Worlds and Lives pack for the new AQA poetry anthology. Currently includes:
Lines Written in Early Spring - William Wordsworth
England in 1819 - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shall earth no more inspire thee - Emily Bronte
In a London Drawingroom - George Eliot
On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 - James Berry
Name Journeys by Raman Mundair
pot by Shamshad Khan
A Wider View - Seni Seneviratne
Homing - Liz Berry
A Century Later - Imtiaz Dharker
The Jewellery Maker Louisa Adjoa Parker
With Birds You’re Never Lonely - Raymond Antrobus
A Portable Paradise - Roger Robinson
Like an Heiress - Grace Nichols
Thirteen - Caleb Femi
Comparing poems lesson
Scheme of Work document
AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2B: In this lesson we look at the place of the UK in the wider world.
The lesson starts with a quick retrieval practice quiz true or false quiz. We then introduce some of the organisations that the UK is a member of and how this can give the UK global influence. The pupils then use a hexagon template to create an annotated diagram on our trade, transport, cultural and communication links. We then consider the UK’s relationship with the EU post-brexit and remind ourselves of how the UK left the EU. The pupils complete a cost/benefit analysis of this with explanation. We then look at the Commonwealth and the pupils complete an exercise that looks at the diversity of countries size and economies using indicators (Atlas or internet access needed). We then finish with a GCSE-style practice question with some guidance.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at the increasing number of the global population living in urban areas.
We start with a quick quiz on global populations and a video to put global population increase into context for the pupils. We then look at how urbanisation varies around the world by plotting data on a graph. The pupils then describe the trends they have found.
We then look at a map of the urban populations around the world and the pupils can tackle several different questions depending on ability. We then discuss how these patterns might be explained. We then answer a GCSE-style question looking at the percentage of people living in urban areas on different continents using a bar chart. The pupils have guidance on how to answer the question if needed. We finish with a plenary quiz where the pupils have to find the countries with an urban population of over 50%.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Quiz starter
Video clip
Graph plotting exercise with questions
Map interpretation task
GCSE-style question using graph with guidance
Plenary quiz.
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This assembly script is written for 25 or more performers.
The script follows two evacuee children from when they first listen to the declaration of war on the radio, through their evacuation and eventual return home after the war. They are taken in by an elderly couple who teach them about make do and mend and then they join in a summer fete with a Bake Off twist!
Props are kept to a minimum and there are a couple of sound effects e.g. air raid sirens, train guards whistle.
Suggested songs could be any traditional war time songs e.g. We’ll meet again or White Cliffs of Dover.
World War II
This lesson sets out to explains how Hitler set Germany on the road to war in 5 steps.
Students are challenged to find out how and why was he able to defy the Treaty of Versailles so easily with little or no consequences (shown through a causal spider’s web).
Students analyse video footage and a number of sources, using the COP technique (modelled for student understanding) which has proved invaluable for evaluating sources at GCSE.
A final chronological recap of the events and evaluation of the most and least important of the events that led to war, will give students an in depth understanding of why World War II started.
This lesson is ideal as preparation for GCSE if you are embedding source skills or teaching the interwar years or WWII at Key stage 4.
It is enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning.
The resource includes retrieval practice activities, suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials and comes in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.
A simple coloured world map with coordinates. Children can use the map to become familiar with countries, continents, oceans and seas! Also using their coordinates skills. Can be printed A4/A3 depending on use.
AQA Combined Science Trilogy unit ‘B1 Cell Structure and Transport’.
Full lesson ready to use straight ‘out of the box’.
Similar structure to my other power points following the input - activity - review phasing
Plenary section for progress checking
Differentiated worksheet (Get the original undifferentiated WS free from MeeraPatel2)
Clear learning objectives and outcomes
Modern and engaging layout
Little adaptation needed
Each lesson covers at least an hour of lesson time
42 ppt slides
Feedback welcome :D
An assembly to support work during World Mental Health Day in October 2023. This highly dynamic presentation has an assembly plus a range of ideas and resources for follow-up form time activities.
This beautifully-designed and editable 26-slide Powerpoint presentation creatively presents information on this event and can be showcased to any age group and includes specific pages for primary or secondary students. It includes images, dynamic transitions, informative text, video and links for extension work in form time – including extra video and classroom activities.
Slide 1: What is World Mental Health Day? Includes video.
Slide 2-3: Why do some young people suffer with their mental health?
Slide 4: This rise of teenage anxiety and poor mental health [inc national research graphs]
Slide 5: Top tips for improving mental health: Breathing exercise. Includes video.
Slide 6: Top tips for improving mental health: Move more. Includes video.
Slide 7: Top tips for improving mental health: Sleep habits.
Slide 8 and 9: Top tips for improving mental health: Healthy eating. Includes video.
Slide 10: Top tips for improving mental health: Get outside. Includes video.
Slide 11: Top tips for improving mental health: Be social.
