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The Ice Monster — Teaching Resources

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Free teaching resource for The Ice Monster. KS2. Printable.

Classroom Activities

Research: Victorian Explorers

Who were the real Victorian women explorers? Pupils research figures like Mary Kingsley, Gertrude Bell or Lady Florence Dixie. How does Walliams's Lady Buckshot compare to the real thing?

Conservation Debate

Should the mammoth be in a museum where millions can see it, or should it be returned to the wild? Pupils debate both sides. Who does the mammoth belong to? What is the right thing to do?

Assessment Questions (KS2)

  1. Where does Elsie live at the start of the story?
  2. What is special about the mammoth at the Natural History Museum?
  3. Who is Lady Buckshot?
  4. Where does Elsie take the mammoth at the end?

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