The sixth part of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: Who are the Scandinavians? Video link explaining Viking history How do Scandinavians celebrate Christmas? Lesson starter craft activity What will my mind map look like? Discussion and mind map examples What makes each country in Scandinavia unique? Fact cards covering food, religion, music, art, festivals, symbols, royalty, language and immigration How are these elements linked?Discussion of ideas Which time zone is Scandinavia in? Challenge task Who is from Scandinavia? Famous person research extra challenge task All resources are included, so just print the fact cards if you’d like and a detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

The fifth of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: What resources do they have in Scandinavia to create energy? Energy summaries How else do they create energy? Burning waste videos Where do they farm? Why? Maps and facts to discuss What do they export each year? List of statistics for task How do we draw a bar graph?Animated model with 5 helpful tips What have you learnt? Bar chart task Can we improve our energy sources in the UK? Challenge task How else do they transport people and goods? Plenary discussion All resources are included, so just print the fact cards, a detailed lesson plan find some graph paper and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

The fourth of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: Where would people settle in Scandinavia? Map analysis Why have people settled by the coast, waters and on flat land? Photo study and explanations What are the capital cities like? Maps and facts to discuss Where do they source water from? Map study What natural resources do they trade and how?Children to use fact cards to complete a table What have you learnt? Logo design task Can you use your reasoning skills? Challenge pollution task All resources are included, so just print the fact cards, tables and a detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

The third of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: What physical regions are in Scandinavia? Map analysis What physical features are in Norway, Denmark and Sweden? Images and explanations for each Who can remember these? Video analysis for AFL What have we learnt? Children to show by explaining each map Which country is this?Children to use their learning to figure out the images All resources are included, so just print the maps and a detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

The second of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: What are biomes? Definition, images and discussion Where are different biomes? Map of world to analysis Which biomes are in Scandinavia? Use a map key to find each biome What is it like in each biome?Fact cards to show on the screen or print for on desks What have we learnt? *Children to show by writing postcards home * How do animals adapt in each biome? Matching challenge activity All resources are included, so just print the differentiated postcard templates, challenge grids and detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

One of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson teaches important map skills and an understanding of the world, key continents and oceans. All resources are included, so just print the map template and detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

A set of 19 Arctic poems written for children to understand, enjoy and learn from. Perfect for teaching a topic on the Arctic. All written in different styles; to engage, inspire and teach about the Arctic whilst developing key reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. The poems are descriptive whilst using facts to educate and inspire. Each poem could spark a whole lesson, they start discussions on important geographical issues about the Arctic: What is the Arctic? What is it like there? Global warming, The future of the Sami people, Understanding Inuit life, Living with the polar night, Taking responsibility for our world Ice burgs Glaciers The Inuit Language Arctic animals Winter Each poem comes with a simple explanation of its essential components. The children could use these as a scaffold before going on to write their own poem about the Arctic, or respond in a different way with a letter/poster/story/newspaper article etc. A range of engaging but easy to imitate poetry styles are used: Cinquains Didactic Poems Etherees Free Verse Ghazal Poems Haikus All the poems are written by me and the images are copyright free. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in my poems about India

A set of 10 original poems written for children about India, describing its culture, landscape, physical and human features. Perfect for a KS2 geography topic on India. All the poems are written in different styles; to engage, inspire and teach about this fascinating country whilst developing key reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. India Geography Topic Each poem could spark a whole lesson enabling children to learn, discuss and write about the culture of India. They cover these geographical aspects of India: Indian culture Mumbai Western Ghats Thar dessert Taj Mahal Goa Beaches Himalayas Kerala River Ganges Collection of Poems These poems are written to describe India whilst modeling essential writing skills such as: alliteration, rhyming, rhythm, personification and similes. Presented as word documents and all together on one PowerPoint with some higher-order questions to consider. This pack includes 10 poems using these different styles: Kennings Haiku Diamente Repeated starting words Kyrielle Shape Poem All the poems are written by me and all images used are copyright free. All reviews welcome. You can find many more engaging and useful resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy You might also be interested in my Arctic Poem collection

A lesson pack teaching the physical features of Russia. Includes a teaching PowerPoint, photo analysis, paired and group activities, differentiated written work, all printables and a plenary. Highlights: Starter activity Odd one out photo analysis Videos and information on each biome Varied outcomes The Powerpoint takes you through photo and map analysis of Russia and a range of activities to give the children a deep and rounded understanding of this place. A reasoning plenary brings the lesson together. Resources Maps, videos, images and fact slides show the various biomes, animals, landscapes and weather of Russia. All printable resources included and ready-to-go. Activities Differentiated activities cover three ability groups with a reasoning challenge activity. All reviews welcome. You might also be interested in these high quality Geography lessons: Tour Breathtaking Scandinavia Visit the Grand Yosemite National Park Uncover UK Coasts

A detailed lesson covering coasts and how they can change. Includes a 38 slide PowerPoint, a detailed plan, 2 writing templates and a challenge activity including another writing template. Covers the impact of tourism, shipping, urbanisation, overfishing and communities on the coast. Written for UKS2 but can easily be used by all year 3, 4, 5 and 6. An engaging starter, mixture of independent, paired and group work. Plenty of opportunities for discussion and for children to share ideas. Full of lots of interesting images to prompt discussion about geographical features. An extension activity to challenge the higher ability. Plenary for children to move on in their learning. Covers national curriculum learning objectives: Learn about diverse places, people and resources Learn about natural and human environments Learn about the interaction between physical and human processes Learn about the formation, use of and change of landscapes and environments All resources included. All reviews welcome.

A complete lesson on erosion on the UK coast, teaching the concepts of bays headlands, arches, stacks, stumps, caves and much more. Engaging resource pack with differentiation, answers, videos and animations. Includes a PowerPoint leading you through the whole lesson and all the necessary resources. Covers these national curriculum objectives: - Learn about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, - interaction between physical and human processes, - formation, use of and change of landscapes and environments. Written for UKS2 but can easily be used by all year 3, 4, 5 and 6. An engaging starter, mixture of independent, paired and group work. Plenty of opportunities for class dialogue and for children to share ideas. Full of interesting images to prompt discussion about geographical features. An extension activity included to challenge the higher ability. Plenary available for children to share their learning and present the challenge research. All reviews welcome. For more useful and reliable Geography lessons, plans and resources follow the links below: - Human Impact on Coasts KS2 - UK Coasts Physical Features KS2 - Journey Through Russia, Physical Features KS2 - Scandinavia Unit KS2 - Yosemite National Park Unit KS2 You can also find many more inspiring and engaging KS2 resources for a wide range of subjects at my shop: Teachallenjoy

A complete lesson pack on UK coastal areas and change over time. Includes lesson plan, starter activity, 34 slide PowerPoint, photo analysis, written activity, plenary and challenge. Download this detailed and engaging lesson covering the physical and human features in UK coastal areas and how they change over time. Whole Lesson Teach KS2 with this easy-to-use lesson containing a thought provoking starter and an interesting input full of images to prompt high quality dialogue about geographical features. Use the mixture of independent, paired and group work to provide opportunities for discussion, in depth reflection and evidence for assessment. Enjoy some free time while the children enthusiastically get on with the written activity and question each other when completing the challenge activity. Finish the lesson with an effortless plenary for children to share their learning and present the challenge work, this lesson is all ready to go to enthuse your pupils about UK coasts. Resources Find all the physical and human features of coasts explained clearly and reinforced with images and diagrams. Read and print a detailed lesson plan and all the resources needed. Activities Consolidate the children’s learning using ICT. Offer two reasoning extension activities to challenge the children and deepen their understanding of Geography. National Curriculum Objectives: Learn about diverse places, people, resources and natural and human environments, Learn about the interaction between physical and human processes, formation, use of and change of landscapes and environments. All reviews welcome. A logical follow up lesson would be here covering human impact on coasts. You might also be interested in these high quality Geography lessons: Journey Through Surprising Russia Tour Breathtaking Scandinavia Visit the Grand Yosemite National Park

A detailed lesson teaching children how to use where and when relative clauses. Set in the context of magical stories it covers Scandinavian folklore elves - cross curricular links to Geography- with information about the history of these magical creatures. Slides explain how to to use relative clauses and model examples of where and when clauses. The children have a chance to have a go and add some into sentences before beginning their work. Engaging starter focusing on the word class: prepositions. Differentiated main activity for two ability levels. Modelled examples of how the children could start the main activity and resources to scaffold them achieving the success criteria. A detailed lesson plan included. All reviews welcome. For a pack of KS2 grammar word searches click here to further engage your class!

One of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 41 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions. Highlights: Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. No preparation necessary, ready-to-go. Engage, challenge and inspire! This lesson teaches important map skills and an understanding of the world, including hemispheres, key continents, countries, states, climate, land formation and oceans. All resources are included, so just print the map templates, check out the detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. Focused on learning objectives from the new curriculum: Human and physical geography describe and understand key aspects of: physical geography, including: climate zones, rivers mountain ranges Understand technical vocabulary: latitude, longitude, Equator, hemispheres, tropics, polar circles & time zones All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular Geography units and lessons: Scandinavia Russia Europe