I am a Geography teacher based in Leeds who loves creating my own resources from scratch and including engaging activities to foster a love for Geography!
I am a Geography teacher based in Leeds who loves creating my own resources from scratch and including engaging activities to foster a love for Geography!
Myself and my department have worked really hard to produce this lesson guide and booklet to enable the teaching of the Unseen Fieldwork aspect to AQA Paper 3. This includes 4 lessons and a student workbook. We have used AQA 2022 guidance, the AQA textbook, as well as previous exam questions to structure the content to ensure all aspects of field work are covered.
Setting up a geographical enquiry
Collecting data
Presenting data
Analysing data and reaching conclusions
Please note we have not previously taught fieldwork content to our classes, nor completed any fieldwork element of the course.
A full SOW on Edexcel A-Level Superpowers topic. I have followed the 2016 exam board guidance to structure my scheme of work. This includes all lessons, including practice exam questions, homework tasks and challenge activities, as well as case study detail for all 3 enquiry questions. We use the Oxford (chameleon) textbook for some tasks. The sequence of lessons is as follows:
Defining superpowers
Changing patterns of power
Emerging superpowers
Superpower theories
The global economic system
International decision making
Superpowers and the environment
Superpower tensions
Changing relationships
Challenges for the future
BONUS checklist and exam questions
PLEASE NOTE- THIS SOW WAS ORINGALLY MADE FOR REMOTE LEARNING, BUT LESSONS CAN BE EASILY ADAPTED BY CHANGING A FEW WORDS ON SLIDES
Full KS3 Geography SOW on Russia. This features 12 lessons, including all worksheets/ resources, and a end of topic multiple-choice quiz assessment. All lessons have differentiated activities/ challenges. Originally aimed at Year 8 pupils but could be used widely across KS3.
This SOW contains the following lessons:
Introduction to Russia
Russia’s geography
Russia’s population
Russia’s biomes
Climate in Russia
The Russian Revolution
Conflict in the Crimea
Arctic Ambitions
Fossil Fuel Superpower
Chernobyl
Salisbury
Russia and the Environment
Mutiple-choice assessment
I am a Geography NQT currently working at a mixed 11-18 school in Yorkshire.
Full lessons and guidance for the Edexcel A-Level Geography NEA. Includes lessons on preparing, planning and writing the NEA.
Lessons include:
Introduction to the NEA
Investigation titles and research
Literature review
Methodology
Data presentation (inc. GIS)
Data analysis (inc. statistical testing)
Evaluation and conclusion
BONUS NEA FINAL CHECKLIST also included
Full KS3 Geography SOW on Hazards. This features 11 lessons, including all worksheets/ resources. There are lots of fun, interactive activities embedded within the lessons, including plate tectonics with Oreo’s, building an earthquake-proof building and earthquake drills! All lessons have differentiated activities/ challenges. Originally aimed at Year 8 pupils but could be used widely across KS3.
This SOW contains the following lessons:
What are natural hazards
Structure of the Earth
Plate tectonics
Earthquakes
Haiti Earthquake 2010
Predicting, Protecting and Planning for tectonic hazards
Earth-quake proof buildings
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Eyjafjallajökull eruption 2010
Living near volcanoes
Full Geography SOW on Asia for KS3. Comes with fully resourced lessons, including 9 lessons and a progress check using a whole class worked model
Lessons include:
Introduction to Asisa
Monsoon climate
Asia’s human features
Himalayas and glaciation
Comparing the development of Asian countries
Tourism in Thailand
India’s population
North Korea
North Korea progress check
A full SOW on Edexcel A-Level Health, Human Rights and Intervention topic. I have followed the 2016 exam board guidance and based my lessons off this. This includes all lessons, including practice exam questions, homework tasks and challenge activities, as well as case study detail for all 4 enquiry questions. We use the Oxford (chameleon) textbook for some tasks. The sequence of lessons is as follows:
Concepts of human development
Education and economic development
Health and life expectancy in LICs
Health and life expectancy in HICs
Governments and social progress
Role of IGOs
What are human rights?
ECHR and the Geneva Convention
Human rights between countries
Human rights within countries
Geopolitcal interventions
Development aid
Aid and the environment
Military aid
Measuring the success
Success of development aid
Success of miltary intervention
20 mark exam practice question
BONUS mini HHRI mock exam
A complete 10 lesson bundle of resources, with powerpoints/handouts and homework activities. I have followed the AQA GCSE specification (2016 onwards). These lessons focus on food management. Lessons can be easily adapted and differentiated as needed, but do include differentiation and challenge tasks throughout. The lesson sequence is as follows:
What are resources (including resource skittle game)
Food in the UK
Energy in the UK
Water in the UK
Global food supply
Impacts of food insecurity
Increasing food supply
Almeria case study- large-scale agricultural development
Sustainable food production
Rice-fish farming in a LIC (Indonesia)
Please note (re: previous comments), I have re-uploaded lesson 3/4 which should now allow it to be opened properly.
A complete 23 lesson bundle of resources, with powerpoints/handouts and homework activities. I have followed the AQA GCSE specification (2016 onwards). Lessons can be easily adapted and differentiated as needed, but do include differentiation and challenge tasks throughout, as well as exam style practice questions. The lesson sequence is as follows:
Introduction to development
Introduction to development
Measuring development
How do countries develop?
Demographic Transition Model
Population pyramids
Causes of uneven development
Consequences of uneven development
Reducing the development gap (intermediate tech)
Reducing the development gap (aid/ fairtrade)
Reducing the development gap (tourism)
Global issues: Nigeria
11. Intro to Nigeria
12. Industrial change in Nigeria
13. TNCs in Nigeria
14. Effects of development in Nigeria
15. Nigeria aid
16. Nigeria and the wider world
UK issues
17. UK economic change
18. Post-industrial economy
19. Environmental impacts of industry
20. Changing rural areas
21. North-South divide
22. Infrastructure improvements and HS2
23. UK and the wider world
BONUS: 2 multiple choice quizzes
A full SOW on Edexcel A-Level Regenerating Places topic. I have followed the 2016 exam board guidance to base my lessons off. This includes all lessons, including practice exam questions, homework tasks and challenge activities, as well as case study detail for all 4 enquiry questions. We use the Oxford (chameleon) textbook for some tasks. The sequence of lessons is as follows:
Thinking about place
Classifying economies
Socio-economic impacts of pay inequalities
Changing places over time
12 mark question practice on the London Docklands
Investigating change
Social identity
Feedback on the 12 mark question
Successful regions (sun belt)
Less successful regions (rust belt)
Priorities for regeneration
Engagement in local communities
Conflict in communities
Media and regeneration
Spearman’s rank
Lived experience
Government involvement
Infrastructure regeneration (HS2)
Sympathetic business environments
Urban rebranding
Rural rebranding
Players in regeneration
Measuring the success (London Olympics 2012)
Success of rural regeneration (The North Antrim Coast)
20 mark question structure and planning
BONUS EQ1, 2, 3 and 4 key word lists
A complete 15 lesson bundle of resources, with powerpoints/handouts and homework activities. I have followed the AQA GCSE specification (2016 onwards). Lessons can be easily adapted and differentiated as needed, but do include differentiation and challenge tasks throughout, as well as exam style practice questions. We use this as the first introductory topic to GCSE Geography in Y10. The lesson sequence is as follows:
What is an ecosystem?
Food webs
Global distribution of ecosystems
Characteristics of the Tropical Rainforest
Deforestation in Malaysia (case study)
Impacts of deforestation
Value of the TRF
Sustainable management of the TRF
Rainforest question retrieval grid
Desert characteristics
Desert adaptations
Opportunities in the Thar Desert (case study)
Challenges in the Thar Desert
Desertification in the Sahel region
Solutions to desertification
BONUS case study summaries
Edexcel A-Level Geography Paper 2 case study summaries for 4 topics:
Topic 3- Globalisation
Topic 4a- Regenerating Places
Topic 7- Superpowers
Topic 8a- Health, Human Rights and Intervention
Slides can be edited to fit in your own case studies
Summarised revision checklist for the Paper 2 (Human) exam for Edexcel A-Level Geography (9GE0)- based from the 2016 specification and own lesson plans. Includes case study prompts. Based on the following chosen topics:
Topic 3 Globalisation, 4A Regenerating Places, 7 Superpowers and 8A Health, Human Rights and Intervention
Case study booklet produced for my class with all our AQA GCSE case studies with summarised facts/ key points. Our case studies are below for Paper 1 and 2, but the slides can be adapted to suit own case studies.
Paper 1:
Chile Earthquake 2010
Nepal Earthquake 2015
Typhoon Haiyan 2013
Beast from the East 2018
Malaysian Rainforest
Thar Desert
Holderness Coast
River Tees
Paper 2:
NEE city: Rio de Janiero, Brazil
HIC city: London
Urban regeneration: London Olympics 2012
Nigeria, Africa
UK
Almeria, Spain: large-scale agriculture
Indonesia: rice-fish farming
A full SOW on Edexcel A-Level Globalisation topic. I have followed the 2016 exam board guidance to base my lessons off. This includes all lessons, including practice exam questions, homework tasks and challenge activities, as well as case study detail for all 3 enquiry questions. We use the Oxford (chameleon) textbook for some tasks. The sequence of lessons is as follows:
What is globalisation
The development of globalisation
Politics and economies of globalisation
National governments
Globalisation in China
Measuring globalisation
TNCs
Switched off places (North Korea and Sub-Saharan Africa)
Global shift (India and China)
De-industrialisation
Rural-urban migration
International migration
Impacts of international migration
Cultural diffusion
Cultural erosion and anti-globalisation (Papua New Guinea)
The development gap
Income inequality
20 mark question pratice
Globalised diaspora and tensions
Controlling globalisation
Physical resources in a globalised world
Sustainable globalisation
Localism and transition towns (Totnes, England)
BONUS EQ1 key word list, EQ2 homework sheet, checklist and example exam questions
A complete 19 lesson bundle of resources, with powerpoints/handouts and homework activities. I have followed the AQA GCSE specification (2016 onwards). Lessons can be easily adapted and differentiated as needed, but do include differentiation and challenge tasks throughout, as well as exam style practice questions. The lesson sequence is as follows:
What are natural hazards
Structure of the Earth
Plate tectonics
Effects of Chile and Nepal Earthquakes
Responses to Chile and Nepal Earthquakes
Living near tectonic hazards
3P’s
Global atmospheric circulation
Tropical Storms
Typhoon Haiyan
Reducing the effects of tropical storms
UK weather hazards
Britain’s wildest weather 2020 video lesson
Somerset Levels Floods 2014
Evidence of climate change
Natural causes of climate change
Human causes of climate change
Mitigating climate change
Adapting to climate change
BONUS: retriveal grid end of topic lesson AND key term glossary
4 lessons to cover/ revise some of the skills for the AQA GCSE Geography course. We used these throughout the year as refreshers with our classes. The content is as follows:
Grid references/ map skills
Direction and scale
Maths/ statistical skills
Figure skills (uses the Oxford AQA GCSE textbook)