This booklet lists important days of note or celebration throughout the year which could help with lesson planning, assemblies or tutor/registration times If there are any dates I have missed and you feel should be included please don't hesitate to contact me and I shall add them in :-)

This booklet is designed to help students distinguish between fact and opinion and to be able to offer balanced positive and negative arguments related to bottled water. Students will begin to judge whether bottled water is environmentally, economically, and socially immoral. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering data, drawing graphs of this and interpretating the data and developing their debate skills. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

Seven fun brainteasers and images which could be used as lesson starters or displayed in the classroom and corridor in a Geography department. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This powerpoint looks at how those with a disability need to negotiate the everyday world which those who are able bodied may take for granted. The term ‘disability’ is discussed, as well as restricted power and space, the built environment, accessibility to public and private transport as well as jobs and housing. Disability in the arts, perception in the media and political correctness is also looked at. Slide Eleven refers to the scene near the end of the film Notting Hill when William is trying to locate the conference Anna is in. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

One aspect of teaching we will all need to tackle at some point will be an angry or annoyed parent or guardian. By being open, inviting and personable your students’ parents will be impressed with you and the way you manage your classroom. A miscalculated response can backfire, fan the flames of an upset parent and burn the bridges between home and school. This in turn can cause a lot of damage whether there was a basis for the anger or not. So this encounter needs to be turned into an opportunity for everyone – parents, student and teacher. Although much of this is common sense I have pulled together this ten page booklet with some suggestions for successfully defusing such a meeting before, during and after it arises.

This booklet introduces students to the global links within sports, specifically football. We investigate the origin of top players and how these have changed over twenty years. Child labour, shanty towns and The Atlanta Agreement are discussed in relation to Brazil readying itself to host the 2014 Word Cup. The unit concludes with the students considering whether they think Brazil should have held the World Cup having considered the social economic and environmental impacts. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet including map reading and annotating, gathering research from print and students drawing their own conclusions from materials gathered. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This booklet introduces the students to why we carry out fieldwork within Geography for coursework or class investigations, and the types and uses of data sources. Four and six figure grid references are explained and practised alongside learning OS map symbols. Environmental surveys are carried out within their learning surroundings, with their positive and negative aspects being discussed. The students practice drawing their own field sketches having discussed the “Do’s” and “Don’ts” of these and carry out a practical using quadrats in which they build their bar graph skills by presenting their results. Measuring litter gives the students the opportunity to survey their school grounds and progress their pie graph skills and draw conclusions from their results. The booklet concludes with a discussion of appropriate and suitable questions for questionnaires. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering research from print and in person, drawing graphs and annotating the data, as well as discussing the pros and cons of each technique and how some of these can be overcome or restricted. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This 17 page booklet allows students to investigate our National Parks. It covers a number of Geographical topics including map work, impacts of tourism and solutions to these and discussion on whether National Parks are still considered important. Some of the titles included in this booklet are: What Is A National Park?, What Makes The New Forest National Park A Honey Pot Site?, What Impacts Can Visitors Have On Our National Parks?, Should The South Downs Have Been Included In Britain’s National Parks? Do We Still Need National Parks?

