I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and I try to make my resources have real-world applications whenever possible. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and I try to make my resources have real-world applications whenever possible. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
Do you need some hands-on activities to bring your Ancient Greece unit to life? This pack has 5 hands-on activities that include writing the ancient Greek alphabet, making ancient Greek coins, making a miniature clay amphora (vase), sgraffito art inspired by ancient Greek art, and weaving. Many of these activities can meet the learning objectives of the art curriculum at the same time.
This pack comes with a PDF slideshow version of instructions, plus a student handout version for the art activities. There are also three pages of photos of real artefacts to use for inspiration.
What’s included?
Teacher’s guide
Photos for inspiration
Self-reflection
Artist statement
U.K and U.S versions
Student instructions for:
Make a clay amphora
Make clay or salt dough coins
Draw an aspect of ancient Greek life using the sgraffito technique with oil pastels
Write the ancient Greek alphabet
Try weaving using wool
You will need:
A4 paper
paint (poster or acrylic)
strong card
a variety of colourful wool
scissors
tape
pencils
oil pastels
air-drying clay and rolling/marking tools
52 pages included
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
I hope you enjoy using this pack with your students.
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This craft and wall mural is going to look fantastic in your classroom, and children are going to love making it! With such a stunning visual display, this event in history is sure to stick in their memories!
There are six different house designs for children to choose from, with one, two, or three storeys. Each house comes in 2-4 parts for children to colour and glue together. Then they use tissue, crepe, or coloured paper to add flames. Each child makes one house to contribute to the wall mural.
When the houses are all finished, they make a display that’s 4 metres long!
There are also signs, and shop labels, as well as a display heading.
I’ve also included a smaller, individual version for children to make their own “Pudding Lane” instead of a class mural, with six houses to colour, cut, and glue onto paper in any order.
Visual instructions are included, although it’s very easy to make.
I hope your children enjoy recreating the Great Fire of London on Pudding Lane!
You will receive 4 PDF files.
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting of “Children’s Games” is one of the best primary sources I’ve come across that give us a little glimpse into the games children played in the past.
The painting “Children’s Games” depicted life in the Netherlands in the 1560s. There are over 250 children playing 83 different games.
With this activity, in pairs or small groups, children look at a corner of the painting and find the games on a list. They then identify if the game is still played nowadays, and they make guesses about how to play an unfamiliar game in the painting.
It’s a fabulous way to bring history alive, with such a relatable topic, and it gets children using a primary source to gather and analyse information from the past.
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This worksheet is a free sample of the worksheets included in the Achievements of Ancient Egypt lesson available here. There are three worksheets in the pack of varying difficulty. This free worksheet is the most challenging as it requires students to identify up to eight achievements and to write about three of them.
The easier worksheets ask students to list three achievements and write about two of them, and to list five achievements and write about three of them. The Achievements of Ancient Egypt lesson includes a PowerPoint™ presentation detailing nine achievements. There is also a vocabulary worksheet based on key vocabulary from the topic. You can get the lesson here.
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Do you need some hands-on activities to bring your Ancient Egypt unit to life? This pack has 6 hands-on activities that include carrying out an archaeological dig and five craft projects. Many of these activities can meet the learning objectives of the art curriculum at the same time.
What’s included?
Student instructions for:
Make an amulet
Make a canopic jar
Make papyrus
Make a pyramid model (two sizes, a smaller, easier size, and a larger, more challenging size)
Make a scarab beetle
Carry out an archaeological dig with a partner
You will need:
paper, coloured paper
scissors, glue/glue sticks
paint
pencils, markers, coloured pencils
air-drying clay and rolling/marking tools
containers, soil or sand, small objects
I hope your students enjoy making these activities.
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Shang Dynasty Hands-on Activities and Crafts
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Your learners can make their own 3D pyramid with this easy craft. All you need is scissors, glue and crayons, markers, or colouring pencils. Whether you’re studying ancient Egypt or 3D shapes, this craft is low-prep and makes a pyramid that kids will be proud of.
The pack comes with two size options - a smaller one (approx. 3in/7cm) which is easier to make as it’s all one piece, and a larger one (approx. 4.5in/11cm) which has two pieces to join, so it’s great for those that can handle more of a challenge - or pairs can work together to help each other.
Visual instructions are included for the larger version.
Colour and ink saver, plus U.S. and U.K. versions included.
