Key stage 2

Guy Fawkes
The Gunpowder Plot forms a useful vehicle for discussing responsible and informed citizenship in these two sessions. What can and should people do if they wish to engage with Parliament to bring about change?

• Lesson plans: Guy Fawkes (two sessions) ( PDF 67 KB)

Resources for this lesson

• Presentation: Guy Fawkes ( PPT 2.32 MB)
• Storyboard card sort ( PDF 165 KB)
• Acrostic write-on sheet (SEN) ( PDF 114 KB)
• Worksheet: Have your say ( PDF 25 KB)

Gunpowder Plot assembly resource

Give your students a crash course in the Gunpowder Plot with this colourful, illustrated, easy-to-follow powerpoint presentation - perfect for assemblies.

• Gunpowder Plot assembly resource
• Teachers' notes - Gunpowder Plot assembly

Suffragettes
A lesson which asks students to think about the inequalities faced by women in the past and to be aware that action can bring about change.

• Lesson plan: Suffragettes (KS2) ( PDF 52 KB)

Resources for this lesson

• Image: suffragettes postcards ( PPT 394 KB)
• Image: suffragettes banner ( PPT 184 KB)
• Handout: suffragettes timeline ( PDF 25 KB)
• Handout: suffragettes glossary ( PDF 24 KB)
• Women and the vote: Houses of History interactive timeline

Budgeting
Budgeting on a personal and national level, including other people’s points of view and the outcomes of their decisions.

• Lesson plan: Budgeting ( PDF 78 KB)

Resources for this lesson

• Presentation: planning a budget ( PPT 488 KB)
• Presentation: images ( PPT 298 KB)
• Worksheet: playground catalogue sort ( PDF 195 KB)
• Worksheet: playground catalogue sort ( PDF 87 KB)