Universal and sustainable resources which can be picked up by a teacher at any level of experience. Each lesson has been tweaked over years of experience teaching at a sixth form college. Students have enjoyed the lessons and achieved amazing results. All of my powerpoints have a colour scheme, bold imagery and the same font throughout - because style is important!
I hope that these resources will save you time and free up your energy to make teaching more fun.
Universal and sustainable resources which can be picked up by a teacher at any level of experience. Each lesson has been tweaked over years of experience teaching at a sixth form college. Students have enjoyed the lessons and achieved amazing results. All of my powerpoints have a colour scheme, bold imagery and the same font throughout - because style is important!
I hope that these resources will save you time and free up your energy to make teaching more fun.
Edexcel. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Urban Regeneration – The Players: Lesson 18 of 21.
Study a diagram and discuss perceptions
Quiz leaderboard
Instructions for ‘The Big Quiz’
Independent study focus with suggested note taking methods
30 mark class quiz with mark scheme for peer marking (based on content from Oxford text book)
Summary plenary – students list players
Slide linking content to the specification
Teacher’s notes slides covering text book references, revision for class knowledge tests, assessed homework and end of topic test.
- Extra sheet: Blank conflict matrix for quiz
Edexcel. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Players and Stakeholders EXAM PRACTISE: Lessons 20-21 of 21.
Revision mantra starter
Students link lesson content to four exam questions (12 and 20 marks) based on Enquiry Question 4.
Four different exam practise techniques are explained and students work in timed conditions to complete the questions. Each question has essay hints and a list of suggested content for marking. One full model answer is also provided. Skeleton structure and some suggested content is shown for the final 20 mark question.
Teacher’s notes slides covering text book references, revision for class knowledge tests, assessed homework and end of topic test.
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 8B: Migration, Identity and Sovereignty.
1-2 Globalisation and Migration (migrants, patterns, EU Schengen, case studies)
This is a double lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 26 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for all tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter task
• Discussion on links between globalisation and football
• Definitions of migrant types
• Flow diagram of migration
• Focus on command term: ‘Analyse’
• Patterns of migration in the UK– national and international
• Patterns of migration in Europe, Middle East
• Internal migration in China and the hukou system
• Migration between countries and the EU-Schengen Agreement
• Datashine link for discussion of ‘big data’
• Case studies: Singapore, Japan, Australia
• Past paper question (6 marks) with mark scheme
• Plenary question
• Extension – Refugees poem
• Content from the specification
• Teacher’s information slides on text books and homework
• HANDOUT – with extra information and case studies for students to stick in
SUPPORTING RESOURCES: ‘Migration Resource Pack – Study notes, homework booklet, mark schemes, end of topic assessment and scheme of work with case studies list (Edexcel, Pearson, A level, 9GEO)’
Books:
Geography for Edexcel A Level Year 2 Student Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9781382014885
Edexcel A Level Geography 2016 Year 2 Student Book. Pearson. ISBN: 9781292139654.
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 8B: Migration, Identity and Sovereignty.
23-24 Disunity Within Nations (Nationalism in the media, EU, BRICS, inequality, failed states)
This is a double lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 31 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Answers for tasks are included to use for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter mega knowledge quiz with answers
• Nationalism vs globalism
• Scotland and Catalonia referendums
• Political tensions in the EU (Corsica, Barcelona)
• Political tensions in BRICs (Rio, South Africa)
• Inequality – skills task interpreting multiple and divided bar charts
• Summarising main points using the specification
• Failed states – Syria and Somalia
• Essay question (20 marks) and mark scheme
• Plenary – analysing 2024 Fragile States Index map
• Matched content from the specification
• Teacher’s information slides on text books and homework
HANDOUT 1 – Scotland vs Catalonia worksheet
HANDOUT 2 – Syria case study (from Oxford book)
SUPPORTING RESOURCES: ‘Migration Resource Pack – Study notes, homework booklet, mark schemes, end of topic assessment and scheme of work with case studies list (Edexcel, Pearson, A level, 9GEO)’
Books:
Geography for Edexcel A Level Year 2 Student Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9781382014885
Edexcel A Level Geography 2016 Year 2 Student Book. Pearson. ISBN: 9781292139654.
Edexcel. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
UK Government Policy and Regeneration: Lesson 13 of 21.
Discussion starter with answers
Investment in infrastructure – HS2 and Heathrow airport
Planning laws, housing and fracking
Decisions on migration and deregulation
20 mark exam question. Paired activity with guidelines on how students can work together to create a plan, gather evidence, write an essay and then mark it
Plenary – Improve the essay based on peer feedback
Extension – extra comprehension questions
Slide linking content to the specification
Teacher’s notes slides covering text book references, revision for class knowledge tests, assessed homework and end of topic test.
