North South Divide - AQA GCSE Geography - Economics

LESSON COVERS
The evidence of and strategies for addressing the social and economic North South Divide.

LESSON INVOLVES
Starter involves adding economic data to a UK map. The primary teaching task requires students to note down key terms and numbers and then to watch a video do discover what those key terms mean in the context of a North South divide. The main task provides the students with timed slides (7 minutes each) with information about three strategies to address the North South divide: HS2, Enterprise Zones and LEPs (local enterprise partnerships) and are asked the record the information of the slides in specific ways according to target grade. Students then colour code the strategies to link it to the information learned earlier in the video, evaluating the strategies, matching them to specific issues. The final plenary uses a video. It has a bad word in it – my students can handle that but feel free to omit if wish!

LESSON RESOURCES
Videos are hyperlinked to the video screen shots. Simply put into slide show mode and then click on them.

The lesson also includes a 5 minute “Review Previous Learning” task, as a revision tool - feel free to omit or adapt.

Please review with any feedback or if you spot any weevils in the lesson :-)