General resources:

Find out about the countries that the teams come from

World Cup teams: Hangman game

World Cup teams: Matching, Concentration & Wordsearch

World Cup facts: Battleships

This resource is available with the kind permission of Gemma Fordyce of Woodlands School in Basildon:
World Cup challenge booklet for tutor groups
(MS Word 1.86 MB)

Team shirts
(MS Publisher 1.7MB)

African countries wordsearch
(PDF 510 KB)

Which African country am I ?
(PDF 45 KB)

Mini-book 1
(PDF 120 KB)
Mini-book 2
(PDF 145 KB)
Mini-book 3
(PDF 111 KB)
Mini-book 4
(PDF 119 KB)
Mini-book 5
(PDF 87 KB)
Mini-book 6
(PDF 123 KB)
Mini-book 7
(PDF 130 KB)
Mini-book 8
(PDF 93 KB)
How to make your mini-book

World Cup Wordsearch
(PDF 47 KB)

The teams' flags
(MS Publisher 278 KB)
The teams' flags (outline versions)
(MS Publisher 766 KB)
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New resources and links added
22.06.2010

Create a custom football shirt with Imagechef

Modern Language resources and links:

The teams in 5 languages
(MS Word 62 KB)

How to say "World Cup" in 36 languages

MFL resources from LanguagesOnline

Soccerlingua - teaching foreign languages to young football fans

Spanish resources from Español Extra

World Cup booklet - Spanish
(MS Word 2.1 MB)

Spanish World Cup bookmarks
(PDF 700 KB)

Spanish World Cup wordsearch
(PDF 43 KB)

Find the World Cup teams in Spanish
(PDF 27 KB)

Spanish World Cup counting
(PDF 59 KB)

Primary Spanish lesson 1 - discover the teams
(MS PowerPoint 565 KB)
Spanish team cards for sorting and labelling
(PDF 197 KB)
Teams list
(PDF 24 KB)
Primary Spanish lesson 2 - discover the flags
(MS PowerPoint 706 KB)
The meaning of flags
(PDF 33 KB)

French World Cup bookmarks
(PDF 407 KB)

French team names: Match the French and English

French teams: Matching, Concentration & Wordsearch

French World Cup wordsearch
(PDF 46 KB)

French team cards for sorting and labelling
(PDF 197 KB)

Find the World Cup teams in French
(PDF 27 KB)

French World Cup counting
(PDF 57 KB)

French dustbin game

Le coin sport - Information about South Africa, history of the World Cup and posters from previous tournaments in French

German dustbin game

Fussballportal - Information in German

German World Cup wordsearch
(PDF 150 KB)

Writing a match report in German
(MS PowerPoint 244 KB)

Writing in the future - German
(MS PowerPoint 293 KB)

Weltmeisterschaft
(MS PowerPoint 2007 222 KB)

These three resources have been kindly donated by Gill Maynard from the Anglo-European School in Ingatestone:
List of possible activities for MFL
(MS Word 99 KB)
World Cup booklet - French
(MS Word 2.2 MB)
World Cup booklet - German
(MS Word 2.2 MB)

The World Cup in my classroom - Dominic McGladdery
(MS PowerPoint 334 KB)

Below is the presentation which I gave at the Atlas conference "Ready, set, go global !" on 7th July 2009 at St James Park.

The presentation and accompanying audio last 24 minutes.

The Tournament:

The FIFA World Cup website, packed with useful information and resources.

The FIFA World Cup archive

100 facts about the World Cup

World Cup matchballs through time

Statistics on players from all over the world

Interactive calendar from Marca.com

Interactive map from the Washington Post

World Cup Years - past tournaments

The 32 qualifiers for the World Cup - interactive page from the Guardian

SA 2010 Fan Kit - download the Fan Guide for information about the South African languages and a list of rules for the stadia

News articles:

BBC News - What makes a good World Cup advert ?

News article - SA looks to World Cup to heal racial divide

News article about the South African national anthem

US stars put footie in mouth

Getting the ball rolling in South Africa

World Cup themed non-uniform day

Projects and resources:

The Global Gateway, with information on partner-finding, International School Award and much more.

NUT/ACTSA Football and Freedom resource pack for 9-14 year olds.

Football Phonics

Brilliant pupil-made ICT activities from Northwood School

Teaching Themes - World Cup

National Literacy Trust World Cup Toolkit

World Cup resources from TES Connect

World Cup colouring

Resources for Primary MFL - from the Talkabout Primary MFL Wiki

World Cup inspired crisps - what flavours can your students invent?

Fairtrade: Football Enterprise - a video and support materials from Teachers TV

Fairtrade: Football Manufacture - a video and support materials from Teachers TV

The World Cup and ICT - Worksheets and games

Resources and links from GlobalDimension.org.uk

Diski Dance your way to the World Cup !

Makarapa - make your World Cup fan helmet

Some ideas from the Geographical Association

Children's photos from the Johannesburg townships, courtesy of the Guardian

Ideas from primarylanguages.org.uk

We are multicolored - design your own flag and discover the meanings of flags

Flags as piecharts

World Cup resources from Promethean

Rainbow Nation 2010 - a video from Teachers TV

World Cup murals

The World Cup Story - reading resources

Activities for countries and nationalities - from esolcourses.com

Downloadables from Activity Village - worksheets, bookmarks, colouring pictures.....

Downloadables from Teachers Pet

Google Streetview inside World Cup stadiums

World Cup English - from the British Council

Preparing for the World Cup - the Big Picture from Boston.com

World Cup Skills

Charitable campaigns:

1GOAL campaign

A sporting chance - International soccer stars harnessing their wealth and fame to fight poverty

Going for goal - About the 1Goal campaign

Football crazy? - does football have the power to blow the whistle on conflict?

Score a Goal Against Hunger - a campaign to raise awareness and funds for food projects in rural Africa

World Cup songs:

Wavin’ Flag – the World Cup 2010 anthem by K’naan and David Bisbal

Waka Waka - Shakira's World Cup song

The German World Cup song