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.
Careers: Task with assessment analysis grid for South African IEB Life Orientation Grade 12. Task covers preparing for an interview and personal mission statement. Use as a portfolio task for School Based Assessment
For South African IEB Physical Education Task Grade 12. A logbook, self-study guide and research task for the Physical Education Task. Requires the use of Focus Life Orientation, Learner’s Book, Grade 12 but can be adapted for other prescribed textbooks.
A PowerPoint which I use to introduce the Investigation at the beginning of Grade 12 for South African IEB students. Gives guidelines on how to structure the investigation and explains how source material should be selected and described.
KS3 - A 16 page unit which I use to teach the topic - includes internet links which I use. Suitable for English-speaking students in sub-Saharan Africa. The topic is supplemented with original material with an African focus - information, tasks and suggested answers. Recommended for International Curriculum for Africa and lays the foundation for further study in Geography, e.g. CIE examinations. Includes a PowerPoint presentation which illustrates the Zambezi River from source to delta.
The water cycle
River facts
River systems
River floods
Famous rivers – the Thames and the Zambezi
Link with “Exploring the River Nile” (also available on TES Resources)
KS 3-4 A resource which examines how events in Africa affect the rest of the world (or are ignored by the rest of the world). Contains information, tasks, suggested answers, mark schemes and examples. Introduces students to CIE requirements for extended writing; History essay writing skills. Includes PowerPoint slides needed for the tasks and links to websites I use in teaching - suitable for Year/Grades 9-11.
The Arab Spring and the consequences for Syria
Islamic extremists in Africa
The Central African Republic
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Ebola in West Africa (updated 2018)
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
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.
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
KS3: Year / Grade 9. A 16 page unit of work with background information and tasks, including an internet source based task, which I use to assess performance whilst studying this topic. It can be printed and projected and is most useful for students who have internet access. It also describes genocide in Namibia and Rwanda in an effort to make students aware of the ongoing nature of this type of violence. It contains links to websites which my students have found useful and interesting.
KS3 Year/ Grade 9: A 25 page resource which contains study notes, simple tasks and the addresses of the websites which I use for source-based tasks when teaching this topic. Originally designed and used in South African schools, it is especially useful for students studying in Africa, but covers the topics generally covered in schools the world over. It can be printed or projected and will be most effective in schools where students have internet access.
The outbreak of war
The course of the war
The nature of the war
The Battle of Britain
Propaganda
Winston Churchill
The War in Africa
America enters the war
D-Day
The end of the war in Europe and Japan
KS3; Year/ Grade 9 - An 8 page unit with notes, map, tasks for continuous assessment which can be printed or projected; with accompanying PowerPoint presentation (with marking guidelines)
Mussolini and Italian fascism – 8 mark “to what extent “question.
The invasion of Abyssinia – With example of a ‘Letter to the Editor’
Hitler and the Nazis forge the chain of World War II – Using source material
Map of Europe 1919 – 1937 – Mapwork Task
Very useful for International Curriculum for Africa; CIE, SA CAPS and others
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 - 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
KS 3 - A unit of work, which can be projected or printed, about the Seven Years / French and Indian War; The War of Independence / Revolutionary War and the American Civil War. Contains information and tasks. Suggested answers are on PowerPoint presentations for follow-up work. Suitable for students who have not studied these topics before. International Curriculum for Africa Year 9. 34 pages plus 3 short Ppt presentations. Final assessment task - students have the option of using iMovie; Notability; Wevideo; Moviemaker; Animaker or Powtoon.
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