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ICT: Designed for low ability native English speakers or EAL students/International schools.
First slide gives an overview with icons to depict the main tasks (Writing/watching/editing etc).
Second slide gives the Learning Objectives and a Mix n Match Keywords activity (meant to be added to an EAL glossary in their books). Images are there to help with this task.
Third section offers a model – WITH VIDEO SCREEN GRAB – showing how to make a chart and edit the data in PowerPoint.
Fourth section gives sentence stems to allow students to write up a description of how to make edits in their books (so there’s evidence in their books of progress being made).
Offers stretch tasks and EAL support throughout. Homework activity on last slide to consolidate this school in the following lesson.
This lesson is from a scheme of work that covers everything you need from module 1 of CIE Business Studies IGCSE: Business Activity.
In total the Module 1 Scheme of Work includes: 10 case studies, 19 packs of flash cards, 17 Google Quizzes and 23 lesson PowerPoints.
Hope it helps!
The Economic Problem > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Specialisation > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
The Purpose of Business > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
The Economic Sectors > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Mixed Economy > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Mid-Topic Revision 1 > Lesson activities> >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quizzes
Entrepreneurs > Lesson activities >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Business Plan > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Business Size > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Business Growth > Lesson activities> Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Problems with Growth > Lesson activities> Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Example Assessment>Lesson activities
Mid-Topic Revision 2 > Lesson activities >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quizzes
Mid-Topic Assessment>Lesson activities
Mid-Topic Assessment Feedback>Lesson Activities
Types of Business – Sole Traders and Partnerships > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Types of Business – Ltd and Plc > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Franchising > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Public Corporations > Lesson activities>Case Study >Key word flash cards pack
Business Objectives > Lesson activities>Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Stakeholder Objectives > Lesson activities> Google Quiz.
Stakeholder Conflict > Lesson activities>Key word flash cards pack>Google Quiz.
Unit 1: Business Activities > Keyword Flash card pack> Google Quizzes
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This lesson is from a scheme of work that covers everything you need from module 5 of CIE Business Studies IGCSE: Finance
In total the Module 5 Scheme of Work includes: 59 flash cards, 14 Google Quizzes and 14 lesson PowerPoints (including a revision lesson).
Each lesson in the series come with
a. Activities to complete
b. Key word flash cards
c. Information to revise from and assist teacher talk
d. A unique Google quiz to assess understanding & progress
Hope they help!
Business Need for Finance
Internal and External source of Finance
Short & Long Term Finance Options
Factors in choosing Finance Options
Cash Flow
Cash Flow Forecasts
Working Capital
Importance of Accounts
Income Statements
Balance Sheets
Analysis of Accounts
Liquidity Ratios
Uses and Users of Accounts
Revision for Unit 5
Design for CIE but covers 99.9% of the same stuff as the Edexcel Business Studies Finance module (I have used these resources for both).
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This lesson is from the 10-lesson series below:
10 fully resourced lessons designed to cover in depth the first chapter of the Cambridge IGCSE History Modern World. Designed for both in person and virtual teaching. Each lesson includes:
• A Literacy/Numeracy/Think settler question
• A context slide to allow for some (valuable) direct instruction
• A range of resources which include the likes of categorisation tasks, source questions and writing activities with model answers (focus on flexible PEEKA paragraphs).
• An online recap quiz
• Each lesson also includes a scholarship and further reading page to really engage the higher-level students.
Lessons in the series:
WW1 Recap
The State of Germany in 1918
The German Revolution 1918
Paris Peace Conference 1919 – Motives Overview
Wilson’s 14 Points
David Lloyd George at Versailles
Terms of the Treaty – Germany
Reactions – Source work
The other treaties
Was it fair?
Also ideal for KS3 and other GCSE studies when considering the TofV – the Cambridge spec asks for a lot more depth on this topic that Edexcel seem to – so can easily be diluted a little for Edexcel, or used to push higher level classes.
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Lesson 7: Roman Government (The Republic)
THIS FULLY RESOURCED LESSON INCLUDES:
• Lesson teacher tutorial video for this lesson (for homework/home school learning)
• Literacy & Numeracy settler
• Contextual information and maps (to assist teacher talk)
• Guided Reading Activity
• Roman Republic diagram activity – with resource sheets to assist.
• Extended essay writing structure, plan and write activity – with writing strips for each student’s page!
• Knowledge check plenary (hot seating)
• All resources required included at the end of the PowerPoint file.
