This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning.
This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at colonisation and how it has impacted Africa even today. Students will learn that Africa is a rich continent in terms of resources but how its history and even present day politics are limiting Africa’s potential.
This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities.
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Fully annotated score for Toto’s Africa. Perfect for EDUQAS GCSE Music. Use as a teaching aid or revision resource.
*Please note: This is resource contains a hand annotated score for Africa only. *
This resource can be purchased alongside exam questions for both Africa and Badinerie in the full EDUQAS GCSE Music exam pack. Find the annotated score for Africa AND Badinerie in the Teacher’s Answer Book. Get the full pack here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-music-exam-question-booklet-13194540
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A full Scheme of Work for the topic of Africa for KS3.
There are 10 lessons complete with worksheets and print outs for each lesson.
There is attached a SOW, key word print out, learning log and an SEN booklet to follow the lessons.
The lesson titles are;
What are the misconceptions of Africa?
What is the physical geography of Africa?
What is the pattern of climate and biomes in Africa?
How does Africa’s past shape its present?
How does development vary in Africa?
Is population change in Africa a blessing or a curse?
Why are African’s migrating to Europe?
How does tectonic activity affect the DRC?
How can extreme weather impact Mozambique?
What does the future hold for Africa?
Every lesson has a learning objective and three check points.
Every lesson has a ‘Do Now’ that refers back to the previous lesson.
Every lesson has ‘green pen’ answers for students to feedback their work.
The SEN Booklet is to follow every lesson to adapt to lower abilities.
This resource contains everything you need to teach ‘A Passage to Africa’. Based on the Edexcel GCSE/IGCSE English Language curriculum, but easily adaptable to any curriculum that you teach, this product contains:
59 Editable Google Slides with notes on each slide containing tips for how to use the information for different classes (editable links can be found in the product info booklet)
Interactive quizzes and activities with answer keys included
Printable PDF versions of all activities
Engaging starter activity
Definitions and examples for 7 literary techniques used in the extract
Detailed annotations of language and structure for the whole extract
Comprehension quiz on the text with answer key
Practice exam questions based on the Edexcel GCSE/IGCSE English Language exam (question 4) but easily adaptable to any other curriculum
Exam question structure, rubric, plan and paragraph improvement activity
Question 5 comparison with ‘A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat’ - rubric, planning table, paragraph structure & example
Model full mark essay based on Edexcel GCSE/IGCSE English Language Exam Paper 1 Question 5
Optional creative activities based on text, designed to develop skills in preparation for the transactional writing component of the exam - can be used as extension or homework
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iGCSE English Language – A Passage to Africa
Guided Annotation
This accessible and exam-focused resource supports students studying “A Passage to Africa” by George Alagiah, a key non-fiction text from the iGCSE English Language anthology. It includes guided annotations that help students meet key assessment objectives with confidence:
AO1 – Supports students in selecting and interpreting relevant information, ideas, and perspectives from the text,
AO2 – Helps students understand and analyse how Alagiah uses language and structural devices to convey meaning and achieve his purpose.
This resource features targeted scaffolding, making it ideal for differentiation across a range of abilities. It also includes challenge questions designed to develop perceptive thinking, encouraging students to think critically and deepen their analysis.
Whether you’re guiding students through first encounters with the text or reviewing it ahead of exams, this resource builds the key analytical skills required for iGCSE success.
Perfect for revision for upcoming exams!
FREE: Try our free guided annotation for, ‘The Danger of a Single Story’ first to see if you like this style of resource:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13249368
OR, try our FREE iGCSE Revision Workbook for ‘The Danger of a Single Story’.
Includes more substantial guided annotations, close word analysis, PETAL paragraph guidance and example:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13209350
**EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO
LESSON 1 - STRUCTURE
20-page PPT and accompaniying PDF workbook.
First in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto.
Lesson 1 focusses on structure, getting students to listen closely to the song, to deduce the different sections, and looks at grouping the sections together by key.
Riff A is broken down into different parts with a practical exercise, and there are comparison exercises between the Verse and Chorus, looking at different musical elements.
There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning.
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EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO
LESSON 3 - HARMONY AND TONALITY
26-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook.
Third in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto.
Lesson 3 focusses on Harmony and Tonality, looking at the chord sequences of the Verses, Choruses, comparing and contrasting them.
There is discussion of slash chords, and extended harmony, and clear examples are given, alongside numerous mini-tests.
There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning.
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Africa by Toto - Revision Guide
7-page revision guide
Eight questions, to consolidate students’ knowledge
All the key points about this set-work, summarised on one 7-page revision guide.
No superfluous information - just the stuff the students need to know for the exam!
Formatted in the style of a student’s revision booklet, with sticky notes, to encourage familiarity and engagement.
Each page covers a new section of the song:
Intro
Verse 1
Chorus 1 & 2
Verse 2
Instrumental Solo
Chorus 3 (&4)
Outro
Each page has musical examples, and clear labelling to ensure that students are ready to answer any question on this set work.
Following this, there are seven 6-mark questions (ie half the marks in the exam), one for each section and one 8-mark General Knowledge at the end, totalling 50 marks.
The bundle includes the full document, plus the three sections (revision, tests, mark scheme) separately, in case you want to set it remotely.
