I have a passion for History and communicating knowledge in an engaging form. I have 20 years experience of teaching History, Geography, English, Religious Studies and Citizenship.
I have a passion for History and communicating knowledge in an engaging form. I have 20 years experience of teaching History, Geography, English, Religious Studies and Citizenship.
Popular Elementary Books Word Search Pack
Charlotte’s Web
The Giving Tree
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Holes
Because of Winn-Dixie
Number the Stars
Matilda
A Wrinkle in Time
Bridge to Terabithia
Wonder
The Enormous Crocodile
Hatchet
The Berlin Wall Activity Pack - engaging student activities
The Berlin Wall Activity Handout
The Berlin Wall JFK Source Analysis Activity
The Berlin Wall Comprehension and Questions Activity
Solve the message puzzle JFK Speech Berlin
Solve the message puzzle from Ronald Reagan about the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall Vision Templates
The Berlin Wall Crossword
The Berlin Wall Word Search
Conrad Schumann Word Search
Jamestown Settlement Activity Pack
Jamestown Settlement PP
Learning Objectives:
The student will be able to explain about the History of the Jamestown Settlement
25 questions within 60 slides: excellent pictures and sources to engage and motivate pupil’s study of the History of the United States. Can easily be edited as required. Includes word search, design a stamp/word search.
Extra notes/info given in the PP notes section.
Video link to Time Team Special 32 (2007) - America's Birthplace (Jamestown, USA
Teacher Notes
This is an excellent activity/game/plenary to further improve student’s work and knowledge.
I split the class into two teams (in one class I have girls against boys but in another class I have just divided the room down the middle) and when we play the game each side decides on a volunteer to come to the front, facing the class so they can’t see the board (one team at a time).
A word is shown on the IWB and each time the word is answered correctly I display another.
This works really well but it is important to set some ground rules such as not using words that rhyme with the word on display. I’ve yet to come across a class who doesn’t like the concept.
Works brilliantly in pairs also - 1 student turns their back to the IWB.
Further Notes
Student sits at front with back to board. Words are displayed behind him/her. Rest of class has to describe word to student - see how many he/she gets in 1 min. Can be reversed so that student can see the words and has to describe them to the class.
Jamestown Settlement Handout
Jamestown Settlement Comic Strip and Storyboard
Jamestown Settlement Word Search
Captain John Smith Jamestown Word Search
The Battle of Gettysburg Activity Pack
What do you know about the US Civil War Templates
The Battle of Gettysburg Handout
Weapons of US Civil War PP Game - 25 Questions - Can be played in several ways. Remove the words and use as whole class
Pupils pair up - 1 person turns their back to the board/screen. Their partner describe the word without saying the word.
The US Civil War Cloze Activity
Robert E Lee Handout
The Battle of Gettysburg Crossword
Solve the message puzzle from Joshua Chamberlain
Solve the message puzzle from Robert E Lee
The Battle of Gettysburg Word Search
Pickett’s Charge Word Search
The World at War Key Episode Guides - Questions for students to answer from the video
The World at War Episode 1 - “A New Germany (1933–1939)”
The rebirth of Germany and growth in power of the Nazi Party leading up to the outbreak of war.
The World at War Episode 5 Barbarossa (June – December 1941)
Germany begins Operation Barbarossa, the massive invasion of Soviet Union. Despite several quick victories, the invasion ultimately stalls after a failed assault on Moscow during Russia’s harsh winter. Interviewees include General Walter Warlimont, Albert Speer, Paul Schmidt (interpreter), Grigori Tokaty, W. Averell Harriman and Sir John Russell.
The World at War Episode 6 – Banzai! Japan (1931–1942)
The rise of the Japanese Empire, the Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, Pearl Harbor and the early Japanese successes in the fall of Malaya and Singapore. Interviewees include Kōichi Kido, Minoru Genda, and J. G. Smyth.
The World at War Episode 9 Stalingrad (June 1942 – February 1943)
The mid-war German situation in Southern Russia resulting in the Battle of Stalingrad, and its ultimate German catastrophe.
The World at War Episode 20 – Genocide (1941-45)
Begins with the founding of the S.S. and follows the development of Nazi racial theory. It ends with the implementation of the Final Solution. Interviewees include Karl Wolff, Wilhelm Höttl, Rudolf Vrba, Primo Levi, Richard Böck, and Anthony Eden.
The World at War Episode 23 - Pacific (February 1942 – July 1945)
The successive and increasingly bloody land battles on tiny islands in the expansive Pacific, aimed towards the Japanese heartland. Following the bombing of Darwin, the over-extended Japanese are progressively turned back at Kokoda, Tarawa, Peleliu, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and finally Okinawa.
The World at War Episode 24 – The Bomb
The development of the atomic bomb, the ascendency of President Harry Truman, emerging splits in the Allies with Joseph Stalin, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, ultimately leading to the surrender of Japan.
The World at War Episode 25 –
“Reckoning (April 1945)”
The situation in post-war Europe including the allied occupation of Germany, demobilisation, the Nuremberg Trials and the genesis of the Cold War. The episode concludes with summations about the ultimate costs and consequences of the war. Interviewees include Charles Bohlen, Stephen Ambrose, Lord Avon, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Hartley Shawcross, Noble Frankland and Alger Hiss.
Top 10 Scientists of all Time Word Search Pack
Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726) Newton was a polymath who made investigations into a whole range of subjects including mathematics, optics, physics, and astronomy. In his Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, he laid the foundations for classical mechanics, explaining law of gravity and the laws of motion.
Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) Pasteur contributed greatly towards the advancement of medical sciences developing cures for rabies, anthrax and other infectious diseases. Also invented the process of pasteurisation to make milk safer to drink. He probably saved more lives than any other person.
Galileo (1564–1642) Creating one of the first modern telescopes, Galileo revolutionised our understanding of the world, successfully proving the Earth revolves around the Sun and not the other way around. His work Two New Sciences laid the groundwork for the science of Kinetics and strength of materials.
Marie Curie (1867–1934) Polish physicist and chemist. Discovered radiation and helped to apply it in the field of X-ray. She won the Nobel Prize in both Chemistry and Physics.
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) Revolutionised modern physics with his general theory of relativity. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) for his discovery of the Photoelectric effect, which formed the basis of Quantum Theory.
Charles Darwin (1809–1882) Darwin developed his theory of evolution against a backdrop of disbelief and scepticism. He collected evidence over 20 years, and published his conclusions in On the Origin of Species (1859).
Otto Hahn (1879–1968) Hahn was a German chemist who discovered nuclear fission (1939). He was a pioneering scientist in the field of radio-chemistry, and discovered radioactive elements and nuclear isomerism (1921). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1944.
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Tesla worked on electro-magnetism and AC current. He is credited with many patents from electricity to radio transmission, and played a key role in the development of modern electricity.
James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) Maxwell made great strides in understanding electro-magnetism. His research in electricity and kinetics laid the foundation for quantum physics. Einstein said of Maxwell, “The work of James Clerk Maxwell changed the world forever.”
Aristotle (384 BCE–322 BCE) A great early Greek scientist who made many researches in the natural sciences including botany, zoology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology and geometry.
Summary handouts with great pictures/images
This is very useful for homework, discussion/group and research activities.
Sir Winston Churchill
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Diana, Princess of Wales
Charles Darwin
William Shakespeare
Sir Isaac Newton
Elizabeth I
John Lennon
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Oliver Cromwell
Romans Word Search Pack
Augustus
Boudicca
Caligula
Claudius
Constantine
Galen
Hadrians Wall
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar Shakespeare
Marcus
Aurelius
Roman Religion
Romulus and Remus
Spartacus
Roman Army
Roman Food
The Colosseum
The Romans
Elvis Presley Activity Pack
1. Elvis Presley Handout - 20 pages
2. Word Search
3. Source Analysis Activity x2
4. Elvis Presley Picture Starter Activity
5. Solve the message puzzle from Elvis
6. Elvis Presley Comic Strip and Storyboard
7. Elvis Presley Informative PP with video link
Clara Barton Activity Pack
Clara Barton Informative PP
Clara Barton Handout
Clara Barton Crossword
Clara Barton Word Search
Solve the message puzzle from Clara Barton
Clara Barton Comic Strip and Storyboard
The Lincoln County War Activity Pack
The Lincoln County War Handout Overview
The Lincoln County War Word Search
Alexander McSween Handout
Billy the Kid Handout
Billy the Kid Timeline and Quotes
Billy the Kid Comic Strip and Storyboard
John Chisum Handout
John Tunstall Handout
Lawrence Murphy Handout
Pat Garrett Handout
William J. Brady Handout