Complete lesson covering the water cycle. Lesson includes:
Do Now keyword activity
Quiz to check for understanding
Diagram labelling and extension activity
True or false AfL
Rain droplet story activity
Plenary
Complete lesson on climate graphs. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Explanation of climate graphs
Printable worksheet allowing students to complete their own climate graph
Comparison of two climate graphs and exam question
Plenary
Complete case study booklet (30 pages) for the Human Geography paper in Edexcel A GCSE Geography. Includes detailed case study information on all the relevant case studies in the spec, including:
Global Development in India (case study page for each part of the spec)
Changing Cities - London and Sao Paulo (case study page for each part of the spec)
Energy developed country case study - Germany
Energy emerging country case study - China
Complete lesson covering employment inequalities. Designed for the Regenerating Places scheme of work in the Edexcel A-level but suitable for other specifications too. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Explanation of employment variations and the link to quality of life indices
Summary of the IMD, including pros and cons
Link to IMD maps and postcode data
Printable info sheets with maps/graphs showing inequalities and printable UK map that students can annotate
Optional Spearman’s Rank sheet that students could complete in class or for homework
Complete lesson covering top-down and bottom-up approaches in Sao Paulo. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Top-down and bottom-up definitions
AfL
Detailed worksheet on 2 specific projects and comprehension questions (including challenge activities)
Plenary quiz
Complete lesson covering the difference between discordant and concordant coastlines, and the formation of headlands and bays. Lesson includes:
Do Now - define keywords
Geological differences
Explanation of concordant and discordant coastlines
AfL to check understanding
Explanation of a bay and headland formation
AfL to check understanding
Diagram label and sentences to complete
Plenary - put into the correct order
Complete lesson covering possible future outcomes for the global balance of power in 2030 or 2050, with a focus on the prospects of continued US dominance, a bi-polar or multi-polar world. This lesson was designed for the Edexcel A-level Superpowers topic in Geography but could be used in other specifications or schemes of work. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Recap on changing patterns of power
Summary of how future GDP is likely to play out
Printable sheets on US, Chinese, Indian and Brazilian GDP projections
Information sheets summarising the prospects of the 3 possible outcomes, with questions for students to complete and a Venn Diagram
Possible 12 mark exam question
Complete lesson covering the geography of the Middle East. Lesson includes:
Do Now - map labelling activity
Think, pair, share with key images from the Middle East
Video and questions
Labelling map task (Atlas required)
Plenary
Complete lesson covering some of the reasons why people live on floodplains, with a focus on the Mississippi River. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Drainage basin explanation and keyword match-up
Describe the route of the Mississippi using maps
Comprehension questions covering why people live on the Mississippi floodplain with printable info sheet
Spot the mistakes AfL
Exam question plenary
Complete lesson covering the reasons why some Middle Eastern borders are straight lines, with a focus on Syria and the Sykes-Picot Agreement. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Prediction activity
Map of the Sykes-Picot agreement
Printable reading sheet (with differentiated one also available) and comprehension activity - can be done independently or as paired work
Writing task
Atlas challenge plenary
Complete lesson covering the role of religion in conflict in the Middle East. Lesson includes:
Do Now
AfL check for understanding
Video about the difference between Shia and Sunni Muslims
Conflict map students annotate using map showing religious divide
Optional additional video & questions
News article and comprehension questions (differentiated lower ability article also available)
Summary plenary
Complete lesson covering the formation of waterfalls and gorges. Includes:
Do Now - match up keyword activity
Guess the location - widest, tallest and most visited waterfalls using clues
Diagrams and explanation of how a waterfall forms
Main activity - diagram draw and label
Explanation of a gorge
Plenary
Complete lesson covering nationalist and independence movements, with a focus on Scottish and Catalan independence. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Maps showing global and regional independence movements
Explanation of the Scottish independence referendum, the key arguments and the outcome
News article on Scottish independence and printable table to complete
Video and questions on Catalan independence
Discussion questions
Continuum activity based on the main challenges to national identity
Complete lesson covering the ways IGOs (intergovernmental organisations) manage the environment through treaties and conventions. Lesson covers 6 key IGO management schemes including the Montreal Protocol on the ozone layer, CITES, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Helsinki Water Convention, the Antarctic Treaty System and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Lesson includes:
Printable table for students to complete through the lesson
Video and article summarising the Montreal Protocol that students use to complete their table
Series of information sheets on the other 5 conventions (with an accompanying news article for each one) that students use to complete the rest of their table
Speed dating sheet for students to question their partners in order to check for understanding
Possible 20 mark exam question and printable planning sheet
Complete lesson covering tax havens and low-tax regimes. Lesson was designed for the Edexcel Migration, Identity & Sovereignty topic at A-level but could be used in other specifications and schemes of work. Lesson includes:
Do Now - article and questions
Key term match-up activity
Maps showing the world’s main tax havens
Diagrams illustrating how tax avoidance is carried out
Table with 5 stakeholder viewpoints - students summarise the arguments for and against and rank each view. Challenge questions on the back of the table
Plenary -discussion question
Complete lesson covering the different ways that countries try to limit globalisation, with a focus on censorship, migration and trade protectionism. Lesson was designed for the Edexcel A-level geography Globalisation topic, but would be suitable for other specifications and schemes of work. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Shared partner work - how can countries promote or limit globalisation?
Keywords
Comprehension questions using a printable handout on ways that countries limit globalisation
AfL activity to check for understanding - could be verbal or written
Plenary - ranking activity
Complete lesson covering foreign ownership and the influence of this on national identity in the UK. Lesson was designed for the Migration, Identity & Sovereignty topic in the Edexcel A-level, and includes:
Recap Do Now
Explanation of why ‘Made in Britain’ is increasingly complex
Students use printable info sheets to categorise the pros & cons of foreign ownership
Explanation of foreign ownership of property in London & the impact of this on identity
Printable handout with reading about Qatari ownership the growth of Indian TNCs like Tata, with accompanying questions
6 mark exam question and model answer
44 mark end of topic test for the Global Development topic, with all questions in the format of the actual GCSE for Edexcel A. Includes a mixture of short answer questions, skills & mathematical questions and an 8 mark question at the end. A resource sheet that can be printed and mark scheme is also included. Ideal for use at the end of this topic.
10 OS (Ordnance Survey) maps with grid lines. Each with 10 questions, and a key on the first page. The maps include:
East London (Tower Hamlets)
Suffolk Coastline
Lake District
Rural Yorkshire
Scarborough
Bramhall
Worcester
Exmoor National Park
Spurn Head Coastal
Scottish Highlands
Complete lesson designed for the UK Challenges part of the Edexcel GCSE specification. Lesson focuses on the responses to climate change, followed by a practise 12 mark discuss question using 4 resources (not from a past paper or SAMs). Lesson includes:
Do Now - recap questions
Categorise responses into local or national
Evaluation of responses
AfL - impact or response
Speed dating sheet - questions & answers based on UK Challenges
12 mark discuss question - printable resources and planning sheet