Lesson focusing on changing retail habits in the UK including clone towns, online retail, ethical shopping and businesses leaving the Central Business District (The 'Doughnut Effect'). Features key questions, start, plenary and a range of resources and activities. Designed for GCSE Geographers.

Lesson focusing on reasons why people live near volcanoes. Features key questions and outcomes, a starter, several activities and an exam question plenary. For the OCR B GCSE Geography specification.

Geography lesson examining the impacts of the Olympics upon East London. This is suitable for KS3 Geographers but could be adapted for KS4 and beyond. The lesson features: - objectives and outcomes - a key terms based starter - two main activities and a worksheet - links to relevant youtube videos - instructions and materials for a role-play based plenary Guidance on teaching the lesson is provided in the notes section. Smart notebook software is required for one of the activities.

Full lesson on the Kenyan drought of 2009 examining the cause, impacts and response. Levelled outcomes. Suited for the OCR B Geography course but could easily be adapted.

Whole lesson focused on problems with international aid. Features levelled outcomes and an accompanying worksheet. There is a spelling test to start, a main activity focused on developing written answers and a past-paper style exam question and mark scheme as a plenary. For the OCR B Geography GCSE Specification.

Whole lesson examining the reasons for the decline in public health in the towns and cities of 19th Century Britain. Features key questions, learning outcomes, a range of information and sources and a source-based examination question as a plenary.

History lesson on the 'Bloody Code' when minor crimes could be punishable by death. Features a range of material to promote development of arguments for and against the the code. Includes key questions, learning outcomes, starter worksheet, various activities and a plenary.

Lesson focused on the difference between space and place, a key component of the new (2016) OCR A Level Geography. This lesson outlines the difference between space and place before moving on to examine the factors that determine how people perceive places differently. A short exam-style question is featured as a plenary with a mark scheme to assist. The lesson is best accompanied by the Hodder textbook but could be taught without.

Geography lesson focused on how countries gain independence, focusing on the example of East Timor, one of the world's newest countries. Features a starter 'place wheel' to allow pupils to gain a sense of what East Timor is like, using a video to help. The lesson then runs through the stages of becoming a country before looking at how East Timor did, with a storyboard pro forma sheet for pupils to visualise East Timor's tale. *Note- users will require Smart notebook software to access all resources.

Lesson examining the role of palm oil plantations in threatening orang-utans in Borneo and Sumatra. The lesson features: - Objectives and outcomes - An interactive jigsaw starter - Background information on the orang-utan and its habitat - An article, related questions - A thinking skills activity on solving the problem - A plenary activity - Homework suggestion Suitable for Geography lessons across KS3 and KS4.

Lesson examining the pros and cons of tourism in Southeast Asia. Pupils study the industry by looking at tubing in Laos, medical tourism in Thailand and war tourism in Vietnam. The lesson features: - objectives and outcomes - starter, activities and plenary - three relevant articles to study - a lower ability visual resource - instructions for teachers in the notes section of slides Suitable for KS3 Geography and also Travel and Tourism students.

KS3 or 4 Geography lesson on migration within the EU. Updated to feature the current (October 2018) government proposals to explain how this may change following Brexit. This lesson features: key questions to frame the lesson an introduction to the EU a map based task to chart the expansion of the EU over time (print slide 4) detail on the current (pre-Brexit) migration laws within the EU, with facts and statistics on the migration picture detail on the current government proposals various tasks including questions on the current laws and a SWOT analysis plenary on the proposals

Geography lesson that explores the core and frame theory, outlining the rationale behind the theory and giving students the opportunity to assess how well their local city fits the theory.

Full lesson looking at why many British people have moved to live in the Spain, the advantages of living there and the issues that arise from this process. Highly pertinent given the UK's exit of the EU. Worksheet and associated article provided.

KS3 Geography lesson focusing on the battle for Basque independence. Examines Basque culture and the actions of ETA through a variety of activities.

Lesson focusing on solar power generation in Spain, looking at the use of solar power towers rather than solar panels as a new form of technology. Suitable for KS3/4 Geography.

Mystery-style lesson on the links between climate change and the increased risk of malaria in the UK. Pupils have to work in groups to sort through a variety of evidence (provided on clues and worldmapper sheets) to come up with theories about what killed 'Big Kev'. Some higher level thinker skills are definitely required for what has been a very enjoyable KS3 lesson the past few years.

Introductory lesson for the Changing Spaces; Making Places unit of the new OCR A-Level. Could be tailored to the area around your school.

Full lesson for KS3 Geography that examines the 5 major climatic zones of Spain and then asks pupils to apply their build understanding of these zones to work out where different tourists should go on holiday. Accompanying sheets provided.

Full lesson on how Bilbao was rebranded from a decaying ex-industrial city to a flourishing cultural hub. Uses the hook of the giant puppy made of flowers designed by Jeff Koons that is now on permanent display outside the Guggenheim. Worksheet and SEN resource provided.