With the festive season imminent, this unit gives a good overview of the origins of festivals celebrated at the end of the year, how these festivals are celebrated and some of the connections between festivals. Themes such as lights, feasts and activities are considered. There are seven power point presentations and seven worksheets covering the following end of year celebrations:
Origins of festivals
Diwali
Thanksgiving
Hanukkah
Winter Solstice (Yule tide)
Christmas
New Year
The curriculum revisits the topic of LIGHT at different stages of the Student’s development. Students build on their prior learning to assimilate new concepts. This unit extends the concepts and ideas studied at about age 7 to 9.
It covers the topics:
How light appears
How we see
Shadows and light
Reflections
Making a periscope
Refraction
Power point presentations scaffold students through the concepts, investigations and activities. Activities are presented in worksheet form with notes and areas for diagrams, comprehension and recording of investigations.
These myths and stories from ancient Egypt can be used on their own, purely as literature and comprehension, or to give colour and background to a study of ancient Egypt.
There are seventeen stories, each with activities (see thumbnails for the types of activities).
I have used these with 8 to 10 year old students. Often, after we have used some in the class, they ask for more, which is always rewarding for a teacher!
This is a five-part grammar program for children from seven through to eleven years old. The program consists of:
First steps in grammar
Walking confidently in grammar
Striding out in grammar
Running hard in Grammar
Sprinting in Grammar
Each level offers lessons with learning activities. There are power point presentations to aid each lesson.
This program consists of 125 lessons divided up into age-level appropriate stages from seven-year-olds to eleven-year-olds. Each lesson has learning activities to consolidate understanding. There are 125 power point presentations altogether.
This three lesson unit outlines the causes of the peasants’ revolt in 1381, taking up arms and the aftermath. It enables students to explore different points of view in a historical perspective, and draws their attention to what may have been the beginning of modern ideas of freedom and human rights.
Each lesson is presented using power point slides and there are learning activities allowing students to express opinions and empathise with different points of view.
The Renaissance is an eleven part unit.
It covers the topics:
The beginning of the Renaissance in Europe
Causes of the Renaissance
The Northern Renaissance
Timeline of the Renaissance
The rebirth of the classical ideas through art
Great Art works of Renaissance
Architecture and Science
Renaissance Exploration
Literature and the Renaissance
Geniuses of the Renaissance
The end of the Renaissance
It has been used mainly for years 8, 9 and 10.
There are power point slides and learning activities for each topic / lesson.
I have used this series of lessons with students aged 12 to 14. The power point slides are full of information for teaching the topic and there are learning activities for each lesson.
Lessons cover the following:
James I and Charles I
Personal Rule and the Causes of Rebellion (1629 to 1640)
The Bishops Wars and the Return of Parliament (1640 to 1642)
The Beginning of the First Civil War
The Advance of the Parliamentarians
The Second Civil War – the capture, escape, recapture, trial, and execution of Charles I
Timeline of Charles I’s reign
Conflict in Ireland and Scotland
The Third Civil War
This resource makes it easy for students to see the Royal Houses and the Kings and Queens.
Print on A4 for student reference or on A3 for a wall reference.
Suitable for 8 to 10 year old students, this unit takes a comprehensive look at the people of ancient Egypt, their lifestyle, customs and religion.
Topics are covered using power point presentations and consolidated with worksheet activities:
Egypt and the Nile
Water, Food, People, Wealth and Power
The Rosetta Stone
Writing and Hieroglyphics
Pyramids and the Sphinx
Kingdom Periods
Some great pharaohs of the New Kingdom
The Ancient Egyptian Gods
Ancient Egyptian belief in the afterlife
The Valley of the Kings
Tutankhamun
Farming along the Nile
Inventions of Ancient Egypt
Important symbols of Ancient Egypt
Used mainly with 5 to 7 year olds, this unit uses power point slides and worksheets to encourage students to:
identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense
identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals including pets)
identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
Please note that for the section on senses (one set of worksheets) some everyday objects need to be provided for practical exploration. They are listed on the contents page thumbnail and on the Set 2 worksheets.
A unit consisting of nine lessons, illustrating the development of Christianity during the Middle Ages and the effects of the crusades. There are power point slides for each lesson and worksheets with learning activities. Used mainly with students aged 11 plus.
Lesson titles:
Christendom
The Power of the Church
Religious Life in Britain during Medieval Times.
Church Law in the Middle Ages
Conflict between Church and Crown – Thomas Becket
The Reason for the Crusades
The First Crusade
Further Crusades
The effects of the Crusades on Western Christendom
Using power point slides, this unit aims to guide students to identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, the Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones.
The topic is broken down into seven lessons, each with its own slides and activities on a worksheet. It has been used with students aged 7 to 9.
Three power point presentations and three worksheets with activities summarise Queen Elizabeth II’s life, following the topics:
Before becoming Queen
The Queen in a Changing World
Her Reign
Used mainly for students aged 11 plus, this unit gives a clear outline of the Hundred Years’ War, including the topics:
Context of the Hundred Year War
Timeline of the Hundred Years’ War
The build-up and causes to the war
Edwardian Era War 1337 to 1360
The Caroline War 1369 to 1389
The Lancastrian War 1415 to 1453
Joan of Arc
Results of the War
Each topic is presented using power point sides with activities interspersed. There are worksheets for each topic.
KS 1 students study the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.
In this unit, students will compare aspects of life in different periods, using the lives of Marco Polo and Neil Armstrong.
***There are power point presentations and worksheets for: ***
Marco Polo - life and achievements.
Neil Armstrong- life and achievements
Comparison
**PLEASE NOTE: **THERE IS A UNIT IN OUR SHOP THAT COMPARES Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong. This unit on *Marco Polo and Neil Armstrong *contains THE EXACT SAME presentations and worksheets for Neil Armstrong.
This unit has been used with Year 6, 7 and 8.
Starting with a Timeline of Events this unit describes the settlement of Europeans in North America.
Topics following include:
Reasons for the European settlements
Establishing colonies
Life for early settlers
Pocahontas
War with Native American tribes
The arrival of the Quakers in the United States.
The beginning of King Phillip’s War.
The conclusion of King Phillip’s War
The Bacon Rebellion
King William’s War
The Salem witch trials of 1692 and 1693
Power point slides for every lesson make presentation easy and there are worksheet activities for each lesson.
This unit consists of eleven lessons aimed at students in Year 7 to 10, Grade 6 to 9. Each lesson has power point slides and worksheets.
Topics include:
The Power of the Catholic Church
Causes of the Reformation
Timeline of the Reformation
Martin Luther
Huldrych Zwingli
English Reformation – Henry VIII
English Reformation - Henry VIII the Supreme Head of the Church
English Reformation - Henry VIII Establishing the Church of England
English Reformation – Bloody Mary and Elizabeth I
John Calvin
John Knox
A great lesson on this ancient civilization. Throughout the power point presentation, students can discuss the structure of the Sumerian society and the role of the family. Activities on the worksheet include the interpretation of Sumerian drawings of classes of society and comprehension questions.
The world of Egyptian mythology is rich and interesting. Use the story to expand the students’ concept of the Ancient Egyptians. The retold legend is followed by worksheet activities.
The entire set of 17 stories can be found at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12652098
The first in a series of presentations and worksheets, this chapter focuses on
Why people trade
Students will discuss how the need for trade developed.
There is an exercise in which students will recall negotiating with others. There is also a drawing and labeling exercise.
The presentation can be used by the teacher to introduce and develop the topic, “Why People Trade”. The notes correlate with the presentation and are followed by the activities.