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4th grade social studies resources for Microsoft PowerPoint in English (UK)
All about me Social Media Character profiles
Get to know your students in a fun way they can relate to with these "get to know me" Social Media Profiles: EDITABLE Templates! They also work great as a character analysis! Simply add text boxes and type straight into them, for distance learning.The use of social media is very much a part of students’ lives in this day and age. Use this to your advantage in your lessons by encouraging them to tell you and their peers all about themselves at the beginning of the year or writing about a famous p
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Women of History Inventors - Activities for Teens
Are you looking for some unique teen activities for Women's History month? Women have invented some incredible things to make our world a better place, but so many of these are unknown!
This resource highlights some of our amazing women inventors, to show our young students that anyone can achieve great things, regardless of gender.
There are 2 parts to the resource: a PowerPoint presentation with information to teach them about the inventors and what inspired them to invent their products. Th
Grades:
4th - 9th
The Twelve Greek Gods of Olympus
A great resource to introduce the 12 Greek Gods of Olympus.
Each God comes with a summarised background information and a pre-recorded myth based on the God.
After introducing and discussing the 12 Gods, a revision section is available under the "Who Am I?" tab.
This allows students to make connections with the information and visual representations of the Gods.
I have used this a few times over the past 2 years. Students love it!
Grades:
2nd - 5th
KS3 Geography: Tropical rainforests & jungles. FULL SOW 11 LESSONS + ASSESSMENT!
TRY BEFORE YOU BUY: Download some of my sample lessons first to check the quality! (they´re great)Get this whole scheme of work AND four more KS3 SoW for $14.99!An outstanding 12 lesson KS3 Geography Scheme of Work on Rainforests.This Scheme of work has it all… The lessons always have or include:Starters, extensions/challenges and plenary activitiesActivities which use photos, maps, graphsEnglish, maths, data and decision making exercisesGroup work, silent tasks, peer-peer activities, market pla
Grades:
4th - 9th
Cretaceous Survival Quest: An Engaging Educational Journey
Step into the time machine and transport your students back to the awe-inspiring world of the Cretaceous period, where dinosaurs ruled the Earth! "Cretaceous Survival Quest" is an innovative and immersive educational activity designed to engage young minds and ignite their curiosity about prehistoric times.Journey Back in Time: Your students will embark on an exciting adventure, experiencing life as it was during the Cretaceous period. They'll encounter the most fascinating creatures that roamed
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Titanic Digital Resource PowerPointâ„¢ Google Slidesâ„¢ Presentation and Questions
This digital Titanic resource has 37 PowerPointâ„¢ and Google Slidesâ„¢ which use primary sources including quotes, photos, advertising material, court claims, and items that were recovered from the Titanic, along with other images and timelines to explain the events leading up to and following the sinking of the Titanic.The slides towards the end of the slide deck highlight essential social studies concepts about the significance of the event, causes and consequences of the sinking and high death t
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4th - 6th
What happened to the people on Easter Island?
This lesson looks into the people of Easter Island. It is a mystery lesson where students will have a card sort to learn about Easter Island - but then piece together in information about what happened to the people.Within the lesson: There are plenty of activities for a 1 hour lesson built to engage all students of differing learning abilities and learning styles. Any handouts will be attached or within the slides of the lesson.Easy to follow for students and teachers delivering. Following the
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â How are global populations changing?
Boudicca and Persuasion Extended Writing Lesson
This 35-slide Powerpoint lesson gives students all the information and skills they need about Boudicca and how to write a persuasive speech by her called, ‘Why we Should Fight the Romans!’ This lesson can be taught in one session or over several depending on the needs of the students.This lesson start by presenting clear and accurate background information on Boudicca, with this becoming the reference material for a persuasive non-fiction writing exercise. Students are taken through a series of
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2nd - 6th
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Discovering Ötzi (Otzi) Playscript
Do you want to teach your students about Ötzi the iceman in a fun, interactive and engaging way? Then use this playscript. The play script is based on research and includes details about how he was found and what they found when they did studies on him. It comes in two formats, all black and white or colour coded for each character to make it easier for your students to tell when it is their turn to read. There are 7 characters in all. You could split your class into small groups to read and act
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2nd - 5th
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Australian History - First Fleet arrives in Australia - First Contact
The first Fleet arrives in Australia and the effect on Aboriginal Peoples. I have used the Storyboard online program to storyboard - using visual and written text to engage students. Over the years teaching this history unit, my students have found it difficult to understand life 200 years ago. This year, after storyboarding, with visual stimulus, my students have flourished in history. Students have been able to storyboard (in their history books) their historical accounts and add written knowl
Grades:
4th - 7th
Saving Sorya - full cross-curricular Year 6 plan
This is a full cross-curricular plan created for Year 5 and 6 teachers to teach a sequence of lessons linked to the amazing book Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdung. This cross-curricular plan includes everything needed to deliver the lessons.
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4th - 7th
NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, K-ESS3-2
, K-ESS3-3
KS2 Romans: Hadrian's Wall Lesson - Fact Files, Video, & Creative Writing!
Embark on a historic journey with this engaging PowerPoint lesson for Key Stage 2, diving deep into the world of the Romans and the mighty Hadrian's Wall. Learn key details such as its location, construction period, the unique building techniques used, and explore an insightful fact file featuring the wall's main characteristics.The lesson is enriched with an educational video illustrating life on the Wall, offering your students an immersive, real-world context. Spark your students' creativity
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Why do people migrate?
This lesson looks at the reasons to why people migrate with a focus of looking at the UK. Within the lesson: There are plenty of activities for a 1 hour lesson built to engage all students of differing learning abilities and learning styles. Any handouts will be attached or within the slides of the lesson.Easy to follow for students and teachers delivering. Following the British National Curriculum.
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4th - 9th
Also included in:Â How are global populations changing?
Ancient Egypt PPT 1
This is the first in a series of Ancient Egypt power points. The first one focuses on the geography of Egypt! It comes with skeleton notes for students to use while giving the presentation. This was used with a learning support class.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Stewardship - how can we look after the environment?
This lesson looks at how we can look after the environment with a small Christian focus. This product has a range of activities target a wide variety of learning styles which are easily followed through by any non specialist or specialist teacher. The resources are aimed to engage, enthuse and challenge students whilst being easily adaptable to suit your students.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â What are we doing to the environment?
Non-Chronological Report Guided Reading
There are three differentiated non-chronological reports about animals. Please look for the activities to match these in the files...I couldn't upload together and realised that sometimes people like to devise their own activities-even though the ones I've created are awesome!
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
How can we control population size?
Lesson focuses on controlling population and the famous One Child Policy. However, we see how the old one child policy has changed over time and how China is now doing the opposite - now encouraging people to have more than one child. Within the lesson: There are plenty of activities for a 1 hour lesson built to engage all students of differing learning abilities and learning styles. Any handouts will be attached or within the slides of the lesson.Easy to follow for students and teachers deliver
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â How are global populations changing?
Hairy Cows of Scotland Drawing Lesson - Powerpoint Slideshow
This Powerpoint Slideshow covers everything you'd need to introduce students to a specific animal to Scotland...The Hairy Coo (Cow)! The slideshow includes a brief background on Hairy Coo's with excellent photographs of the animal and the beautiful landscape. The slideshow then teaches students step-by-step how to draw a cartoon or realistic Hairy Cow. The cartoon version is based off of the story book character "Hamish the Highland Cow" by Natalie Russell. Even very young artists can draw this
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Grades:
K - 8th
Australian History - First Fleet sets off to Australia.
The First Fleet sets off on their voyage to Australia. I have used the Storyboard online program to storyboard - using visual and written text to engage students. Over the years teaching this history unit, my students have found it difficult to understand life 200 years ago. This year, after storyboarding, with visual stimulus, my students have flourished in history. Students have been able to storyboard (in their history books) their historical accounts and add written knowledge and understandi
King Of The Nouns
In this lesson, students will become familiar with nouns and practice using them in conversations.
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3rd - 5th
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Superstitions
- What are superstitions?
- An example of superstitions
- Make Guesses with Pictures
(if this superstition brings you a good luck or a bad luck)
- Check Answers
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education
Industrial Revolution - What was life like before the Industrial Revolution - St
What was life like for people in England before the Industrial Revolution? I have used the Storyboard online program to storyboard - using visual and written text to engage students. Over the years teaching this history unit, my students have found it difficult to understand life 300 years ago. This year, after storyboarding, with visual stimulus, my students have flourished in history.Students have been able to storyboard (in their history books) their historical accounts and add written knowle
Grades:
4th - 7th
Justice - Title: What is justice?
This lesson focuses on the meaning of justice and looks into aspects of the world where we have injustices taking place. However, the lesson also tries to focus not just on the big subjects that make it on the news - but the small scale types on injustices that occur every day around us.These resources have been created carefully to embed the curriculum and enable our students to be taught effective lessons to allow our students to thrive. Each lesson has different activities to suit different l
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in:Â How can the world be made just? Justice! Stopping injustice.
Plastic pollution project - in school.
This is a large project which could take up many lesson. I normally do this over at least 3, 1 hour lessons. There is a range of activities - a investigation and the write up. This product has a range of activities target a wide variety of learning styles which are easily followed through by any non specialist or specialist teacher. The resources are aimed to engage, enthuse and challenge students whilst being easily adaptable to suit your students.
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Also included in:Â What are we doing to the environment?
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