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 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
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
This unit gives a good history of the 1707 Act of the Union, Hanoverian Succession and the Jacobite Invasions, using power point slides. There are topics for discussion and space on the worksheets for responses.
The Act of Union of 1707
The Hanoverian Succession
George I and the House of Hanover
The House of Hanover
The Jacobites
The Jacobite Invasion of 1715
The Jacobite Invasion of 1745
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