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
When many think of Chinese food, the dishes that come to mind are typically egg rolls, chow mein, or sweet and sour pork. Fruit and vegetables from China are not usually considered, though we might eat some without realising it originated from China.
These worksheets look at foods which originate from China and gives the students a chance to taste five different fruits and vegetables which originate from China.
Pie charts can sometime appear to be complicated to draw but by following these instructions your students will be able to eliminate their fears and find it quite easy.
Brazil’s cities are renowned for their rich/poor divide. Favelas, the term used in Brazil for the shanty towns, have grown up on the outskirts of urban areas since the late 19th century.
The people who arrive in the city are usually very poor. They have come from the countryside believing the city will be a better place to live providing them with jobs, money and a brighter future for their families.
These worksheets put the students in these people shoes and have them try to make the difficult decisions poor people in Brazil, as well as other countries, have to make about moving, once moved and dealing with their choices.
This is a chance to hand over to your students and have them lead their own learning by gathering information from different sheets of information.
Simply dot around the room the resources which tell the students about different areas of the Brazilian culture, the flag, national emblems, dress, sport and Salsa for the students to read and answer the questions.
Like many countries, Brazil is separated into a number of states which are then grouped together to form regions. These worksheets look primarily at south and southeast Brazil.
Not many of us consider where our early morning cup of coffee comes from, or at least no further than the kitchen cupboard or local supermarket, but the humble coffee bean has been on quite a journey. Today the largest producer of the coffee bean is Brazil; however there are thousands of coffee estates across the world.
These worksheets looks at where coffee is grown, how it is believed to have been discovered and the journey the coffee bean takes from the plant to our kitchens.
Stephen Fry has joined forces with Heathrow Airport to produce an extremely British advert which show exactly how strange this little island is with its love of queuing, the way Brits spend half their days saying 'after you' and how we clap when people break things.
The more you think about it, the weirder we seem — and to top it all off, Fry explains all this from a nice old fashioned pub, where Brits (probably) spend more time than they do in the office (!)
Your students task is to discuss why they think Stephen Fry was chosen to host such a welcome and choose the perfect candidate for a welcoming sequence they will write for your own country
These three worksheets look at how tourism can be divided into differednt categories such as destination, inbound/ outbound for example. The area of dark tourism is also discussed in respect to what destinations are included in this and why they attract so many visitors.
These worksheets look at tourism as an economic activity. Students identify how jobs can be categorised into different sectors as well as being seasonal. A cloropleth map is used to identify different countries GDPs and to discuss the mattern which ermerges.
These worksheets look at several sustainable tourism destinations around the world and their aims which can fall into three different categories.
Studetns also imagine themselves to be local residents to Snowdonia and to write to the local council suggesting how they might make tourism more sustainable, and what management strategies they could use to do this.
These worksheets, with the aid of a video, help students to investigate what attracts visitors and tourists to Antarctica and the resulting impacts the rise of visitors in recent years has had on the delicate environment.
To gather an understanding of the icy environment, the students answer questions with help of the video and use images and graphs to investigate the attraction to the area and the possible impacts. The worksheets conclude in asking the students to explain whether they think Antarctica is worth protecting.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering research from print and video, annotating maps, their thoughts, and ideas and interpretating graphs.
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These 8 worksheets begin by looking at the aims and locations of National Parks then lead on to looking at the conflicts which can arise in these areas. The impact of visitors are examined and are discussed in relation to social, economic and environmental impacts. A case study of Snowdonia is used to discussed possible solutions.
These worksheets look at how our holiday habits have changed over time through advancements both positive and negative. Graphs represent some data for students to decipher and recent news is also discussed as to how our holidaying patterns have changed.
Eco-tourism refers to responsible travel to natural areas which conserves the environment and sustains the livelihood of the local people and their economy.
These worksheets look specifically at the Galapagos Islands and the Gorilla Safari Trekking Tours available there.
The students use a range of mediums including gathering their own research and research from video and print to produce a podcast about eco-tourism and create their own rules for eco-tourism.
Whether eco-tourism is always beneficial is discussed alongside whether the students would consider this when booking their next holiday.
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Holiday destinations can go through a cycle of popularity and Blackpool in the United Kingdom is the perfect example of how tourists can come, and go. Butler developed a model which shows the stages of a resorts humble beginnings through to its inevitable demise.
These worksheets help the students to understand the different stages of the model through a graphical representation, decription and photographs
Being able to draw a field sketch is an important geography skill, these three worksheets take the studetns through step-by-step nstructions on how to do with well as well as disusses some of the dos and donts.
Your students can fine tune their geography photography skills with this worksheet looking at the physical and human features of Sugarloaf Mountain in Brazil