A lesson applicable to KS3 & KS4 that involves map skills and place specific tasks regarding countries around the Indian Ocean. Facts are added to the map and then the lesson culminates in several questions that piece together the evidence. The lesson includes YouTube links to video explanations of tsunami formation and footage of the Boxing Day tsunami. This usually takes 2 periods.

This lesson goes through the basics; including a gapfill on background information, comprehension questions related to the gapfill worksheet and a YouTube video, latitud i s explained through diagrams and then there is a plotting exercise in which natural disasters of the 21st Century and major news stories are plotted on a map also includes answers.

A brief history of Africa focusing on colonialism. Image analysis focusing on the scramble for Africa, a tarsia of key terms, a reading activity with comprehension questions and a modern focus on the DRC and how colonialism is still impacting it today.

This lesson focuses on the reasons for the climate of Africa (Hot & dry and hot & wet). This is followed by climate graph interpretation questions. The difficulties of living in a hot and dry and environment and animal adaptations.

This document contains an assessment on a unit taught on oceans suitable for KS3 or even KS4 depending on your syllabus

CIE syllabus resources of A2 Geography, units include: Hazardous Environments Coastal Environments Economic Transition Global Interdependence Each Knowledge Organiser includes a duplicate page with gaps missing and another with chunks of text removed which can be used for revision practice. Knowledge Organisers arep posted in PDF and Publisher formats.

An introduction to tourism with definitions, tourism increase graphs, reasons for tourism increase through images and a quick quiz on famous tourist locations. One slide may need adaptation as it is specific to when I taught in Thailand.

Looking at what World Bank website to complete a table on vital rates, and then reasons for high birth rates and falling death rates.

A lesson that can be used as a case study of USA Mexico migration, looking at key terms, effects on the donor and host country and push and pull factors.

A lesson and activities exploring the reasons for UK seaside town tourism decline through YouTube and Text comprehnsions followed by a creative activity where students create a plan to rejuvenate a town. This lesson has Morecambe town related information (map & key facts) but can easily e adapted to other similar towns.

An introductory lesson to the unit of settlement looking at key terms, spheres of influence and hierarchy of services.

Looking at linear, nucleated and dispersed settlements and the factors involved in the development of a settlement.

Negatives of Tourism lesson looking at several impacts, a card sort activity where negatives are paired with their definitions and then organised in their seriousness related to different tourist locations. Students evaluate the negatives of tourism against the positives and come to their own conclusions. Creating a dos and don’ts of being a good tourism activity to finish.

An introductory lesson that looks at key term definitions eg. natural increase and also describing graph skills

Looking at the effects of overpopulation and a focus on Bangladesh, using a YouTube video by Hans Rosling with questions to grasp an understanding of the situation too. This works as a case study too.

A lesson that investigates the reasons for rural settlements developing into urban settlements looking in particular at Bangkok however, this could be adapted to whatever settlement you are teaching in.

This lesson investigates the problems of living in the CBD and solutions to tackle these.

Using Myanmar as an example case study and evaluating whether it should become a tourism hot spot based on different stake holders, students work in groups to evaluate whether their given stakeholder is in favour or against tourism and reasons why, they then share this with the class to add to a sheet that covers all stakeholders opinions. Finally, students make their own mind up and answer the enquiry question.

A lesson that investigates the reasons for population increase including birth and death rates.

A look at underpopulation in Australia, works as a case study. The main activity centres around an outline map of Australia students are given and then they use the slides to add relevant information to explain why the country is underpopulated.