- Extra sheet: Student friendly mark scheme for essay question
Edexcel. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Attracting Inward Investment: Lesson 14 of 21
Knowledge quiz starter with mark scheme
Regional enterprise zones
Science parks
The role of local interest groups
Cold spots
Range of regeneration strategies
Rural diversification
Plenary – students choose a question to answer in detail
Slide linking content to the specification
Teacher’s notes slides covering text book references, revision for class knowledge tests, assessed homework and end of topic test.
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 8B: Migration, Identity and Sovereignty.
7-8 Nation States and Borders (Ethnic composition, national borders, contested borders, case studies)
This is a double lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 33 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for tasks are included to use for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter knowledge quiz with answers
• Defining a nation state
• Wagah border ceremony – India and Pakistan
• Skills task – analysis of ethnic composition on a divided bar chart
• Iceland and Singapore case studies
• Data for students to produce their own divided bar chart
• National borders – natural features (rivers, lakes, mountains)
• National borders – human features (colonial history, political intervention)
• Students annotate a blank world map to explain national borders in each continent
• Rwanda case study – Berlin conference, genocide
• Contested borders and conflict – Ukraine, Taiwan
• Video – ‘Is Taiwan part of China?’
• Practice exam question (20 marks) with mark scheme and two example plans
• Plenary - summary task
• Extension – time lapse video of borders in Europe over 1000 years
• Matched content from the specification
• Teacher’s information slides on text books and homework
HANDOUT 1 – divided bar chart for annotation
HANDOUT 2 – blank world map for annotation
SUPPORTING RESOURCES: ‘Migration Resource Pack – Study notes, homework booklet, mark schemes, end of topic assessment and scheme of work with case studies list (Edexcel, Pearson, A level, 9GEO)’
Books:
Geography for Edexcel A Level Year 2 Student Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9781382014885
Edexcel A Level Geography 2016 Year 2 Student Book. Pearson. ISBN: 9781292139654.
These resources accompany the scheme of work for Globalisation available in my shop.
Included are:
50 page student study notes booklet with content from all 19 lessons and a definitions organiser
Homework booklet
Homework mark schemes
End of topic test
End of topic test mark scheme
Past paper exam questions
Past paper exam question resource booklet
Past paper exam question mark schemes
Extra practise questions document
Excel document for recording class test scores
Edexcel. Topic 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 11 of 19: International Migration and its Impacts
Starter definitions quiz and mark scheme
2x recap quizzes on Mann Whitney
Skills – proportional flow diagrams
Describing trends of international migration
Global hub cities
Types of international migration (elite vs. low wage migrants)
Impacts of migration on source and host countries
Practise exam question and model answer
Interdependence
Discussion questions
Class voting plenary
Stimulating video discussion task
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity.
Lesson 14 – Water Insecurity – The Consequences
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint, with one supporting document.
There are 25 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for all tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter – economic and environmental problems
• The importance of water supply: for economic development; for human wellbeing
• Millennium Development Goals
• Interpreting compound bar graph
• Recap - water scarcity
• Price of water
• Case Study: Water Privatisation in Bolivia
• Cost vs demand
• Water Poverty Index – radar chart
• Students draw and interpret radar chart
• Conflict and geopolitics
• Berlin Rules for governing fair use of rivers
• Summary
• Teacher’s information slides
• HANDOUT: Water Poverty Index activity sheet
SUPPORTING RESOURCES: ‘Water Cycle Resource Pack - Homework, Mark Schemes, Assessment (Edexcel, Pearson, A level, 9GEO)’
Books:
Geography for Edexcel A Level Year 2 Student Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9781382014885
Edexcel A Level Geography 2016 Year 2 Student Book. Pearson. ISBN: 9781292139654.
Edexcel. Topic 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 13 of 19: Globalisation and Cultural Diffusion
Discussion starter with answers
Cultural diffusion
Cuba case study
12 mark ‘assess’ essay practise with suggestions for planning
‘Silent debate’ on a topical issue (with instructions)
Western global culture and its impacts
Plenary based on the ‘cultural continuum’
Example answer to debate question
Edexcel. Topic 1: Theory of Plate Tectonics
Lesson 2 of of 18.
Includes:
Evidence for plate tectonic theory: continental drift, palaeontology, climate, jigsaw fit, technology
New theory for plate tectonics: palaeomagnetism and sea floor spreading
Practise exam question with mark scheme
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity.
6-8 – Deficits in the Hydrological Cycle - Drought
This is a complete set of three lessons in one powerpoint, with supporting documents.
There are 46 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for all tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter – key words quiz
• What is a drought?
