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The Sixties lessons and worksheets KS2 1960s history topic resources
A set of PowerPoint lessons to teach different aspects of life in the sixties, plus headings and worksheets. It is suitable for teaching children aged 8-11.
It includes:
INTRODUCTION TO THE 1960S - A short introduction explaining what a decade is and how many decades ago the Sixties were. Poses some questions for the children to think about, with a follow up activity.
SIXTIES DAILY LIFE - How people in the 1960s had ‘never had it so good’; Money - Explanation of pounds, shillings and pence with illustrations of the coins and notes; Shopping - how supermarkets started expanding, Green shield stamps, and food eaten in the Sixties; Transport - Expansion of motorways, popular cars, and air transport; Technology - Police call boxes, public telephones, telephones in the home, computers, computer games, the forerunner to the Internet, lasers, calculators. (25 slides)
SIXTIES SCHOOL LIFE - What it was like going to school in the 1960s. (10 slides)
SIXTIES KEY EVENTS - A timeline of events from around the world from 1960 to 1969, with three highlighted events in each year. (11 slides)
SIXTIES HOMES - New housing developments, tower blocks and older houses that needed modernising; How the washing and cleaning was done; Home fashions - kitchens, lounges, ornaments, and furniture; Television, and how it progressed over the decade. (14 slides)
SIXTIES FAMOUS PEOPLE - Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin, Alfred Hitchcock, John F Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Muhammad Ali/ Cassius Clay, Mary Quant, Francis Chichester, Andy Warhol, and Twiggy. There is a page for each person, with a short description of what they are famous for. (12 slides)
SIXTIES FASHION - How fashioned changed from the beginning to the end of the decade and how it was influenced by music. (17 slides)
SIXTIES MUSIC - How people listened to music in the Sixties - records and record players; radios and Pirate radio stations, introduction of tape players, jukeboxes; Sixties music fans - Mods and Rockers, Skinheads and Hippies; Sixties bands and singers - The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Chubby Checker, Cliff Richard, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Monkees, Jimi Hendrix, and the Woodstock Festival. There is a picture and description of each band / singer, and a their most popular hit of the Sixties. (21 slides)
SIXTIES TOYS - Pictures of popular Sixties toys, with short descriptions. (9 slides)
Plus a set of 11 worksheets with follow-up activities.
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The links were checked before uploading, but if they stop working please feel free to contact me or email me: primaryteachingtools@gmail.com and I will update them.
This pack is an updated version of my previous Sixties pack.
KS2 History Iron Age Pack - PowerPoint lessons, activities and display
A set of activities looking at the Iron Age and the Celts in Britain, consisting of an informative Powerpoint, printables and display resources.
POWERPOINT (26 PAGES): Description of different aspects of Iron Age life including
Sources of information
Iron Age Britain
Iron Age people & tribes
Iron Age life
Buildings: Hill Forts
Art and Culture
Religion
Battle
Arrival of the Romans
IRON AGE WORKSHEETS: (for recording research)
Iron Age sites recording sheet
Iron Age tribes in the local area
Iron Age art and culture
Iron Age farming
Iron Age hill forts
Iron Age tribal kingdoms
Topic covers (x2) For topic books
Iron Age writing border sheets (x2; lined and unlined)
IRON AGE DISPLAY:
A4 title
A-Z lettering in a metallic iron background
The Iron Age banner
Iron Age artefacts
Iron Age border for display boards
KS2 History Bronze Age Pack - PowerPoint lessons, activities and display
A set of resources for a unit of work covering the Bronze Age in Britain, looking at the Amesbury Archer, Must Farm and Stonehenge amongst other things.
POWERPOINT (26 PAGES): Description of different aspects of Bronze Age life including
• Sources of information
• Discovery of copper and bronze
• Britain in the Bronze Age
• Religion
• Henges
• Daily life
BRONZE AGE ACTIVITIES: (for recording research)
• Write a report about the Amesbury Archer
• Write a report about Must Farm
• Bronze Age ways of living
• Bronze Age travel
• Bronze Age technology
• Bronze Age religion
• Topic covers (x2) For topic books
• Bronze Age writing border sheets (x2; lined and unlined)
BRONZE AGE DISPLAY:
• A4 title
• A-Z lettering in a bronze background
• The Bronze Age banner
• Bronze Age timeline
• Bronze Age artefacts
• Bronze Age border for display boards
KS2 History Stone Age unit of work pack - PowerPoint lessons, activities and display
A set of resources looking at the Stone Age in Britain - Includes Powerpoint lessons, worksheets, and display.
