Coasts: Managed Retreat

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1C: In this lesson we look at what managed retreat is and we also consider an example at Medmerry in West Sussex.

The starter is a a simple true or false quiz that is used for retrieval practice, but is easily edited. We introduce the concept of coastal management schemes first and then we explore the definition of managed retreat with a simple fill in the gap task and the pupils consider when it might be appropriate as a strategy and when not. We introduce Medmerry, the pupils write a description of it’s location before we look at the scheme and why it was needed. The pupils have a worksheet, the questions are answered whilst the pupils watch a video clip on the scheme. They then complete a visual plan map of the scheme to show how the area is flooded. We then consider the benefits and costs of the scheme in a categorising task.

We finish with a 6 mark question on the effectiveness of coastal management schemes. The pupils have some guidance on this if you feel they need it.

In a nutshell lesson includes:

Retrieval practice starter
Short tasks on definition of managed retreat and location of Medmerry.
Worksheet tasks with questions and a plan view map of the scheme.
Information categorising task on costs and benefits of the scheme.
6-mark GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it.

Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.

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