Ancient China for Junior History - Stage 4 - Years 7 and 8
Included in this Zip are two files.
18 Page Word document Handout for students - worksheets and information.
Word Document answers for all questions
The Student booklet includes;
Introduction to Ancient Chinese Architecture - with a selection of famous buildings that embody the principles of Chinese design.
Understanding architecture and philosophy
Domestic dwellings
Chinese peoples relationship with the land
There are 13 Short Response Questions for students - All answers included
Sources included for students are both historical visual sources and written sources.
Wonderful overview for students with inquiry questions based on information presented in the booklet. Students will understand the important role of both landscape and architecture to the ancient Chinese.
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In this digital product:
You will find everything you need to teach Topic 9: The Environment and Where people live (third topic of Theme 3 of the new GCSE course (with AQA): Communication and the World around us.)
The Presentation (approx. 190 slides, including answer slides) covers the whole topic and is composed of 4 parts:
A: Where people live
B: My local area
C: Social and Environmental issues
D: Possible solutions
There are 4 folders (A, B, C and D) containing the relevant files for that part.
It includes:
• a range of Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing and Translation activities
• grammar points including: Revision of present, perfect, imperfect, near future and future tenses.
• Revision of most elements of phonics
• retrieval activities, cultural aspects and homework tasks
• QR codes/ links for independent study
• vocab lists (full topic list or 4 lists for the 4 parts) + link to online course
• comments under the slides for notes and worksheet location
• answers
• audio files and transcripts
• .pdf and editable versions of the worksheets (with the exception of the Puissance 4 games, which are only available as .pdfs)
Activities are differentiated and exam style.
The first 15 files are a preview of what is included in the .zip folder: Topic9.zip.
After downloading, save the .zip file in your computer (in “documents” for example), then right-click and select “extract all” to access all the resources.
For the full overview, you can check the free SOW available for download here
If you have any questions or if you are interested in more resources like this one, you can check this Facebook page: @Frenchresources, where links to resources and freebies are posted regularly.
This bundle includes all 4 lessons for Unit 9 Higher, each lessons including enough material to be used in (at least) 2 one-hour sessions.
9.1F Mi pueblo y mi ciudad
You can preview the powerpoint and the rest of the contents here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1f-mi-pueblo-y-mi-ciudad-13361889
The lesson includes:
-grammar explanations
-all the answers with animations
-a listening task with the answers, transcript, and audio file provided on the slide
-extra slides with quick practice for scaffolding (adverbs of place, expressions of weather)
-two starters and two plenaries
-a sentence builder for the writing task
-all the vocab for this lesson printed on a slide for ease of access
-handouts ready to be printed for the students
-a homework task, to be used on a specific website created to practice vocab specific for this lesson
9.1H Lo bueno y lo malo de mi region
You can preview the powerpoint and the rest of the contents here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1h-lo-bueno-y-lo-malo-de-mi-region-13387361
The lesson includes:
-grammar explanations
-all the answers with animations
-a listening task with the answers, transcript, and audio file provided on the slide
-extra slides with quick practice for scaffolding (using “desde hace”, “lo que”, etc))
-two starters and two plenaries
-a sentence builder that spans through 3 slides for the speaking/writing task
-all the vocab for this lesson printed on a slide for ease of access
-a single handout ready to be printed for the students
-a homework task, to be used on a specific website created to practice vocab specific for this lesson
9.2F El medio ambiente y yo
You can preview the powerpoint and the rest of the contents here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-2f-el-medio-ambiente-y-yo-13396009
The lesson includes:
-grammar explanations
-all the answers with animations
-a listening task with the answers, transcript, and audio file provided on the slide
-a “Guess the word” task which will grab the attention of everyone in the classroom
-extra slides with quick practice for scaffolding (imperative, the environment)
-two starters and two plenaries
-a sentence builder for the speaking task
-all the vocab for this lesson printed on a slide for ease of access
-handouts ready to be printed for the students
-a homework task, to be used on a specific website created to practice vocab specific for this lesson
9.2H Protegiendo el planeta
You can preview the powerpoint and the rest of the contents here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-2h-protegiendo-el-planeta-13413013
The lesson includes:
-grammar explanations
-all the answers with animations
-a listening task with the answers, transcript, and audio file provided on the slide
-two starters and two plenaries, one of them being a fun “Tick me quick” task
-sentence starters and an example for the writing task
-all the vocab for this lesson printed on a slide for ease of access
-handouts ready to be printed for the students
-a song your students will love
-a homework task, to be used on a specific website created to practice vocab specific for this lesson
Note: as mentioned, this lesson also includes a link to my vocab trainer, a website I have designed to set homework to my students that is becoming a great success, with very high rates of homework completion between my students. I am also including a file with instructions to students
Not sure if this resource is right for you? You can download my free lesson here to see the quality of my work for yourself: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13112067
Mountain Environments is a Geography unit suitable for KS2 (Y4-6) and has everything you need for covering a mountains topic.
