A unit of instruction studying the events of the Nazi atrocities of 1933 to 1945 and that this is known as the Holocaust. The aim is to enable students to understand the history and to understand that genocide is a consequence of prejudice and discrimination.
This unit is suitable for year 6.
Lesson topics include:
Offering hope while spreading hate
Nazis - ethnicity and religion
Nazis and the Jews
Ghettos
The Wannsee conference
Extermination Camps
The story of the Frank family
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.
There is still much that archaeologists need to learn about the Indus Valley Civilization. This unit explores the reasons for this, including the importance of evidence, while giving insight into:
The Origins of the Indus civilization
Discovery of the Indus (Harappan) civilization
Cities
Society
Farming
Trade
Engineering and science
Arts and crafts
8 lessons are covered through slides and worksheets.
Ten interesting lessons about the Shang Dynasty. Ten power point presentations and ten follow up worksheets to consolidate ideas.
TOPICS:
Timeline of the dynasties of ancient China
Yin Xu archaeological site
The beginning of the Shang Dynasty
Society during the Shang Dynasty
Religion during the Shang dynasty
Governance during the Shang dynasty
Farming during the Shang dynasty
Shang buildings and architecture
The legacy of the Shang dynasty
The fall of the Shang dynasty
EXTREME EARTH is a fourteen-lesson unit introducing and illustrating extreme weather phenomenon, the causes and effects.
Topics include:
Earth’s unstable crust
Mountains
Pushing, buckling bending and sliding – Mountain Formation
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Geysers and hot springs
Weather and climate
Tornadoes
Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones
Drought
Floods
Earth’s Ice Ages and Extinction Periods
Global Warming and Climate change
The unit includes power point presentations and worksheets for each topic.
How did the power of the British monarchy evolve over time? Explore this with your students using twelve lesson power point presentations, worksheets and content pages.
The chapters include:
Monarchs since 1066 (Try this chapter free)
Royalty, power and religion
William the Conqueror – Absolute Power
John I
Establishment of a Parliament
Tudors take back power
Charles I
The Commonwealth of England
The threat of James II
Anne and political parties
Victoria – remaking the monarchy
The House of Windsor**
Prepared for Year 5 students, this unit covers the following aspects of the topic, “South America”
Location
Countries
Important Cities
Physical Features
Climate Zones
Natural Biomes
Human Geography
Human Geography – Mining and Industry
Human Activities – Agriculture
Each aspect is presented with power point slides and there is follow up in the form of worksheet activities.
This unit is a study of a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history: Early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900.
Lessons include:
The beginning of the Islamic civilization
Important aspects of Islam
Time line of the early Islamic civilization
The rise and fall of Baghdad
Daily life in Baghdad
Center of learning
Early Islam civilization Trade
Early Islamic Art
The important cities in the Islamic civilization
Legacy of the Islam civilization
This unit presents a society that provides contrasts and intersection with European history:
Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300
Ten power points with corresponding worksheets provide opportunities to reflect on historical information and give informed responses. There is consistent emphasis on historical resources.
Topics:
Oral tradition of the Kingdom of Benin
Time line of the Benin civilization
Establishment of the Edo Kingdom
Edo kings
Edo City (Benin City)
The Edo gods
The religious practices
The Edo (Benin) arts and crafts
Farming activities and Trade
The demise of the Benin Kingdom
This eight-lesson unit has been used mainly with year 7.
It covers the topics:
The Feudal System as a Political System
The Manor
The Medieval Castle
Medieval Villages and Towns
Guilds
Serfs and Peasants
Nobility
Knighthood
The slides can be used to introduce, illustrate and discuss the topics. There are worksheet activities interspersed with the informational slides to encourage reflection, allow students to give opinions, express their insight into the life and times and make links with the present day.
Used mainly with year 7 and 8 students, this unit, THE MALI EMPIRE, uses eight sets of slides to illustrate the history of this amazing empire.
