Great for Primary or KS3 Students. This downloadable pack includes 3 unique worksheets each including a literacy based task. All are designed to spark children’s imaginations and artistic talents. Plus, they are super easy to use, no prep, just print out and go! No fancy art supplies needed – just crayons, pencils, or markers will do. Simple instructions suitable for a range of abilities Each work sheet is designed to be completed over a 60-50 minute lesson and offers a different artistic challenge. These worksheets are really useful to have to hand and can be used for cover lessons wet break activities after-school/ lunchtime club activities homeschooling tasks extention work for early finishers as part of starter tasks/retrieval tasks Quick and Easy Homework tasks Skill building Happy Teaching :-)

Enhance your KS1 art curriculum with this engaging African Art Unit consisting of 5 outstanding lessons, suitable for KS1 and lower KS2. These lessons foster creativity, tidy skills, and various art techniques. What’s included: ★ Detailed PowerPoints and lesson plans for each session. ★ Examples of display pictures for inspiration. Key Objectives: ★ Explore different lines and pencil pressures while setting a standard for high-quality work in sketchbooks. ★ Recap the importance of an organised workspace and resource care. ★ Develop skills in powder paint mixing and painting. ★ Create captivating collages using a variety of materials, focusing on texture and pattern. Customer Support: If you have any issues with this resource or specific requests, feel free to contact us directly at explore_education@outlook.com for the quickest response. Special Offer: Love this resource? Leave a review, and you’ll receive a resource of your choice for FREE! Just email us your purchase receipt and a screenshot of your review. You might also be interested in… ☆ AFRICA Homework Grid - 30 Activities and Worksheets ☆ KS1 PE African Animal Dance Unit - 4 Outstanding Lessons ☆ KS1 Art Unit: Exploring Mark Making Techniques and Drawing Skills - x6 Lessons Tags: Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, year 1, African landscape art, Africa activities, topic, geography, South African art, lesson plan, African pattern art, African animals, printing, painting, artists, artwork, shading, shades of color, color wheel. Elevate your art lessons with this comprehensive African Art Unit for KS1 and lower KS2.

A set of maps, perfect for your Ancient Egyptian topic. Pack contains 5 high-quality black ink hand-drawn map image files: One simple, blank geographical map of Egypt without 'dots' (perfect to challenge higher ability pupils to locate and label key places in Ancient Egypt) One simple, blank geographical map , with dots to label. One geographically detailed map, showing the Nile flood plain, palm trees etc. with 'dot' to label One geographically and historically detailed map with dot to label One completed map, with historical and geographical details, labelled

Details and information regarding this planning document: Text Focus: Giraffes Can’t Dance Weekly Theme: Going for Goals Ideas, activities and suggestions for all seven areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage This resource is best suited for a Foundation Stage 2 class This weekly continuous provision and activity planner is simple and achievable

30 x display lettering designs This is a digital product, simply download your chosen design and edit however you wish - you can change the size, font, letters/numbers/symbols by simply typing in the text boxes. Your chosen design will then be applied! After that, you are ready to print, laminate and display. This designs included in this product include: Floral Pinks Daisy Green Easter eggs Retro Orange Golden Crown Multicolour Stripe Watercolour Blue Dots Animals Zebra Yellow Blue & Gold Pastel Pink Polka Blue Polka Pink Polka Botanical Flamingo Bees & Bunting Black & White Stripes Yellow Watercolour Snowflake Blue Ladybirds Blue Clouds School Essentials Green Watercolour Pink Sunset Pink Stripes Blue Crown Pink Bunnies Round Pastels You will need PowerPoint to view and edit this product. Please note, due to file size, the designs are split across the two attached files.

This resource includes an assembly plan and 16 slide PowerPoint for Black History Month in October. It is suitable to use with KS2 or secondary aged children. The slideshow gives the opportunity to discuss why we might focus on black history for a month. It covers prehistory, ancient civilizations and 18th and 19th century Britain. There are 6 slides which outline key achievements of 6 different people of African or Caribbean descent, who have achieved great things in the past few centuries from Nelson Mandela to Mo Farah. (Please note no photos of the people are included owing to copyright restrictions). The plan gives details about how to use the slideshow. I like to lead assemblies that are interactive and relevant to the children’s lives, so the plan gives plenty of opportunities for children to discuss ideas, give feedback and reflect.

