This unit, used mainly with Year 7/8 consists of twelve lessons. Each lesson has slides to guide the lesson and activities in worksheet form. The unit covers the topics:
The African Continent
Important African Cities
Major Rivers and the Great Lakes
Mountain Ranges
Climate Zones
Deserts and semi deserts
Natural vegetation and wild life
The people of Africa
African Politics
Agriculture
Mining and Industry
African economy
This is a nine lesson unit on Changes Crime and Punishment from the Anglo-Saxons to Today. Each lesson has a powerpoint presentation and worksheets with learning activities.
Topics include:
The Church and the Monarch in the Middle Ages
The Anglo Saxons
Norman Law
Attempts to Curtail Church Privilege
First Attempts at Fighting for Human Rights
The Crime of Witchcraft
Religious Turmoil and Revolution 1500-1700
Towards the Industrial Revolution 1700-1900
The 20th and 21st Centuries
Used mainly with Year 6 (Grade 5), the content provides good information and has opportunities to discuss, compare and give opinions interspersed.
This unit aims to help students to connect the different empires in Mesopotamia and evaluate their contributions to the development of civilization in the region.
Lessons include the topics:
Development of Civilization - Sumerians
The First Empire – The Akkadians
Timeline of Ancient Mesopotamian Empires
The Babylonians
The Assyrians
The Neo- Babylonians
The Persians
Alexander the Great – the Greeks
There are 8 lessons, each with power point slides and worksheets with learning activities. I have used this series with year 4 to 6.
A comprehensive unit outlining the development of women’s rights and the fight for suffrage. Power point slides and worksheet activities can be used to follow each lesson.
The following topics are covered:
Standing Up for Women’s Rights
Opposing Women’s Suffrage
Fighting for Freedom in the UK
The Call gets Louder in the US
World War 1 and the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Black Women’s Suffrage
18th and 19th Century – Women’s Suffrage Around the World
20th and 21st Century – Women’s Suffrage Around the World
Used with students in Year 7, 8 and 9 (Grade 6, 7 and 8)
his unit on the Geography of India is presented using power point slides. There are activities interspersed at appropriate intervals in the slides. These can be completed by the students on the corresponding worksheets. The power point slides are duplicated in note form for the students.
The unit covers the following topics:
Position of India
Important Cities in India
Physical Geography
Climate
Rivers of India
Vegetation and wild life
Population of India
People and Government
Mining and Industry
Communication and Transport
Agriculture
Economic Challenges
Events before, during and as a consequence of The First World War are presented in this twelve part unit.
Topics covered are:
Victoria and Albert’s vision for Europe
Alliances in Europe
Tensions in Europe
War is Declared – 1914 and 1915
Ottomans and Italians enter the War - 1914 and 1915
Trench Warfare
War - 1916
A new type of warfare
War - 1917
War - 1918
Ending the war – The Treaty of Versailles
Ending the War – a new world
Each topic can be used as one lesson. There are discussion activities interspersed in the power point slides with space to record on worksheets.
Human Settlement is described using power point slides interspersed with worksheet activities.
Topics covered:
The Earliest Humans
Site and Situation of early human settlements
Urban, suburban and rural communities
Migration
Settlement sizes
Settlement patterns
The Function of Human Settlements
A history of the Qing Dynasty including lessons on:
The Chinese Dynasties
The Rise of the Manchu
Establishing the Qing Dynasty in China
Stabilizing the Empire
High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Kangxi Emperor (1651 to 1722)
High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Yongzheng Emperor (1722 to 1735) High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Qianlong Emperor (1722 to 1796)
Decline and Fall (1896 to 1911)
The Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion.
The control of the Qing Dynasty by the Dowager Empress Cixi (1662 to 1908)
The Xuantong Emperor and Uprisings in China
The Wuchang uprising and the Xinhai revolution
Puyi – the “Political Football”
There are power point slides with activities interspersed and worksheets for each lesson.
NATURAL RESOURCES is a good unit to help students understand the different aspects of our natural resources and the dangers of the demands. Presented with a set of slides for each of eight lessons, the interspersed activities give students an opportunity to engage with the ideas presented.
Topics include:
Understanding natural resources
Renewable and non-renewable resources
Using natural resources for energy
Benefits of trees as a natural resource
Human’s increasing demand for resources
Farming Activities
Mining and Minerals
Sustainability of natural resources
An interesting unit, which I have used mainly for 5 to 7 year olds. It includes the topics:
Our Homes
Why do we need Houses?
Living in a Castle
The Castle
Who’s Who in the Castle
The ideas are presented using power point slides. There are simple worksheet activities. One activity requires mud for making a small house.
A series of eight lessons on the Enlightenment in Britain and Europe. Each lesson is presented using power point slides and there are worksheet-based learning activities for each.
The topics covered are:
From Renaissance to Reformation to Enlightenment
Early Enlightenment 1637 to 1730
High Enlightenment 1730 to 1780
Late Enlightenment 1780 to 1804
The Royal Society
Great Enlightenment Philosophers
Great Enlightenment Scientists
Great Enlightenment Artists
I have used it mainly with Year 9 and 10