Interactive and adaptable PowerPoint presentations; Word and PDF resources useful for group tutorials; assemblies; Citizenship and special days.
Created by experienced teacher in:
Learning Difficulties/SEN
Entry Level provision
Citizenship
Graduate/post graduate qualifications in History; Politics; Law; Education and SEN.
Interactive and adaptable PowerPoint presentations; Word and PDF resources useful for group tutorials; assemblies; Citizenship and special days.
Created by experienced teacher in:
Learning Difficulties/SEN
Entry Level provision
Citizenship
Graduate/post graduate qualifications in History; Politics; Law; Education and SEN.
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Aims:
• Raise awareness of British values and individual liberty
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
• Identify your values.
• Identify British values.
• Take part in a quiz about British values to identify liberties and why we have them.
• Answer a question about British values.
• Make a poster about British values.
Plus:
• Task sheets
• Writing task
• Word search
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Aims:
• Identify how the rule of law protects and promotes the well-being and safety of citizens.
• Consider the link between rights and responsibilities.
• Explore how rights and responsibilities protect individuals and equality between groups.
Learning outcomes
• Discuss and describe what could happen if there were no laws.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the rule of law.
• Take part in a quiz about the rule of law.
• Define key terms about the rule of law; rights and responsibilities.
• Answer a written question about the rule of law.
• Make a Bill of Rights.
Plus:
• Task sheets
• Writing task
• Word search
The Court Structure
1. PowerPoint presentation and quiz on the court structure in England and Wales. (31 slides)
2. Work book with tasks on the court structure in England and Wales. (12 pages)
3. Two Word bases activities based on the court structure in England and Wales.
Criminal and Civil Law
1. PowerPoint presentation on why we have laws; how our lives are affected by law; and the differences between criminal and civil law. (23 slides)
2. Work book with tasks on criminal and civil law. (14 pages)
PowerPoint presentation and game: You Say, We Pay
Useful as a starter or ice breaking activity
Based on the TV game show, this is a word game activity that helps to develop your skills in speaking and listening; working in a team and in taking turns.
54 slides in total.
A Bundle of activities that introduce the idea of citizenship and how to be a good citizen.
Includes short PowerPoint presentations; activities on creating a citizen superhero; bingo cards and A Question of Citizenship quiz.
Interactive PowerPoint and quizzes about units of time.
Units of time: Learning outcomes:
Know how many hours are in a day
Know the days of the week and how many there are
Know the months of the year and how many days are in each
Sort and order the months of the year by how many days in each
Sort and order the months of the year
Know how many days are in a year
Take part in a quiz about time
Say ‘Happy New Year!’ in another language
Do what you can in a minute/60 seconds
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Aims:
Understand that we are all unique, similar but different
Understand that different types of people are important to help us work together as a community
Learning outcomes:
Define the key word ‘stereotype’
Identify types of stereotyping
State how stereotyping can be dangerous or harmful
Show an awareness of how to challenge stereotypes
Seven interactive tasks about stereotyping
Plus:
• Task sheets
• Fact or opinion activity
• Writing task
• Stereotypes word search
Answers to task quizzes built into the presentation.
Could be useful for, but would need adapting, for US teachers.
History: Berlin Olympics 1936 - 80 years on
Contents:
1. PowerPoint presentation about the Berlin Olympics in August 1936.
Includes slides on the stars of the games; the modern nature of the games;the Nazis and the Olympics; football controversy and a quiz about the ’36 Olympics.
2. Berlin Olympics work book.
Includes tasks on writing a mini biography of one of the key figures involved in the ’36 games; answering written questions about the Berlin Olympics and writing a report as a journalist working in Berlin in August 1936.
PowerPoint presentations; quizzes and task sheets on the English legal system/court structure; criminal and civil law; the rule of law and parliamentary sovereignty.
PSHE/Citizenship: Personal Finance: Understanding Payslips
A bundle of resources that introduce the concept of a payslip and the items shown on a payslip.
