This unit is suitable for early KS 2
FARMS and FACTORIES -OUR FOOD SOURCES, includes the following topics
Types of food our bodies need
The geography of food
Changes in the food we eat
Sourcing our food
The distance food travels
Making our food
World food supplies
The future and food production
Each topic is a lesson sized piece of the unit. Power point slides are used to present the ideas. There are printable notes and activities for the students.
What is trading?
Objectives: I can explain what trade is.
I can describe how people pay for goods and services.
Activities: Identifying how people trade their services.
Designing and drawing a currency.
Explaining how money works and how we use it today.
A set of power point slides and notes with worksheet activities.
This unit is carefully presented using slides to cover a lesson at a time. Each lesson includes worksheet activities.
Topics covered include
What is trading?
Wholesalers and Retailers
Factors in Production.
Imports and Exports
Global Trade
Global Supply Chains
Global Transportation
Ethical Trading
Origins of the Mughal Empire consists of a series of power point slides describing the topic. It is sufficient for one lesson
OBJECTIVES
I can discuss the origins of the Mughal Empire.
I can explain how Babur justified becoming the leader of an invading force.
I can identify and provide solutions for the greatest challenge that Babur would face.
ACTIVITIES:
Establishing the origin of the word Mughal.
Discussion of the origin of the Mughal Empire.
Imagining the challenges that Babur faced in his invasion of the Indian sub-continent.
Mughal India is described using power point slides covering the following topics:
Origins of the Mughal Empire
The Mughal Dynasty (1526 to 1857)
Barbur (1526 to 1530) and Humayan (1530-1540 and 1555 to 1556)
Akbar the Great (1556-1605)
Jahangir (1605-1627) and Shah Jahan (1628-1658)
Aurangzeb (1658-1707)
Decline of the Mughal Empire
Later Mughal Rulers
Mughal India and the British East India Company (EIC)
The Legacy of Mughal Architecture
The Legacy of Mughal Art and Literature.
Mughal Empire Administration
Mughal Economy and Trade
Mughal Technology and Innovations
Each set of slides is sufficient for one lesson and they are interspersed with activities, with printable worksheets.
NATURAL RESOURCES is a good unit to help students understand the different aspects of our natural resources and the dangers of the demands. Presented with a set of slides for each of eight lessons, the interspersed activities give students an opportunity to engage with the ideas presented.
Topics include:
Understanding natural resources
Renewable and non-renewable resources
Using natural resources for energy
Benefits of trees as a natural resource
Human’s increasing demand for resources
Farming Activities
Mining and Minerals
Sustainability of natural resources
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.
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
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.
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
This comprehensive unit on Rivers presents the following topics through power point slides:
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The forming of a river
A river’s journey
The water cycle
Rivers sustaining life
River settlements
River transport
River power
Some great rivers of the world
The slides are interspersed with learning activities which can be completed on the corresponding worksheets.
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
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)
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, 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
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
This unit gives a good overview of the origins of festivals celebrated during the winter season, how these festivals are celebrated and some of the connections between festivals. Themes such as lights, feasts and activities are considered. There are seven power point presentations and seven worksheets covering the following winter celebrations:
Celebrating!
Diwali
Thanksgiving
Hanukkah
Yule tide (Winter Solstice)
Christmas
New Year
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 set of fourteen lessons, presented using power point slides, each with worksheet activities interspersed. The unit covers:
*Sons of Liberty
Governing after the Revolutionary War
The Constitutional Convention
The formation of government
Constitutional Amendments and the Bill of Rights.
The Founding Fathers
Founding Mothers
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
James Madison*
I have used this with KS 3 (Grades 5 to 7)
Ten lessons helping students understand the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and The British Isles, geography and governance.
Lessons topics include:
Separation from Europe
Nations of the British Isles
Capital Cities of British Isles
Seas, Rivers, and Lakes
Plains, Hills, and Mountains
Weather and Climate
Natural vegetation and wild life
The Population Distribution
Human Activities
Governing the United Kingdom
There are power point slides and worksheet activities aimed at year 3 / 4 students.