Interactive and adaptable PowerPoint presentations; Word and PDF resources useful for group tutorials; assemblies; Citizenship and special days.
Created by experienced teacher in:
Learning Difficulties/SEN
Entry Level provision
Citizenship
Graduate/post graduate qualifications in History; Politics; Law; Education and SEN.
Interactive and adaptable PowerPoint presentations; Word and PDF resources useful for group tutorials; assemblies; Citizenship and special days.
Created by experienced teacher in:
Learning Difficulties/SEN
Entry Level provision
Citizenship
Graduate/post graduate qualifications in History; Politics; Law; Education and SEN.
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
• Choose four new vocabulary words from the PowerPoint and find the definitions either using the PowerPoint or a dictionary.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Easter around the World by taking part in a quiz.
• Answer a written question about Easter around the World.
Task sheets and word search activity.
Two PowerPoint presentations and game: You Say, We Pay.
1. General football
2. European Championships
Based on the TV game show, this is a word game activity that helps to develop skills in speaking and listening; working in a team and in taking turns.
Useful as a starter or ice breaking activity.
56 slides in total.
European Championships: Euro ’16: Half Time: The so far/treasure hunt quizzes
Two PowerPoint activities
1. Euro ’16; Half time – the so far quiz
Questions about the teams that are out; the teams still in the competition; the venues and cities of France and the 16 countries still competing.
2. Euro’ 16 Treasure Hunt
32 questions about countries that have/are taking part in Euro ‘16
Each team is asked a question.
For every correct answer, choose a number. (single click)
Get a golden ball, the team gets a point.
Get a red card, and the you gets nothing, just a red card.
1. Christmas Quiz: PowerPoint based quiz, with 15 multiple choice questions about Christmas.
2. Christmas Quiz: PowerPoint based quiz, with 15 true or false questions about Christmas.
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
• Choose four new vocabulary words from the PowerPoint and find the definitions either using the PowerPoint or a dictionary.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Easter by taking part in quizzes.
• Answer a written question about Easter
Task sheets and word search activity.
Remembering Titanic: PowerPoint presentation; activities and task sheets on the Titanic disaster of April 14-15 1912.
• Sections:
• Construction
• White Star Line
• Captain Smith
• Maiden voyage
• On board
• Titanic quiz: 1
• A Night to Remember
• Third Class Life on the Titanic
• Titanic facts
• Titanic Now
• Timeline
• Titanic quiz: 2
• Who was to blame?
• Titanic: Impact
• Titanic: Truth or myth?
Learning outcomes:
• Identify the main reasons why the Titanic sank.
• Analyse the main reasons why the Titanic sank.
• Evaluate which reason was the most important in causing the Titanic to sink.
• Identify reasons why so many people died on the Titanic
• Analyse the most important cause of people losing their lives on the Titanic.
• Evaluate the main reason so many people died on the Titanic.
Tasks:
Task 1: In a group, discuss and decide who was responsible for Titanic sinking.
Task 1/2: Take part in a quiz about Titanic.
Task 3: Answer a question about Titanic
Task 4: Write a news story reporting the sinking of Titanic.
The festival of Vaisakhi: PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
• Research and write an account of the festival of Vaisakhi.
• What do the Five Ks stand for. Find out and report back to your class, informing other groups of their meaning.
• Discuss and state the ways in which people of faith can give help and support to others in a community.
Task sheets; quiz sheets and word search
The Queen at 90: PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
• Choose four new vocabulary words from the PowerPoint and find the definitions either using the PowerPoint or a dictionary.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the Queen by taking part in a quiz.
• Answer a written question about British values and the Queen.
Task sheets and word search activity.
Would need to be adapted by US teachers.
Contents of pack
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes
• Define key words: extremism and tolerance
• Identify why extremism is dangerous
• Identify why tolerance is important
• Say how you can challenge extreme ideas
Tasks:
Task 1: Define key words: extremism and tolerance.
Work with a partner to define ‘extremism’ and ‘tolerance’.
You can use either an online or hard copy dictionary to help you.
Add examples of extremism and tolerance you know underneath your definitions.
Task 2: In groups, discuss why you think extremism can be dangerous. Write at least three points of how you would challenge someone who held these views. Feedback your points to the whole class.
Task 3: In a group discuss why you think tolerance of others ideas and opinions is important. Write down at least three of your ideas and feedback to the whole class.
Plus:
• Worksheets for all tasks
• Reading and writing activity
• Extremism and tolerance word search
Rio 2016: Olympics Games
Contents:
1. PowerPoint presentations and quizzes
2. Learning outcomes:
• Know key Olympic symbols
• Know key facts about the Rio Olympics
• Know the venues that will host events
• Identify the five continents will be represented at Rio
• Identify 55 of the countries that will compete at the games
• Recall 25 of the athletes who won medals at the London Olympics
• Answer 10 questions about previous Olympic Games
3. Rio 2016 work book: Tasks:
1. Imagine you are a journalist who is covering the Olympic Games in Rio. Write a report about your first day in Brazil.
2. Produce a fact sheet about the Rio Olympics. It should include information on:
• The host city
• Venues
• Medal events
• The athletes
3. Label the South American countries
4. Write a mini biography about one of the key figures involved in a past Olympic Games.
Euro 2016
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation including quiz
PDF task and quiz sheets
Cross curricular activities
Task 1: Name the countries that will take part in the Euros
Task 2: Match the names of the Euro teams to where they are on the map of Euros
Task 3: Find information and complete a fact sheet about one of the French cities hosting the Euros
Task 4: Find information and complete a fact sheet about one of the countries taking part in the Euros
Task 5: Research what other countries have chosen for their Euros mascots? What was the mascot for the 1996 Euros when England was the host nation? Design a mascot for the Euros.
Task 6: Find out how France has prepared to welcome lots of visitors to their country in 2016. How have security concerns affected the preparations? Design an advert for the 2016 Euros.
Remembering Euro ‘96
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation including quiz
Task and quiz sheets
Cross curricular activities
Task 1: Match the names of the Euro teams to where they are on the map of Europe
Task 2: Find information and complete a fact sheet about one of the English cities that hosted the Euros
Task 3. Find information and complete a fact sheet about one of the countries that took part in ’96
Summer Quiz
Seven rounds:
• The Solar System
• The Olympics
• Geography
• History
• Summer
• TV
• Sport
93 slides in total
Adaptable and would need amending for US students.
One Euro ’16 PowerPoint quiz
Two Euro ’16 activities:
1. Euro ’16 by dice:
This game on your own or with friends.
Needed is one six sided dice.
Instructions:
Throw the dice once for each team per match to decide the result of each fixture.
The value for each face of the dice is:
1 = 1 goal
2 = 2 goals
3 = 3 goals
4 = 1 goal
5 = 0 goals
6 = 0 goals
The top two teams in each group qualify, along with the top four third placed teams.
In the knockout rounds, if the score is 0-0, throw the dice for each team again to get a result after extra time.
If the teams are still level, throw for each team once more to decide who wins on penalties. This time each face of the dice is the face value.
Results can be recorded in the work book.
2. Select your own squad activity:
Students might be supporting a team, or not. They might be collecting stickers, or not.
They might be collecting stickers, or not.
This activity allows them to select and make their own squad of players.
The players can all be well known; not know well at all, or a mixture of the two.
They choose 23 players. They can be from one country or from as many countries as they like.
They then find a photo of each player and paste each player’s picture on to a square on the next sheet.
They should try to select a balanced squad e.g. you need three goalkeepers so three spaces should be filled with goalkeepers.
Both documents can be downloaded as editable Word documents.
Euro '16: Quiz and games bundle
Contents of pack:
1. To mark the upcoming Euro 2016 football tournament in France, a PowerPoint quiz.
It is 50 slides in total with questions on countries; cities teams and players.
2. Euro ’16 by dice: This game can be played on your own or with friends.
Needed is one six sided dice.
3. Select your own squad activity: Students might be supporting a team, or not. They might be collecting stickers, or not. They might be collecting stickers, or not. This activity allows them to select and make their own squad of players.
4. Euro 16 Deal No Deal; Based on the TV game show, this is an interactive PowerPoint based quiz. 20 multiple choice questions about Euro ‘16.
5. Euro 16 bingo cards.
1. VE Day (May 8)
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
Demonstrate an awareness of:
• What the EU is and when it began
• Who’s in the EU
• When the UK joined the EU and about the 1975 referendum
• What the EU is for and what it does
• Know about the Euro and the EU flag
Demonstrate knowledge about the EU by taking part in a quiz
Produce a fact sheet about a member state of the European Union
Highlight; colour and label EU member states
Solve the EU anagrams
Plus: task sheets; quiz sheets and word search activity
In total:
84 slides/pages
20 slide quiz on the EU
2. Europe Day (May 9)Introduction to the EU: Linked to British values: Tolerance; tolerance; respect; diversity; rule of law; democracy and freedom of choice.
PowerPoint presentation including:
Sections:
• What is VE Day?
• What was World War Two?
• Who fought in World War Two?
• How many died in World War Two?
• 8 May: VE Day
• 1945: British Values
• VE Day quiz: What do you know about VE Day?
Learning outcomes:
• Identify how VE Day reflects British values
• Take part in a quiz to demonstrate knowledge of VE Day and the Second World War
• Answer a written questions VE Day; the Second World War and British values
Task sheets; quiz sheets and word search.
