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Wolsey Academy operates as a non-profit, with every penny we make going to one of our charity partners or into the Ipswich Initiative, funding good works across the town and county. Search for Wolsey Academy to see our website for more details and to purchase resources at a discount.
7 Lessons on the Weimar Republic, from its troublesome beginnings to stability and success under Stresemann. It takes you from the origins of the Weimar Republic all the way through to the end of the Second World War.
Each lesson has a range of activities and is fully resourced, with all printable resources at the end of each PowerPoint for your convenience. These lessons have been used with great success at Wolsey Academy and students seem to really enjoy them while developing strong skills and retaining the knowledge required to succeed in their final exams.
We hope they help.
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.
A case study from a series of ten on Business in the Middle East. IGCSE Business Topics are taught using the following case studies:
• Emirates Group: A global aviation company based in Dubai, known for its airline, Emirates, and its subsidiary, dnata, which provides ground handling and travel services.
o Vertical integration, marketing mix.
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC): A state-owned oil and gas company responsible for exploration, production, refining, distribution, and marketing of petroleum and petrochemical products.
o Economic sectors, vertical integration, state ownership, external stakeholders.
• Etihad Airways: The national airline of the UAE, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, offering passenger and cargo services to various destinations worldwide.
o Diversification (Cargo & holidays), market segments, hiring and internal training (in Abu Dhabi)
• DP World: A global trade enabler and port operator with a significant presence in Dubai. DP World manages and operates numerous marine terminals and logistics parks across six continents.
o Growth through acquisition, automation and investment in capital machinery,
• Emaar Properties: A real estate development company known for developing iconic structures such as the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and The Dubai Mall, one of the largest shopping malls in the world.
o Location Factors, Finance options
• Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB): The largest Islamic bank in the UAE, providing a range of Sharia-compliant banking products and services to individuals and businesses.
o Islamic Finance, financing options, currency.
• Caliente Caps.
o Regionalisation, Localisation, market segments.
• Mubadala
o Sovereign Wealth Funds, Diversification, returns to owners.
• Jumeirah Group: A luxury hospitality company operating hotels and resorts across the globe, known for its iconic properties such as Burj Al Arab in Dubai.
o Location factors, market segments, job rotation, internal recruitment.
• Al-Futtaim Group: A diversified conglomerate with operations in various sectors, including automotive, retail, real estate, and financial services. The group represents several international brands in the UAE.
o Conglomerates, diversification, franchises.
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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ICT > iGCSE > Edexcel > Unit 2 > Connectivity > Digital Communication
Catering for Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 2: Connectivity.
11 Lessons in total. Alllessons are free to download except the revision lessons which come with printable guides and links to online exams (lessons 6 & 11)
These lessons were made for students in the Middle East and have a strong focus on EAL and keyword acquisition/application. Each lesson has 1-8 keywords on easy to use cards that fit into the lesson activity and also make excellent printable revision resources (the revision guide features them all in one place).
Each lesson begins with a different active learning activity, a mini-plenary and a written or creative ICT task requiring the correct application of the keywords. All have stretch questioning to the main activities. The SOW has an online mid and end of unit test that can be found at Wolsey Academy
Wolsey Academy has had a lot of success with this SOW with EAL students who have really progressed in their understanding of the technical vocabulary involved with the ICT iGCSE.
Booklet for students to complete as they play through the Renaissance Medicine game at Wolsey Academy / Games (Google us)
By talking to the in game characters the students will discover the answers to the questions. They will learn about the role of Galen, Vesalius, the Printing Press and the Church in the changing approach to medical study during the Renaissance.
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Part of a SOW of 7 lessons with a revision guide and online test at the end.
Designed for EAL and weaker students to introduce them to new vocabulary regarding coding, robotics and the future of AI. Later lessons make use of Google Doodles, Ozobots, Robozzle and Scratch to demonstrate some very fundamental coding techniques and functions.
Lessons blend key word acquisition with basic skills, ideal for EAL and weaker students.
