WiseArk Ltd which is a ‘micro-company specialising in supplying educational resources.
We specialise in resources for use in tutor time -many of which are also suitable for use in citizenship/PSHE.
We also have a range of resources to support learning in history.
I was a teacher for over 20 years so know from first-hand experience how engaged students can be when given challenges and puzzles.
WiseArk Ltd which is a ‘micro-company specialising in supplying educational resources.
We specialise in resources for use in tutor time -many of which are also suitable for use in citizenship/PSHE.
We also have a range of resources to support learning in history.
I was a teacher for over 20 years so know from first-hand experience how engaged students can be when given challenges and puzzles.
A set of forty pages of colouring sheets to support work on this topic as well as being suited to cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for home schooling. The images are taken from a public domain sources – book published in the 19th century.
The images have been selected to cover a range of topics and as they include screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines.
Provided as a power point as well as a pdf file.
A set of forty pages of colouring sheets –ideal for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for home schooling.
Each set is taken from a range of public domain sources – mostly books published during the 19th century.
Now with a word document version to provide an extra option for printing as well as a pdf and power point.
The images have been selected to cover a range of topics and as they are mainly screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. As they are taken from old textbooks and depict Greek life there are some scenes of naked athletes etc.
There are two separate sets –volume 2 covers soldiers, workers and leisure.
A set of forty pages of colouring sheets –ideal for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for home schooling.
Each set is taken from a range of public domain sources – mostly books published during the 19th century.
Now with a word document version to provide an extra option for printing as well as a pdf and power point.
The images have been selected to cover a range of topics and as they are mainly screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines though many have been digitally enhanced to help provide an outline for colouring in. As they are taken from old textbooks and depict Greek life there are some scenes of naked athletes etc.
There are two separate sets –volume 1 covers Gods, religion and home life.
A set of resources to develop knowledge and understanding of Anglo-Saxon era British history with a focus on developing chronological knowledge and understanding.
There is a power point presentation with a range of significant developments/events from 449AD to 1066 AD - run through version gives an indication of the passage of time.
Three related activities develop this approach with tasks using the same developments/events -for matching pairs, ‘dominoes’ and identifying time periods.
In addition there is a set of five word searches and quizzes combined to further develop knowledge and understanding of these events/developments (in various versions with differing levels of support).
There is also a timeline based sequencing task featuring the same events.
Finally there is a set of colouring pages with illustrations of artefacts etc from the Anglo-Saxon (and Viking) period.
A set of linked resources and activities to help students improve their knowledge and understanding especially of the chronology of Anglo-Saxon era British history.
These resources are designed specifically to help students in particular with the ordering of events.
To help with improving knowledge there are two activities which involve matching events to dates.
The first is a set of printable ‘cards’ which can be used for sorting or matching tasks (such as the matching pairs game) – each event is on a separate ‘card’ from its date (organised in sets of 10).
The second is a set of ‘domino cards’ to provide a more supported matching challenge; these feature the same events and each ‘card’ links to another forming a ‘domino’ like chain.
There is also a sheet with the events and a key to classify events by theme.
A resource designed specifically to help students in particular with the ordering of events. This version focuses on the Anglo-Saxon period of history. To help with understanding the passage of time there is a power point presentation that shows the intervals between events.
This has a range of selected events and is designed to convey a sense of the passage of time by having the transition between slides vary in length depending on how many years actually passed between events.
Each slide has a date, event and appropriate illustration. (Each event slide is on show for five seconds and the whole presentation lasts for approximately six minutes).
As a bonus there is also a ‘click through’ version of the slide show to enable the teacher to give additional information or discuss the event with students.
The selection of events is not meant to be definitive for the study of that period (it’s a selection not a comprehensive timeline!) – this allows for an extra activity/challenge of students deciding what is missing/what could be left out.
A set of more than thirty pages of colouring sheets –ideal for cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for home schooling. (supplied in both power point and pdf versions)
Each set is taken from a range of public domain sources – mostly books published during the 19th century.
The images have been selected to cover a range of topics and as they include screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines.
A set of resources to develop knowledge and understanding of Ancient Britain with a focus on developing chronological knowledge and understanding.
There is a power point presentation with a range of significant developments/events from c 4,500 BCE - run through version gives an indication of the passage of time.
Three related activities develop this approach with tasks using the same developments/events -for matching pairs, ‘dominoes’ and identifying time periods.
In addition there is a set of word searches and quizzes combined to further develop knowledge and understanding of these events/developments (in various versions with differing levels of support).
There are also map based tasks on iron age tribes and sites (again with support versions) -that also have basic word searches as well.
Finally there is a set of colouring pages with illustrations of artefacts etc from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.
A set of seventeen pages of colouring sheets to support work on this topic as well as being suited to cross curricular art and for use when providing resources for home schooling.
The images are taken from a range of public domain sources – mostly books published during the 19th century.
The images have been selected to cover a range of topics and as they include screenshots of old book pages this may be reflected in the quality of the outlines.
A set of linked resources and activities to help students improve their knowledge and understanding especially of the chronology of Ancient British history.
These resources are designed specifically to help students in particular with the ordering of events.
To help with improving knowledge there are two activities which involve matching events to dates.
The first is a set of printable ‘cards’ which can be used for sorting or matching tasks (such as the matching pairs game) – each event is on a separate ‘card’ from its date (organised in sets of 10).
The second is a set of ‘domino cards’ to provide a more supported matching challenge; these feature the same events and each ‘card’ links to another forming a ‘domino’ like chain.
There is also a sheet with the events -which can be used to help identify the different time periods.
A resource designed specifically to help students in particular with the ordering of events. This version focuses on Ancient British history.To help with understanding the passage of time there is a power point presentation that shows the intervals between events.
This has a range of selected events and is designed to convey a sense of the passage of time by having the transition between slides vary in length depending on how many years actually passed between events.
Each slide has a date, event and appropriate illustration. (Each event slide is on show for five seconds and the whole presentation lasts for approximately six minutes).
As a bonus there is also a ‘click through’ version of the slide show to enable the teacher to give additional information or discuss the event with students.
The selection of events is not meant to be definitive for the study of that period (it’s a selection not a comprehensive timeline!) – this allows for an extra activity/challenge of students deciding what is missing/what could be left out.
A set of linked activities to help develop knowledge of Britain before the Roman conquest.
There is a power point with a map showing a number of Iron Age sites in England and Wales.
There are also slides to print out with the names missing (or just the first letter provided) for students to complete (the list is also contained in the word document).
The word document has three word searches covering most of the sites from the map. (answers provided!)
Together the set provides a range of ways of developing knowledge of Pre-Roman Britain and the activities are suitable for homework or for ‘school at home’.
A set of resources to support teaching and learning about this topic- all focussed on a set of selected well known Olympian Gods. (Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cronus, Demeter, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Leto, Persephone, Poseidon, Zeus)
There is a power point with a clickable ‘family tree’ that has slides with a picture and sentence about the linked deity.
The word document on the same deities has a range of challenges. These include comprehension tasks such as identifying a god’s area of influence and outline family tree to complete (different versions to provide varying levels of difficulty).
There is also a set of word searches with a twist. As well as 2 traditional ones there are versions that have questions to answer before finding the word in the grid – so reinforcing knowledge of events. (There are versions with the first letter of the answer or number of letters in the answer as well as one with no clues so that they cover a wide range of challenge.)
Finally there is a set of five colouring pages featuring some of the same deities.
A power point with a clickable ‘family tree’ that has slides with a picture and sentence about the linked deity.
This features the same deities as in our linked resources and gives an introduction to some of the best-known Olympian Gods and Goddesses. (Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cronus, Demeter, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Leto, Persephone, Poseidon, Zeus)
This is a set of six colouring pages featuring some of the Olympian deities from our linked resources.
The images are taken from a range of public domain sources (mainly 19th century books).
This is a set of three comprehension activities on a range of Olympian deities (the same as featured on our linked resources).
The first is a comprehension task on in the areas of influence of the Gods/Goddesses; the second is to complete a family tree (comes with a support version with the first letter given) and the third is linked to their symbols/associated objects.
A set of linked resources and activities to help students improve their knowledge and understanding of a range of Black British Firsts. This features a range of 50 Black British firsts- from the 16th century to the modern day.
There are three linked resources:
Power point (in two versions -one a run through);
Word searches and quizzes - word searches in a range of versions (most featuring quizzes/questions )
Matching and dominoes -again featuring the same fifty people.
A set of linked resources and activities to help students improve their knowledge and understanding of a range of Black British Firsts. This features a range of 50 Black British firsts (the same as in linked resources).
These resources are designed specifically to help with developing an awareness of the contribution of Black Britons -from the 16th century to the modern day.
There are two activities which involve matching people to their achievement.
The first is a set of printable ‘cards’ which can be used for sorting or matching tasks (such as the matching pairs game) – each person is on a separate ‘card’ from their achievement (organised in sets of 10).
The second is a set of ‘domino cards’ to provide a more supported matching challenge; each card has a person and an achievement that links to another person -so making a sequence of people and achievements.
A more challenging version of the always popular activity (even for adults!)
There are 3 different word searches on fifty Black British Firsts (same people as featured in linked resources).
Each wordsearch has a grid and 10 words to find.
However first you need to use the clues (questions) to work out what word you are searching for.
Each word search & quiz comes in five different versions (the answers are the same each time); Each has the same clues but one also has the first letter of the answer; one has the number of numbers in the answer and one has both the first letter and number of letters; one has ‘just’ the questions whilst there is also a ‘traditional’ version with no questions and a list of words provided.
Ideal for use in a wide range of settings such as a last-minute cover resource or homework task (good for getting students to organise their own time)
Maybe even to help staff relax at lunchtime!!
A set of five collections of word searches and quizzes combined:
Britain in the 20th century (3);
Britain and the world in the 20th century (3);
WW1 (9);
Between the world wars (5);
WW2 (6)
A more challenging version of the always popular activity (even for adults!). In all 26 different wordsearches.
Each wordsearch has a grid and 10 words to find.
However first you need to use the clues (questions) to work out what word you are searching for.
Each word search & quiz comes in five different versions (the answers are the same each time); Each has the same clues but one also has the first letter of the answer; one has the number of numbers in the answer and one has both the first letter and number of letters; one has ‘just’ the questions whilst there is also a ‘traditional’ version with no questions and a list of words provided.
Ideal for use in a wide range of settings such as a last-minute cover resource or homework task (good for getting students to organise their own time)
Maybe even to help staff relax at lunchtime!!