The planning overview, topic title page and vocabulary page can be downloaded for free here. Lessons include:
L1 – Identifying the key features of mountains
L2 – Identifying the world’s major mountain ranges
L3 – Locating the world’s famous mountains using latitude and longitude
L4 – Understanding how fold mountains are formed
L5 – Investigating the structure of a volcano (FREE)
L6 – Researching famous world mountains (FREE)
L7 – Investigating mountain climates
Each lesson includes a presentation and differentiated activities/worksheets.
If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic of Environment and where I live in FRENCH, and follows the NEW GCSE AQA SPEC, with even extra chunks/words added! All exercises include the answers. The AQA mentions 293 words for Foundation, I have added 250+ of those words in this unit, constantly recycled.
Activities include:
Sentence builder
White board translations
Fill in the missing letters
Beat the teacher
Multiple choice
Gapped translation
Choose the missing words (x2 slides)
Spot the difference (x2 slides)
Choose the correct translation
Narrow Reading: 5 different texts based on the sentence buidler (100% comprehensible input)
Reading 1: Find the French for
Reading 2: Answer the questions in French
Reading 3: True or false
Reading 4: Multiple choice
Reading 5: Bad translation - Find and correct the mistakes in the English
Mind Reader
Multiple choice quiz
Sentence Bingo
Narrow Listening: 4 different listening tasks
Listening 1: Find the French for (audio included)
Listening 2: Multiple choice (audio included)
Listening 3: Fill the gaps (Audio included)
Listening 4: Listen and answer in French (audio included)
NEW Added October 2025 - Listening Podcast
Podcast Exercise 1: Listen and multiple choice
Podcast Exercise 2: Listen and tick who says what
Podcast Exercise 3: Choose the 4 correct statements
Podcast Exercise 4: Answer in French
Structured production: Narrow translation
Sentence Stealer
One pen one di
Oral Ping Pong
Trapdoor
Delayed dictation
Autonomy Routinisation: Full circle
Autonomy Routinisation: Paragraph translation (Eng - FR)
Spontaneity: Speaking challenge (2 minutes)
Spontaneity: Speed dating
Spontaneity: Interactive city planning (conditional practice)
Spontaneity: Social media simulation
Spontaneity: Vocabulary word hunt
Spontaneity: Problem solver
Spontaneity: Flashcard race
8 part lesson series for the whole of the GCSE module People and the Biosphere. This is first unit in the module to be taught alongside Forests Under Threat and Consuming Energy Resources. Specifically designed for the new Edexcel Geography GCSE but also suitable for AQA and OCR. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Biomes
2 - Local factors and biomes
3 - How does change affect ecosystems?
4 - Desert biomes (hot and cold)
5 - Challenges in a biomes
6 - Development in a biome
7 - Sustainable management of the world
8 - Population vs resource theories
AQA GCSE Geography lesson for Unit 1B: In this sixth lesson of the Cold Environments section we look at why cold environments are important and worth protecting and what can cause them damage.
There is a retrieval practice starter based on the content delivered in the previous lessons. We begin by looking at wilderness areas and understand that cold environments are an extremely important wilderness area. We then look at the main general threats to cold environments. Students use images to work out what the threats are. We then complete a cloze exercise, where the students complete a summary paragraph but try to work out the missing words by using the images. We then look at a picture depicting environmental damage and the students annotate the image to show explain the damage they can see. We then look at the decline of wilderness cultures. The students have a piece of text they need to highlight. They are looking for causes and impacts of wilderness culture decline.
