I am a Geography specialist who has also been teaching GCSE history for the past few years. I have uploaded some lessons for History and Geography. I hope people find them useful.
I am a Geography specialist who has also been teaching GCSE history for the past few years. I have uploaded some lessons for History and Geography. I hope people find them useful.
AQA GCSE History Lesson from the Power & The People Unit. Reform & Reformers.
The lesson is an hour long but can be extending or shortened. In the lesson we look at the other factors that led to the abolition of slavery such as rebellions, the anti-abolitionists and the economy. The pupils complete a wheel of life worksheet on the factors and then we look at what the impact of the abolition of slavery was? the pupils then evaluate how important each factor was before passing judgement on how influential William Wilberforce was in abolishing slavery. Included is:
Starter
Info sheet on the factors that led to abolition
Worksheet activity & Wheel of Life
Source practice question
Exit ticket plenary.
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AQA GCSE History lesson as part of the Power & The People Unit. In this lesson we look at the Anti-Corn League. To start with we look at what the laws actually were and why they were created, we also consider who supported the laws. We the do look at the Anti-Corn Law League, what their main arguments were are who were the prominent members. We touch upon the Irish Potato Famine and its influence on the repeal before consider the impact of the repeal itself. Included is:
Activities on the Corn Laws and who supported them.
Activity on the arguments of the 'Leaguers’
Video Clip
Activity on Irish Potato Famine
Extract analysis on the impact of the repeal.
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AQA GCSE history lesson from the Reform and Reformers section of the Power & The People unit.
In this lesson we first look at why Britain got involved in the slave trade. The pupils then go on to learn about who the significant abolitionists were. The four we look at are William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, Olaudah Equiano and Granville Sharp. The pupils complete a significance circles activity where they decide who the most significant abolitionists were and why. We then go onto a “How useful is…” source question with guidance on how to respond.
Included is:
Starter activity
Video clips
Activity on reasons for slavery
Abolitionist character cards
Significance circles activity
source question.
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In this lesson we look at the role of women in WWI and ask the question “To what extent was women’s role in WWI responsible for them achieving the vote?”. Firsty we look at the Munitionettes and the dangerous work in the factories. We then consider other roles that were undertaken by women in WWI. We finally answer the question above by using a structured writing frame to help the students construct their answer. Included in the lesson is:
Photo interpretation starter
Video clips and video notes question sheet.
Activity on womens roles in WWI
Evaluation writing task with structure and content guidance.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson from the Nigeria: A Newly Emerging Economy section. Second lesson in this unit of work. In this lesson we start by looking at the different environments in Nigeria and the pupils work to create an annotated map of the country. We then use information cards to complete a knowledge organiser. Looking at Nigeria’s social, political, cultural and environmental context the pupils fill out their organiser from the cards. We then move on to answer a GCSE style question and the pupils have some guidance on how to answer this sort of question. Included is:
All the information cards
Starter
annotated map task on Nigeria’s environments
Knowledge organiser task using info cards activity
4-mark GCSE style question with guidance.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the Hot Deserts section. The lesson is roughly one hour long. We start with a quick retrieval practice true or false. We then look use some information cards on the methods for reducing desertification. The students complete a varied activity worksheet using the cards for help. We then move on to tackle a GCSE-style question on this topic with guided structure if you want to use it with the pupils. Included is
True or False retrieval starter
Information cards to print
Worksheet activity
GCSE-style question with writing frame.
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For AQA GCSE Geography. You need the Oxford AQA GCSE Geography Textbook for the new specification
The lesson includes.
Photo interpretation starter.
Questioning activity
Video clips
Large A3 worksheet with a variety of different activities covering the required content.
Plenary activity.
All worksheets for photocopying included. Hope this helps.
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AQA GCSE Geography. This is an 1 hour introductory lesson to the Hot Deserts unit for AQA GCSE Geography. This first lesson looks soley on the climate and the challenging conditions found in hot deserts. Content covered in the lesson include
Photo Challenge Starter
Where are the deserts located?
Why are the deserts located here?
What is the climate of the desert like?
Also include video clips, worksheet and photocopying.
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This lesson looks at all the potential contenders for the throne in 1066. The pupils will use the contenders cards to complete a worksheet which features a variety of ways the pupils can rate the claims of the contenders including a visual scoring system. The pupils then complete a campaign poster on who should be king, this has detailed success criteria and guidance for the pupils. The lesson therefore can be 2 periods or shortened if needs be. included is:
Bayeux tapestry starter
Video clip on contenders
The contender information cards
Worksheet activity
Campaign poster with success criteria.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification. The lesson introduces the concept of irrigation and then looks at the Indira Ghandi Canal in the Thar Desert. We then look at the challenges of the desert environment, extreme temperatures, water supply and accessibility. We finish with a GCSE style question on irrigation with guidance. All worksheets and photocopying resoources included.
At a glance lesson includes
Irrigation question starter
Task in the Indira Ghandi Canal
Three tasks on the challenges in the desert to development
A guided 4 mark GCSE style question on irrigation.
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This is the first lesson on a Norman Conquest SOW. It gives the pupils an overview of what life was like in 1066 before the Death of Edward the Confessor and the Norman Conquest. All the resources are included. Lesson takes 1 hour.
Included is:
Bayeux Tapestry question starter.
An overview of 11th century kings
Differetiated tasks using an information sheet and a worksheet
A writing task on who has the power in early 1066.
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This is a 1 hour geographical skills lession aimed at Key Stage 3. The lesson includes:-
Starter on urban problems.
Introduction to Choropleth maps.
Pupils then create a map of crime in London.
Pupils then decide and justify where a new police station will be located.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Choropleth Maps.
The lesson would work well as part of a Geography & Crime unit of work or a stand alone lesson on choropleth maps.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson. The lesson is at least 1 hour, but can be shortened of lengthened easily. We start by looking at what desertification is and the semi-arid areas that are most at risk from it. We then look at both natural and human factors that causes desertification using factor hexagons. For our example we look at desertification in Badia, Jordan and pupils complete a table which requires them to explain why Badia is at risk. We finsish with a 6 mark exam-style question. Included in the lesson is:
Photo interpretation starter
Video clip on causes of desertification
Activity on causes of desertification
Example of Badia in Jordan activity.
6 mark GCSE exam question with guidance.
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A Key Stage 3 History lesson on corruption in the Catholic Church as part of a Tudor’s SOW. The lesson includes:
The pupils will explore the evidence for corruption in the Catholic Church from Thomas Cromwell’s investigation then finish with a writing task with a structured writing frame to guide them.
Starter.
Video interpretation.
Source interpretation on Cromwell’s investigation.
Writing task.
Scrabble plenary.
All resources are provided.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson on the Environmental Characteristics of Hot Deserts. This is the second lesson on Hot Deserts for the AQA specification. The lesson includes:
Camel starter activity
Worksheet on plant and animal adaptations
Video clips
4-mark exam question
Plenary memory activity.
The pupils will work there way through these tasks and gain an understanding of plant and animal adaptations.
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Key Stage 3 lesson on the crusades. The lesson is at least an hour long and can easily be two lessons.
We start with retrieval practice starter. We then go on to introduce the concept of a crusade. We then examine Pope Urban’s famous sermon looking for threats to christians and potential rewards. We then introduce King Richard I before a classification task on the reasons why people went on crusade. The pupils classify the reasons in either money and power or religious reasons. The pupils then rank the reasons to work out what the main appeal of the crusades were. We then finish with a writing task where the pupils create a diary entry having been invited to join Richard’s crusade. Included is:
Retrieval practice starter
Source analysis task on Urban’s sermon of 1095
Classification task "For God or Gold"
Extended writing task using a diary entry narrative.
Post-it note plenary.
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Reform and Reformers Power & the People Lesson for AQA GCSE History. First lesson on this unit. The lesson introduces why so many people felt there were problems with elections during these years with several activities around this, The pupils then go on to learn who the Radicals were and what protests were undertaken and by whom. There is also a source interpretation question with guidance included and video clips.
Lesson features:-
Video clips
All resources needed and photocopying files.
GCSE style source interpretation question with guidance.
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Power & the People AQA GCSE History lesson. The second lesson on Extending the Franchise section Peterloo and the Great Reform Act.
There are no other resources needed for the lesson and there are differentiated activities and worksheets for photocopying. Included in the lesson is:
Video clip on Peterloo
Activities on Peterloo both describing and comprehension
Activities on the Great Reform Act both describing and comprehension
Source interpretation question.
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This is a retrieval practice template for history using old picture frames for use at the start of a lesson as a quick quiz recap or as a plenary quiz. Pictures could be colour-coded for difficulty, or just use it as you like…
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for Unit 2C: The Challenge of Resource Management. The lesson is roughly one hour long, but is easily extended. We start with a quiz starter to get the pupils thinking about our food imports. We then look at how much of our food is imported and why that is the case. We consider then what challenges that creates for the UK. We then complete a skills task looking at high-value mangetout peas from Kenya. The pupils create a divided bar chart and answer related questions. We then finish by looking at ways the UK has tried to meet the challenge of increased food demand using agribusiness and organic farms. The pupils use this information to tackle a GCSE-style question. Included is:
Starter quiz
Hexagon task exploring what factors have led to UK reliance on imports
Data presentation skills task using mangetout peas example from Kenya
GCSE style question
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