This resource is a collection of 6 slightly different see-saw balances that can be used with learners to help them develop the skills to weigh up an argument. The idea is that students will list reasons on both side of an argument (e.g. Should we have Nuclear Power?). They then use this to help make a decision. The scoring column on some sheets allows learners to score each argument out of a maximum of say 3. Add the scores on each side to see which has the stronger argument. This also includes phrases to support a more detailed conclusion. This was inspired by 21st Century Science.
When teaching Growth Mindset, this poem can be used as a starting point to discuss how important mistakes are to leaning.
It’s important for children to understand that mistakes should be used to build on to reach their learning goals rather than being carried around to weigh them down.
Comprehensive Presentation that includes: What is a Political Party? Cleavages and the ‘Golden Age’, Political Science and Political Parties and Prognosis: terminal decline? - Measuring the End of the Party and Weighing up the Arguments.
Two lessons that focus on the EU referendum. The first explores what a referendum is in general and weighs up the pros and cons of using them to decide on issues. The second lesson specifically focuses on the EU referendum and simplifies the arguments on both sides of the debate. There are a wide range of interactive activities , printable resources, differentiation, short video and accompanying task. There is a formal assessment at the end with mark scheme and peer/self review task. There is also an optional creative task for students to do as part of a display.
There are two lists, one taking a positive view of a Trump action, and the other, a negative take. The students match these up, then describe what the images represent. Finally, they weigh up their own opinions about Trump’s policies. This sheet could be used in a debate about Trump. Obviously, this is not an exhaustive list, but hopefully it will encourage them to find out more. Actually, I have put quite a bit of effort into this, so I hope it will be useful!
• Pigs for bacon – Weighing pigs to see if they are ready for bacon. A local butcher as he explains how a pig carcass in butchered into the various pork and bacon cuts
• Planting Lettuces – schools planting lettuce and then how this is done on a commercial scale.
• Planting out Wild Flowers for a Bee Larder How to encourage any existing wild flowers in your school or garden.
Volunteers all over the world are collecting tonnes of litter that have been left in beauty spots and beaches. This twenty-two slide Powerpoint introduces the problem with reference to Royal Parks, London which in the month of June 2020 collected rubbish that weighed as much as 15 double decker buses. The folder includes an article on the Royal Parks which explains the problem and students analyse the language techniques used. (Answer sheet included). Ideas and prompts are given for creating a fresh campaign to raise awareness of the problem and to persuade people to change their behaviour. Students can work in groups in apprentice-style teams, or the lesson can be adapted for students to work as individuals.
Is the coronavirus affecting men and women differently? This resource encourages learners to study this question from several angles: from death rates, to the impact of lockdown to numbers on the front line.
The activities help learners use evidence to draw their own conclusions and to assess the limits of the available data.
Weigh up the evidence on questions like:
Is COVID-19 worsening gender inequality?
Are women better leaders during a crisis?
Does we think hard enough about gender during a pandemic?
The reflection activity invites learners to write 100 words about why it’s important to think about gender equality during the current crisis.
*Easily adapted to any history couse*
This .pdf includes directions and a rubric for a project requiring students to create a time capsule from a moment, event, or era in history. My students take a Georgia Milestones Assessment then have two weeks of school left, and since we have the pressure of a high-stakes assessment weighing us down all year, I spend quite a bit of time remediating during the year. Once the Milestones Assessment is over, however, I like to provide engaging projects that appeal more to the artistic and tactile students than an interactive notebook might. I typically allow my students to choose a topic from a list of events, included in the directions, and to work in partners.
*Easily adapted to any history couse*
This .pdf includes directions and a rubric for a project requiring students to create a time capsule from a moment, event, or era in history. My students take a Georgia Milestones Assessment then have two weeks of school left, and since we have the pressure of a high-stakes assessment weighing us down all year, I spend quite a bit of time remediating during the year. Once the Milestones Assessment is over, however, I like to provide engaging projects that appeal more to the artistic and tactile students than an interactive notebook might. I typically allow my students to choose a topic from a list of events, included in the directions, and to work in partners.
With Brexit being a ubiqutous and fairly exhausting topic in the news, I made this to try and teach my KS3 and 4 students about and explore their opinions on it. Mostly, students respond to the first learning question with ‘Brexit means brexit’ which has about as much substance as the middle of a doughnut. Not the jam ones.
Learning questions:
What is Brexit?
What is the EU?
What are the different Brexit options?
What are the arguments for and against it?
Stretch and Challenge:
After weighing up both sides of the argument, what is my opinion?
Some differentiation included, with a brief summary of the seven main brexit options available.
