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!
2 x 1 hour lessons on the Bosnia Genocide, best suited to UKS3.
What were the causes of the Bosnian Genocide?
What happened during and what was the aftermath?
Created for UKS3 (best suited to Year 9 due to the topic). Fully resourced PowerPoints, differentiated tasks throughout, worksheets, clip links, source analysis and accompanying tasks all about investigating why the Bosnian Genocide happened and who was to blame.
Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school. Everything is editable so you can tweak it to suit your class.
This bundle includes:
Medieval Medicine - causes of disease
Medieval Medicine
Black Death
Black Death Consequences
Black Death home learning
Castles
Medieval Religion
Medieval Monks and Nuns
Medieval Jobs
The Crusades
The Hundred Years War (introduction)
The Hundred Years War and Joan of Arc (conclusion)
All lessons include a powerpoint and all worksheets/information sheets. Lessons are fully planned and easy to use. Activities are differentiated 3 ways where possible.
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.
KS3 Slavery to Civil Rights : 13 lessons (at least 16 hours of content) following the complete story of discovery of the New World and start of the slave trade to the complete Civil Rights fight and Martin Luther King. Also includes a cover lesson and additional source question pack which could be set as homework.
Lessons include: Black history overview, exploration of the new world, slavery introduction, triangle trade, middle passage, plantations, abolition, underground railroad with Harriet Tubman, Jim Crow, KKK, Emmett Till, civil rights, Martin Luther King and more.
There is easily enough material for a whole term - you may find some of the lessons last more than one hour.
The unit was originally taught to Year 8, but has had extra challenges added to suit it to Year 9 over the last year too. Every lesson is differentiated to at least three levels of challenge, has source analysis tasks, peer or mini-assessments, clip tasks with differentiated questioning, 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.
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.
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.
20 x fully resourced lesson packs - all 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 lessons have been highly-rated by Tes users.
This pack is created by EC Resources, the team who create for the Children's Commissioner, the Bank of England, the British Legion and many more.
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.
20 x fully resourced lesson packs (one is a double lesson) - all complete with differentiated PowerPoints and worksheets, clip links, starters, plenaries, LOs to three levels throughout.
Topics covered: The Cold War, Nazi Germany and 20th Century Terrorism.
Designed to meet Ofsted Good-Outstanding criteria by a experienced History teacher in a UK secondary school. All lessons have been highly-rated by Tes users.
Suitable for KS3 and easy to adapt. The pack includes loads of GCSE style source practice exam questions, peer assessments, homeworks and past exam paper question practice.
Or check out some Citizenship GCSE, RE, PSHE + RSE resources at EC Resources
This bundle includes 11 lessons covering the Cold War, and Terrorism:
Cold War
Introduction to the Cold War
Soviet Expansion
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Terrorism
Types of terrorism
Radicalisation
Suffragettes
IRA
Israel and Palestine
Al Qaeda
The download includes all lesson powerpoints (containing all activity tasks, clip links etc), worksheets and information sheets. All lessons are easy to use and editable. All activities are differentiated 3 ways where possible.
All these lessons are also available individually and as topic bundles here:
Cold War: /teaching-resource/the-cold-war-12192363
Terrorism: /teaching-resource/terrorism-ks3-history-12078335
Genocide: /teaching-resource/genocide-12114524
You can find many more history lessons - both inexpensive and free at our store: /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.
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.
14 x fully resourced lesson packs - all 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 lessons have been highly-rated by Tes users.
Suitable for KS3 and easy to adapt. I'm going to keep adding to this, so if you buy it check your downloads now and again as I'll have added something new :)