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Hello, I'm Natasha and I provide high-quality geography resources for KS3 and KS4.
https://linktr.ee/planetgeography
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Colonisation of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to explain what colonisation is, where in Africa was colonised and by which country/ empire. Students will then learn about the scramble for Africa post slave trade and the reasons for the scramble. Students will then identify the social, economic and environmental. issues that colonisation caused for Africa. Then students will evaluate which is the worst effect and why. Finally they will create a newspaper article about the effects of colonisation on Africa.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the countries that were colonised and by which country/ empire.
Task 2: Identify the social, economic and environmental. issues that colonisation
Task 3: Evaluate which of the effects of colonisation was the worst and why.
Task 4: Create a newspaper article explaining what colonisation is, why it happened and its effects on the African people.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Introduction to WW1 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on World War 1, an introduction into world war 1, where did it occur, and who did it effect.
Task 1: Starter - Key Vocabulary of terms used this week that students must go away and research.
Task 2: Students to draw a spider diagram and fill it with information they already know.
Task 3: Read through information about weapons, battlefields and technology on slides.
Task 4: Main Task - create a cover page in their book about what WW1 is and use key facts figures and links to other topics.
Task 5: Plenary - With green pen students to fill in their earlier spider diagram with any information they have learnt in this lesson.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Events That Led to WW1 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on events that led to world war 1, an introduction into what events caused WW1, how various events contributed to the war and how they impacted each country in the war.
Task 1: Starter - Investigate what causes and consequences mean to students
Task 2: Using the research sheet students must fill in the sheet as the lesson continues
Task 3: Students to evaluate which they think was the most significant contributing factor that started the first world war and why?
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
In today’s lesson students will identify sources to investigate what happened to Franz Ferdinand, then explain the consequences of the assassination.
Propaganda in WW1 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will learn about primary sources and how they were created during the first world war.
Causes of WW1 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
In this lessons students will learn how to create a good argument then identify the causes of WW1. Then students will discuss all sides of the story then come to a valid conclusion with evidence and explain how they have reached that conclusion
Recruitment Processes in WW1 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the recruitment processes used in WW1, an introduction propaganda, Lord Kitchener, conscription and the Order of the White Feather.
Task 1: Starter - Knowledge recall on previous lesson about propaganda
Task 2: Whilst watching the BBC video students must answer 4 questions about Lord Kitchener’s tactics.
Task 3: Main Task - Students have three options to investigate the oral testimonies of those who experienced the recruitment process first hand. Must answer questions of varying difficulty.
Task 4: Plenary Which tactic was the most significant tactic used in recruitment and why?
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Queen Elizabeth II - The Early Years
In this lesson, students will investigate the beginning of Queen Elizabeth’s life by looking through her family tree, starting at the first royal in the House Windsor King George V. After this students will see how her family dealt with the challenges of WW1 &2 along with abdication. Finally, students will investigate her early life and her contributions to WW2.
Task 1: Starter: Knowledge Dump - Write down everything you know about Queen Elizabeth II.
Task 2: Match up the key terms to their definitions
Task 3: Create the House of Windsor family tree
Task 4: How would Edward VIII feel about abdication?
Task 5: Watch the YouTube clip about Elizabeth’s first radio broadcast and explain why this was significant
Task 6: Re-complete to knowledge dump from the start but with a green pen and show what you have learnt.
Task 7: Plenary: 3,2,1 - Give me 3 things you learnt today 2 things that interested you, and 1 thing you want to know more about.
*This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with a worksheet
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Human Features of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
For KS3 geography, this bundle is great for Year 9 in their second term back at school, and is designed to flow with the “Physical Features of Africa Bundle”. This bundle allows students to investigate the human side of Africa with specific looks at countries as case studies with links to key geographical concepts such as development, population and slums.
This bundle contains 6 lessons that are fully resourced, with powerpoints and worksheets.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will firstly begin by identifying population densities and sparsities in different countries in Africa as well as introducing population pyramids to students to link to development. Then students will investigate the importance of Nigeria and why it is globally and nationally important. Next students will find out what development is, and why some countries are less developed than others, which will directly link to colonisation and the reason some countries struggle to develop. Then once students are clear with population and development the concept of slums is introduced and linked to favelas in Brazil and what issues these cause for the people and how to fix them
Lesson 1: The Population of Africa
Lesson 2: Nigeria and its Importance
Lesson 3: Development in Africa
Lesson 4: Colonisation of Africa
Lesson 5: Slums in Africa
Lesson 6: Solutions to Slums
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data collection and manipulation along with creation of graphs and reading OS maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
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WW1 - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
An introductory topic for KS3 & 4 in geography about WW1 and its features. This bundle contains 6 lessons that are fully resourced.
Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe who fought during WW1, which countries were affected and investigate the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and look into propaganda and recruitment.
Lesson 1: Introduction to WW1
Lesson 2: Events That Led to WW1
Lesson 3: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Lesson 4: Causes of WW1
Lesson 5: Propaganda in WW1
Lesson 6: Recruitment Processes in WW1
Students will develop language skills, map reading, sources analysis, investigation skills and able to write full assessments using key terms accurately.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.