Bright Young Things

Ethical and moral dilemmas are excellent ways to develop student empathy, social awareness and critical thinking skills. Students are able to consider their responses to each scenario and reflect upon the personal values that contribute to their stance. This packet includes 40 stand-alone situations which need personal ethical and moral judgements. Having used these cards in my own classrooms, they generate significant discussion and allow students to make connections they had previously not con

The Breadwinner is the story of eleven-year-old Parvana who longs for a normal life in 1990s Afghanistan. This novel study includes 78 pages of resources including factual background text passages, comprehension, spelling and vocabulary, reading activities, quiz questions and general activities. An additional 64 page teacher guide with suggested answers is also included. Activities include:★ Prereading activities ★ Comprehension passages: author study, Afghanistan, Taliban, The Breadwinner, wat

These webquest activities help students explore the Catholic Social Teaching principles of human dignity, preferential option for the poor, common good, subsidiarity, solidarity, stewardship and care for creation, peace and disarmament, dignity of work, participation, and rights and responsibilities. With sources including Laudato Si', Rerum Novarum, Caritas and other key Catholic figures and organisations, these webquests are informative and comprehensive. This bundle includes four separate we

Are you looking for interesting and unusual ways to learn about human impacts on the environment? Planning for Earth Day, Clean Up Australia Day, Oceans Week, World Environment Day or World Water Day. If your students don't quite understand the importance of recycling, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will alert them to the real impacts that just one plastic bottle can have. While many people are unaware of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it is a major issue affecting global environmental health

Too often Australia's fascinating history can seem dull to students. This comprehensive study of Gallipoli and Australia's role in the early stages of World War I (within the Allied Powers) will provide students with an engaging and thorough understanding. Over 40 pages of student-friendly text and activities (including ordering activities, problem solving, mazes, mapping and Google Earth viewing). Perfect for ANZAC Day! This unit covers: ★ The historical context of World War I (text and mapping

Moses. Exodus. Ten Commandments. The Promised Land. This mini unit provides an in-depth, student-friendly introduction to Moses' life as told through the Book of Exodus. This resource includes text-based comprehension activities, cut-and-paste activities (timelines and ordering activities), a colouring page, definition matches, and a flipbook. This resource specifically includes: Life before MosesMoses' early lifeEgyptThe burning bushMoses demands freedomThe plagues of EgyptExodusTen Commandmen

If your class is learning about the Catholic liturgical year, this mini unit is the perfect solution! This liturgical cycle resource provides introductory information about each season of the liturgical calendar: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, Ordinary Time, Lent, Paschal Triduum (Holy Week, including Good Friday), Easter, and Pentecost, as well as feasts such as the Feast of Christ the King. This mini unit provides engaging and informative text passages for each season and questions to monitor

The Holocaust or Shoah was a horrific time in world history, with innumerable human rights violations committed against the Jewish people. This internet webquest is an excellent way to help students gain basic knowledge about the Holocaust. Suitable for independent or partner work, in the classroom or learning by distance. Focus topics: ★ basic statistics ★ groups facing persecution ★ Nazism ★ genocide An important part of historical research is sourcing knowledge from a variety of reliable sour

APA in-text citations and reference lists can be tricky for students to get their heads around. These APA7 task cards allow practise across in-text and bibliography references, focusing on skills of identifying, creating and identifying errors. These 32 task cards help practise writing and identifying citations of books, eBooks, journals, websites, government documents, and book chapters. Elements students are asked to identify include authors, editors, dates of publication, publishers, and typ

This helpful little form is a great way for relief or substitute teachers to provide classroom teachers with feedback about their day or for classroom teachers to seek feedback from teachers covering their classes. This will allow you (or the classroom teacher) to be well informed upon their return: who was absent, who was helpful, work that was covered, incomplete work etc. This packet includes four variants of the same form. All forms are pictured in the product preview. Update: This product