This unit of work is a fun way to teach tourism and to include films in your lesson. It helps students to explore the connection between geography and media, specifically through movie-induced tourism. First to be explored is the representation of place through books and film and the different impressions they can give to one place. The motivation of tourism is discussed through push and pull factors in relation to place, performance, and personality. Local Area Promotion is investigated before, during and after a film’s release. We look at the impacts this can have both positively and negatively in terms of socially, economically, and environmentally on the local area. To this end a case study is completed regarding Bourne Woods, Surrey, England which is the backdrop of many major blockbusters and whether the students believe it should advertise this, in addition to its natural beauty by the Forestry Commission. Measuring the number of tourists or visitors to some areas in respect to what led then there can be difficult and the students suggest the best procedures in collecting this information. The unit of work concludes with the students investigating pre-existing movie tours and designing their own which is then peer-assessed. File also includes two PowerPoints, a video, and worksheets Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This booklet allows students to explore tourism from its definition to types of tourism and their impacts. The unit starts by introducing the difference between leisure and tourism, where we holiday, the types of tourism available to us and how our holidays have changed and grown. Tourism as an economic activity is explored in terms of the employment and GDP generated. Impacts of tourism are investigated in the unlikely but busy location of Antarctica, while the management of these social, economic, and environmental impacts are highlighted in our National Parks. Sustainable and eco-tourism is researched looking at strategies in place around the world and specifically at the Galapagos Islands. Blackpool, UK, is used to explain Butler’s Cycle of Tourism Model and leads into the exciting topic of Movie-Induced Tourism. Book, film, and television are used to highlight how they can encourage tourism growth to particular areas and the positive and negative impacts this can have before, during, and after production. The unit concludes with the students creating their own Movie-Induced tour. They will create a short introduction video to tourists to your country and design a week’s holiday for visitors to include a major city, seaside resort, historic town, countryside area and a special place of their own. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering research from print and video, their thoughts, and ideas, drawing and reading various graphs including completing a choropleth map from gathering data to finished map with description of findings, annotating maps, scripting a podcast, poster design with peer assessment, completing a fact file and developing their own holiday schedule. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This 31 page booklet gives students the opportunity to explore UEFA Euro, France and their connections to geography using different Geographical themes and skills. Chapters include: Why Is Football So Popular? How Is Football Linked To Geography? Who Are UEFA? Who’s Taking Part In 2016? Friendly Rivals We Are Number One! Football As An Economic Activity Flag Crossword Getting The Vote What Do You Know About France? Where In France? Population And Nationality Country Climate Seeing The Sites What Have We Borrowed? Build A Brand Knowing The Neighbours Football Acrostic How Is This Omar Linked To Football?

This Unit Of Work helps students to define ‘food deserts’ and outline research which has attempted to identify these within the United Kingdom. They will be able to explain how the location of food outlets within the United Kingdom and America influence the geography of affordable health food baskets and identify what is meant by ‘obesogenic environments.’ In addition, they will be able to establish whether the physical environment has an impact to exercise and whether there is a link between social deprivation and fast-food availability. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet for students including; drawing and explaining their thoughts and ideas, drawing maps and graphs and interpreting all of these. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This Unit Of Work helps students to define ‘food deserts’ and outline research which has attempted to identify these within the United Kingdom. They will be able to explain how the location of food outlets within the United Kingdom and America influence the geography of affordable health food baskets and identify what is meant by ‘obesogenic environments.’ In addition, they will be able to establish whether the physical environment has an impact to exercise and whether there is a link between social deprivation and fast-food availability. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet for students including; drawing and explaining their thoughts and ideas, drawing maps and graphs and interpreting all of these. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

These worksheets introduce students to the background and traditions of the Hindu ‘Festival Of Lights’, Diwali. The story of Rama and Sita explains why Diwali is celebrated and why Divas – small clay lamps – are an important part of this celebration. The students discover cultural and religious festivals where light plays an important role and discuss why these similarities have arisen. To conclude the lesson the students can produce a collage or design a card depicting the beauty and wonderful colours of Diwali. For resources looking at Hinduism or India more closely please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hinduism-ks-3-and-4-10000468 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/india-ks3-and-4-11025616 Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This 32 page booklet helps students to study and understand deserts. Topic titles include: What Is An Ecosystem? Where Do Deserts Form And Why? Deserts Above Climate Of Deserts Interpreting The Deserts Climate Animals Of The Desert Plants Of The Desert People Of The Desert Why Is Las Vega So Thirsty? The Lie Of The Land Sand Dunes Desertification Desert At The Bottom Of The World Tourism In The Desert

