Primary Topic Shop is a team of two people. Richard is a primary teacher and Christa is a graphic designer and photojournalist. Between them, they have the unique ability to create original material for their units. It doesn't hurt they are both very interested in the subject matter! In fact, Richard and Christa lived in Egypt where Richard worked at a British School. Now they live in Scotland and are researching UK history.
Primary Topic Shop is a team of two people. Richard is a primary teacher and Christa is a graphic designer and photojournalist. Between them, they have the unique ability to create original material for their units. It doesn't hurt they are both very interested in the subject matter! In fact, Richard and Christa lived in Egypt where Richard worked at a British School. Now they live in Scotland and are researching UK history.
Confucius was a philosopher, teacher and politician who lived about 2,500 years ago in Ancient China. This resource includes reading pages about the life of Confucius and his legacy. A vocabulary guide and activity is provided, as well as differentiated activities and worksheets. A simple info sheet accompanied by a True or False activity is included for further differentiation.
Pages: 21 (including 6 answer sheets)
Contents:
5 Information Handouts
Comprehension Questions Worksheet
Multiple Choice Worksheet
True or False Worksheet
Synonym Unscramble Worksheet
Virtue Chart Activity
Virtue Art Activity
Class Discussion
Answer Sheets
Terms of Use
This bundle explores the fascinating world of the Aztecs; who they were, what they believed, the culture, technology and society of Tenochtitlan, and the Spanish conquest.
Total Pages: 50
Contents
11 Information Pages
8 Worksheets
12 Activities
This lesson explores fourteen of the main ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. Activities include a matching activity where students match the name of the god to the description or illustration, a fact file where students fill in information about their favourite god or goddess, a true or false worksheet and a colour puzzle where students have to correctly answer questions to find the colours to use for the image. Suitable for KS2.
Pages: 10 (including 3 answer sheets)
Contents
3 Information Handouts
Find The Match Activity
Egyptian God Fact File Activity
True or False Worksheet
Colour Puzzle Activity
3 Answer Sheets
If you have any corrections or suggestions about how we can make this resource more useful, please email us at admin@primarytopicshop.co.uk.
This pdf covers the history of pyramids, the pyramids of Giza and the Step Pyramid, the history of tombs in ancient Egypt, the Valley of Kings and Tutankhamen’s tomb. Activities include reading response questions, multiple choice, true or false questions and a design your tomb activity.
Pages: 11 (including 3 answer sheets)
Contents:
4 Information Pages
1 Questions Worksheet
1 Multiple Choice Worksheet
1 True or False Worksheet
1 Design Your Tomb Activity
Answer Sheets
All photos, illustrations and text are by Christa Galloway. This is part of a complete unit on Ancient Egypt.
The Primary Topic Shop Ancient Egypt bundle includes information, photos, illustrations, maps and activities, all presented in an easy-to-read, consistent layout. Activities in this unit include reading response (true or false, multiple choice, question and answer, fill in the blanks), art (making paper, drawing), language-based activities (crosswords, synonyms and definitions), geography, de-coding and visual challenges. There is also a set of A3 display posters for the classroom.
All photos, illustrations and text are original by the author.
Teach your students about Roman Mythology with these three PDFs about legends and myths, Romulus and Remus & gods and goddesses. The resources include information handouts, a vocabulary exercise, differentiated reading response questions, a comic strip activity,a fact file activity, a matching activity and a printable card game. In the gods and goddesses resource, fifteen of the main Roman gods are explored in listings, each with an original illustration, the Greek names, role, symbol, a myth and a combination of other fun facts.
48 Pages (including 6 answer sheets)
Contents:
Reading Handout
Information Handouts
Antonym or Synonym Worksheet
Differentiated Reading Responses (Comprehension Questions / Multiple Choices / True or False)
Fact File activity
Printable Memory Card Game
Match the Roman and Greek God Activity
Making a Comic Activity
Answer Sheets
There are many icons associated with the gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt that represent different religious values. Even Egyptians who couldn’t read hieroglyphs, understood the meaning of many symbols. Today, we sometimes use symbols instead of words to send a message that can be understood by everyone.
