A knowledge organiser containing a brief overview of the main ideas, key quotations, structure and context for the 15 poems from the AQA Worlds and Lives new poetry anthology. Useful for anyone, like me, who is trying to prepare to teach these largely unfamiliar poems for the first time.

Revision flashcards for the 15 poems in the Worlds and Lives Poetry Anthology. Each card has brief notes on main ideas, 3 key quotations, structure and context. Ideal for anyone in the same position as me and teaching these poems for the first time.

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2B: In this lesson we look at the place of the UK in the wider world. The lesson starts with a quick retrieval practice quiz true or false quiz. We then introduce some of the organisations that the UK is a member of and how this can give the UK global influence. The pupils then use a hexagon template to create an annotated diagram on our trade, transport, cultural and communication links. We then consider the UK’s relationship with the EU post-brexit and remind ourselves of how the UK left the EU. The pupils complete a cost/benefit analysis of this with explanation. We then look at the Commonwealth and the pupils complete an exercise that looks at the diversity of countries size and economies using indicators (Atlas or internet access needed). We then finish with a GCSE-style practice question with some guidance. Hope this saves you some valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Fifteen practice questions for the Worlds & Lives anthology poems. There are 15 fully formatted questions, one for each of the poems. Printable as singular sheets for in-class practise or as a booklet for student revision. ** Get these as part of a bundle with full scheme of work and 15 lessons**

An assembly to support work during World Mental Health Day in October. This highly dynamic presentation has an assembly plus a range of ideas and resources for follow-up form time activities. This beautifully-designed and editable 26-slide Powerpoint presentation creatively presents information on this event and can be showcased to any age group and includes specific pages for primary or secondary students. It includes images, dynamic transitions, informative text, video and links for extension work in form time – including extra video and classroom activities. Slide 1: What is World Mental Health Day? Includes video. Slide 2-3: Why do some young people suffer with their mental health? Slide 4: This rise of teenage anxiety and poor mental health [inc national research graphs] Slide 5: Top tips for improving mental health: Breathing exercise. Includes video. Slide 6: Top tips for improving mental health: Move more. Includes video. Slide 7: Top tips for improving mental health: Sleep habits. Slide 8 and 9: Top tips for improving mental health: Healthy eating. Includes video. Slide 10: Top tips for improving mental health: Get outside. Includes video. Slide 11: Top tips for improving mental health: Be social. Slide 12: Top tips for improving mental health: Retrain your brain Slide 13: Closing Thought Slide 14: Follow-up form time activities title screen Slide 15: Form time activities: Support links to explore Slide 16: Form time activities: Art activity Slide 17: Form time activities: Wordsearch activity Slide 18: Form time activities: Poetry activity Slides 19-23: Form time activities: Mental Health quiz – with answers Slides 24-25: Other form time ideas to support anxiety strategies. As reviewers have stated for previous resources shared: “I sat down to plan my assembly for next week and found this resource, and it’s perfect. The best £2 spent. Thank you. I can teach this straight from the slides.” “Just buy it!” “Your resources have been life savers!” “Well worth the money and really saved my life” “I just wanted to say that as a non-specialist these resources are worth every single penny! Thank you so much for making and sharing them.” “Blown away by this! Can’t thank you enough!” “They have saved me a huge amount of time and the detail that goes into your work is second to none. You put others to shame who charge twice as much for very little. Can’t thank you enough.” “Your new spec resources are saving me hours & hours of work! Thanks, they are really good.” “These resources are so useful - I cannot tell you how much time they have save me - very clear to follow and easy to adapt for revision material — well worth the money”

Every poem from the Worlds and Lives anthology with annotations around the outside to help pupils and staff to analyse key quotations.

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at the increasing number of the global population living in urban areas. We start with a quick quiz on global populations and a video to put global population increase into context for the pupils. We then look at how urbanisation varies around the world by plotting data on a graph. The pupils then describe the trends they have found. We then look at a map of the urban populations around the world and the pupils can tackle several different questions depending on ability. We then discuss how these patterns might be explained. We then answer a GCSE-style question looking at the percentage of people living in urban areas on different continents using a bar chart. The pupils have guidance on how to answer the question if needed. We finish with a plenary quiz where the pupils have to find the countries with an urban population of over 50%. In a nutshell lesson includes: Quiz starter Video clip Graph plotting exercise with questions Map interpretation task GCSE-style question using graph with guidance Plenary quiz. Hope this saves you some valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

In this lesson, students will fully understand the M.A.I.N. long-term causes of the First World War – Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. Students will be first introduced to these key terms and then use them to explain the tensions which existed in Europe by 1914. This is a fully resources lesson which includes a warmup, starter task, engaging background information, various learning activities, challenge tasks and learning reviews. ** The lesson includes the following:** Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims Slide 3: As you come in warmup activity – what causes war? Slide 4: As you come in warmup activity 2 – Why do people argue? Slide 5: Starter Task 1: Why is it important to learn about the causes of the First World War – suggestions then given. Slide 6: Starter Task 2: Political cartoon analysis with prompt questions provided. Slide 7: Background information about Europe in 1914 Side 8: Background information explaining the term long-term causes. Slide 9: An overview of the M.A.I.N. reasons and discussion task. Slide 10-13: Background information about militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism. Slide 14-15: Activity 1: Student diagram to help make notes and explain the MAIN causes. Printable resource included. Slide 16-17: Activity 2: Source based activity based on three cartoons of Europe in 1914. Slide 18: A student fact sheet for the lesson – printable Slide 19: Follow Up Challenge Tasks Slide 20: Learning Review 1 Slides 21-23: Learning Review 2 with printable handout I would be really grateful if you could leave a review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this as feedback is highly valued. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

In this 26 slide lesson, students will student nine of the main weapons used during the First World War: rifles, artillery, machine guns, grenades, cavalry, flamethrowers, tanks, aircraft and gas. Students will be able to describe the features of each weapon before comparing and evaluating the effectiveness of the weapons. This is a fully resources lesson which includes a warmup, starter task, engaging background information, various learning activities, challenge tasks and learning reviews. The lesson includes the following: Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims Slide 3: As you enter activity – ‘Odd One Out’. Slide 4: Background knowledge about the Wider Historical Context Slide 5: Starter Task – Weapons True or False Slide 6: Links to 7 useful clips about the weapons of the First World War. Slide 7: Starter Task 2: Problem Solving Puzzle linked to the production of the Brodie Helmet. Side 8: Fact Sheet (printable) about the weapons of the First World War. Slide 9-18: Image based background knowledge about each weapon featured in the fact sheet. Slide 19-20: Activity 1 - Instructions about how to complete the table with an A4 printable table included. Slide 21-22 Activity 2 – Key Term Fill with answers revealed Slide 23: Printable worksheet Slide 24: Challenge Questions about the impact of the weapons Slide 25-26: Learning Review – Match the statistics to the facts with answers revealed. I would be really grateful if you could leave a review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this and your feedback is highly valued. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

**This lesson allows students to use a wide range of sources to investigate the events of the Christmas truce during 1914. Students will use evidence from the diaries and letters of soldiers from both sides who experienced the ceasefire and build a picture of what happened. They will then use this knowledge to evaluate the usefulness and historical accuracy of modern interpretations of the truce such as adverts, films and music videos.** This is a fully resources lesson which includes a warmup, starter task, engaging background information, various learning activities, challenge tasks and learning reviews. The lesson includes the following: Slide 1: Title slide Slide 2: Outline of the main lesson aims Slide 3: As you enter warm up discussion tasks – what is a truce and why might a truce happen? Slide 4: Starter Task – Analysis of an illustration of the truce from the London Illustrated News, 1915. Slide 5-8: Activity 1 – History Detectives! Students should be placed in pairs or groups and given the two packs of sources. They then record their findings about the truce on a printable worksheet also provided on slide 8. Slide 9-10: Activity 2: Extended reading & comprehension task based on an extended source about the truce from Sergeant Bryans. Printable worksheet provided. Slide 11-12: Activity 3: Evaluating modern interpretations of the Truce – Students given the links to various modern interpretations of the truce and are guided through assessing their accuracy, usefulness and purpose. Side 13: Challenge Questions Slide 14: Learning Review – Christmas Tree Recap! I would be grateful if you could leave a review for the lesson if you feel the lesson is effective for you. Many thanks if you spend some of your valuable time doing this and your feedback is highly valued. All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

An assembly to celebrate World Water Day in March. This highly dynamic presentation has an assembly plus a range of ideas and resources for follow-up form time activities. This beautifully-designed and editable 22-slide PowerPoint presentation creatively presents information on this event and can be showcased to any age group and includes specific pages for primary or secondary students. It includes images, dynamic transitions, animated gifs, informative text, video and links for extension work in form time – including extra video and classroom activities. Slides 1: What is UN World Water Day? Slide 2-4: UN World Water Day – key information including video Slide 5-6: UN World Water Day - Key World Water facts Slide 7-8: UN World Water Day – What can you do? Slide 9: Take a Water Pledge Slide 10: Final thought Slide 11: Form time activities title page Slide 12-13: Form time activities: Colouring activity Slides 14: Form time activities: Write to your MP Slide 15: Form time activities: Do a quiz Slide 16: Form time activities: Read a book Slide 17: Form time activities: Complete a wordsearch Slide 18: Form time activities: Write a poem Slide 19: Form time activities for KS1 and KS2 Slide 20: Form time activities: Access a water resource pack 1 Slide 21: Form time activities: Access a water resource pack 2 Slide 22: Form time activities: Water quotes for classroom discussion As reviewers have stated for previous resources shared: “I sat down to plan my assembly for next week and found this resource, and it’s perfect. The best £2 spent. Thank you. I can teach this straight from the slides.” “Just buy it!” “Your resources have been life savers!” “Well worth the money and really saved my life” “I just wanted to say that as a non-specialist these resources are worth every single penny! Thank you so much for making and sharing them.” “Blown away by this! Can’t thank you enough!” “They have saved me a huge amount of time and the detail that goes into your work is second to none. You put others to shame who charge twice as much for very little. Can’t thank you enough.” “Your new spec resources are saving me hours & hours of work! Thanks, they are really good.” “These resources are so useful - I cannot tell you how much time they have save me - very clear to follow and easy to adapt for revision material — well worth the money”

A 10 lesson unit comprising a 67 slide PowerPoint, 9 different worksheets (including transcripts) exploring the topic of Language and Global and World Englishes and a summary terminology and theory sheet. Each lesson includes a starting discussion prompt which acts as a learning objective, detailed notes on the theories and concepts listed below, a worksheet (with the exception of lesson nine) and activities, and a homework task. The following theories and concepts are covered: David Crystal – World English: Past, Present, Future (1999) Jennifer Jenkins – Lingua Franca Core (2000) Nicholas Ostler – The Last Lingua Franca (2010) David Graddol – The Future of English? (1997) Bagele Chilasa – Hierarchy of Language (2011) Braj Kachru – Three Circle Model of World Englishes (1985) Jean Paul Nerrière – Globish (2004) Pidgins and creoles William Stewart (1965) and Derek Bickerton (1973) – Post-Creole Continuum Bettina Migge and Isabelle Léglise – Attitudes towards creoles in the Caribbean (2006) Einar Haugen - Code Switching (1954) David Crystal – Tri-English (2000) Tom McArthur – Circle Model of World English (1987) Peter Strevens – World Map of English (1980) Barbara Seidlhofer – Teaching English as a Lingua Franca (2004) Stress-Timed and Syllable-Timed Languages Rhotic and Non-Rhotic Accents Lisa Lim – Language Ecology Mark Pagel – The Future of English (2011) David Deterding and Andy Kirkpatrick – Influence of Technology on World Englishes (2011) British Council – The Future of English: Global Perspectives (2023) Lynne Murphy – British and American Politeness Features (2013) Yohai Hakak, Sophia Bosah, Kwaku Amponsah and Kei Long Cheung – Australian Politeness (2022) McMaster University – Canadian v. American Politeness in Tweets (2018) There are some references to AQA-style A Level specification questions, but you can adapt these if needs be. These can be found on slides 56-64. Lesson 9 is based on an AQA A Level question. The final lesson is a consolidation activity complete with guided revision cards. Alternatively, you could use an app such as Quizlet so that the students could produce digital revision resources. Check out my other English Language A Level resources! Language and Gender Language and Region Language and Power and Occupation Language Change Language and Technology Language and Social Groups Language Discourses Child Language Acquisition - Speech Language Investigation

Engage KS3 & KS4 students with this neuro-affirming World Sleep Day 2026 assembly. Tailored for Autism, ADHD, and PDA profiles, it uses science-backed hacks to improve sleep. About this resource: Specifically designed for World Sleep Day (Friday 13th March 2026), this assembly shifts the focus from bedtime rules to system management. It acknowledges the unique biological challenges faced by neurodivergent learners - such as delayed sleep phases and Revenge Sleep Procrastination - without being patronising or childish. What’s Included? • High-Impact PowerPoint: A visually clean, low-arousal presentation suitable for students aged 14–16. • Biological Insights: Explaining the chemistry of our “off-switch”, comparing cortisol and Melatonin. • Sensory Engineering: Practical tips for young people including proprioception, audio masking, and thermal regulation. • The Controlled Wind-Down: A tactical power-down phase / strategy to lower the brain’s activity before sleep. • The 48-Hour Experiment: A low-demand, actionable challenge for students to try over the weekend. Teacher Benefits: • Neuro-affirming tone: Avoids traditional advice; perfect for students with PDA who resist direct demands. • Time saving: Ready to deliver in a 10-15-minute slot. • Versatile: Ideal for SEMH settings, Alternative Provision, or as part of a mainstream PSHE/wellbeing curriculum. Key Topics Covered: • Why standard sleep hygiene advice is often unsuitable for neurodiverse brains. • Managing mental static and racing thoughts. • Externalising open tabs to reduce night-time anxiety. • Differentiating between high-stakes and low-stakes evening inputs.

This fun and engaging French quiz is perfect for KS3 students (Years 7–9) to celebrate the end of a topic or term with a rich blend of language and culture. Structured around accessible and visual rounds, the quiz introduces learners to the wider Francophone world, deepening their interest in French by highlighting food, geography, history, people, and vocabulary in a fresh, interactive way. What’s Included: PowerPoint quiz (with answers) 8 themed rounds: Francophone Food: dishes from French-speaking countries Guess the Francophone Country (Picture Round) Famous Francophone Figures Francophone History All About France Famous Parisian Monuments Flag Identification Bonus round: French Vocabulary + Famous French People Suitable for individual, pair, or team play Culturally inclusive and visually engaging Answers included for quick marking Perfect for: KS3 French (Year 7–9) End-of-topic reviews Cultural enrichment lessons Cover lessons or rewards days

This lesson is designed for KS2 students. It can be taught as a stand alone lesson but is also available as part of two wider units, both of which are available on TES: -Volcanoes -Volcanoes & Earthquakes First the presentation introduces some of the world’s most famous volcanoes and classes them as active, dormant or extinct. The activity then challenges students to locate volcanoes using an atlas or the internet (e.g. Google maps). Alternatively, a map of famous world volcanoes is also provided. Easier – Students locate volcanoes using the map of famous volcanoes (writing numbers). Medium – Students locate volcanoes using the map of famous volcanoes (writing volcano names). Harder – Students locate volcanoes using an atlas. (N.B. It is recommended you check the atlas has the relevant maps prior doing the activity.) If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

World Climate Zones This lesson is about world climate zones and is suitable for ks2 and foundation ks3 students… The power point information is easy to follow and is suitable for a non-specialist teachers/parents. The resources are vibrant, interesting and have fun activities. Ask your school to purchase this ready to use ppt now and take control of your workload. What will your students learn: • Recap longitude and latitude • What is the difference between weather and climate? • What is the difference between hot, cold and mild climates? • Continents and climate zones • Plants in different climate zones • Divide the world into polar, tropical and temperate zones • What is the climate zone in the UK? • Fieldwork activity- Monitoring the weather Includes: • An Interactive PowerPoint presentation • Student Work Sheets and test questions • Sources: Pixabay (unless stated) • ©Love Learning Geography Part of the Physical KS2 geography pack. See a preview on my Facebook & Instagram page- link in bio Thank you for looking at my resources. If you download or purchase any of my resources, I would really appreciate the feedback. I would love to hear from you! *I hope your students love learning geography :) * T&C By purchasing my resources, you are agreeing that the contents are the property of Love Learning Geography and licensed to you only for classroom/personal use as a single user. I retain copyright and reserve all rights to this product. You are not permitted to resell or share this item. You may not share it anywhere online (except on secure platforms with your own students).

50 question quiz based on the Worlds and Lives AQA anthology. Comes with an answer sheet.

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