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 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 4 of 19: Globalisation in Newly Emerging Economies
Definitions quiz starter with mark scheme
Special economic zones
Indonesia
Government subsidies
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
China and the 1978 Open Door Policy
Plenary to review enquiry question 1
EXTRA word document containing news article for extension task
Resource includes:
End of topic assessment with past exam questions
Mark scheme for end of topic assessment
Homework tasks for carbon cycle topic with five exam questions from 8-20 marks
Mark schemes for homework tasks
Edexcel. Topic 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 14 of 19: Globalisation and the Development Gap
Group work starter based on prior knowledge of enquiry question 3
Indicators of development (economic - GNI, GDP, PPP) (social – HDI, GII)
Single and composite measures
The development gap
Command word practise – analyse (Paper 3 prep)
Written analysis of data sets to show change over time. Suggested answers provided.
Plenary – interpreting choropleth map
EXTRA word document – with data sets for HDI, GII and air pollution
Edexcel. Topic 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 8-9 of 19: Deindustrialisation – Mann Whitney
Definitions quiz starter and mark scheme
Impacts of deindustrialisation in the UK (dereliction, deprivation, depopulation, decay)
Deindustrialisation – Manchester’s story
Deindustrialisation in Redcar, UK
Mann Whitney U Test Enquiry – Is Redcar more deprived than Milton Keynes?
Index of multiple deprivation
Worked examples of statistical tests with written conclusion and evaluation of the enquiry
Plenary to summarise learning
EXTRA word document to be printed for students to complete their Mann Whitney enquiry
Edexcel. Topic 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 16 of 19: Globalised Diaspora and Tensions
Discussion starter
London’s melting pot
Pros and cons of the flows of goods, capital and people. Suggested answers are provided.
The rise of extremism
Open borders, deregulation, foreign direct investment
Plenary – students choose one question to answer
Edexcel. Topic 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 18 of 19: Can Globalisation be Sustainable?
Thought-provoking discussion starter
Ethical and environmental sustainability
Actions taken by NGOs and local government
Exam question enquiry task:
#1 – Students answer question to see what they already know
#2 – Students use text book to gather additional knowledge and create a table and write notes from two text books.
#3 – Students answer question again in timed conditions
#4 – Both essays are peer marked using mark scheme
Suggestions on how to plan essays
Content for the essay plan is provided so students can check their notes
Mark scheme for peer marking
Plenary on metacognition and revision skills
Edexcel. Topic 3: Globalisation.
Lesson 19 of 19: Localism, Transition Towns and Ethical Consumerism
Thought-provoking discussion starter
Ethical consumption and complexity
Rana Plaza collapse case study
Fairtrade
Localism (Is localism a middle-class luxury?)
Transition towns
Todmorden case study with notes
Plenary – revisiting last lesson’s essay. Discussion.
EXTRA word document with news article on Todmorden
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 7: Superpowers
Lesson 11 – Disputes Over Resources (Arctic, tension over oil, counterfeiting, IPR)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 30 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Slides content:
• Starter questions
• Dependency Theory and World Systems Theory recap
• Resources in the Arctic
• Interpreting map – competing claims in the Arctic – with model answer
• Tension over oil
• Intellectual property rights
• Counterfeiting
• Multiple choice quiz with answers
• Teacher’s information slides
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 15 – Tensions in the Middle East (Israel, Palestine, Arab Spring, sanctions, political stability)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 25 slides in total with varied activities to keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Slides content:
• Starter – partner task
• Israel and Palestine overview
• The Arab Spring overview
• ICT task - create a ‘Dummies Guide to…’ a conflict of the student’s choice
• ICT task competition
• History of tensions in the middle east
• The Ottoman Empire
• Sykes Picot Agreement and post war state divisions
• US Sanctions in Iran – political stability
• Climate change and political stability
• Plenary - students choose one exam question from a list
• Teacher’s information slides
Includes HANDOUT – Conflict ICT task
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 16 – Superpower Futures (economic, social challenges, military strength, advanced technology)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 18 slides in total with varied activities to keep students’ attention.
Model answers for tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter - scenarios discussion
• Challenges to existing superpowers
• Economic challenges
• Debt
• Unemployment
• Economic restructuring
• Social costs
• How economic changes have undermined influence of superpowers – exam question
• Military strength
• Comparing quotes
• Advanced technology – space race
• Extension questions
• Opinion piece - Who Will Be the Next Superpower?’
