Africa: Physical and Human Geography (People and Places)
This interesting and highly-stimulating lesson enables students to describe and understand the key aspects of physical geography (e.g. climates, vegetation belts, flora, fauna, mountains, and rivers) and human geography (e.g. types of settlement, populations, use of resources, and trade) in the vast and varied continent of Africa. Whilst gaining a wide range of knowledge about the content, students also become familiar with a wide range of vocabulary pertinent to the geography curriculum.
The lesson follows a clear, logical, bite-size learning journey, which guides students towards relevant and constructive learning objectives. Over the course of this journey, they become able to:
Identify Africa on a map, and identify the countries and regions within the continent;
Understand key information about the physical and human geography of the continent, through a fun, interactive quiz;
Retrieve, share, and describe their understanding of the physical and human geography of specific locations in Africa (Sahara Desert, Cape Town, The African Savanna and the Mount Kilimanjaro) through a jigsaw model task;
Complete a case study of the physical and human geography of their own place in Africa, and describe their findings to others;
-Peer assess each others’ descriptions using the learning objectives.
This resource pack includes:
A visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint presentation;
Key case-study information sheets on the Sahara Desert, Cape Town, the African Savanna and Mount Kilimanjaro (in both PDF and Word - inside the zip-folder);
A blank case study template.
All images are licensed for commercial use. Note: The final task works best with access to ICT/internet resources.
This resources within this lesson can be easily adapted to suit home/remote learning.