A to Z Kids Stuff Rhyme A wise old owl - StumbleUpon A wise old owl sat in an oak, The more he heard, the less he spoke; The less he spoke, the more he heard; Why aren't we all like that wise old bird? Home Social Studies for Kids Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives (0457) Meeting government ministers, organising a local river clean-up project and writing to the United Nations about climate change, are just some of the activities learners are pursuing through the Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives course. Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives is a groundbreaking new course that is cross-curricular, stretching across traditional subject boundaries. It taps into the way learners of today enjoy learning, including group work, seminars, projects, and working with other learners around the world. The emphasis is on developing the ability to think critically about a range of global issues where there is always more than one point of view. Online support for Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives Our online learning area supports teachers delivering, and learners taking, Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives. If you already have a teacher account you can access the learning area here.
Alphabet Activities What follows is a collection of resources for teaching and practising the alphabet.Books When books reach a certain age they become part of the public domain. There are some wonderfully designed books that are of this age. This website is attempting to make them freely available to teachers in a useful format for the modern classroom. To use the books click on the right of the page and drag to the left to turn the page. In addition to the books you can also use these interactive whiteboard resources for practising the alphabet with your students. Alphabet Speed Test Students at the IWB can engage in 30 second speed test to choose which letter comes next. Alphabet Boxes A resource for students to demonstrate their knowledge at the Interactive Whiteboard. Ice Cube Alphabet An interactive whiteboard game that requires a steady handy and a sense of balance so is suitable for older students who are still not sure of their alphabet. Letter reveal Go to Letter Reveal interactive whiteboard resource.
Lesson Plans These lessons are carefully crafted by education professionals and represent the teaching perspectives of the authors and the Human Rights Education division of Amnesty International USA. While every effort has been made to craft objective, constructive learning exercises, we realize that these lessons may not be ideal for all educators everywhere. Thank you. Elementary School Lesson Plans Amandla! Download Rights and Responsibilities Students identify the differences between rights and responsibilities. Download The Right to an Education An activity to illustrate a child's right to education, as well as the shortcomings the exist with respect to the realization of that right for all children. Download WE ARE ONE FAMILY: My Family | Your Family | Our Families This unit is designed to promote understanding and tolerance among people. Download Who Has Rights? Download Middle School/High School Lesson Plans "Where Do You Stand?" Download Everyone Has Right to Marry Download Download Download Download
News - Is it good for people to fail occasionally? 2 March 2014Last updated at 19:47 ET By Lucy Wallis BBC News In our highly competitive world, we prize success and hate it when things go wrong, but is there actually a value in failing? When Irish author Flann O'Brien submitted the manuscript for his second book, The Third Policeman, to a London publisher in 1940 it was rejected. But rather than admit this lack of success to his friends, he pretended the manuscript had accidentally blown out of the boot of his car on a trip to Donegal and had been lost forever. "This was a ruinous thing to say because he couldn't then turn around and say, 'Oh I've found it again,' so the manuscript sat very openly on his sideboard until his death," says Booker Prize-winning author Anne Enright. She has selected O'Brien's story to appear in an exhibition entitled Fail Better at the Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin. "The year after [O'Brien's] death, his wife got it published to a keen reception." Continue reading the main story “Start Quote