Easter Story (2 hours of resources)- An hour long lesson with a mix of activities. Pack includes, Powerpoint, worksheets, clips and is well differentiated. It also includes an Easter Quiz.
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).
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The Ultimate History Quiz! For end of year, or any time, no fuss, historical fun. This quiz is a whirlwind tour through time, focusing mainly on time periods studied in KS3 and GCSE in British Secondary Schools (with a little off-curricular extra thrown in!) This quiz will definitely raise a few smiles and giggles and is interactive, editable and best suited to secondary students (although could be used with upper KS2).
The rounds include:
Kings, Queens and Political Leaders,
Who said that quote?
Lucky Dip round
Ancient and Medieval trivia
Mix up! (which two historical figures have their images combined?)
Unusual artifacts and historical places
All answers are included, as is a score sheet, and there a video clip questions, picture questions as well as many other styles - all are multiple choice The quiz lasts up to 45 mins including clip tasks and 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).
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A fun and Christmassy lesson for students in the last week of term. Could be used as a reward lesson the last time you see your class before Christmas.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, differentiated tasks, a variety of activities, 3 different fun plenaries, timeline task and more. It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
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What caused the fall of the Mayan civilization?
This KS2 history lesson explores possible scenarios and causes.
Children work in ‘Time Teams’ to discuss and formulate ideas.
A clear and informative PowerPoint is used to introduce the lesson.
Print off a set of ‘Clue Cards’ for each Time Team.
Use the printable worksheet so the children can record and explain their ideas.
Everything you need for the lesson, simply download, print and away you go!
Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx planning, resources and smart notebook for 3 weeks writing an adventure story.
Week 1 contains 1 bank holiday - 4 days planning and resources including 1 day using talk for writing to learn the structure of the story
Week 2 - 5 days planning and resources teaching and embedding the skills needed for writing an adventure story
Week 2 - 5 days planning and resources based on modeling and then writing own stories
History Christmas Quiz - Christmas Interactive 10 rounds and over 60 Questions (Historical figures, British History True or False, Roman Britain, Searching for British History, Conquering Britain all with some Christmas surprises hidden in!
Complete with falling snow and the pulling of crackers!
☞ Over 10 rounds and 50+ Questions. Christmas Quiz.
This resource contains:
☞ 1xPowerPoint
☞ 1x Student Answer Sheet double sided out of /50+ Marks (PDF and PPT Version) and all the answers!!
☞ 3 sets of Editable Team Certificates (1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place)
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Round 1: Who am I?
Identify the person from the picture
Round 2: General Knowledge
Test you understanding of History
Round 3: True or False
Separate the truth from the lies
Round 4: What did the Romans bring to Britain?
Identify from the pictures
Round 5: Linking Round
Link the food to the country
Round 6: Linking Round
Link the food to the country
Round 7: Numbers Round
Multiple choice topical facts
Round 8: Anagrams
Unscramble the letters
Round 9: General Knowledge
Test you understanding
Round 10: Wordsearch
Find all the topical words within the time limit
Tie-Breaker- Design Challenge
Christmas Tree
✿ This quiz resource is perfect for lesson time, form time, extra curricular clubs, part of a drop down day or as a fun treat for your class.
✿ This will last a full hour by the time you get students into small teams and run through the Quiz and the interactive way the answers appear. This informative, fun and engaging quiz will be a great way to celebrate the end of term and Christmas.
Product code: FUN/C8/QZ/72
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Christmas Quiz - Christmas
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A fun, one off history of Easter celebrations lesson for students in the last week of term. Could be used as a reward lesson the last time you see your class before the holidays. Students will study how the Easter celebrations have changed over time, from the medieval period in Britain, through to the present day.
The download includes: a detailed PowerPoint, differentiated tasks, a variety of activities, 3 different fun plenaries, timeline task and more. It’s very easy to follow and can be used straight away :)
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.
Ancient Greeks: 10 lessons for KS2
A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Ancient Greece topic.
What you get:
10 lesson Powerpoint files
10 detailed lesson plans
Teachers’ notes, including curriculum coverage
Pupil activity sheets for all lessons
About the Unit
The ten sessions in this unit aim to give an overview of life in Ancient Greece, including a focus on its achievements and influence on the western world. As with all of the KS2History unit plans, there is an emphasis on allowing pupils to consider the sources of evidence that form our understanding of this period of world history.