POWERPOINTS:
INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORY TIMELINE: (20 pages) A timeline showing the history of the Earth, from when it was first formed to the beginning of the Stone Age
THE STONE AGE: (30 PAGES) Description of different aspects of Stone Age life that can be split into weekly topics including
Sources of information
Stone Age Britain
Stone Age people
Food
Change from hunter-gatherers to farmers
Skara Brae
BOOKLETS
Prehistory timeline booklet: Corresponds to the prehistory PowerPoint. It can be printed for display, or used as a reference pack.
Stone Age booklet: Corresponds to the Stone Age PowerPoint and can be printed for display or reference.
WORKSHEETS: (for recording research)
Prehistory writing sheet
Cave paintings
Stone Age climate
Stone Age food
Stone Age way of life
Write a report about .... (x10) - Different British Stone Age archaeological sites
Topic covers (x 5 different designs) For topic books
Stone Age writing border sheets (x2; lined and unlined)
STONE AGE DISPLAY:
A4 title
A-Z lettering in a stone background
The Stone Age banner
Stone Age timeline
Stone Age artefacts
Stone Age border for display boards
Stone Age bunting
Dinosaurs, fossils and palaeontologists: powerpoint lessons for EYFS KS1 KS2
Powerpoint files:
Dinosaur AfL - 7 different questions to pose to the children before the topic begins.
Where and when did the dinosaurs live - Looks at Pangaea, and the timescale involved and how long ago it was.
Dinosaur discoveries - Looks at how fossils were found and ideas emerged about dinosaurs. Talks about early ‘palaeontologists’ including Robert Plot, Robert Buckland, Mary Anning, Mary Ann and Gideon Mantell, Richard Owen and their discoveries.
How fossils are formed - A step by step guide
Dinosaur diets - herbivores, carnivores and omnivores
What happened to the dinosaurs - looks at different theories of why dinosaurs became extinct.
Pirates topic pack: Powerpoints, activities and display
POWERPOINTS:
Pirates Introduction: Explains the history of pirates, who they were, where they operated and what they did.
Pirate Life:
Daily life of pirates; pirate flags; injuries; pirate attacks; punishments; code of conduct etc.
Henry Morgan - the king of pirates: His life story
Famous Pirates: Includes Blackbeard, Black Bart, Black Sam, Anne Bonney, Captain Kidd; with facts of their lives and their pirate flags.
Pirate Activities: Fun things to do, songs etc.
Pirate glossary: 25 pages explaining different pirate terms /objects etc
Pirate Shipwreck: Recount of the sinking of the Whyday, and how it was discovered nearly 300 years later.
DISPLAY
Pirates lettering v1 - Colourful lettering - spells out ‘Pirates’, plus all upper and lower case letters and numbers included so that you can print and cut out what you need to personalise your display.
Pirates banner - prints onto 2 A4 sheets
Pirate word / help mat - with vocabulary and pictures to help support writing tasks.
Pirate vocabulary - 12 A4 sheets with pictures and short descriptions. Includes anchor, deck, black jack, booty, cannon, compass, cutlass, maroon, mutiny, rigging, telescope and treasure map.
Pirate sayings - 11 A4 sheets with pictures. Includes Ship ahoy! Avast! Shiver me timbers! Yo ho ho! Thar she blows! Walk the plank!
PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES
Pirate invitations
Topic covers - 8 different versions, portrait and landscape
Treasure maps to colour and finish
Writing borders, lined and unlined, portrait and landscape with a pirate hat border.
Pirate colouring sheets - famous pirates plus others
Pirate flag colouring sheets
Treasure maps colouring pages
Blank treasure map
Blank pirate flag
Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal family
A set of resources looking at the royal family and the young Queen Elizabeth II.
Roman numerals KS2 maths resources: powerpoints display posters clock and cards
This pack meets the new curriculum requirements for teaching Roman numerals in KS2 - Year 3, 4 and 5.
It covers Roman numerals on a clock; an explanation and history of Roman numerals; Roman numerals to 100 and to 1000
It consists of powerpoint lessons, display, headings, worksheets and activities
KS1 Geography and History of the United Kingdom: powerpoints and activities pack
A set of resources for KS1 to teach children about the geography, history and culture of the UK.
GEOGRAPHY POWERPOINT LESSONS
Geography of the UK: ENGLAND
Geography of the UK: SCOTLAND
Geography of the UK: WALES
Geography of the UK: NORTHERN IRELAND
Each powerpoint is approximately 20 pages long and includes information on:
The location of the country in the world and in the UK
The names of the ocean and surrounding seas
The capital city
Information on the capital city and key landmarks
Islands
Mountains
Rivers
Specific features such as castles, brochs, lochs, stone circles etc.
Myths and Legends
Traditions
HISTORY POWERPOINTS
HISTORY OF THE UK: A quick look through different periods in the history of the United Kingdom; how the UK has been invaded and settled, why places are as they are, and how the countries got their names.
THE UNION FLAG: The story of how it came into being. It includes:
Flag of England; Saint George, the story of St George and the Dragon, the St George's Cross
The Flag of Wales
The Flag of Scotland; St Andrew, the story of King Angus MacFergus
The Flag of Britain, 1606
The Flag of the Protectorate; including the arms of Ireland
Great Britain; the ensign armorial, 1707
St Patrick's Cross; the story of St Patrick
The Union Flag
Jacks
How to draw the Union Flag
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS: Explains what a coat of arms is and how they are created. Explains about the Royal coat of arms today.
ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHEETS:
Factfiles x 4: For fact finding missions, cities, rivers, mountains and a blank one. They contain boxes for text, lines for explanations and a blank map of the UK.
Flag activities: 6 different flag sheets
Map of UK
Topic cover
Jigsaw of the UK
Simple outline plan in word with links and suggestions.
Short history of the United Kingdom powerpoint
A 14 page powerpoint suitable for primary children showing the changes in the four countries of the UK from the Iron Age tribes to today. The presentation explains how Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland got their names, and how Britain and the UK were names.
The pages are headed:
Iron Age Tribes
The Roman Conquest
Anglo-Saxons
The Vikings
The Norman Conquest
The Middle Ages
The Tudors
The Stuarts
Georgian Britain
Victorian Britain and the British Empire
Irish Independence
The Commonwealth
The European Union
The Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age display pack: Posters headings timelines banners headings
STONE AGE DISPLAY:
A4 title
A-Z lettering in a stone background
The Stone Age banner
Stone Age timeline
Stone Age artefacts
Stone Age border for display boards
BRONZE AGE DISPLAY:
A4 title
A-Z lettering in a bronze background
The Bronze Age banner
Bronze Age timeline
Bronze Age artefacts
Bronze Age border for display boards
IRON AGE DISPLAY:
A4 title
A-Z lettering in a metallic iron background
The Iron Age banner
Iron Age artefacts
Iron Age border for display boards
Changes in Britain from the Stone Age, Bronze Age to Iron Age pack - powerpoints, activities, plan
INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORY POWERPOINT: A timeline showing the history of the Earth, from when it was first formed to the beginning of the Stone Age
WORKSHEET: Prehistory writing sheet
THE STONE AGE POWERPOINT (30 PAGES): Description of different aspects of Stone Age life including:
Sources of information
Stone Age Britain
Stone Age people
Food
Change from hunter-gatherers to farmers
Skara Brae
STONE AGE WORKSHEETS (pdf): (for recording research)
Cave paintings
Stone Age climate
Stone Age food
Stone Age way of life
Write a report about .... (x10) - Different Stone Age archaeology sites
Topic covers (x4 different designs) For topic books
Stone Age writing border sheets (x2; lined and unlined)
THE BRONZE AGE POWERPOINT (26 PAGES): Description of different aspects of Bronze Age life including:
Sources of information
Discovery of copper and bronze
Britain in the Bronze Age
Religion
Henges
Daily life
BRONZE AGE WORKSHEETS (pdf): (for recording research)
Write a report about the Amesbury Archer
Bronze Age ways of living
Bronze Age travel
Bronze Age technology
Bronze Age religion
Topic covers (x2) For topic books
Bronze Age writing border sheets (x2; lined and unlined)
THE IRON AGEPOWERPOINT (26 PAGES): Description of different aspects of Iron Age life including
Sources of information
Iron Age Britain
Iron Age people & tribes
Iron Age life
Buildings - Hill Forts
Art and Culture
Religion
Battle
Arrival of the Romans
IRON AGE WORKSHEETS (pdf): (for recording research)
Iron Age sites recording sheet
Iron Age tribes in the local area
Iron Age art and culture
Iron Age farming
Iron Age hill forts
Iron Age tribal kingdoms
Topic covers (x2) For topic books
Iron Age writing border sheets (x2; lined and unlined)
Plus and adaptable outline MT plan with links, suggestions etc
Toys KS1 topic resources - powerpoints, activity and display pack
A set of powerpoints showing photographs of the most popular toys of the pre-50s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and modern toys; an introduction to the history of toys - going back to dolls in Ancient Greece to computers today; a look at portraits of children from the past playing with toys; a sorting toy activity into old and new, and an old poem about the wonders of a toy shop.
