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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!

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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!
Edward I + Wales
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Edward I + Wales

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A differentiated and editable history lesson all about Edward I and his military campaigns against Wales. The lesson allows students to investigate both sides of the story before using their analysis and source-based skills to reach a conclusion. The lesson is very easy to follow and will last at least one hour. The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, clip tasks, a variety of activities, worksheets, source tasks, clip tasks, active tasks and more.
The Middle Passage
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The Middle Passage

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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
Nazi Germany
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Nazi Germany

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A detailed, editable and fully resourced unit of lessons for KS3 (or could be used as pre GCSE prep / catch up for KS4). 9 x well planned, detailed and challenging lessons, complete with 9-1 level GCSE challenge questions, source and reliability focus questions, clip and analysis based tasks and much more. This is an editable package and includes: Hitler and the Nazi Rise to Power WWII Propaganda The Hitler Youth Women, Children and Workers in Nazi Germany The German Youth in Opposition Terror in Nazi Germany The Holocaust Was Hitler a great dictator? Cover lesson (Hitler Youth)
History Cover Lesson - The Slave Trade
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History Cover Lesson - The Slave Trade

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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.
Stalingrad
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Stalingrad

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A detailed and well differentiated editable history lesson with a focus on Stalingrad. Students will evaluate causes of German failure and will consider how a single Battle could affect the outcome of the whole war. This pack includes an editable PowerPoint, source packs, clip tasks, homework and extended literacy tasks. It is very easy to follow with all instructions on the slides as you go along.
Vietnam War
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Vietnam War

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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.
Medieval Jobs
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Medieval Jobs

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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.
Terrorism
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Terrorism

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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.
Rwanda Genocide
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Rwanda Genocide

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Rwandan Genocide - An hour long, fully resourced KS3 lesson with powerpoint, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip link and accompanying tasks all about investigating why the Rwandan Genocide happened and who was to blame. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school.
Berlin Blockade
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Berlin Blockade

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A fully resourced, detailed and editable lesson all about the Berlin Blockade, one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. Includes a detailed, differentiated PowerPoint and accompanying worksheets. The lesson includes a wide variety of activities, and by the end of the lesson students will be able to evaluate the effects of the blockade using specific details from sources as evidence. Everything is editable, suited best to UKS3 (or good for a GCSE revision lesson) and easy to pick up and run with.
Martin Luther King & Civil Rights
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Martin Luther King & Civil Rights

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These lessons focus on the role Martin Luther King played in the fight for civil rights. They are fully resourced lessons with PowerPoints, a variety of tasks throughout, worksheets, clip links and accompanying tasks focusing on the Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights groups. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school. 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.
Amritsar Massacre
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Amritsar Massacre

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A detailed and well-differentiated, editable history lesson focusing on General Dyer and the Amritsar Massacre. Students explore the context, facts and sources about the massacre before attempting a GCSE-style practice question on their learning. This lesson lasts 1 hour 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 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.
Norman Conquest of England
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Norman Conquest of England

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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.
MFL Quiz Pack
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MFL Quiz Pack

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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
Medieval Life - Work
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Medieval Life - Work

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Perfect for a Medieval History Unit . 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, clip, source 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 :)
Plastic Pollution
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Plastic Pollution

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1 hour, fully resourced Geography or Citizenship lesson which focuses on the problems presented by our excessive use and disposal of plastic and possible solutions. The lesson is most suitable for KS3 / KS4 (but has been left editable) and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is also useful for Tutor Time, Global Citizenship or an Environment Drop Down Day. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow.
History Cover Lesson- Titanic
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History Cover Lesson- Titanic

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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.
KS3 History
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KS3 History

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MORE ADDED! One year’s worth (38 hours) of KS3 History. These lessons are a selection of my very best originally created for Years 7 or 8 and include three complete units of work: History Skills + Medieval History (1 term) Black History + Civil Rights (1 term) 20th Century Conflict (1 term) Every lesson is differentiated to at least three levels of challenge, has source analysis tasks, peer or mini-assessments, clip tasks with differentiated questioning and essay or literacy focus tasks for GCSE skills prep. This is inclusive of all the standards you’d expect - starters, plenaries, measurable LOs, well presented Powerpoints and easy to follow worksheets with instructions. All lessons could be used stand-alone and everything is editable too. I also have a 1 YEAR OF CITIZENSHIP bundle (37 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of Citizenship and I have a 1 YEAR OF RE bundle (36 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of RE and a very popular 1 YEAR of PSHE here Check out loads more HISTORY GEEK resources here
Causes of World War II
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Causes of World War II

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Causes of World War 2 World War Two 7 lesson bundle - 7 x detailed and fully resourced lessons for a KS3 unit (or GCSE revision unit) on the causes of WWII. Includes: The Treaty of Versailles The Kapp Putsch The Spartacist Rebellion The Great Depression Hitler and the Nazi Rise The Sudetenland Crisis Appeasement All lessons are complete with differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, LOs to three levels throughout. Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school. All individual lessons have been highly-rated by Tes users. Suitable for KS3/4 and easy to adapt (everything is editable). The pack also includes loads of GCSE style source practice exam questions, peer assessments, homeworks and past exam paper question practice. Please also check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
IRA Terrorism
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IRA Terrorism

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A detailed and well differentiated 90 min - 2 hour, editable history lesson with all about the IRA and why some people in Ireland see them as freedom fighters and others see them as terrorists. Students will investigate the crimes of the IRA before examining sources and peer assessing each other on their learning so far. This fully resourced lesson (with PowerPoint, clips and worksheets) is editable, easy for follow and extremely comprehensive. A Terrorism topic bundle is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/terrorism-ks3-history-12078335 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.