We finish with 6-mark GCSE-style question based on the content of the lesson and the students have some exam tips and guidance on how to answer it if required. They also have a writing frame.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer
A lesson designed for KS3 Geography. This is lesson 6 from a unit titled Extreme Environments.
This lesson will allow students to answer the following key questions:
Who lives in extreme environments?
How are their cultures different?
This social story is designed to support children who feel distressed when they see others crying. It gently explains why people might cry, helps children understand their own reactions, and offers reassuring strategies for managing their emotions in these situations.
What’s Inside?
Along with a 14-page social story, there’s also a shorter, adapted version with movable pictures to help engage children on each page.
Why Is This Social Story Helpful?
Social stories use a gentle and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that’s easy to understand. They are particularly useful for:
• Children who struggle to grasp social concepts.
• Learning social skills, social cues, and appropriate responses.
• Providing guidance on expectations, emotions, and problem-solving.
• Supporting autistic children who may find social interactions challenging and benefit from clear, structured explanations.
How to Use This Story Effectively
• Create a focused environment – Read the story in a quiet space with minimal distractions.
• Read it regularly – Start by reading it twice, then revisit it often to reinforce learning.
• Incorporate it into daily routines – Use the story as part of a structured schedule.
• Use it when needed – If the child struggles with apologising, read the story at relevant moments (without making it feel like a punishment).
• Encourage and praise – Keep the experience positive, reinforcing good behavior with encouragement.
Durability & Reusability
For long-term use, consider laminating and binding the pages or placing them in a display book. This allows for repeated reading and reinforcement, making the lesson more effective over time.
AQA GCSE 9-1 Elizabethan England, 1568-1603, Historic Environment Question 2026
This lesson explores the significance of the Globe Theatre in Elizabethan England and will prepare students fully for the historic environment question in 2026. This lesson has 38 slides and therefore is best to be delivered over at least two. The lesson has been revised since I first published it in 2019
Students will discover how the Globe became a major hub of entertainment, attracting audiences from all levels of society and helped shape the popularity of the English theatre. Through the works of playwrights like William Shakespeare, the theatre reflected the values, culture, concerns and politics of the time, making it a powerful mirror of Elizabethan society.
The lesson begins by examining two previous student answers, which students have to annotate and decide the marks they could award for each. They will show the common mistakes they make on this question from previous years. There is a simplified markscheme to consult as well as that supplied from AQA.
Two model answers are also analysed which will reflect the higher Level 4 marks awarded for a ‘complex explanation of the consequences leading to a sustained judgement’. Students are given tips and focus on how to achieve these higher marks.
Students are also required to fill in a grid to help them research the ‘5 P’s’, which focus on the main concepts of location, function, structure, design, people connected with the site, how the site reflects culture, values and fashions of the time and how the site links to important events and/or developments of the Elizabethans in the 16th Century. This will help them to gain the knowledge needed to write the question set from the exam board. The answer will also include the
Students are finally given a choice of 6 GCSE practice exam questions to complete with some scaffolding to help if required. Tips are given how to make a sustained line of argument rather than list the people, plays and the entertainment on offer from the Globe and other surrounding theatres.
The resource is differentiated and gives suggested teaching strategies. It comes in PowerPoint format which can be edited and changed to suit.
Any reviews on the resource would be greatly appreciated.
All lessons are fully resourced. Lessons are designed to last for 50-60 minutes. Lessons are resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning.
These lessons follow the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and look at;
Distribution of Biomes
Causes and Impacts of Deforestation
Managing Deforestation
Amazon Rainforest
Causes and Impacts of Desertification
Managing Desertification
Sahel Desert
Causes of Climate Change
Impacts of Climate Change
Responses to Climate Change
Each lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities.
If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography
A lesson designed for KS3 Geography. This is lesson 5 from a unit titled Extreme Environments.
This lesson will allow students to answer the following key questions:
• Why are extreme environments fragile?
