This is part of a series of lessons I made but one that stands well alone as either a full unit on India, a cover lesson or a dip-n-dive activity. Originally made for SEN students, it is quite straightforward with differentiated sheets and, I’ve found, easily adaptable to most levels. The LO is Level 3 skills, but again easily stretched for 4-5 if needed (and by using harder version of Geographical Features sheet. Activities include: A facts cloze task Locating country/capital Geographical features (differentiated) - chance to use Atlas/Google Maps Word Search Thank you for looking and I hope it works for you :)

A lesson (or easily a week’s worth) on National Park conflict issues. This is based around a ‘case study’ looking at a map of a local farming area (which I made-up) to get students to consider the problems created by proposed changes in UK National Parks. Includes maps, questioning tasks, letter writing cloze exercise, word search etc. All of the worksheets are included in the powerpoint and I’ve added some notes about how I used this. Additional ones could easily be made as needed by editing slides. Initially made for an interview lesson and then adapted for teaching (once I got the post - yay!) It was made for low ability SEN students in year 9 but I think could be easily adapted (and I’ve used it with year 7 since as well so quite flexible). I found it took 2-3 lessons with mine to do it nicely. Thanks for looking :)

A three tiered ppt. with resources/links included to help students develop their ability to read quickly and search resources for answers swiftly. The theme is PLASTIC FREE so serves as a useful resource for teaching about sustainability alongside a key functional skill. 3 lessons if they do a level a lesson and easy to bulk out if needed by spending more time on resources or exploring similar ones etc.

A short scheme of work on Indonesia. Targeted at low ability (SEN) year 7 but easily adapted (with some differentiation worksheet options included and suggestions offered). It could work well for primary students as well as KS3. This covered about 10 lessons and was easily extended by using additional tasks - again, some suggested. The unit explores the basic physical geography of Indonesia and looks at tectonic plates leading to a bit of research on the 2004 tsunami. The created some lovely work from this that resulted in a colourful display. The students also read Running Wild alongside completing this task.

A scheme of over 150 slides on the history of the Native Americans. Links nicely to Geography with some lessons on the movement of peoples though Europe to the Americas, and impact of the Ice Age etc. Created for low ability Year 7 but some differentiated tasks included to stretch more able students. I taught this to a low set year 8 group as well and it was enjoyed. Notes included to explain activities and simple targets (assessment objectives discussed each lesson and decided on as a class as a plenary activity). My class wrote their work up neatly as homework, adding additional research notes and doing extra tasks. Worksheets (printed slides) were then compiled alongside to make a booklet at the end of the unit about Native Americans and their heritage. They really enjoyed this and found it good fun and fascinating!