This activity allows pupils to set the period of Benin Kingdom 900-1300 AD into the wider context of British and World History by making their own timelines. The PDF file contains two pupil activity sheets.

Help pupils to learn about the different kinds of gods that Shang people worshipped and how people responded to different situations by feasting, worshipping or making sacrifices. Pupils will read the scenarios on the cards and match them up with the actions taken by people in Shang times.

A bank of words to describe feelings. Can be used as a word bank or cut up into separate cards.

This card sort activity is a good way of revising the features of instructions.

This worksheet helps pupils to act like different animals below and then write a list of verbs to show how each one moves.

This worksheet allows pupils to label a bunny using different similes.

This activity helps pupils to collect evidence from Poe's 'The Raven' poem to help them to decide whether this type of poetry is lyric. They can then use this to prepare for a written argument or a class debate.

This worksheet allows pupils to research the context of Charge of the Light Brigade by using the web to retrieve and record information about the Crimean War.

This worksheet allows pupils to research the literary context of Poe's 'The Raven' poem by investigating other raven figures in classic literature.

This worksheet allows pupils to make their own definitions for some of the nonsense words in Jabberwocky.

This activity allows pupils to research epithets from classic literature. This is a great activity for homework or independent research.

A prompt sheet to allow pupils to plan props to use in a performance of Jabberwocky.

This lesson invites pupils to consider the problems faced by people in early Shang settlements. Pupils will use the cards to match up the problems faced by early inhabitants with their potential solutions.

This activity encourages pupils to look at the different ways in which Shang people used symbols and ideograms as writing. Pupils can use the web to research different uses of writing and record their findings on the worksheet.

This is an activity that encourages pupils to think about the ancient Shang practice of taking prisoners of war. Pupils will consider the arguments for and against Shang kings taking prisoners of war and they will write and deliver a persuasive argument to support or oppose this practice.

This resource includes a copy of the Christmas poem "Sly Santa Clause" and two response activities. The first activity challenges pupils to find different verbs in the poem and to sort them into different categories. The second activity allows pupils to demonstrate their understanding of the poem by turning it into a comic strip. This resource could be used for guided reading, for independent reading activities, for homework challenges or as part of a festive literacy lesson.

This is an activity designed to help pupils to recognise the literary conventions of hero myths and to identify how they are demonstrated in the story of Beowulf.

An activity to help pupils describe 2 contrasting settings from the story of Beowulf. Pupils will use the diagram to record words and phrases from the Danish moors outside Heorot and the warm feasting hall inside the palace.

This is a simplified version of the story of Boudica. You can use this to read aloud or for pupils to use their comprehension skills to read for themselves.

This worksheet helps pupils to learn the vocabulary associated with the early Kingdom of Benin, when a group of villages joined to become a conglomerate. Pupils can use this worksheet to prepare a picture glossary of useful historical terms.