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Set of worksheets to learn about Africa, the African savannah and different groups of most popular African animals. Can be used as shared reading activities (Literacy)
• Africa – to know about the African continent: text followed by questions
• A Map of Africa – to know the names of seas and oceans around Africa and most well known features: label names
• Where is the African Savannah? – to know where the savannah is situated among other areas : colour areas
• Seasons – to know how seasons affect the environment and animals: text, colouring, questions
• African Savannah Animals - to know what is found in the savannah: text with blanks (use word bank to complete)
• Looking For Food – to know the groups of animals that live in the savannah: text followed by questions
• Predator or Prey? – to know which animals are hunted by others: circle the predator in each pair of animals
• Diets, Animal Groups – to know which animals are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores: complete table
• Diets, Animal Groups (easier) – to know which animals are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores: circle animal pictures in different colours
• What’s For Dinner, Food Chain – to know that plants and animals are part of a food chain, and who eats what: label animals and plants in the correct order
• An African Animal – to describe in details an animal: illustrate and use word bank to label body parts and complete sentences
• What Do You Know About The African Savannah? – use word bank
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Students will be able to recap the difference between weather and climate then identify the different climates of Africa. Students then learn the three components that affect biome distribution. Then using four different climate graphs of different countries in Africa students cement their knowledge through 4 different questions. Finally students will investigate the animals and plants that are adapted to two places of contrasting climate, e.g. Egypt and DRC.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the area that receives the most direct sunlight
Task 2: Describe the different climate areas in Africa using latitude
Task 3: Analyse four different climate graphs of contrasting areas in Africa
Task 4: Main Task: Compare the adaptation of the plants and animals of two different climates in two countries in Africa
Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
A lesson for the topic of Africa. Ideal for Years 7 to 9. Previously taught in a 1hr lesson and given GRADE 1: OUTSTANDING during a formal lesson observation. In this lesson, pupils must explore densely and sparsely populated regions of Africa in the 'odd one out' game, before using Egypt and Libya as example for the variation in population densities across the Northern coast of the Continent. Main activity is a set of questions around Egypt's population densities. Includes an optional homework.
Notes exploring why Africa was decolonised, how it happened and the role of the OAU etc in the process. A speaking and listening activity with rubric, a classwork activity, and a test with memo.
EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO
LESSON 2 - INSTRUMENTATION AND RHYTHM
34-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook.
Second in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto.
Lesson 2 focusses on Instrumentation and Rhythm, looking at the usual, and more unusual instruments used in the song, such as recorder, marimba and gong. Clear examples and videos of each are given.
The numerous rhythms features are presented clearly, with practical exercises to help students understand cross-rhythms and syncopation.
There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning.
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A question sheet/quiz sheet for students to complete whilst watching David Attenborough- Africa. Episode 3- The Congo.
An Answer sheet is also provided.
It is fully editable
This is a PowerPoint version of the full, accurate, detailed analysis of Africa by Toto, available on TES as a PDF.
It covers all aspects of the song Africa, part of the Eduqas GCSE Music syllabus.
Harmony, arrangement, voicings, structure - everything is explained in accessible detail, with bespoke musical examples unavailable elsewhere (except the PDF, of course!).
Written in conjunction with the Ten Sample Listening Tests (available on TES) and the Full Score (available on Sheet Music Plus, for copyright reasons).
A pack of TEN sample listening assessments, formatted in the manner of Eduqas, complete with mark scheme, timings, and YouTube links.
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Africa Set Work Revision Activities for Eduqas GCSE Music
50 knowledge-based revision tasks for the Africa Set Work, as examined in the Eduqas GCSE Music Appraising exam. Topics include musical features, score analysis, keywords and definitions, contextual information, related music theory, and exam-style questions.
Having a secure knowledge and understanding of the set works is essential in achieving success in the Appraising exam. Just as you wouldn’t sit an English Literature exam without studying the required texts beforehand, you shouldn’t go into a Music exam not knowing the set works. After all, the set works account for 25% of the marks available, which can make a huge difference to final grades!
Designed to take no longer than 10 minutes to complete each task, these revision activities make a perfect addition to lessons in the run up to the Appraising exam: Do Now activities, revision lessons, cover work, home learning tasks, independent revision, and so on.
An interactive document, page 2 provides a menu linked to each revision activity. Clicking the task number on each page then returns you to the home page. Why not choose a number at random to really test your students’ knowledge!
An answer pack is also included.
If you like this product, be sure to also consider these revision packs:
100 Knowledge-based Revision Tasks: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-gcse-music-100-revision-tasks-13213489
50 Badinerie Revision Tasks: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-gcse-music-badinerie-set-work-revision-pack-13226305
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A test consisting of 20 questions for GCSE students to take once they have studied George Alagiah’s ‘A Passage to Africa’ extract (Pearson Edexcel iGCSE).
A quiz for the topic of Africa. Ideal for Years 7 to 9. Previously used for around 20 minutes in a 1hr lesson. Completely FREE. This quiz recaps the learning from the first five lessons of the series:
1. Where is Africa?
2. Perceptions of Africa.
3. The Colonisation of Africa.
4. Population densities of Africa.
5. Physical feature of Africa.
The final couple of questions are about biomes. If you have studied biomes then you can keep the questions in, if not then remove them and make the quiz out of 20/21 rather than 25.
Use however you wish and enjoy!