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The most endangered tribe in the world live deep in the Amazon rainforest, they are an ancient group of around 400 who carry everything they own; their children, their weapons and their pets. These people are so close to being wiped out forever that they are kept safe, away from the modern world. As a result, very few people have ever met the Awá. These worksheets have the students gather information from a video and use it to explain the plight and rescue of the Awa Tribe.

This booklet allows students to study themselves to identify job they would enjoy and the different route to it. They are shown how to write a CV, cover letter and prepare for an interview. Wages and types of pay are studied along with tax and National Insurence

This booklet allows student to work together to form their own countries. By look at British law, human rights, elections and government as well as research country's names, flags and national anthems

These worksheets allows students to understand how to sell themselves within the job market. They are taken from how to write a covering letter and CV to how to prepare for an interview from dress to planning the journey, company research and questions they may be asked to what they should ask.

This unit helps students to explore what they and others believe and why. The difference between urban myths and conspiracy theories is discussed in conjunction with primary and secondary sources and their dependability. The students investigate a myth or theory of their own choosing, citing evidence for and against and considering the reliability of the evidence which helps to develop their debating skills. How we decide what we do and don’t believe is examined with the repercussions this can have in our everyday lives. The unit closes with the students inventing their own myth, theory or legend and creating a booklet advertising this to visitors to your town. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

Around 2,200 Matsés live on the Peru-Brazil frontier in the Amazon rainforest. The international boarder that splits their home is the Yaquerana River and it runs through the heart of their land. To the Matsés the streams, floodplains and white-sand forests make up an ancestral territory that is shared by the entire tribe. These worksheets have the students look closely at the acate green tree frog which, as well as being a culinary delicacy, are used to increase hunting ability. Additionally the students investigate an oil company who are exploring the Matses’s land to drill.

The Kayapo are the indigenous people of Brazil. They live in the plains of the Mato Grosso and Para south of the Amazon Basin and along the Rio Xingu and its tributaries. They call themselves ‘Mebengokre’, which translates to ‘people of the wellspring’. These worksheets have the students explore the Kayapo’s beliefs, examine the differences and simalarities between us and them, as well as giving them an opportunity to research the tribe by answering their peers questions about them

Here is a chance for your students to get a little creative. In groups they need to use information they have gathered from studying tribes to create their own. A spider diagram is provided to help them include as much information as possible

Living in the rainforests and mountains of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela, the Yanomami are the largest relatively isolated tribe in South America. Today their population stands at around 32,000 and their territory covers 9.6 million hectares, twice the size of Switzerland. These worksheets help the students to explore the set up of the Yanomami village, the daily lives and rolls of the girls/mothers and boys/fathers, as well as investigating the use of paint to decorate their faces and bodies.

This project-based unit can be used as an individual or group activity, or assessment. The students are tasked to create a leaflet for the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust to help promote fund-raising and raise awareness to preserve the Antarctic huts used by explorers of the past. A breakdown of the leaflet is given which includes the format to be used, including the colour scheme of the Antarctic tartan. Each page is assigned a topic including the front cover, who the AHT are, information about Antarctica and a set of rules to be followed by visitors and tourists. Several websites are given to help with research, although independent research is encouraged, and a 3 minute film looking at why people wish to visit Antarctica, and the impacts they can have, has been included. In addition, a 22-page booklet produced by the Britain’s Antarctic Heritage gives an insight to their aims, the history of the area and what they wish to accomplish in the future. A range of activities can be incorporated within this project, including, gathering research from print and video, annotating maps, their thoughts, and ideas. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was built for Mausolus, the second ruler of Caria from the Hecatomnid dynasty who died in 353 BC. As the man who refounded Halicarnassus, Mausolus was entitled to receive cultic honours and a tomb on the central square of his city, in accordance with Greek custom. The person in charge of this project was Mausolus’ grieving widow, Artemisia II, who, incidentally, was also his sister. These worksheets asks the students to use a discription to draw their own interpretation of how the Mausoleum once looked as well as discuss whether treasures found by a British Museum team should be returned to Turkey or remain in London.

After the atrocities of the Second World War (millions of Jews were killed and many others) some countries got together and decided that something like that could not happen again. They formed the United Nations. The United Nations drew up a list of basic Human Rights (1948) that everyone should be entitled to – this is called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These worksheets help the students to discuss what they consider essential to living and compare their thoughts to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. In addition they look in detail at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and discuss whose responsibility it is to uphold these

These worksheets look at the Russian language and the others which are spoken within the country as well as the religions and ethnic groups which make up the people

The Chagga people have lived on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro for hundreds of years, they believe the mountain is holy and treat it with respect. However, since the area was given National Park status in 1970 there has been a sharp increase in hikers. These worksheets have the students imagining they run a local primary school, however the families struggle to afford the uniforms, shoes, books and lunches which result in many children not attending. Their task is to decide how best to use aid money to help try double attendance to the school.

Matmata is a small Berber speaking town in southern Tunisia with a population of about 2,226 who live in traditional underground structures. This type architecture is based on localized needs and construction materials, and reflecting local traditions. It evolves over time to reflect the environmental, cultural, technological and historical content in which it exists. These methods can often be dismissed as crude and unrefined. These worksheets have the students explore the Matmata People’s homes and debate whether having a Star Wars picture filmed at the location would have a positive ro negative affect on their lives.

High in the Andes Mountains of South America live the Quechua tribe. They live by farming potatoes, barley and maize, as well as other crops. They keep cattle, sheep, chickens and…llamas. Llamas are close cousins of camels, minus the hump, and come in very handy for riding and carrying heavy loads. These worksheets have the students explore how llamas and the Quechua Tribes have adapted to their environment and how, with our changing climate, the llamas and Quechue could continue to adapt.

This booklet lists important days of note or celebration throughout the year which could help with lesson planning, assemblies or tutor/registration times If there are any dates I have missed and you feel should be included please don't hesitate to contact me and I shall add them in :-)

This booklet is designed to help students distinguish between fact and opinion and to be able to offer balanced positive and negative arguments related to bottled water. Students will begin to judge whether bottled water is environmentally, economically, and socially immoral. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering data, drawing graphs of this and interpretating the data and developing their debate skills. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This booklet lists important days of note or celebration throughout the year which could help with lesson planning, assemblies or tutor/registration times If there are any dates I have missed and you feel should be included please don't hesitate to contact me and I shall add them in :-)

This worksheet introduces students to the legend of how the Chinese calendar is named after twelve animals. How the Chinese prepare for New Years is explored and used to compare the similarities and difference of the students New Years preparations. A range of activities are incorporated within this worksheet, including, drawing a storyboard, gathering research from written text and using their own thoughts and ideas to compare information. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.