As part of our SMSC series, we have commissioned a lesson that looks at the moral and ethical issues surrounding the battery farming of chickens for both meat and eggs. This fun and interactive lesson introduces the issues through some carefully sellected information slides and videos, that are appropriate for KS3 and KS4 and then gets students to evaluate the pros and cons through a card sort exercise. This is then followed up with speech writing exercise designed to help develop students oracy and debating skills. When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a PowerPoint with 15 slides which help to facilitate the card sort exercise and include aims, objectives, information slides, starters, plenaries, templates, tasks and activities. You will also be able to download single page Word document which contains two heading cards and sixteen statements that have been mixed up on either the ‘pros’ or the ‘cons’ of the battery farming of chickens for eggs and meat. Both documents and the answer sheet have also been uploaded as PDFs. Please see the preview for more details. The aims and objectives of this lesson are: Theme: Animal Welfare Know: What is battery farming? Understand: The arguments for and against battery farmed chickens? Evaluate: Whether battery farming of chickens is ethical? Skills: Compare & Contrast, Cause, Consequence & Collaboration WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: What is battery farming? Can You Explain: The arguments for and against battery farmed chickens? Can You Evaluate: Whether the battery farming of chickens is ethical? If you like this resource then why not check out our other resources on similar SMSC topics in our TES shop. You can also follow ‘The History Academy’ on Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube and Facebook for the latest updates or even to get in touch and chat about how you have used this resource or to ask questions. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. All our authors are paid the living wage so when you purchase our resources you are buying into our shared values of fair play and decency. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy

If you are looking for a great interactive resource that will help your students understand the human and natural causes of Climate Change then look no further. This great little card sort has been field tested over many years and is great for promoting debate, discussion and can be used as a starter, plenary and consolidation activity. When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a one page Word document which includes 14 statement cards which can be sorted under 2 heading cards labelled ‘Human Causes’ and ‘Natural Causes.’ I usually get my students to either cut out the cards or colour code the heading cards. Once them have fed back their results, we then stick the cards into our books. We then use the finished card sort and review triangle as the basis for an extended piece of writing. I originally designed this lesson for a low ability GCSE group but it could also be used with KS3 and KS2. My wife is a primary school teacher and has used it several times. The aims and objectives for this lesson are: Theme: Natural Hazards Know: What is climate change? Understand: What is the difference between human and natural causes? Evaluate: How do they contribute to greenhouse effect? WILF – What Am I Looking For? Can You Describe: What is climate change? Can You Explain: What is the difference between human and natural causes? Can You Evaluate: How do they contribute to greenhouse effect? If you like this resource then why not check out my other resources on this topic in my TES shop. We aim to produce cheap and affordable resources for either the price of a good cup of coffee so that you can spend more time doing the things that you want. We also pay all our contributors the living wage for their work. Anyway, have fun and stay in touch via social media for the latest updates. Kind Regards Roy