• Online self marking quiz to assess understanding
OTHER LESSONS IN THE SERIES:
Lesson 1: Roman Intro
Lesson 2: The Founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus
Lesson 3: Roman Roads
Lesson 4: The Roman Army
Lesson 5: Punic Wars
Lesson 6: Pompeii & Roman Life
Lesson 8: Medicine and Public Health
An 8 lesson series guiding Key Stage 3 through some of the fundamentals of the Roman Empire. Tried and tested over a number of years. See details of each lesson below the initial list.
Each lesson focusses on the Video – Resource – Quiz structure to allow for maximum support for teachers and parents – and maximum independence for students.
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THIS IS THE CODEX TO GO WITH THE BECKET HISTORY GAME AT WWW.WOLSEYACADEMY.COM WHICH SYNCS IN WITH THE BECKET SOW – SEE BELOW:
Henry II & Becket. A mini 3 lesson SOW looking at the church, Henry II and Becket’s murder. The module excellently introduces the idea of church v crown and provides the contextual knowledge needed for later study of the English reformation and other ‘power’ issues the English monarchy faces. Works well as a stand alone SOW but is also integrated into the free to play History game world at Wolsey Academy (check it out if you haven’t already!)
Each lesson contains a literacy & numeracy starter, teacher narrative context pages (chance for you to do some storytelling !) plenaries and a range of active learning episodes. EAL and literacy support mats included with each lesson.
The 3 lessons, along with the main lesson activities, are as follows:
Church & Crown (graphic based church mind map discussions/source question/leaflet productions/Consult the Codex)
Henry II (Timeline questions/round room source activity/Henry poster activity/Consult the Codex)
Becket (chronology card sort/consult the codex/descriptive writing activity/cartoon strips)
Hope it helps.
Remember – works best when the students are playing the (free!) Becket game and completing the codex at the same time (perfect ongoing homework task or ict room lesson).
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Part of the African Civilizations topic which we use to introduce key historical concepts to students – they have been developing their basic historical skills and using PEEKA for developing their writing. We build on those in this lesson and prepare ourselves for the Roman topic – which will use more source-based inquiries.
Lesson outline:
Map conversation - why did geography help the Aksum Empire?
Guided Reading (text included)
Poster Making - Prompts and Suggestions
PEEKA Paragraphs - Why did the Aksum Empire fall?
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Business Management IB 1.1 - 1 Overview of IB and the Economic Problem
First lesson in a series of 7 covering key topics in module 1.1 Business Organisation and Environment: Introduction to Business Management of the International Baccalaureate Business Management topic. Each lesson comes with key word flash cards, a range of activities and case studies. Ideal for an expert and non-expert teacher alike to deliver the essential content their students need to develop their understanding.
The other lessons are as follows:
Overview and the Economic Problem
Ice Braker Entrepreneur Task
What is Business?
Economic Sectors
What start a business?
Starting a Business
Business Plans
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Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
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This series of lessons will explore the rich and diverse history of Ukraine, from the ancient civilization of Kievan Rus to the present day. Students will learn about the country’s cultural and political heritage, including its struggles for independence and democracy, and its contributions to art, literature, and science.
The 10 lessons are as follows:
The emergence of the Kievan Rus in the 9th century
The Mongol Invasion in the 12th century
The Union of Lublin in 1569
The Cossack Uprising in the 17th century
The Partitions of Poland in the late 18th century
The Ukrainian War of Independence in 1917-1921
The Holodomor Famine of 1932-1933
The Chernobyl Disaster of 1986
The Orange Revolution of 2004
The Euromaidan protests in 2013-2014
In each lesson, students will…
Study the context of the topic
Sort a timeline of the events into the correct order.
Watch a video and answer questions on the content.
Study historical perspectives of the topic.
A study of images and artifacts from the period and what they can teach us.
Sort factors into order of relevance and significance
Agree on a grading matrix for answering a written question.
Read an example answer and look for what went well and even better if.
Try writing your own answer to the topic question.
Tackle a stretch task to take your learning further
These lessons have been created by Wolsey Academy. Each lesson has been taught to high-school students successfully.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
#BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
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Slava Ukraïni!
This series of lessons will explore the rich and diverse history of Ukraine, from the ancient civilization of Kievan Rus to the present day. Students will learn about the country’s cultural and political heritage, including its struggles for independence and democracy, and its contributions to art, literature, and science.