A comprehensive student booklet to accompanying the People and The Biosphere topic of the new Edexcel B specification.
Includes a whole range of independent, structured tasks and activities that can be completed either at home or in the classroom. Also includes a Personal Learning Checklist for the topic.
This booklet accompanies the CGP revision guide and students will need a copy or photocopies of the relevant pages to complete the tasks.
This resource is based on the new GCSE curriculum but can also be used within the current GCSE theme of local, national, international and global areas of interest. It corresponds to the new AQA Theme 3: Communication and the world around us (Topic 3: The environment and where people live) and the new Edexcel Theme My neighbourhood.
It is designed as a revision sheet (and assumes prior knowledge and coverage of the theme/topic), but could easily be used as extension work, cover work, homework or independent study, or even an end-of-unit assessment. Answers are provided for self-marking if required and the formatting is printer and photocopier friendly, with two pages of activities per tier to ensure the work will last a full lesson.
There are two sections of this sheet – foundation and higher – so teachers and/or students can choose to do one or both. Students work through progressively harder tasks, eventually creating their own sentences based on the theme.
This resource is also available in German and Spanish.
Community Matters is an exciting new free resource from the Archbishop of York Youth Trust providing activities and ideas to help pupils explore why community matters and how children and young people can play their part in creating positive change, particularly as we rebuild our communities post-Covid restrictions.
The KS1 resource has two packs focusing on Social Issues and Environmental Issues with a range of activities designed to ignite, inspire and empower children and young people to make community matter and explore what it means to live in the wider world, as active citizens. Each pack also contains ideas for collective worship.
Each pack contains:-
PowerPoint Presentation
PDF document with Teacher Notes
New module for the AQA A Level specification. Population and the Environment. Part of a series of lessons to support the teaching of this new A Level course
GCSE Spanish (AQA 2026)
Theme 3 Communication & The World Around us
Unit 8: The Environment & Where People Live
Complete Scheme of Work/ 10 lessons + audio/anwswer key + pupil booklet
Ideal for: Teaching content or revision after finishing your own lessons.
Try Lesson 1 for FREE: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13481960
Save HOURS of prep with this fully planned, zero‑prep unit for KS4 Spanish, fully aligned with the new AQA 2026 vocabulary lists.
Everything is ready to teach: clear PowerPoints, structured activities, audio, homework, and assessment.
What’s included:
10 fully sequenced lessons (L1–L10) covering vocabulary and grammar for unit
Lesson format: do‑now (new vocab match‑up, translation and listening based on previous lesson), listening gap‑fill for new language, reading + comprehension, vocab retrieval, mini grammar bank, MWB activity translation, turn and talk, I do / we do / you do, exam‑style speaking, exit ticket plenary with gradually increasing in difficulty tasks in writing and translation, plus click‑to‑reveal answers throughout.
Printable pupil booklet (all tasks in one place)
Exam‑skills speaking lesson (role‑play, photo card, read‑aloud/phonics, unprepared questions)
Mini end‑of‑unit test (vocab, grammar, reading, translation)
Homework Hub with extra tasks for independent practice
All audio files included + embedded listening tasks
Knowledge Organiser + contents page with clear learning objectives and lesson breakdown
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Follow links for other completed units (more to follow):
Identity and relationships with others - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13454903
Education and work - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13468851
Healthy living and lifestyle - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13463240
Free time activities -https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13459017
Customs, festivals and celebrations - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13479209
Celebrity culture - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13473355
Media and technology - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13462081
The environment and where people live https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13481953
Travel and tourism, including places of interest - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13480791
This activity is perfect for Art and Design students in Key Stage 5 (aged 16-17).
How does your environment make you feel? In this project you’ll explore the relationship between space and emotion.
Artists, designers and makers often challenge our understanding of space, place and the environment. Artists such as Olafur Eliasson transform spaces to explore people’s relationship to the environment.
Use recycled materials to create different spaces on a small scale. Consider colour, texture, light and dark. Adjust, repair, customize and repurpose found objects.
Students cut out the boxes and match the impacts of drought with the descriptions. Could be used as a starting point, for revision or for making posters.
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