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Shakespeare: Henry V - Writing Task
Pairs of pupils choose a person who they consider to be a hero. They research that person, develop a speech, and deliver it to the class in hopes of persuading them that this person really is a hero. A vote is taken after the...
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World Hunger - Causes And Solutions
An online Sim City type game from the BBC website guides students to complete a World Food Programme mission. They investigate the causes and of hunger in different parts of the world and then research a particular region's hunger...
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Tourism in Northern Ireland
In this tourism instructional activity, students label pictures of tourist destinations with the name of the country they are located in, write sentences about pictures showing damage caused by tourists, identify locations on a map, and...
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Settlements in Belfast
In this Belfast geography instructional activity, students arrange the names of places in order by size, color a map, match important dates and events, and write a plan for redeveloping Laganside.
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Propaganda
Learners discuss wartime propaganda after viewing the World War II film "Christmas Under Fire."  They answer discussion questions, identify passages of propaganda from a transcript of the film, and write a brief from the Ministry of...
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Symmetry of Flags
Students explore, examine and study the symmetry of the flags of individual countries in the EU. They identify and describe the reflection and rotation symmetries of two-dimensional shapes and assess how symmetry changes with respect to...
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Exploiting Antarctica
Students read the story and diary "Lizzie's diaries from Antarctica and Antarctica" to get massive clean-up. Students discuss their knowledge of life in Antarctica and raise the fact of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and its...
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MFL: Road Safety Vocabulary 1
Young scholars brainstorm any words they associate with traffic and safety. In groups, they work together to complete a worksheet identifying images. They also discuss what they would tell someone who was acting unsafely.
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Looking After Pets
Students work in groups to compose their own "Duty of Care" for pets and make their own individual list from this discussion and illustrate it with drawing or images taken from magazines, websites or newspapers.
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The Euro Quiz
Students read and discuss a news story "Government to say if UK will Join Euro." They take a Euro Quiz, or produce a TV quiz show using the questions. Alternatively students may write a report on the Euro or perform research to learn...
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A Young Mayor
Students explore the responsibilities of a town mayor.  Students create an election poster supporting election of a mayor  They design a manifesto, explaining intentions, within a budget,  to improve the locality.  Students share ideas...
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From the Four Corners 1
Students view a film looking at government propaganda during WWII.  They look at the portrayal of Commonwealth tropps in "From the Four Corners."  Students are asked to evaluate the utility of the film as evidence of why Commonwealth...
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Election Voting Systems
Students discuss the Afghan elections and times when they have voted, i.e. student council, American Idol.  Cooperatively, they create definitions for election, local council election, national government election, candidate, polling...
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Debate: Should we cull animals?
Pupils examine arguments for and against culling animals.  Students, in groups, read news stories.  They create a list of arguments, for and against, the culling of animals.  Pupils debate, supporting their opinion.  Students create a...