Slide 12: Top tips for improving mental health: Retrain your brain
Slide 13: Closing Thought
Slide 14: Follow-up form time activities title screen
Slide 15: Form time activities: Support links to explore
Slide 16: Form time activities: Art activity
Slide 17: Form time activities: Wordsearch activity
Slide 18: Form time activities: Poetry activity
Slides 19-23: Form time activities: Mental Health quiz – with answers
Slides 24-25: Other form time ideas to support anxiety strategies.
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This lesson is part of Tropical Rainforests, a Geography unit designed for students in KS2, but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson. All resources are compatible with both Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
The presentation introduces students to tropical rainforests, including some of the flora and fauna that live in them. Students then learn about the Earth’s tropical belt and the location of the various rainforests within it.
The activity challenges students to label features of a world map including the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Students then locate 8 of the world’s tropical rainforests.
Easier - Students use a prompt map and have activity clues.
Harder - Students use a prompt map but have no activity clues.
Extension - Students fill in the missing words in a paragraph about tropical rainforests.
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This lesson is designed for KS2 students. It can be taught as a stand alone lesson but is also available as part of two wider units, both of which are available on TES:
-Volcanoes
-Volcanoes & Earthquakes
First the presentation introduces some of the world’s most famous volcanoes and classes them as active, dormant or extinct.
The activity then challenges students to locate volcanoes using an atlas or the internet (e.g. Google maps). Alternatively, a map of famous world volcanoes is also provided.
Easier – Students locate volcanoes using the map of famous volcanoes (writing numbers).
Medium – Students locate volcanoes using the map of famous volcanoes (writing volcano names).
Harder – Students locate volcanoes using an atlas.
(N.B. It is recommended you check the atlas has the relevant maps prior doing the activity.)
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson. At least 1 hour long. This lesson explores what the concept of development is. the students then explore what factors affect development worldwide by annotating the four categories with ideas, Social, environmental, political and economic. We then look at GNI and HDI as measurements of development and consider both their strengths and weaknesses. We then look at global patterns of HDI, and quality of life. Included is:
Map interpretation starter
Factors of development activity
Video clip on development measurements
Activity on development measurements
HDI questions activity.
Hope this helps.
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This is an introduction unit used in Religious Education for year 7 pupils at the start of term. In this bundle there is:
Lesson 1: An intro to the six major world religions timeline- This lesson is the first in a set of seven designed to introduce pupils to the six of the major world religions. In this lesson, pupils will look at a timeline of the origins of religion, be tasked to recreate this timeline themselves (There are differentiated worksheets and a help sheet for lower ability pupils.) They will also have to colour a map of where the religions began.
There are links to 2 videos within this PPT. The second gives and overview of 5 world religions. The sixth pupils have to research for homework.
Lesson 2: What is Religion- This is the second lesson in a series of eight lessons on An Introduction to Religion.
In this lesson pupils are introduced to the concept of religion, they have to define the term themselves. They are then taken through the characteristics of religion.
Lesson 3 & 4: Religious Symbols- This is a ZERO PREP, Grab & Go Lesson!
It is the third in a set of eight designed to introduce pupils to the six of the major world religions. It has enough content to span two lessons.
In this lesson, pupils will discuss the meaning of the word ‘symbol’ and why we have symbols in everyday life (including religion). They will complete a symbols quiz.
The next activity takes them through the six major world religions and the basic of these religions. There are Religion ID cards included in this pack (three to a page or two to a page for lower ability. There is also further detail on the slides that follow this.
Plenary: Pupils have to complete an A-Z activity based on today’s learning.
Homework: pupils will be tasked with creating an origami booklet of the 6 major world religions. Includes our How To Make An Origami Booklet PPT
Lesson 5 & 6: Six Major World Religions - Marketplace-This is a ZERO PREP, Grab & Go Lesson!This resource is the fourth and fifth lesson in the series of eight into an ‘Introduction to Religion’. This series of lessons id designed to introduce pupils to the six of the major world religions.
This resource is designed to be taught over the course of two lessons. Usually pupils will research three religions per lesson, making a total of six religion researched over the course of two lessons.
The classroom should be set up into six groups, with resources based on each of the six major world religions. We usually place an iPad on each table along with any textbooks that we have relating to that religion so that pupils can research the religion independently in the given time frame.
There are two worksheets that the pupils can be given. There is a general two-sided worksheet with space for information on all six religions to be placed. There is also a more detailed fact sheet for pupils to fill in (one side of A4 for each religion). The choice is yours as to whether you give both worksheets to the pupils or just a single worksheet based on the ability of the class.
Lesson 7 : Religious Festivals- This is a ZERO PREP, Grab & Go Lesson!
This resource is the sixth and seventh lesson in the series of eight into an ‘Introduction to Religion’. This series of lessons is designed to introduce pupils to the six of the major world religions.
