I’ve included lots of books and research that you need to read if you’re becoming a geography teacher.
I’ve also made summaries of some of them in case you didn’t want to read the whole thing.
The main book I made a bigger document, and in the book you can find a large table that separates sections well.
These will be useful towards your assignments.
My assignments were around 78 marks.
Simple template on Y7 tectonic plates (not fully completed)
GCSE completed SOW on coasts (from a very good Bristol school - they pay trainees to have 3x meals a day and actually pay you thousands of pounds for having them as a placement - of course your placements are chosen by your university provider).
Year 8 SOW (from private institutions)
If you would like others, feel free to leave the comment under reviews and I can update the files if I have them (History and Geography mainly).
Objectives:
Recognise that the continent of Africa is made up of 54 countries.
Describe the human and physical features of the continent.
Analyse data to understand the diversity of Africa.
Addresses misconceptions and stereotypes
CLOCC locations
Africa is diverse - exam type question
Writing PEE paragraph
I included an example of a fieldwork booklet.
It is adaptable and sections can be removed depending on how much time you have.
This school was huge and they walked around separately as we had 4 buses of students.
Since we walked, I was the guide and mentioned all the prices etc.
The school is deprived so you need to address misconceptions during evaluation on whether it was successful or not as the students will think these big shops are amazing/ or unaware due to their hometown being small.
With a different school, we did the boat tour instead so they were able to easily take photos to annotate, write a lot and complete a full booklet (different to this booklet). In that booklet, the main difference was we added a map of the locations the boat goes and labelled it. Students made notes on each part. The boat tour guide may know some things, otherwise I (and you) know the information already to share. On the boat tour, you’ll see the giant boat that Bristol paid millions to move a few yards down for “regeneration” of the food shops nearby. When walking, we never saw it.
Bristol has a lot of history and original butts, cranes etc. in the area which people may not know. Things like vegetation drainage, use of brown field sites etc. I included some information for you in case you are unaware, and some articles.
With other schools, they decided to not visit Bristol.
What’s important - image
Think/ Pair/ Share
3 images to use (test)
Role play display - volunteers - builds confidence
Ceremony Script
Key words
Video
Gap fill with word bank
Challenge included
Answers available
Video
What gifts are needed notes
Rank them
Explain
Sentence starters
Draw it
title
sentence starter
Mindmap
Task - success criterion = 2 pieces of evidence per misconception
Differentiated tables - so students finish around same time/ have scaffolding
Special role - Student envoys - I use students of that religion because they can share their knowledge/ confirm other pupils answers correctly
Challenge included
Facts reading as a class
Reading of a real life person (news)
Task - Local, National, International - solutions
Adapt to YOUR school name and YOUR town. - highlighted in red on PPT - could include school logo too.
Golden rules - create alone/ or as class - religious studies is a sensitive topic as there is science and students of different religions so depending on your school and students - it could be worth mentioning/ creating some or serve as reminders.
Note: Catholic schools didn’t need any. Non-catholic schools, I used as a reminder with the behaviour policy as it is considered a serious misbehaviour if there is any discrimination (mixed student background). Usually it’s the wrong term used - so little reminders to use the word “different” rather than “weird” etc.
Retrieval MAIN
Finish previous if needed.
Intention
FLASH TECHNIQUE
students must be ready
show 1 second
discuss
now show 10 seconds
discuss
now show properly and discuss what it really is
technique gets their brain working
Black and white image only
Reading
Map
Video animation - work out why
Discuss
Reading
Storyboard
handout
gapfill story
word bank
Image with speech bubble
write what he would say
I left notes in the comments of PPT if needed.
Part 2:
Finish off if needed
Art analysis - new skills/ transferable skills
Role play learning
Students interview you (the assassin) - be prepared for questions
I included fact sheet for you in case you need some information
Note: students asked basic questions anyway (Year 8s mixed)
Learning English in real life scenarios. Adapted for in person teaching, online teaching, and telephone teaching. All worksheets, activities and powerpoints for each section are included and editable if needed. This book has been widely used for learning languages in schools.
Translated in Korean (which you can remove or adjust to another language)
For example, teaching Italian with English translations.
The translations are for students to be able to self-study and understand, with or without the help of their parents or teachers. It allows them independence if you decide that yo want them to do the work beforehand, or with you, or as homework. The page numbers make it easily referenced especially when you are teaching remotely. I usually changed 10. into competitive learning games as they were more interested.
Day/ Chapter……………………Page
Flight……………………….……….4
Post office………………………15
Cinema……………………………25
Restaurant………………………33
Shopping…………………………41
Hospital………………………….53
Guess who………………….….64
Crime………………………………72
Review…………………………….78
Free talk…………………….….79
A full 1 hour lesson. Lesson plan refers to 50 minutes but it is easily 1 hour or more depending on how much time you want to provide. I included this because you can understand each part. All sensitive information is removed. I have also included a section for a Plan B, in case the class does not go to plan.
A brief starter about each season to assess their prior knowledge and the importance of knowing this information. E.g. Would you wear a warm coat in the summer?
A merry-go-round activity with stations. This saves lots on resources as you only need 6 sheets.
Depending on the level of your class, you can remove more information, and remove the bold font as hints. Depending on your student’s knowledge, you may want to explain some things first or change some information. For example, food chains/ webs.
Recap of skills.
An exciting story to follow (promotes literacy).
Adaptable between year 7 to older by changing the story words.
Map is adaptable to change to your town/ school if you wanted.
TEA answer with gapfill to scaffold.
Concept used over a small scale.
Also available as a large scale (assuming it is a practice) to show Ebola as a real life case study.
All adaptable.
Climate graph recap
Map recap using TEA (gapfill, images and prompts)
Pairwork
Literacy task
Optional background information
Optional adjustable information for lower ability (information as hidden slides)
Silent work
Students teach each other
Comprehension
Well controlled activity
Support low ability (with more time/ prompts)
Gap fill
Worksheets
Challenge (can adapt to involve GCSE geography answers instead)
Fun and supportive class activity
Quick plenary to assess all
Arrived at Manaus (chapter 3 onwards)
Adaptations based on the story.
Literacy based.
Science included.
Worksheet available.
Homework included (unless you want to do in class. It is also differentiated if needed).