I'm a Head of Geography at a 11-16 secondary school in Leicestershire, UK. I enjoy creating lessons that students enjoy - so you will not find reams of text on the board for them to read or for you to transmit. I believe in a range of engaging activities per lesson.
I'm a Head of Geography at a 11-16 secondary school in Leicestershire, UK. I enjoy creating lessons that students enjoy - so you will not find reams of text on the board for them to read or for you to transmit. I believe in a range of engaging activities per lesson.
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson examines the issue of water supply in Sydney. Students complete a series of located pie charts to examine the capacity and actual volume of storage for each dam supplying Sydney, consider the role of rainfall and evaporation and the impacts of these on water supply.
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson requires access to a computer/tablet as pupils use a specified website to investigate the transport infrastructure improvements in Sydney (tunnels, light rail, rail extension, motorways, ring-roads, etc.)
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson uses an extensive booklet of maps to examine the transport issues faced by Sydneysiders, including congestion, air pollution, commute time and pub transport infrastructure.
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson outlines the reasons why travel in Sydney is dominated by motor transport and the problems and impacts this causes in the city. It also begins to look at how urban renewal has impacted Sydney.
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson introduces the concept of the ‘latte line’ - the divide between more prosperous, educated and health north/eastern Sydney and more ethinically diverse, less wealth and less educated western/southern Sydney. The lesson utilises an extensive selection of maps which students interrogate to judge socioeconomic differences in Sydney.
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson uses selected census data (presented in a variety of ways in a extensive resource booklet) to develop understanding about Sydney’s demographics in contrast to the rest of Australia. It takes two hour long lessons to complete.
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson examines the history of aboriginal peoples in Sydney and provides a historical context for the growth of the city. It uses a carousel activity to develop an understanding of the challenges that aboriginal people have faced and encourages students to relate these to contemporary aboriginal experiences. It also seeks to challenge prejudices on this matter.
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson uses a video (link provided) to introduce students to how Sydney looks, its culture, migration and lifestyles.
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson allows pupils to identify whether Sydney qualifies as a global city and makes use of a newspaper article deconstruction and peer learning. It also includes low-tariff exam question practice.
Prepared for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification (and applicable to all other boards), with all resources provided and ready to teach straight away. My lessons are interactive and provide a variety of teaching and learning activities. This lesson is part of the ‘HIC Global Cities: Sydney’ scheme of work (available as a bundle) of fifteen lessons about Sydney.
This lesson introduces students to the concept of global cities and megacities, including the criteria, classification of global cities and embeds global location knowledge through a mapping task.
Lesson 7 in my GCSE Geography unit - Mumbai. This lesson examines formal and informal employment in Mumbai. The lesson utilised hyperlinked videos, a sorting activity, graph analysis and photo reading to develop understanding. A homework is included that could also be an extension activity.
Lesson 6 of my Mumbai GCSE unit. This lesson examines life in Dharavi, a Mumbai slum, it’s advantages and disadvantages. The lesson is fully resources and is a great introduction and examination of life in Dharavi.
Lesson 5 of my unit on Mumbai as a LIC city. This lesson investigates how Mumbai could be categorised as a global city / world city and involves a map from memory activity to develop knowledge about the various criteria that Mumabi fulfils in global city status. The map from memory base sheet itself it a valuable resource that can be easily adapted in a number of ways if you do not prefer active learning activities.
A fully-resourced GCSE Geography lesson exploring the push and pull factors leading to the growth of Mumbai. Pupils complete a classification activity to identify push, pull, obstructions and problems for Mumbai factors. There is an extension/homework activity where students create a scatter graph to test a hypothesis about rural poverty driving migration to Mumbai. Part of a wider unit but a standalone lesson.
This is a triple-lesson introducing students to Mumbai before using a variety of graphicacy techniques to understand how Mumbai has grown over time. Students will complete a pictograph, a choropleth map and located bar charts and will then examine a scatter graph, choropleth map, flow-line map, bar chart and compound line graph. They will consider the role of natural increase in Mumbai’s growth together with the impact of rural-to-urban migration. These lessons are fully resourced and students are provided with a worksheet to help them to develop their conclusions. Includes a homework (living graph) and a selection of graphs electronically for students to complete Lesson 3 if required.
A 13-lesson KS3 unit on endangered species. This unit introduces the concept of extinction and the related categories, mass extinction events, the historical precedents, the overview of human causes of extinction then individual lessons to fully explore these causes. Each lesson is fully resourced and has a range of engaging activities, research, active learning, etc. The unit includes a revision lesson and an exam-style assessment with mark scheme and resource booklet. I created this because I could find no other decent unit about endangered species - I hope you are find it really useful.
The final lesson in a 13-lesson KS3 Geography unit about Endangered Species. All lessons are fully resourced with a range of engaging activities. This lesson provides an exam-style assessment including multiple choice, extended answer and use of a resource paper. Examination and mark scheme are included.
The twelfth lesson in a 13-lesson KS3 Geography unit about Endangered Species. All lessons are fully resourced with a range of engaging activities. This lesson revises the key concept studied during this unit ready for a test the following lesson.
The eleventh lesson in a 13-lesson KS3 Geography unit about Endangered Species. All lessons are fully resourced with a range of engaging activities. This lesson introduces the threats to species posed by disease. It is an ICT-based guided independent research lesson.
The tenth lesson in a 13-lesson KS3 Geography unit about Endangered Species. All lessons are fully resourced with a range of engaging activities. This lesson introduces the threats to native species posed by introduced species, focusing on the cane toad in eastern Australia. This is a very fun lesson that students enjoy.