1. A PowerPoint game (Deal or No Deal: Understanding Payslips) that covers the definitions of key terms:
• Gross pay
• Net pay
• Dedications
• Income tax
• National Insurance contributions
• Pension contributions
20 questions with multiple choice answers.
Based on the TV game show.
2. You Say: What’s on a payslip? PowerPoint speaking and listening quiz that includes 12 questions about what’s on a payslip.
3. Understanding payslips task sheet: Seven tasks to help students understand payslips.
These resources were made for and delivered to a group of Level One students studying personal finance. All resources can be adapted to suit needs.
Contents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Task 1: Choose four new vocabulary words from the PowerPoint and find the definitions either using the
PowerPoint or a dictionary.
Task 2: Demonstrate an understanding of St. Patrick’s Day by taking part in a quiz.
Task 3: Answer a question about St. Patrick’s Day.
Task 4: How to make a paper shamrock
Task sheets and word search activity.
ontents of pack:
PowerPoint presentation that includes:
Aim
Understand what democracy is and how this works within society.
Learning outcomes
• Define different types of government
• Match key words with definitions
• Find and state examples of representative democracy
• Know that the UK is a constitutional monarchy and a representative democracy
• Know the different political parties in the UK and their policies
• Create a political party and policies
• Take part in an election
• Answer written questions about democracy
Plus:
• Task sheets
• Writing task
• Democracy word search
REALLY FOR UK AUDIENCE. WOULD NEED ADAPTION BY US TEACHERS.
Television and theme tunes (x 3)
Three PowerPoint based quizzes about television.
1 and 2: Quizzes about TV programmes; people and characters.
Questions on:
• Cartoons
• Game shows
• Soaps
• Comedy
• Soaps
• Science fiction
• Reality shows
• Talent shows
There are 60 questions in total.
Each question is in multi parts.
The points available for each are shown in brackets besides each part.
3. A quiz where contestants have to name well known theme tunes.
1: Berlin Olympics 1936 - 80 years on
Contents:
1(a). PowerPoint presentation about the Berlin Olympics in August 1936.
Includes slides on the stars of the games; the modern nature of the games; the Nazis and the Olympics; football controversy and a quiz about the ’36 Olympics.
1(b). Berlin Olympics work book.
Includes tasks on writing a mini biography of one of the key figures involved in the ’36 games; answering written questions about the Berlin Olympics and writing a report as a journalist working in Berlin in August 1936.
2: Olympics Deal or No Deal; Based on the TV game show, this is an interactive PowerPoint based quiz.
There are 20 multiple choices questions about the Olympics Games.
Players need to:
• Choose a numbered box and pick an answer to a question.
• Click on an answer and, if right, the answer will go green.
• Click next and the banker will make a points offer.
• Deal, and they keep all the points, and someone else gets to play.
• Don’t deal and they play on.
• If answered incorrectly, they’re out of the game and lose all the points
• It at the end teams are level, there’s a tie breaker to decide who wins
British Values: Tolerance and Respect: Stereotypes
PowerPoint presentation and work book that covers:
Aims:
Understand that we are all unique, similar but different
Understand that different types of people are important to help us work together as a community
Learning outcomes:
Define the key word ‘stereotype’
Identify types of stereotyping
State how stereotyping can be dangerous or harmful
Show an awareness of how to challenge stereotypes
Seven interactive tasks about stereotyping
Employability/Work Skills: Money Management: Key Terms
PowerPoint presentations; quiz and task sheets to introduce or recap money management: personal finance; sources; income; expenditure; budget and balance; what’s on a pay slip.
Would be useful for entry level students studying for any employability qualifications involving money management and personal finance.
Employability Skills: Time and Money
PowerPoint presentations; quizzes task sheets and activities on time and money.
Could be useful to introduce or recap the topics with entry level students working on employability and independent living skills and in preparation for work placements.
I have used these resources with entry level learners with moderate learning difficulties.