Complete lesson covering the reasons for the success of some regions. Focus here is on San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Originally designed for the Edexcel A-level Geography Regenerating Places scheme of work. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Explanation of cumulative causation
Silicon Valley maps and key ideas
Main activity - use information cards to annotate the cumulative causation model
Identifying some of the problems in San Francisco
Plenary - ranking activity
Complete lesson covering the main causes of flooding in the UK. Designed for KS3 but could be used with KS4. Lesson includes:
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Label the rivers activity
Describe the UK rainfall distribution
Worksheets and decision making activity on the main cause and possible solutions (includes differentiated worksheets and a hint sheet)
Challenge questions
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the human factors that have slowed down development in East Africa. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Keyword definitions
Comparison of colonial map of Africa with contemporary map
Reading and comprehension questions (longer double-sided reading and shorter option in the slides)
AfL check for understanding
Ranking the key factors activity (including physical factors from a previous lesson)
Scaffolded writing about the most significant factor
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the water cycle. Lesson includes:
Do Now keyword activity
Quiz to check for understanding
Diagram labelling and extension activity
True or false AfL
Rain droplet story activity
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the different players and their role in managing globalisation, with a focus on trade blocs. Lesson was designed for the Edexcel A-level geography globalisation scheme of work but would work well with other specifications. Lesson includes:
Recap Do Now
Explanation of tariffs
Map showing WTO membership
Printable double-sided info sheet on the trade blocs, including pros and cons
Questions for students to complete and mapping activity
Detailed information on ASEAN and the EU trade blocs
Summary of the other ways governments manage globalisation
12 mark assess question, including model 1st paragraph
Complete lesson covering the difference between discordant and concordant coastlines, and the formation of headlands and bays. Lesson includes:
Do Now - define keywords
Geological differences
Explanation of concordant and discordant coastlines
AfL to check understanding
Explanation of a bay and headland formation
AfL to check understanding
Diagram label and sentences to complete
Plenary - put into the correct order
Complete lesson covering latitude and longitude. Lesson includes:
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Video and explanation of day and night
Longitude and latitude explanation (including labelling worksheet)
True or false AfL activity
Explanation of why GMT is at Greenwich
Explanation of how we calculate longitude and latitude
World map labelling and coordinates activity
Plenary - questions focused on Spain
Complete lesson on meanders and ox-bow lakes. Designed for KS3 but could easily be used with KS4 as well. Activities include:
Do Now
Explanation of how meanders work
Difference between point bars and river cliffs and AfL activity
Gap fill activity
Diagram drawing and labelling
River Thames prediction using maps
Correct the mistakes plenary
Complete lesson covering mitigation of climate change. Lesson includes:
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Recap on the human causes of climate change
Optional interquartile range practise slide
Video and prompts about the ecological footprint
Mind map about reducing our own ecological footprint
Card sort activity (printable cards) with different mitigation strategies
Evaluation whole class writing
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the geography of the Middle East. Lesson includes:
Do Now - map labelling activity
Think, pair, share with key images from the Middle East
Video and questions
Labelling map task (Atlas required)
Plenary
Complete lesson covering some of the reasons why people live on floodplains, with a focus on the Mississippi River. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Drainage basin explanation and keyword match-up
Describe the route of the Mississippi using maps
Comprehension questions covering why people live on the Mississippi floodplain with printable info sheet
Spot the mistakes AfL
Exam question plenary
Complete lesson covering the formation of waterfalls and gorges. Includes:
Do Now - match up keyword activity
Guess the location - widest, tallest and most visited waterfalls using clues
Diagrams and explanation of how a waterfall forms
Main activity - diagram draw and label
Explanation of a gorge
Plenary
Complete lesson covering nationalist and independence movements, with a focus on Scottish and Catalan independence. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Maps showing global and regional independence movements
Explanation of the Scottish independence referendum, the key arguments and the outcome
News article on Scottish independence and printable table to complete
Video and questions on Catalan independence
Discussion questions
Continuum activity based on the main challenges to national identity
Complete lesson covering the ways IGOs (intergovernmental organisations) manage the environment through treaties and conventions. Lesson covers 6 key IGO management schemes including the Montreal Protocol on the ozone layer, CITES, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Helsinki Water Convention, the Antarctic Treaty System and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Lesson includes:
Printable table for students to complete through the lesson
Video and article summarising the Montreal Protocol that students use to complete their table
Series of information sheets on the other 5 conventions (with an accompanying news article for each one) that students use to complete the rest of their table
Speed dating sheet for students to question their partners in order to check for understanding
Possible 20 mark exam question and printable planning sheet
Complete lesson covering tax havens and low-tax regimes. Lesson was designed for the Edexcel Migration, Identity & Sovereignty topic at A-level but could be used in other specifications and schemes of work. Lesson includes:
Do Now - article and questions
Key term match-up activity
Maps showing the world’s main tax havens
Diagrams illustrating how tax avoidance is carried out
Table with 5 stakeholder viewpoints - students summarise the arguments for and against and rank each view. Challenge questions on the back of the table
Plenary -discussion question
Complete lesson covering the different ways that countries try to limit globalisation, with a focus on censorship, migration and trade protectionism. Lesson was designed for the Edexcel A-level geography Globalisation topic, but would be suitable for other specifications and schemes of work. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Shared partner work - how can countries promote or limit globalisation?
Keywords
Comprehension questions using a printable handout on ways that countries limit globalisation
AfL activity to check for understanding - could be verbal or written
Plenary - ranking activity
Complete lesson covering foreign ownership and the influence of this on national identity in the UK. Lesson was designed for the Migration, Identity & Sovereignty topic in the Edexcel A-level, and includes:
Recap Do Now
Explanation of why ‘Made in Britain’ is increasingly complex
Students use printable info sheets to categorise the pros & cons of foreign ownership
Explanation of foreign ownership of property in London & the impact of this on identity
Printable handout with reading about Qatari ownership the growth of Indian TNCs like Tata, with accompanying questions
6 mark exam question and model answer
10 OS (Ordnance Survey) maps with grid lines. Each with 10 questions, and a key on the first page. The maps include:
East London (Tower Hamlets)
Suffolk Coastline
Lake District
Rural Yorkshire
Scarborough
Bramhall
Worcester
Exmoor National Park
Spurn Head Coastal
Scottish Highlands
Complete lesson covering the global distribution of ecosystems. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Summary of the different types of ecosystems
Printable map and match-up activity
AfL - which ecosystem?
Explanation of why ecosystems are affected by local factors
Speed dating (question your partner) using printable handouts
Complete lesson designed for the UK Challenges part of the Edexcel GCSE specification. Lesson focuses on the responses to climate change, followed by a practise 12 mark discuss question using 4 resources (not from a past paper or SAMs). Lesson includes:
Do Now - recap questions
Categorise responses into local or national
Evaluation of responses
AfL - impact or response
Speed dating sheet - questions & answers based on UK Challenges
12 mark discuss question - printable resources and planning sheet