A staggering 650 million people live in deserts across the world. These worksheets look at the lives of The San People and The Matmata People and how they have perfected ways to keep cool and find water where there seemingly isn’t any. The San People live in the Kalahari Desert and some archaeologists believe they have done for over 80,000 years. Your students will learn about the life and expertise of the San People, their gender roles, diet, housing, and skills for finding and storing water as well as keeping warm during the freezing nights. The Matmata People live in southern Tunisia and gathered world-wide fame when their town was used in the 1976 Star Wars film: A New Hope. The impacts of the increased tourism have had their positive and negative impacts on the town. These are discussed with your students considering whether the good outweighs the bad in term of social, economic, and environmental impacts, and if the town should continue to advertise its notoriety. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within these worksheets, including, gathering research from print, annotating their thoughts, and ideas and reading graphs. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation, Instagram @willsoneducation and Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

The Maasai Tribe live and farm in the savanna. Unfortunately, in the past fifty years the Maasai way of life has had to change due to pressures from commercial and government policies. As a result, the ecosystem has also started to suffer. The students’ task is to produce a project booklet about the Maasi Tribe including their location, statistics, gender roles, homes, dress, and culture. As well as the problems facing the tribes from tourism and desertification for example. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation, Instagram @willsoneducation and Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

High in the Andes Mountains of South America live the Quechua tribe. They live by farming potatoes, barley and maize, as well as other crops. They keep cattle, sheep, chickens and…llamas. Llamas are close cousins of camels, minus the hump, and come in very handy for riding and carrying heavy loads. These worksheets have the students explore how llamas and the Quechua Tribes have adapted to their environment and how, with our changing climate, the llamas and Quechue could continue to adapt.

Matmata is a small Berber speaking town in southern Tunisia with a population of about 2,226 who live in traditional underground structures. This type architecture is based on localized needs and construction materials, and reflecting local traditions. It evolves over time to reflect the environmental, cultural, technological and historical content in which it exists. These methods can often be dismissed as crude and unrefined. These worksheets have the students explore the Matmata People’s homes and debate whether having a Star Wars picture filmed at the location would have a positive ro negative affect on their lives.

Around 2,200 Matsés live on the Peru-Brazil frontier in the Amazon rainforest. The international boarder that splits their home is the Yaquerana River and it runs through the heart of their land. To the Matsés the streams, floodplains and white-sand forests make up an ancestral territory that is shared by the entire tribe. These worksheets have the students look closely at the acate green tree frog which, as well as being a culinary delicacy, are used to increase hunting ability. Additionally the students investigate an oil company who are exploring the Matses’s land to drill.

The most endangered tribe in the world live deep in the Amazon rainforest, they are an ancient group of around 400 who carry everything they own; their children, their weapons and their pets. These people are so close to being wiped out forever that they are kept safe, away from the modern world. As a result, very few people have ever met the Awá. These worksheets have the students gather information from a video and use it to explain the plight and rescue of the Awa Tribe.

The Chagga people have lived on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro for hundreds of years, they believe the mountain is holy and treat it with respect. However, since the area was given National Park status in 1970 there has been a sharp increase in hikers. These worksheets have the students imagining they run a local primary school, however the families struggle to afford the uniforms, shoes, books and lunches which result in many children not attending. Their task is to decide how best to use aid money to help try double attendance to the school.

These worksheets have the students reasoning what we need to live and looking specifically at how wealth is distributed in India

This lesson allows students to identify different fruits and vegetables which originate from India. They sample the foods and give a detailed description of specific fruits. They also have the opportunity to compare differences between ours and traditional Indian meal times

As India is such a large country it’s not surprising to find that the climate varies from place to place and that these variations have different impacts of people’s lives. These worksheets help students to understand climate graphs, how to read and draw them. They also give them a chance to develop their own graph and peer mark eachothers ideas with supporting comments.

The culture of a group of people is their way of life. It includes their customs, hobbies, foods, fashions, beliefs and traditions; these are dependent of the country they live in, family background, sex and age. Many parts of the world are multicultural which means many different groups of people live alongside one another as a result of moving to new areas to live ad bringing their cultures with them. This is a chance for your students to get out of your seats and, sensibly, move around the classroom gathering evidence with their classmates to learn about India’s culture.

These worksheets look at the Russian language and the others which are spoken within the country as well as the religions and ethnic groups which make up the people

After the atrocities of the Second World War (millions of Jews were killed and many others) some countries got together and decided that something like that could not happen again. They formed the United Nations. The United Nations drew up a list of basic Human Rights (1948) that everyone should be entitled to – this is called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These worksheets help the students to discuss what they consider essential to living and compare their thoughts to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. In addition they look in detail at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and discuss whose responsibility it is to uphold these

The Sherpa people live in the most mountainous region of Nepal; they have become heavily influenced by Westerners who employ them while trying to conquer Mount Everest. This worksheet helps students discover the history and life of the Sherpa people. It concludes with students developing their own views on whether these influences are positive or negative. The impacts on the mountain are discussed with the support of a newspaper article. It explores how in the past the Sherpa people have cleared some 6500 pounds of debris left behind by explorers. The final task is to combine the information gathered and design a suitable permanent settlement at Everest Base Camp taking into consideration the views of conflicting groups and the needs of the Sherpas and visitors. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

Using the harbour of Rio De Janeiro as a backdrop, these worksheets explain how the sea shapes coastal landscapes through weathering, erosion, transportation, and deposition. The four types of erosion and types of waves are then investigated. The main task is a Decision Making Exercise: The Brazilian government is considering a proposal to relocate the marina outside of Rio De Janeiro’s Harbour to help preserve the struggling environment in the bay. The marina and its facilities are discussed, along with advantages and disadvantages of a move. The conflicts between local factions which may arise from the relocation are looked at alongside what other proposals could be put forward to help the area. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This is a brief introduction to coral reefs and their amazing wildlife. The students select one of the many species of animals which call the coral reefs home and complete a fact file about them. The students also have the opportunity to discuss their ideas on how to protect the remaining coral reefs. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

For five hundred years Petra was forgotten by the outside world, a fiercely guarded secret known only to the local tribe’s people. However a gentleman named Burckhardt, a ninetieth century adventurer tricked his way in by posing as an Indian who wanted to make a sacrifice at the tomb of a prophet. Today Petra is renowned worldwide and protected as a World Heritage Site, yet it is under threat. Time is taking its toll as the red sandstone used to build the city is soft and crumbling and Petra is in danger of being worn away. The Petra National Trust has called upon your students to put signs up to help tourists behave in a way to help preserve site. They need to design three signs for this project, but first need to consider the site they are meant for and how the signs should look. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This wordfill worksheet introduces your students to the Roman Colosseum, from what its function was, who built it and what went on there Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

Every good fairy tale needs a setting, a goodie, a baddy and a few magical objects thrown in. Roll the dice and see where your classes or tutor groups imagination takes you… Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

I started putting this booklet together in 2015 to help keep lesson plans, tutor time and assembly topics fresh and relevant for the students. Each year it has grown as new days and events have been suggested and added. The celebrations, or days of note, range from religious holidays, medical awareness days, charity fundraising events and include a few fun ones such as No Homework Day, Chocolate Day, World UFO Day, and Naked Teaching Day(!) Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation, Instagram @willsoneducation and Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.