al Qaeda.
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, RE, PSHE + RSE 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.
The Ultimate 2023 Tutor Time quiz - ALL NEW - fun and silly end of year quiz for 2023. A huge range of general knowledge questions with something to cater for every student’s tastes - 10 rounds covering a wide variety of fun and amusing subjects and topics. It’s not easy - but there are rounds for everyone, covering a huge variety of topics and interests so all students will feel involved.
There are 100 questions in all - the images shown are a preview of just a few from each round. Everything is editable with answers revealed at the end of each round:
Round 1: Films and visual media
From YouTubers to TikTok to film-flops and TV Trivia
Round 2: 2023 around the world - silliness, celebs, countries, food and more
How much did you pay attention to the news over the past year?
Round 3: Celebs in a suitcase
They’ve had enough and packed up on their hols - Can you identify the disguised celebs?
Round 4: 2023 in the news
How much did you pay attention to the news and social media over the past year?
Round 5: Is that Sir Keir Starmer - or just a scruffy old llama?'
Can you spot the Labour leader in strange and wonderful locations, or are you being trolled by an attention-grabbing camelid?
Round 6: Sport
Silly 2023 Sports Trivia
Round 7: Music
Can you name the track and artist and occasionally, the year of these hits?
Round 8: AI Animal-Merge
In this round, students should guess which two animals the AI has merged together in a hideous affront to nature!
Round 9: Gaming
A round for the gamers - be as quick as you are on those consoles.
Round 10: Random and Ready Riddles
Silly cereal-box trivia, a bit of English word-play, maths brain teasers and general knowledge thrown in for good measure.
The quiz is easy to use, interactive and editable. It’s designed for secondary students. You could tweak it for upper KS2 if you wished - but it is challenging.
I really hope you enjoy this, I enjoyed making it and tried to make it funny so teachers would enjoy using it too. Please note, the preview images have been uploaded so you can see what the resource contains. The quiz is in the folder called ‘This is the Quiz’.
If you have the EC Resources Complete Tutor Time Pack you will notice this has been added to your Tutor Time Dropbox as a free update :)
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
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
HUGE 18 HOUR BUNDLE. 18 x fully resourced medieval history lesson packs - all complete with detailed PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, source packs, peer assessments, practice GCSE style exam questions and much more.
Includes:
1. Medieval Religion
2. Life as a monk or a nun
3. The Black Death
4. The consequences of the Black Death
5. Medieval Medicine
6. The Norman Conquest
7. William I as King
8. Norman consolidation of power
9. The Crusades
10. The Hundred Year's War (introduction)
11. The Hundred Year's War and Joan of Arc (conclusion)
12. Edward I and Scotland
13. Edward I and Wales
14. The Peasants Revolt
15. Medieval science - causes of disease
16. Magna Carta and King John
17. Medieval Jobs
18. Castles
Designed by an experienced Head of Humanities in a UK secondary school, tried and tested and so easy to just pick up and run with. Eveything is editable for you to tweak as you wish.
**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 RESOURCES - A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how the Nazis controlled children and young people. The lesson lasts two hours 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.
TEN HOURS - A detailed and meticulously planned unit of Interwar Years lessons for KS3 (or could be used as pre GCSE prep / catch up for KS4). 10 x well planned, detailed and challenging lessons, complete with 9-1 level GCSE challenge questions. This is an editable package and includes:
The impact of WWI (in general)
The impact of WWI on civilians
The Treaty of Versailles
The Great Depression and Germany
The Spartacist Rebellion
The Kapp Putsch
Hitler and the Nazi Rise to Power
The Hitler Youth
Women, Children and Workers in Nazi Germany
Appeasement
This package would take you weeks to plan from scratch - each lesson will last you an hour, unless stated as two hours in the individual lesson description.
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.
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.
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 :)
A detailed, well-differentiated and editable GCSE AQA lesson all Jenner, vaccinations and the public reactions. The lesson has an hour long PowerPoint with exam practice questions and marking guidance, clips with questions and a group activity focusing on the roles played by Lady Mary Montague, Edward Jenner, The Government and the Leader of the Anti-Vaccination League. It also contains tasks studying various cartoon sources of the time.
Created by a Head of Humanities in 2020. As there is a lot of content the lesson and worksheets are in the ZIP file. The images have uploaded so you can see some of the lesson content on TPT.
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.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, information sheets, practice GCSE (AQA style) exam questions and mark-scheme, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets and more. It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
An hour long, fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip link and accompanying task focusing on the various Civil Rights groups. Designed by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
An hour long, fully resourced lesson with powerpoint, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip link and accompanying task focusing on the imortance of religion in medieval lives. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
A detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson introducing the Hundred Years War. The lesson lasts one hour and is very easy to just pick up and use. It is suitable for any KS3 class and includes an hour-long PowerPoint, a variety of activities, source questions, clip tasks, exam-styles practice questions, chronology and content focus tasks and more. This lesson is one of two (the second can be found here), but can still be used independently and doesn’t require any previous knowledge.
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 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
20 x fully resourced lesson packs - all complete with differentiated powerpoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, LOs to three levels throughout.
INCLUDES:
Medieval medicine, the Black Death, Medieval life, Conflict and War, History Skills and more,
Designed by a experienced Head of Humanities in a UK secondary school. All lessons have been highly-rated by Tes users.
Suitable for KS3 and easy to adapt.
A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson all about how Stalin, although a terrible individual, 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 Stalin 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.
An hour long, fully resourced lesson with powerpoint, differentiated tasks, worksheets, clip link and accompanying task focusing on the origins of slavery and source analysis skills. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
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.