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Shang Dynasty Hands-on Activities and Crafts
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Do you need some hands-on activities to bring your Ancient Greece unit to life? This pack has 6 hands-on activities that include writing the ancient Greek alphabet, making ancient Greek coins, making a miniature clay amphora (vase), sgraffito art inspired by ancient Greek art, weaving, and making a 3D model of the Parthenon. Many of these activities can meet the learning objectives of the art curriculum at the same time.
This pack comes with a PDF slideshow version of instructions, plus a student handout version for the art activities. There are also three pages of photos of real artefacts to use for inspiration.
What’s included?
Teacher’s guide
Photos for inspiration
Self-reflection
Artist statement
Student instructions for:
Make a 3D Parthenon model - two sizes to choose from so you can differentiate
Make a clay amphora
Make clay or salt dough coins
Draw an aspect of ancient Greek life using the sgraffito technique with oil pastels
Write the ancient Greek alphabet
Try weaving using wool
You will need:
A4 paper
scissors, glue/glue sticks
paint (poster or acrylic)
strong card
a variety of colourful wool
tape
pencils, colouring pencils
oil pastels
air-drying clay and rolling/marking tools
Please note the Parthenon model is not to scale and is an artistic representation, not a realistic representation.
*60 pages included
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
I hope you enjoy using this pack with your students.
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Shang Dynasty Hands-on Activities and Crafts
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SAVE MONEY with this complete hands-on unit bundle on ancient Shang dynasty history packed with fun activities including research organisers, a timeline, developments, leadership analysis, a fortune teller, and more to help your students learn about the first ancient Chinese civilization with a written record.
This pack contains lots of interesting learning activities that you can pick and choose from:
timeline cut and paste
colouring page (great for covers)
map work
comparison activities of the students’ lives with Shang life
social structure
reporter-style research page
archaeological dig research booklet
informational reading passage (text is editable, images/layout aren’t)
adapting to the environment interactive notebook
analysing leadership cut and paste
fortune teller of key social studies concepts
starting the inquiry process (KWL)
U.S and U.K versions included.
I hope your students love learning about the Shang Dynasty!
Hands-on activities:
Student instructions for:
Roleplay as archaeologists
Make a model Shang chariot
Carry out an archaeological dig with a partner
Make a soap “jade” carving
Make a clay bronze “ding”
Write oracle symbols - the first Chinese writing system on paper, but if you have clay students can make an oracle bone to write symbols on.
I hope you enjoy using this unit with your children, as much as I enjoyed making it!
You will receive a zip file with PDFs and a PPTX file.
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This one-page biography research organiser gives your students an interesting way to present their learning about Amelia Earhart.
There are two options, one with a space for students to draw a picture, and one with a portrait for students to colour. The widest lines come with the option of her Lockheed Vega 5B plane or an interesting fact. The narrower lines use cursive script.
The organiser comes with the option of three line sizes so you can choose the best one for your students.
Students will need to research online, in books, or use a reading passage to find the information.
The topics include key facts, achievements, important moment and influences, and an interesting fact.
U.S and U.K versions available.
You will receive a PDF.
If you’d like more Amelia Earhart activities, you may like this pack which includes the graphic organiser.
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SAVE MONEY with this Amelia Earhart informational text and comprehension questions and a fun one-page biography research organiser to display students’ learning.
The passage is differentiated with four levels so you can use what works best for your students. The comprehension questions are appropriate for the level of text and cover answering questions about details in the text, identifying the main topic or purpose, understanding the connection between ideas, identifying how a map contributes to understanding, and determining the meaning of vocabulary.
The graphic organiser has two options, one with a space for students to draw a portrait, and one with a portrait for students to colour. The widest lines come with the option of her Lockheed Vega 5B plane or an interesting fact. The narrower lines use cursive script.
The organiser comes with the option of three line sizes so you can choose the best one for your students. The topics include key facts, achievements, important moment and influences, and an interesting fact.
U.S and U.K versions available.
22 pages.
If you’d like more Amelia Earhart activities, you may like this pack which includes the reading text and graphic organiser.
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If you’re studying Amelia Earhart, this aeroplane craft will be a fun hands-on activity that would also look great on a display. This plane is the Lockheed Vega 5B which Amelia Earhart flew on her trip as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included to help your students construct the plane.
There are two versions of the craft with simple vocabulary or with airplane terminology, which is great for older students, and for students who love planes and may already be familiar with the terminology.
A colouring page is also included if you need a quick and easy activity as an alternative to the craft.
U.K and U.S versions included.
7 pages included.
You will receive 2 PDFs.
If you’d like more Amelia Earhart activities, you may like this pack which includes the craft, plus lots more fun activities.
If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com
This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to see the changes that have been made in the history of boats, from the first canoes and rafts through to cruise ships.
This timeline focuses on eight key developments in the history of boats, starting from the Pesse canoe dating back to 10,000BCE, to container ships in 1956.
The timeline has four differentiated options so that you can meet the needs of your students, and there is the option to make a foldable version which is a mini-book that could be taped into the students’ books or they could take it home.
What’s included?
Timeline and photos, artefacts, and illustrations to match up to the dates
Differentiated with simple or detailed captions, and the easiest version has the photos and captions already together so students need to match it to the date, and the most difficult level students need to match the photo to the caption and write in the date
Interactive foldable with visual step-by-step instructions (use clues or match photos to dates)
Logic-style clue cards to solve the order of the timeline
U.K and U.S versions
Answer key
You will receive a zip file with PDFs.
More timelines you may like:
History of land transport
History of flight
The Great Fire of London
The Titanic
Ancient Egypt
The Benin Empire
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This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to see the changes that have been made in the history of flight, from the first hot air balloons to the modern passenger Boeing 747, or from the first hot air balloon to landing on the Moon.
There are two main options with a timeline that focuses on flight and the development of planes, or flight, planes, and space travel.
The timeline has four differentiated options so that you can meet the needs of your students or there is the option to make a foldable version which is a mini-book that could be taped into the students’ books or they could take it home.
What’s included?
Timeline and real photos to match up to the dates
Differentiated with simple or detailed captions, and the easiest version has the photos and captions already together so students need to match it to the date, and the most difficult level students need to match the photo to the caption and write in the date
Interactive foldable with visual step-by-step instructions
Logic-style clue cards to solve the order of the timeline
Answer keys
11 pages included.
You will receive 6 PDFs.
More timelines you may like:
History of land transport
History of boats and ships
The Great Fire of London
The Titanic
Ancient Egypt
The Benin Empire
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The activities in this pack will help your students to learn about the history of boats, how boats use technology, and how the changes in technology over time have brought changes for how people meet their needs and made the world more connected.
There is a lot to choose from with worksheets, interactive notebook activities, a timeline, PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™ for teaching, design activities, labelling activities, a S.T.E.M activity, and a word search. Plus, there are editable versions for some worksheets so you can write questions to tailor the resource to your needs.
What’s included?
18 PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™
Cut and paste activity to categorize different ship technology (sails, steam, diesel)
Spot the differences - identify differences between two photos of boats, one from the past and one from the present
Ask a grandparent (or older person) - compare changes in boat transport over time (plus editable version)
Interactive sailboat - write about how boats meet our needs (plus editable version)
Interactive world - write about how transport technology makes the world more connected (plus editable version)
Interactive ship’s wheel - practice writing cardinal directions
Two design activities to choose from (a new kind of boat and a boat you could live on)
STEM challenge to make a boat
Label the parts of a ship - cut and paste
Word search (two levels of difficulty)
Timeline with four differentiated options plus a foldable option
U.K and U.S versions
I hope your students enjoy learning about the history of boats with these activities.
If you like using this resource after your purchase, I’d love it if you could leave a quick review. To show my appreciation, you can choose any resource up to the same value for free. Simply email me after with the resource you’d like at info@zigglelearning.com
The activities in this pack will help your students to learn about the history of boats, how boats use technology, and how the changes in technology over time have brought changes for how people meet their needs and made the world more connected.
There is a lot to choose from with worksheets, interactive notebook activities, PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™ for teaching, design activities, labelling activities, a S.T.E.M activity, and a word search. Plus, there are editable versions for some worksheets so you can write questions to tailor the resource to your needs.
What’s included?
18 PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™
Cut and paste activity to categorize different ship technology (sails, steam, diesel)
Spot the differences - identify differences between two photos of boats, one from the past and one from the present
Ask a grandparent (or older person) - compare changes in boat transport over time (plus editable version)
Interactive sailboat - write about how boats meet our needs (plus editable version)
Interactive world - write about how transport technology makes the world more connected (plus editable version)
Interactive ship’s wheel - practice writing cardinal directions
Two design activities to choose from (a new kind of boat and a boat you could live on)
STEM challenge to make a boat
Label the parts of a ship - cut and paste
Word search (two levels of difficulty)
U.K and U.S versions
I hope your students enjoy learning about the history of boats with these activities.