There are also 4 maths powerpoints looking at addition and subtraction in the toy shop, with cards to print for games.
The activities include:
An acrostic poem template
Animal cut-out templates to join together to make a moving toy
Colouring sheets
Pictures of new/old teddy
Puppets for role play
Russian doll set to print and laminate for size ordering
6 x Santa lists to use around Christmas
A thaumatrope template with instructions
3 x cover templates for a topic book
Toy sorting cards - to sort into different materials/ properties.
Toys from the past questionnaire to take home to fill in with parents.
A copy of an old book 'What shall we do next' from 1907 full of games and activities that children played
The Wonderful Toymaker fairy tale to read
An outline planning document with cross curricular links that can be adapted.
DISPLAY
Old toys display - photographs
Children's portraits playing with toys
Toys banner
Toys heading
Toys in the past heading
Toys timeline
Guy Fawkes, Bonfire Night and the Gunpowder Plot - 2 powerpoints, 12 display files and 15 activities
A powerpoint story of Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot and why we celebrate Bonfire Night, with classroom activities to print and display resources.
Guy Fawkes - Two versions; one for KS1 and one for KS2. It details Guy Fawkes' life, and how he became involved with the other conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot; it explains how he was caught, and why people now celebrate Bonfire Night.
ACTIVITIES:
Bonfire night acrostic poem
Bonfire Night topic cover
Fire border for displaying work
Fireworks border
Gunpowder plot and Guy Fawkes sequencing
Gunpowder plot black and white pictures (for colouring/display)
Gunpowder plot cards
Gunpowder plot word mat
Guy Fawkes topic cover
Letter to Mounteagle
Newspaper report x 4 - Guy Fawkes, The arrest and The conspirators
Blank scroll
DISPLAY
A-Z Flame lettering
Bonfire Night banner
A4 title
Large lettering Bonfire Night
Fireworks border for displays
Confession letter of Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes title
Main conspirators poster
Portraits of James I and Guy Fawkes
Posters - Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot
The Fireworks code
The Gunpowder plot pictures
The Tudors display pack
A set of Tudor display resources to print - posters, titles, banners, and borders.
Headings
Henry VIII Banner: Prints onto 2 A4 sheets, bordered with pictures of his wives.
The Tudors title: 3 versions - black lettering, red lettering, and embedded Tudor Rose lettering
The Tudors A-Z lettering: 2 versions, one with embedded with the Tudor Rose, the other with red lettering.
The Tudors Banner: 2 versions, one with text embedded with the Tudor Rose, the other with red lettering
'The Tudors' lettering to cut out: large lettering, fills 3 A4 pages.
Borders - for display boards
Henry VIII's wives border
Tudor rose border
Posters
The Tudors posters: 12 A4 posters:-
Tudor punishment
Tudor clothes for women
Tudor clothes for men
Tudor world map
Tudor British Isles map
Tudor surgery
Tudor medicine
Tudor houses
Tudor theatre
Tudor explorers (x2)
Tudor artefacts
Tudor woodcuts: 17 Tudor images made for illustrations in printed materials:-
Tudor house building
Tudor fish market
Tudor geographer
Tudor coin makers
Tudor warfare
Tudor fun and games
Tudor shepherds
Tudor hunting lessons
Tudor village life
Tudor beggar
Tudor fool
Tudor printers
Tudor water carrier
Tudor shoe makers
Tudor school punishment
Tudor scribe
Tudor engravers
The Tudor Monarchs: Six posters, each containing a Tudor monarch, with a picture and the dates they reigned, plus an A4 title 'The Tudor dynasty 1485 - 1603'.
