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This series of lessons will explore the rich and diverse history of Ukraine, from the ancient civilization of Kievan Rus to the present day. Students will learn about the country’s cultural and political heritage, including its struggles for independence and democracy, and its contributions to art, literature, and science.
The 10 lessons are as follows:
The emergence of the Kievan Rus in the 9th century
The Mongol Invasion in the 13th century
The Union of Lublin in 1569
The Cossack Uprising in the 17th century
The Partitions of Poland in the late 18th century
The Ukrainian War of Independence in 1917-1921
The Holodomor Famine of 1932-1933
The Chernobyl Disaster of 1986
The Orange Revolution of 2004
The Euromaidan protests in 2013-2014
In each lesson, students will…
Study the context of the topic
Sort a timeline of the events into the correct order.
Watch a video and answer questions on the content.
Study historical perspectives of the topic.
A study of images and artifacts from the period and what they can teach us.
Sort factors into order of relevance and significance
Agree on a grading matrix for answering a written question.
Read an example answer and look for what went well and even better if.
Try writing your own answer to the topic question.
Tackle a stretch task to take your learning further
These lessons have been created by Wolsey Academy. Each lesson has been taught to high-school students successfully.
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Features all the keywords and script from this mini-SOW in an easy to print revision guide.
Also features two online quizzes that pupil’s can complete (And which self-mark). First quiz focuses on first half of the Beginners SOW and the second on the later half.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Designed purely with EAL students in mind. Each lesson features a fun and active way of learning 4-6 keywords/script with a progress check at the end. Lessons then include an example, usually with a screen grab video to aid teaching, followed by an exercise on w3schools.com. Plenary checks their progress against the LOs.
Simple. Effective. Free.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
English Writing Skills – KS3/EAL - Gothic SOW
20 lessons with a revision guide and an online end of unit test.
SOW made initially for secondary school students in the UK. However, this SOW especially has had huge success in boosting grades in international schools because of its accommodation of various learning styles, engaging content, deep levels of differentiation and development of core skills.
Lessons are as follows:
Gothic Stories – to be apply to apply a range of adjectives.
Sentence Structures - To investigate a variety of sentence structures and their effect on the reader
Imaginative Sentences – To edit sentences and make them imaginative.
Using the senses - To create an effect using senses in my writing.
Using sound effects - To be able to identify and explain tension.
Character descriptions - To explain the effect of the language chosen by the author
Pathetic Fallacy - To apply pathetic fallacy
Addams Family Punctuation - To create a character through punctuation
Varied Sentences – To apply a variety of sentence styles.
Introduction to poetry techniques - To analyse poetic techniques used
Persuasive Techniques – Speaking and listening skills
Persuasive techniques – speaking and listening presentation
Genre conventions – To create your own gothic character
Similes and Metaphors - To manipulate adventurous vocabulary, similes and metaphors to describe a haunted house.
Understanding criteria - To understand the assessment criteria
Planning extended writing - To plan a gothic story
Extended Writing Assessment - To create a gothic story
Poetry techniques – To analyse the language of a poem.
Gothic poetry – To apply poetic techniques to your own poem.
Gothic Filmn Review
Gothic homework task grids (this homework works for the entire SOW and pupils complete at their own pace).
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.
Part of a Wolsey Academy SOW of 7 lessons with a revision guide and online test at the end. Designed for EAL and weaker students to introduce them to new vocabulary regarding coding, robotics and the future of AI. Later lessons make use of Google Doodles, Ozobots, Robozzle and Scratch to demonstrate some very fundamental coding techniques and functions.
Lessons blend key word acquisition with basic skills, ideal for EAL and weaker students. Can also act as a general introduction to these concepts to all classes.
Designed for all ICT/Computer Science courses.
Impact on society
Case study on autonomous vehicles
Repeat Functions (via a Google Doodle exercise)
Debugging (Using Ozobots)
Subroutines (Using Robozzle)
Random Function (Scratch Star Wars Game)
IF statements and compilers (Scratch Flappy Birds Game)
Revision Guide.
WolseyAcademy.com, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission.