A fully resourced and up to date lesson on food inequality and insecurity around the world. Tasks include: A map analysis exercise getting pupils to identify patterns in global hunger and obesity. A marketplace activity which uses adapted newspaper articles on countries currently experiencing food insecurity from a variety of global regions and of varying levels of wealth. Most articles are from March- April 2021 with one a little older from 2019 so all currently relevant and draw upon a range of factors from climate change and conflict to the COVID 19 pandemic. Countries included are- Yemen, Nigeria, Canada, Chad and the UK. A table for pupils to take notes on each of the countries is also included, as is an example of a completed one. A short quiz to test pupils at the end and a plenary.

A lesson looking at what makes our planet habitable. Based loosely on the geog.1 textbook. Lesson includes- a video with gap fill exercise an activity based upon the premise of the imminent destruction of earth by a meteorite. Students have to rank 5 potential new planets in order of how habitable they are for humanity to resettle on based upon factors such as how close they are to a star, their size, availability of water and atmospheric content. A template for a letter to NASA outlining the student’s top choice of planet and reasons why it is the best option for humans to resettle on. Fully resourced.

A lesson looking at the impacts of globalisation on the UK high street. It could be used as a stand alone or as part of a SOW on globalisation or the UK economy. Could also be adapted to suit different countries if the shop examples were changed. Lesson starts with an activity which asks students to vote for whether they would shop at a high street shop or an online equivalent for certain items. It is then revealed that all the high street stores shown have recently closed down or announced partial closures and job losses. There is a skills task getting students to describe the changing trend of UK internet sales, a card sort looking at positives and negatives of the trend and an evaluation essay question. Differentiated with extension tasks and sentence starters.

A lesson on the regeneration of Nine Elms in London. The lesson looks at the project, the largest in London’s history, and gets the pupils to evaluate its impacts with a 20 mark essay question. Includes links to videos, newspaper articles, photographs and demographic information to enable students to contrast change over time. Made for the AQA Changing places spec but could be used with other exam boards or adapted for GCSE.

Part of a unit on the geography of conflict, this lesson looks at the complex causes of war in Sudan. Lesson includes- A cartoon analysis starter A description of the location of Darfur task Two video links looking at the causes of the conflict A differentiated card sort (high and low ability) with venn digram. This gets students thinking about the interconnected causes of conflict- in this instance, ethnicity, climate change and oil. 7 questions and 2 challenge questions based upon the card sort getting students to explain the causes if the war at at both a regional, national and global scale. A true or false activity to be played in pairs. A short homework task. All resources included within the PPT.

A lesson which assigns students the role of urban planners and tasks them with designing a sustainable city. The task is fully scaffolded as students work through a planning booklet , filling it out based on structured class discussions of the different features needed- energy, waste management, nature, food, housing, infrastructure etc. Lots of ideas are included in the notes section of the PPT slides to steer the pupils ideas. Loads of pictures and real world examples too. A design brief outlining what students need to include in their cities is also included, as is a peer assessment sheet

Contains a lesson introducing 3 project options for a year 8 population unit. Projects options: Windrush generation research project Refugee creative writing Sparsely and densely populated areas research project. For each lesson there are some slides of information, video links, structured guidance for what the students need to include and how to structure the projects, and success criteria/marking grids for ease of teacher feedback. Check out my store for the whole unit of population lessons and COVID workbook to accompany them.

A lesson which is part of a geography of conflict unit for KS3. It looks at the current conflict between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over the construction of the GERD. Lesson includes a video introducing HEP, a video looking at why Egypt and Ethiopia are in disagreement, differentiated card sort looking at reasons for and against the dam for different stakeholders, and a role play/debate activity with peer assessment sheet.