Pupil outcome: I can plan a poem inspired by the ideas and methods in Angelou's poetry. Key learning points: - When writing a poem inspired by a particular writer, their ideas and / or methods might inspire you. - You could use Angelou's...

Pupil outcome: I can explore Maya Angelou’s ‘On the Pulse of the Morning’, including understanding why and how it was written. Key learning points: - In 1993, President Bill Clinton asked Angelou to write, and perform, a poem at his...

Pupil outcome: I can infer meaning from 'Anansi and the Antelope Baby' through discussion. Key learning points: - A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs in a story. - Anansi folktales explore themes relating to character in...

Pupil outcome: I can identify and explore complex ideas in a text. Key learning points: - Before reading, it can be useful to consider the purpose, form and audience of a text. - Identifying complex ideas in a text can help deepen your...

Pupil outcome: I can select quotes that are analytically rich and explore textual details in full. Key learning points: - Quotes should be judiciously chosen. - Single paragraph outlines can be used to practice finding supporting...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Berry uses contrast and structural progression to express ideas of connection and humanity in 'On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955'. Key learning points: - Berry may have utilised...

Pupil outcome: I can include meaningful context when writing about modern poems in the ‘Love and Relationships’ anthology. Key learning points: - Browning uses pathetic fallacy to reflect the emotional turmoil the speaker initially...

Pupil outcome: I can identify and engage with the key themes in ‘A Christmas Carol’. Key learning points: - A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a story. - Themes often link together and overlap. - The theme of...

Pupil outcome: I can make connections linked to my own experiences and sequence events in a story. Key learning points: - Traditional tales try to teach us a lesson about something. - Thinking about those lessons can help us change...

Pupil outcome: I can identify similarities and differences between 'We Refugees', 'My Mother's Kitchen', and 'The Emigree'. Key learning points: - Rumens, Zephaniah and Hardi all explore the impact of displacement on refugees and their...

Pupil outcome: I can effectively develop my analytical writing leading with ‘big ideas’ and using tentative phrases and superlatives. Key learning points: - When writing analytical responses, you should begin by identifying and comparing...

Weird History Food is delivering some Pizza Innovations to your eyes. Immigrants to the United States brought their staple food with them, and pizza became a sensation in their new country, with the first pizzeria in the US opening for...

You have a big idea you want to present. It may be a result, an outcome, or a conclusion. Maybe it’s an insight you need to share or a recommendation you need to make. How can you communicate your big ideas...

This helps introduce the concept of main idea and details. It helps kids understand the difference and gives practice to find the details and main idea in various forms and passages. These videos are educational videos and lessons for...

This is an introductory video of helping kids identify the topic and main idea. It helps kids understand the difference and gives practice to find the topic and main idea in various passages. These videos are educational videos and...

A video lecture overview of the Treaty of Versailles and its effects. Created for students of the Social Studies, life long learners and the cray cray on the internets.

Learn about J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, who dreamed of being a writer and eventually found great success in her world famous fantasy series.

In 1964 at the Butterfield Salt Flats in Utah, 27 year old speed king Craig Breedlove became the first to move across the earth s surface at more than five hundred miles per hour. In the process of setting his third world land speed...

The Big Idea of a reusable craft for space travel became a reality in the 1980 s. After two decades of successful missions, the first space shuttle commissioned for reuse was launched in 1981, to great fanfare. Since then, NASA engineers...

The Big Idea of track-armored vehicles, or Tanks , became a reality during WW1, in an effort to break the deadlock of trench warfare. The tank proved the ideal vehicle to cross over unstable or dangerous terrain, such as barbed wire, to...

Every phone line, traffic light or piece of office equipment owes a lot to the Big Idea of a man who lived in the 19th Century. During his lifetime Thomas Edison had more than one thousand big ideas, and was credited with more U.S...

The Big Idea is called Maglev, which stands for Magnetic Levitation. A wheel-less vehicle on a magnetic track is powered by electrical linear motors. This method has the potential to be faster and quieter than most conventional trains,...

It had long been the idea of road safety experts to have vehicles that were not controlled by drivers, but rather by computers. Automated driving systems that cruise at a set distance from the car in front, park your car for you or steer...

The world of Formula One racing is no stranger to new technology. The ING race index has taken the Big Idea of racetrack design to a new level. Hermann Tilke, a former racing driver, became a leader in race circuit design. Tilke...