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.
Contents of pack:
1. PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
Read, state and answer questions on:
• Where China is
• When is Chinese New Year?
• What is it?
• Why is it celebrated?
• Where is it celebrated?
• How is it celebrated?
• Know the year of…?
• Make Chinese New Year crafts
Tasks and Quizzes on the Chinese New Year
Plus:
• Quiz answers task sheet
• Reading, sequencing and writing timeline of events task sheets.
• Fact or opinion activity task sheets
• Written work task sheet.
• Chinese New Year word search.
2. PowerPoint presentation on the Chinese Zodiac, including information about each of the 12 zodiac years: animals; lucky numbers; lucky colours and lucky flowers.
Linked to British values: Tolerance; tolerance; respect; diversity; rule of law; democracy and freedom of choice.
PowerPoint presentation including:
Sections:
• What is VE Day?
• What was World War Two?
• Who fought in World War Two?
• How many died in World War Two?
• 8 May: VE Day
• 1945: British Values
• VE Day quiz: What do you know about VE Day?
Learning outcomes:
• Identify how VE Day reflects British values
• Take part in a quiz to demonstrate knowledge of VE Day and the Second World War
• Answer a written questions VE Day; the Second World War and British values
Task sheets; quiz sheets and word search.
PowerPoint presentation and quiz about VJ Day
Olympics Games
Contents:
PowerPoint presentations and quizzes
Learning outcomes:
• Know key Olympic symbols
• Know key facts about the Rio Olympics
• Know the venues that will host events
• Identify the five continents will be represented at Rio
• Identify 55 of the countries that will compete at the games
• Recall 25 of the athletes who won medals at the London Olympics
• Answer 10 questions about previous Olympic Games
Rio 2016 work book Tasks:
1. Imagine you are a journalist who is covering the Olympic Games in Rio. Write a report about your first day in Brazil.
2. Produce a fact sheet about the Rio Olympics. It should include information on:
• The host city
• Venues
• Medal events
• The athletes
3. Label the South American countries
4. Write a mini biography about one of the key figures involved in a past Olympic Games.
History: Berlin Olympics 1936 - 80 years on
Contents:
PowerPoint presentation about the Berlin Olympics in August 1936.
Includes slides on the stars of the games; the modern nature of the games; the Nazis and the Olympics; football controversy and a quiz about the ’36 Olympics.
Berlin Olympics work book.
Includes tasks on writing a mini biography of one of the key figures involved in the ’36 games; answering written questions about the Berlin Olympics and writing a report as a journalist working in Berlin in August 1936.
History: Ancient Greek Olympics – 776BC- 393AD
1. PowerPoint presentation about ancient Greek Olympics
2. PowerPoint quiz on the ancient Greek Olympics
3. Ancient Greece Olympics work book – Five tasks and word search.
1: Berlin Olympics 1936 - 80 years on
Contents:
1(a). PowerPoint presentation about the Berlin Olympics in August 1936.
Includes slides on the stars of the games; the modern nature of the games; the Nazis and the Olympics; football controversy and a quiz about the ’36 Olympics.
1(b). Berlin Olympics work book.
Includes tasks on writing a mini biography of one of the key figures involved in the ’36 games; answering written questions about the Berlin Olympics and writing a report as a journalist working in Berlin in August 1936.
2: Olympics Deal or No Deal; Based on the TV game show, this is an interactive PowerPoint based quiz.
There are 20 multiple choices questions about the Olympics Games.
Players need to:
• Choose a numbered box and pick an answer to a question.
• Click on an answer and, if right, the answer will go green.
• Click next and the banker will make a points offer.
• Deal, and they keep all the points, and someone else gets to play.
• Don’t deal and they play on.
• If answered incorrectly, they’re out of the game and lose all the points
• It at the end teams are level, there’s a tie breaker to decide who wins
Two PowerPoint presentations
1. Based on the BBC programme Pointless, an adaptable and interactive quiz with 16 categories of questions.
One hundred people were surveyed.
Your aim is to find the answers with the lowest points.
If you give an incorrect answer, your team will score the maximum 100 points.
Hopefully, you can find a pointless answer somewhere on the board.
Categories:
• Football
• Soaps
• Super Heroes
• Music
• Flags
• History
• Logos
• TV
• Geography
• Olympics
• Game Shows
• Comedy
• Songs
• European Union
• Religion
• Countries
79 slides in total
2. Summer Quiz
Seven rounds:
• The Solar System
• The Olympics
• Geography
• History
• Summer
• TV
• Sport
93 slides in total
British Values: World War Two: Victory in Europe Day (VE Day - May 8)
Linked to British values: Tolerance; tolerance; respect; diversity; rule of law; democracy and freedom of choice.
PowerPoint presentation including:
Sections:
• What is VE Day?
• What was World War Two?
• Who fought in World War Two?
• How many died in World War Two?
• 8 May: VE Day
• 1945: British Values
• VE Day quiz: What do you know about VE Day?
Learning outcomes:
• Identify how VE Day reflects British values
• Take part in a quiz to demonstrate knowledge of VE Day and the Second World War
• Answer a written questions VE Day; the Second World War and British values
Task sheets; quiz sheets and word search.
Amy Day: 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
British Values: Brexit or Bremain: The European Union Introduction; History; Institutions and Referendum Bundle
1. European Union Introduction: PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
Demonstrate an awareness of:
• What the EU is and when it began
• Who’s in the EU
• When the UK joined the EU and about the 1975 referendum
• What the EU is for and what it does
• Know about the Euro and the EU flag
Demonstrate knowledge about the EU by taking part in a quiz
Produce a fact sheet about a member state of the European Union
Highlight; colour and label EU member states
Solve the EU anagrams
Plus: task sheets; quiz sheets and word search activity
In total:
84 slides/pages
20 slide quiz on the EU
2. EU Referendum: PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
• Demonstrate an awareness of the European Union
• Demonstrate an awareness of the reasons why there is a referendum being held in the UK in June.
• Write a balanced argument, supporting reasons for and against Britain’s proposed withdrawal from the European Union.
• What would you do? Decide and state how you would vote and why.
Plus: task sheets; quiz sheets and word search activity
In total 60 slides/pagers
12 slide quiz on the EU
3. EU History and Institutions: PowerPoint presentation and quiz about the history and institutions of the European Union.
Editable work book on the history and institutions of the European Union.
Task 1: Make a timeline of what you think are the key dates in the history of the European Union. Compare and discuss your choices with others in your group.
Task 2: Answer questions about the history and institutions of the European Union.
Task 3: Fill in the blanks in the text to record information about the history of the European Union.
Task 4: Research Task: Treaties are the primary source of EU law. Find out when these treaties were signed and why they were important in the history of the European Union.
Task 5: Identify these key figures in the history of the European Union and write a short account of their role in the history of the European Union. (Winston Churchill; Robert Schuman and Charles de Gaulle.)
4. European Union Deal No Deal; Based on the TV game show, this in an interactive PowerPoint based quiz with 20 multiple choice questions
5. Bringo! Two sets of 10 Editable bingo cards showing the member states of the EU. One set are already labelled; the other set is not.
British Values: Brexit or Bremain: The EU: History; Institutions and Referendum Bundle
1. EU Referendum: PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
• Demonstrate an awareness of the European Union
• Demonstrate an awareness of the reasons why there is a referendum being held in the UK in June.
• Write a balanced argument, supporting reasons for and against Britain’s proposed withdrawal from the European Union.
• What would you do? Decide and state how you would vote and why.
Plus: task sheets; quiz sheets and word search activity
In total 60 slides/pagers
12 slide quiz on the EU
1. EU History and Institutions: PowerPoint presentation and quiz about the history and institutions of the European Union.
2. Editable work book on the history and institutions of the European Union.
Task 1: Make a timeline of what you think are the key dates in the history of the European Union. Compare and discuss your choices with others in your group.
Task 2: Answer questions about the history and institutions of the European Union.
Task 3: Fill in the blanks in the text to record information about the history of the European Union.
Task 4: Research Task: Treaties are the primary source of EU law. Find out when these treaties were signed and why they were important in the history of the European Union.
Task 5: Identify these key figures in the history of the European Union and write a short account of their role in the history of the European Union. (Winston Churchill; Robert Schuman and Charles de Gaulle.)
3. European Union Deal No Deal; Based on the TV game show, this in an interactive PowerPoint based quiz with 20 multiple choice questions
Players need to:
• Choose a numbered box and pick an answer to a question.
• Click on an answer and, if right, the answer will go green.
• Click next and the banker will make a points offer.
• Deal, and they keep all the points, and someone else gets to play.
• Don’t deal and they play on.
• If answered incorrectly, they’re out of the game and lose all the points
• It at the end teams are level, there’s a tie breaker to decide who wins
4. Bringo! Two sets of 10 Editable bingo cards showing the member states of the EU. One set are already labelled, the other set is not.
British Values: An Introduction
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Learning outcomes:
• Identify the different parts of Britain
• Define ‘Britishness’
• Define ‘values’
• Identify British values
• Describe British values
• Know that sharing values doesn’t mean you have to be British
• Make a British values guide
• Create a British values flag
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
Two PowerPoint presentations, with activities and task sheets, remembering and celebrating the two international football tournaments that have taken place in England: The World Cup in 1966 and Euro ’96.
1. World Cup 1966: PowerPoint presentation including quiz
Task and quiz sheets
Cross curricular activities
Task 1: Identify the teams that competed in the 1966 World Cup
Task 2: Complete a fact sheet about one of the English cities that hosted the tournament
Task 3: Complete a fact sheet about one of the nations that took part in the tournament
Task 4: Create a storyboard of some of the events that happened during the World Cup.
Produce a news bulletin or report about one of the events that happened during the World Cup.
Write an account of the controversy over whether England and West Germany rigged the tournament.
Why was the North Korean win over Italy such a shock?
Task 5: Research what other countries have chosen for their World Cup mascots? What is the mascot for the 2016 Euros? Design a mascot for the Euros.
2. Remembering Euro ‘96
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation including quiz
Task and quiz sheets
Cross curricular activities
Task 1: Match the names of the Euro teams to where they are on the map of Europe
Task 2: Find information and complete a fact sheet about one of the English cities that hosted the Euros
Task 3. Find information and complete a fact sheet about one of the countries that took part in ’96
Fruit: A bundle of activities about basic fruits
1. Based on the BBC TV programme A Question of Sport, PowerPoint game about basic fruits (16 slides)
2. ‘You Say...’ game, good for encouraging speaking and listening; working in a team; respecting taking rights, teams have to describe a series of fruits without using key words.
3. Fruit bingo: A set of editable bingo cards (6 cards, each showing 6 fruits).
4. Fruit dominoes: 48 editable fruit dominoes cards.
Football: The FA Cup
Two PowerPoint presentations and quiz (20 questions) about the world’s oldest football competition.
• A brief history
• Notable finals and events
• FA Cup shocks
• Most FA Cup final wins
• League and cup double winners
Goal firsts; fastest goals; most goals; hat-tricks and penalties; own goals; old and young; red cards; winning and losing; ups and downs; most finals; most wins; amateurs and pros; numbers and orange balls – The FA Cup
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
St George’s Day
British Values
Tolerance; tolerance; respect; diversity; rule of law and inclusivity
PowerPoint presentation including:
Sections:
• St George – Patron Saint of…?
• Who celebrates St George’s Day?
• St. George and Georgia
• St George’s Cross
• Who was St George?
• St George and England?
• St George and the dragon?
• St. George’s Day in Manchester and George as a Black British icon
• The Tomb of St George
• George of Lydda and Al Khader
Learning outcomes
Identify and highlight countries that celebrate St George’s Day
Take part in a quizzes about St. George’s Day:
1. Patron Saint and celebrations
2. St. George – His life and death
3. St George and England
4. St George and Manchester
5. St. George and Al Khader
Make a flag for St. George’s Day
PowerPoint presentations:
• You Say game: St. George’s Day and What’s more English than…?
• What’s more English than…?
Seven PowerPoint presentations.
Quizzes:
• Easter quiz
• A Big Quiz
• Geography quiz
• Logos quiz
• Super heroes quiz
• Almost Pointless
• 2015: Quiz of the year
Over 250 slides, with quiz questions covering e.g. history; geography; logos; world maps; Easter; movies; TV; general knowledge and super heroes.
Patron Saints: St. David's Day and St. Patrick's Day
PowerPoint presentations; quizzes and task sheets about the two of the patron saints of the UK and Ireland.
Both days take place in March - March 1: St. David's Day and March 17: St . Patrick's Day.
Easter 2017 – Around the World
PowerPoint presentations and quizzes about Easter, along with task sheets
1. Easter. Looking at the days of Holy Week and Easter; Easter Symbols and how it celebrated, along with task sheets.
2. PowerPoint presentation/quiz about Easter around the world and how it is celebrated.
2.What do you know about Easter?
26 questions
28 slides in total.