The topics include: *
Timeline of the Empire from 1240 to 1468
The rise of the Mali Empire
The governance of the Empire of Mali
Trade
Culture
Mansa Musa I
Mali - a centre of learning
The Fall of the Empire
**
Each lesson has worksheet activities interspersed throughout the slides, to focus attention and stimulate thinking.
A history of the Qing Dynasty including lessons on:
The Chinese Dynasties
The Rise of the Manchu
Establishing the Qing Dynasty in China
Stabilizing the Empire
High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Kangxi Emperor (1651 to 1722)
High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Yongzheng Emperor (1722 to 1735) High Qing Era (1683 to 1796)
Qianlong Emperor (1722 to 1796)
Decline and Fall (1896 to 1911)
The Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion.
The control of the Qing Dynasty by the Dowager Empress Cixi (1662 to 1908)
The Xuantong Emperor and Uprisings in China
The Wuchang uprising and the Xinhai revolution
Puyi – the “Political Football”
There are power point slides with activities interspersed and worksheets for each lesson.
I used this for Year 5 & 6 (Grades 4 to 6). I used it after the unit on South America but it could be used first.
There are twelve lessons, each with power point slides and worksheets.
Lesson topics:
Location
Natural Physical Feature
Important Lakes
Important Rivers
Climate
Natural Vegetation and Wild life
Countries of North America
The people of North America (human population)
Mining Resources
Agricultural (Farming) Resources
Manufacturing Industry
Economy
This unit looks at changes in an aspect of social history, specifically** leisure and entertainment in the 20th Century.**
Lessons are titled:
All work and no play
Home entertainment
Dancing through the 20th Century
Theatre
Movies
Music
Fashion and influences
Radio
Television
Sport
Each lesson consists of a power point presentation and worksheet with activities.
This is a comprehensive unit on the Ancient Greeks, aimed at 9 to 11 year olds. The lessons are presented using power point slides with activities interspersed. The worksheets provide both notes and spaces in which students can record.
Topics include:
Who were the ancient Greeks?
Who were the Minoans?
Who were the Mycenaeans?
The Three Periods of Ancient Greece
City states
Athens
A day in the life of a Greek girl in Athens
Sparta
A day in the life of a Greek boy in Sparta
Clothing and fashion
Greek beliefs
Greek gods
Greek homes
Food and farming
Trade
Greek architecture and art
Ancient Greek Warfare
The Peloponnesian Wars
Alexander the Great
Greek contributions to our lives
Black Death and its Social and Economic Impact is a four lesson unit. It includes the topics:
What was Black Death?
The continuing spread of the Disease.
The impact of Black Death on society.
The economic effects of Black Death.
Suitable for KS3 / Middle School, the unit consists of four sets of power point slides and worksheet activities.
A set of nine power point presentations and nine worksheets.
The unit covers the following:
Roman withdrawal from Britain
The invasion by the Scots from Ireland
The Invasion of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
The Anglo-Saxons
Village life in an Anglo-Saxon settlement
Anglo Saxon Art and Culture
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
Christianity and the Anglo Saxons
Some Early Christian Missions in Britain
This lesson is called: EGYPT AND THE NILE and consists of slides, notes and activities.
It is part of the unit, THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.
Lesson 1 objectives:
Students will be able to locate the main cities of Egypt and recognise their significance. They will be able to discuss the importance of the Nile in Egypt.
The power point presentation includes information relating to:
The Nile Valley
The driest country in the world
The flooding of the Nile
A map of key places along the Nile.
This is an introduction to “From the Stone Age to the Iron Age”, using a Power Point presentation to lead the students through the topic. The students will be able to identify the stages by the tools that were made. The presentation supports the notes and worksheet activity.
The lesson includes:
Discussion
Why the names “Stone”, "Bronze”, and “Iron” have been attributed to the ages.
Activities
Identifying artifacts
Group discussion skills - listening and responding
Comprehension and thinking skills
A power point slide series and worksheet aimed to enable students to explain the popular theory of how the moon was formed and to discuss how the moon affects life on earth.