You will receive PDF and PPTX files.
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History of Flight Timeline
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If you’re learning about ancient China, then this template to make a chariot craft from the Shang Dynasty period will be a great hands-on activity.
The craft uses an axle so the wheels actually turn, and the chariot can be pulled by hand. You may even have some small items that children could put inside.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
chariot template
a straw
a wooden skewer
tape
two popsicle sticks
thick card for the wheels (cardboard from packing boxes work well)
thin card (optional - cereal boxes work well)
I hope your students enjoy making their chariots!
You will receive a PDF file.
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Full Pack of Shang Dynasty Art/Craft Activities
Shang Dynasty learning activities
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The Titanic was a significant event in history and continues to fascinate children and adults today. The fact that it was so tragic, that there are so many “what-ifs”, that there were survivors who lived to tell vivid accounts of what actually happened, all makes for a highly interesting topic to learn about.
This digital resource has 37 PowerPoint™ and Google Slides™ which use primary sources including quotes, photos, advertising material, court claims, and items that were recovered, along with other images and timelines to explain the events leading up to and following the sinking of the Titanic.
The slides towards the end of the slide deck highlight essential social studies concepts about the significance of the event, causes and consequences of the sinking and high death toll, sources of information, differences in classes, and changes to safety that took place as a result of the tragedy.
You can delete any slides you don’t need.
I’ve also included an editable printable worksheet with comprehension questions. You can add, edit, or remove any questions to meet your needs.
Plus, there’s a printable Morse Code activity which would be great for the whole class or early finishers.
You will receive a PPTX slideshow file for PowerPoint™, a PDF information pack with the link to make a copy of the slides in Google Slides™, and a PPTX of the comprehension questions, plus a link to the Google Slides™ version.
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Titanic graphic organiser
Titanic timeline activity
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If you’re looking for an interesting way for your learners to present their learning about the key facts and events leading up to and following the sinking of the Titanic, then you’ll like this two-page graphic organiser.
There are lots of options to meet your needs:
Use one or two pages.
Use the given prompts or edit the prompts to be relevant to what you’re covering.
Use the blank organiser so children can write about their own choice of topics.
Print the organiser or use the digital Google Slides™ version
Editable PowerPoint™ file (text is editable, images and layout aren’t)
I hope your learners enjoy using this graphic organiser.
You will receive a PDF file an editable PPTX file.
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Titanic PowerPoint and Google Slides presentation with comprehension questions
Titanic timeline activity
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If you’re wanting to make a beautiful display to commemorate Anzac Day, then this pack of five different writing crafts will be ideal for students to write what they know about Anzac Day.
The crafts are all symbols connected with Anzac Day. There is an Anzac biscuit tin, a bugle, a medal, a poppy, and a wreath.
Each craft comes with three line sizes and options with or without “Anzac Day” on the front of the craft.
These will look fantastic up on the wall so I’ve included the phrase “Anzac Day”, which comes in three styles, with one-word per page, A4, and A3 sizes to choose from.
I hope your students enjoy making their Anzac Day crafts!
You will receive printable PDF files.
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If you’re studying Ancient Sumer or Ancient Mesopotamia, then your students will love these hands-on activities which get them making art, crafts, and writing from the earliest civilisations!
This pack has lots of activities you can pick and choose from, that will give students an insight into the crafts and technology that the first civilisations in Mesopotamia used.
Students can:
explore cuneiform script with two different scripts to try
practice weaving
make a woven basket
make a paper model of the Ishtar Gate
make a clay bowl
make a clay tablet and write cuneiform on it
The pack includes student hand-out instructions and a PDF slideshow version of the instructions, plus the template to make the Ishtar Gate.
You will need:
wool
thick card (for weaving)
paper cups
air-drying clay
paint (optional)
scissors, glue sticks, coloring pencils
wooden skewers
paper or light card (for the Ishtar Gate)
U.K. and U.S. versions included.
I hope your students enjoy making their Ancient Sumer crafts.
You will receive a zip file with PDFs. If you have any trouble downloading, just reach out to me at info@zigglelearning.com.
