WiseArk Ltd which is a ‘micro-company specialising in supplying educational resources.
We specialise in resources for use in tutor time -many of which are also suitable for use in citizenship/PSHE.
We also have a range of resources to support learning in history.
I was a teacher for over 20 years so know from first-hand experience how engaged students can be when given challenges and puzzles.
WiseArk Ltd which is a ‘micro-company specialising in supplying educational resources.
We specialise in resources for use in tutor time -many of which are also suitable for use in citizenship/PSHE.
We also have a range of resources to support learning in history.
I was a teacher for over 20 years so know from first-hand experience how engaged students can be when given challenges and puzzles.
A range of time-line based tasks on a variety of 20 topics (from Ancient Civilisations to the 20th century)
Ideal for use as a cover lesson or a stand-alone homework- or as a resource for ‘school at home’.
Helps students develop their historical understanding and use of relevant skills
Activities include: Sorting information into order to enter into a time chart; Using comprehension skills to complete a time chart timeline; categorising information in a completed time chart.
Activities to help students develop their historical understanding and improve their ability to comprehend sources.
A set of 20 source-based activities – topics include castles, slavery & factory reform. (See below for full list of contents.)
There is a range of different approaches including ‘4,3,2,1’; ‘Who/What/Where etc’; extracting key points; combining information from a range of sources and comparing different sources…
Ideal for use as a cover lesson or a stand-alone homework (or for providing resources for ‘school at home’).
Topics covered:
Why the Romans wanted an Empire; Viking attack; Domesday book; Castles; The killing of Wat Tyler; The murder of Thomas Becket; King John: A good or bad king?; The defeat of the Spanish Armada; The Divine Right of Kings; Why did the New Model Army win?; The trial of Charles I; Was Oliver Cromwell a good leader?; Child workers in cotton mills; Living in an industrial city; Capturing slaves; Changes in Britain c1750-c1900; Factory Reform; Why did some people emigrate from Britain?; Why did people support Hitler?; Who was to blame for WW2?
A set of three resources for:
Ancient Greece from 776BC to 140BC
Ancient Egypt from c2,630 BC to 30 BC
Ancient Sumer from c4,000 BC to c1,760BC
Each resource has a pair of tasks with a range of different levels of challenge designed to support knowledge and understanding of the chronology of that period/place.
For each there is an information sheet with 8 events taken from the period (Greece 16) -for each one there is a picture, date and descriptive phrase. As with the tasks they are set out to make them easy to cut out for use by pupils (could also be laminated or stuck onto card). This also allows for a further degree of differentiation by varying the number of events to be sorted or matched.
In all there are seven sheets for each set of events -providing differentiation with a variety of levels of challenge whilst using the same events for all pupils.
The different variants are:
The information sheet ‘cards’ with date, picture and descriptive phrase,
The picture and the date of the event,
The picture and the description of the event,
The date and description of the event,
Just the description related of the event,
Just the picture related to the event,
Just the date of the event.
There are two tasks -one of sorting the events into order and one matching events with their picture/description etc.
The variety of sheets allows for a range of challenge through the amount of information provided (as well as the number of events provided to sort into order).
For sorting the events into their chronological order
These involve sorting using one of the following:
The dates (also with a choice of picture and/or description),
The description of the event,
The picture related to the event.
For matching cards to develop knowledge and understanding of these events there is a choice of levels of challenge:
Matching just the pictures with either description or date (or both),
Matching pictures and dates with their description,
Matching pictures and description with their dates,
Matching dates with description.
The same ‘cards’ could also be used for playing ‘pairs’ (memory game) -again with a range of levels of challenge depending on which variant is used and how many pairs.
These events/pictures are the same as those featured in the linked resources on these periods in world history.
A set of three resources for:
Pre-Roman Britain : 4,500BC to 43 AD
Roman Britain : 43 AD to 410 AD
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings : 449AD to 1066 AD
Each resource has a pair of tasks with a range of different levels of challenge designed to support knowledge and understanding of the chronology of that period in British history.
For each there is an information sheet with 16 events taken from the period -for each one there is a picture, date and descriptive phrase. As with the tasks they are set out to make them easy to cut out for use by pupils (could also be laminated or stuck onto card). This also allows for a further degree of differentiation by varying the number of events to be sorted or matched.
In all there are seven sheets for each set of events -providing differentiation with a variety of levels of challenge whilst using the same events for all pupils.
The different variants are:
The information sheet ‘cards’ with date, picture and descriptive phrase,
The picture and the date of the event,
The picture and the description of the event,
The date and description of the event,
Just the description related of the event,
Just the picture related to the event,
Just the date of the event.
There are two tasks -one of sorting the events into order and one matching events with their picture/description etc.
The variety of sheets allows for a range of challenge through the amount of information provided (as well as the number of events provided to sort into order).
For sorting the events into their chronological order
These involve sorting using one of the following:
The dates (also with a choice of picture and/or description),
The description of the event,
The picture related to the event.
For matching cards to develop knowledge and understanding of these events there is a choice of levels of challenge:
Matching just the pictures with either description or date (or both),
Matching pictures and dates with their description,
Matching pictures and description with their dates,
Matching dates with description.
The same ‘cards’ could also be used for playing ‘pairs’ (memory game) -again with a range of levels of challenge depending on which variant is used and how many pairs.
These events/pictures are the same as those featured in the linked resources on these periods in British history.
