7-8 Nation States and Borders (Migration, Edexcel, A Level, 9GEO)

Edexcel / Pearson. Topic 8B: Migration, Identity and Sovereignty.
7-8 Nation States and Borders (Ethnic composition, national borders, contested borders, case studies)

This is a double lesson in one powerpoint.
There are 33 slides in total with varied activities keep students’ attention.
Skills required for Paper 3 are embedded.
Answers for tasks are included to use for peer/self marking, to save teacher time.

Slides content:
• Starter knowledge quiz with answers
• Defining a nation state
• Wagah border ceremony – India and Pakistan
• Skills task – analysis of ethnic composition on a divided bar chart
• Iceland and Singapore case studies
• Data for students to produce their own divided bar chart
• National borders – natural features (rivers, lakes, mountains)
• National borders – human features (colonial history, political intervention)
• Students annotate a blank world map to explain national borders in each continent
• Rwanda case study – Berlin conference, genocide
• Contested borders and conflict – Ukraine, Taiwan
• Video – ‘Is Taiwan part of China?’
• Practice exam question (20 marks) with mark scheme and two example plans
• Plenary - summary task
• Extension – time lapse video of borders in Europe over 1000 years
• Matched content from the specification
• Teacher’s information slides on text books and homework

HANDOUT 1 – divided bar chart for annotation
HANDOUT 2 – blank world map for annotation

SUPPORTING RESOURCES: ‘Migration Resource Pack – Study notes, homework booklet, mark schemes, end of topic assessment and scheme of work with case studies list (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.