This resource includes the top 30 teams competing at this year’s Commonwealth Games (Ranked by overall medal tally). Each page includes information about the country, flag, its Games history, and facts relating to its previous performances at the Games. Print for your Commonwealth Games display or as fact file cards to get your students interested. Could also be used in lessons about the Games, its history, and the history of the Commonwealth. **You can find ALL 72 Teams in this resource, check it out here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12720798 **Interested in the sports that will be represented at the Games? Check out my resource here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12720795 (The PDF file includes 32 pages (one introduction page, 30 teams and one information page at the end for the user) PDF files. Displays are A4 pages in LANDSCAPE with border). Please note: 2 Countries that appear in the Top 30 are no longer in the Commonwealth (Zimbabwe (23rd), who left in 2003, and Hong Kong (29th), who left in 1997). They have not been included in this display, alternatively, I have included the countries in 31st and 32nd positions on the medal tally. All images were free from copyright when sourced.

This resource profiles all of the 72 teams competing in this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, 2022. Includes 54 Commonwealth of Nations countries and 18 territories. Each page includes information about the country, flag, its Games history, medal tally, and facts relating to its previous performances at the Games. ****If you think 72 Teams is a bit too many, take a look at my resource listing only the Top 30 teams by overall medal tally: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12720797 ****Interested in the sports that will be represented at the Games? Check out my resource here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12720795 (The .zip file includes 2 PDF files (one with an introduction page and all teams from A to L, the other with all teams from M to Z). Displays are A4 pages in LANDSCAPE with border). All images were free from copyright when sourced.

“Influential Women of History” classroom display to brighten up your classroom, for International Women’s Day, history wall, or to highlight influential women in history. You might also be interested in the following displays highlighting amazing women, check them out below: Famous firsts in Women’s history: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12720800 Women in Science: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12720802 Women inventors (female innovators who changed our lives): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12720799 This resources includes the following 22 famous women with images and short descriptions of each: Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Justice of the Supreme Court Miriam Makeba: Artist & Activist Anne Frank: Diarist Queen Elizabeth 1: Queen of England and Ireland Jane Austen: Novelist & Writer Maya Angelou: Poet & Civil rights activist Florence Nightingale: Nurse & Social reformer Joan of Arc: Saint and Martyr Mother Teresa: Nun and Missionary Boudica: Celtic Queen & Warrior Harriet Tubman: Abolitionist & Activist Helen Keller: Author & Educator Cleopatra: Pharaoh of Egypt Christina of Sweden: Queen of Sweden Mary Wollstonecraft: Writer & Philosopher Angela Merkel: Chancellor of Germany Indira Gandhi: Prime Minister of India Catherine the Great: Empress Regnant of Russia Emmeline Pankhurst: Political Activist Empress Wu Zetian: Empress of China Hatshephsut: Pharaoh of Egypt Malala Yousafzai: Women’s rights activist (PDF A4 pages in PORTRAIT with border)

Includes 20 countries (with a focus on the developed world) with information including; population, guns per citizen, the process to get a gun license (if relevant), and important facts. Sources are included on each fact card. These could be used for individual or paired research activities or an extended lesson on comparing and contrasting gun laws and ownership in different parts of the world. Canada Iceland Singapore Australia U.S.A South Africa Germany New Zealand Mexico China U.K Japan Switzerland Sweden Ireland Uruguay India the United Arab Emirates Serbia Chile (PDF A4 pages in LANDSCAPE with TWO fact cards on each).

Ancient sayings and wise words. Includes 20 proverbs from various places in the world. Print for your classroom display or as fact cards for an in-depth literacy or history study. (PDF A4 coloured pages in LANDSCAPE with border). All images were free from copyright when sourced (most sources from free images on Pexels).

A catching display to highlight women who achieved ‘firsts’ in their fields (science, sport, exploration, politics). Includes 34 famous women of the world with images and short descriptions of each. If 34 firsts are just too many for you, you can purchase the first 17 and/or last 17 separately. Check them out here! You might also be interested in the following displays highlighting amazing women, check them out below: Mighty Women in Science: Influential Women in History: Women inventors (female innovators who changed our lives): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12720799 You can buy all 4 together and save in this BUNDLE: Amazing Women BUNDLE - Display (in History, Science, Inventors, & Firsts) Included in this resource are the following amazing women: Aretha Franklin - first into the rock and roll hall of fame Mary I of England - first Queen of England Ada Lovelace - first computer programmer Junko Tabei - first to climb Everest Bertha Benz - first to drive a long distance Simone Biles - first to complete new gymnastic elements Madam C.J Walker - first to become a self-made millionaire Valentina Tereshkova - first in space Elizabeth Blackwell - first to graduate medical school Gertrude Ederle - first to swim English channel Oprah Winfrey - first to own and produce her own talk show Caroline Mikkelsen - first to Antarctica Frida Kahlo - first Mexican in the Louvre Bertha von Suttner - first Nobel peace prize Helen Hayes - First to win an EGOT Katharine Graham - First CEO of Fortune 500 company Jerrie Mock - first to fly solo around the world Ursula von der Leyen - the first president of the European Union Joan Benoit - first gold medal at Olympic marathon Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - the first president of an African country Wangari Maathai - first African woman to win a Nobel peace prize Barbra Streisand - First golden globe for best director Marta - first footballer to score in 5 world cups Harriet Tubman - first to lead an armed military op in the U.S Vigdis Finnbogadottir - the first woman elected head of state (Iceland) Sirimavo Bandaranaike - first prime minister (Sri Lanka) Margaret Thatcher - first prime minister of the UK Serena Williams - most grand slams, first to be num. 1 for over 300 weeks Benazir Bhutto - the first leader of a Muslim country in modern history Marie Curie - first to win a Nobel prize Toni Morrison - first blank woman to win Nobel prize in literature Ella Fitzgerald - first to win a grammy Edith Wharton - first Pulitzer prize Kay Cotte - first solo, non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation of the world (PDF A4 pages in LANDSCAPE with border). All images were free from copyright when sourced.

“Women inventors” classroom display, to highlight women who you may not have known, that developed significant inventions in history. This resource highlights 24 women of the world with images and a short descriptions of each. You might also be interested in the following resources highlighting amazing women, check them out below: Mighty Women in Science (Display): Influential Women in History (Display): Famous Firsts in Women’s History - Classroom Display Or grab all 4 resources as a BUNDLE and save: Amazing Women BUNDLE - Display (in History, Science, Inventors, & Firsts) Women Inventors include the following: Stephanie Kwolek - Kevlar Josephine Cochrane - the mechanical dishwasher Margaret E. Knight - the paper bag Elizabeth Magie - Monopoly Mary Anderson - car windscreen wipers Grace Hopper - the first computer compiler Florence Parpart - the electric refrigerator Erna Schneider Hoover - the call center system Alice H. Parker - central heating Mary Sherman Morgan - Hydyne rocket fuel Bette Nesmith Graham - liquid paper Hedy Lamarr - wireless transmission technology Maria E. Beasley - the life raft Bessie Blount Griffin - electric self-feeding apparatus Evelyn Berezin - Word processor Virginia Apgar - the Apgar score Mary Kenner - the sanitary belt Caresse Crosby - the modern day bra Marie Van Brittan Brown - home security system Ruth Graves Wakefield - the chocolate chip cookie Madmam C.J Walker - Haircare for black women Melitta Bentz - the coffee filter Jeanne Villpreux-Power - the aquarium Sarah Mather - submarine telescope (PDF pages are all A4, in LANDSCAPE with border). All images were free from copyright when sourced.