I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and are differentiated so that individual needs can be better met. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
I am passionate about learning that is tailored to children's interests and gives lots of opportunity for children to be creative and critical thinkers. I think it's important that learning materials cater to a variety of learning styles and are differentiated so that individual needs can be better met. These resources will not only engage your learners, but they'll save you time, so that you can focus on doing what you do best.
Do you need some hands-on activities to bring your Ancient Rome unit to life? This pack has six hands-on craft activities: a soldier’s belt, money pouch, Colosseum, laurel wreath, legionnaire’s pack, and chariot.
There is a great mix of wearable crafts and miniature models to make. Each craft comes with visual step-by-step instructions.
You will need:
craft templates
glue sticks and white glue
scissors and coloring pencils
adhesive putty
string
4 craft sticks per student
1 wooden skewer per student
I hope your students enjoy getting hands-on while learning about Ancient Roman history with these crafts.
If you’re teaching about Ancient Rome, then this money pouch is an easy hands-on craft to go with your topic. There are five coins based on actual coins which can be put inside. Roman soldiers wore these pouches on their arms.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
♥︎ craft template
♥︎ glue stick
♥︎ string (about 35cm)
I hope your students have fun making their Roman money pouches.
If you’re learning about Ancient Rome, then this template to make a soldier’s belt will be a fun craft that children can actually wear.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
♥︎ craft template
♥︎ glue stick
♥︎ adhesive/reusable putty
I hope your students have fun making this ancient Roman belt craft!
This template to make an Ancient Roman laurel wreath is a fun, hands-on activity which students can wear. This will make a great addition to your Ancient Rome topic.
Visual step-by-step instructions, and colour and ink saver versions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
♥︎ craft template
♥︎ glue stick or tape
I hope your students have fun making and wearing their ancient Roman laurel wreaths.
If you’re teaching about Ancient Rome, then it would great if your students could make a 3D model of the Colosseum, right? Then, you’ll love this template to build a miniature version of the largest ancient amphitheater in history.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
♥︎ craft template
♥︎ glue sticks
I hope your students have fun making their Colosseum models.
If you’re learning about Ancient Rome, then you’ll love these hands-on crafts to make an ancient Roman legionnaire’s pack, or Marius’s mule, and an ancient Roman chariot.
About the Legionnaire’s Pack:
Students make a pack similar to the ones ancient Roman soldiers carried, with a bag for a tunic and sandals, a pan, jug, water bottle, and blanket.
What you’ll need for the craft:
craft template
white glue and glue stick
tape
string
two wooden craft sticks
About the Chariot:
The craft uses an axle so the wheels actually turn, and the chariot can be pulled by hand.
There’s an option with a design drawn on the chariot and an option for students draw their own designs.
What you’ll need for the craft:
chariot template
a straw
a wooden skewer (15cm/6in)
tape
two wooden craft sticks
thick card for the wheels (cardboard from packing boxes work well)
I hope your students have fun making these ancient Roman crafts!
If you’re learning about Ancient Rome, then this template to make an ancient Roman legionnaire’s pack, or Marius’s mule, will be a great hands-on activity.
Students make a pack similar to the ones ancient Roman soldiers carried, with a bag for a tunic and sandals, a pan, jug, water bottle, and blanket.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
craft template
white glue and glue stick
tape
string
two wooden craft sticks
I hope your students have fun making this ancient Roman craft!
If you’re learning about Ancient Rome, then this template to make an ancient Roman chariot will be a great hands-on activity.
The craft uses an axle so the wheels actually turn, and the chariot can be pulled by hand.
There’s an option with a design drawn on the chariot and an option for students draw their own designs.
Visual step-by-step instructions are included.
What you’ll need for the craft:
chariot template with a design
blank chariot template for children to draw their own designs
a straw
a wooden skewer
tape
two wooden craft sticks
thick card for the wheels (cardboard from packing boxes work well)
I hope your students enjoy making their ancient Roman chariots.
This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to put the events of Ancient China in order, so that they can see how one of the great civilisations began and developed over time.
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This activity meets the following learning objectives:**
develop an understanding of when the first civilisations appeared (Ancient China)
develop an understanding of a historical period
develop an understanding of how the Ancient Chinese civilisation changed over time
sequence important events on a timeline*
There are two options to choose from:
Worksheet timeline cut and paste – either glue pictures under the dates (easier option), or write dates and glue pictures on (harder version). Comes with clues to help students.