This unit of work is a fun way to teach tourism and to include films in your lesson. It helps students to explore the connection between geography and media, specifically through movie-induced tourism. First to be explored is the representation of place through books and film and the different impressions they can give to one place. The motivation of tourism is discussed through push and pull factors in relation to place, performance, and personality. Local Area Promotion is investigated before, during and after a film’s release. We look at the impacts this can have both positively and negatively in terms of socially, economically, and environmentally on the local area. To this end a case study is completed regarding Bourne Woods, Surrey, England which is the backdrop of many major blockbusters and whether the students believe it should advertise this, in addition to its natural beauty by the Forestry Commission. Measuring the number of tourists or visitors to some areas in respect to what led then there can be difficult and the students suggest the best procedures in collecting this information. The unit of work concludes with the students investigating pre-existing movie tours and designing their own which is then peer-assessed. File also includes two PowerPoints, a video, and worksheets Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This unit of work begins with how mountains are defined, where they are located and how they are formed. We look at the weather in mountainous areas and its effects on shaping mountains. We explore the human and physical influences on landslides, avalanches, and glaciers. An investigation delves into how we use mountainous areas, specifically The Alps and Atlas Mountains. This leads to exploring Everest Base Camp and the Chagga people who live on Mount Kilimanjaro. The social, economic, and environmental impacts of visitors is discussed with a look at how negative impacts could be diminished within the Lake District. The foreign influence on the Sherpas way of life is studied. We see how plants and animals’ can adapt to life in the Andes which leads to the future of our mountains in terms of climate change and global warming. The students build on the fieldwork techniques of interpretating photographs and field sketches with Sugarloaf Mountain and Table Mountain. This concludes with asking: “are there monsters in our mountains?” looking at evidence for and against the existence of The Yeti… A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet including annotating maps, completing flow diagrams, gathering research independently and from provided print, hands on experiments, case studies, and a peer assessment task. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This unit of work explores England beginning with the country’s location, make up and statistics. England’s landscape is explored using the lyrics from ‘Jerusalem’ and what the students consider the be English are discussed. England’s population is studied in terms of minorities and majorities, census information and its history to help explain this. Why people would want to move to England is explored with the benefits and problems which may arise from this. The country’s roll within the EU (European Union) and United Nations is explored. The weather in England is looked at through the physical factors which effect it across four distinct regions, these features are also studied in relation to where people live and human features. The makeup of the Union Jack is touched upon as well as some of the quirkier sayings from the language. England’s culture is investigated through traditional dress, dance and music, religion, sport, language, royal family, national emblems, and Saint George. The students have the opportunity to discuss and try some products produced within England. Some of England’s more unusual famous landmarks are explored including the Angel of the North, Cheddar Gorge, Sherwood Forest, Stonehenge, Hadrian’s Wall, and Chalk Figures. In addition, how England’s landscape is used in many blockbuster films is investigated with the positive and negative aspects being considered. The beauty of England’s National Parks is appreciated with a discussion as to whether the South Down should have become one and the resulting fallout from various groups. The booklet concludes with the students creating a touring holiday for a visiting family to specific location types. This can be differentiated by including accommodation and a travel log. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, annotating maps, their thoughts and ideas, word fills, gathering research from print, drawing, and reading graphs, recording weather, field sketch skills and decision-making exercises. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This 39 page booklets allows the students to explore and discover the Seven Original and New Wonders of the World and Natural World through a range of different activities including individual and group tasks. Wonders include: The Seven Natural Wonders Of The World Grand Canyon The Great Barrier Reef The Harbour At Rio De Janeiro Mount Everest Aurora Borealis Paricutin Volcano Victoria Falls The New Seven Natural Wonders Of The World Iguazu Falls Halong Bay Jeju Island Puerto Pricesa Underground River Table Mountain Komodo Island Amazon Rainforest

This 15 page booklets allows the students to explore and discover the Seven Original and New Wonders of the World and Natural World through a range of different activities including individual and group tasks. Wonders include: The New Seven Wonders Of The World Chichen Itza Christ The Redeemer The Great Wall Of China The Taj Mahal Machu Picchu Petra The Roman Colosseum