My shop is a non profit making concern & it supports homeless charities (Crisis, The Salvation Army & The Berwick Youth Project). Teaching has been my life & I continue to support learning around the World. My subjects were: History, Geography and Physical Education. I have competed in a wide variety of sports inc.: Gymnastics, Badminton, Rugby, Football, Athletics & many others. Check out my recent bundle with 11 of my best publications. A vast amount of support material on offer.
My shop is a non profit making concern & it supports homeless charities (Crisis, The Salvation Army & The Berwick Youth Project). Teaching has been my life & I continue to support learning around the World. My subjects were: History, Geography and Physical Education. I have competed in a wide variety of sports inc.: Gymnastics, Badminton, Rugby, Football, Athletics & many others. Check out my recent bundle with 11 of my best publications. A vast amount of support material on offer.
Learning at home or in the classroom - British Cities - Geography at home - Parents and teachers can easily set their children mini projects using this resource.
All income on this resource will go to Homeless Charities.
British Cities Fact File Challenge
This project offers a research opportunity to find out more about the cities of Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and London.
The resource is aimed at children from Years 5 to Year 9 and it provides an opportunity to combine Information Technology with Geography. It is an ideal opportunity to use a presentation to introduce the topic of British Cities. This can be extended to perhaps 4 introductory lessons with a collection of smaller challenges. After an initial introduction the students can then gather their own selected information about all ten of the cities included in the study. At the end of the project they should have a document consisting of 10 fact files and a much better knowledge of cities in both the United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland.
This resource is a two lesson powerpoint presentation that tracks the developments of the Weimar Republic from its conception (1918) to its final demise (1933). In particular it features the political rise of Adolf Hitler from Lance Corporal to Fuhrer. It takes the form of a timeline of events and the frames can be reduced to create a pack of 48 revision cards. This presentation is ideal for students of History between the ages of 14 and 16. Frames 52 and 53 can be printed for students to compile brief notes on the two presentations. This is a quick fix exercise to help students to put the key events of the Weimar Republic into chronological order. All abilities can learn from the images and discussions inspired by this resource.
PTA - QUIZ NIGHT RESOURCE.
This resource would be ideal for an organiser of a PTA social evening and targets both the Primary and Secondary sector. In my opinion it is perfect for a family night out courtesy of the PTA. I am adding an extra resource with higher level quiz material about WW1. This includes 4 quizzes and 2 power point presentations about WW1, worth ÂŁ3 in my TES Shop (Times Educational Supplement).
My TES shop can be found on a TES search with “IanPCostaDelSol”. All my resources will support charity this year and beyond.
In total there are at least 650 quiz questions and all with answers and fact sheets to support the content. Content includes: General knowledge, people, places, History, Geography and a host of other topics, too many to mention. The target age group was 9 to 16 but I am sure they would be ideal for a family quiz night in a school hall.
More detail about the offer follows:
2020 has been a challenging year and perhaps when we get to 2021 the Schools and Colleges will get back to having social functions in support of all of the young people in the UK and around the World. This resource is everything in the way of quizzes that I have created over the last 6 months. I offered them free of charge during the Covid crisis specifically for home learning. This time I ask that you donate ÂŁ2 for my Homeless Charity Appeal so that you may download this sizeable resource. My chosen charities include Crisis, Salvation Army Homeless Fund and the Berwick Project. The latter helps keep young people off the streets and gives the children much needed support, hope and ambition for their future.
This Project offers an insight into the characteristics of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and it encompasses a taste of the History and the Geography of this diverse area of Northern England. Throughout this resource there is an offering of challenges and tasks for students to attempt. Sub topics include: Glaciation, Geology, Industrial Roots, Roads and Railways, Town and Countryside, Limestone Scenery, Farming, Mapwork Skills and a few others. In total there is enough work for at least 10 lessons that will encompass a wide range of geographical skills within the one project. It is suitable for students with a wide range of abilities from the age of 10 to 16 years. I would introduce this project by looking back at the history of the National Parks. My second focus would be the wider pattern of parks within the USA and then lead into the project which is based specifically on The North Yorkshire National Park in the United Kingdom.
Home Study 2021. Improve your map skills at home. All income from this resource goes to homeless charities during 2021.
Map Skills - 50 page document with exercises and maps that can be photo-copied and re-used in different ways. Best suited to children between the ages of 10 and 14 (May be useful for Key Stage 4 revision work on map skills). All text, maps, photographs, sketches and graphics by the author … Ian Patterson
Orienteering - PPP7
Symbols - Quiz One
In order to navigate an Orienteering map, it is essential to have a fair grasp of the map symbols. Presentation 7 is offered in the form of a Quiz. Included are 25 contrasting examples.
Included are: Vegetation types, man-made structures, water features, natural formations and a variety of other common inclusions that can be found on Orienteering maps.
Orienteering - PPP8
Symbols - Quiz Two
As with Presentation 7 this is the second of two presentations that will help the Orienteer to become familiar with the map symbols. Presentation 8 again offers a selection of 25 map symbols. They are presented as a quiz challenge that can be repeated several times. This will help individual orienteers to become familiar with the many symbols included on Orienteering maps. A mixture of all symbol types has been included.
This resource can be used as a revision document or as a resource for teaching topics about WW1 during the year 1916. Resource topics include: The Battle of Verdun, The Easter Rising, War at Sea, Death of Lord Kitchener, Battle of the Somme, Krupp´s War Machine and Death of Rasputin. There are a number of web sites and videos included for delivering lessons to both KS3 and KS4 History students. Year 11 History examination students will be able to use specific sections of this folder to revise from. NB … hyperlinks have been disabled.
This timeline gives a chronological summary of WW1 in 1914 with useful links to videos and web resources for further study. It is the first part of a five part document. This revision aid has been created for my students who are studying History with the Edexcel Exam Board. All secondary resources are credited to the original authors by inclusion in the bibliography and serve as a direct link.
This timeline is a revision document and also an aid to teaching this period of History. It is aimed at students sitting EDEXCEL IGCSE History. Included are video links and connections to files available on the internet. Students can use the document independently as a revision aid or it can be used by teachers to assist in delivering this part of the course.
A pack of 11 General Knowledge quizzes in support of the Crisis homeless charity. These quizzes are targeted at children between the ages of 9 and 16. The answer sheets act as a fact file for learning about the wider world. Please support the Crisis Charity with your ÂŁ2 donation.
Children at Home can learn about the time line of events during WW1. Teachers can offer this resource to children who are studying WW1. Younger students may need to watch alongside their parents.
What is included … 2 Presentations, 4 Quiz Challenges and information pages.
and how to use this resource:
This resource can be used for students between the ages of 9 and 16 years.
It contains 2 power point presentations that cover the first and second half of WW1 in a chronological continuum. Each presentation has 25 slides with detailed notes included below. The commentary is most suitable for 14 to 16 year old History students but it can be easily adapted for children who are 10 to 13 years of age.
Both presentations are offered as thumbnail and note pages that can be printed and used as revision sheets for examination students who are studying WW1.
Other pages on offer include two relatively easy quiz pages with 25 questions for all age groups and two picture quizzes with ten related images (The quizzes can be attempted** with or without** the fact sheets).
Finally there is a page with 25 short writing projects that are offered as challenges for developing historical writing in preparation for examinations.
How to Use the Power Point Presentations:
Part 1 - Show as a brief introduction for various topics about WW1. The presentation can be concluded by an easy quiz (using the resource to find the answers). Testing from memory - Students can mark their own so that they can note facts and concepts that they did not learn during the presentation.
The quiz pages can act as a script for the main discussion topics whilst the presentation is being given. The second presentation can be used in the same way.
Individual slides can be used as lesson starters for initial discussion and then lead into writing challenges.
I envisage this resource being used for perhaps up to 6 lessons with 9 to 12 year old children.
Examination students might use this resource as a foundation for studying all aspects of WW1.
The picture quizzes can be used as standalone challenges using the information sheets or as an internet challenge.
Another option would be to use certain pages as Homework material.
Target groups are … GCSE History and Key Stage 2 and 3 studies.
This resource targets students studying the Weimar Republic during the period 1918 to 1933. They are most likely to be involved in learning about History in Germany for GCSE examinations in the time period between the two World Wars. Specifically it is aimed at learning time order in this complicated and rapidly changing period of History. There are two main elements to this resource. It starts with a timeline presentation that can be taught as two introductory lessons. After this initial introduction the 48 revision cards can be used to create a wall display and then followed up with a series of revision games that help students to learn the correct order of events during the Weimar years in Germany. As the end of Key Stage 4 examinations get closer the revision cards will be very useful for individual, partner and group revision sessions.
Any income from this resource will go to Homeless Charities in the UK
A selection of basic skills for learning about maps. Topics covered include: Use of symbols, Directions and Bearings, Grid References, Contours, Scales and Distances on maps.
This resource offers introduction to map skills and gives the opportunity for students to complete work challenges. This resource unit is best suited to students from 10 years through to 16 years of age.*
A Field Sketch Library.
12 side document with 11 photographs of landscapes and exercises with writing skills related to Geography. Best suited to children between the ages of 10 and 14 (May be useful for Key Stage 4 revision work on field sketching and landscape observations). All text, sketches and photographs the property of the author of this document … Ian Patterson
Field sketch drawing. How to draw a field sketch + 10 extra practice photographs for students to develop their drawing and geographical knowledge.
Topics include: Coastlines, beaches, cliffs, tourism, agriculture, road, rail, highlands and river valleys.
This Powerpoint Presentation is specifically targeting 13 to 16 year old students of History. There are 22 slides with a selection of appropriate pictures, fact files and maps included. It is an introductory part of a wider document about “The Development of a Dictatorship – Adolf Hitler”. The resource documents the early years of Hitler up to the end of World War One and it looks more closely at the experiences that shaped his life. Who and what influenced him as he was growing up in Austria and how did being part of an Infantry Regiment in WW1 mould his character. The critical question is asked, how and why did Hitler take his chosen path to infamy?
In terms of historical understanding, many National Curriculum prerequisites have been covered and include evidence, continuity, change, cause and effect, perspectives, empathy, significance and contestability. However in short, the most important content is evidence of how and why Adolf Hitler turned into a cruel demagogue. A key element in the presentation is the chronological nature of the study. The World War 1 years also offer an ideal opportunity to learn more about the advances in technology.
There are 22 slides with images that are followed by suggested challenges for students to complete. The slides containing maps are available for printing and use in lessons.
Slide 25 offers suggested ways in which the presentation can be managed in the classroom.
Slide 26 to 38 contains sets of quiz questions that are differentiated for a wide range of abilities.
Slide 39 offers writing challenges that are aimed at helping 13 year old students to extend their writing skills from a basic level to advanced levels in preparation for higher examination targets in the future.
Slides 40 to 45 are script notes for use by students who can take part in the presentation if directed by the teacher. This unit of work is ideal for between 3 and 6 hours of commitment in the classroom and possibly for use as a homework challenge.
This resource is aimed at giving Geography, Travel and Tourism and Business Studies students from Years 9 through to 11 the experience of handling data related to service industries. The work serves to satisfy the type of work associated with field studies and research. The data is presented on a spreadsheet that highlights the Service Industry of Poole in Dorset. Using the information, students will be able to propose a hypothesis and then attempt to prove or refute the chosen statement.
Within the folder there is a powerpoint presentation that can be used independently as a collection of Geography topics about the English County of Dorset. Specifically it addresses the concepts of Site, Situation and Function of a settlement. The powerpoint presentation alone can be used to support up to 10 contrasting lessons. The photographs can be used for introductions to a number of Human and Physical Geography topics including the following specifics and links:
Poole Port, Service Industry, Tourism, Shopping Streets, Spreadsheet statistics, Bays and Headlands, Lulworth Cove, Lulworth Village, Swanage Bay, Groynes, Stair Hole, Durdle Door, Corfe Castle, Dorset Geology, Settlements, Site, Situation, Function and finally a number of excellent photographs that can be converted to field sketch diagrams.
This Salvation Army Charity Quiz targets children between the ages of 10 and 16 years but may also be suitable as a pub quiz. The Charity quiz includes general knowledge questions, pictures and a few puzzles. The file also includes 10 free general knowledge quizzes also targetting young school students. For a small donation of ÂŁ2 toward the Salvation Army Homeless Charity, I hope that with your help we can make a difference to a few people who have fallen on difficult times. Perhaps some of the Primary Schools out there might consider running a Family Charity Quiz Social Evening using this resource when the World gets back to some kind of social normality. Thank you for your support. Ian Patterson (August 2020).
This resource is a Tudor timeline covering the main people and events that took place between 1485 and 1603. It is ideal for teachers delivering information about the reign of the Tudors. The resource covers a little more than 118 years of History and would be an ideal support for teachers of History in both the Primary and Secondary sectors. Included are 90 images of people, documents, castles, maps, battles and many other connected visual aids that can support the delivery of History lessons. Throughout this year (2020 - 2021) all of my resources support homeless charities and I hope that with your help we can give a few people on the streets much needed support in getting their lives back on track. Good luck in your Schools and Colleges this coming year 2020 - 2021.
Ian Patterson (IanPCostaDelSol).
Adolf Hitler 1889 to 1918 – His Early Years and WW1 - This resource comes in the form of a fact file and a selection of classroom exercises that are aimed at 13 to 16 year old students of 20th Century History. In addition to this there is a small section (images) that would be suitable for the PSHE programme especially in the month of November. The material in this 21 page resource documents the birth of Adolf Hitler through to the conclusion of WW1. It contains written information, pictures, maps, quiz questions and research challenges. The research challenges are ideal for perhaps two internet sessions where students need to search for extra information. The contents are best suited for Key Stage 3 and students in Key Stage 4 preparing for History examinations, particularly the topics “The Rise of Adolf Hitler”, “Development of a Dictatorship” and “The Events of WW1”. The resource materials offered should satisfy between 4 and 8 hours of work in the classroom. As an alternative it may also be offered as a home research project in preparation for GCSE examinations.
This resource can be linked and used alongside - Adolf Hitler - Early Years (Powerpoint Presentation created by this same author).