With these activities, your students can play archaeologist, finding symbols on a photo of a real obelisk and they can play detective, finding the symbols around them.
Pages: 8 (including 2 answer sheets)
Contents:
2 Information Pages
1 Draw the Symbol Activity
1 Symbol Detective Activity
1 Symbol Interpreter Activity
1 Find the Symbol Activity
Answer Sheets
All photos, illustrations and text are by Christa Galloway, Primary Topic Shop. This is part of a complete unit on Ancient Egypt.
Teach your students about eight Aztec gods and goddesses with these illustrated reading pages. The introduction includes interesting facts about the ancient Aztec religion including sacrifices, flower wars and the fifth sun creation myth. This PDF includes information handouts, activities and differentiated reading response worksheets.
Pages: 15 (including 4 answer sheets)
Contents:
4 Information Handouts
Fact File Activity
Trading Card Activity
Match the God Activity
Fill in the Punctuation Activity
Writing Challenge
Reading Response Worksheet
Multiple Choice Worksheet
Answer Sheets
Terms of Use
The Chinese lunisolar calendar has been used for over 4000 years. In Ancient China, farmers used the calendar so they would know when to plant their fields and harvest their crops. This resource includes reading pages about the lunisolar calendar, origins of the Chinese calendar, the Chinese Zodiac, the legend of the Great Race, the introduction of the Gregorian calendar and Chinese New Year as well as a vocabulary guide. Included are differentiated worksheets, Chinese lantern craft and Zodiac Stickers that can be used for Health & Wellbeing.
Pages: 16 (including 4 answer sheets)
Contents:
3 Information Handouts
Vocabulary Page
Chinese Zodiac Reference
Vocabulary Worksheet
Chinese Lantern Craft Project
True or False Worksheet
Multiple Choice Worksheet
Comprehension Questions Worksheet
Zodiac Stickers
Answer Sheets
Terms of Use
Teach your students about the Latin alphabet and ancient Roman writing with reading, worksheets and a fun activity. The PDF resource includes information about Roman writing including the Latin language and alphabet, old italic, classical Latin and modern Latin alphabets, Roman Cursive. There is also a key of the Roman cursive alphabet and a visual timeline showing the evolution of the Latin alphabet.
Multiple choice questions test reading comprehension and students get to try out reading and writing Roman cursive with a variety of fun activities.
Suitable for KS2.
Pages: 13 (including 4 answer sheets)
Contents:
2 Information Handouts
1 Timeline
1 Discussion Page
1 Decipher the Sentence Activity
1 Writing Fun Activity
1 Secret Message Activity
1 Multiple Choice
1 Matching Activity
4 Answer Sheets
This printable hieroglyphs resource covers the history of hieroglyphs, types of glyphs, the hieroglyphic alphabet, the cartouche and hieroglyphic numbers.
Pages: 9 (8 student pages and one answer page)
Contents:
information pages
decode the hieroglyphic message
reading response questions
decode the cartouche
design your own cartouche
interpret the hieroglyphic numbers
answer key
All photos, illustrations and text are original by the author. This is part of a complete unit on Ancient Egypt.
A printable PDF covering a pharaoh’s responsibilities, female pharaohs, pharaonic symbols and short descriptions of Narmer, Khufu, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Tutankhamen, Ramesses II and Cleopatra VII. A timeline shows the reigns of the featured pharaohs and compares them to world events of the time.
Activities include a short quiz, and matching activity. There is also a “Which Was First” activity which helps give students context to events in Ancient Egypt. For example, they will learn that the reign of Narmer was before the extinction of mammoths.
Pages: 10 (including 3 answer sheets)
Contents:
3 Information Pages
1 Timeline
1 Which Was First Activity
1 Reading Response Quiz
1 Matching Activity
3 Answer Sheets
This PDF includes differentiated information handouts and worksheets. Pick and choose what is appropriate for your students. You can focus on Roman numerals from 1-10, 1-30 or continue up to complex numbers. There are also differentiated math worksheets and reading response worksheets.
There are two versions of the printable dominoes game, one where the numbers can be matched by color, and one where the student would need to know the numbers from 1-6. The game can be played in small groups from 1-6 players. (The dominoes need to be cut out to use them.)
26 Pages (including 8 answer sheets)
Contents:
5 Information Handouts
Differentiated “What’s The Number” Worksheets
Differentiated “Greater Than or Less Than” Worksheets
Differentiated Reading Response (Comprehension Questions / Multiple Choices / True or False)
Printable Roman Numeral Dominoes game with instructions (2 versions)
I’m working on adding to the Romans topic. Please let me know what ancient Roman subjects you are looking for. christa@primarytopicshop.co.uk
All photos, text and illustrations are by the Primary Topic Shop.
In this lesson, students learn about ancient Roman myths. The PDF includes information handouts about myths including the myth of Romulus and Remus, Echo and Narcissus and Juno and the First Frogs, with differentiated reading response questions. The activities include making a comic strip, antonyms and synonyms, and remaking the myth.
27 Pages (including 6 answer sheets)
Contents:
5 Information and Reading Handouts
Differentiated Reading Response (2 Comprehension Questions / 2 Multiple Choice / 1 True or False)
Making a Comic Activity
4 Comic Template Cut-out Pages
Remake the Myth Activity
Answer Sheets
This lesson covers Roman battle tactics, recruitment, training, daily life, weapons, organization, legionaries and auxiliaries. There is a differentiated reading response including Comprehension Questions, Multiple Choice and True or False. In the activity, students write a Pros and Cons for joining the Roman army as an auxiliary soldier.
Suitable for Year 3-6.
Pages: 11 (including 3 answer sheets) PLUS a black and white version
Contents:
4 Information Pages
1 Pros and Cons Activity
3 Pages of Differentiated Reading Response (Comprehension Questions, Multiple Choice and True or False)
3 Answer Sheets
(Plus the same again in black and white)
The Farming lesson covers Ancient Egyptian crops, animals, tools, water, harvest and farming seasons. It includes a fill in the blanks activity.
Pages: 6 (including 2 answer sheets)
Contents:
2 Information Handouts
1 Fill In The Blanks Activity
1 Unscramble Activity
1 Fact File Activity
Answer Sheets
This lesson about Boudicca tells the story of how she formed an army of Britons and rebelled against the Romans in Britain. The supporting notes include key events and helpful vocabulary. There is a reading response activity with comprehension questions, a synonym activity using the new vocabulary and an interpretation activity where students read a historical description of Boudicca and interpret it in a drawing.
Pages: 11 (including answer sheets)
Contents:
Information Pages
Supporting Notes Page
Comprehension Questions
Multiple Choice
Synonym Activity
Interpretation Activity
Answer Sheets
This free lesson covers the papyrus plant, uses of papyrus, papyrus paper, and making papyrus paper. There is a reading response activity and a making papyrus activity. This lesson is being offered free for as a sample of the Ancient Egypt bundle, but it can be used alone as a lesson. If you like this free resource, please take a look at the rest of the Ancient Egypt bundle. Thanks!
Pages: 5 (including answer sheet)
Contents:
2 Information Handouts
1 Reading Response Worksheet
1 Making Papyrus Activity
Answer Sheet
All photos, illustrations and text by Christa Galloway.
This set of 21 digital task cards will teach students about the papyrus plant in Ancient Egypt. There are reading passages as well as true or false, fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice and matching activities.
Click here to try a playable preview.
These cards make a great add-on to our printable Ancient Egyptian Papyrus resource.
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This free resource is a great introduction to the Aztecs. The reading pages cover who the Aztecs were, where they were, the time period of the Aztec Empire, population, language, what they ate and includes a map of the empire. For reading comprehension, there is a true or false activity and a differentiated cryptic wordsearch with a fill in the blanks activity.
If you find this resource useful, please check out our other Aztec resources!
Pages: 8 (including 3 answer sheets)
Contents:
2 Information Handouts
True or False Worksheet
Cryptic Wordsearch with a Fill In The Blank Activity
3 Answer Sheets
Terms of Use