This history timeline, ‘Mary Seacole’ features important dates and factual background information about the Jamaican-born woman who gained recognition for helping to care for sick and injured British soldiers during the Crimean War. This is a great resource for broadening students’ historical and cultural knowledge about the United Kingdom and could be used as a …More
This history article, ‘Christiaan Barnard’ features the South African surgeon who was the first person in the world to perform a human heart transplant. It provides factual information about Christiaan Barnard and heart transplants, along with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text. It is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical …More
This illustration, “Doctor” 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 can …More
This black and white outline illustration, “Doctor 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 to …More
This kids news activity, ‘Eating Like They Do In The Mediterranean Is Good For Your Heart’ reports on research suggesting a link between a Mediterranean diet and heart health.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Elizabeth Blackwell’, features a biographical text about the first female doctor in the United States. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about comparison/contrast, drawing a conclusion, cause and effect, detail, making a judgment, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This illustration, “Pill bottle” 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, “Pill bottle 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
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘The Lifesaving Typhus Epidemic’, features an informational text about a Polish doctor who saved thousands of lives during World War II by faking an epidemic. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about validity, cause and effect, drawing a conclusion, figurative language, …More
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Venn Diagram and Compare/Contrast Chart,’ can be used to organise the similarities and differences between topics, events or people. It is aimed at helping students arrange knowledge and ideas in a specified order and includes excellent prewriting strategies to use when summarising information.