Lesson containing a range of activities and verbal/peer assessment opportunities to demonstrate learning and understanding. The lesson focuses on some facts but is more about developing empathy and understanding. Each slide in the power point contains a stimulus and or a task that is aimed a full class discussion, then individual reflection, onto pair work and the opportunity for group work. There is also a template for the interpretation task and a print based set of questions that can be used to differentiate the lesson.

KS3 geography. Explains how India is a world superpower, compares to China. Share the facts with students, main activity is for students to use the worksheet to write about what the different people say about India’s development. Includes an extension activity where students apply knowledge about what India will be like in future.

KS3 geography. Includes a clip, a printable mind map with categories for students to build notes, printable resources of the different landscapes. Can be used as a carousel activity or paired task. A heads and tails matching task to allow students to apply understanding of the different landscapes and who/why people live there. Also has an extension task that could be adapted as a homework.

KS3 geography. Begins with the odd one out task and discuss the answer. Next cover learning objectives, move onto the images and facts. Students then watch the clips and use the attached thinking hats resource to write about mumbai . The build on key words using the facts slides (these can be printed out). Finally there is a mumbai postcard activity to apply knowledge which can be carried over or completed for homework.

A complete lesson and resource. This follows on from the 4 noble truths lesson. Could be used over 2 lessons. There is lots of content and opportunity to discuss the steps and apply them to real life. Students match the steps to show understanding of what each one is about for Buddhists. There is an extended writing task where students apply their understanding of one of the steps. Here i provide a model answer and give a target of 15 lines of writing. Finally there is a homework task where students must create a book of happiness, like those little books you see near the tills at waterstones.

I used this with Y9 students as lesson 2 of a unit on ethics. It is a real life story of conjoined twins who were separated. it includes a whole lesson and resources that need to be printed to accompany the activities on the slides. It focuses on religious views and should gradually reveal the full story of what happened. it has web links to the press coverage of the story which can be adapted and used as homework or differentiated up to create research.

Use this as a generic any theory worksheet template. It can be used to summarise, analyse, evaluate knowledge of a theory and has been adapted for psychological theories from the 6 thinking hats.

New OCR psychology spec. Background information and student activities all in one power point.

KS3 geography. This lesson is based on an intelligent graffiti task where students watch Kevin McCloud staying in the Dharavi slum. There are examples of WAGOLL for the main task and the lesson then develop into a structured assessment with the success criteria explained. It also includes some printable resources to be provided for use as research on the assessment tasks.

A complete powerpoint lesson with a clip about the 4 sights. Starter, main learning activities and plenary. Resources included with which students create a storyboard about the Buddha’s life.

Used with Y9 students as lesson 3/4 of the ethics unit. This introduces the definition of capital punishment, getting students to think about crime and punishment in general. It leads to some statistics from amnesty and a sorting task or the arguments for and against the death penalty.

Geography year 8. lesson 2 of the amazing places unit. Contains clips and visuals about Svalbard. Students make notes and discuss/locate. It finishes with a mini assessment to apply learning.

Geography Year 8 students. Amazing world places. This lesson introduces a cluster of lessons which are numbered and should be taught as one unit over a half term. This introduction lesson shares amazing places and their types of geography a blank world map as an activity to get students locating some famous amazing places. There is an extended writing task where students describe and explain their amazing place.

lesson 7 of the unit on amazing places. Locates Dubai, explains using visuals what it was like in the past. Clips show the tourist attractions. Students design hotel.

KS3 Geography - a topical, tropical storm! A power point format with 2 lessons about hurricanes and the current/recent one in the Bahamas/ North America. There are a variety of learning activities and tasks. Maps. Clips and information about Hurricane Dorian and the causes of tropical storms.

Ideally make this into a booklet to complement lesson 3 all about Svalbard,

Simply select a thunk and paste it onto your starter slide. Suitable for psychology students. Useful as a quick starter, though i wouldn’t use thunks every lesson.

A power point and student worksheet on the impacts of climate change in the future. The lesson is interactive and gets the class to suggest what their area will be like in 2050, it would fit in well following on from a climate change topic.

This can work for any KS3 R.E class and can be differentiated easily. You can use the information page to do a text marking task or use it as a comprehension. The learning objectives are clear and you could support less able with a few starter sentences on the written tasks. Very flexible uses, you could read as a class and emphasise literacy or use the resources for some independent learning. You could also adapt and set some tasks as homework.

A printable worksheet containing key terms about the life of the Buddha. Good opportunity to extend literacy and encourages students to apply their knowledge of Buddhism by writing each word into a sentence or using the words to write a paragraph about Buddhism.