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5th grade social studies resources in English (UK) $10 and up
Australian Democracy Features Complete Bundle | Year 5 HASS Government Civics
Explore types of government, democracy and voting in Australia with this Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship bundle. This Australian government resource includes three democracy and voting units,assessment tasks and a word wall and poster set. This is the perfect resource for teaching the importance of democracy and government in Australia.✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫This bundle contains:Types of Government Mini UnitThis resource includes:✫ Teacher Notes✫ Cover Page✫ Brainstorming Activity✫ 2 General Note Taking S
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5th
Australian Government Basics Bundle
Explore Government in Australia in your classroom with this complete bundle of teaching resources. Engage your students with the mini-unit covering Australian government structure, voting rights and citizenship. Then reinforce learning with the word wall, vocabulary games and poster set.This bundle includes a range of resources which are also available individually. Find individual links belowAustralian Government Basics Mini UnitThis resource includes:✫ Teaching Notes✫ Cover Page for Work Bookl
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5th - 7th
Australian Civics and Citizenship Government YEAR 5 HASS COMPLETE BUNDLE
Explore Australian democracy, the electoral system, Australian laws and community in Australia with this complete Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship government bundle. With information sheets, activities, assessment tasks and vocabulary resources, this comprehensive bundle allows students to gain a good understanding of how the Australian government works and how individuals can work together towards civic goals.These resources are written to suit the Australian Curriculum and are written for Au
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Laws in Australia Complete Bundle | Year 5 HASS Australian Government and Civics
Explore law in Australia with this Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship bundle. Covering laws, why we need laws and creating and enforcing laws, this Australian government bundle includes a range of learning materials including information sheets, activities, assessment tasks and vocabulary activities. Perfect for taking a closer look at the Australian legal system.These resources are written to suit the Australian Curriculum and are written for Australian students. Most elements will work for oth
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5th
The Wind in the Willows Art + Baking Unit Study
Come on a read, paint, cook journey with the Build Your Masterpiece Class and the classic novel, The Wind in the Willows, by Scottish Novelist, Kenneth Grahame. The landscapes and cultural references are deeply embedded in Edwardian England. This story, set in England in the 1800's, is about four animals, Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger, who all have emotions, traits, intentions and personalities like that of humans. This is called Anthropomorphism. It has inspired many authors since it was first pu
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PreK - 12th
Australian Democracy Mini Unit Bundle | Year 5 HASS Australian Government Civics
Explore Australian democracy, types of government and voting with this Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship bundle. These Australian government resources allow students to explore democracy, monarchy and dictatorship and to develop a better understanding of democracy and voting in Australia. The units include information sheets, activities and assessment tasks.✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫These resources are also available in other bundles:Key Features of Australian Democracy Complete BundleYear 5 Australian Civics
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5th
Year 5 HASS Civics and Citizenship | Australian Government Mini Unit Bundle
Explore civics and citizenship in Australia with this Year 5 HASS bundle. These Australian government resources allow you to cover Australian democracy, the Australian electoral system, laws in Australia and working together towards goals. Each included resource has information sheets, a range of learning activities and assessment tasks.Get the complete Year 5 Australian Civics and Citizenship bundle - with assessment tasks, word wall cards and posters - hereThese mini units are written to suit
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THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS - BUNDLE OF READING PASSAGES
This is a bundle of 10 'cloze' reading passages about the history of 10 Christmas Traditions. There are comprehension, vocabulary, and reflection questions + Key. There is a digital interactive Google Slides version of this product for distance learning purposes.In this zip file you will find:Printable PDFs of all the products separately with the passage readings and the questions The links of a copy to the interactive Google Slides versionsa bonus file with all of the separate files together al
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Laws in Australia Mini Unit Bundle | Year 5 HASS Australian Government Civics
Explore laws in Australia with this Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship bundle. These Australian government resources examine what laws are, different types of laws in Australia, why laws are important and how they are created and enforced. The resources include information sheets, a range of activities and assessment tasks.These resources can also be purchased as part of the Law in Australia Complete BundleThese mini units are written to suit the Australian Curriculum and are written for Austral
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5th
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Cretaceous Survival Quest: An Engaging Educational Journey
Step into the time machine and transport your students back to the awe-inspiring world of the Cretaceous period, where dinosaurs ruled the Earth! "Cretaceous Survival Quest" is an innovative and immersive educational activity designed to engage young minds and ignite their curiosity about prehistoric times.Journey Back in Time: Your students will embark on an exciting adventure, experiencing life as it was during the Cretaceous period. They'll encounter the most fascinating creatures that roamed
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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THE RELIEF TEACHER TOOLKIT: BOOK 4 ( Year 5 / P6, Year 6 / P7, Age 10-12)
Great range of photocopiable classroom activities to equip substitute and class teachers. The activities cover a variety of curriculum areas – English, maths, science, history, geography, health, values, art and DT. Features: - each pupil worksheet is accompanied by teachers notes, including objectives, resource list, lesson plan, additional activity suggestions, answers and curriculum links - pupil worksheets can stand alone as a single lesson, or be extended using the additional activity sugge
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4th - 5th
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Australian Elections and Campaigns Complete Bundle | Year 5 HASS Civics
Explore Australian elections and campaigns with this Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship bundle. This Australian government resource looks at the electoral system in Australia and election campaigns in Australia, with comprehensive units of work, assessment tasks and vocabulary word wall and poster resources. Perfect for learning more about elections in Australia.These resources are written to suit the Australian Curriculum and are written for Australian students. Most elements will work for othe
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5th
I'm Australian Too, Flood and Memorial - Australia Picture Book Study Bundle
Explore what it means to be Australian, what natural disasters can be like in Australia and how Australians remember times of war with this three book, middle grades, book study bundle. This bundle includes comprehensive book study activities for I'm Australian Too by Mem Fox, Flood by Jackie French and Memorial by Gary Crew. Perfect for literature friendly classrooms around Australia.
These resources are written to suit Australian students and classrooms. Elements will work for other parts of
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5th - 7th
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Australian History - First Fleet arrives in Australia - First Contact
The first Fleet arrives in Australia and the effect on Aboriginal Peoples. I have used the Storyboard online program to storyboard - using visual and written text to engage students. Over the years teaching this history unit, my students have found it difficult to understand life 200 years ago. This year, after storyboarding, with visual stimulus, my students have flourished in history. Students have been able to storyboard (in their history books) their historical accounts and add written knowl
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4th - 7th
Viking Unit BUNDLE
Digital at-home learning made easy! Combine a half-term unit on Vikings with two novel studies that inform the class about Vikings during the unit.Included:On the Move 6-week unit: persuasive writing, narrative writing, research, STEM, explanation writing *Includes lesson plans, resources, editable rubricsThe Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable Fib Novel StudyViking Boy Novel StudyAll objectives are aligned with the 2014 National Curriculum of England, and connections to CCSS and NGSS are li
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4th - 7th
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MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-3
Saving Sorya - full cross-curricular Year 6 plan
This is a full cross-curricular plan created for Year 5 and 6 teachers to teach a sequence of lessons linked to the amazing book Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdung. This cross-curricular plan includes everything needed to deliver the lessons.
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4th - 7th
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K-ESS3-1
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Readers Theatre High School British Migrants History Drama Script With Tasks
The Big Ship Sails is a one act drama script that tells the heartbreaking true stories of the children who were 'exported' during the British Child Migration Scheme. Suitable for ages 11+Cast size: 31Can increase cast size to 40 with additional non-speaking Children and extra Narrators Can reduce cast size to 28 by giving some students more than one role to play Running time: approx. 40 minutes, depending on the inclusion of children's songs and games. The Big Ship Sails is an emotional one act
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5th - 10th
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Australian Elections and Campaigns Mini Unit Bundle | Year 5 HASS Civics
Explore Australian elections and campaigns with this Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship mini unit bundle.This Australian government resource explores elections and the electoral system in Australia and how Australian election campaigns work. It includes information sheets, a wide range of learning activities and assessment tasks. Great for understanding elections in Australia!This bundle is also available as part of the complete Key Features of the Australian Electoral System bundleThese mini un
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5th
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Travel the World Worksheet: the Schengen Zone in the EU (26 COUNTRIES!)
Fun WORLD FACTS!! Save time - and have fun!Explore the Schengen Zone!! (26 countries) Color the flags of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Sample some local cuisine, and practice saying hello in the native language! Learn about the population, land area, famous landmarks and sin
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3rd - 6th
Australia - A Country Study for Students in the Northern Hemisphere - (UK Eng)
This series of activities has been developed by an Australian Teacher Author, and is specifically targeted toward students in the Americas, Europe and Britain. Why? Great question!Many Australian units of work out there have been developed by non-Australian teachers who have unknowingly provided information about Australia that is either out-dated or insensitive toward our Indigenous Australian population. Whilst this would not be the intention when teaching unfamiliar content, you need to know
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4th - 6th
Community Working Together Complete Bundle | Year 5 HASS Australian Government
Explore ways communities can work together with this Year 5 HASS civics and citizenship bundle. This Australian government citizenship resource covers volunteers and volunteering, communities working together and resolving differences and includes assessment task and word wall and poster vocabulary resources. The complete resource for developing an understanding of communities in the Year 5 classroomThese resources are written to suit the Australian Curriculum and are written for Australian stud
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5th
S.T.E.A.M - FAMOUS INVENTORS PROJECT
The Famous Inventors Project is one that aims to bring Enterprise in Education together with other curricular areas, focusing on S.T.E.A.M. The purpose of the project is for children to learn about Famous Inventors, select a famous and life changing invention to redevelop and design for use in the future then develop and run a mock business to make and market their product. The project culminates in a day of presentations and pitches, allowing the children to demonstrate their learning over the
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5th - 8th
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Adventures in Space and Time Workbook 1
Perfect for any Doctor Who fans out there. 147 pages of Science, History, Geography, English, and of course ... Dr Who. Covering a wide range of topics including space, constellations, the sun, Charles Dickens, Victorian times, the British Government, the media, time and World War II, amongst others. Ideally aimed at ages from around 8-14, although suitable for younger children with assistance, and older children, who can use the ideas as a springboard to further learning.
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3rd - 8th
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Pirate Unit BUNDLE
Digital at-home learning made easy! Combine a four-week unit on pirates with three novel studies that inform the class about pirate characters and settings during the unit.Included:Dead Men Tell No Tales 4-week unit: research and report writing, narrative writing *Includes lesson plans, resources, editable rubricsThe Wreckers Novel StudyPeter Pan Novel StudyMagonia Book Novel StudyAll objectives are aligned with the 2014 National Curriculum of England, and connections to CCSS are listed where ap
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4th - 8th
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- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
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