This resource contains a fully editable and informative 85-slide PowerPoint presentation on 'Black History Month' which is celebrated in October in the UK and February in the USA and Canada. This resource helps to contribute to the students' Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development by finding out about the history and heritage of communities and the lives of those that overcame the challenges they faced. It includes the history of Black History Month / African-American History Month, the Slave Trade, the Abolition of Slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and its campaign to get human and civil rights for African- Americans, influential people in the civil rights movement - Rosa Parkes, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela - significant events in the struggle for human and civil rights - the Great March on Washington, Tommie Smith and John Carlos' salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, the American Civil War and the debate about the appropriateness of 'Black History Month' The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to Bob Marley's 'Buffalo Soldiers,' Martin Luther's 'I have a dream' speech, Nelson Mandela's story, and an interview with Morgan Freeman's explaining why he does not want a 'Black History Month. Please note that the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. As a token of appreciation, you can have a free resource of your choice up to the same value as your purchased resource. Just email inspireandeducate@aol.co.uk with your user name, the resource you have reviewed and the resource you would like for free. A simple text version of this resource, more suitable for younger / SEN pupils is also available: Simple Text Black History Presentation You may also be interested in: Black History Month 50 Question Quiz More Black History Resources Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide: How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide

AMAZING AFRICA CLASS ASSEMBLY/PLAY This is my Year Four class assembly based on our topic Amazing Africa. The children loved learning and performing this assembly!! It could be adapted for Early Years, KS1 or another KS2 class. Class assembly includes scenes on: *African Animals *African safari *The River Nile and Egyptians *The Victoria Falls and the water cycle *Mount Kilimanjaro *Kenya *African Music I filmed and included a video of the children singing circle of life (filmed against a green screen) which you could do and add back into the powerpoint!!

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!

Comprehension task about the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. Ancient Egypt themed. Newspaper text about the discovery included in a newspaper style. Superb to discus features of the text such as use of quotes. Questions for children to respond to the text differentiated to suit 3 ability groups. Quality Ancient Egypt activity. All files both in Word and PDF.

This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the emergence and history of apartheid in South Africa. Translated from Afrikaans, apartheid means ‘apartness’ and it was an ideology supported by the National Party (NP) government introduced in South Africa in 1948. Apartheid laws attempted to stop all inter-marriage and social integration between black and white people and forced the different racial groups to live separately and “develop” separately in grossly unequal terms. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a definition match, a multiple choice exercise and a crossword. The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. An ideal activity for Black History month. (celebrated in February in the United States and Canada, and in October for the Netherlands & the United Kingdom) Total number of pages: 7 Answer key included

Set of worksheets to learn about Africa, the African savannah and different groups of most popular African animals. Can be used as shared reading activities (Literacy) • Africa – to know about the African continent: text followed by questions • A Map of Africa – to know the names of seas and oceans around Africa and most well known features: label names • Where is the African Savannah? – to know where the savannah is situated among other areas : colour areas • Seasons – to know how seasons affect the environment and animals: text, colouring, questions • African Savannah Animals - to know what is found in the savannah: text with blanks (use word bank to complete) • Looking For Food – to know the groups of animals that live in the savannah: text followed by questions • Predator or Prey? – to know which animals are hunted by others: circle the predator in each pair of animals • Diets, Animal Groups – to know which animals are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores: complete table • Diets, Animal Groups (easier) – to know which animals are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores: circle animal pictures in different colours • What’s For Dinner, Food Chain – to know that plants and animals are part of a food chain, and who eats what: label animals and plants in the correct order • An African Animal – to describe in details an animal: illustrate and use word bank to label body parts and complete sentences • What Do You Know About The African Savannah? – use word bank For more useful activities and resources, please check my shop Marie’s Teaching Resources. Hope that you like and find them useful. If you have any comments or recommendations to make, please do not hesitate to do so. For updates go to my Facebook page – Marie’s Teaching Resources Thanks for looking :)

Children can create non fiction sentences about some common African animals by cutting out the cards and laying them down in the correct order. Children can swap the cards in with another of the same colour to help them understand sentence structure and create repeated sentences. The word cards ‘have’, ‘can’ and ‘like’ have also been included to get children to think about what follows this. Initially, just give children ‘have’ and the yellow cards which would make sense after ‘have’ Once children become confident in creating, then reading aloud their sentences, they can move on to writing them down. Full stop cards have also been included.

This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores whether protesting and/or rioting can succeed in bringing about social change. From the 2020 George Floyd protests back to Ghandi’s peaceful opposition to British Imperial Rule the text gives an account of the social reforms achieved by violent and non-violent protests and why it is important to focus on the cause of the protests in order to stop social injustice. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a definition match, multiple choice exercises, a crossword and a fill-in-the-gaps exercise. The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. Total number of pages: 9 Answer key included

Four lessons for KS2 students using the theme of Tribal Dance - linking to the Haka and African dance. The lessons come in a simple step-by-step format with the first exploring different formations & analysing the types of action typically found in traditional tribal dances like the Haka. The following lesson uses Question & Answer to communicate the competitive situation. The third lesson uses contrast and complement to create a battle & the final lesson reflects celebratory dances of Africa. All the lessons come with a suggestion for the music that could be used and they can be linked to create a narrative dance. There are links to examples on YouTube to help you illustrate the cultural links - but the lessons do not require the teacher to dance - but please feel free to do so if you feel confident!

Let’s learn about Tribes! This worksheet includes 21 pages with a wide variety of activities and exercises about tribes. Word searches, Cross words, puzzles and other kinds of activities are included to make it a fun and interesting class. The answers and an answer sheet are included. Overview: Page 1: Introduction to tribes Page 2-4: African tribes Page 5: Aborigines Page 6: Amazonian tribes Page 7-8: Papuan tribes Page 9: Maori Page 10-11: Inuit People Page 12: Karen People Page 13-14: Native Americans Page 15-16: Kazakhs Page 17-19: Reflection Page 20-21: Cut ‘n paste Keywords: Tribes, culture, nomads, tribalism, Africa, Zulu, Himba, San, Bushmen, Masaai, Australia, Indians, Native Americans, Brazil, Amazon, Papua, Inuit, Long neck people, Mongolia.

This is a short presentation on Black History month. You may also be interested in: Black History Month Presentation This is a fully editable and informative 85 slide PowerPoint presentation on 'Black History Month' which is celebrated in October in the UK and February in the USA and Canada. It focuses on: The history of Black History Month / African-American History Month The Slave Trade The Abolition of Slavery The Civil Rights Movement and its campaign to get human and civil rights for African-Americans Influential people in the civil rights movement - Rosa Parkes, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela Significant events in the struggle for human and civil rights - The Great March on Washington, Tommie Smith and John Carlos' salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, The American Civil War The debate about the appropriateness of 'Black History Month' The PowerPoint also contains hyperlinks to Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldiers and Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech. 50 Question Black History Month Quiz Black History Month Simple Text Presentation Civil Rights Quotes Posters For more inspiring educational resources visit Inspire and Educate Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales? Check out this step-by-step guide: How to Become a Successful TES Author: Step-by-Step Guide

This is a great range of teaching resources, including everything you need to teach the topic of continents and oceans. There are information packs about each of the continents, showing facts about the size, population, borders, culture, landmarks, sports etc. Photo packs are included for each continent too, showing buildings, geographical feature, people, animals etc. Other resources include maps of the world, maps of each continent, maps of each ocean, outline maps to colour and label. Many different mapping and compass activities, 100 A4 flags from around the world, flag activities, animal flashcard packs from each continent, key word cards, facts posters, fact booklets to complete, writing and drawing activities and display resources, such as lettering, banners, buntings, borders and backing paper.

Tonal African Mask Worksheet for primary and KS3 Pupils. Great as part of a project, a stand alone lesson or use for cover work.

Literacy, geography, art and cultural resources linked to the KS2 historical fiction, Children of the Benin Kingdom, by Dinah Orji. These resources accompany the acclaimed new fiction linked to the KS2 history curriculum, Children of the Benin Kingdom, by British-Nigerian author, Dinah Orji. The resources include craft and cultural activities as well as an informative time line and map. These provide an important context for pupils who are either reading the book for pleasure or as part of their Benin curriculum work. The book itself also includes a very useful factual section.

Step by step guides on how to make paper plate African masks and tribal necklaces. Most photos and text for masks courtesy of www.firstpalette.com