In this lesson pupils discuss the importance of festivals and under take a numeracy task based on this (there are differentiated worksheets provided in the pack). Pupils have to create an acrostic poem on the importance of festivals.
There are information cards included on religious festivals that are placed at the front of the class for pupils to ‘run’ up to collect and repeat the process once they have completed that section of the worksheet. There is a peer teaching section for pupils to teach each other the festivals in the religion they have researched and a peer assessment section.
This resource consists of: PowerPoint ( 33 slides) with a bell task, starter and plenary. Work Booklet (10 pages).
Lesson 8: Should Religious Symbols Be Banned? - This is a ZERO PREP, Grab & Go Lesson!
This resource is the eighth lesson in the series of an ‘Introduction to Religion’. This series of lessons is designed to introduce pupils to the six of the major world religions.
During this lesson pupils will have to undertake a comprehension assessment based on whether symbols should be banned. There is a survey activity for homework included in this pack also.
This resource consists of: PowerPoint (12 slides) with a bell task, starter and plenary. Work Booklet (9 pages).
Bonus Resources:
Bubble Timer-A fun countdown timer that can be used as a time management tool in any lesson. This is a 3 minute, 90 seconds and 60 second timer timer. Each bubble has been set to pop after 10 seconds (3 minute), 5 seconds (90 seconds) and 4 seconds (60 seconds) , but can easily be altered in the animation pane to make the timer shorter or longer. The bubbles can all be selected, copied from this presentation and pasted and inserted into your own or on top of any slide you wish!
Reward Jar-Behavior Management: This PowerPoint Contains two reward jars to use with your pupils to positively reinforce good behaviour. A great Visual behaviour management strategy!
Simply press the right arrow key to add an item to the jar and the left arrow key to delete it.
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This is a 6 week topic aimed at KS1 and KS2 to teach them about different music traditions from around the world.
Throughout this topic, pupils will be given the opportunity to explore music from different countries and cultures around the globe, including: West Africa, Australia, Poland, Ireland, Jamaica and Native America.
Each week will focus on a different country. The focus of each lesson will be to learn where the country is on the map, listen to an example of traditional music from that that country and learn a song/game/dance that is culturally relevant.
Pupils will be given the opportunity to develop their listening and singing skills (Links to curriculum can be found at the bottom).
By the end of the topic pupils should have a better understanding of different styles and genres of music and where they came from as well as developing their understanding of the role of music in different cultures and societies.
Perfect for linking to Geogrpahy and History!
Links to curriculum/Possible assessment opportunities:
Use the voice expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
Play tuned and untuned instruments musically
Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music
Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music
Please note: I have used the Font AR CHRISTY so it may look different when downloaded!
27 part lesson series for the whole of the GCSE module The Changing Economic World. This is complete three sections, the Development Gap, NEE case study (Nigeria) and causes of economic change in the UK. Specifically designed for the new AQA A Geography GCSE. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter, lesson aim, tasks and extensions. Homework is also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
Development Gap:
1 - Measuring development
2 - Classifying development
3 - Demographic transition model
4 - Reducing the Gap (ICT)
5 - Student presentations
6 - Reducing the gap correlation
7 - Managing development disparities
8 - Health and wealth
9 - Development migration
10 - Quality of living and development
11 - Tourism
Nigeria:
12 - Introducing Nigeria
13 - Exploring Nigeria
14 - Nigeria in the wider world
15 - Manufacturing and TNCs in Nigeria
16 - Aid to Nigeria
17 - Managing Environmental Issues
18 - Quality of life in Nigeria
19 - A different perspective: 2 x short documentaries
Causes of economic change in the UK:
20 - Causes of economic change in the UK
21 - Post industrial economy
22 - Science and business parks
23 - Environmental impacts of industry
24 - Rural economies
25 - UK infrastructure development
26 - North South divide
27 - The UK in the wider world
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5 part lesson series for the GCSE module The Living World - Cold Environments. This is an optional part of the syllabus to be taught alongside rainforests and ecosystems. Specifically designed for the new AQA A Geography GCSE but also suitable for Edexcel and OCR. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
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Lesson sequence:
1 - Characteristics of cold environments
2 - Opportunities for development in Svalbard
3 - Challenges for development in Svalbard
4 - Cold environments under threat
5 - ICT research Managing Cold Environments
OR
5.1 - Managing Cold Environments
Ecosystems and Rainforests also on the This is Geography shop to the taught alongside this module.
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I use this powerpoint as a starter.(6 weeks worth) Pupils have to guess which country from the facts eg population, area, currency, capital flag. UK, USA, Japan, China, Germany France included. I do one country per week then compare and contrast. Originally used in Special School Geography lesson
Introduce compass points, saying where things are and different Asian countries. This mixture of resources allows discussion of countries around China and how they compare/contrast. Videos and images sourced from the internet, not intended for commercial use, no copyright infringement intended.
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