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Human Features of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
For KS3 geography, this bundle is great for Year 9 in their second term back at school, and is designed to flow with the “Physical Features of Africa Bundle”. This bundle allows students to investigate the human side of Africa with specific looks at countries as case studies with links to key geographical concepts such as development, population and slums.
This bundle contains 6 lessons that are fully resourced, with powerpoints and worksheets.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will firstly begin by identifying population densities and sparsities in different countries in Africa as well as introducing population pyramids to students to link to development. Then students will investigate the importance of Nigeria and why it is globally and nationally important. Next students will find out what development is, and why some countries are less developed than others, which will directly link to colonisation and the reason some countries struggle to develop. Then once students are clear with population and development the concept of slums is introduced and linked to favelas in Brazil and what issues these cause for the people and how to fix them
Lesson 1: The Population of Africa
Lesson 2: Nigeria and its Importance
Lesson 3: Development in Africa
Lesson 4: Colonisation of Africa
Lesson 5: Slums in Africa
Lesson 6: Solutions to Slums
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data collection and manipulation along with creation of graphs and reading OS maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Slums in Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will start by identify what a slum mean, and related this to the favelas of Year 8 that they have learned about.Then students will locate Kibera, Kenya globally, nationally and locally. Then students will identify which of the effect of population growth is the worst for people living in slums and why. Finally students will attempt their first high tariff 6 mark question, this will be done in a writing frame with lots of teacher guidance for support.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Identify the features of a slum and how it relates to favelas in Brazil.
Task 2: Describe the location of Kibera, Kenya.
Task 3: Explain the main challenges faced by those living in slums
Task 4: Identify which is the biggest challenge and why.
Task 5: Exam Question: Explain two issues you have studied in an urban settlement (6 marks)
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Mapping South America using GIS - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the location of the continent of South America using longitude and latitude, then describe the physical features of South America that are present. Finally students will log into laptops and use the worksheet provided to produce a GIS map of the different physical features of South America along with annotations of their maps and what they see.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Description of South America using longitude and latitude.
Task 2: Describing the physical features using compass points in South America
Task 3: Main Task: Using GIS online students will create a map with different physical features present in South America
Task 4: Plenary: Home Learning on the physical features of South America (On last slide of powerpoint)
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
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Human Features of Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
An introductory topic for KS3 Year 7 about the human features of Europe including the countries in Europe, the European Union, along with its positives and negatives, Brexit and migration and migrant crisis in Europe.
This bundle contains 5 lessons that are fully resourced.
Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately identify where Europe is, along with several counties and seas contained within it. Then students will be taught what the EU is, when it formed and the positives and negatives of the Eu along with why the UK chose to leave. Finally students will learn the different types of migration and explaining the migrant crisis currently happening in Europe.
Lesson 1: Location of Europe
Lesson 2: Introduction to the EU
Lesson 3: Positives and Negatives of the EU
Lesson 4: Migration in Europe
Lesson 5: The Migrant Crisis in Europe
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation, map skills, and climate graph interpretation.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Case Study of River Aire - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the River Aire. Students will learn about the source and mouth of the river along with the erosional and depositional features found along the river.
Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson.
Task 2: Geography Skills: Using an OS map identify the 6 figure grid reference of Janet’s Foss and other features of the upper course.
Task 3: In 5 steps explain how Janet’s Foss has formed and what features will be left behind.
Task 4: Students to use an OS map to identify any meanders on the OS map and watch videos to explain how meanders form and where floodplains along the River Aire is located.
Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggests how this feature along the River Aire at Woodlesford has formed (6 marks).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words.
Task 5: Plenary - Link Up Learning- Link the information in today’s lesson to other lessons on previous topics.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
York Flood Management Scheme - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the flood management scheme in York, Yorkshire. Students will find out, why the scheme is needed, what the scheme entails and the social, economic and environmental impacts of the scheme.
Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson.
Task 2: Identify the location of York in England.
Task 3: Students to read through information about why York floods so often.
Task 4: On a map of York students write on it where the scheme is used and what type of management strategy is used.
Task 5: Annotate the benefits and costs of the management scheme
Task 6: Main Task - Practice exam questions- "Using a UK Flood Management Scheme you have studied, argue to what extent this management scheme has been successful (9+3).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words.
