GCSE 9-1; Climate - Evaluating the effects of global warming

The lesson is an opportunity for students to work in small groups to write persuasive speeches and give presentations. The lesson starts by students working in pairs to recall key terminology. Next students are given maps of the UK and the world showing gains and losses from global warming (taken from Wider World). They have to highlight these images picking out the 3 most important gains and losses on each image. Next the class is split into groups with a specific remit e.g. UK gains from global warming. They are given a persuasive writing fame and asked to write a speech convincing the class of their viewpoint. The most able students in the class should be given the ‘losses vs gains’ speech as this is the most challenging. Prior to the speeches go through the dos and don’ts to help improve the quality of the speeches. Finally finish with an opinion line, selecting a few students to justify their opinions.