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TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on an what Transnational corporations (TNC’s) are and why they have chosen Nigeria to develop in. Students will be able to explain the positives and negatives of Nigeria and then answer the question on if TNCs are a positive force in Nigeria. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how ox-bow lakes are formed Task 2: Outline the positives and negatives of TNCs on the worksheet. Task 3: Geography Skills: Describe the distribution of oil fields in Nigeria (3 marks) Task 4: Students to watch a video explaining the positives and negatives of Shell in Nigeria. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “To what extent are TNCs a positive force for the host country?" (6 marks) High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revision on exam question about ox-bow lakes. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
International Aid in Nigeria - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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International Aid in Nigeria - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on types of aid in Nigeria. Students will be able to describe why Nigeria needs aid, why international aid is useful for the country and why it is not always used effectively. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam question on how an ox-bow lake is formed Task 2: Geography Skills: Describe the trend in aid received by Nigeria (3 marks) Task 3: Students to priorities which they think is the main reason for aid and why. Task 4: Geography Skill: Graph Analysis: Identify how much aid Nigeria gave and how much the EU gave. Task 5: Main Task - Describe the living conditions in the figure, explain how aid should be spent in the area and then justify why small scale projects are more likely to be successful in Nigeria. Task 5: Plenary - Revision for next geographical process, levee and floodplain formation. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Tourism in Jamaica - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Tourism in Jamaica - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on how tourism in Jamaica has improved the development of the area. Students will investigate where Jamaica is located, describe how tourism has increased in the last 50 years and how tourism has improved the economy of the area. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how waterfalls are formed (6 marks) Task 2: Geography Skills: Describe the location of Jamaica (4 marks) Task 3: Watch the video on how tourism affects Jamaica. Task 4: Students to complete the multiplier effect circle. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Evaluate, the role of tourism in reducing the development gap in an area you have studied (9 marks).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for next physical revision - Meanders/ Oxbow Lakes **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Environmental Impacts Of Economic Development In Nigeria - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Environmental Impacts Of Economic Development In Nigeria - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on how the economic development of Nigeria has led to environmental problems. Students will be able to explain how the environmental problems affect both the natural and human environments and then outline the Bodo Oil Spill case study. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Describe how a Levee is formed Task 2: Indicate which of the environmental problems affect the natural vs human environment. Task 3: Watch the video on the Bodo Oil Spill. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “The impacts of economic development have been only positive in Nigeria”. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your opinion (6 marks) High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for Levee Read, Write, Wipe as starter for next lesson. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Chernobyl, What Happened? - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Chernobyl, What Happened? - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to accurately locate Chernobyl and be able to discuss the time-line of events that led to the Chernobyl disaster. Students will begin to look at the magnitude of the event and the effects of the disaster. Task 1: Starter- True or False- Knowledge recap of previous learning Task 2: Located Ukraine/ Chernobyl on maps Task 3: Watch various clips about Chernobyl Task 4: Sort the effects of Chernobyl into social, economic and environmental effects Task 5: Choose which of the effects are most significant and why. Task 6: Main Task:Outline what happened in Chernobyl, identify which effect is most significant and describe its size, severity and length of time. Task 7: Plenary: Write a sentence about how they, thought, liked, hated, wanted to learn more. Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet.
Changing UK Transport Infrastructure - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Changing UK Transport Infrastructure - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the transport infrastructure in the UK. This lesson covers, port, road and railways - specifically looking at HS2. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam Question on processes of slumping. Task 2: Why is transport important in the UK? Task 3: Watch the video and make notes on HS2. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how the UK is improving its transport network (4 marks) High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Peer Assessment Task 5: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays as questions will be coming next week. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Heathrow Expansion - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Heathrow Expansion - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the transport infrastructure in the UK, specifically about the Heathrow Expansion along with the stakeholders, the positives and negatives of the expansion and finally the social, economic, environmental and political factors. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Draw 4 diagrams to show the formation of headlands and bays. Task 2: Geographic Skills: Description of Location - Describe where Heathrow is Task 3: Geographic Skills: Comparison of information - Compare Heathrow airport to its international rivals. Task 4: Watch the video and make notes on the Heathrow expansion. Task 5: Label which opinion is for or again the expansion, then categorise the stakeholders into social, economic, political and environmental. Then rank them into most and least important arguements. Task 6: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “‘Changes to the UK transport infrastructure are predicted to be beneficial’ To what extent do you agree (9 marks)" High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 7: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays as questions will be coming next week. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
UK's Connection to the Wider World - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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UK's Connection to the Wider World - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through several different ways. In this lesson students will learn about how we are connected through trade, culture, transport and electronic communications. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, all about the formation of headlands and bays. Task 2: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the diagrams show about UK’s changing trade links. Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - What is the graph showing, what is the type of graph, what is the difference, etc. Task 4: Colour code the categories to the information. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “How does the UK benefit by having close links with the rest of the world (6 marks)" High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 6: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays exam question. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
The Russia Ukraine Conflict 2022 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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The Russia Ukraine Conflict 2022 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to accurately locate Ukraine, identify the build up to the war through the annexation of Crimea and other reasons. Students will then identify the human and physical features of Ukraine and how that has helped to limited the invasion of the country. Task 1: Knowledge Recap on last lesson (Chernobyl) Task 2: Located Ukraine on the map Task 3: Watch video about the build up to the 2022 war. Task 4: Identify the physical features of Ukraine and how they have limited invasion Task 5: Discuss which of the human features have had the largest impact on the war. Task 6: Main Task: Identify Ukraine, Identify one physical factor that has limited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Identify one human factor that has limited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Explain which factor (human or physical) is the most important to why Russia hasn’t taken over Ukraine. Task 7: Plenary: How has the war affected people in the UK? Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet.
The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through the Commonwealth and the European Union. This will cover the economic and political advantages of each system. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam question “Explain the formation of the physical features of the coastline shown in the images above (6) Task 2: Watch the video about the Commonwealth Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the graph is and analyze the data. Task 4: Watch the video about the EU. Task 5: Identify the economic, political, social, and environmental advantages of the EU. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how the UK benefits economically and politically from its membership of either the EU or Commonwealth. (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 6: Plenary - Revise for the formation of a sea stack. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Changing Employment Structure in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Changing Employment Structure in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the employment of the UK through time. An introduction to key terms such as primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary employment and what these jobs are. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how levees are formed, through read, wipe, write. Task 2: Geography Skills - Describe what type of graph it is, what it shows, and then “Describe how employment has changed in the UK since 1970. (3 marks)” Task 3: Create your own employment linkage, from primary to quaternary employment. Task 4: Geography Skills - Describe what type of graph it is, what it shows, and then "Describe how the UK’s economy has changed from 1800-2006 (4 marks) Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain how the UK’s economy has changed from 1800-2006 (6 marks) High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out the wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revision for next lessons exam question about levees. **Download contains Powerpoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
North-South Divide of England -(KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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North-South Divide of England -(KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the historical reasons for the North-South divide and how it affects social, economic and political aspects of the UK. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, students have 4 minutes to recap learning on rotational cliff slumping. Then write down as much as they can remember, then mark accuracy. Task 2: Geography Skills: Describe location - Describe the location of the north-south divide border. Task 3: Watch the video and make notes on the north-south divide. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how we can resolve regional differences in the UK? (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for exam question on rotational cliff slumping. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how economic industry affects the environment. Use of Torr Quarry for the case study. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Using 5 steps, draw 5 diagrams that show the process of rotational cliff slumping. Task 2: Geography Skills: Image inference “What evidence is there of environmental damage?” Task 3: Watch the video on thepositives and negatives of quarrying in England. Task 4: Geography Skills: Describing location - Describe the location of Torr Quarry. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “To what extent do you think that the quarry is being managed in an environmentally sustainable way? (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for exam question on rotational cliff slumping. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Changing Economic World - UK Case Study - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)
