Modern Studies

TWINKL   This is a subscription site that has a lot of resources.   Posters, Education Packs, Powerpoints and much more.    Aberdeen City Council EAL has a subscription so simply speak to the EAL teacher in your school who will be able to find resources for you.

TRANSLATE MY DOCUMENT    Translate your own  MS   Word files into other languages.   (Most of the translations are OK.)  This is an online program that is completely free and does not involve downloads. It has been used successfully by several Aberdeen schools.   Over 100 languages supported.   This is initially set to go English to Arabic but simply change to the language you want.

TES RESOURCES     Many of these resources are free but others not and cost a small fee.   It is worth a look to see if it meets your needs as it will save a busy teacher a lot of time.

SCOTLAND ON SCREEN        Browse Films | Scotland on Screen  is an archive of films that visually can enhance teaching and learning.

THE UNITED NATIONS  Resources to help students understand how the United Nations works.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Resources to help students understand how the European Parliament works.  Resources can be downloaded in many languages

UK PARLIAMENT    Resources to help students understand how the UK Parliament works.  Use the translation tools on this page to translate the resources into other languages.

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT     Modern Studies resources to help students understand how the Scottish Parliament works.  Use the translation tools on this page to translate the resources into other languages.

News In Levels  is an American site that has different news stories that are pitched at 3 different levels. Key words are highlighted and explained and there are accompanying You Tube clips of the news stories being read out .

Breaking News has 7 different levels and accompanying question sheets that could be used for homework and getting pupils to think about the news story in more detail

New Internationalist is a well known magazine looking at stories from the developing world. They have adapted their stories to be written in simpler English to be more accessible to pupils. Useful for developing Global Citizenship approaches in EAL teaching

ISL Worksheets on Citizenship  This site is free to join and has many simple sheets that you can download on citizenship.

Understanding Democracy    Nat 5    Level   from TES

Democracy Revision (English) Download
Democracy Revision (Polska) Download
Democracy Revision (Urdu) Download

 

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