Primary Topic Shop is a team of two people. Richard is a primary teacher and Christa is a graphic designer and photojournalist. Between them, they have the unique ability to create original material for their units. It doesn't hurt they are both very interested in the subject matter! In fact, Richard and Christa lived in Egypt where Richard worked at a British School. Now they live in Scotland and are researching UK history.
Primary Topic Shop is a team of two people. Richard is a primary teacher and Christa is a graphic designer and photojournalist. Between them, they have the unique ability to create original material for their units. It doesn't hurt they are both very interested in the subject matter! In fact, Richard and Christa lived in Egypt where Richard worked at a British School. Now they live in Scotland and are researching UK history.
This lesson explores fourteen of the main ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. Activities include a matching activity where students match the name of the god to the description or illustration, a fact file where students fill in information about their favourite god or goddess, a true or false worksheet and a colour puzzle where students have to correctly answer questions to find the colours to use for the image. Suitable for KS2.
Pages: 10 (including 3 answer sheets)
Contents
3 Information Handouts
Find The Match Activity
Egyptian God Fact File Activity
True or False Worksheet
Colour Puzzle Activity
3 Answer Sheets
If you have any corrections or suggestions about how we can make this resource more useful, please email us at admin@primarytopicshop.co.uk.
The Viking Jewellery lesson describes covers types of jewellery, their purposes, materials used, hacksilver and hoards. It includes a reading response activity and a jewellery-making activity. Aimed at KS2 Y4-6.
Pages: 4
Contents:
Information Page
Reading Response
Jewellery-making Activity
All photos, illustrations and text are original by the author unless otherwise credited. This is part of a complete unit on Vikings.
This pdf covers the history of pyramids, the pyramids of Giza and the Step Pyramid, the history of tombs in ancient Egypt, the Valley of Kings and Tutankhamen’s tomb. Activities include reading response questions, multiple choice, true or false questions and a design your tomb activity.
Pages: 11 (including 3 answer sheets)
Contents:
4 Information Pages
1 Questions Worksheet
1 Multiple Choice Worksheet
1 True or False Worksheet
1 Design Your Tomb Activity
Answer Sheets
All photos, illustrations and text are by Christa Galloway. This is part of a complete unit on Ancient Egypt.
A printable PDF covering a pharaoh’s responsibilities, female pharaohs, pharaonic symbols and short descriptions of Narmer, Khufu, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Tutankhamen, Ramesses II and Cleopatra VII. A timeline shows the reigns of the featured pharaohs and compares them to world events of the time.
Activities include a short quiz, and matching activity. There is also a “Which Was First” activity which helps give students context to events in Ancient Egypt. For example, they will learn that the reign of Narmer was before the extinction of mammoths.
Pages: 10 (including 3 answer sheets)
Contents:
3 Information Pages
1 Timeline
1 Which Was First Activity
1 Reading Response Quiz
1 Matching Activity
3 Answer Sheets
This review includes a set of two differentiated crosswords, a review bingo activity, reference websites and answer sheets. The bingo sheets are laid out four to a page and there are 16 different cards. More sets of cards can be printed, OR you could have one card per table and small groups can work together. The teacher sheet has the questions to be drawn (with the answers), and the students mark the answer on their cards. A highlighter works well for this, or they can just circle the answers. This is a great activity to do as a class review if you had the students call out the correct answers. The first student who yells bingo and has a row of all the answers wins. Aimed at KS2 Y4-6. The information reviewed is all from the Primary Topic Shop Viking Lesson and Activity Bundle.
Contents:
Two differentiated crosswords
One Bingo Activity
List of Reference Websites
Answer Sheets
A crossword and a 24-question quiz provide and excellent review of topics including pyramids, temples, hieroglyphs, the Rosetta stone, gods and goddesses, papyrus, the Nile, farming, Egypt today, pharoahs, mummification and tombs.
This review is a nice conclusion to the Primary Topic Shop Ancient Egypt Unit. Reference websites and answer sheets are also included.
Pages: 8
Contents:
Crossword
Quiz
List of Reference Websites
Answer Sheets
All photos, illustrations and text are original by the author. This is part of a complete unit on Ancient Egypt.