Foldable timeline - glue events under the dates. Students use pictures and clue cards to help them order the events, which include dynasties, inventions, and important people.
I hope your children enjoy making their timelines.
This timeline activity is a hands-on visual way for students to put the events of Ancient Mesopotamia in order, so that they can see how the first ancient civilisation began, changed over time, and eventually ended.
This activity meets the following learning objectives:
develop an understanding of when the first civilizations appeared (Ancient Mesopotamia)
develop an understanding of a historical period
develop an understanding of how the Ancient Mesopotamian civilization changed over time
sequence important events on a timeline
There are two options:
a foldable option (color and ink saver) for students to glue on the events to match the dates
a worksheet option which has two versions: dates given or dates for students to write in order before adding the events.
The timeline comes with clues to help students put the events in order.
I hope your students enjoy making their timelines and find the activity helpful.
Colour and ink saver, U.K. and U.S. versions, answer key and visual instructions included.
If you’ve got children that are absolutely fascinated by the Titanic and would just love the opportunity to make some of the objects that were on board the ship and to make the Titanic itself, then this craft activity pack was made just for them!
With lots of activities based on real artefacts from the Titanic, your students will be able to create their own little museums about the Titanic.
What’s included?
differentiated craft to make the Titanic with an easier option with larger pieces to cut around measuring 40cm/15in and a scaled version with more intricate details to cut around measuring 58cm/22in
Make a crewmember's hat.
Make a postcard.
Complete a first-class menu.
Make a first-class luggage chest (with three dresses to put inside - optional).
Make a third-class luggage bag (with clothes to put inside).
Make the missing key to the crow's nest binoculars.
Make a pocket watch like the one that shows 2:16am, four minutes before the sinking at 2:20am.
Retell the events with pictures on craft sticks
I hope your students enjoy making these activities.
U.K. and U.S. versions included.
If you’d just like your students to make the Titanic craft, you can find that here.
If you’re doing a unit on the Titanic and you’d love a hands-on craft to make the Titanic, then you’ll love this differentiated craft.
The easier version has two pages with seven large pieces to colour and cut out. Visual step-by-step instructions are included, too, so this is great for younger students. This craft measures 40cm/15in.
The harder, scaled version has more intricate true-to-life details with three pieces to join together. This craft measures 58cm/22in and is ideal for Titanic enthusiasts and older students.
I hope your students have fun with this!
If you’d like this craft and even more, you may prefer this hands-on activity pack here.
If you’re looking for a Wright brothers resource with lots of engaging, hands-on activities, then you’ll love this set which comes with a reading comprehension worksheet, foldable timeline, cut-and-paste planes from the past and present, posters, word wall, stopwatch craft, paper helicopter template and more.
What’s included?
editable reading passage and comprehension questions with two levels of difficulty (text is editable, images/layout aren't)
cut-and-paste planes from the past and present
foldable timeline with two levels of difficulty (six events or 10 events) and the option to cut and paste events or write the events
properties of materials science connection (two levels of difficulty)
measuring seconds math connection
make a bowler/Derby hat
make a paper helicopter
make a paper plane
make the Wright brothers' stopwatch
writing paper with two topper options (the Wright Flyer or the Wright brothers) and full/half-page and different line size options
posters, word wall and lettering
U.K. and U.S. versions
I hope these activities spark your students’ wonder at just how incredible the Wright brothers’ achievement was!
This Amelia Earhart activity pack is full of engaging activities for your children to learn about Amelia Earhart, including a reading passage with comprehension questions, an aeroplane craft to make, a foldable timeline, a graphic organiser, measurement maths, and more.
Reading Text:
The editable reading passage is differentiated with two levels so you can use what works best for your students. (text is editable, images and layout aren’t)
Aeroplane Craft:
There are two versions of the craft with simple vocabulary or with airplane terminology, which is great for older students, and for students who love planes and may already be familiar with the terminology.
Foldable Timeline: Children glue on the events to make an accordion timeline.
Measurement Maths: Two worksheets with an Amelia Earhart theme to practise measuring using standard units, centimetres, whole inches, or whole and part inches.
Plus:
a graphic organiser with three line sizes
a writing craft with three line sizes
a word search with two levels of difficulty
a colouring page
pictures and one-page "Amelia Earhart" phrase for a display
I hope your children enjoy learning about Amelia Earhart.
If you’re looking for an engaging, cross-curricular activity pack for your students to learn about Mary Seacole, this pack of hands-on activities which comes with a reading text, crafts, mapwork, timeline and more, will be ideal.
What’s included?
editable reading passage with comprehension questions (text is editable, images/layout aren’t) - two levels of difficulty
map of the Caribbean to identify places of significance for Mary Seacole
pictures, word wall, and display phrase
foldable timeline with two options - cut-and-paste (easier) or write the events (harder)
write an autobiography just like Mary Seacole did
make a passport to colour the flags of places Mary Seacole visited
graphic organiser
make a medical kit craft
U.K. and U.S. versions are included.
I hope your students have fun learning about Mary Seacole.
This Tudor House timeline activity is a hands-on way for students to show the people and events of the Tudor reign, from the kings and queens, to the Spanish Armada and Sir Francis Drake’s travels around the world.
There are two options in the download, with more options within each.
1. Cut and paste worksheet
Option one – match the pictures and descriptions to the dates.
Option two – write the dates in order and match the pictures and descriptions.
Answer key is included
2. Foldable timeline
Children colour in the Tudor rose on each end of the timeline.
Option one – match the events to the dates and pictures.
Option two – write the events below the dates and pictures.
There are logic-style clues included to help students put the people and events in order.
I hope your children enjoy making their Tudor timelines.
This differentiated reading passage about Amelia Earhart will give your students an introduction to who this amazing woman was, what sparked her interest in flying, and some of her many achievements.
The easier level is ideal for years 1-3 and the harder level is suitable for years 3-6.
The text is editable so you can adapt the text if you need to (text is editable, images and layout aren’t).
Answer keys are provided to make marking quick and easy.
U.K. and U.S. versions available.
If you’re after a printable reading passage about Florence Nightingale that will give your students information about her life, talents, and achievements, this text will be ideal. It comes with comprehension questions and there are two levels of difficulty.
The easier level is ideal for Year 1-3 and the harder level is suitable for Year 3-6.
The text is editable so you can adapt the text if you need to (text is editable, images and layout aren’t).
Answer keys are provided to make marking quick and easy.
I hope your students enjoy learning about Florence Nightingale.
Inspire your students with this set of 22 posters of highly-regarded women who worked or currently work in STEM careers. The women in these posters are amazing role models for girls to consider STEM careers by seeing women who have gone before them.
I have intentionally chosen women from diverse backgrounds, across a range of STEM fields, from the past and present, so that our students can relate to them, and are therefore, more likely to see themselves choosing a STEM career.
Who is included?
Joanne Liu, Marie Curie, Mae Jemison, Katherine Johnson, Barbara McClintock, Tu Youyou, Ellen Ochoa, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Chien-Shiung Wu, Patricia Bath, Grace Hopper, Inge Lehmann, Kalpana Chawla, Gertrude Elion, Emmy Noether, Tahani Amer, Roberta Bondar, Ada Lovelace, Jane Goodall, Mary Anning, Florence Nightingale, and Vera Rubin.
Posters are 8.5x11 size, one per page and two per page.
U.K. and U.S. spelling/punctuation versions included.
If you want lots of engaging activities for your students to learn about Florence Nightingale, then this cross-curricular activity pack will be great as it comes with a reading passage, posters, graphic organiser, timeline, map work, maths, a craft, and lots more.
What’s Included?
an editable reading passage with two levels of difficulty and comprehension questions (text is editable, images/layout aren't)
seven posters and display letters
a map to identify the countries where Florence Nightingale was born, lived, trained, and worked
a graphic organiser
a foldable timeline with an easier option (glue on the text boxes) and harder option (children write their own text)
graphing activities (because Florence Nightingale was good at statistics)
craft to make a old-fashioned medical kit
learn Italian activity (because she was born in Italy)
hospitals past and present cut and paste
make a brochure about a health topic (because Florence Nightingale published many pamphlets about health) which includes a notes page and brochure template
There’s so much to choose from with this pack, and if you’ve got students that love hands-on, engaging activities, then this pack will be a great fit.