100 lessons for IGCSE geography (CIE) themes 1, 2 and 3. Most lesson are suitable for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time, but some will require two lessons to deliver. Includes Powerpoints, with supporting worksheets/resources for lessons.
Active and independent learning, and preparation for IGCSE Examinations through answering past exam questions and self/peer assessing using mark schemes are the cornerstones of these lessons.
In addition to the class activities and content required to teach the lessons, also included within the lessons are:
Exam questions and mark schemes contained in almost every lesson
Links to webpages, extra readings, extension activities, Youtube videos.
All case studies, with multiple alternatives in some cases, required for the course are included in the bundle, along with several case study card ‘templates’ and model answers for many of the case studies.
Revision booklets and assessment for learning trackers for each theme.
No additional resources are required. All aspects of the Cambridge Syllabus Guide for this course are fully addressed. These are the lessons which I currently use to teach my students in a high-achieving High Performance Learning School, and are, therefore, of a very high quality and fully up-to-date.
Theme 1 - Population & Settlement
Population - 18 lessons
Settlement - 12 lessons
Theme 2 - The Natural Environment
Earthquakes & Volcanoes - 8 lessons
Rivers - 7 lessons
Coasts - 9 lessons
Weather - 5 lessons
Climate & Natural Vegetation - 9 lessons
Theme 3 - Economic Development
Development - 5 lessons
Food Production - 4 lessons
Industry - 3 lessons
Tourism - 6 lessons
Energy - 4 lessons
Water - 4 lessons
Environmental Risks of Economic Development - 3 lessons
The ‘preview’ images are screenshots of PowerPoint slides, worksheets, activities etc. taken from some of the lessons in the bundle. One of the preview images lists the titles of all lessons in the bundle. If you want more information, or wish to see more before you purchase the bundle, please contact me on aidanannagh@hotmail.com and, if needed, we can arrange a video call where I can share some more :)
In addition to this bundle, I also have resources/bundles available for each of the 3 themes seperately. I also have bundles available which cover the entire CIE A-Level syllabus, the A2 & AS Level Geography programmes individually, as well as individual resources which cover each of the 6 AS topics and each of the 4 A2 topics separately - everything you need to successfully deliver CIE Geography Programmes at your school :) All can be found on my shop by accessing this link - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/AidanGeoTeacher.
**PPTs - Cambridge A Level Geography Exam Questions & Mark Schemes 2021 June series. **
ALL exam questions, mark schemes and inserts for the Cambridge A Level Geography 2021 June series. All three components for each paper included.
All questions and mark schemes for all four exam papers included (Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3 and Paper 4).
One Powerpoint for each paper, so 12 Powerpoints in total. All together, there are about 130 slides of exam questions and mark schemes, covering ALL AS & A2 Level Geography topics.
Powerpoints are broken down perfectly using the following format: a set of questions (and insert, if applicable) on one slide, followed by the mark scheme for those questions on the following slide. This is repeated for all slides on each powerpoint covering all questions on the exam, sorted by topic e.g. in Paper 1 PPTs, the questions and mark schemes for Topic 1 (Hydrology & Fluvial Geomorphology) are first, followed by Rocks & Weathering etc. The images included illustrate how the PPTs look for each of the four exam papers (Paper 1-4). Each image shows the first four slides of a PPT (e.g. the cover images shows the first four slides of a Paper 1 PPT).
This resource will be a HUGE TIME-SAVER as it eliminates the need to go hunting for exam questions and mark schemes, copying/pasting questions and mark schemes to powerpoints for practice in class (which is often a very tedious task). It also allows the teacher to quickly and easily find suitable questions they wish to do with their class and keep track of questions that have/have not been attempted/addressed.
Powerpoints can also be shared with students so they can gain a deep awareness of the wide range of questions which get asked at A Level, attempt as many questions as they like, self-assess and improve their work using the mark schemes, as often as they like. Allows students to prepare for exams in the best possible way, boosting student performance and success!
The actual full exam papers, mark schemes and inserts are also included in the package.
Geography/Humanities unit of work centred on climate change, and the impact climate change will have on Sport in the future.
Students will learn about the process of climate change & why it’s a problem for sport. They will then investigate how sports can, and is fighting back to reduce its carbon footprint and become more sustainable. This will be followed by a look into how COP26 will impact on sports into the future. Literacy is a big component of this, with students accessing many articles to aid their learning.
Following this, students will work in groups where they select a sport & create a detailed, informative report which investigates sustainability in the sport. This project will take multiple lessons to put together and is an assessed piece of work (rubric included).
Finally, the groups will then present their reports to the rest of class (and maybe some guests!), which is also an assessed task.
Outline of unit is as follows:
Lesson 1 - what is climate change?
Lesson 2 - Why is climate change a problem for sports?
Lesson 3 - How can sport fight back?
Lesson 4 - Sport & COP26
Lesson 5-8 - Sport in 2050 Reports
Lesson 9-11 - Report Presentations
Enquiry-based, student-led unit of work on the topic of Climate change, with the COP 26 Conference as a starting point.
Students will learn about COP 26 through discussions, research and videos. They will investigate/evaluate it’s importance by creating an infographic/poster on COP 26. I have included some model infographics/posters created by my students for inspiration within the lesson PPT.
Students will then dive into learning about climate change as a topic. This is a student-led, peer-teaching activity, where students will be in small groups creating lessons (or ‘teaching episodes’) on various climate change sub-topics. Each group will then present/teach their sub-topics to the group.
There are 3 assessments in this unit:
The COP 26 Poster/infographic
The teaching episodes/presentations (I have a success criteria included for this)
End of unit assessement - I use the free online platform to create a comphrensive multiple-choice and true/false quiz based on the content delivered during the presentations. I can share the code for the Socrative Quiz I created - please drop me a message for this :)
Outline of unit is as follows:
Lessons 1 & 2 - What is COP 26?
Lessons 3 & 4 - COP 26 Infographic
Lessons 5 - 6 - Teaching episodes planning & preparation
Lessons 7-9 - Teaching episodes presentations
Lessons 10 & 11 - Revision & Socrative Assessment
This resource consists of two comprehensive worksheets to accompany the David Attenborough Netflix Documentary - Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet.
Worksheet 1 (With questions) - This 8-page worksheet, includes over 100 questions for students to answer while watching the documentary. The questions are categorised based on the nine planetary boundaries identified by scientist Yohan Rockstrom. Alongside each question (and each category) includes the exact timing of the documentary where these questions (and this category) is being addressed.
Worksheet 2 (Independent version) - This 5-page worksheet differs from Worksheet 1. While it still has the same structure of categories, it has a massive reduction in the number of questions. Here, the focus is for students to watch the documentary and take their own notes on what they feel is important with each of the nine boundaries.
Tip on using the worksheet: The worksheet has a total of 14 categories (one for each of the nine boundaries, and 5 others including an ‘Introduction’ at the start and ‘Hope for the Future’ at the end). Because the timings of each category are included, I recommended pausing the documentary after each category for 5/10 minutes. During this time, it’s fun for students to conduct a ‘scavenger hunt’ type quest to share answers/notes with others, and build on their own worksheet. This will mean the total student ‘experience’ for this documentary could be up to 3 lessons & it is a great activity to build student aware
Overview of the documentary:
In the documentary, David Attenborough and scientist Yohan Rockstrom examine the science of our planetary decline, setting out in unflinching detail the extent of Earth’s degradation – and the catastrophic consequences of anything but drastic action.
In 2009, Rockström identified nine natural processes upon which all life on Earth depends, and the limits within each that cannot be exceeded without endangering humanity. This documentary examines these nine boundaries and also outlines what changes we must make immediately, to combat the problems faced. The nine boundaries are as follows:
Climate Change
Biomes/Forest loss
Biodiversity
Freshwater/Hydrological Cycle
Flow of Nutrients - Nitrogen & Phosphorous Cycles
Oceans/Ocean Acidification
Novel Entities (Human-made pollutants)
Air Pollution
Ozone Layer
It is different to Attenborough’s usual documentaries in the sense that the focus here is on science, education and facts more so than the amazing scenes of wildlife which we have become accustomed to with Attenborough.
There is potential here to extend this further - following on from this activity, students can be placed into small groups and each assigned one of the nine planetary boundaries. They could produce presentations on each where they address the problems and offer innovative solutions to their selected/chosen problem based on research!
Designed as a revision tool for Year 8 class but can be effective for all KS3 & KS4 classes.
Includes everything from river features, to processes to flooding.
Key terms all included and defined.
Annotated illustrations on all major river features.
Revision tips and activities littered throughout document.
Links to useful websites.
Case studies for flooding - Boscastle, UK (developed country) & Bangladesh (developing country).