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Changing Economic World - UK Case Study - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)

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An introductory topic for KS4 geography about the changing economic world of the UK. This will include how employment structure has changed through time, how industry affects the environment along with changes to rural areas and transport infastructure. Throughout the series of lessons, students will be able to accurately outline how/ why the UK’s employment has changed. Investigate the change in rural areas due to population increase and decrease. How Heathrow’s expansion can be a benefit and a drawback along with the UK’s connections to countries in the wider world. Lesson 1: Changing Employment Structure in the UK Lesson 2: Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment Lesson 3: Changing Rural Landscapes in the UK Lesson 4: North-South Divide in England Lesson 5: Changing UK Transport Infrastructure Lesson 6: Heathrow Expansion Lesson 7: UK’s Connection to the Wider World Lesson 8: The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation and interpretation along with graph analysis. This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Case Study of Nigeria (NEE) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Case Study of Nigeria (NEE) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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An AQA specification topic for KS4 in geography “The Changing Economic World”. This topic will briefly cover where is Nigeria, why is it important, both nationally and globally. Then students will investigate the benefits and drawbacks of TNCs in Nigeria (specifically Shell) then the types of aid Nigeria receives. Students will identify if this aid is beneficial or what problems may arise with aid. Finally students will explore the impacts of economic development on the environment of Nigeria, with a specific look at the Bodo Oil Spill and its effects on the local people. Lesson 1: Importance of Nigeria Lesson 2: TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) Lesson 3: International Aid in Nigeria Lesson 4: Environmental Impacts of Economic Development in Nigeria. Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis. This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets. BONUS- Will include homework research sheets that will span over the four lessons (one sheet every two lessons )
River Landscapes in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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River Landscapes in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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An AQA specification topic for KS4 in geography about river landscapes in the UK. Covering aspects such as erosion, transportation, deposition and features formed from these Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe how and why a river changes from source to mouth, with references to features on each course along with the erosional, depositional and transportations reasons for each formation. Students will then identify what causes flooding to happen, identifying features of a hydrograph and what natural and human factors cause flooding. Finally students will look at a case study about how management strategies are used to minimise the effects of flooding. With a specific case study at a management strategy used. Lesson 1: Introduction to Rivers Lesson 2: Erosion, Transportation and Deposition Lesson 3: Upper Course River Features Lesson 4: Middle Course River Features Lesson 5: Lower Course River Features Lesson 6: Case Study of the River Aire Lesson 7: Factors that Affect Flood Risk Lesson 8: Understanding Hydrographs Lesson 9: Flooding- Hard Engineering Lesson 10: Flooding - Soft Engineering Lesson 11: York Flood Management scheme Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis. This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Changing Rural Landscapes in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Changing Rural Landscapes in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on two contrasting rural areas with population increase and decrease. This lesson covers South Cambridgeshire (population increase) and Outer Hebrides (population decrease) Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, students have 4 minutes to recap learning on rotational cliff slumping. Then write down as much as they can remember, then mark accuracy. Task 2: Geography Skills: Graph Analysis - Describe the type of graph, describe the change in urban population in the UK. Task 3: Geography Skills: Describe location - Describe the location of the Outer Hebrides, then describe the location of South Cambridgeshire. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Contrast the economic challenges associated with rural areas of population growth and decline (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for exam question on rotational cliff slumping. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
WW1 - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
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WW1 - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)

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An introductory topic for KS3 & 4 in geography about WW1 and its features. This bundle contains 6 lessons that are fully resourced. Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe who fought during WW1, which countries were affected and investigate the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and look into propaganda and recruitment. Lesson 1: Introduction to WW1 Lesson 2: Events That Led to WW1 Lesson 3: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lesson 4: Causes of WW1 Lesson 5: Propaganda in WW1 Lesson 6: Recruitment Processes in WW1 Students will develop language skills, map reading, sources analysis, investigation skills and able to write full assessments using key terms accurately. This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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An AQA specification topic for KS4 in geography about Weather Hazards and their formation along with effects. Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe the distribution of the climate globally using the GAC. Then describe the location and formation of tropical storms along with their effects through the case study of Typhoon Haiyan. Next students will look at the weather of the UK and finally describe an extreme UK weather event. In the last few lessons students will look at our changing climate and how this occurs both naturally and also anthropogenically, they will identify the effects and how we can adapt and mitigate them. Lesson 1: Global Atmospheric Circulation Model (GAC) Lesson 2: Tropical Storms Lesson 3: Future of Tropical Storms Lesson 4: Effects and Responses to Typhoon Haiyan Lesson 5: UK Weather Hazards Lesson 6: Beast from the East Lesson 7: Climate Change: Natural Causes Lesson 8: Climate Change: Human Causes Lesson 9: Climate Change: Effects Lesson 10: Mitigating Climate Change Lesson 11: Adapting to Climate Change Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis. This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Inequalities - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
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Inequalities - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)

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An introductory topic for KS3 & 4 in geography about inequality and its features. This bundle contains 8 lessons that are fully resourced. Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately define inequality, global debt, positives and negatives of aid in developing countries and how to measure development. Finally students will focus on how the UK has inequalities in education, health and the North South divide. Lesson 1: Introduction to Inequality Lesson 2: Debt in Developing Countries Lesson 3: Aid Positives and Negatives Lesson 4: Measuring Development Lesson 5: Global Inequalities Lesson 6: Inequalities in the UK: North South Divide Lesson 7: Education Inequality Lesson 8: Health Inequalities in the UK Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis. This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.