Lesson Plans

Clipbank lesson plans and learning paths are designed to provide strategies for integrating the use of video clips into structured lessons that encourage active learning. Lesson plans are teacher-led pathways through a set of clips and activities that focus on a particular curriculum area. They are located in the Teachers' Resources section of Clipbank and are arranged by subject. Each has a set of teacher notes and a complementary learning path, both of which can be accessed from the lesson plan menu.

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Business

Skills in practice: How is numeracy used in a business context?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 4: Application of Number) Your students will practice numeracy skills by applying calculculations and reasoning to solve problems from case study examples. They will be encouraged to appreciate the importance of numeracy in business.

Related learning path: How is numeracy used in a business context?

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CPSHE

CPSHE: What is meant by bullying?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 3) Explore what different people mean by bullying and create a campaign that targets the reasons why people bully.

Related learning path: Who is responsible for protecting the right to live free from bullying?

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D&T

Food technology: How are food products kept safe to eat?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 3: Food hygiene) Develop your students' understanding of the reasons for common hygienic practices when handling food and how food should be prepared, stored and cooked in commercial and domestic kitchens to ensure food safety.

Related learning path: How are food products kept safe to eat?

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English

What is the impact of different techniques used in spoken language?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 3 or 4: Rhetorical devices) Revise a range of literary, rhetorical and dramatic techniques and recognise and analyse their use in drama, news reportage and speech.

French

Topics - How do I talk about hobbies and understand opinions on activities and clubs?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 4: Leisure) Help your students to revise how to talk about their hobbies and understand various information about other people's interests.

Related learning path: How do I talk about hobbies and understand opinions on activities and clubs?

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Geography

Physical Geography: What happens to a city in an earthquake?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 3: Earthquakes) Introduce the impact of earthquakes by analysing the way earthquakes are understood by those who haven't personally experienced them.

Related learning path: What can case study examples tell us about earthquakes?

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German

Topics: How can I describe what people look like?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 3: Descriptions) Help your students to practise descriptive adjectives by making physical descriptions of people.

Related learning path: How can I describe myself and other people?

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History

British study: Did developments in transport improve life in Britain?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 4: Industrial Revolution). Compare the usefulness and reliability of different types of sources on transport in the Industrial Revolution.

Related learning path: Did transport fuel the industrial revolution?

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ICT

How can communications technology play a role in modern citizenship?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 3 or 4) Explore the ways technology can involve people as global citizens. Students design a website to encourage participation in a campaign of their choice.

Maths

Number and algebra: How are percentage changes used and calculated?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 4: Percentage changes) Review your students' understanding of percentages and develop their knowledge of the principles and applications of percentage change calculations.

Related learning path: How are percentage changes used and calculated?

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Science

Biology: How can and should genetic information be used?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 4: Inheritance and genetics) Further your students' understanding of the principles of inheritance and develop their awareness of the ethical implications of using genetic testing.

Related learning path: What is genetic engineering and how can it be used?

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Spanish

Topics: How can I consolidate my knowledge of food and talk about Spanish celebrations?

  Teacher notes

(Key Stage 3: Culture) Help your students to develop their knowledge of Spanish culture by finding out about a Spanish-style birthday party and other cultural events.

Related learning path: How do I conjugate and use the present tense?

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