Quality resources developed for Home Schooling, International Schools and online education in sub-Saharan Africa, suitable for students planning to write Cambridge International Examinations.
Quality resources developed for Home Schooling, International Schools and online education in sub-Saharan Africa, suitable for students planning to write Cambridge International Examinations.
KS 3: Instructions and guidelines for students to carry out a Depth Study on human migration in Africa. PowerPoint presentation which enables teachers to give a brief overview of the suggested topics. Suitable for IB, Cambridge and International Curriculum for Africa Year 8. Possible topics for this task include:
1. Jews to Ethiopia
2. The Bantu migration to (Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, etc.)
3. Migration of the (Nilotes / Cushites) to Kenya
4. The origin and migration of people from Central Sudan to Nigeria.
5. The migration of the San / Nama / Damara / people of Namibia
6. The Great Trek in South Africa
7. The migration of English settlers to the Eastern Cape in the 1820s.
8. Maasai migrations in East Africa
9. Migrations of people into Mali and Songhay
10. The Matabele of Mzilikazi
11. Indians to the colony of Natal
12. Somali migrants to Europe
KS3/ 9 A 14 page unit which introduces students to the importance and work of the UN and AU. Includes a section on the role of peacekeepers. Includes assessment tasks with suggested answers. Can be printed or projected. In one task, students use written and video resources (internet links supplied) to make their own study notes.
- gain an understanding of the roles, objectives and organs of the two organisations
- know what the role of peacekeepers should be
- assess the effectiveness of their contributions in specific situations
- use evidence to support the conclusions reached
KS 3 - Yr /Grade 9 A 34 page unit which introduces students to the Cold War - enough detail to give an overview for students not planning to specialise in History. Contains information, worksheets, suggested internet links which I use for the topic; assessment tasks - informal, formal and Depth Study on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; suggested answers and a simple Glossary.
The partition of Berlin and Germany
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Berlin Wall,
Cold War in the Congo
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cold War in Angola and Namibia
Suitable for classroom and remote teaching or home-schooling
KS 3 - Grade 8-9: A 36 page unit which can be printed or projected. Contains notes, tasks, links to suitable short videos, a PowerPoint presentation with answers for the Assessment Task. Suitable for International schools; includes information about the war in Africa. Great for online teaching!
Causes of the war
The course of the war 1914 – 1918
Other theatres of war
Consequences of World War 1
The Treaty of Versailles
KS3/Gr9 - A 23 page unit of work which can be printed and/or projected. Includes simple tasks, a poster task, an investigation into forced removals and the current land restitution issue in South Africa, a coursework task based on Nelson Mandela and F W de Klerk and many more activities. (with marking guidelines and suggested answers)
The introduction of apartheid
The Freedom Charter
The Sharpeville Massacre
The Soweto Riots
The 1994 elections
The role of Nelson Mandela and F W de Klerk
Suitable for Cambridge and South African CAPS
Investigations suitable for IB.
Social Studies (Geography and History) - A 40-page document which can be printed, projected or mailed to students for blended or home learning. Links to suitable videos included. A variety of activities including mapwork, questions, essay task. At least 5 lessons covering:
Physical Geography
Political Geography
Climate and biomes
Conflict in the Middle East
Israeli-Palestinian conflict in more detail
Beirut chemical explosion, ship stuck in Suez Canal included…
A 50 page unit containing study notes, tasks and links to suitable short video clips. Great for online teaching and home schooling too.
Hitler’s Rise to Power
The Path to War
The outbreak of war
The war in Africa
America enters the war
The end of the war in Europe and Japan
KS 3 - A 13 page unit which contains reading material; suggested video clips, tasks, suggested answers based on evolution of man, the Stone Ages, famous individuals in this field.
KS 3 - 17 page unit suitable for projection or printing; a general overview which introduces the topic, contains a few tasks which reinforce history and study skills; also - a thought provoking task which requires students to investigate their origins as newcomers in either the recent or distant past. Accompanying PowerPoint presentation reinforces important concepts.
Reasons for the Scramble for Africa
The process of partitioning Africa
Responses to colonisation
Results of the Scramble for Africa
International Curriculum for Africa Year / Grade 8 Case Study - Cote d'Ivoire
KS3 - Year / Grade 9 Suitable for printing or projecting, this unit contains background information on Adolf Hitler; notes which can be completed while watching a PowerPoint presentation (or issued without gaps for students to complete); a quick multiple choice activity; and a source based task in which students are introduced to totalitarian vs democratic forms of government - useful for continuous assessment. Suggested answers are included for the tasks. Suitable for Cambridge, International Curriculum for Africa, CAPS Senior phase and anyone wishing to introduce the topic to students who have no prior knowledge of the topic.
KS 3 - Full 32 page module contains reading material and tasks based on the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Contains mark schemes, suggested answers and glossary. Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Some inventions
The impact of the Industrial Revolution on Society
The origin of trade union movements
Interpreting charts, tables and graphs
International Curriculum for Africa Year 7
KS 3 - 5 lessons
Africa’s mineral wealth
Gold in Africa
Diamonds (includes ‘blood diamonds’
Copper (Copper Belt)
The Mineral Revolution in South Africa (diamonds, gold, migrant workers, )