Can also act as a general introduction to these concepts to all classes.
Designed for all ICT/Computer Science courses.
1. Impact on society
2. Case study on autonomous vehicles
3. Repeat Functions (via a Google Doodle exercise)
4. Debugging (Using Ozobots)
5. Subroutines (Using Robozzle)
6. Random Function (Scratch Star Wars Game)
7. IF statements and compilers (Scratch Flappy Birds Game)
8. Revision Guide.
Lesson on life on the slave plantations of the Caribbean.
Lesson Includes:
Recap task from previous lesson on transatlantic slave trade.
Google quiz (self-marking – acts as a further recap/consolidation)
Guided reading task with video
Categorisation task with 5 x info slides in the resources to support this activity.
Writing task about daily life on the plantations.
Toussaint Research Task with peer assessment criteria.
10 x flash cards for key words
Literacy mat for EAL/G&T support.
Part of a wider bundle of lessons on American History.
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A KS3/4 lesson looking at build up to, events of, and immediate consequences of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28th June 1914.
It features:
Numeracy and literacy settlers.
Video links, questions and stretch questions.
Debate preparation and debate rules.
PEEKA paragraph writing task - with scaffold, modelled paragraph and analysis of the model paragraph.
Guided reading task (summarizing and key fact extraction) – with a link to a more accessible source if required. Text in the resources section of the ppt.
Storyboard task (drawn or digital – template provided)
Newsroom task with more facts becoming available throughout the activity – template available.
Extension scholarship reading task to promote challenge.
Literacy development sheet in resources.
Hope it helps.
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1 Lesson from a series of 10 lessons on the History of Early Islam. Each lesson contains keywords and a wide range of activities, with a focus on developing skills and content in this area. Each lesson includes reading comprehension tasks but also a main ‘activity’ that allows students to be creative and apply their new knowledge, there is also a focus throughout on building up long-form writing skills such as paragraph structure.
The lessons include:
The Birth of the Prophet
Mecca and Medina
The Ridda Wars
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Rashidun Caliphate & Battle of Yarmouk | Fall of Byzantium
Caliphate on the march | Fall of the Sasanians
The Shia Sunni Split
The Umayyad Caliphate and Islamic Spain
The Abbasid Caliphate and battle of Talas
The Abbasid Caliphate and the Golden Age of Islam
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.
1 Lesson from a series of 28 lessons on UAE Social Studies (History). Each lesson contained keywords and a wide range of activities, with a focus on developing skills that students can use in their regular lessons too. A key focus is obviously on Historical skills, but also Geographic, Business as well as general skills of research, debate and presentation. Several lessons have been inspired by lectures given at the NYU Abu Dhabi by experts in their fields.
The lessons begin with the formation of the Arabian landmass and end with the Arabs on Mars! Fairly comprehensive history. All lessons have been made with cultural sensitivities in mind.
The lessons are:
Historical Overview of the UAE
Jebel Faya
The Magan People
Bronze Age Trade
Wadi Suq and Umm Al Na
The Iron Age
Pre-Islamic Arabia
The Prophet Muhammad and the arrival of Islam
Battle of Dibba 632CE
Mecca and Madina
Khalid ibn al-Walid
The Portuguese and the Persian Gulf
The Islamic Era & Hormuz
Bedouin Traditions
Pirate Coast & Trucial States
The Pearl Trade
Diary of a Dhow Driver
Qasr Al Hosn
Emirati Homes and Architecture
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Founding of the UAE 1971
Famous Emiratis
Famous Ex-Pats
UAE The Global Crossroads
The Dubai Miracle
Sovereign Wealth Funds
UAE Space Program
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This is one lesson from a completely fully resourced and integrated series of 17 lessons on the Russian Revolution. It was designed for GCSE History but has also been used very effectively at KS3 level.
Each lesson contains as a minimum:
• Recap from previous lesson
• Keyword flashcards (in a unique ‘Pokémon card style’ template!)
