I have been a teacher now for 14 YEARS. I have been Head of Geography and Head of Humanities, overlooking both the History and Geography departments. My passion is making engaging and thought-provoking lessons which aim to inspire and promote my subjects not only amongst the pupils but the wider school.
My lessons are designed to be dyslexia friendly.
Twitter: @teachgeogblog
I have been a teacher now for 14 YEARS. I have been Head of Geography and Head of Humanities, overlooking both the History and Geography departments. My passion is making engaging and thought-provoking lessons which aim to inspire and promote my subjects not only amongst the pupils but the wider school.
My lessons are designed to be dyslexia friendly.
Twitter: @teachgeogblog
A short 6 lesson topic taught to Y7/8 students on the problem with plastic pollution.
5A: Oceans as Global Ecosystems
5B: Increasing Plastic Waste
5C: Plastic UK Waterways
5D: Plastic Oceans
5E: Great Pacific Garbage Patch
5F: Midway Island- Albatross
A full scheme of lessons, resources, Knowledge Organiser and Assessment.
We teach 2hr lessons so each lesson will take between 1-2hrs
Lesson 1: The Geography of North America
Lesson 2: Natural Hazards in North America
Lesson 3: The San Andreas Fault
Lesson 4: San Andreas Film- Fact or Fiction?
Lesson 5 and 6: Mexico/USA Migration
Lesson 7: Impacts of Migration + Assessment
Assessment
Working from Home Booklet
A Christmas 2020 quiz with 10 rounds
Answer Sheet also attached.
Rounds:
ROUND 1: NAME THE 2020 FILM
ROUND 2: NAME THE 2020 SONG + ARTIST
ROUND 3: NAME THE CHRISTMAS COVERED CELEB
ROUND 4: THIS YEAR IN PICTURES
ROUND 5: WORD RIDDLES
ROUND 6: CHRISTMAS CATCHPHRASE
ROUND 7: CHRISTMAS TV SPECIALS
ROUND 8: CHRISTMAS TRIVIA
ROUND 9: CHRISTMAS PAST
ROUND 10: FIND THE CHRISTMAS ITEMS
TIE BREAKER
10 FULLY RESOURCED LESSONS
Lesson 1: Global Atmospheric Circulation Model
Lesson 2: Tropical Storms
Lesson 3: Case Study: Typhoon Haiyan
Lesson 4: Reducing the effects of a tropical storm
Lesson 5: UK Weather
Lesson 6: Case Study UK Extreme Weather- 2022 Heatwave
Lesson 7: Evidence for Climate Change
Lesson 8: Natural causes of climate change
Lesson 9: Human causes of climate change
Lesson 10 (2 lessons): Mitigation and Adaptation of Climate Change
Pictures show preview of 22 page PDF with links to editable lesson resources (all available in the bundle).
This is a digital product which compromises of 10 chapters of teaching aids, with direct links to over 70 editable lesson ideas which can be copied into already established lesson plans.
I have produced this document to aid teachers at all stages of their career, a refresher for those established, well qualified educators to the new young generation of teachers looking for a selection of ‘how-to’s’ when beginning a career as dynamic as ours! This document has over 90 ‘hacks’, most can take you to editable documents/PowerPoints to help you add them to already established lessons. Simply click on the picture icon next to the idea and open hyperlink.
The chapters covered are:
- Mastering Marking
- Starter Solutions
- Perfect Plenaries
- Provision 4 Progress
- Quality Questioning
- Choose 2 Challenge
- Supporting SEND
- Revision Remedies
- Literacy/Numeracy Aids
- Lesson Planning
Zip Folder includes:
PDF of Teaching and Learning ‘Hacks’ which includes all hyperlinks
77 editable lesson ideas including: PowerPoints (69), Word Documents (4) and Publisher Documents (4)
Its back again! The annual Christmas Quiz with old favourites and new rounds!
62 points available and an additional 10 points for tie-breaker!
Round 1: Name the 2022 Film
Round 2: Name the 2022 Song and Artist
Round 3: Name the Christmas covered celeb
Round 4: This year in pictures
Round 5: Spot the difference
Round 6: Name the Christmas City
Round 7: Guess the Carol from the Emojis
Round 8: Guess the language
Round 9: Christmas General Knowledge
Round 10: Christmas Numeracy Game
An Additional 10 point Tie-breaker round (can be added as an additional round)
An editable PowerPoint
An Editable Answer Sheet
Over 200 5* reviews of previous years quizzes!
How to be an effective marker not an over-marker.
A CPD Session planned to show Geography teachers (can be adapted for other subject areas) how to cut down on marking workload. These are successful strategies I have used.
Go to https://twitter.com/teachgeogblog for more lesson ideas and marking strategies.
Credit for the 5minute marking plan @TeacherToolkit
Image credits slide added.
A topic designed to support the sustainability element of the KS3 Geography curriculum.
New topics added:
Lesson 1/2 Global Fashion Industry
Lesson 3: The Aral Sea Mystery
Lesson 4: The Geography of Disease
Lesson 5: The Geography of the CVD-19 pandemic
Lesson 6: The Global reaction to the pandemic
Lesson 7: The Link between globaliosation and CVD-19
Knowledge Organiser
Working From Home Booklet
An assessment which has 20 multiple choice questions on the KS3 curriculum and an extended writing piece based on this unit.
71 QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR CLASSES GEOGRAPHY AND THANKSGIVING KNOWLEDGE.
The Rounds:
Round 1: Where is the Thanksgiving Turkey (10 questions)
Round 2: General Thanksgiving Knowledge (Multiple Choice) (10 questions)
Round 3: Geography General Knowledge (a hard one- no multiple choice- allow thinking time for this one!) (10 questions)
Round 4: US States Quiz Questions (15 questions)
Round 5: Thanksgiving Food (16 questions)
Round 6: Thanksgiving Anagrams (20 questions)
Team Sheet
A Christmas 2019 quiz with 10 rounds
Answer Sheet also attached.
Rounds:
ROUND 1: NAME THE 2019 FILM
ROUND 2: NAME THE 2019 SONG + ARTIST
ROUND 3: NAME THE CHRISTMAS COVERED CELEB
ROUND 4: THIS YEAR IN PICTURES
ROUND 5: WORD RIDDLES
ROUND 6: CHRISTMAS CATCHPHRASE
ROUND 7: CHRISTMAS TV SPECIALS
ROUND 8: CHRISTMAS TRIVIA
ROUND 9: CHRISTMAS PAST
ROUND 10: FIND THE CHRISTMAS ITEMS
TIE BREAKER
6 ROUNDS, 55 QUESTIONS AND A TEAM SHEET READ BELOW FOR ROUND TITLES!
Round 1: Where in the world is the pumpkin? [Country]
Round 2: Halloween General Knowledge (Multiple Choice)
Round 3: Name the Celebrity Pumpkin Carving
Round 4: Name the Halloween Spooky Film
Round 5: Halloween Sweets
Round 6: Halloween Anagrams
IT’S BACK… for the 5th year in a row!
Brand new rounds and all new questions!
Round 1: Name the 2021 Film
Round 2: Name the 2021 Song and Artist
Round 3: Name the Christmas Covered Celeb
Round 4: This Year in Pictures
Round 5: Elf on the Shelf
Round 6: Christmas Anagrams
Round 7: Christmas TV Specials
Round 8: Christmas Films Trivia
Round 9: Christmas General Knowledge
Round 10: Christmas Memory Game
A Tie Breaker round with 10 additional questions.
The following topics are covered in 8 large PowerPoints.
End of Topic Revision Lesson and Tasks.
Each include a set of Review Questions and Answers.
4.2.2.1 Circular flow of income
4.2.2.2 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
4.2.2.3 Determinants of Aggregate demand
4.2.2.4 Aggregate demand and the level of economic activity
4.2.2.5 Determinants of SRAS
4.2.2.6 Determinants of LRAS