These roll a story activities are the perfect stress-free way to get students' creativity flowing. These two fantasy-themed boards allow the creation of hundreds of different engaging stories. These are most suitable for middle primary through to lower secondary (but I've also seen 15 year old students enjoy this as a fun activity). Perfect for down-time, literacy centres, at-home learning…this kind of activity is a reusable evergreen resource for your classroom. This ink-friendly activity is a

Parvana is the story of an eleven-year-old girl who longs for a normal life in 1990s Afghanistan. This novel study includes 78 pages of resources including factual background text passages, comprehension, spelling and vocabulary, reading activities, quiz questions and general activities. An additional 64 page teacher guide with suggested answers is also included. Activities include:★ Prereading activities ★ Comprehension passages: author study, Afghanistan, Taliban, Parvana, water safety ★ Char

This timeline activity identifies and reviews 60 important events in Jesus' life, from the Annunciation to Jesus' Ascension to heaven. Students work together to chronologically arrange these events in the life, ministry and passion of Jesus. The events include Jesus’ ★ annunciation and birth ★ recruitment of apostles ★ teachings and ministry ★ miracles (including loaves and fishes, calming the storm, healing people, Lazarus) ★ symbolic actions ★ return to Jerusalem ★ betrayal, arrest and senten

Help your students discover the importance of Pentecost with this fun and informative mini unit. Pentecost marks the descent of the Holy Spirit fifty days after Jesus' resurrection and ten days after His ascension. It is a highly significant day in the history of early Christianity, marking the birth of the Christian Church and its spread across the world. This mini unit aims to bring the story of Pentecost to life and help students understand this joyous day in the Christian liturgical calendar

Escape the classroom routine and dive into the story of Moses and the Exodus story with this exciting escape room activity. This low prep and low ink escape room is the perfect addition to your lessons about Moses. It encourages your students to discover more about Moses' life and the different parts of his story while also having fun with their classmates. This escape room is designed to challenge your students to work together to solve puzzles and clues related to Moses' story. As they progres

If your class is reading Parvana (or The Breadwinner) by Deborah Ellis, this is the perfect bundle for you! This bundle includes my Parvana Novel Study and Parvana Escape Room. Novel StudyThis novel study includes 78 pages of resources including factual background text passages, comprehension, spelling and vocabulary, reading activities, quiz questions and general activities. An additional 64 page teacher guide with suggested answers is also included. ★ Pre-reading activities ★ Comprehensio

Looking for a fun way for students to demonstrate their knowledge of the properties of proper fractions, improper fractions and mixed numbers? This fraction sort will allow students to classify and sort fractions as either proper, improper or mixed This packet includes 72 sortable individual fraction cards (24 improper fractions, 24 proper fractions, 24 mixed numbers), and two different matching mats (one rectangular and designed to be used as separate mats, the other with all matching categori

These webquest activities help students explore the Catholic Social Teaching principles of human dignity, preferential option for the poor, common good, subsidiarity, solidarity, stewardship and care for creation, peace and disarmament, dignity of work, participation, and rights and responsibilities. With sources including Laudato Si', Rerum Novarum, Caritas and other key Catholic figures and organisations, these webquests are informative and comprehensive. This packet includes two separate web

Looking for a fun activity for the weeks before Christmas break? These no prep, self-checking activities challenge students to decode titles of popular Christmas carols using a series of emojis. Get your students thinking creatively without realising they are working. This bundle includes two PowerPoint presentations (30 and 29 non-editable emoji riddles, respectively). Each slide is self-checking, offering students an opportunity to brainstorm and problem solve before answering or opting to cli

The Holocaust or Shoah was a horrific time in world history, with innumerable human rights violations committed against the Jewish people. This internet webquest is an excellent way to help students learn about Nazi concentration and death camps, from Dachau to Treblinka and Auschwitz. Suitable for independent or partner work, in the classroom or learning by distance. Focus topics:★ types of Nazi camps (concentration, labour, transit, prisoner of war, killing centres) ★ concentration camps (incl