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!
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
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
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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.
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
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2 hours of very detailed, well differentiated and editable lessons with 2x PowerPoints, worksheets, source analysis packs, GCSE style practice questions and also clip tasks and engaging group and individual activities .
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
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
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
French Quiz, German Quiz and Spanish Quiz -the ultimate KS3 MFL quiz pack! For any time, no fuss, linguaphile fun. These quizzes are a whirlwind tour through the French, Spanish and German curriculums, perfect for a bit of a start of term warm-up, or end of end term wind-down. The quizzes are light-hearted and amusing, multiple choice, interactive and focused on all areas of the KS3 curriculums.
The rounds include:
Getting verbal - Common verbs
Listen Up! - Listening round with links to short, listening video clips
Home sweet home - Around the house
Prepositions rounds
Loud and clear! - Comprehension listening round (again with clips)
Lucky Dip - A round with a mix of fun and challenging questions about French / German / Spanish life and culture
The preview images show a few examples from each round.
Please note, the quizzes are large so are in ZIP files. 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 each quiz lasts up to 45 mins. Each 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. mfl
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
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
Norman Conquest / William the Conqueror bundle.
Lessons include:
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.
Introduction to Castles
All lessons are ready to teach and easy to use.
Many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: 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.
History GCSE 9-1
5x well differentiated lessons on:
1. Liberal Government and Laissez Faire
2. Liberal Reforms and Lloyd George
3. Poverty and the People’s budget
4. World War I, conscription, conscientious objectors and propaganda
5. World War I, homefront and defence of the realm
6. World War I, causes, rivalry, colonialism and alliances.
Each lesson is:
Designed to last 1 hour - last task can be set as homework or done as plenary, depending on time. Includes clip question and differentiated questions, starter sheets, LO check sheet with key terms and reasons cards all included with 1 hour PowerPoint.
Leave a review and choose any other resource from my shop for free:
email me at info@ecpublishing.co.uk with your choice :)
It’s the end of term! So, you need something educational, but fun and creative to do, to keep those students occupied!
This end of term fun pack for history includes:
An hour-long History Quiz,
A ‘history of summer holidays’ special one off lesson
A Christmas-through-the-ages lesson
A free PowerPoint and template packs for making subject knowledge cubes.
A social media template pack, which can be used to create profiles for historical figures
A free end of term creative ‘make a historical figure’ history lesson.
An Easter lesson
Special Valentine’s Day love lesson
Worst Christmas Jobs lesson
Christmas Events in History Special lesson
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.
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
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.
5 HOURS in 4 lesson packs. World War One, the Causes - UNIT OF LESSONS: Extremely detailed and easy to follow - perfect for UKS3 (or could be used as pre GCSE prep / WW1 catch-up for KS4). A unit of well differentiated lessons on complete with 9-1 level GCSE challenge questions and a heavy source-analysis focus.
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and european context
World War I: conscription, conscientious objectors and propaganda
World War I: homefront and defence of the realm
World War I: causes, alliances, rivalry and colonialism.
Everything is editable and very easy to pick up and use. The single lessons have had great reviews from Tes users so far.
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.
6 hours of very detailed, well differentiated and editable lessons with 6 x PowerPoints, worksheets, source analysis packs, GCSE style practice questions and also clip tasks and engaging group and individual activities .
This history unit centres around the investigation of what makes history judge a group as terrorists or freedom fighters. It is suitable for any KS3 History class as they learn to master the essential skills of examining evidence, making inferences, source analysis, interpretation and assessing significance.
Included:
Introduction to terrorism through history.
What makes someone a terrorist or a freedom fighter?
Case study - The IRA: freedom fighters or terrorists?
Case study - The Suffragettes: freedom fighters or terrorists?
Case study - Al Qaeda: freedom fighters or terrorists?
Case Study: Israel + Palestine Conflict: terrorists or freedom fighters
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.
