Scottish Themed Topics - Big Bundle of linked resources to kids novel 'The Crying Wind'-UPDATED

Here is a massive bundle of resources themed around the The Highland Clearances. They can be used as liked activities to the prize-winning children’s novel, The Crying Wind by A P Pullan or as stand-alone resources.

Files Include:

**Literacy Activities **
full eBook of The Crying Wind by A P Pullan of the children’s novel (9-12 yo). *This is a novel set in contemporary times on the fictional Scottish island of Galla. Here, a visiting girl, Kimberly, meets the ghost of a girl, Cora-Anne from the Scottish Clearances. Through clues about her past, Kim is able to unravel the mystery that is Cora Anne. In doing so she is able to get an idea of times back in the early 19th century in Scotland as well as how island life is today. There are also environmental themes such as wind-turbines and their impact on the island. *

The e-book file will open through various software but also through Internet Explorer.

The Crying Wind by A P Pullan for e-book for Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) - allowing teachers to highlight passages and focus on text or just read with class.

Interactive Word Wall - This is a PowerPoint file with keywords from the text – each word is linked to an Internet reference e.g. Nova Scotia sends the user to web site exploring old maps of the Canadian province.

Timeline Activity - A PowerPoint file that can be used as an activity with pupils to timeline the events in the story – The Crying Wind. Again, this can be used as an interactive resource or as a worksheet file.

What the Clearances Meant to Me - a worksheet for pupils to complete where pupils get the different p.o.v. for each of the book’s characters.

Interactive Diary - a PowerPoint file that teachers can use as a device for modelling and structuring text or as possible worksheet file.

Diary entry - these are two .doc files pupils can complete during the retelling of The Crying Wind.

Otter Writing Frame - a decorative writing frame using illustrations from the text.

History Activities

The Blackhouses - this is a presentation file containing information about the type of houses crofter lived in.

Highland Clans - this is a presentation file using the MacKinnon surname as the central clan studied. Other relevant information about other clans is also included.

Useful links - is a teacher sheet for additional background information for the above topics.

Science Activities– Electricity

Wind Turbines- Education resource pack - this is a detailed planned scheme of work including suggested teacher lessons around the topic of renewable energy/wind turbines