This short nonfiction text, ‘A: Aran Islands’ features important factual background information about a group of three islands that lie off the west coast of Ireland, the language people speak there and famous local crafts. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the symbols and icons associated with Irish culture and also features an …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Antarctic Shipwreck!’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a shipwreck in Antarctica.
This history article, ‘Capturing Easter Island’ features the amazing moai statues created by the Rapanui people of Easter Island. It provides factual information about how the Rapanui people managed to erect and move these giant stone statues, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This learning activity, ‘Emani’s Haircutting’, describes how guests are given gifts of food after a ceremony on the island of Niue. Students find fractions to help share the food and then write their own story and fraction questions about a celebration. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning …More
This reading comprehension activity ‘How Vikings Lived’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the history of Vikings.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Island Life’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This illustration, “Palm tree” 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. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and …More
This black and white outline illustration, “Palm tree B&W” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in colour. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy …More
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