AQA A Level Changing Places: The impact of TNCs on Place. A lesson looking at the impact of Tata Steel on Port Talbot, Wales. Causes of job losses Importance of steel works to community and identity Role of UK government Impacts of job losses Video links, questions, news articles and other sources included for students to complete a case study sheet. Homework task on deindustrialisation and the cycle of deprivation

A lesson looking at the causes and effects of social and spatial exclusion. Examples of Palestine and North Kensington. AQA A Level Geography Spec Link: 4.1 The importance of the meanings and representations attached to places by people with a particular focus on people’s lived experience of place in the past and present. 4.2 How humans perceive, engage with and form attachments to places and how they present and represent the world to others, including the way in which everyday place meanings are bound up with different identities, perspectives and experiences. Links to videos, extra reading, questions, model answers all included. Also includes a workbook for answers. Consolidation question: Explain how a place can be interpreted differently by different groups of people and how this can lead to conflict. Use examples.

A follow up from lesson on the North South Divide which looks more closely at the causes and effects of decline. Photo analysis of representations Video Reading with questions (answers provided) Analysis of socio-economic profile for Blackpool

Geography in the news A fully resourced and differentiated lesson about how the Covid pandemic, cost of living crisis and austerity have impacted upon the life expectancy of the UK. Included work book to complete tasks in. Includes differentiated reading activities, video links, activity looking at national and international causes of the cost of living crisis and activity where students rank the factors and justify their top choice.

Includes: Success Criteria for Students Marking Grid for ease of marking for teachers Feedback sheet with differentiated DIRT activities to be selected by teacher. Used as a half term homework project alongside a unit on Africa but could be used with any region as success criteria is not specific to a continent.

An activity which gets students to develop their 4 mark answers for the AQA A Level Geography topic Changing Places. I have often found students lack enough detail or fail to include examples in 4 mark answers.Therefore, I have developed this worksheet to help them revise key terms and link each to examples and theories they have learned about over the course. It also then gets them to create a 4 mark question which includes each of the key terms. Useful as revision/consolidation Instructions included Example past exam questions included Over 40 key terms included over 5 pages. One page completed with model answers.

A secondary data geographical enquiry whereby students explore the demographic characteristics of their local area using census data. Includes: Key term list for the lesson Web links and step by step instructions to source sites e.g. ONS website and Datashine Modelled examples of how to describe data Extension questions embedded throughout Conclusion structure Template for students to complete on google classroom. Lesson will require individual laptop/computer access. Should cover 2-3 lessons.

Fully resourced lesson with differentiated learning objectives and model answers. Includes work book to complete tasks in. Activities include Describe wealth distribution in London Explain reasons for links between life expectancy and wealth Analysis of causes and effects of Grenfell tower and whether or not is is a symbol of inequality in London- video clips, questions, photos. Differentiated extended writing questions Differentiated Planning sheet Model paragraph

An end of unit test for year 7. Includes all major map skills such as compass points, grid references, scale, longitude/latitude and relief. Also includes mark scheme, self reflection sheet and differentiated. DIRT tasks require foundations textbook or could be adapted to suit.

Lesson using data to map the north south divide in the UK. Part of a KS3 SOW on the social and economic geography of the UK

LO: To understand the causes and potential effects of Russia’s conflict with the Ukraine. A lesson looking at the current conflict in Crimea. The lesson looks at The geopolitical history of Russia Why Crimea is so important to Russia, Who NATO are Why Russia has so much global influence due to Europe’s dependency on Russia’s natural resources. Gets students to consider the possibility of another world war and the impact the conflict could have on us in the UK.

Lesson and workbook which goes through 4 past exam questions on the Antarctica section of the Global systems and governance topic. 1x Kahoot 1x4 marker 1x6 marker 2x20 markers Includes model answers for the first 3 of questions and in depth planning sheets for both 20 markers

Fully resourced lessons looking at human causes of climate change and globl effects. Activities Photo analysis starter Three video clips with cloze passages on fossil fuels, cows and deforestation Card sort on effects Mapping task to locate places in card sort Extension writing on effects. Printable as worksheets

A lesson which is part of a geography of conflict unit for KS3. It looks at the current conflict between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over the construction of the GERD. Lesson includes a video introducing HEP, a video looking at why Egypt and Ethiopia are in disagreement, differentiated card sort looking at reasons for and against the dam for different stakeholders, and a role play/debate activity with peer assessment sheet.

A lesson looking at the impacts of globalisation on the UK high street. It could be used as a stand alone or as part of a SOW on globalisation or the UK economy. Could also be adapted to suit different countries if the shop examples were changed. Lesson starts with an activity which asks students to vote for whether they would shop at a high street shop or an online equivalent for certain items. It is then revealed that all the high street stores shown have recently closed down or announced partial closures and job losses. There is a skills task getting students to describe the changing trend of UK internet sales, a card sort looking at positives and negatives of the trend and an evaluation essay question. Differentiated with extension tasks and sentence starters.

A brand new, fully resourced lesson which looks a the Channel crossing tragedy in which 27 people died in November 2021. Includes- A song starter which allows the students to guess the topic of the lesson. Up to date data and graphs from the gov.uk website about migration and asylum claims in the UK. These include some basic data analysis tasks but could easily be adapted to be more skills based to allow students to draw the graphs themselves with raw data from the website. Maps at a variety of scales showing migrant routes. Again could easily be adapted to include some activities on scale to work out distances traveled. Reasons why some migrants don’t stay in France A card sort activity looking at the stories of migrants who have attempted the journey themselves over recent years. A worksheet to complete for this task is also included. Plenary question

Part of a unit on the geography of conflict, this lesson looks at the complex causes of war in Sudan. Lesson includes- A cartoon analysis starter A description of the location of Darfur task Two video links looking at the causes of the conflict A differentiated card sort (high and low ability) with venn digram. This gets students thinking about the interconnected causes of conflict- in this instance, ethnicity, climate change and oil. 7 questions and 2 challenge questions based upon the card sort getting students to explain the causes if the war at at both a regional, national and global scale. A true or false activity to be played in pairs. A short homework task. All resources included within the PPT.

Belfast; Troubles; Regeneration; Rebranding; Cultural Heritage; AQA; Changing places; Laganside Lesson made for AQA A level geography- Changing Places. Looks at contrasting perceptions and representations of Belfast and how the city has rebranded and regenerated, capitalising on its cultural heritage. Fully resourced lesson including: 2 video links showing different representations of Belfast- Ross Kemp on gangs and a Tourism video 2 articles on the rebranding and regeneration of Belfast with comprehension questions Photos illustrating divisions in the city 20 mark question linked to the lesson

A lesson looking at the physical, social, political, historical and economic factors affecting development. Lesson structures an assessment on the topic, getting the pupils to identify which type of factor each is; explain the factor (with key words as prompts); identify countries which experience each of the issues e.g. hot climate/corruption and a low GDP; and link to development indicators. Assessment help sheet and mark scheme also provided.

A two part lesson looking at the features of sustainable living. Includes: Task to identify and explain features of sustainable urban living Introduction to BedZED and homework research task A ‘using the figure’ exam style question A recap Kahoot on BedZED A nine mark question evaluating BedZED- this is scaffolded with sentence starters and connectives. A homework research task on sustainable transport strategies. Made to follow AQA geography GCSE but could be applicable to other exam boards.