I'm a Geography teacher with experience educating at various levels, ranging from mainstream schools, SEN and extra-curricular tuition. I also have experience in teaching humanities, English and PSHE topics. My resources are designed primarily as schemes of works for mainly Geographical topics with all levels considered
I'm a Geography teacher with experience educating at various levels, ranging from mainstream schools, SEN and extra-curricular tuition. I also have experience in teaching humanities, English and PSHE topics. My resources are designed primarily as schemes of works for mainly Geographical topics with all levels considered
These worksheets introduce students to the background and traditions of the Hindu ‘Festival Of Lights’, Diwali. The story of Rama and Sita explains why Diwali is celebrated and why Divas – small clay lamps – are an important part of this celebration. The students discover cultural and religious festivals where light plays an important role and discuss why these similarities have arisen.
To conclude the lesson the students can produce a collage or design a card depicting the beauty and wonderful colours of Diwali.
For resources with further detail of Hinduism and India please visit:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/hinduism-6th-10th-grade-11082714
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/india-6th-10th-grade-11082692
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This unit of work is a fun way to teach tourism and to include films in your lesson. It helps students to explore the connection between geography and media, specifically through movie-induced tourism.
First to be explored is the representation of place through books and film and the different impressions they can give to one place. The motivation of tourism is discussed through push and pull factors in relation to place, performance, and personality.
Local Area Promotion is investigated before, during and after a film’s release. We look at the impacts this can have both positively and negatively in terms of socially, economically, and environmentally on the local area. To this end a case study is completed regarding Bourne Woods, Surrey, England which is the backdrop of many major blockbusters and whether the students believe it should advertise this, in addition to its natural beauty by the Forestry Commission.
Measuring the number of tourists or visitors to some areas in respect to what led then there can be difficult and the students suggest the best procedures in collecting this information.
The unit of work concludes with the students investigating pre-existing movie tours and designing their own which is then peer-assessed.
File also includes two PowerPoints, a video, and worksheets
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This unit of work begins with how mountains are defined, where they are located and how they are formed. We look at the weather in mountainous areas and its effects on shaping mountains. We explore the human and physical influences on landslides, avalanches, and glaciers. An investigation delves into how we use mountainous areas, specifically The Alps and Atlas Mountains. This leads to exploring Everest Base Camp and the Chagga people who live on Mount Kilimanjaro.
The social, economic, and environmental impacts of visitors is discussed with a look at how negative impacts could be diminished within the Lake District. The foreign influence on the Sherpas way of life is studied. We see how plants and animals’ can adapt to life in the Andes which leads to the future of our mountains in terms of climate change and global warming.
The students build on the fieldwork techniques of interpretating photographs and field sketches with Sugarloaf Mountain and Table Mountain. This concludes with asking: “are there monsters in our mountains?” looking at evidence for and against the existence of The Yeti…
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet including annotating maps, completing flow diagrams, gathering research independently and from provided print, hands on experiments, case studies, and a peer assessment task.
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This unit of work explores England beginning with the country’s location, make up and statistics. England’s landscape is explored using the lyrics from ‘Jerusalem’ and what the students consider the be English are discussed.
England’s population is studied in terms of minorities and majorities, census information and its history to help explain this. Why people would want to move to England is explored with the benefits and problems which may arise from this. The country’s roll within the EU (European Union) and United Nations is explored.
The weather in England is looked at through the physical factors which effect it across four distinct regions, these features are also studied in relation to where people live and human features.
The makeup of the Union Jack is touched upon as well as some of the quirkier sayings from the language. England’s culture is investigated through traditional dress, dance and music, religion, sport, language, royal family, national emblems, and Saint George. The students have the opportunity to discuss and try some products produced within England.
Some of England’s more unusual famous landmarks are explored including the Angel of the North, Cheddar Gorge, Sherwood Forest, Stonehenge, Hadrian’s Wall, and Chalk Figures. In addition, how England’s landscape is used in many blockbuster films is investigated with the positive and negative aspects being considered. The beauty of England’s National Parks is appreciated with a discussion as to whether the South Down should have become one and the resulting fallout from various groups.
The booklet concludes with the students creating a touring holiday for a visiting family to specific location types. This can be differentiated by including accommodation and a travel log.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, annotating maps, their thoughts and ideas, word fills, gathering research from print, drawing, and reading graphs, recording weather, field sketch skills and decision-making exercises.
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This 39 page booklets allows the students to explore and discover the Seven Original and New Wonders of the World and Natural World through a range of different activities including individual and group tasks. Wonders include:
The Seven Natural Wonders Of The World
Grand Canyon
The Great Barrier Reef
The Harbour At Rio De Janeiro
Mount Everest
Aurora Borealis
Paricutin Volcano
Victoria Falls
The New Seven Natural Wonders Of The World
Iguazu Falls
Halong Bay
Jeju Island
Puerto Pricesa Underground River
Table Mountain
Komodo Island
Amazon Rainforest
This 15 page booklets allows the students to explore and discover the Seven Original and New Wonders of the World and Natural World through a range of different activities including individual and group tasks. Wonders include:
The New Seven Wonders Of The World
Chichen Itza
Christ The Redeemer
The Great Wall Of China
The Taj Mahal
Machu Picchu
Petra
The Roman Colosseum
This 23 page booklets allows the students to explore and discover the Seven Original and New Wonders of the World and Natural World through a range of different activities including individual and group tasks. Wonders include:
The Seven Natural Wonders Of The World
Grand Canyon
The Great Barrier Reef
The Harbour At Rio De Janeiro
Mount Everest
Aurora Borealis
Paricutin Volcano
Victoria Falls
This unit of work helps students to explore the Amazon Rainforest from the definition of what a rainforest is through to how we and others utilise it. The booklet begins by looking at the world’s biomes, their characteristics and where they are found. The difference between these and ecosystems is investigated, alongside the ecosystem diamond. What defines a rainforest is learnt through drawing and interpretating climate graphs and the nutrient cycle which runs the rainforest.
The structure of the rainforest is investigated through poetry before looking into how plants have adapted to thriving in the rainforest as well as its inhabitants, including animals and tribes’ people – The Kayapo Tribe, The Yanomami Tribe, The Matsés Tribe and The Awá Tribe. The students develop their fieldwork skills by field sketching the Iguazu Falls.
Some of the foods the rainforest provides us are explored through a taste session while other items which are commonly found at home are explored including medicines. Positive and negative impacts we have on tropical forests are discussed with the students debating which strategies would be best to use going forward.
The booklet concludes with the students being given background, the Brazilian governments plan and the effects on the areas environment for them to answer what the benefits there would be for developing the gas resources found at Urucu.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering research from print and video, interpretating poetry, drawing a storyboard, annotating maps, their thoughts, and ideas, drawing graphs and field sketches, completing word-fill paragraphs, asking and answering questions put to others, comparing lifestyles and the completion of an entertaining ‘could you survive in the rainforest?’ quiz.
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This 5 page worksheet introduced students to what we mean by endangered wildlife and the different grades this can include. It also allows them to look at the human and physical aspects which are threatening our wildlife and what is being tried to overcome this
This booklet introduces the students to some of the many tribes still found around the world, it helps them to understand their individualities, as well as their struggles and accomplishes over their harsh environment, be it the rainforest, mountains, deserts, or an island, and the ever changing modern and outside world. Tribe’s studies are:
The Kayapo Tribe
The Yanomami Tribe
The Matsés Tribe
The Awá
The Chagga People
The Sherpa People
The Quechua Tribe
The San People
The Matmata People
The Pitcairn People
The Inuit People
The Maasai Tribe
A suitable settlement site is investigated before discussing what is meant by an indigenous tribe and their locations around the world. The booklet concludes with the students creating their own tribe and explaining their various characteristics.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering research from print and video, annotating maps, their thoughts, and ideas, drawing graphs and story boards, face painting and peer assessing.
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This booklet lists important days of note or celebration throughout the year which could help with lesson planning, assemblies or tutor/registration times
If there are any dates I have missed and you feel should be included please don't hesitate to contact me and I shall add them in :-)
Case studies can appear overwhelming at first when faced with a large amount of information, particularly as this is generally needed to answer the highest mark question in an exam. This revision aid helps the students to understand the case study, condense their notes and memorise all they need to know.
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There are a number tricks of the trade to help you write and deliver a confident, convincing and persuasive speech to win over the crowd…you just need to make sure you go for a walk through A FOREST…
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Today if we want to know something we usually have the internet at our fingertips to discover it, however sometimes it’s not as straight forward therefore here are a few tricks to help use Google to its full potential.
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This 32 page booklets allows the students to explore and discover the Seven Original and New Wonders of the World and Natural World through a range of different activities including individual and group tasks. Wonders include:
The Original Seven Wonders Of The World
The Colossus Of Rhodes
The Great Pyramid Of Giza
The Hanging Baskets Of Babylon
The Lighthouse Of Alexandria
The Mausoleum At Halicarnassus
The Statue Of Zeus At Olympia
The Temple Of Artemis At Ephesus
The New Seven Wonders Of The World
Chichen Itza
Christ The Redeemer
The Great Wall Of China
The Taj Mahal
Machu Picchu
Petra
The Roman Colosseum
This worksheet booklet begins by looking at the statistics of bullying and asking the students whether anything surprises them. They are asked to identify what they believe a bully looks and sounds like, which can spark an interesting discussion. We debate what is considered bullying as well as the primary types of bullying; physical, verbal, indirect and more commonly today, cyber.
Why people bully and who they target is considered in conjunction with how a bully could be helped, and whether being a bystander makes them as responsible as the bully. Following on from discussing where to go for help and advice both in and outside of school, the students take part in a group project to act out a television or radio advert to give advice to these being bullied, these are then peer assessed.
The booklet concludes in a class debate as to whether head teachers should be able to discipline students for cyber crimes which occur outside of school.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including sharing their own thoughts and ideas from their own experiences, comparing their own ideas with others, working as a group on a collective task and assess these in an appropriate manner.
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These worksheets introduce students to the positive and negative impacts humans are having on the rainforests, and whether these are social, political, or economic. Strategies for lessening the impact on these vulnerable environments are discussed with the students debating which of these would be best going forward.
The worksheets conclude with the students being given the background context, Brazilian government’s plan, and environmental effect on the area. They then answer what benefits there could be for developing the gas resources found at Urucu.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this worksheet including gathering research from print, and annotating their thoughts and ideas.
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This worksheet explains the rainforests unique nutrient and water cycles through completing a cycle chart for the nutrient cycle and using personification to move around the water cycle.
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