A list of the main characters in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with descriptions. For KS2-3 students.

Students walk around the room collecting information on how women were treated in Ancient China. Some topics include: Influence of Taoism/Daoism and Confucianism on the treatment of women Ballad of Mulan Foot binding Resource comes with a short PowerPoint, information sheets, and a workbook. This may take one or two lessons, depending on how long classes are. *Disclaimer: The sources used for this activity come from various websites and textbook.

Lesson on character foils, using “Blood Brothers” as an example. Also looks at modern character foils and contains differentiated plenary task (novice, developing, secure).

Fun activity for learning about how the inventions of the Industrial Revolution benefited England. It is a Dragon’s Den-esque activity. However, I had my class sell 100% of the company instead of part of it, for simplicity’s sake.