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 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards.
Lesson 17 of 18.
The 4 Ms – Modify the: cause, event, loss, vulnerability Includes:
Class quiz starter with mark scheme
Timed practise question based on development and governance
Swiss cheese model
The 4 Ms:
Modify the cause
Modify the event
Modify the loss
Modify the vulnerability
Group work task for students to create content cards for sharing
Link to the Park model
Examples of student content cards
This is a full scheme of work for Tectonics that I have used for four years with great success. I have edited improved it during that time. It includes model answers that I have written and some examples of student work.
The slides are stimulating and the lessons cover a variety of skills including statistics. There is a strong focus on exam question practise and knowledge retention.
The homework set for students will be based on revision for class quizzes (which you can run as a competition) and also longer written answers to exam questions based on content which the students have learned in previous lessons.
To support the students’ studies, I have referred to the Oxford and Hodder text books in a few of the lessons, where students can find additional notes. But overall, most of the powerpoints are self contained and can be taught by a teacher at any level of experience and to students of varied ability.
Edexcel. Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards.
Lesson 18 of 18.
Spearman’s Rank Statistical Test
Starter quiz and mark scheme
Correlation and spearman’s rank definitions task
Scattergraphs showing positive, negative and no correlation
Reading and note taking on use of Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient in geography
Worked example using river case study. Students start by describing and explaining pattern on scatter graphs
Next, students work through the whole statistical test, arriving at a conclusion based on Rs value. Answers and justification are shown for each stage.
Finally, students will use excel data to complete a spearman’s rank test based on comparing earthquake deaths and magnitude.
Excel document is included plus answers on a separate document demonstrating more complex ranking system.
Final slide lists all case studies used in the whole scheme of work to aid revision for end of topic test.
Edexcel. Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards.
Included:
End of topic test (based on past paper questions)
Mark scheme for end of topic test
Homework questions for 6x homework tasks (all based on practise exam questions)
Mark schemes for all homework tasks
Markbook for all class quizzes
Edexcel. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
What Has Shaped the Characteristics of ‘Your Chosen Places’?
Lessons 4-5 of 21.
Knowledge quiz starter with mark scheme
Discussion of specification – ‘Your Chosen Places’
El Raval, Barcelona is the contrasting place used here (all case study content is provided), but teachers may prefer to choose a place in the UK.
Students are guided to choose and then research a local place (prompts and websites are suggested for student research)
Case studies cover: background of the place, economic activity and inequalities, functions and changes, regional, national, international and global influences, place representation, how the lives of students and others are affected by continuity and change, perception
8 mark exam question with half a model answer
Plenary – 12 mark exam question with table to suggest content, essay skeleton and half a model answer.
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 sheets: Double sided sheet to print in A3 for students (plus an extra version of the same sheet which has some of the case study notes on it)
This lesson promotes personal enquiry and helps to develop students’ internet research skills and their interpretation of complex, data which will be needed for the independent investigation.
Edexcel. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Successful and Unsuccessful Places: Lesson 8 of 21
Knowledge quiz starter with mark scheme
Successful places and perception
Case study: Sydney – a successful urban place
Case study: The Sun Belt, USA – a successful rural place
Unsuccessful places and the spiral of decline
Case study: Detroit – an unsuccessful urban place
Case study: Beattyville, USA – an unsuccessful rural place
8 mark exam question with full model answer
4 mark exam question plenary with full model answer/mark scheme
Extension task
Summary plenary
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 – Diagrams to stick in
Edexcel. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Understanding Your Place: Lesson 2 of 21
Knowledge quiz starter with mark scheme
Employment sectors
Clark-Fisher Model
Quinary sector
Social and economic variations in employment
Regional inequalities in the UK
Variations in quality of life
Skills: Using indices
Written summary plenary
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. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Changing Places - Manchester: Lesson 3 of 21
Discussion starter with re-photography
Changing functions (industry, administration, commerce, retail)
Changing demographic characteristics (Skills: analysing graphs and data)
Gentrification and studentification
Reasons for change
How is change measured (discussion of primary and secondary data collection)
Big data and GIS
Exam question plenary with extension task
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. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Economic and Social Inequalities in the UK: Lesson 9 of 21
Knowledge quiz starter with mark scheme
Lived experience
Priorities for regeneration
Sink estate, declining rural settlement, gated community, commuter village
Comparing lived experience in places with significant variations in economic and social inequalities
Skills: Interpreting data to assess the need for regeneration in a sink estate and a declining rural village
Plenary – students write their own exam question and then answer another student’s question
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. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
The Need for Regeneration in Your Chosen Local Place: Lesson 12 of 21.
Knowledge quiz starter with mark scheme
Qualitative and quantitative sources of evidence
Contrasting views of regeneration in the media
Players and stakeholders
Skills: interpreting data to assess the need for regeneration
Student research task to gather evidence on their chosen local place to demonstrate the need for regeneration (Including: statistical quantitative data, qualitative data from different media sources, contrasting opinions from social media)
Verbal recap quiz
Summary questions plenary
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: Double sided sheet to print in A3 for students (or email to them so they can type their notes)
This lesson promotes personal enquiry and helps to develop students’ internet research skills and their interpretation of complex, data which will be needed for the independent investigation.
Edexcel. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Engagement, Lived Experience and Attachment: Lessons 10-11 of 21.
Knowledge quiz starter with mark scheme
Engagement and elections
Engagement and community
Case study: Grampound Village Shop
Conflict over regeneration: waste incinerator, wind turbines
Plenary – Link to previous lesson – studentification
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. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Rural Regeneration – The Players: Lesson 19 of 21
Discussion starter
Students will write their own 15 mark quiz, including a mark scheme.
Discussion on quiz question types including do’s and don’ts.
Time to revise and take notes
Students complete quizzes from two other classmates
Teacher collates scores and reveals the leaderboard
Plenary – Metacognition linked to revision and exam techniques. Link to ‘memory hacks’ video.
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: Case study content
Edexcel. Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards.
Lesson 8 of 18.
**Tsunami. Indian Ocean 2004 vs. Japan 2011 **
Includes:
Video starter
Diagrams of tsunami formation
Detailed note taking task
Additional word document with images and a table for skills questions
Numeracy/stats question
Suggested answers
Tsunami case studies task
Recap quiz
Extension question based on GIS image
Plenary - practise exam question with mark scheme
Edexcel. Topic 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 1 of 19: Introduction to Globalisation
Discussion starter
Introduction notes
Pro globalisation and anti globalisation
History of globalisation
Defining globalisation
Examples of globalisation – economic, social, political, cultural
Length, depth and speed of global connection
Flows and networks
Skills: proportional flow lines
Plenary: summary of learning
Homework: learn definition for class test
This is a complete set of five double lessons in one powerpoint.
There are 84 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
It has learning objectives, starters, main activities, and summaries.
Skills required for Paper 2 are also included, and all questions have answers.
I’ve added relevant past paper questions with mark schemes.
An accompanying word document includes diagrams to stick in.
Theme 3: Economic Development
Section 3.1: Development
Part A: Use indicators to assess the level of development
Part B: Identify and explain inequalities between and within countries
Part C: Classify production into different sectors, making links to level of development
Part D: Case Study of a TNC - Nike
Part E: Globalisation
Case Studies required for 3.1
• A transnational corporation and its global links - Nike
These resources are for iGCSE specifications 0460 and 0978
Books which support this resource:
Complete Geography for Cambridge iGCSE and O Level. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0198424956.
Cambridge iGCSE and O level Geography Coursebook. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN:9781108339186.
Watch this space for other resources.
I have full schemes of work for Cambridge iGCSE geography.
COMING SOON!
This is a complete set of two double lessons in one powerpoint.
There are 54 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
It has learning objectives, starters, main activities, and summaries.
Skills required for Paper 2 are also included, and questions have model answers to save teacher time and to make peer/self marking easier.
I’ve added relevant past paper questions with mark schemes.
An accompanying word document includes diagrams to stick in.
Includes past paper questions, which can be printed for students to write on.
Theme 3: Economic Development
Section 3.2: Food Production
Part A: Describe and explain the main features of an agricultural system: inputs, processes and outputs
Part B: Recognise the causes and effects of food shortages and describe possible solutions to this problem
Case Studies required for 3.2
• A farm or agricultural system - Cattle Farming in Brazil
• A country or region suffering from food shortages - Food shortages in Swaziland
These resources are for iGCSE specifications 0460 and 0978
Books which support this resource:
Complete Geography for Cambridge iGCSE and O Level. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0198424956.