• BBC Video link
• Cross curricular link – Trans-border water conflicts
• Teacher’s information slides
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 14 – The Changing Economic Centre of Gravity (India, middleweight cities)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 12 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Model answers for tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter – impact of superpowers on African countries – assess question with scaffolding
• McKinsey Report 2012 and map interpretation
• Middleweight cities
• The growing importance of India
• Annotating map
• India strengths table
• Plenary – graph trends
• Extension – China conflict recap
• Teacher’s information slides
Includes HANDOUT – Map to stick in
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 13 – Relationships with Developing Nations (China, Africa, Mozambique, land grabs)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 13 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Slides content:
• Starter – recap quiz
• Demand for resources
• China’s interdependence with Africa
• Political cartoon interpretation
• Land grabs
• Case study – Mozambique resource boom
• Plenary questions – disucss and ‘to what extent’
• Teacher’s information slides
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 10 – Global Environmental Concerns (rare earths, food supply, water supply)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 15 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Slides content:
• Starter question
• The growth of the middle classes
• Rare earth elements
• The food supply
• The water supply
• Interpreting water consumption map
• Interpreting drought severity map
• Mind map task – impacts of rising demand
• Recap quiz
• Plenary – Interpreting map
• Extension questions
• Teacher’s information slides
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 9 – Global Environmental Concerns (landscape scarring, fossil fuels, oil spills, deforestation)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 14 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Slides content:
• Starter – graph analysis
• Knowledge quiz
• Reading exercise
• Landscape scarring
• Fossil fuels
• Oil spills
• Deforestation
• Are superpowers willing to act?
• Practise 6 mark questions in pairs
• Exam question battle – with essay scaffolding and instructions
• Extension question
• Teacher’s information slides
Includes HANDOUT – Exam question battle instructions
Includes a word document of examples of STUDENT MODEL ANSWERS
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 12 – South and East China Sea (tensions, disputes, escalation)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 8 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Slides content:
• Starter – definition and questions
• Annotating a map – disputes and claims
• Case studies: causes, impacts, potential to escalate, managing the dispute
• Model answer
• Plenary quiz
• Teacher’s information slides
Includes HANDOUT – Map to stick in
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 2 – Superpowers and Geostrategic Theory (Mackinder, Modernisation, Dependency, World Systems)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 20 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Answers for all tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Recap starter
• Definitions
• Halford Mackinder’s Theory (1904)
• Changing Centre of Gravity
• Geopolitics
• Modernisation Theory (Walt Rostow 1960s)
• Dependency Theory (Andre Frank 1971)
• World Systems Theory
• Plenary questions
• Specification – key ideas and detailed content
• Teacher’s information slides
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 3 – Direct and Indirect Control (colonialism, neo-colonialism, China)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 22 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Definitions match up starter
• Patterns of power
• Geopolitical stability and risk
• Colonialism definitions
• Britain’s colonial power timeline
• Quiz recap
• Indirect control and neo-colonialism
• China’s neo-colonialism
• Frank’s Dependency Theory
• Optional VOX video
• Somaliland
• Plenary questions
• Specification – key ideas and detailed content
• Teacher’s information slides
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 1 – Characteristics of Power (Emerging superpowers, hard and soft power)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 19 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Slides content:
• Starter question
• Definitions
• Past and modern superpowers
• Characteristics of Superpowers
• Case Study – the USA – current hegemon
• Soft power
• Hard power
• Emerging superpowers
• Retrieval Practice questions
• Plenary questions
• Specification – key ideas and detailed content
• Teacher’s information slides
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 5 – The IMF and the World Bank (Bretton Woods, IGOs, BRICs, SAPs)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 24 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Answers for tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter – comparing key terms
• IMF and Africa video
• Malawi case study
• IMF and the World Bank video
• Bretton Woods, IGOs, BRICs
• Other IGOs – UN, NATO, WTO, OECD, NAFTA
• Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs)
• Multiple choice quiz
• Extension exam question
• Specification – key ideas and detailed content
• Teacher’s information slides
Include HANDOUT – with extra information on BRICs for students to stick in
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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 7: Superpowers
Lesson 4 – The Emerging Powers (BRICs, MINTs, G7, G20, multipolar world)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 24 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for tasks are on the following slides for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Exam question starter with mark scheme
• The Emerging Powers – BRICs and MINTs
• Links to Rostow’s Modernisation Theory
• SWOT analysis of BRICs and ranking
• G7 and G20
• Plenary – multipolar world
• Extension task
• 2x TED talks
• Specification – key ideas and detailed content
• Teacher’s information slides
SUPPORTING RESOURCE AVAILABLE: ‘Superpowers Resource Pack - Homework, Assessment, Mark Schemes, Essays (Edexcel, Pearson, A Level)’
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.