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.
Speaking and listening: Would you rather activities
Can be used as starters or to promote speaking and listening and turn taking skills.
Four PowerPoint activities - Would you rather...
Students have to decide what they would rather.
• They see a series of questions giving them a choice of what they'd rather.
• If they agree with the arrow pointing down, you sit down.
• If they agree with the arrow pointing up, they stand up.
• If they rather none of the choices on offer, they down.
• They also have to be prepared to answer questions and justify their choices.
60 editable slides in total.
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.
World Religions: Ramadan (2017)
1. PowerPoint presentation about Islam; Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr
2. Ramadan work book:
Learning outcomes:
1. Write a report about Ramadan for a local newspaper
2. Answer written questions about Ramadan
3. Complete a gapped text about Ramadan
4. Write a description of a special day you celebrate
3. Phases of the moon activity
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.
Christmas And Other World Winter Celebrations
Interactive/adaptable PowerPoint presentations
1. Covers Diwali; Winter Solstice; Hanukkah; Christmas; Kwanzaa and Chinese New Year. Includes craft ideas and activities.
2. Winter Solstice, covering:
When is it?
What is it?
What are its roots?
Why is it celebrated?
Who were the Druids?
What are its symbols?
How it celebrated today?
Winter Solstice craft idea
Solstice Song by Finley and Pagdon
3. Hanukkah: the Jewish festival of light. Covers:
When is it?
How long does it last?
Who celebrates Hanukkah?
What is Hanukkah?
What is a menorah?
How is Hanukkah celebrated today?
Hanukkah facts
Hanukkha craft idea
Christmas: You Say Game
PowerPoint – 35 slides; 32 topics
Based on the TV game show, this activity helps you develop your skills in speaking and listening; working in a team and in taking turns. Against the clock, countdowns are included on all necessary slides.
• Split into teams of two.
• Toss a coin to see which team goes first.
• One person from each team takes turns to the front of the room, standing with their back to the whiteboard.
• In two minutes the rest of the group describe the thing on the board to the person at the front
• Keywords cannot be used.
• The team have to make sure the person at the front can tell what they’re saying; so the team has to work together and listen to other people.
• One point is scored for each word guessed correctly. If a key word is used, the team loses that point and it’s the next team’s turn.
Easter 2018
PowerPoint presentation and task sheets about Easter
Easter. Looking at the days of Holy Week and Easter; Easter Symbols and how it celebrated, along with task sheets.
Learning outcomes:
• Choose four new vocabulary words from the PowerPoint and find the definitions either using the PowerPoint or a dictionary..
• Answer a written question about Easter
• Complete a word search activity.
PowerPoint presentation about Lent.
Beginning on Ash Wednesday and after Shrove Tuesday, Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. This year Lent starts on March 1.
Could be useful to introduce or recap the topic of in the run up to Easter.
Easter 2018 Quiz
PowerPoint quiz about Easter
1. What do you know about Easter?
28 slides in total.
2. What do you know about Easter 2016?
51 slides in total
PowerPoint presentation and quiz (20 questions) about Lent.
Beginning on Ash Wednesday and after Shrove Tuesday, Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. This year Lent starts on March 1.
Could be useful to introduce or recap the topic of in the run up to Easter.
Easter 2018: Word Challenge
PowerPoint presentation and task sheets
Students use a grid that shows letters and amounts of money to calculate the values of words and spell words in numbers.
All the words are associated with Easter.
Citizenship: General Election 2017 Games (Bundle)
PowerPoint and Word based, interactive games about the General Election.
Designed to engage students with the the people; parties and politics of this important event.
(Resources: 7)
Citizenship: General Election 2017 Games (Bundle)
PowerPoint and Word based, interactive games about the General Election.
Designed to engage students with the the people; parties and politics of this important event.
Adaptable PowerPoint about the Winter Soltice, covering:
When is it?
What is it?
What are its roots?
Why is it celebrated?
Who were the Druids?
What are its symbols?
How it celebrated today?
Winter Soltice craft idea
Soltice Song by Finley and Pagdon
Contents of pack:
Two PowerPoint presentation about smoking:
1. No Smoking Day
2. 20 Questions about smoking
Learning outcomes:
• Know the chemicals in cigarettes and the effects of smoking on health
• What’s in a cigarette?
• What are the health risks of smoking?
• What are the health benefits of quitting?
• Why do people start smoking?
• Some facts!
• TRUE or FALSE?
Plus:
• Writing task
• Smoking word search
• ASH fact sheet
PowerPoint presentation about Easter, along with activities and task sheets.
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.
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
Shakespeare Day: Two PowerPoint presentations that include:
Sections:
• Early life
• Married life
• The actor
• The writer
• The theatre in the 16th Century
• The language of Shakespeare
• Movies and TV based on Shakespeare
• His death
• His legacy
Learning outcomes:
Take part in quizzes to:
1. Identify key features of Shakespeare’s life and work
2. Identify the plays in which still well-known phrases are used by Shakespeare
3. Identify movies and TV programmes based on or influenced the work of Shakespeare
You say, we pay
Task sheets; quiz sheets and word search
The Queen at 90: 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 the Queen by taking part in a quiz.
• Answer a written question about British values and the Queen.
Task sheets and word search activity.
Two PowerPoint presentations and PDF quiz booklet to celebrate the different traditions of May Day.
May day as a symbol of fertility and the return of the Sun; as a day to mark the solidarity of workers across the World and a distress signal for aviators; mariners and the emergency services.
May Day PowerPoint presentation: 25 slides
May Day PowerPoint presentation quiz: 17 slides
May Day quiz PDF file: 17 slides (printable as A4 size