UNIT 1 - CANADA
Gral. Info: Canadian Geographic - great for both Students and Teachers Games: Great Upper Canada Adventure: a game for Students to get an idea of how it was like for the first European Colonies to settle down in the New World, Reading: Comparison between Hockey's and other sports' popularity, Canadian Animal Facts |
UNIT 2 - PAST EVENTS & HISTORY:
All Skills Interactive Exercises: A Famous Explorer: Hernán Cortés, Learn about the Romans in Spain, Talking about the Past Games: Actions in Past Basketball Game Reading: Learn about ancient cultures at BBC School - Primary History, US History for Kids, A Life Time Story, Carston Town: definitions activity and true or false exercises, BBC Primary History - Famous People Listening: Knowing about Queen Elizabeth exercises 1 and 2, Medieval English Towns: what here was and how people lived |
UNIT 2 - EGYPT
Reading: Egypt: Lost & Found, Ancient Egypt "The Gift of the Nile" (reading lesson with video) Videos: Amazing Egypt, "Shadows of the Ancient Empire" - Belly Dance, Excerpts of "Wings of Isis" dance, Ancient Egypt: videos and games Music: Egyptian Traditional Music Teacher Resources: Incredible Online and Interactive Encyclopedia on Egypt, Egypt at Odyssey Online, Egypt at The British Museum, Ancient Egypt for Kids, Egyptian Crafts Games: The Mummy-maker, Web-quest: divide the class in groups and have them find out if King Tut was murdered or not |
UNIT 3 - ON VACATION
Reading: A Postcard for James, A Bad Start for Martin's Vacation, Going to the Pool, Skating Listening: A Rock Star's Routine Speaking: Conversation prompts "After Vacation" Writing: A Holiday Postcard |
UNIT 3 - SINGAPORE
Reading: Plan a fun day out in Singapore with these options: Singapore for Kids, Your Singapore |
UNIT 4 - ENDANGERED SPECIES
Speaking: A Debate on Endangered Species Videos: 25 Most Endangered Species on Earth, How to Save Endangered Species: Do you think it's Actually Happening?, Endangered Animals and some other topics, Learn about Endangered Animals (video and quiz), Meet the Baby Panthers, The Koalas Teacher Resources: Henry 4 School: content and activities on endangered species Reading: How Did the Giant Pandas get their Colors?, Endangered Species Fact sheets, How to Help Endangered Animals, How to Help?, Creaturepedia |
UNIT 5 - AUSTRALIA
Gral. Info: Australia on NatGeo Videos: What's in Australia?, Australian Landscapes Games: Puzzles: Kangaroo, Platypus, Dingo, Koala, Crocodile, Interactive Australian Zoo |