In total:
62 slides/pages
Plus EU Quiz PPT
Bundle of resources that look forward to the upcoming European Union debate and referendum in the UK and the European Championship in France (both of which take place in June and overlap each other), as well as a look back at Euro 96 and resources about the EU.
Resources include PowerPoint presentations; activities and quizzes and task/quiz sheets in Word or PDF format.
The European Union
1. PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
Demonstrate an awareness of:
• What the EU is and when it began
• Who’s in the EU
• When the UK joined the EU and about the 1975 referendum
• What the EU is for and what it does
• Know about the Euro and the EU flag
84 slides/pages
20 slide quiz on the EU
2. PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
• Demonstrate an awareness of the European Union
• Demonstrate an awareness of the reasons why there is a referendum being held in the UK in June.
• Write a balanced argument, supporting reasons for and against Britain’s proposed withdrawal from the European Union.
• What would you do? Decide and state how you would vote and why.
Plus: task sheets; quiz sheets and word search activity
In total 60 slides/pagers
12 slide quiz on the EU
3. PowerPoint European Union Quiz
What do you know about the European Union?
• 40 Questions
• 20 Questions - EU Images Quiz including questions on countries; cities; football and treaties
• 20 Questions - EU Quiz on the history and make-up of the European Union
46 slides in total
The Euros
1. Euro 2016
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation including quiz
PDF task and quiz sheets
Cross curricular activities
Task 1: Name the countries that will take part in the Euros
Task 2: Match the names of the Euro teams to where they are on the map of Euros
Task 3: Find information and complete a fact sheet about one of the French cities hosting the Euros
Task 4: Find information and complete a fact sheet about one of the countries taking part in the Euros
Task 5: Research what other countries have chosen for their Euros mascots? What was the mascot for the 1996 Euros when England was the host nation? Design a mascot for the Euros.
Task 6: Find out how France has prepared to welcome lots of visitors to their country in 2016. How have security concerns affected the preparations? Design an advert for the 2016 Euros.
2. 67 slides/pages
2. Remembering Euro ‘96
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation including quiz
Task and quiz sheets
Cross curricular activities
History: Berlin Olympics 1936 - 80 years on
Contents:
1. PowerPoint presentation about the Berlin Olympics in August 1936.
Includes slides on the stars of the games; the modern nature of the games;the Nazis and the Olympics; football controversy and a quiz about the ’36 Olympics.
2. Berlin Olympics work book.
Includes tasks on writing a mini biography of one of the key figures involved in the ’36 games; answering written questions about the Berlin Olympics and writing a report as a journalist working in Berlin in August 1936.
Citizenship: British Values: The European Union – Brexit So Far…
Bundle of PowerPoint presentations; quizzes and Word activities on the EU, it’s history and institutions and Britain’s exit from it.
1. Brexit So Far…PowerPoint presentation
2. European Union: Brexit: What Now? Work Book
Five tasks to reflect on the Brexit decision.
3. PowerPoint presentation on the process of leaving the EU and a reflection of what the press in Europe see Brexit.
4. EU History and Institutions: PowerPoint presentation and quiz about the history and institutions of the European Union.
Editable workbook on the history and institutions of the European Union.
5 PowerPoint presentation looking back at the last referendum in 1975 and comparing it with the 2016 campaign.
6. PowerPoint EU quiz.
7. European Union Deal No Deal; Based on the TV game show, this in an interactive PowerPoint based quiz with 20 multiple choice questions
8. Bringo! Two sets of 10 Editable bingo cards showing the member states of the EU. One set are already labelled; the other set is not.
London to Rio: Olympic Games – London 2012
A look back at the 2012 London Olympic Games
PowerPoint presentation and quizzes/work book.
Slides and questions on:
• The bid
• Countries and medalists
• Torch relay
• Notable Olympians
• British winners
Two PowePoint quizzes based on the BBC programme Pointless.
Each is an adaptable and interactive quiz with 16 categories of questions.
One hundred people were surveyed.
Your aim is to find the answers with the lowest points.
If you give an incorrect answer, your team will score the maximum 100 points.
Hopefully, you can find a pointless answer somewhere on the board.
1. Categories:
• Football
• Soaps
• Super Heroes
• Music
• Flags
• History
• Logos
• TV
• Geography
• Olympics
• Game Shows
• Comedy
• Songs
• European Union
• Religion
• Countries
2. Categories:
• Football
• Soaps
• Christmas Films
• Boy Bands
• Flags
• History
• X Factor
• One Direction
• Christmas
• Game Shows
• Comedy
• Songs
• Strictly Come Dancing
• Musicals
• Countries
122 slides in total.