The 10 lessons are as follows:
The emergence of the Kievan Rus in the 9th century
The Mongol Invasion in the 13th century
The Union of Lublin in 1569
The Cossack Uprising in the 17th century
The Partitions of Poland in the late 18th century
The Ukrainian War of Independence in 1917-1921
The Holodomor Famine of 1932-1933
The Chernobyl Disaster of 1986
The Orange Revolution of 2004
The Euromaidan protests in 2013-2014
In each lesson, students will…
Study the context of the topic
Sort a timeline of the events into the correct order.
Watch a video and answer questions on the content.
Study historical perspectives of the topic.
A study of images and artifacts from the period and what they can teach us.
Sort factors into order of relevance and significance
Agree on a grading matrix for answering a written question.
Read an example answer and look for what went well and even better if.
Try writing your own answer to the topic question.
Tackle a stretch task to take your learning further
These lessons have been created by Wolsey Academy. Each lesson has been taught to high-school students successfully.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
#BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
We hope it helps.
Discover the remarkable achievements of the incredible Rapa Nui with this full resourced lesson, featuring interactive resources, group activities and a focus on writing and analysis skills.
In this lesson, students will…
Study the context of the topic
Sort a timeline of the events into the correct order.
Watch a video and answer questions on the content.
Study real (and some fictional) quotes from the people involved and discuss what they reveal about the past.
Categorise factors that led to, or shaped, the past.
Prioritize those factors during group work.
Agree on a grading matrix for answering a written question.
Read an example answer and look for what went well and even better if.
Try writing your own answer to the topic question.
This is a lesson in a large series of American History lessons created by Wolsey Academy. Each lesson has been taught to high-school students successfully for a number of years.
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
#BetterTeachingBetterPlanet
We hope it helps.
A series of 7 lessons that focus on the Space Race, From Sputnik to Apollo. Each lesson is fully resourced with anything that needs printing at the end of the PowerPoint ready in a print friendly format.
The idea of this series of lessons is to introduce students to key historical skills using content they are familiar with and find engaging. We have had huge success with these lessons at Wolsey Academy with students often demanding that we teach more of them. The work produced from these lessons has also been exceptional, with the main activity in each lesson being scaffolded and supported in a number of ways. For details of each lesson please see below. If purchasing just one lesson, make sure you have seen the details for that one below.
In the lesson preview you will see the lesson structure in the road map slide.
We hope it helps.
The 7 lessons:
Sputnik 1957
Yuri Gagarin
Project Mercury
Earthrise Apollo 8
Apollo 11
Apollo Conspiracies Debunked
Cold War Space Race
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
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The History of Ancient Persia
Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to enable students to engage with the content of the Persia Empire while building up transferable skills in historical writing, source analysis and creative projects. Each lesson also includes model answers, criteria and stretch/support activities.
The lessons are as follows:
The Artifacts of Persia. A collection of primary sources that students study. They then create a presentation on the question “what type of people were the Ancient Persians?”
The King of Kings: An overview of the reigns of Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes.
Life in Persia: A project-based lesson with all the materials needed for students to present on Persian law, religion and the role of women.
The Fall of Babylon: A brief look at the Babylonian Empire, a timeline of its fall to Persia and a study of the causes, events and consequences surrounding the fall of the Great city.
The Age of Kings – A look at the magnificence and splendour of the travelling household court of the Persian Kings
Persia v Athens and the Battle of Marathon: What happened, why did it happen and what legacy did it leave?
Athens & Sparta: The allies that kept Persia at bay, a look at their similarities and differences.
Battle of Thermopylae: How did it create the legend of the 300? Is there any truth in it?
Battle of Salamis: How did the Greeks defeat a much larger Persian army?
Persian achievements: Art, Science, Architecture, Mathematics.
Persian Medicine
Alexander the Great
The sacking of Persepolis
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The History of India
This is one lesson from a series of 11 on the History of India.
Each lesson includes as a minimum:
• A context slide for teacher talk/intro
• A reading comprehension task
• A sorting/categorising activity of factors/causes.
• A writing task with support and guidance.
All resources are included within the same PowerPoint for ease of organisation. They have proved very effective with our High School classes.
The 11 lessons are as follows:
The Mughals (free)
The East India Company
The Battle of Plessey (free)
The Tiger of Mysore
The Mahratta
Revision & Feedback lesson for unit at half way point
Trucial States, UAE & Oman
The First War of Indian Independence (1857)
Amritsar Massacre & Indian Independence Movement
India, Gandhi and the Second World War
Bengal Famine 1947 (free)
Indian Independence and Partition
Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
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The Computer Revolution -
Meant as a cross department study with the Humanities and ICT/Computer Science. This is 1 lesson from a series of 17 (see below).
Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to answer a large essay question in lesson 17 on the nature of change and continuity thanks to the computer revolution, and a speculative discussion of the impact of future developments.
The series also runs parallel to a 17 part ‘Guided Reading’ pack on the same topic. Each lesson is paired with an extended piece of computing literature – for ease these extracts have been included inside the PowerPoints but you can access the reading as a separate bundle, and for free at Wolsey Academy.
The lessons are as follows:
Enigma and Turing (free)
The History of Women in Computing (free)
The Microchip and Moore’s Law
The PC, GUI and Microsoft
How Video Games Shaped Our World
Mid-Unit Test and Revision
Impact of the Internet
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (free)
Covid Track and Trace
Quantum Computing (free)
Artemis and Space X
Facial Recognition
Digital Divide
DeepMind, AI, AlphaGo and ChatGPT (free)
Emerging Technologies and their impact
Cybersecurity case studies
Revision keyword flash cards and essay assessment.
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A quick project lesson on the Romans, ideal for cover lessons or when you’ve got a lot of marking to do!
Students can select one of the following three topics to create their own lesson about – ready to teach the following lesson.
Hadrian’s Wall
Boudicca
Gladiators
Also gives the students an appreciation for how lessons are constructed and a guided group work activity with plenty of examples. The quiz-quiz-trade demonstration at the beginning also adds an interesting element to the lesson.
Lesson consists of:
Intro and set up
Quiz-Quiz-Trade demonstration (and 6 keyword cards to do it with)
Outline of lesson creation task and 3 x fact sheets to assist.
Included are templates for the QQT and cartoon stip activity option, QQT examples and fact sheets.
Hope it helps.,
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Get your day off to a great start with a settled tutor session or a fun class reward activity. Also included is a bonus literacy question and an extension task that sees the pupils’ write a paragraph on the topic! Ideal for quick History lesson recaps as well.
11 Presidents - starting with Trump and working our way backwards to JFK.
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Have you tried one of Wolsey Academy’s Learning Worlds yet?
Our Learning Worlds make for engaging homework and class tasks. Pupils take on the role of a protagonist and relive key historical or fictional events.
From 1066 to the modern day. From Shakespeare to Orwell. We’re making Learning Worlds to cover them all - and plenty more besides.
Told in a format pupils love they complete the tasks at home and come to class equipped with a completed taskbook – ready to delve deeper into the analysis and debate.
THIS IS THE CODEX TO GO WITH THE KING JOHN HISTORY GAME AT WWW.WOLSEYACADEMY.COM WHICH SYNCS IN WITH THE JOHN SOW – SEE BELOW:
King John – from his troublesome fighting with his brother (Lionheart) to his troublesome time as King ending in Magna Carta and the Baron’s War. This SOW focusses on John’s policies both foreign and domestic and the consequences they had for his people. Works well as a stand alone SOW but is also integrated into the free to play History game world at Wolsey Academy (check it out if you haven’t already!)
Each lesson contains a quick start guide, literacy & numeracy starter, teacher narrative context pages (chance for you to do some storytelling !) plenaries, a range of active learning episodes and a focus on writing skills. Homework, EAL and stretch activity sheets.
The 7 lessons, along with the main lesson activities, are as follows:
Richard I, Crusades & John (Plantagenet map relay, round robin Crusader battle reports, reading comprehension tasks, consult the codex activity).
John’s Early Life (John v Longchamp card sort/PEEKA paragraph practice and assessment/consult the codex activity)
John & Taxes (‘Be the teacher’ activity/essay construction practice/consult the codex activity)
John & War (Army recruiter role play presentations & Bouvines video)
Magna Carta (Baron grievances card sort/prioritisation tasks/PEEKA writing development)
The Baron’s War (Round the Room battle reporting/descriptive writing task/videos)
End of Unit Assessment (Planning and prep for a Narrative Analysis, Edexcel style Q on John’s legacy).
Hope it helps.
Remember – works best when the students are playing the (free!) King John game and completing the codex at the same time (perfect ongoing homework task or ict room lesson).
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A resources designed to help out teaching English.
Exit Cards for KS2-4. Brilliant little plenary tasks that can be printed and kept in a wallet by the wall. A great way to challenge students and show progress.
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