Complete lesson covering the different types of rain. Lesson includes:
Do Now - interpreting a rainfall map
Video
Explanation of the different types of rain
Printable worksheet for students to complete using diagrams and keywords on the board
AfL activity
Explanation of types of rainfall in different global locations
Plenary to check for understanding
Complete lesson covering the formation of coves and concordant coastlines. Lesson includes:
Do Now
AfL activity - concordant vs discordant
Animated explanation of the formation of a cove
Gap fill activity
Whole class AfL activity to check understanding
Complete lesson covering migration in the USA (patterns of immigration/emigration, migration policies and opportunities/challenges). Lesson was designed for the OCR Geography A-level, but could be used with a variety of specifications. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Maps/graphs outlining changing trends in immigration to the USA
Migration patterns in the USA maps
Summary of US emigration patterns
Printable worksheet on US emigration patterns and US migration policy timeline (with video)
Printable worksheet on the challenges and opportunities of migration to the USA with activities
Explanation of how migration to the USA has increased interdependence with Mexico
Exam question and mark scheme
Optional reading on Mexican immigration perceptions
Complete scheme of work covering conflict in the Middle East over 16 lessons. The first few lessons introduce the Middle East, before students focus on energy as a source of conflict and then water. Finally, students examine how religion and borders may result in conflict. Students complete a hypothesis sheet throughout the scheme of work discussing whether conflict in the Middle East is inevitable. This can be used at the end of the scheme of work in an essay or there is an optional end of topic test instead. See lessons below:
Locating the Middle East
The Geography of the Middle East
Using Google Earth to Research the Middle East
What is Conflict?
Oil Conflict in the Middle East
Oil Wealth and Development
Energy Futures
How does the Middle East’s Geography cause Conflict?
Mid-topic Writing Lesson
Water Conflict and Scarcity
Water Conflict and Climate Change
Who Should Control the River Nile? (Decision Making Activity)
Water Futures
Key Players in the Middle East
Religious Conflict
Middle East Borders
End of Topic Test (30 marks with a range of questions)
Complete case study booklet (30 pages) for the Human Geography paper in Edexcel A GCSE Geography. Includes detailed case study information on all the relevant case studies in the spec, including:
Global Development in India (case study page for each part of the spec)
Changing Cities - London and Sao Paulo (case study page for each part of the spec)
Energy developed country case study - Germany
Energy emerging country case study - China
Complete lesson covering the Rust Belt and Detroit, including reasons for its decline, evidence for its decline and links to the cycle of decline. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Rust Belt vs the Sun Belt
History of Detroit and its link to motoring
Reasons for the decline of the Rust Belt
Sheet showing all the evidence of decline
Explanation of the ethnic dimension and political outcomes in this region
Spiral of decline
Main task: annotate key information about the Rust Belt around the cycle of decline diagram
Exam question plenary
Complete lesson on floodplains and levees. Designed for KS3 but could be used with KS4. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Recap on the lower course
Video and discussion
AfL activity
Diagram and labelling activity
AfL - spot the floodplain and levee
Bonus activities based on Thames floodplain
Complete lesson covering the main air masses that affect the UK. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Description of an air mass
Video
Questions using map
AfL activity
Match up the air mass with the description (printable sheet)
AfL to check understanding
Explanation of the Jet Stream
Student word fill activity to describe how the Jet Stream affects the UK’s weather
Complete lesson covering solutions to water scarcity and water insecurity. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Video and question about desalination
8 information cards about different strategies, with table to complete
Extension questions
Diamond 9 categorising activity
Plenary
A list of possible 4 and 12 mark exam questions for all EQs in the Edexcel A-level Geography Tectonic Hazards unit. Questions are broken down by EQ and include sources to analyse.
Complete lesson covering the priorities for regeneration. Lesson was designed for the Edexcel A-level but could be used with other exam specifications. This lesson focuses on 4 priorities: sink estates, gated communities, commuter villages and declining rural settlements; each is exemplified with a case study sheet. Lesson includes:
Pre-reading on each type of priority (Word doc that can be printed)
Do Now based on the pre-reading or alternative Do Now based on past content
Maps showing IMD in London & Manchester
Summary of each type of community
Information sheets for each type of community and questions/table to complete
Rural decline summary
Exam question plenary
Complete lesson covering top-down and bottom-up approaches in Sao Paulo. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Top-down and bottom-up definitions
AfL
Detailed worksheet on 2 specific projects and comprehension questions (including challenge activities)
Plenary quiz
Complete lesson covering uneven development within India. Lesson includes:
Do Now - interpreting map task
Breakdown of GDP in different Indian states and tasks
2 videos and students use to note down key differences
Printable reading on 2 areas of India and comprehension questions
3 mark exam question and model answer
Complete lesson covering the formation of tropical cyclones or tropical storms. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Video and shared partner work to explain how a tropical cyclone forms
Students use information on the board to put the stages in the correct order on their printed sheets
Correct order
Explanation of why tropical cyclones get weaker once they hit land
Exam question
Plenary
Complete lesson covering fracking in the UK. Designed for the Edexcel GCSE specification, but could be used with other specifications or lower year groups. Lesson includes:
Do Now - what is fracking?
Video about fracking
Graphs showing the impact of fracking in the US
Map showing where fracking could occur in the UK
AfL - correct the mistakes
Printable information cards with differing views - students debate
Images illustrating some of the issues with fracking
3 mark exam question and model answer
Complete lesson covering the relative success of the UN and an evaluation of this, followed by a study of how states sometimes act outside of the UN (especially in ‘failed states’). Lesson includes:
Do Now
Printable reading and table to complete on UN success and failure in Iran and the DRC
Table to complete on the successes and failures of UN action
Possible 4 mark exam question
Video demonstrating why some countries act unilaterally outside the UN
Summary of ‘failed states’ and accompanying map
Printable reading and table to complete summarising 3 key events that have taken place outside the UN
Plenary - correct the mistakes
Complete lesson covering rural rebranding in Cornwall. Lesson was designed for the Edexcel A-level but could work with any exam board. Lesson includes:
Do Now
IMD data on Cornwall showing its deprivation
Evidence sheet and activities to explore the reasons rebranding is needed
Cycle of rural decline
6 strategies and table for students to complete
Review of how successful rebranding has been
Possible 6 and 20 mark exam questions
Complete lesson covering a decision making activity about how Old Oak Common in London should be regenerated. Ideal for use with A-level students studying Changing Places or Regenerating Places. Lesson includes:
Do Now - Old Oak Common location
Why is Old Oak Common in need of regeneration?
Deprivation in Old Oak Common
Printable worksheet to complete
Printable decision options summarising each scheme
Link to video about what is actually proposed
Complete lesson looking at the physical reasons for low development in East Africa. Lesson includes:
Do Now - map labelling activity
Summary of East Africa’s low development level
Rainfall and soil quality maps with sentences to complete
Comprehension questions using printable reading (differentiated sheet also available)
AfL to check for understanding
Plenary - whole-class evaluation