Cambridge iGCSE and O level Geography Coursebook. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN:9781108339186.
Watch this space for other resources.
I have full schemes of work for Cambridge iGCSE geography.
COMING SOON!
This is a complete set of two double lessons in one powerpoint.
There are 27 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
It has learning objectives, starters, main activities, and summaries.
Skills required for Paper 2 are also included, and questions have model answers to save teacher time and to make peer/self marking easier.
Theme 3: Economic Development
Section 3.3: Industry
Part A: Demonstrate an understanding of an industrial system: inputs, processes and outputs (products and waste)
Part B: Describe and explain the factors influencing the distribution and location of factories and industrial zones
Case Studies required for 3.3
• An industrial zone or factory - Hi-tech industries in the USA (Silicon Valley)
These resources are for iGCSE specifications 0460 and 0978
Books which support this resource:
Complete Geography for Cambridge iGCSE and O Level. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0198424956.
Cambridge iGCSE and O level Geography Coursebook. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN:9781108339186.
Watch this space for other resources.
I have full schemes of work for Cambridge iGCSE geography.
COMING SOON!
This is a complete set of three double lessons in one powerpoint.
There are 48 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
It has learning objectives, starters, main activities, and summaries.
Skills required for Paper 2 are also included, and questions have model answers to save teacher time and to make peer/self marking easier.
I’ve added relevant past paper questions with mark schemes.
An accompanying word document includes diagrams to stick in.
Theme 3: Economic Development
Section 3.7: Environmental Risks of Economic Development
Part A: Economic activities pose threats to the natural environment
Part B: The need for sustainable development and management
Part C: The importance of resource conservation
Case Study required for 3.7
An area where economic development is taking place and causing the environment to be at risk - Soil Erosion and Desertification in Chad
These resources are for iGCSE specifications 0460 and 0978
Books which support this resource:
Complete Geography for Cambridge iGCSE and O Level. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0198424956. Available on Kerboodle.
Cambridge iGCSE and O level Geography Coursebook. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN:9781108339186. Available on Cambridge Go.
Watch this space for other resources.
I have full schemes of work for Cambridge iGCSE geography.
COMING SOON!
This is a complete set of two double lessons in one powerpoint.
There are 31 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
It has learning objectives, starters, main activities, and summaries.
Skills required for Paper 2 are also included: Interpreting OS style maps, flow maps, pie charts, wind rose.
All questions have answers on the following slides to save teacher time and to make peer/self marking easier.
Theme 3: Economic Development
Section 3.4: Tourism
Part A: Describe and explain the growth of tourism in relation to the main attractions of the physical and human landscape
Part B: Evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of tourism to receiving areas
Demonstrate an understanding that careful management of tourism is required in order for it to be sustainable
Case Studies required for 3.4
• An area where tourism is important - Jamaica
Additional case study content - Ecotourism in Galapagos
These resources are for iGCSE specifications 0460 and 0978
Books which support this resource:
Complete Geography for Cambridge iGCSE and O Level. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0198424956.
Cambridge iGCSE and O level Geography Coursebook. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN:9781108339186.
Watch this space for other resources.
I have full schemes of work for Cambridge iGCSE geography.
COMING SOON!
This is a complete set of two double lessons in one powerpoint.
There are 35 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
It has learning objectives, starters, main activities, and summaries.
Skills required for Paper 2 are also included: divided bar charts, choropleth maps, pie charts, interpreting maps, making synoptic links.
Questions have model answers to save teacher time and to make peer/self marking easier.
I’ve added relevant past paper questions with mark schemes.
Theme 3: Economic Development
Section 3.6: Water
Part A: Describe methods of water supply and the proportions of water used for agriculture, domestic and industrial purposes in countries at different levels of economic development
Part B: Explain why there are water shortages in some areas and demonstrate that careful management is required to ensure future supplies
Case Studies required for 3.6
• Water supply in a country or area - Highlands Water Project in Lesotho
These resources are for iGCSE specifications 0460 and 0978
Books which support this resource:
Complete Geography for Cambridge iGCSE and O Level. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0198424956.
Cambridge iGCSE and O level Geography Coursebook. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN:9781108339186.
Watch this space for other resources.
I have full schemes of work for Cambridge iGCSE geography.
COMING SOON!