I aim to design inspiring, educational resources to appeal to students and teachers alike.
If you buy a resource and are happy with it - leave a review and get a resource of your choice for free! Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and your chosen free resource (up to the value of your purchased resource).
I aim to design inspiring, educational resources to appeal to students and teachers alike.
If you buy a resource and are happy with it - leave a review and get a resource of your choice for free! Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and your chosen free resource (up to the value of your purchased resource).
This resource contains a simple text, 65-slide PowerPoint presentation on the UK Parliament and Government. It focuses on:
The House of Commons
The House of Lords
The Monarchy
The Role of Parliament
The Government
Law Making
The end of the PowerPoint contains question slides to check pupils’ understanding. The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to five short videos on Elections, Parliament, the House of Commons, the House of Lords, lawmaking.
Please note that the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
You may also be interested in:
UK General Elections Presentation
Mock Election Pack
General Election Puzzle Pack
More General Election Resources
UK Parliament, Government, Election 100 Question Quiz
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This resource contains a fully editable PowerPoint presentation on UK elections and a 100 question PowerPoint quiz on politics with questions on elections, parliament and government election.
General Election Presentation
This a fully editable and informative 60-slide PowerPoint on elections. The PowerPoint contains links to the election system in the UK and the role of parliament.
Politics Quiz
This is a 100-question PowerPoint quiz on UK elections. It is a fun way to make pupils aware of the elections, the electoral system, the government, parliament, political parties and some interesting historical facts about our democracy. There are 100 questions with multiple choice answers and varying degrees of challenge. It is divided into the following sections:
Elections
The Government
Parliament
Political Parties
Miscellaneous
Picture Round
The quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the voting box image on the bottom right-hand corner of each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. An answer sheet is included to record answers.
Sample questions:
How often is an election held in the UK?
In the UK, what is the official name given to the place where people go to vote?
On what day are general elections usually held?
Who normally lives at 11 Downing Street?
Who is The Speaker of the House of Commons?
How many rows of benches are there in the House of Commons either side of The Speaker?
Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
You may also be interested in:
Mock Election Pack
UK Parliament and Government Presentation
More General Election Resources
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This bundle contains four PowerPoint presentations on American Independence Day (Fourth July), Canada Day (1st July), Australia Day (26th January) and Bastille Day (La Fête Nationale - 14th July)
All the presentations contain video links to areas of interest. For more detailed information click on the individual links.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
You may also be interested in:
Twenty Assemblies / Presentations - Just £19.99
This resource contains a variety of PowerPoint presentations suitable for assemblies throughout the year. Never be short of an assembly again!
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This bundle contains six resources on William Shakespeare. These resources are ideal for Shakespeare Week and World Book Day. They include:
1. A fully editable, 65-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life and works of William Shakespeare.
2. A fully editable, simple text, 56-slide PowerPoint presentation, appropriate for younger / SEN pupils.
3. Find the missing words in quotations worksheets.
4. Set of 45 Shakespeare quote posters.
5. William Shakespeare puzzle pack containing differentiated word searches, anagrams and crosswords.
6. William Shakespeare Quotes PowerPoint Quiz
7. Worksheets - anagrams and missing words
For more detailed information click on the resource links.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
For more inspiring educational resources visit Inspire and Educate
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This bundle contains three inspirational assemblies:
Random Acts of Kindness
Optical Illusions
Gossip
These thought-provoking presentations are ideal PSCHE assembly resources and very handy for those awful moments when you suddenly find you have a last minute assembly or lesson to do.
Click on the individual links for further details.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
More Assemblies
Twenty Assemblies / Presentations - Just £19.99 - Great For Last Minute Assemblies
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This bundle contains resources for Martin Luther King Day which takes place on the third Monday in January, around the time of Martin Luther King’s birthday. It is also an appropriate resource for Black History Week.
PowerPoint Presentation
This is a fully editable, 62-slide PowerPoint presentation on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, the famous civil rights leader. The PowerPoint focuses on - his parents and family, schooling and education, his involvement and leadership in the civil rights movement leading campaigns and his significant impact upon civil right reforms. The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to some of his most famous speeches - I Have a Dream, the Mountain Top and the Drum Major. There are also links to a short video presentation of his life and the hymn sung at his funeral.
Set of 11 Texts and Reflective Written Tasks
This resource contains a set of 11 comprehension questions on the life and achievements of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King.
These resources will help students’ Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development by learning about the history and heritage of communities and the lives of those that overcame the challenges they faced.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
You may also be interested in:
Martin Luther King Texts and Comprehensions
Martin Luther King Quotes Posters
More Black History Resources
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This resource contains nine 30+ slide PowerPoint presentations on how Christmas is celebrated in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. The presentations focus on:
Christmas customs and traditions
Christmas food and drink
Christmas preparations
Each presentation contains at least one hyperlink to areas of interest.
Click on the individual links for further details.
These are ideal assemblies for the Christmas period and will contribute to the pupils’ ‘spiritual, moral, social and cultural’ learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
More Christmas Resources
This bundle contains six resources to celebrate the Harvest Festival. It includes an assembly presentation, a puzzle pack, a PowerPoint lesson and templates for a harvest poem, a Harvest banner, Harvest bunting and Harvest Festival posters.
Harvest Festival Assembly Presentation
This resource contains a fully editable, 45 slide PowerPoint Harvest Festival presentation. It is an ideal resource for a Harvest Festival assembly.
The presentation is non-denominational and focuses on the letters that make up the words Harvest Festival. It allows pupils to reflect on the meaning of the harvest from a variety of perspectives. It also contains a hyperlink to a fun harvest Samba song.
Harvest Festival Bunting
This resource contains bunting for an harvest festival or harvest festival display. The pennants are available in three background colours - green, peach and multi-coloured. The bunting is available in A3 and A4 size.
Harvest Festival Banner Letters
This resource contains letters for a Harvest Festival banner for a display. The letters could also be used for a Harvest Festival assembly. They are available in both A3 and A4 sizes.
Harvest Festival Poem - PowerPoint Lesson and Poem Templates
This resource contains a PowerPoint lesson and poem templates for creating an acrostic poem for the Harvest Festival. The PowerPoint explains what an acrostic poem is with examples. It also includes a link to a fun harvest song to give pupils some ideas for their poems.
Pupils can create their own poems and/or make a class poem that could be used in a Harvest Festival assembly.
Harvest Puzzle Pack
This resource contains a set of seven, differentiated Harvest Festival themed word searches and anagrams.
Harvest Festival Posters
This resource contains a set of sixty, colourful, A3-sized Harvest Festival Posters. They are ideal to display during Harvest Festivals.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
This bundle contains a PowerPoint presentation on the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah; a set of three texts and accompanying comprehension worksheets; two cloze exercises, a Hanukkah keyword/image matching activity and a puzzle pack containing differentiated word searches and anagrams.
Click on the individual links for further details.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
For more inspiring educational resources visit Inspire and Educate
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This bundle contains three resources on Ramadan.
PowerPoint Presentation
This is an informative and fully editable 50 slide PowerPoint on Ramadan and the Muslim Festival of Eid-Ul-Fitr. The presentation focuses on:
The origins of Ramadan
Laylat al-Qadr - the Night of Power
The Qu’ran
Fasting - suhur and iftar
Iʿtikāf
Eid–Ul-Fitr -the Feast of Fast Breaking
Zakāt - the third pillar of Islam
The Ka’ba in Mecca
Customs and Traditions at Ramadan
Texts and Worksheets
This resource contains a set of six texts and six worksheets on Ramadan.
The texts focus on the same content as the presentation
Puzzle Pack
This resource contains a Ramadan themed puzzle pack and includes:
3 differentiated word searches
3 differentiated anagram worksheets
6 differentiated crosswords
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
On 21st April, 2020 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 95th birthday. On 7th February, 2022 Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee marking a 70 year reign. This bundle contains resources about the life and work of Queen Elizabeth II.
The bundle contains:
A fully editable, simple text, 110-slide PowerPoint presentation.
Twelve information texts and comprehension questions about the life of Queen Elizabeth .
A puzzle pack containing thirteen differentiated word searches, anagrams, crosswords and cryptograms.
Click on the individual links for more details.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
You may also be interested in:
Twenty Assemblies / Presentations - Just £19.99
This resource contains a variety of presentations suitable for assemblies throughout the year. Never be short of an assembly again!
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This resource contains a fully editable, 45-slide PowerPoint presentation and a 50-question PowerPoint quiz about Halloween.
Halloween Presentation
The PowerPoint focuses on:
The Origins of Halloween - All Hallows’ Day, All Souls’ Day and the rituals, traditions and customs surrounding these feasts
The Origins of the Jack O’ Lantern
The Origins of Trick-or-Treat
The Origins of Apple Bobbing
The presentation illustrates how, over time, Samhain, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day have merged to create the Halloween we know today. It ends with some questions to promote discussion. It also contains hyperlinks to Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York City - the world’s largest Halloween parade and a link to a short video of the history of Halloween.
Halloween Quiz
This is a 50-question PowerPoint quiz on Halloween and all things spooky! It is Ideal for use with a tutor group or for an assembly during Halloween. Can you spot the trick question?
There are 3 possible answers for students to choose from. This makes it accessible to all pupils. An answer sheet is provided to record answers. The answers can be found by clicking on the haunted house image on the bottom, right-hand corner of each slide. .
Sample questions:
What date is Halloween celebrated on?
What do pumpkins grow on?
In Scotland, what vegetable was traditionally carved into a jack-o-lantern?
Why did people put lanterns outside of their homes?
What is the name given to a ghostly light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes?
What is the name for the fear of Halloween?
In Harry Potter when does Remus Lupin become a werewolf?
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
More Halloween Resources
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
The bundle contains 20 Christmas resources including assemblies, quizzes, games, worksheets and English and Maths educational resources.
Click on the individual links for further details.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
More Christmas Resources
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This bundle contains four quizzes for the Autumn Term.
Halloween Quiz - 50 questions.
Bonfire Night Quiz - 50 questions
Christmas Quiz - 100 questions
Day of the Dead Quiz - 30 Questions
Click on the individual links for further details.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
More Quizzes
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This resource contains four fully editable and informative PowerPoint presentations on Easter celebrations, customs, and traditions in France (Pâques/Semaine Sainte), Greece (Pascha/Megáli Evdomáda), Italy (Pascha/Settimana Santa), and Spain (Pasqua/Semana Santa).
Easter in France Presentation
This resource contains a fully editable and informative 48-slide PowerPoint presentation on Easter celebrations, customs, and traditions in France (Pâques/Semaine Sainte).
The PowerPoint focuses on:
Palm Sunday (Le Dimanche des Rameaux)
Good Friday (Vendredi Saint)
The Procession de la Sanch
Flying Bells (Cloche Volant)
Easter vigil on Easter Sunday (Dimanche de Pâques)
Easter egg hunts (chasse aux œufs)
Easter Monday (el Lunes de Pascua)
Traditional Easter foods
April 1st (Poisson d’avril)
The presentation also includes hyperlinks to:
The Procession de la Sanch
Chocolate egg making
April 1st (Poisson d’avril)
Spanish customs and traditions at Easter
Easter in Greece Presentation
This is a 34-slide PowerPoint presentation on Easter celebrations, customs, and traditions in Greece ( Pascha / Megáli Evdomáda).
The PowerPoint focuses on:
Holy Thursday
Good Friday - The Epitaphios
Holy Saturday
Easter Sunday
Traditional Easter food
The PowerPoint includes hyperlinks to:
The Epitaphios procession in Kaminia, Hydra on Good Friday
Easter celebrations in Corfu
Greek customs and traditions at Easter
Easter in Italy Presentation
This is a fully editable and informative 40-slide PowerPoint presentation on Easter celebrations, customs, and traditions in Italy ( Pascha/Settimana Santa).
The PowerPoint includes references to:
Palm Sunday (la Domenica delle Palme)
Holy Thursday (il Giovedì Santo)
Good Friday (il Venerdì Santo)
Easter Sunday (la Domenica di Pasqua)
Traditional Easter food
Italian Easter eggs
The presentation contains hyperlinks to:
The Good Friday procession in Italy in Chieti (Secchi’s “Miserere”)
The Italian chocolate egg tradition
The Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday processions in Badolato
Easter in Spain Presentation
This resource is a 50-slide PowerPoint presentation on Easter celebrations, customs, and traditions in Spain. The PowerPoint focuses on:
Religious brotherhoods (nazarenos)
Semana Santa processions
Domingo de Ramos, or Palm Sunday
Holy Thursday (Jueves Santo)
Good Friday (El Viernes Santo)
Easter Sunday (el Domingo de Resurrección)
Easter Monday (el Lunes de Pascua)
Traditional Easter foods
The presentation also includes hyperlinks to:
The ‘Dance of Death’ (dansa de la mort) in Verges, Gerona
Palm Sunday celebrations in Seville
A saeta during a Semana Santa procession
Spanish customs and traditions at Easter
More Easter Resources
This bundle contains three editable and informative PowerPoint presentations on Christmas celebrations, customs and traditions in 14 different countries around the world.
Christmas Around the World 1
This 62-slide PowerPoint presentation features Christmas celebrations in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Iceland, Russia and Spain.
Christmas Around the World 2
This 72-slide PowerPoint focuses on Christmas customs and traditions in Austria, Brazil, Ethiopia and France.
Christmas Around the World 3
Bulgaria, Germany, Ghana and Greece are the countries featured in this 57 slide presentation.
The presentations conclude by asking the pupils the following questions:
Some of the countries’ Christmas traditions and customs are very different from the UK’s. Which countries have very different customs? What are they?
Some of the countries have similar Christmas traditions and customs as the UK. Which countries have similar customs? What are they?
Which country would you like to visit at Christmas and why?
These are ideal presentations for the Christmas period and will contribute to the pupils’ spiritual, moral,social and cultural’ learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
More Christmas Resources
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This resource contains:
1. A fully editable, simple text, 35 slide PowerPoint presentation on Hanukkah - The Jewish Festival of Lights. The presentation focuses on the origins of Hanukkah and how it is celebrated.
2. A Hanukkah themed puzzle pack containing three differentiated anagrams, three differentiated word searches and a crossword.
3. Six texts and comprehensions on Hanukkah.
4. A set of 12 colourful posters for display /discussion. Four versions - with and without captions.
5. Hanukkah coloring pages.
6. Dreidel template and rules for playing the game.
7. Latkes (potato pancakes) recipe.
Click on the individual links for further details.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
For more inspiring educational resources visit Inspire and Educate
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This resource contains four resources on Black History:
1. Simple text Black History PowerPoint presentation
2. Simple Text Martin Luther King presentation
3. Simple Text Rosa Parks presentation
4. 50 Slide PowerPoint Quiz
Click on the individual resources for more details.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
More Black History Month Resources
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This bundle contains three, simple text PowerPoint presentations on Black History. They are ideal resources for Black History Month for younger and SEN pupils.
1. Black History Month PowerPoint Presentation - Simple Text - 80 Slides
2. Martin Luther King PowerPoint Presentation - Simple Text - 60 Slides
3. Rosa Parks PowerPoint Presentation - Simple Text - 65 Slides
Black History Month (African-American Month) falls in October in the UK and February in the USA. These resources will help students' Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development by learning about the history and heritage of communities and the lives of those that overcame the challenges they faced.
The bundle includes:
1. A simple text PowerPoint presentation on the life of Martin Luther King Junior and his role in the civil rights movement. The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to some of his famous speeches - I Have a Dream, The Mountaintop, The Drum Major.
2. A simple text 80 slide PowerPoint presentation on Black History Month. It contains references to the history of Black History Month, The Slave Trade, the abolition of slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and influential people in the civil rights movement. It contains hyperlinks to Bob Marley's 'Buffalo Soldiers,' Martin Luther's 'I have a dream' speech, Nelson Mandela's story and an interview with Morgan Freeman explaining why he does not want a Black History Month.
3. This resource contains a simple text 65 slide PowerPoint presentation on the life of Rosa Parks, the famous civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat to a white person on the Montgomery bus, which was the catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott and subsequent civil rights campaigns that eventually led to major civil rights reforms for African -Americans in the United States. It also contains hyperlinks to Rosa receiving the Congressional Medal from President Clinton, a short video on her life and achievements.
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
More Black History Month Resources
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide
This New Year bundle contains a PowerPoint presentation and a 50 question quiz on New Year Around the World.
New Year Around the World Presentation
This fully editable, 105 slide presentation focuses on New Year celebrations, customs and traditions in different countries around the world. References are made to the following countries:Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Panama, Philippines, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Turkey, USA.
The presentation concludes with asking the pupils the following questions:
How do you celebrate the New Year?
Which country would you like to visit at New Year and why?
This resource will help to contribute to the pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
New Year Quiz
The 50 question quiz can be administered in a variety of ways - to individuals or teams. The answers can be found by clicking on the clock image on each slide. Answers can be given either as you go through the quiz or at the end. An answer sheet is provided to allow individuals / teams to record their answers.
Sample questions: (Most questions contain 3 multiple choice answers.)
Which ancient civilisation is thought to have begun the tradition of New Year’s resolutions about 4000 years ago ?
What does Auld Lang Syne mean?
In Romania what is traditionally thrown into rivers at New Year?
In which country do they bang on walls with bread to drive out bad luck from the house?
In which city do people go to the beach dressed in white. light candles, make seven wishes and jump over seven waves?
If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free.
Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide:
How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide