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.
This is a complete set of two double lessons in one powerpoint.
There are 34 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: pie charts, bar charts, systems diagrams, interpreting data and interpreting maps.
Questions have model answers to save teacher time and to make peer/self marking easier.
Theme 3: Economic Development
Section 3.5: Energy
Part A: Describe the importance of non-renewable fossil fuels, renewable energy supplies, nuclear power and fuelwood; globally and in different countries at different levels of development
Part B: Evaluate the benefits and disadvantages of nuclear power and renewable energy sources
Case Studies required for 3.5
• Energy supply in a country or area - Geothermal energy in Iceland
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.
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This is a complete unit of work for the Year 11 students completing their Cambridge iGCSE geography course.
There are 7 sets of resources for each of the sections within Theme 3: Economic Development.
I have followed the specification carefully and all lessons are complete with suitable case studies, plus relevant exam questions with mark schemes.
Each resource has learning objectives, starters, main activities, and summaries.
Questions have model answers to save teacher time and to make peer/self marking easier.
Skills required for Paper 2 are embedded, which means there is more time for revision and less time spent on Paper 2 practise before the exam season begins.
Theme 3: Economic Development
3.1: Development
3.2 Food Production
3.3 Industry
3.4 Tourism
3.5 Energy
3.6 Water
3.7 Environmental Risks of Economic Development
Books which support these teaching resources:
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!
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity.
5 – Storm Hydrographs
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint, with two supporting documents.
There are 17 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 – 12 mark essay with plan and mark scheme
• Storm hydrograph – definition, sketching, annotating
• Work sheet – Students draw a storm hydrograph, using data
• Excel task – students create a storm hydrograph on MS Excel using data
• Plenary – Labelling, annotating and interpreting line graphs.
• Extension – physical and human factors affecting hydrographs
• Summary – students write their own
• Teacher’s information slides
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.
This is a resource pack to accompany lessons for:
Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity. (Edexcel Pearson A Level Geography, 9GEO).
It contains:
Homework Booklet - Past paper questions
Mark schemes for homework booklet.
End of topic assessment
Mark scheme for end of topic assessment mark
Case Studies list - Specification for Water Cycle annotated with case studies used in these resources
Model essay for 20 mark question that links water cycle to carbon cycle
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 5: The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity.
3 – Factors Affecting Drainage Basins
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 27 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
• Recap – the water cycle as an open system and key terms
• Evaporation, Transpiration, Evapotranspiration
• Physical factors – labelling a diagram task
• Interception and infiltration
• Past paper question (6 marks) with model answer
• Air masses in the UK
• Human disruption – cloud seeding, deforestation, dam construction, groundwater abstraction
• The Amazon – case study
• Plenary – explaining key terms in pairs
• Summary
• Teacher’s information slides
HANDOUT – with a diagram for students and cut/stick activity
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.
2 - The Local Hydrological Cycle – Drainage Basins
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 28 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
• Features of a drainage basin – diagrams and notes
• Major U.S. watersheds
• Key processes in the drainage basin
• Systems
• Types of rainfall – frontal, orographic, convectional
• Rain shadow
• Infiltration and interception
• Overland flow, throughflow, percolation, groundwater flow, channel flow
• Past paper question (6 marks) with mark scheme.
• Summary
• Teacher’s information slides
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 1 - The Global Hydrological Cycle
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 29 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for all tasks are included, for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.
Slides content:
• Starter question
• Audio explanation of hydrological cycle
• Processes which drive the system
• Simple and complex systems diagrams
• Water stores
• Water accessibility
• Changes to the cycle
• Residence times
• Polar regions vs tropical
• The global water budget
• Past paper question (6 marks) with mark scheme and model answer.
• Summary
• Teacher’s information slides
• HANDOUT – with extra information and a diagram for students to stick in.
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.
4 – The Local Water Budget
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 23 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.
• The water budget – graph and equation
• Systems - inputs and outputs
• Seasons – graphs – deficit, surplus
• River regimes, simple and complex
• Case study - Murray Darling, Australia
• Comparing river regimes in Europe
• Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
• Plenary – discussing planners’ role in sustainability
• Summary
• Teacher’s information slides
HANDOUTS
1 - The water budget - diagram labelling task
2 - River regimes - blank table to complete
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.
9-10 – Surplus in the Hydrological Cycle - Flooding
This is a complete set of two lessons in one powerpoint, with supporting documents.
There are 24 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
• Large flood events map - Describing distribution and suggesting reasons
• Meteorological causes of flooding – normal, flash, monsoon
• Causes of flooding in the UK
• The jet stream (stretch and challenge)
• Changing land use – audio from George Monbiot
• The Intertropical Convergence Zone ICTZ
• Causes of flooding in the Lake District – mismanagement
• Other human actions that increase the flood risk
• Case Study: Storm Desmond and the Cumbrian Floods, Cockermouth
• Mitigating the flood risk
• Benefits of flooding
• Exam question – 12 marks with mark scheme
• Plenary – students write mark scheme for a question
• Summary
• Teacher’s information slides
• HANDOUT 1: Blank world map
• HANDOUT 2: Lake District maps
• HANDOUT 3: Cockermouth – flood defences and flood map
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 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. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
Introducing ‘Place’: Lesson 1 of 21.
Discussion starter
Definitions
Sense of belonging
Spatial and social attachment
Physical and human characteristics of urban and rural areas
What is regeneration?
What is rebranding?
Summary questions
Creative plenary
Teacher’s notes slides covering text book references, revision for class knowledge tests, assessed homework and end of topic test.
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. Topic 4A: Regenerating Places.
6-7 – Economic and Social Changes in ‘Your Chosen Places’
Lessons 6-7 of 21
Knowledge quiz starter with mark scheme
Place identity
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: place identity, preserving the history, functional change and new developments, employment and population characteristics, inequalities, identity of local residents
Plenary considers human fieldwork titles and secondary data collection
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.
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 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.
Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 7: Superpowers
Lesson 6 – Global Economic Systems (IMF, WTO, subsidies, Fairtrade)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 27 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Slides content:
• Starter questions
• IGOs and theories recap
• Knowledge retrieval quiz
• Case Study – IMF in Côte d’Ivoire
• World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• Subsidies
• Agreement on Agriculture
• Fairtrade
• Anti WTO Activism
• Plenary exam question
• 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 8 – Cultural Superpowers (TNCs, imperialism, hegemony)
This is a complete lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 16 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Slides content:
• Starter questions
• Definitions
• Examples of cultural superpowers
• Brand names
• The movie industry
• Cultural imperialism
• Banal imperialism
• Hegemony
• Ranking and scaling using data from indices
• Plenary – culture and soft power
• 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 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.