• Writing skill challenges building up to fully developed PEEKA paragraphs (these increase in complexity as you move through the lessons)
• Text with comprehension questions
• A ‘reverse engineer’ essay question task.
• A model paragraph with a ‘how can you improve?’ task
• Stretch questions.
• Video links.
The 17 lessons are as follows:
Russia and its discontents (free)
1905 Revolution (free)
The First World War (free)
Rasputin
February Revolution
Mod-Module Revision Tasks and Knowledge Check
Provisional Government
October Revolution
Bolsheviks & Constituent Assembly
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War – Why did the Reds win?
Russian Civil War – War Communism
Russian Civil War – Kronstadt Naval Mutiny
Russian Civil War – New Economic Policy
Russian Civil War – Lenin’s Legacy
End of unit – all revision cards, revision tasks, assessment questions, models and criteria.
Hope they help.
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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.
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.
We hope it helps.
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Digital Devices - 17. Keyword Revision Guide - 67 Keyword cards - Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1 – EAL
Catering for Edexcel ICT iGCSE Unit 1.
Revision Guide
These lessons were made for students in the Middle East and have a strong focus on EAL and keyword acquisition/application. Each lesson has 3-8 keywords on easy to use cards that fit into the lesson activity and also make excellent printable revision resources (the revision guide features them all in one place).
Each lesson begins with a different active learning activity, a mini-plenary and a written or creative ICT task requiring the correct application of the keywords. All have stretch questioning to the main activities.
Wolsey Academy has had a lot of success with this SOW with EAL students who have really progressed in their understanding of the technically vocabulary involved with the ICT iGCSE.
A fully resourced lesson, that takes a couple of lessons at least, that runs as follows:
Numeracy/literacy settlers
Context slides and maps (Allowing for teacher talk/scene setting)
Video task with extension questions.
Guided reading task (summarizing and key fact extraction) – with a link to a more accessible source if required. Text in the resources section of the ppt.
Storyboard task (drawn or digital – template provided)
Mind map/class discussion – what factors led to the Aztec downfall?
PEEKA writing - model paragraph and breakdown
PEEKA writing – timed task
Factor prioritization plenary
Literacy development sheet in resources.
This is part of a mini-SOW on explorers designed for KS3. All lessons are on the Wolsey Academy TES store.
WolseyAcademy.com, 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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1 Lesson from a 29-lesson series on the rise of, and life in, Nazi Germany. It takes you from the origins of the Weimar Republic all the way through to the end of the Second World War.
Each lesson has a range of activities and is fully resourced, with all printable resources at the end of each PowerPoint for your convenience. These lessons have been used with great success at Wolsey Academy and students seem to really enjoy them while developing strong skills and retaining the knowledge required to succeed in their final exams.
We hope they help.
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.
1 Lesson from a 29-lesson series on the rise of, and life in, Nazi Germany. It takes you from the origins of the Weimar Republic all the way through to the end of the Second World War.
Each lesson has a range of activities and is fully resourced, with all printable resources at the end of each PowerPoint for your convenience. These lessons have been used with great success at Wolsey Academy and students seem to really enjoy them while developing strong skills and retaining the knowledge required to succeed in their final exams.
We hope they help.
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.
A case study from a series of ten on Business in the Middle East. IGCSE Business Topics are taught using the following case studies:
• Emirates Group: A global aviation company based in Dubai, known for its airline, Emirates, and its subsidiary, dnata, which provides ground handling and travel services.
o Vertical integration, marketing mix.
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC): A state-owned oil and gas company responsible for exploration, production, refining, distribution, and marketing of petroleum and petrochemical products.
o Economic sectors, vertical integration, state ownership, external stakeholders.
• Etihad Airways: The national airline of the UAE, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, offering passenger and cargo services to various destinations worldwide.
o Diversification (Cargo & holidays), market segments, hiring and internal training (in Abu Dhabi)
• DP World: A global trade enabler and port operator with a significant presence in Dubai. DP World manages and operates numerous marine terminals and logistics parks across six continents.
o Growth through acquisition, automation and investment in capital machinery,
• Emaar Properties: A real estate development company known for developing iconic structures such as the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and The Dubai Mall, one of the largest shopping malls in the world.
o Location Factors, Finance options
• Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB): The largest Islamic bank in the UAE, providing a range of Sharia-compliant banking products and services to individuals and businesses.
o Islamic Finance, financing options, currency.
• Caliente Caps.
o Regionalisation, Localisation, market segments.
• Mubadala
o Sovereign Wealth Funds, Diversification, returns to owners.
• Jumeirah Group: A luxury hospitality company operating hotels and resorts across the globe, known for its iconic properties such as Burj Al Arab in Dubai.
o Location factors, market segments, job rotation, internal recruitment.
• Al-Futtaim Group: A diversified conglomerate with operations in various sectors, including automotive, retail, real estate, and financial services. The group represents several international brands in the UAE.
o Conglomerates, diversification, franchises.
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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A case study from a series of ten on Business in the Middle East. IGCSE Business Topics are taught using the following case studies:
• Emirates Group: A global aviation company based in Dubai, known for its airline, Emirates, and its subsidiary, dnata, which provides ground handling and travel services.
o Vertical integration, marketing mix.
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC): A state-owned oil and gas company responsible for exploration, production, refining, distribution, and marketing of petroleum and petrochemical products.
o Economic sectors, vertical integration, state ownership, external stakeholders.
• Etihad Airways: The national airline of the UAE, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, offering passenger and cargo services to various destinations worldwide.
o Diversification (Cargo & holidays), market segments, hiring and internal training (in Abu Dhabi)
• DP World: A global trade enabler and port operator with a significant presence in Dubai. DP World manages and operates numerous marine terminals and logistics parks across six continents.
o Growth through acquisition, automation and investment in capital machinery,
• Emaar Properties: A real estate development company known for developing iconic structures such as the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and The Dubai Mall, one of the largest shopping malls in the world.
o Location Factors, Finance options
• Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB): The largest Islamic bank in the UAE, providing a range of Sharia-compliant banking products and services to individuals and businesses.
o Islamic Finance, financing options, currency.
• Caliente Caps.
o Regionalisation, Localisation, market segments.
• Mubadala
o Sovereign Wealth Funds, Diversification, returns to owners.
• Jumeirah Group: A luxury hospitality company operating hotels and resorts across the globe, known for its iconic properties such as Burj Al Arab in Dubai.
o Location factors, market segments, job rotation, internal recruitment.
• Al-Futtaim Group: A diversified conglomerate with operations in various sectors, including automotive, retail, real estate, and financial services. The group represents several international brands in the UAE.
o Conglomerates, diversification, franchises.
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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One lesson from a series of 26 lessons that take teachers and students all the way through the Marketing module of the Business Studies IGCSE.
This section includes the role of marketing, the distinctions between niche and mass markets and the techniques of market segmentation. The methods and importance of market research are covered. The central role of the marketing mix, i.e. the four Ps, is made clear. Marketing strategies to influence consumer decisions at home and in new foreign markets are the final topics in this section.
Each lesson contains a range of activities, all the content required, case studies to show application of knowledge, all resources needed appear in the one PowerPoint and it includes keyword flash cards for each lesson. They have been used very successfully over a number of years at a top International school.
The lessons in the whole series are as follows:
What is marketing?
Market Changes
Market Segments
Product and Market Orientation
Primary Market Research
Secondary Market Research
Creating and Presenting Market Research
The Market Mix
Product Types and Success
Product Development
Branding
Packaging
The Product Life Cycle
Pricing Types
Price Elasticity
Advertising
Sales Promotion
Budgets & Sponsorship
Technology & The Marketing Mix
Distribution Channels
Methods of Distribution
Marketing Strategy
Marketing and Law
International Markets
Flashcards and Revision
Marketing Mock and Mark Schemes
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This is one lesson from 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.