• Causes of drought
• Tropical droughts
• Case Study – Brazil Droughts
• Analyse a graph (Paper 3 command word), with model answer
• The Global Atmospheric Circulation System
• Positive feedback loops
• Types of drought - meteorological, hydrological, agricultural and socio-economic
• Drought risk from human activities
• Case study – Drought in the Sahel
• Mitigating droughts (‘To what extent’)
• Droughts and fires in the Pantanal, Brazil – video
• Impacts of drought on ecosystems – wetland, forest
• UK wetlands, past and present – comparing maps
• Ecosystem services
• Exam question – 12 marks – with mark scheme
• Plenary – comparing key terms
• Summary – students write their own
• Short mid term class test
• Teacher’s information slides
• HANDOUT: Scenarios from deficits in the water cycle (South America)
SUPPORTING RESOURCES: ‘Water Cycle Resource Pack - Homework, Mark Schemes, Assessment (Edexcel, Pearson, A level, 9GEO)’
Books:
Geography for Edexcel A Level Year 2 Student Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9781382014885
Edexcel A Level Geography 2016 Year 2 Student Book. Pearson. ISBN: 9781292139654.
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity.
Lesson 13 – Water Insecurity – The Causes
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint, with supporting documents.
There are 25 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for all tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter – key words quiz
• Insecurity, stress and scarcity
• Regional issues
• Using data to predict future patterns of scarcity
• Interpreting water scarcity and water stress maps
• Role play: Regional expert in global water insecurity – students learn one region and then teach each other
• Physical causes: climate variability, saltwater encroachment
• Human causes: increasing population, improving living standards, industrialisation, agriculture
• Plenary – 20 mark exam question – students write a plan for the essay, add facts, then write a conclusion
• Summary
• Teacher’s information slides
• HANDOUT 1: Blank map for adding notes on regional insecurity
• HANDOUT 2: Notes for role play
SUPPORTING RESOURCES: ‘Water Cycle Resource Pack - Homework, Mark Schemes, Assessment (Edexcel, Pearson, A level, 9GEO)’
Books:
Geography for Edexcel A Level Year 2 Student Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9781382014885
Edexcel A Level Geography 2016 Year 2 Student Book. Pearson. ISBN: 9781292139654.
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity.
Lesson 12 – The Aral Sea Case Study
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint, with a supporting document.
There are 12 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for all tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter – class discussion – interpreting aerial photos showing change over time
• What is the Aral Sea?
• What are the issues related to the Aral Sea?
• Why was nothing done?
• Impacts of mismanagement in the Aral Sea
• Students watch videos and take notes
• Players and stakeholders
• Plenary – discussion question
• When to use this case study
• Teacher’s information slides
• HANDOUT: Aral Sea news article
SUPPORTING RESOURCES: ‘Water Cycle Resource Pack - Homework, Mark Schemes, Assessment (Edexcel, Pearson, A level, 9GEO)’
Books:
Geography for Edexcel A Level Year 2 Student Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9781382014885
Edexcel A Level Geography 2016 Year 2 Student Book. Pearson. ISBN: 9781292139654.
Edexcel. Topic 6: The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security.
Lessons 12-13 of 19: Alternatives to Fossil Fuels (nuclear power, biofuels, carbon capture)
Key words quiz starter with mark scheme
Alternatives to fossil fuels
UK energy mix and energy security
Nuclear power (evaluating Hinkley Point C)
Mid lesson summary
Quiz to recap last lesson content (with mark scheme)
Biofuels (evaluating their effectiveness and impacts)
Wind and solar power case studies
Radical alternatives to fossil fuels (carbon capture and storage)
20 mark essay and plan suggestions
Written plenary (choice of two questions)
Key content from the lesson
Additional 20 mark exam question
Extra reading links
Notes for teachers
Additional document with criticisms on Hinkley
Additional document with breakdown of Assess vs Evaluate command words
Edexcel. Topic 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 6 of 19: Measuring Globalisation
Definitions quiz starter
NASA ‘Earth lights’ map
Indicators to measure globalisation
Skills: ranking and scaling to create indices
KOF Index and AT Kearney Index
Switched off places (North Korea, Sahel, Ethiopia)
Map analysis with model answer
This is a resource pack to accompany lessons for:
Topic 7: Superpowers (Edexcel Pearson A Level Geography, 9GEO).
It contains:
Homework Booklet - Past paper questions
Mark schemes for homework booklet.
Practise test for students with answer scaffolding
Lesson for essay skills with scaffolding and model answer
End of topic assessment
Mark scheme for end of topic assessment
Edexcel. Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards.
Lesson 6 of 18.
Includes:
Features of a volcano
Supervolcanoes
Shapes of volcanoes
Types of lava
Types of eruption
Lahars and jökulhlaups
Primary and secondary volcanic hazards
Questions and suggested answers
Volcanic Explosivity Index
Case studies task - Montserrat (LIC) and Eyjafjallajökull (HIC)
Edexcel. Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards.
Lesson 9 of 18.
Includes:
Class quiz starter
Recaps from previous lessons
Hazards, Vulnerability, Resilience and Disaster
Hazard Risk Equation
Degg’s Model
Pressure and Release (PAR) Model
Practise question and model answer
Skills task on level of development
Hazard profiles
World risk report
Multiple Hazard Zones (Vanuatu)
Plenary based on interpreting graph data
Two word documents containing blank hazard profiles and models to cut and stick into book