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  • Burns Night
    Burns Night
    An online interactive guide to celebrating Burns Night, with performances of a couple of the poems, information about Robert Burns and menus for Burns Night, including modern recipes with Scottish ingredients.

  • Celebrating Burns - an enterprising approach
    Celebrating Burns - an enterprising approach
    A range of enterprising ideas and activities to help you celebrate Robert Burns's birthday in your school.

  • Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
    Part of the Edinburgh, UNESCO City of Literature website which has information, teachers' and librarians' resources and activities for pupils, all related to the novel 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' by Robert Louis Stevenson, the focus of the 2008 reading campaign.

  • Early Stages Foreign Language Learning and Culture - Gaelic
    Early Stages Foreign Language Learning and Culture - Gaelic
    This resource from East Ayrshire Council is designed to help any nursery staff introduce a language and accompanying cultural information to their classes.

  • Early years, primary and secondary resources
    Early years, primary and secondary resources
    Browse a collection of Burns learning resources and Scots literature, language, song and music resources.

  • Edwin Morgan
    Edwin Morgan
    Text, and audio downloads of poems by the Scots Makar, on the Literacy website, performed by writer Liz Lochhead, Professor Jim McGonigal, Hamish Whyte and Glasgow's former Lord Provost Liz Cameron.

  • Gàidhlig air-loidhne
    Gàidhlig air-loidhne
    A Gaelic medium website containing information and resources for Gaelic language educators. Duilleag-dhachaigh aig gàidhlig air-loidhne: goireas do luchd-teagaisg na Gàidhlig far am faighear stuthan-taic, fiosrachadh mu fhoghlam is mu thidsearan eile, agus bùird-brath mu ghnothaichean a bhuineas dhaibh.

  • Glasgow Museums
    Glasgow Museums
    Information on the events and exhibitions in the 13 museums in the City of Glasgow. Provides details of programmes and resources for education providers, including activity sheets linked to the collections and in-service training for teachers and other education professionals.

  • Kidnapped
    Kidnapped
    Part of the Edinburgh, UNESCO City of Literature website which has information, downloadable teachers' and librarians' resources, and online and downloadable activities for pupils, all related to the novel 'Kidnapped' by Robert Louis Stevenson. 'Kidnapped' is the focus of a mass reading campaign in the city during February 2007.

  • Learn Listening Online
    Learn Listening Online
    An interactive resource for teachers and students of National Qualifications in Music to improve their knowledge and listening skills. The resource has a range of examples from baroque, classical vocal and instrumental music through to twentieth century jazz and world music. The website also has an extensive audio dictionary of musical terms.