This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at challenging potential pre existing ideas of Africa through looking at various photos and students deciding if it is showing Africa or not before moving onto atlas skills and activities. Students also have the opportunity to create a mind map with an example provided. I used the ones my students created for a display. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at sustainable living in the UK and Brazil. Topics explored will be green spaces, transport, employment, housing, education and waste disposal. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at what latitude and longitude are before being modeled how to find coordinates. Students will then work independently or in pairs located famous areas on the map provided. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at how humans use this apparently barren biome. Students will explore uses such as oil fields, fishing, mining and others. Students will also look at how humans live in this area of the world and compare to their own lives. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at how we can predict, protect and prepare for earthquakes. Students will look at seisometers, preparation techniques and different building types (tune mass dampeners, base isolators etc). This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at the global distribution of biomes such as desert, savanna, taiga and more. Prior to that students need to differentiate between ecosystem and biome and look at other key words. Students will look at to why the biomes are spread the way they are using videos and card sorts before making a fact file for the various biomes. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at the causes of deforestation such as the need to build more housing, roads, hydroelectric power due to population growth. Students will then do a carousel activity to investigate the different impacts such as soil erosion, economic development, loss of biodiversity and more. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at desertification in the Sahel desert. Students will investigate where the Sahel is located, the causes of the desertification there, the impacts and Africa’s response to the problem. Students will then be tasked with collating the information using the sheets provided. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at development in Ghana specifically Ghana’s primary employment, education, health care and political issues. Students will also learn of Ghana’s resources and their water crisis. Very student led after the teacher has introduced the topic and I have included a case study sheet to fill out. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at various types of aid including medical, military, financial and more. Students will also understand the difference between NGOs, governmental aid and individual aid. The dark side of aid will also be investigated making students aware that throwing money at a problem isn’t always the best solution! This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at why human populations are different around the world. Students will explore the concept of natural increase and decrease, migration and push and pull factors. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam questions and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at how human population is spread out using the UK and the whole world as map resources for students to describe and explain. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam questions and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at how different countries have reacted to their populations (pro natal and anti natal policies) and well as some general methods of population control (family planning, contraception, education and health care). This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam questions and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at population pyramids. Students will look at population pyramids for low income and high income countries before drawing them using data provided. Students will be able to explain the look of the pyramids and be shown some abnormal ones too. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam questions and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at both destructive and constructive waves and their characteristics. Students will also be introduced to tides and how the moon controls our tides. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at how we can manage our coastlines through a carousel activity. Students will investigate managed retreat, sea walls, gabions, rip rap and more. Students will learn the advantages and disadvantages of these strategies and will use this information when looking at case studies in future lessons. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at how education in Africa varies from more developed continents. Students will also look at how girls education suffers more and the reasons behind this. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at the rise of megacities. Students will identify why they are increasing through looking at push and pull factors. Students will also look at how the rise of megacities differ between HICs and LICs. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at why our cities are growing outwards. Students will first define keywords such as greenbelt, commuter settlement, urban sprawl and others. Students will investigate reasons for the growth and also impacts of this growth as well before being introduced to greenfield and brownfield sites. Students will look at advantages and disadvantages of building on each of these. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at some facts and statistics about our oceans to give students a bit more of an insight of the topic. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam questions and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography