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Importance of the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Importance of the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to identify where the world’s tropical rainforests are located and where in South America does the largest amount of the Amazon Rainforest is found. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: On whiteboards, come up with as many reasons you think the Amazon Rainforest is important. Task 3: Which of the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest is most important and why? Task 4: Main Task - Describe the importance of the Amazon Rainforest Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - Class Discussion - Why do people cut down the rainforest? Lesson 6 out of 8
Protecting the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Protecting the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to define what sustainability is and how social, economic and environmental factors must be taken into account to make something sustainable. Then students will read through the worksheet and choose which option is the best for sustainability. Finally, students will put everything they have learnt together in a final secondary assessment. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: On whiteboards, come up with a definition of sustainability Task 3: Identify which management strategy is the most sustainable and why. Task 4: Main Task - Secondary Assessment - Evaluate the protection of the Amazon Rainforest. Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - Class Discussion - Why do people cut down the rainforest? Lesson 8 out of 8
Exploitation of the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Exploitation of the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to define what deforestation is and the economic reasons that deforestation occurs. Then students will interpret a pie chart showing the reasons for deforestation. Then after reading through the information students must choose which is the most impactful reason for the amazon rainforest being deforested and why. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: On whiteboards, come up with as many reasons you think the Amazon Rainforest is important. Task 3: Which of the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest is most important and why? Task 4: Main Task - Explain how development in tropical rainforests creates economic advantages Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - Class Discussion - Why do people cut down the rainforest? Lesson 7 out of 8
Inequality in the UK: North South Divide - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Inequality in the UK: North South Divide - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on inequality in the UK and the north south divide, an introduction on the differences between regions in the UK Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Using the infographic students are to write down three differences between the north and south of England. Task 3: Students to watch a video about the north south divide in the UK and make notes. Task 4: Read through the information on worksheets and evaluate which of them is the most effective and why. Task 5: Main Task - Long form writing- describe the north south divide and its effects on England. Task 6: Plenary - Students to look at GCSE grade results in the UK and explain what the knock on effects for students are in the north of England **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Russia and Conflict - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Russia and Conflict - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will understand the definition of geopolitics, along with identifying the features of Russia’s soft power then finally explaining how Russia uses its power to influence politics. Task 1: Located and describe Russia Task 2: Overview of Russian history and Soviet Union Task 3: Video of Ukraine Russia conflict Task 4: Write a news report about conflict and its impact on peoples lives. Lesson 7 out of 9
Location, Climate and Importance of Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Location, Climate and Importance of Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will identify the location of Brazil globally, continentally and the physical features of Brazil such as the Andes, Atacama desert and the Amazon. Students will then create a climate graph to show the temperature of Brazil and the climate. Finally, they will identify why Brazil is an important country internationally. Task 1: Located and describe Brazil Task 2: Using the worksheet students will draw on where the physical features of South America and Brazil are. Task 3: Climate graph of Brazil (Amazon Rainforest) Task 4: Main Task: Describe the location of Brazil and explain Rio de Janeiro’s importance. Task 5: Plenary: Class question- why do people what to move to Rio? Lesson 1 out of 8
Education Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Education Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on educational inequality, an introduction into what educational inequality is, the difference between state and public school and how this affects the UK. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define educational inequality then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts and graphs about educational inequalities and students have to describe the difference between the north and south Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what educational inequality is, outline how it changes depending on where they live using facts and figures. Then to give examples of how the government reduce education inequality through the UK. Task 5: Plenary - Explain why the life expectancy of poor people are lower than their rich peers. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Health Inequalities in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Health Inequalities in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on health inequality in the UK, an introduction into what health inequality is, how life expectancy varies between the north and south. Contains a full assessment to test comprehension on the topic. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define life expectancy then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different factors on life expectancy and explain which has the biggest effect on life expectancy and why Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing assessment- students to define what inequality is, briefly explain the north south divide in the UK and outline the effects of inequality in the UK using education and health as examples. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how the UK could make life expectancy in the UK more equal. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Impacts of Urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Impacts of Urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will identify the increase in urbanisation over time and predicted increases. Then will investigate the social, economic and environmental challenges of urbanisation in Rio, and how they will impact the area. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: Describe the trend on the graph on screen (3 marks) Task 3: Using the factors on the worksheet identify which is the most important social, economic and environmental challenges. Task 4: Main Task - Describe how urbanisation has created challenges in Rio de Janeiro. Task 5: Plenary: Class question- What are some of the negatives about living in favelas in Rio. Lesson 3 out of 8
Life in a Favela - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Life in a Favela - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to write down the characteristics of pictures of favelas and describe what the conditions look like in these areas. Students will identify why people live there and why they have moved there. Advantages and disadvantages of living in a favela and jobs that are there. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: Identify why people live in favelas and identify the characteristics of favelas. Task 3: Advantages and Disadvantages of living in a favela along with the jobs there. Task 4: Main Task - Describe the opportunities and challenges of living in a favela Task 5: Plenary: Class question - How would the government fix this issue? Lesson 4 out of 8
Positives of urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Positives of urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to recap on urbanisation and identify the ways that it could bring positives to Rio. Students will investigate Rochina and if this has been a benefit to the area. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: Identify the positives and negatives of urbanisation Task 3: Main Task - Primary Assessment - Explain how increasing urbanisation affects the urban people of Brazil. Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - What have we learnt about Rio, summarise? Lesson 5 out of 8
Introduction to Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Introduction to Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on inequality, an introduction into what inequality is, types of inequality and an evaluation on how they affect people. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define inequality then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts about inequalities and students are to pick which they think is the most important factor and why Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what inequality is, outline how inequality effects people and then justify which inequality factor is and why Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to reduce inequality. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Measuring Development - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Measuring Development - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to measure development, introduction to economic and human development and what the HDI is. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define development then write the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different measures of development and students to pick one, and justify why they have. Then pass the sheet to the next student and they debate the point. Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what development is, outline which development indicator they have chosen and why, the state other measures of development and which is the best one to use. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to help countries develop equally. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Aid Positives and Negatives - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Aid Positives and Negatives - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on aid, introduction to different types of aid, when do we use it and how the UK gives aid to Pakistan Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define aid then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts about aid in Pakistan and students are to outline if the facts are positives of negatives to Pakistan Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what aid is, how it can benefit and be a negative to Pakistan. Then they are to state overall if aid is a good or bad thing and justify if the UK should keep giving aid. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how Pakistan can improve development in their country. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Global Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Global Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the distribution of global inequalities, a look into why global inequalities have occurred and long form written assessment at the end to assess students comprehension. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: On white boards students to come up with reasons why some countries develop better than others. Task 3: Read through the different reasons for global inequalities on the worksheet and PowerPoint slides. Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing assessment- students to discuss why development is important to developing countries and how countries develop unequally. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to help countries develop equally. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Mitigating Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Mitigating Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on what climate change mitigation is, the positives and negatives of using fossil fuels. Then mitigation is broken into four sections: Reduction of GHG, artificially alter global temperatures, GHG capture and storage and finally international agreements. Task 1: Starter - 3 exam questions OR describe the impact of each picture, then if it is a social, or economic impact. Task 2: Students to come up with a definition of mitigation then copy out the real definition. Task 3: Overview of the formation of coal, oil and gas. Then students identify the advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels. Task 4: Using the PowerPoint attached (can be printed for a handout) students fill in each type of renewable energy on their sheets. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Complete two exam questions “Describe how GHG emissions from energy production could be reduced?" “explain how alternative energy production and planting trees may help to reduce the rate of climate change” **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Evidence of Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Evidence of Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: On whiteboards come up with theories about how we know the climate has changed in the past. Task 3: Using the worksheet, students evaluate which is the most accurate/ best proxy for climate reconstruction and place them in a diamond 9. Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe how we know our climate is changing through evaluation of proxies. Task 5: Plenary: What do we think our planet was like during the last Ice Age? Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Ice Age and the Effects on Earth - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Ice Age and the Effects on Earth - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to define what a glacial and interglacial period is along with the conditions of each. They will also interpret graphs to show the glacial/interglacial cycle on Earth and describe the extent of ice during the last Ice Age. Students will then investigate the causes of the Ice Age and how humans survived the conditions. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Students describe the Earth’s climate over the past 450,000 years by interpreting a graph. Task 3: Using the map of Earth students are to describe the extent of ice during the Ice Age. Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe the last Ice Age and its effects on Earth, using success criteria. Task 5: Plenary: Why is our planet not able to enter an Ice Age currently? Would we adapt now to an Ice Age? How would we adapt? The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Using the graph and information on worksheets, describe how the climate has changed through Earth’s history. Task 3: Using the graph, describe how CO2 concentrations affect global temperatures and how that affects sea level. Task 4: Interpret two pie charts on the human causes of climate change and greenhouse gases. Task 5: Main Task: Students to describe how our climate is changing using success criteria provided Task 5: Plenary: How do we know our climate is changing, what evidence is there? Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Animals of the Ice Age - Megafauna KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Animals of the Ice Age - Megafauna KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe what megafauna are, what their adaptations were during the Ice Age and how they came to be extinct. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Using the worksheet students are to describe the features of the animal and explain how its features help to adapt to the conditions of the Ice Age. Task 3: Make notes about the extinction of the Giant Ground Sloth Task 4: Main Task: Primary Assessment, describe how our climate has changed. (Sentence starters, PEEL structure provided and Success Criteria) Task 5: Plenary: Why is our climate temperate when we are on the same latitude as Russia? The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet