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Eyewitness Accounts of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
Journey Back in Time: Witness the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius!
Bring history to life for your Year 8 class!
Uncover the drama and devastation of 79 AD with this Mount Vesuvius Eruption Resource
Walk in the footsteps of:
Pliny the Elder, the curious scholar: Witness the eruption through the eyes of a renowned scientist!
Gaius, the brave slave: Experience the chaos and fear from the perspective of a Roman citizen!
Livia, the noblewoman: Feel the loss and devastation suffered by the wealthy elite!
Maximus, the gladiator: Learn about the raw power of nature from a fearless warrior!
Engaging first-hand accounts: Each character brings their unique perspective to the event.
Vivid descriptions: Feel the tremors, smell the ash, and witness the fiery destruction!
Interactive activities: Analyze primary sources, create timelines, and explore the impact of the eruption.
Teacher’s guide: Packed with lesson plans, extension activities, and assessment materials.
Plate tectonics jigsaw map
A fun and challenging activity sheet that names and locates the worlds major tectonic plates.
Detailed guide to earthquakes: Causes and effects
Title : What happens in an earthquake?
Objectives:
To describe what happens during an earthquake
To explain the effects of an earthquakes has on a place.
A great lesson that introduces the theory behind how earthquakes happen, how people and places are affected and
Includes comprehensive terminology, diagram cross-section for students, video animation hyper-links, emotional earthquake poem resource and bell task!
Excellent lesson - What is the carbon cycle?
A great introduction lesson to the carbon cycle.
Includes activity sheet!
Learning objectives:
To identify the stores and flows within the carbon cycle.
To work in a team to create a labelled diagram of the carbon cycle.
Nutrient, Water, Nitrogen, Phosphorus cycles
A useful collection of activity sheets that review the:
water cycle
carbon cycle
nitrogen cycle
phosphorus cycle
Demographics - UK - ageing population
An activity booklet with 7 fantastic tasks that review:
Statistical analysis calculations
Population pyramids
Dependency ratios
Population management
Predictions for the future
Creative task
Critical thinking and speculation related to current population patterns
Geography Quiz - Guess the country?
A great end of term challenge to consolidate learning of atlas skills, scale and identification using the silhouette outlines if countries across the globe. Fully differentiated at 3 levels.
Helps with general knowledge too! Test yourself teachers!
Fantastic differentiated map of the world's biomes, ecosystems
Lesson observation approved: Great for less able/lower ability students.
Match the colours with the correct biomes using a colour key.
British Culture: icons
A great fun activity involving a treasure hunt style challenge around the school followed by a research activity and group presentation.
Outstanding Lesson: Renaissance Art movement
Learning Objectives:
To identify features of Renaissance art.
To assess their impact on art today.
A proven fantastic cross-curricular kinaesthetic, research and collaborative lesson that review the popularity and impact of Renaissance architecture and art.
Excellent Map of Africa atlas exercise
A comprehensive mapping activity to introduce and consolidate the human and physical geography of Africa.
Looks at the countries, main cities, rivers, islands, capes, deserts, seas and oceans.
Fun and challenging !
Superb Geography ice breaker
Creating a climate for learning in Geography: Set the right collaborative atmosphere in your class room by using this Geography themed ice breaker. Great fun. Ideal for the start of term and new teachers.
Horrible History:Medieval Life Activity Workbook - Religion & Christianity
Great guide to medieval religion with a focus on Christianity. Includes comprehension tasks and key words.
Outstanding lesson: Sustainable development and obstacles
Title: Sustainable development
To describe what sustainable development is
To suggest how an LEDC could improve
To identify at least 4 obstacles to development
An outstanding comprehensive kinaesthetic group task based lesson covering all aspects of sustainable development. Encourages higher order thinking skills, application of logic, transferable skills, debatable issues and includes:
• Key terminology
• Country Case study
• Solutions
What is it like in the Sahara Desert?
Learning objectives:
To identify the countries covered by the Sahara desert.
To describe the opportunities and challenges within this environment.
Includes activity support sheet.
This lesson has been used and accredited as outstanding within many observations and interviews.
This alternative to a carousel task allows student to stay in their seat yet rotate the resources as it introduced them to deserts environments.
It allows teachers to judge prior knowledge, learning and misconceptions students may have. This is combined with excellent starter and plenary resources that consolidate learning objectives and helps teachers plan for the next lesson on this current important theme of geographical study.
The concept and lesson structure been used at KS3, GCSE, IGCE, KS4, MYP and A Level.
Great Lesson - Introduction to the Renaissance
A great and useful lesson that introduces this important period in time. Encourages student to research independently.
Lesson Objectives:
To practice researching and presenting information
To assess how these changes have helped progress
Student friendly: Latitude and Longitude activity sheet
An easy and accessible activity sheet to explain and practice locating places with lines of longitude and latitude.
Great for lower ability students.
Safer Internet Week
Nice guide and quiz to review internet safety
How well do you know Oceania?
Great worksheet to increase spatial awareness and atlas skills.
Excellent for map skills
Excellent: Advanced English Skills - Spelling & Homophones
A great resource that introduces and explains mastering homophones.
• Includes a fantastic starter activity that looks at the importance of correct spelling.
• Very useful for EAL students.
• Differentiated activities included
• Used in English international schools
• Rated excellent in lesson observations