The six wives of Henry VIII: Six posters each containing a wife, with the dates they were married, how many children they had, and when and how Henry got rid of them. Also contains a title.
The Tudors timeline: 24 pages of the main events that occurred between 1485 and 1603. The dates are displayed along the top so they can be placed along the wall in a timeline. Each event contains pictures and descriptions.
Tudor coat of arms: The coat of arms of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
The Tudor Rose: a large Tudor Rose to print
Activities
The Tudors A4 writing border
Tudor rose - black and white
The Inuit - powerpoint and heading
The powerpoint covers the following:
Who are the Inuit?
Traditional Inuit homes
Modern Inuit homes
Modern villages
Traditional Clothing
Modern Inuit Clothing
Inuit food
Inuit art
Inuit tools
Seals
Fish
Hunting
Whales
Language
Inuit travel - on land and sea
Portugal powerpoint and headings
The powerpoint covers the following:
Where is Portugal?: With maps showing the location of Portugal.
What is Portugal like?: Images of Portugal; different geographical features
Living in Portugal: Pictures of everyday life in Portugal - streets, shops, schools, houses etc.
Portuguese people: What life is like in Portugal - culture, traditional dress, language etc
The history of Portugal: a brief history from Roman times to present.
Dinosaur resources, display, games and activities for EYFS KS1
A pack of powerpoint lessons, activities, games and display
Powerpoint files:
A pack of worksheets, activities, cards and display resources for a dinosaurs topic.
ACTIVITIES
Acrostic poem templates x 2
Bones - different lengths to use for sequencing activities
Coloured bookmarks with dinosaurs - 4 different designs
Black and white bookmarks - 8 different designs
Cards - 9 cards with different dinosaurs on for matching/snap games
Colouring scenes - 11 different designs containing different types of dinosaurs
Counting dinosaurs - 12 different amounts of dinosaurs with space to write the number.
Dinosaur eggs - different sizes for sequencing
Dinosaur masks - black and white to colour
Dinosaur masks (colour)
Black and white dinosaur pictures - 13 simple line drawings to colour/cut out etc
Dinosaur information cards - to fill in
Dinosaurs - different sizes for sequencing (2 different designs)
Finger puppet dinosaurs - small images for puppets
3 x dinosaur themed jigsaws
Topic covers x 3
Wordsearch
Writing border
DISPLAY
A4 heading
Alphabet - 2 versions, one on an egg, the other on an image of a dinosaur hatching.
A-Z lettering, plus numbers and punctuation, with a dinosaur background image
Banner x 2 designs - large 3 page banners
Border with dinosaurs to frame a display
Clipart dinosaurs, for activities or display
Dinosaur alphabet capitals (2 letters per page; the letters are inside the dinosaur body)
Dinosaur skeletons - 5 different images
Numberline - Dinosaur egg - to 20 with numerals and writing
Numbers 1-100, with odd and even numbers different colours
Posters - 10 A5 posters containing images and vocabulary
Word mat - with vocabulary the children may need.
Transport topic - canals powerpoint
Powerpoint on the development of canals and canals around the world today. Explains how canals were the method of transporting goods before the railways; how the barges were pulled along by horses; and how they were built.
Transport topic - George Stephenson and the history of trains - powerpoints and activities
Two powerpoints looking at how and why trains developed over time, and the Father of the Railways, George Stephenson, plus 3 worksheets.
George Stephenson and locomotives: Looks at James Watt and his steam engine design; Richard Trevithick and his steam engine improvements, and the life of George Stephenson, and how he became known as the 'Father of the Railways'. Tells the story of the first steam locomotives; the Rainhill Trials; the Liverpool and Manchester Railway; and new steam locomotive designs up to 1941. Also briefly and simply explains how steam engines work.
Trains now and then: Shows different parts of a steam locomotive, and looks at pictures of different locomotives, and how they developed from George Stephenson's Rocket, to the modern bullet trains of today.
Steam train worksheets: 3 different worksheets, showing a picture of a steam train to label and caption.
The Rocket worksheet: To compare modern trains with old steam locomotives.
Steam train template: An outline of a steam train, to use for colouring, collage, paint etc.