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 |