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
Living within the freezing Arctic Circle isn’t everyone’s idea of home, however about 4 million people do, with 400,000 of these having indigenous origins. These worksheets look specifically at the Inuit People’s homes, involving building a sugar cube igloo, their clothing, beliefs, and how to encourage future generations keep their traditions alive.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within these worksheets, including, gathering research from video, drawing a story board, annotating their thoughts, and ideas.
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Many Hindus practice meditation and yoga to help them achieve moksha. It involves extreme self-discipline over the mind and body using different exercises. There are various types of yoga which Hindus believe will aid their union with Brahman.
This worksheet looks at three different types of yoga Hindus use and the students discuss how they think these help them.
National Parks are under increasing pressure to attract visitors to them however these visitors bring both negative and positive impacts to the countryside and residents.
These worksheets look at some of the negative impacts visitors can have on National Parks, whether they are social, economical or environmental, and the possible solutions to these.
Hindus believe we are reincarnated after death in accordance with how we have lived our lives. They believe the cycle of birth, death and rebirth can be broken many ways, for example karma and practising meditation and yoga.
Using these worksheets, the students will discuss what they believe happens to us after we die - which can lead to an interesting conversation as students air their different views – and look at karma and three different types of yoga practised by Hindus.
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High in the Andes Mountains of South America live the Quechua tribe. They live by farming potatoes, barley and maize, as well as other crops. They keep cattle, sheep, chickens and…llamas. Llamas are close cousins of camels, minus the hump, and come in very handy for riding and carrying heavy loads.
These worksheets have the students explore how llamas and the Quechua Tribes have adapted to their environment and how, with our changing climate, the llamas and Quechue could continue to adapt.
Matmata is a small Berber speaking town in southern Tunisia with a population of about 2,226 who live in traditional underground structures. This type architecture is based on localized needs and construction materials, and reflecting local traditions. It evolves over time to reflect the environmental, cultural, technological and historical content in which it exists. These methods can often be dismissed as crude and unrefined.
These worksheets have the students explore the Matmata People’s homes and debate whether having a Star Wars picture filmed at the location would have a positive ro negative affect on their lives.
The most endangered tribe in the world live deep in the Amazon rainforest, they are an ancient group of around 400 who carry everything they own; their children, their weapons and their pets. These people are so close to being wiped out forever that they are kept safe, away from the modern world. As a result, very few people have ever met the Awá.
These worksheets have the students gather information from a video and use it to explain the plight and rescue of the Awa Tribe.
The Chagga people have lived on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro for hundreds of years, they believe the mountain is holy and treat it with respect. However, since the area was given National Park status in 1970 there has been a sharp increase in hikers.
These worksheets have the students imagining they run a local primary school, however the families struggle to afford the uniforms, shoes, books and lunches which result in many children not attending. Their task is to decide how best to use aid money to help try double attendance to the school.
This lesson allows students to identify different fruits and vegetables which originate from India. They sample the foods and give a detailed description of specific fruits. They also have the opportunity to compare differences between ours and traditional Indian meal times
As India is such a large country it’s not surprising to find that the climate varies from place to place and that these variations have different impacts of people’s lives.
These worksheets help students to understand climate graphs, how to read and draw them. They also give them a chance to develop their own graph and peer mark eachothers ideas with supporting comments.
The culture of a group of people is their way of life. It includes their customs, hobbies, foods, fashions, beliefs and traditions; these are dependent of the country they live in, family background, sex and age. Many parts of the world are multicultural which means many different groups of people live alongside one another as a result of moving to new areas to live ad bringing their cultures with them.
This is a chance for your students to get out of your seats and, sensibly, move around the classroom gathering evidence with their classmates to learn about India’s culture.
In the late 19th century, Japan, Britain and America gained footholds on the Chinese coast as bases for their trade with China and the Orient. Russia needed to secure a foothold in the east as well as securing the vast expanses of Siberia, so in 1891 Tsar Alexander III approved a plan for a trans-continental line linking Moscow and St Petersburg with Vladivostok on the Pacific coast, as this was the only year-round ice-free port in Russia.
These worksheets allow the students to study the Trans-Siberian railway, study its timeline and produce a suitable logo an slogan which could be used to advertise the journey.
Due to Russia’s vast size and compact shape its climate spans many environments, European Russia and Asian Russia have continental climates; apart from the extreme southeast and the northern tundra.
These worksheets look at four locations within Russia and learn how to draw climate graphs and how to read them
These worksheets look at the Russian language and the others which are spoken within the country as well as the religions and ethnic groups which make up the people
These worksheets help students learn about the history of the Winter Palace in Russia through a wordfill exercise and develop the skill of field sketching
After the atrocities of the Second World War (millions of Jews were killed and many others) some countries got together and decided that something like that could not happen again. They formed the United Nations. The United Nations drew up a list of basic Human Rights (1948) that everyone should be entitled to – this is called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
These worksheets help the students to discuss what they consider essential to living and compare their thoughts to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. In addition they look in detail at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and discuss whose responsibility it is to uphold these
This 32 page booklet gives students the opportunity to explore the FIFA World Cup, Russia and their connections to geography using different Geographical themes and skills. Chapters include:
Why Is Football So Popular?
How Is Football Linked To Geography?
Who Are FIFA?
Who’s Taking Part In 2018?
Friendly Rivals
We Are Number One!
Football As An Economic Activity
Flag Crossword
Getting The Vote
What Do You Know About Russia?
Where In Russia?
Population And Nationality
Country Climate
Seeing The Sites
What Have We Borrowed?
Build A Brand
Knowing The Neighbours
Football Acrostic
How Is This Omar Linked To Football?
Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya, which translates to ‘Smoke that Thunders’ is found on the Zambia River between Zambia and Zimbabwe. They are thought to be the largest in the world in terms of the volume of water that passes through it. It is neither the highest nor widest fall in the world but it is the largest sheet of falling water.
This worksheet helps your students to understand the dos and don’ts of field sketching. Victoria Falls is used as an example to help practice this important skill