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Welcome to History Hacks, where history comes alive! 🌟 Discover expertly crafted GCSE and KS3 history lessons meticulously designed by a qualified history teacher with a passion for education. Dive into ann engaging curriculum that not only covers all the key skills and disciplinary knowledge required by Edexcel but also sparks creativity and excitement in every student. From captivating storytelling to interactive activities, my lessons are tailored to make history a thrilling adventure.

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Welcome to History Hacks, where history comes alive! 🌟 Discover expertly crafted GCSE and KS3 history lessons meticulously designed by a qualified history teacher with a passion for education. Dive into ann engaging curriculum that not only covers all the key skills and disciplinary knowledge required by Edexcel but also sparks creativity and excitement in every student. From captivating storytelling to interactive activities, my lessons are tailored to make history a thrilling adventure.
Henry VIII & His Ministers Revision
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Henry VIII & His Ministers Revision

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Complete resource booklet with key information for Edexcel Henry VIII unit. Broken into three sections (Wolsey, Cromwell & the Reformation). The booklet features and exam skills section at the end, complete with model answers and exam skills.
Cover Work - The Peasant's Revolt
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Cover Work - The Peasant's Revolt

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Cover work sucks right? Well this’ll make it easy. Set this to give you students a thorough breakdown of the reason for and events and consequences of the Peasants Revolt. Tasks: Students to read the text (as class or individual) for literacy focus. Students complete comprehension questions for understanding A choice of two creative tasks - thus nullifying the age old “I’ve done it all init”…
Cold War Character Cards
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Cold War Character Cards

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Revision cards for all the key individuals in the Cold War unit. Space for bullet-point notes and links to relevant topics.
Nazi Church Policies
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Nazi Church Policies

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Fully resourced lesson exploring Hitler’s & wider Nazi policies towards the Church - with additional focus on German faith movement. Lesson 19/24
Prague Spring (Invasion of Czechoslovakia)
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Prague Spring (Invasion of Czechoslovakia)

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Use this lesson to construct the narrative of Czechoslovakia’s attempt to create ‘communism with a human face’. Look at Dubcek’s reasoning, Brezhnev’s response and the American’s lack of… Lesson 10/16
The Munich Putsch
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The Munich Putsch

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First time lucky? Nah… Use this lesson to construct a narrative of Hitler’s ‘Beer Hall Putsch’ and then analyse the consequences - was there really some good in this? Lesson 07/24
Night of the Long Knives
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Night of the Long Knives

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It was a black day for Germany. The event that showed all who was truly in charge. Use this fully resourced lesson to plot the events of this fateful night, and more importantly, analyse the consequences… Lesson 16/24
The Reichstag Fire
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The Reichstag Fire

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The final piece to consolidate power. Who burnt down the Reichstag? Why may they have done it? And how did this ultimately help Hitler achieve total power? Lesson 14/24
Hitler's Rise to Power
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Hitler's Rise to Power

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Part 1 of 2, this lesson works to establish the chronology and provide the key facts behind the cataclysmic rise of Adolf Hitler. Lesson 12/24
Comprehension Booklet (KS4)
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Comprehension Booklet (KS4)

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A booklet designed to be used in Tutor or start of lessons to encourage wider reading and develop skills of comprehension. Booklet contains 30+ extracts from variety of subjects including: English Maths Science History Music Geography PE and many more. After each section of text is a series of tasks and pages to work on these. Note - this booklet contains additional tasks to the KS3 with a focus on options topics also (e.g. Criminology and Health and Social).
The Enabling Act
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The Enabling Act

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A law to establish a dictatorship? Doesn’t seem right, right? Well that’s what happened and in 1933 and this lesson will help you tell that tale. Explore the conspiracies and evaluate the impact with this fully resource lesson. Lesson 15/24
The Kapp Putsch
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The Kapp Putsch

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The Spartacists are gone, but in their wake stand the Freikorps. In this second installment of ‘Threats to Weimar’ you and your class will uncover the key moments and debate the consequences of the Kapp Putsch 1921. Part of a twin lesson with the Spartacist Uprising and includes all resources. Lesson 4/25
Weimar Culture
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Weimar Culture

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Its time to deep dive into the ‘free-lovin’ Weimar Golden age. Use this lesson to explore the liberal culture of the Weimar Golden age. From Art to literature, film to architecture, women’s rights to music… this has it all. Fully resourced lesson, remember to use this to contrast Nazi culture using the Timeline booklet. Lesson 9/25
Rise in Nazi Support
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Rise in Nazi Support

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The economic depression is in full effect, the people are desperate… but wait? Whats that coming over the hill? Is it a monster? … no its Hitler. Use this lesson to explore how the Nazi’s were able to increase support, from movie magic to the sadistic SA. Fully resourced lesson 11/25
The Nazi Police State
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The Nazi Police State

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Now Hitler’s got the high job, his plans turned to retaining it. This fully resourced lesson will aid you in explaining the systems of control within Nazi Germany. Lesson 17/24
Communism & Capitalism
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Communism & Capitalism

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Before, or during the teaching of the Cold War unit this lesson comes in handy to physically play out the two systems. Use this to get students thinking about the differences, which system we use and ultimately the pros and cons. Lesson 00/16 (use where its useful to you). You will need to buy sweets (starburst are best but cookies are cool too).
Gorbachev's New Thinking
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Gorbachev's New Thinking

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In order to understand the fall of the USSR can be understood in three themes. The physical actions of dissent in eastern Europe, Chernobyl and the trigger of it all, Gorby’s new thinking. In this lesson you will review what problems the USSR faced, how Gorbachev tackled these and ultimately begin to consider how this would lead to the USSR’s total collapse. Lesson 14/16
Wolsey's Foreign Policy
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Wolsey's Foreign Policy

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The 1500’s is a confusing world. Europe seems to make less sense than it does now, and theres more treaties than I’ve written SP in the margins of books… but luckily this lesson makes it easy! Establish Wolsey’s aims, get to grips with the geo-politics and analyse the successes and failings of the Cardinal abroad Lesson 04/15
Edexcel Cold War Complete SOW
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Edexcel Cold War Complete SOW

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**Seventeen lessons covering the entire EDEXCEl GCSE history course. ** All major topics are covered, with regular comprehension and exam skill checks. Additional lessons included to broaden student knowledge, adding to wider context and ability to insert ‘own knowledge’ into answers, **Full lessons with complete resources. Suggested order: 1 - East & West 2 - Communism & Capitalism 3 - The Iron Curtain 4 - Truman Doctrine 5 - Berlin Airlift 6 - The Arms Race 7 - Hungarian Uprising 8 - Berlin Wall 9 - Cuba 1959-1961 10 - Cuban Missile Crisis 11 - Prague Spring 12 - Proxy Wars 13 - Detente 14 - Afghanistan 15 - Gorbachev’s New Thinking 16 - Chernobyl 17 - Fall of the USSR. Note: These lessons compliment the revision guide and homework resources available.
Police Reform
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Police Reform

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For Edexcel GCSE Crime & Punishment. Lesson to focus on the changes made to policing as an overview. To include: Overview of Bow Street Runners and early Metropolitan Police Opposition to reforms. Reason for slow change. Source analysis.