Perfect for Anti-Bullying Week 2018! This Anti-Bullying iPhone Booklet makes a fun activity that helps pupils to think about some of the key issues about bullying and this year’s theme ‘Choose Respect’. All templates and Powerpoint slides required are included. Pupils will create an iPhone-shaped booklet in which they write or draw to answer text messages about different issues relating to bullying. The Powerpoint provided guides you though different discussion points and offers 3 different challenge levels for each question, allowing you to easily adapt this resource for your year group. Then pupils can use the templates provided to create their own antibullying booklets, making an excellent classroom display or handheld project to take home! This resource includes: - A full lesson powerpoint including differentiated discussion points - A resource pack including teacher instructions and templates for the activity. This is a fun and through-provoking activity easily adapted across KS1 and KS2. Please note that due to terms of use in the images used, the Powerpoint file is not editable.

A full lesson for KS2 exploring popular leisure activities in Ancient Egypt. The resource includes a detailed lesson plan, Powerpoint and pupil resource sheets. What did the Ancient Egyptians do for fun? This lesson looks at popular leisure activities in Ancient Egyptian culture. Pupils will think about their own hobbies and then work in groups to look at a range of historical sources to find clues about Ancient Egyptian pastimes. They will then have a chance to play a version of an Ancient Egyptian board game called Senet. Objectives: To find out which pastimes were popular in Ancient Egypt To learn about an Ancient Egyptian board game The lesson plan includes differentiation ideas to adapt the activities for the needs of your class. This lesson is part of the KS2History Ancient Egyptians Planning Pack for KS2. This primary history resource is created by KS2History.

Lesson 4. Time to Worship: What were the religious beliefs of the Shang Dynasty? In this lesson pupils will find out about the different gods that Shang people worshipped. They will investigate how people responded to different situations by feasting, worshipping or making sacrifices. Pupils will have a chance to create storyboards of different worship scenarios. The PDF file contains the full lesson plan and three pupil activity sheets. For Upper KS2.

6. How to Rule a Dynasty: What did the rulers of the Shang Dynasty do? In this lesson pupils will be introduced to the story of the first king of the Shang Dynasty, King Tang of Shang. They will work in groups to prepare dramas based on his story. Pupils will then 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. The PDF file includes the full lesson plan and two pupil activity sheets. For Upper KS2.

A list of powerful verbs for pupils to use during SPAG or writing activities.

Lesson 6. Off to Work we Go!: What did ordinary people do for jobs in the Kingdom of Benin? In this lesson pupils will study what jobs there were for ordinary people in the Kingdom of Benin. They will discover how the high quality of its produce helped Benin Kingdom to thrive. Pupils will find out what the main crops grown by famers were and then will have the chance to make and test recipes using two of Benin's main crops: yams and plantains. The PDF file contains the full lesson plan and two pupil activity sheets. For Upper KS2.

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.

A bundle of resources about Lear's poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat', including two lesson plans, a printable poem for pupils to perform and a vocabulary activity. Ideal of KS1 but can be adapted to other year groups too.

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.

A bundle of resources based on Walter de la Mare's classic poem 'Some One', including a two lesson plans, a printable poem, a research activity and a worksheet.

A bundle of resources based on Walter de la Mare's classic poem 'The Listeners', including a week-long planning unit for KS2, a printable poem, a comprehension activity, a performance script and a worksheet.

In this activity pupils will investigate who Lady Fu Hao might have been by imagining some of the artefacts found in her tomb. The activity will help pupils to learn about how people in Shang times were often buried with a tomb full of treasures to take with them to the afterlife.

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.

Lesson 3. Let it Grow! Let it grow!: How did Shang farmers provide food for their society? This lesson addresses the question of how farmers were able to irrigate their crops to provide enough food. Pupils will be introduced to the legend of Yu the Great and will consider his influence on the Shang Dynasty. They will learn what kind of food people ate in Shang times and try out a Shang recipe for Ginger Millet Porridge. The PDF file includes the full lesson plan and two pupil activities including the story of Yu the Great and a recipe for Shang porridge. For Upper KS2.

Lesson 5. Obey the Oba!: What were the rulers of Benin Kingdom like? In this lesson pupils will use the Benin Bronze Plaques as historical sources to find out about the 'Obas' who ruled Benin Kingdom. Pupils will use their online research skills to discover more information and then use what they have learned to design their own bronze plaque depicting a powerful Oba. The PDF file contains the full lesson plan and two pupil activity sheets. For Upper KS2.

This is a really useful sheet to use with pupils when they are editing their writing. They colour in each piece of the puzzle as they edit their work. Designed for Year 3 & 4, but could also be used with other year groups.

Lesson 2. Settling Down: What was it like in settlements around the Yellow River Plain? This lesson invites pupils to consider the problems faced by people in early Shang settlements. Pupils will discover how Shang people overcame issues of flooding and irrigation problems and they will find out how Shang cities were organised, with an opportunity to design their own Shang city. This PDF file contains the full lesson plan and two pupil activity sheets. For upper KS2.