Task 5: Plenary - Opinion Line, students to consider the statement and stand on a continuum line in the room.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Chernobyl, What Happened? - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to accurately locate Chernobyl and be able to discuss the time-line of events that led to the Chernobyl disaster. Students will begin to look at the magnitude of the event and the effects of the disaster.
Task 1: Starter- True or False- Knowledge recap of previous learning
Task 2: Located Ukraine/ Chernobyl on maps
Task 3: Watch various clips about Chernobyl
Task 4: Sort the effects of Chernobyl into social, economic and environmental effects
Task 5: Choose which of the effects are most significant and why.
Task 6: Main Task:Outline what happened in Chernobyl, identify which effect is most significant and describe its size, severity and length of time.
Task 7: Plenary: Write a sentence about how they, thought, liked, hated, wanted to learn more.
Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet.
Heathrow Expansion - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the transport infrastructure in the UK, specifically about the Heathrow Expansion along with the stakeholders, the positives and negatives of the expansion and finally the social, economic, environmental and political factors.
Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Draw 4 diagrams to show the formation of headlands and bays.
Task 2: Geographic Skills: Description of Location - Describe where Heathrow is
Task 3: Geographic Skills: Comparison of information - Compare Heathrow airport to its international rivals.
Task 4: Watch the video and make notes on the Heathrow expansion.
Task 5: Label which opinion is for or again the expansion, then categorise the stakeholders into social, economic, political and environmental. Then rank them into most and least important arguements.
Task 6: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “‘Changes to the UK transport infrastructure are predicted to be beneficial’ To what extent do you agree (9 marks)"
High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help.
Task 7: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays as questions will be coming next week.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
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Changing Economic World - UK Case Study - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)
An introductory topic for KS4 geography about the changing economic world of the UK. This will include how employment structure has changed through time, how industry affects the environment along with changes to rural areas and transport infastructure.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will be able to accurately
outline how/ why the UK’s employment has changed. Investigate the change in rural areas due to population increase and decrease. How Heathrow’s expansion can be a benefit and a drawback along with the UK’s connections to countries in the wider world.
Lesson 1: Changing Employment Structure in the UK
Lesson 2: Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment
Lesson 3: Changing Rural Landscapes in the UK
Lesson 4: North-South Divide in England
Lesson 5: Changing UK Transport Infrastructure
Lesson 6: Heathrow Expansion
Lesson 7: UK’s Connection to the Wider World
Lesson 8: The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation and interpretation along with graph analysis.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Positives of urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students to recap on urbanisation and identify the ways that it could bring positives to Rio. Students will investigate Rochina and if this has been a benefit to the area.
Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning
Task 2: Identify the positives and negatives of urbanisation
Task 3: Main Task - Primary Assessment - Explain how increasing urbanisation affects the urban people of Brazil.
Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - What have we learnt about Rio, summarise?
Lesson 5 out of 8
Global Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the distribution of global inequalities, a look into why global inequalities have occurred and long form written assessment at the end to assess students comprehension.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: On white boards students to come up with reasons why some countries develop better than others.
Task 3: Read through the different reasons for global inequalities on the worksheet and PowerPoint slides.
Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing assessment- students to discuss why development is important to developing countries and how countries develop unequally.
Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to help countries develop equally.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Ice Age and the Effects on Earth - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to define what a glacial and interglacial period is along with the conditions of each. They will also interpret graphs to show the glacial/interglacial cycle on Earth and describe the extent of ice during the last Ice Age. Students will then investigate the causes of the Ice Age and how humans survived the conditions.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: Students describe the Earth’s climate over the past 450,000 years by interpreting a graph.
Task 3: Using the map of Earth students are to describe the extent of ice during the Ice Age.
Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe the last Ice Age and its effects on Earth, using success criteria.
Task 5: Plenary: Why is our planet not able to enter an Ice Age currently? Would we adapt now to an Ice Age? How would we adapt?
The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Animals of the Ice Age - Megafauna KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe what megafauna are, what their adaptations were during the Ice Age and how they came to be extinct.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: Using the worksheet students are to describe the features of the animal and explain how its features help to adapt to the conditions of the Ice Age.
Task 3: Make notes about the extinction of the Giant Ground Sloth
Task 4: Main Task: Primary Assessment, describe how our climate has changed. (Sentence starters, PEEL structure provided and Success Criteria)
Task 5: Plenary: Why is our climate temperate when we are on the same latitude as Russia?
The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Climate Change: Human Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the human causes of climate change. An introduction to the human-enhanced greenhouse effect, and how the greenhouse gases humans contribute increase this factor unnaturally. Breaks the GHG content into how the world produces emissions.
Task 1: Starter - Five Quick Questions - A quick recap on what students have previously learnt.
Task 2: Students to identify the graph they have previously seen but identify the “hockey-stick” curve.
Task 3: Students glue the sheet in their books and explain the greenhouse effect in 20 words. then look at the two global heat maps and identify countries that are most at risk of rising temperatures.
Task 4: Describe how two human activities can contribute to climate change (4 marks).
Task 5: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Evaluate the extent to which human factors are responsible for climate change. With reference to a named example, evaluate the extent to which you agree with this statement.
.” (9+3spag)
Task 6: Evaluate the extent to which human factors are responsible for climate change.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Taiga Forest Threats - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
In this lesson students will be able to state 4 or more threats to the taiga forest and explain why they are occurring. Then they will understand the social, economical and environmental factors that are involved in deforestation. The final task will be a form of formative assessment where students will bring all their knowledge to complete this.
Task 1: Starter: True or False
Task 2: Identification of different causes of deforestation
Task 3: Advantages and disadvantages of deforestation in the taiga
Task 4: Main Task- “Describe the characteristics of Russia and assess the threat to Russian biomes” (9 marks)
Task 5: Plenary: Tweet about it
Plants and Animals In Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students during this lesson will be able to accurately describe the characteristics of the taiga forest and its vegetaion. Then will be able to create their own climate graphs that show the taiga. Finally students will be able to identify plants and animals found in the taiga forest and how they have adapted to the conditions.
Task 1: Starter- Knowledge recall
Task 2: Describe the climate of the taiga
Task 3: Create your own climate graph of the taiga
Task 4: Interpret your climate graph
Task 5: Adaptation to climate or lack of sunlight
Task 6: Main Task: Explain how vegetation and animals have adapted to the taiga using named examples.
Task 7: Plenary: Knowledge Noughts and Crosses
Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet
Development in Afghanistan - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the location of Afghanistan, outline how conflict can affect development of a country and will finally explain in a mini essay how geography in the Middle East and conflict is linked.
Task 1: Starter- Recall Activity
Task 2: Define key words
Task 3: Locate Afghanistan
Task 4: Describe bar graph of development of Afghanistan
Task 5: Explain how geography in the Middle East and conflict are linked
Using a compass - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to use a compass, why we use compass directions and then how to apply compass directions to find places. This lesson also comes with an assessment at the end to test student’s knowledge of previous skills lessons.
Task 1: Starter -Recap the previous lessons and answer questions about them.
Task 2: Identity which students know the four-point compass directions and then the eight-point compass to stretch students.
Task 3: Discussion on why we use north orientated maps instead of other orientations.
Task 4: Complete a worksheet using compass directions and identifying what characters they end up at.
Task 5: Main Task - Secondary Assessment- using an atlas to answer all the questions on the worksheet, this puts all the skills students have previously acquired and puts them to use identifying places in an atlas.
Task 6: Plenary
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Climate Change Effects in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to define the enhanced greenhouse effect, then identify the effects of climate change in the UK, rank which is the most impactful and justify why. Then students will evaluate is the government is doing enough to help tackle climate change.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: Identify the effects of climate change on the UK.
Task 3: Rank the effects of climate change on the UK from most significant to least significant.
Task 4: Read through the statements on the worksheet and evaluate if the UK government is doing enough.
Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the effects of climate change on the UK
Task 5: Plenary: What are the challenges with responding to climate change as a low-income country?
The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Cartography - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on what cartography is, how maps are created, what features are needed in maps and why they are important.
Task 1: Starter - Identify the human or physical features
Task 2: Students to mind map what maps are and how many maps they can think of
Task 3: Students look through the different types of map about Cramond Island and what they think is the positives and negatives of each.
Task 4: Students identify different types of maps and explain what it is used for.
Task 5: Main Task - Students to answer 7 questions about which map is the best and why
Task 6: Plenary - Sleeping gophers game related to different types of maps.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **