This profile, ‘Roberta Bondar’, features important factual background information about the first Canadian woman to go to space. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness in an engaging manner, and could be used a prompt for further discussion or study about Canada.
This hands-on activity, ‘Robot Arm Project’ asks students to build Leonardo da Vinci’s robot arm and explore its relation to movement and physics.
This illustration, ‘Roman coins’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white which makes it ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards, …More
This illustration, ‘Roman coins B&W’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This black and white illustration is ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards and student handouts, and in …More
This illustration, ‘Roman Colosseum’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white which makes it ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards, …More
This illustration, ‘Roman Colosseum B&W’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This black and white illustration is ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards and student handouts, and in …More
This illustration, ‘Roman gladiator’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white which makes it ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards, …More
This illustration, ‘Roman gladiator B&W’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This black and white illustration is ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards and student handouts, and in …More
This illustration, ‘Roman man’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white which makes it ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards, …More
This illustration, ‘Roman man B&W’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This black and white illustration is ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards and student handouts, and in …More
This hands-on activity, ‘Roman Roads’ asks students to construct a model which duplicates the principles by which Romans built their roads.
This illustration, ‘Roman woman’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white which makes it ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards, …More
This illustration, ‘Roman woman B&W’ is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This black and white illustration is ideal for photocopying and colouring-in. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can be reproduced for use on bulletin boards and student handouts, and in …More
This history article, ‘Rosa Parks’ features the famous civil rights figure Rosa Parks, and how she protested against an unfair law on a bus journey home one day, and in doing so helped to achieve racial equality for other African Americans. It provides factual information about civil rights and a fun maze activity, complete with …More
This geography article, ‘Salmon’, features factual information about salmon. It is aimed at broadening students’ cultural, geographical, and historical awareness in an engaging manner.
This short nonfiction text, ‘S: St Patrick’s Day’ features important factual background information about Ireland’s Patron Saint, St Patrick, and celebrations to remember him. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the symbols and icons associated with Irish culture and also features an activity for students to practise their handwriting.
This history article, ‘Saint George’ features the legendary figure of Saint George. It provides factual information about the life and times of Saint George, who is the patron saint of England, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘Saint George and the Dragon’ features the mythical legend of Saint George. It provides factual information about Saint George and the fierce dragon, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘Saint George’s Day’ features the day that honours Saint George. It provides factual information about Saint George, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Saving a Village’, features a narrative text about a young man who displays courage during the American Revolution. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about genre, reasoning, character, vocabulary, detail, making a judgment, cause and effect, drawing a conclusion, and predicting …More
This history article, ‘Saying Sorry’ features the famous ‘Sorry’ speech to the Stolen Generations of Australia that apologised for the removal of Australian Indigenous children from their families and communities. It provides factual information about the Stolen Generations, complete with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text and is aimed at broadening …More
This postcard ‘Scotland: The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews’ features important factual background information about one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. The postcard template encourages students to research the location in order to write creatively about it as though recounting a visit. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Seeing Codes’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the use of codes through history. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to make judgements about …More
This history article, ‘Seen from Space?’ features the Great Wall of China. It provides factual information about the Great Wall and its construction and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘Shhh … Secret Agents: Spies, Gadgets and Top Secrets of the Cold War’ features factual information about the gadgets used by Russian and American spies during a period in history known as the Cold War. It also provides a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text and is aimed at …More
This postcard, ‘Signal Hill’, features important factual background information about the famous landmark in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The postcard template encourages students to research the location in order to write creatively about it as though recounting a visit. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the cultural and historical landmarks of Canada and can …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Sir Francis Chichester’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the famous sailor and aviator. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text and to look critically …More
This profile, ‘Sir John A. MacDonald’, features important factual background information about Canada’s first Prime Minister. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical awareness in an engaging manner, and could be used a prompt for further discussion or study about Canadian history.
This history article, ‘Six Reasons to Thank the Ancient Greeks’ features the six great Greeks gifts that we still have today. It provides factual information about democracy, philosophy, mathematics, the Olympics, the alphabet and storytelling, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This graphic organiser, ‘Sorting Architecture’ helps students order and classify different pieces of architecture.
This worksheet, ‘South African Ethnic Groups’ is a great resource that examines the ratio of different ethnic groups within South Africa. Students are provided with the statistics of percentages of each ethnic group (2011 est.) and are asked to put these numbers into the pie chart provided. The chart is divided into 5% parts to …More
This history article ‘South African Music’ features important factual background information about the objects and symbols of tradition South African music. It identifies the drum, rattle, mbira and vuvuzela as iconic musical instruments, which are still played in South Africa today. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness and could be used …More
This worksheet, ‘Soweto’ is a great resource to supplement research into the important South African township of Soweto. Students are asked to answer questions such as ‘Why was Soweto built and when?’ or ‘Where is Soweto in relation to Johannesburg?’ to get a greater understanding of the history and importance of the town. This resource …More
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Space Exploration’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Special Horse Breeds’, features two informational texts about the history and characteristics of the Lippizaner and the Appaloosa. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the texts and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, reasoning, detail, and comparison/contrast. The task also prompts students to write their own …More
This history article, ‘St Kilda’ features the group of islands located off Scotland’s west coast. It provides factual information about the islands and the people who inhabited the islands, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural, geographical and historical awareness.
This graphic organiser, ‘Stepping Stones’ allows students to structure key events into chronological order, looking at the possible consequences of changing the order of events.
This graphic organiser, ‘Storyboard Documentary’ helps students to study about famous people or events and then place events in chronological order.
This worksheet, ‘Struggles for Freedom’ is a meaningful resource that prompts research into people who have struggled or continue to struggle for freedom around the world. Students are asked to research how those people’s freedom has been restricted and what their living conditions have been like without it. It also provides a great foundation for …More
This worksheet, ‘Symbols of Freedom’ helps outline the meaning and need for symbols when illustrating certain ideas, in particular more abstract ideas such as freedom. Students are asked to suggest what a heart could symbolise and are then prompted to illustrate and explain a symbol that could be associated with the concept of freedom.
This geography article, ‘Totem Pole’, features factual information about the First Nations monuments. It is aimed at broadening students’ cultural, geographical, and historical awareness in an engaging manner.
This short nonfiction text, ‘T: Trinity College’ features important factual background information about Ireland’s leading university and treasures, like the Book of Kells, that house there. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the symbols and icons associated with Irish culture and also features an activity for students to practise their handwriting.
This profile, ‘Terry Fox’, features important factual background information about the famous Canadian athlete and humanitarian. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness in an engaging manner, and could be used a prompt for further discussion or study about Canada.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Assembly Line’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This history article, ‘The Aztecs’ describes the traditions and culture of the Aztecs. It provides factual information about this ancient civilisation and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘The Bone Wars’ features the two American paleontologists Othniel C. Marsh and Charles Drinker Cope. It provides factual information about the intense rivalry between these two scientists, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘The British Museum’ features the famous London landmark. It provides factual information about the world’s first public museum, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This worksheet, ‘The Colours of the South African Flag’ is a fun resource that asks students to specify what the various colours of the South African flag are and brainstorm what they could represent. They are then asked to colour in the flag appropriately. Suggested answers are also provided.
This history article, ‘The Conspiracy Files: How Did Phar Lap Really Die?’ features the champion Australian racehorse Phar Lap, and the theory held by some people that he was poisoned. It provides an introduction to the topic of conspiracy theories and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness, complete with a glossary of …More
This history article, ‘The Curse of a Child King…’ features the discovery of King Tutankhamen’s tomb and explores the theory that it was cursed. It provides factual background information about King Tut’s tomb and its discovery, a fun joke and a ‘Make a Tutankhamen Mask’ activity. It has a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms …More
This history article, ‘The Delphic Oracle’ features the renowned prophetess of ancient Greece, from whom people asked advice and predictions. It provides factual information about this significant figure from Greek mythology, complete with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Domino Effect of 9/11’ asks students to think about the events of 11th September 2001 and how the event has impacted life since.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The Essex’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text this ill-fated whaling ship. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order …More
This history article, ‘The Evolution of Video Games’ features the history of video games and how they developed from early games like Pong and Pac Man to the more complex games we play today. It provides factual information and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This history article, ‘The Explosive Story of Alfred Nobel’ outlines the life and work of the man behind the prestigious Nobel Prize. It provides factual information about Alfred Nobel and how the Nobel Prize originated and it is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This analysing text worksheet ‘The First African-American Female Pilot’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Bessie Coleman. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words …More
This history article, ‘The Gory Story: Cheers to Horatio!’ features a short tale about Admiral Horatio Nelson who died in the famous Battle of Trafalgar. It provides factual information about how, when he died, he was preserved in a barrel of brandy for the long sea journey back to England, and is aimed at broadening …More
This history article, ‘The Gory Story: Elagabalus: The Punk of Rome’ features a young Roman Emperor who liked playing pranks on his friends. It provides factual information about Elagabalus and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
This history article, ‘The Gory Story: Got a Frog in Your Throat?’ features an odd medieval medical procedure, which involved putting a frog in your mouth to cure a number of illnesses! It provides an introduction to the topic of old and traditional medical practices and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This history article, ‘The Gory Story: Homemade Shampoo?’ features an unusual ancient custom from Roman times for cleaning your teeth and colouring your hair! It provides factual information about this custom and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness in a fun and engaging manner.
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