This eight-lesson unit has been used mainly with year 7.
It covers the topics:
The Feudal System as a Political System
The Manor
The Medieval Castle
Medieval Villages and Towns
Guilds
Serfs and Peasants
Nobility
Knighthood
The slides can be used to introduce, illustrate and discuss the topics. There are worksheet activities interspersed with the informational slides to encourage reflection, allow students to give opinions, express their insight into the life and times and make links with the present day.
Earth’s Continents is a six-part unit, used mainly with Year Four. It includes the following topics:
Land formation
The formation of the earth’s continents
Continent of Eurasia
Continents of North and South America
Antarctica, Africa and Australasia
Sub-continents
Each topic is presented using power point slides and has worksheet activities.
Using power point slides, this unit aims to guide students to identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, the Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones.
The topic is broken down into seven lessons, each with its own slides and activities on a worksheet. It has been used with students aged 7 to 9.
Black Death and its Social and Economic Impact is a four lesson unit. It includes the topics:
What was Black Death?
The continuing spread of the Disease.
The impact of Black Death on society.
The economic effects of Black Death.
Suitable for KS3 / Middle School, the unit consists of four sets of power point slides and worksheet activities.
Follow the path of the English campaigns against Scotland and Wales, from 1066.
Ten lessons with learning activities and ten power point presentations. The unit covers:
Scotland and Wales at the time of William the Conqueror
The relationship between England and Wales
The relationship between England and Scotland
The establishment of the Welsh Marches
Edward I’s conquering of Wales
The aftermath of the defeat of Wales
Edward I’s control of Scotland
Rebellion: William Wallace
Resistance: Robert the Bruce of Scotland
Continuing conflict
Used mainly with Year 7 / Grade 6.
Using power point slides, these nine lessons cover the topics:
Absolute Monarchy in Medieval Times
John II
The Magna Carta
Early beginnings of parliament
Early Meetings of Parliament
The rise of the Commons.
The House of Lords
The Commons and the Law
Timeline of the emergence of Parliament until 1510
There are worksheet activities for each lesson.
This unit has been used mainly with 12 to 13 year old students.
A power point slide series and worksheet aimed to enable students to explain the popular theory of how the moon was formed and to discuss how the moon affects life on earth.
Eight lessons using power point presentations to discuss:
Theories about earth and space
The Big Bang Theory
Our Galaxy
The formation of our solar System
Planets
Day and Night on Earth
Season
The Moon
There are worksheets for each lesson.
The world of Egyptian mythology is rich and interesting. Use the story to expand the students’ concept of the Ancient Egyptians. The retold legend is followed by worksheet activities.
The entire set of 17 stories can be found at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12652098
This lesson is called: EGYPT AND THE NILE and consists of slides, notes and activities.
It is part of the unit, THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.
Lesson 1 objectives:
Students will be able to locate the main cities of Egypt and recognise their significance. They will be able to discuss the importance of the Nile in Egypt.
The power point presentation includes information relating to:
The Nile Valley
The driest country in the world
The flooding of the Nile
A map of key places along the Nile.
"The Roman withdrawal from Britain" download includes a power point presentation and worksheet.
The objective is for the students to identify the consequences for the Britons of the withdrawal of the Romans from Britain.
This lesson is part of the unit “BRITAIN’S SETTLEMENT by the ANGLES, SAXONS and SCOTS”.
Used mainly for 8 to 9 year olds, this lesson helps students to understand
where the Vikings came from and how they were perceived by other nations at the time.
There are power point slides for the lesson and a worksheet to consolidate.
This unit covers the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor, using power point slides and worksheets.
The nine lessons are entitled:
Who were the Vikings?
Viking Society
Viking Village life
Longboats
Raiding Britain
The Anglo-Saxons push back
The return of the Vikings
Edward the confessor and the end of Anglo-Saxon rule
Timeline of the struggle between the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
I have used this mainly with 8 to 9 year olds. There are nine power point presentations and nine worksheets.
This lesson is entitled: MONARCHS SINCE 1066
and includes a power point presentation and worksheet.
Topics covered are - The Names of the Monarchs
Family Names
From Absolute Monarchy to Constitutional Monarchy
Activities include: Using a timeline to find information
Adding Royal houses to a timeline
Comparing aspects of an absolute monarchy and a constitutional monarchy
Use this lesson on its own or find the entire unit:**** “THE CHANGING POWERS OF THE BRITISH MONARCHS SINCE 1066”****
A set of nine power point presentations and nine worksheets.
The unit covers the following:
Roman withdrawal from Britain
The invasion by the Scots from Ireland
The Invasion of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
The Anglo-Saxons
Village life in an Anglo-Saxon settlement
Anglo Saxon Art and Culture
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
Christianity and the Anglo Saxons
Some Early Christian Missions in Britain
CLIMATE ZONES AND THEIR NATURAL VEGETATION is a unit of ten lessons. It explores climate zones around the world, their location, natural vegetation and has a brief look at the animal life sustained.
Each lesson has power point slides and worksheets.
EXTREME EARTH is a fourteen-lesson unit introducing and illustrating extreme weather phenomenon, the causes and effects.
Topics include:
Earth’s unstable crust
Mountains
Pushing, buckling bending and sliding – Mountain Formation
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Geysers and hot springs
Weather and climate
Tornadoes
Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones
Drought
Floods
Earth’s Ice Ages and Extinction Periods
Global Warming and Climate change
The unit includes power point presentations and worksheets for each topic.
A unit consisting of nine lessons, illustrating the development of Christianity during the Middle Ages and the effects of the crusades. There are power point slides for each lesson and worksheets with learning activities. Used mainly with students aged 11 plus.
Lesson titles:
Christendom
The Power of the Church
Religious Life in Britain during Medieval Times.
Church Law in the Middle Ages
Conflict between Church and Crown – Thomas Becket
The Reason for the Crusades
The First Crusade
Further Crusades
The effects of the Crusades on Western Christendom
Used mainly with students aged 11+, this unit tells the story of the Norman conquest of England using power point slides. It details the kings, battles and changes to the lands, language and way of life. The worksheets can be used to consolidate knowledge and develop skills, comprehension and opinions.
There are 11 lessons.