There is also a critical thinking extension which explores a claim that the PM’s deal meets all requirements, which is produced by a thinktank. Students will be shown how to use google power search’s ‘WHO IS’ function to find out who the director of that thinktank is, and how they have conservative leanings, hopefully boosting awareness of bias and independent thought.
There are group tasks as well as individual work and opinion line activities included. Also attached here are the ‘four corners’ posters which can be stuck on the four corners of the room so students move to that area depending on their opinion.
VE Day on May 8th. It is suitable for primary and secondary school and contains:
An assembly/lesson - the first part of the ppt is an assembly containing images/clips/explanations about the significance of VE day and the aftermath of the war (approx 20 mins). If it is used as a lesson there are tasks incorporated in the 2nd part of the presentation to support building on writing evaluative answers (in this case weighing up the consequences of the aftermath of the Second World War). The lesson will take approximately an hour to teach, but students may need time to complete the work for homework.
A VE Day Quiz and discussion opportunity - useful for a tutorial or a history lesson. The quiz is on a ppt - so can be delivered to the whole class at the samr time - it is followed up with a discussion about VE Day.
VE Day timeline - this timeline contains 20 key events of 1945 leading to victory in Europe. Each event is on a separate sheet and contains an explanation and a colourful image - will need space for 20 sheets of A4 to go around the classroom.
VE Day wordsearch/quiz - can be used as a starter or an extension activity.
An alternative lesson - was Dresden justified or was it a war crime? Using sources and extended writing.
TEACH WITH INSIGHT AND HUMOR USING CRASH COURSE GOVERNMENT
Few classroom strategies are as successful as this simple approach: make learning fun! For government or civics classes, one easy way to work in some student enjoyment is by showing episodes of Crash Course U.S.Government and Politics.
The script of each episode is packed with humorous observations -- ones that help to make strong points about the civics under study. Students like watching the series, which means they pay attention to it and learn!
Produced by PBS Digital Studios, each episode of Crash Course contains up to 10 minutes of content plus a brief time for the credits. Episodes are available for free on YouTube at the following playlist:
If you are new to Crash Course, I encourage you to watch a few videos as soon as you can. I expect you'll be just as enthusiastic about the classroom possibilities as I am!
ABOUT THESE WORKSHEETS
Each worksheet focuses on a single episode of Crash Course U.S. Government and typically contains between 10 and 20 items for students to complete. Worksheets are formatted to fit on one page for easy copying and a detailed answer key is provided for each episode.
In addition to these regular worksheet items, open-ended extra credit or discussion items are also included for each and every episode. These can be used as debate starters, essay prompts, or . . . the sky's the limit!
TIMESTAMPS INCLUDED FOR ALL QUESTIONS
Every worksheet comes in two version: with timestamps and without. That way, teachers can decide which option suits their needs best.
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TOPICS COVERED IN THESE CRASH COURSE WORKSHEETS
This set of worksheets covers the following episodes:
• 21 -- Judicial Review: Where the Supreme Court's vast power comes from, and what they can do with it...
• 22 -- Judicial Decisions: What factors judges consider when weighing a case, and also what kinds of things influence them...
• 23 -- Civil Rights and Liberties: What are they, and what basic civil liberties are protected by the Constitution...
• 24 -- Freedom of Religion: All about the Establishment Clause and the court cases that have further defined it, plus free exercise practices vs. beliefs
• 25 -- Freedom of Speech: What kinds of speech are protected, and from whom....
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All questions are presented in video order so that students can easily follow along!
This SOW introduces basic concepts of rights and responsibilities for Y9 leading into GCSE level study
Includes:
- Origin of human rights
- Legal Vs Human rights
- Influences on rights / cultural relativism
- Conflicting rights
The unit leads to an assessment - a GCSE critical essay question - 'Should countries be free to choose their own rights?&'
This pack has been developed to introduce schools to the resources in the Labour History Archive and Study Centre at the People's History Museum. The resource packs have been developed to link directly to our popular Living History workshops and they can be used to follow up a visit, or can just be downloaded and used on their own. Alongside the facsimiles of original archival documents are some suggested activities for you to do at school.
KS3 Careers and Finance Lessons 3 x Units
Seeing the Bigger Picture - Cre8tive Careers (Yr7)
Wider Life Skills - Cre8tive Careers (Yr8)
World Of Work - Cre8tive Careers (Yr9)
This is a 21 lesson Careers / PSHE triple unit for secondary schools. These New lessons are mapped to both the new CDI framework and the skills builder framework. Every lesson comes with Homework opportunities and will help support your school in achieving Gatsby Benchmark 4.
Contents
21 Lesson Packs (See below for Contents)
1 x How has Covid Changed the World Assembly
1 x Citizenship Careers Posters (Set of 8)
1 x Women in Stem Escape Quiz
1 x Stem Careers Posters (Set of 8)
1 x Self Esteem Card Sort
Lesson Topics
A day in the Life of Lesson (Students do an activity to research and simulate a day in)
What are employability Skills? Why do I need them?
Why do business want to make a profit
What is Fast Fashion
Managing Pocket Money + Importance of Budgeting
Making Decisions and Risk
Identity Theft and common Scams
What are GCSEs
What is Labour Market Information
Volunteering and Social Acton
Methods of Investing Money
Importance of national employment Trends (Look at past 10 Years)
The importance of vision and motivation for success
Challenging yourself and learning new skills
Exploring Vocational Qualifications
Understanding Credit Scores
Confidentiality in the Workplace (Can include also whistle blowing)
Importance of Networking + LinkedIN
entrepreneurialism and self-employment (as a career option)
Organisation and effective time management
Future Jobs and a changing Workforce
Each Lesson Pack Contains:
1 Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support careers Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning)
Student Worksheet(s) are included with some lessons
Homework Activity
Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker)
Teacher Notes (On some slides)
Focus on literacy
1 Hours worth of activities - including timings for every activity
**Learning Outcomes for the unit **
To understand what different job roles require on a day to day basis. To consider what is important to you within a working day. To understand that different roles will provide you with a different working day.
To understand the difference between “hard” and “soft” employability skills, considering how these may be transferred between different jobs. To consider the other factors that are important to being employable.
To explore the different types of motivators for a business. To understand why businesses NEED to make a profit. To understand why businesses WANT to make a profit.
To understand what Fast Fashion is. To understand how Fast Fashion impacts society and the environment. Consider what changes we can make to improve the impact of Fast Fashion.
To understand how you can save and spend your pocket money. To consider why it is good to have savings. To understand what a budget is, and how sticking to a budget can help in the future.
To understand what risk is. Think about how we weigh up risk when we make a decision. To understand what other considerations there are to think about when making a decision.
To understand what identity theft is. To be able to explain the actions we can take to prevent identity theft. To consider what other scams people can fall vulnerable to
To understand the levels of the education system in the UK, focusing on GSCEs. Students will be introduced to the importance of GCSEs, how they help to shape their future and what things can be done to prepare for the future
To understand what Labour Market Information is To understand how Labour Market Information can be used to help us understand what careers are needed now and in the future.
To understand what volunteering is and why people do it. To understand what social action is and why it matters. To understand the link between volunteering and social action.
To understand why people choose to invest their money. To explore the spend/save/invest methodology. To explore the different ways people invest their money.
To understand the history of National Employment Trends. To understand the current employment landscape. To understand how things might progress in the future.
To consider what it means to have a vision and stay motivated. To think about what success looks like to different people. To think about what success looks like for me.
To understand what comfort zones are. To know what it means to go beyond your comfort zone, and the benefits of this. To consider how you could challenge yourself
To understand what a vocational qualification is. To understand what types of vocational qualifications exist in the UK. To understand who a vocational qualification may suit.
To be able to explain what a credit score is. To understand what can impact your credit score. To understand the importance of having a good credit score.
To understand what we mean by confidentiality in the workplace. To be able to explain what it means to keep information confidential. How to distinguish what information should be kept confidential.
To understand what networking is, both online and offline. To consider why it is good to have a large network. To think about how we can use our networks in our future careers.
To understand how your hobbies and interests could be turned into an income source. To discuss the pros and cons of being self employed. To consider which option may be best for you
To consider why deadlines are important. To understand how I can manage my working time. I can put organisation and time prioritisation skills into practice.
To think about what challenges we are facing and what jobs we will need.
Why not try out some of our other highly rated Secondary Careers Units:
☞ Year 7 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 8 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 9 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 10 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 11 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 12 Gatsby Benchmark Finance & Careers in Context Unit
☞ Year 13 Gatsby Benchmark Finance & Careers in Context Unit
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On Friday morning, the Queen will smash a bottle of single malt whisky against the nation's new aircraft carrier as she officially names it HMS Queen Elizabeth. It is a key moment in the project to build two new carriers that has attracted criticism over its £6.2bn cost and its level of ambition.
Using an informative and clear leaflet downloaded from WaterAid, children read and discuss how children in parts of Africa are affected by lack of clean water and sanitation. Facts are collected before creating own posters and leaflets entitled ‘Children and Water’.
Suitable for years 5 and 6.
We've all made promises, but keeping them is a different matter. This complete youth session plan looks at the promises the world's governments have made to reduce poverty; how these promises are progressing; and what we can do to make sure they are kept.