This poster set is great for a classroom display. The 15 poster designs include photos, illustrations and information about Ancient Egypt. All posters have a white border so they are easy to print.
Contents:
• 15 colour poster files in A3 size
All photos, illustrations and text are original by the author. This is part of a complete unit on Ancient Egypt.
Activities and reading response questions accompany information sheets covering Who Were The Vikings, Life in the Viking Age, Timeline, Beliefs, Jewellery, Runes, Sagas, Ships, Voyages, Weapons and Review
This lesson touches on Norse mythology, Yggdrasil, the Norse creation legend, six main Viking gods and goddesses and the Viking conversion to Christianity. Activities include reading response questions and a cryptic wordsearch.
Pages: 7 (including 2 answer sheets)
**PLUS - Black and white version
**
Contents:
Information Pages
Reading Response
Cryptic Wordsearch
Answer Sheets
All photos, illustrations and text are Christa Galloway, Primary Topic Shop.
This resource explores the workings of sight, including the nature of light, the human eye, and the role of rods and cones. It covers topics such as the diagram and size of the eye, eye movement, depth perception, and the parts of the eye, including the blind spot. The resource includes a variety of interactive activities, including labeling the parts of the eye on a diagram, matching parts of the eye, a fun activity to discover the blind spot, depth perception experiments, and a true or false activity.
Aimed at KS2 Y4-6.
Pages: 11 (including 2 answer pages)
Contents:
5 Information Pages
Fill in the Labels Activity
True or False Worksheet
Matching Worksheet
Find Your Blind Spot Activity
Depth Perception Experiments
Answer Sheets
Teach your students about Roman Mythology with these three PDFs about legends and myths, Romulus and Remus & gods and goddesses. The resources include information handouts, a vocabulary exercise, differentiated reading response questions, a comic strip activity,a fact file activity, a matching activity and a printable card game. In the gods and goddesses resource, fifteen of the main Roman gods are explored in listings, each with an original illustration, the Greek names, role, symbol, a myth and a combination of other fun facts.
48 Pages (including 6 answer sheets)
Contents:
Reading Handout
Information Handouts
Antonym or Synonym Worksheet
Differentiated Reading Responses (Comprehension Questions / Multiple Choices / True or False)
Fact File activity
Printable Memory Card Game
Match the Roman and Greek God Activity
Making a Comic Activity
Answer Sheets
This PDF includes differentiated information handouts and worksheets. Pick and choose what is appropriate for your students. You can focus on Roman numerals from 1-10, 1-30 or continue up to complex numbers. There are also differentiated math worksheets and reading response worksheets.
There are two versions of the printable dominoes game, one where the numbers can be matched by color, and one where the student would need to know the numbers from 1-6. The game can be played in small groups from 1-6 players. (The dominoes need to be cut out to use them.)
26 Pages (including 8 answer sheets)
Contents:
5 Information Handouts
Differentiated “What’s The Number” Worksheets
Differentiated “Greater Than or Less Than” Worksheets
Differentiated Reading Response (Comprehension Questions / Multiple Choices / True or False)
Printable Roman Numeral Dominoes game with instructions (2 versions)
I’m working on adding to the Romans topic. Please let me know what ancient Roman subjects you are looking for. christa@primarytopicshop.co.uk
All photos, text and illustrations are by the Primary Topic Shop.
This lesson covers Roman battle tactics, recruitment, training, daily life, weapons, organization, legionaries and auxiliaries. There is a differentiated reading response including Comprehension Questions, Multiple Choice and True or False. In the activity, students write a Pros and Cons for joining the Roman army as an auxiliary soldier.
Suitable for Year 3-6.
Pages: 11 (including 3 answer sheets) PLUS a black and white version
Contents:
4 Information Pages
1 Pros and Cons Activity
3 Pages of Differentiated Reading Response (Comprehension Questions, Multiple Choice and True or False)
3 Answer Sheets
(Plus the same again in black and white)
Teach your students about the ancient Roman city of Pompeii with reading, worksheets and a fun activity. The PDF resource includes facts about Mount Vesuvius, the story of Pompeii, discoveries from the excavation including the city, trade, food, religion, writing and people. There is a vocabulary page with definitions. Worksheet include find the synonym, multiple choice, comprehension questions.
In the newspaper article activity, students write a newspaper article about the eruption using interviews with Pliny the Younger and the ghost of Pliny the Elder. The interview notes are based on real accounts of the eruption. This activity is differentiated with four different task cards and several newspaper template options and can be done in groups or individually.
Suitable for KS2
Contents:
4 Information Handouts
1 Vocabulary Handout
1 Find the Synonym Activity
2 Pages of Differentiated Reading Response (Comprehension Questions & Multiple Choice)
Newspaper Article Activity with task cards, templates and example
3 Answer Sheets
In this lesson, students learn about Roman mythological creatures. Twelve of the main Roman gods are explored in listings, Centaur, Cerberus, Chimera, Cyclops, Faun, Harpy, Hydra, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Phoenix and Siren. Each listing features an original illustration, facts and a short myth. The introduction includes interesting facts about ancient Roman mythological beasts including the influence of the Greeks, heroes, natural phenomena, animal attributes and powers. There is also a page exploring three constellations named after mythological beasts. This PDF includes information handouts, differentiated reading response, create a monster activity, match the beast activity, constellation task cards and a printable memory card game (24 cards).
Pages: 36 (including 7 answer sheets)
Contents:
12 Illustrated Listings
Constellation Page
Constellation Task Cards
Star Charts
Create a Monster Activity
Match the Beast Activity
Printable Memory Card Game (24 cards)
Questions / Multiple Choice / True or False (Differentiated Reading Response)
This resource covers the types of temples, Abu Simbel, Hatshepsut, Karnak and a map of Egyptian Temples with photos. There is a multiple choice and a name the temple picture identification activity.
Pages: 8 (including two answer sheets)
Contents:
3 information Pages
1 Ancient Sites Map
1 Multiple Choice Worksheet
1 Name-That-Temple Activity
All photos, illustrations and text by Christa Galloway.
The Farming lesson covers Ancient Egyptian crops, animals, tools, water, harvest and farming seasons. It includes a fill in the blanks activity.
Pages: 6 (including 2 answer sheets)
Contents:
2 Information Handouts
1 Fill In The Blanks Activity
1 Unscramble Activity
1 Fact File Activity
Answer Sheets
This bundle has both the Roman and Greek versions of the same mythological beasts, Centaur, Cerberus, Chimera, Cyclops, Harpy, Hydra, Medusa, Minotaur, Pegasus, Phoenix, Satyr/Faun and Siren.
This bundle is suitable if you are teaching about both the Ancient Romans and the Ancient Greeks. The Roman version uses the Roman names for gods and heroes (example: Jupiter and Hercules) and the Greek version has the Greek names (Zeus and Herakles). The introductions to the two resources also vary. The activities are the same.
Pages: Roman Mythological Beasts - 36 (including 7 answer sheets) + Greek Mythological Beasts - 36 (including 7 answer sheets)
Contents (X2):
12 Illustrated Listings
Constellation Page
Constellation Task Cards
Star Charts
Create a Monster Activity
Match the Beast Activity
Printable Memory Card Game
Questions / Multiple Choice / True or False (Differentiated Reading Response)
Questions or comments? Contact me at admin@primarytopicshop.co.uk
All text and illustrations are by Christa Galloway, Primary Topic Shop.
Gladiators were fighters who battled each other in contests for the entertainment of Romans. This resource briefly covers who gladiators were, gladiator school, the Colosseum, gladiators as celebrities, politics, animals, armor, weapons and Spartacus. Two worksheets and an activity are also included.
Pages: 8 (including 2 answer sheets)
Contents:
2 Information Handouts
Comprehension Questions
Multiple Choice
Armor Designer Activity
Answer sheets
This PDF includes information about the ancient Roman religion including sacrifices, temples, festivals, shrines and the Greek influence on Roman gods. There are information handouts, a fact file activity, a printable memory card game, match the Roman and Greek god activity, and differentiated reading response worksheets. In addition there are illustrated listings of 15 Roman gods and goddesses.
Pages: 20 (including 3 answer sheets)
Contents
6 Information Pages
Fact File activity
Printable Memory Card Game
Match the God Activity
Comprehension Questions / Multiple Choice / True or False (Differentiated Worksheets)
3 Answer Sheets
All photos, text and illustrations are by the Primary Topic Shop.