Aims of the Unit
To gain an overview of significant people, places and events from Ancient Greece
To contrast daily life in Ancient Greece with modern day lifestyles ! To consider broader historical context, particularly with regards to the expansion of the Ancient Greek empire and lasting legacy
To become familiar with historical sources, debates and accurate vocabulary relating to Ancient Greece
Lessons in the Pack
Who were the Ancient Greeks?
Why were Athens and Sparta so different?
What was Alexander the Great’s impact on the Greek empire?
Why did a small Greek army win the Battle of Marathon?
What were the Ancient Greek gods known for?
What happened at the Ancient Greek Olympic Games?
What were the Ancient Greek philosophers famous for?
Did the events of the Trojan Horse story really happen?
What was daily life like for children in Ancient Greece?
How significant is the legacy of Ancient Greece for life today?
This pack contains everything you need to teach this unit, including differentiated activity ideas so that it can be adapted to the needs of your class. The Powerpoint text is also editable.
This pack is brought to you from Ks2history.com.
Romans in Britain: 10 lessons for KS2
A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Roman Britain topic.
WHAT YOU GET
10 detailed lesson plans
10 Powerpoint files
Teachers’ notes including curriculum coverage
Pupil activity sheets for all lessons
**** About the Unit****
The ten sessions in this unit aim to give an overview of the history of Roman Britain, including the main events of the period and the way in which Britain changed as a result. A focus is given to the impact of the Roman occupation, to its legacy on modern Britain and to gaining an appreciation of the evidence that forms our understanding of this period of world history.
Aims of the unit
To gain an overview of the impact of the Roman Empire on Britain, including its lasting legacy
To consider how different historical sources help us to know about Roman Britain
To research what it might have been like to live in Britain during the period of Roman occupation.
** Lessons in the Unit**
Where did the Roman Empire come from?
How did the Roman army help to expand the Roman Empire?
What was Britain like before the Romans invaded?
How did Britain become part of the Roman Empire?
Who was Boudica and how did she rebel against the Romans?
What did the Romans build after they settled in Britain?
What were houses like in Roman Britain?
What can archaeological sites tell us about Roman Britain?
How did bathhouses provide leisure for Romans in Britain?
What lasting impact did the Romans leave in Britain?
This pack contains everything you need to teach this unit, including differentiated activity ideas so that it can be adapted to the needs of your class. The Powerpoint text is also editable.
This resource is brought to you by KS2History.com.
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A lesson for KS2 about the lasting legacy of Ancient Greece, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and printable activity sheets.
This lesson is part of our popular Ancient Greece Pack for Key Stage 2.
Lesson: How significant is the legacy of Ancient Greece for life today?
In this lesson, pupils will explore some of the key legacies from Ancient Greece that influence life today. They will consider the significance of each legacy in terms of its impact on their own life, before working in a group to complete a ranking challenge to decide the most significant legacy.
Objectives:
To explore the influence of Ancient Greece on various areas of modern life
To consider the significance of different legacies on life today
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Ancient Greeks Lessons Pack for KS2: A fully-resourced unit of 10 history lessons for KS2, covering the Ancient Greece topic.
This primary history resource has been created by KS2History.com.
A brand new, fun and educational escape room, centred around ancient Egypt and the mysterious disappearance of a missing artifact. Work against the clock to solve the mystery before the dawn of the winter solstace, practicing history skills, critical thinking skills, teamwork and much more.
Created with a target age of 11 to 14, this challenging escape room should provide a fun and educational end-of-year activity for your students!
Set in the ancient Egypt exhibit at the British Museum, the escape room requires the students to follow a set of clues in their quest to find a missing scroll, believed to contain the secrets of the ancient Egyptian sun god, Ra.
Professor Evelyn Westwood, the renowned archaeologist who discovered it, has vanished under mysterious circumstances, and the scroll has gone with her.
By solving a collection of puzzles, your students will be guided from room to room on their quest to find a sacred missing artifact, the lost scroll of Ra.
You can view the introductory video here.
While the escape room is intended to be challenging, there is a great deal of support available to help your students in their quest, including explainer videos and animated hints/solutions that can accessed on the main PowerPoint.
Perfect for a fun tutor time activity, to be completed over the course of a week, or as a fun lesson before the Christmas holidays.
A new unit all about new movements and alternative religions. Created to really engage and intrigue students in the wonderful subject of RE, before they go on to do the (slightly drier) GCSE courses in more mainstream religions.
Includes:
An investigation into cult leaders vs religious leaders
An Introduction to Scientology
An introduction to Mormonism
An introduction to Humanism
An introduction to Jehovah’s Witnesses
An introduction to the Amish
An introduction to alternative Islam
An introduction to the Illuminati
An introduction to Atheism
A introduction to Rastafarianism
Special Christmas lesson on Paganism
Assessment, mark scheme and feedback sheet
Scheme of work
11 x 1 hour lessons:
11 x one hour PowerPoints dozens of worksheets, fully differentiated, clip links, activities, all you need for teaching the unit to students who don’t have much background info on the movements (with plenty to challenge those who do).
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Arithmetints colouring puzzles are an ideal way for students to develop and practise their mathematical skills. This unique dinosaur puzzle aims to embed children’s understanding of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and 10x tables facts. Arithmetints puzzles are a flexible resource which can be used for a variety of purposes including assessment. Each puzzle comes with an answer sheet for easy marking. These puzzles also really brighten up pupils’ workbooks or make a great display.
Download our popular two-week unit of work for Years 3/4 based on the book ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’, with a focus on instructional texts. Perfect for linking the Stone Age topic in literacy!
This unit gives children the opportunity to understand the features of instructions as a text type. In the first week, children will engage with the text through research, a hands-on toy washing challenge and the opportunity to create their own ‘Woolly Mammoth Cleaning Kit’. They will become familiar with the text type by following instructions to make their own milk bottle mammoth models and identifying features of the text. There is a grammar focus on using prepositions and imperative verbs.
In the second week, pupils will use drama to develop ideas and extend vocabulary. They will then plan their own set of instructions and they will draft, edit and present their final written outcome.
The literacy objectives covered are:
To retrieve and record information from non-fiction
To participate in discussion about a text
To use a range of imperative verbs
To use prepositions
To read and follow written instructions
To identify the features of instructions
To identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning
To prepare a group performance
To use a rich and varied vocabulary
To make a plan for my writing
To write my own set of instructions
To edit and evaluate my writing
To integrate visual devices
The PDF file contains 10 full lesson plans and accompanying pupil resource sheets.
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Stone Age Boy themed colourful semantics. The cards help lower attaining speakers and writers to respond to the story, giving them more confidence when they write.
This pack contains text specific vocabulary, including:
6 who - noun/person cards
18 doing - verb cards
16 what - noun/object cards
7 activity sheets to support writing
Pictures from the story to use as writing prompts
Colourful semantics is an approach created by Alison Bryan. It is a great way to support children who struggle to write independently.
A full lesson for KS2 about Stonehenge, including a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets (including instructions to make a biscuit henge model).
Why are there so many mysteries about Stonehenge?
In this lesson pupils take a virtual tour of Stonehenge and suggest answers to some related questions that still puzzle historians today. Pupils will explore different theories about why Stonehenge was built and then they will construct their own models of Stonehenge using biscuits, clay or boxes.
Objectives:
To understand what Stonehenge looks like
To explore different theories about the building of Stonehenge
The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class.
This is the sixth lesson in the popular Stone Age to Iron Age Unit for KS2..
This primary history resource was created by KS2History.com.
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A full lesson for KS2 exploring Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. The resource includes a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets.
Who were the Ancient Egyptian gods?
In this lesson, pupils will play a game to learn about different gods and goddesses from Ancient Egypt, including how they were depicted and areas of responsibility. Pupils will create a set of fact files about three gods or goddesses. Then they will examine a series of historical sources and apply their new knowledge to work out which deity is depicted in each source.
Objectives:
To compare different Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses
To look at some sources depicting Ancient Egyptian gods
The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class.
This lesson is part of the KS2History Ancient Egyptians Planning Pack for KS2.
This primary history resource is created by KS2History
A week of high-quality English lesson plans and resources based around the book ‘Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age’ (linked to the Stone Age).
Learning objectives include :
Being able to record notes and make comparisons,
presenting persuasive arguments,
using comparative conjunctions to compare,
using persuasive language to create adverts for Stone Age trousers.
Resources include:
Lessons as flipcharts and powerpoints,
Wordmats,
Worksheets,
Lesson plans.
Lessons include …
Boudicca’s Army V Roman Army
Battle preparation and planning - ideal for KS2 and KS3
Source analyis, evalaution and corroboration templates ideal for KS3 and KS4
This lesson takes a brief look at some examples of Roman mosaics and discusses some of their features. This then leads into a lovely art lesson that we used for our Roman Day in year 4. The activity requires a blank CD case and different types of beans. The notebook has step-by-step instructions with many pictures for the pupils to create their own beautiful mosaic.