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Geography homework booklet - Geography Skills and Maths for Geographers
I’ve put together a homework booklet focusing on the Maths and Statistics skills needed for the 9-1 GCSE Geography courses. There are 13 different homework’s that I’ve been setting and then using as a discussion to start the lesson.
There are homeworks on the following topics -
Bar Charts
Compound Bar Charts
Pie Charts
Scatter Graphs
Interpreting and Using Data
Maps and Grid References
Population Pyramids
Averages
Thank you for taking the time to look at my resources, please feel free to leave any feedback, all help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Shaun
Business Taster Day - Enterprise Activity
Introduction to Business Studies - Taster Day
Looks at failed business ideas, considering why they may have failed. Looking at what makes a good business idea. Activity to produce their own App for a phone, considering how to identify a problem to solve.
Used for year 6 and 9/10 taster days.
What is Prejudice?
What is prejudice?
Rated outstanding lesson by OFSTED.
Looking at how we view different groups and where these feelings come from and whether there is any justification for this. Looking at the different types of cause for discrimination with several real life examples.
Links to videos on Srebrenica and Islamophobia in the UK videos to show how Prejudice develops given time to.
Homework on 'Positive Discrimination' on the last slide of the Powerpoint.
Stakeholder Conflict with Lesson Plan
Observation (internal) lesson with full detailed lesson plan included.
Looking at how and why stakeholders clash - based on the admittedly dated case study of Tesco and the horse meat scandal. Group work activity looking at the possible ways that Tesco may have caused different groups to clash.
Homework sheet included for learners to examine in detail how different groups could clash.
Religious Attitudes Towards Prejudice
As lesson is titled, looking at prejudice through a Religious Studies perspective. Interactive lesson with whole class activities looking at 'soft' prejudices before considering how these feed into larger problems.
Pricing Strategies (AQA Business Studies)
Several activities on the different pricing strategies needed by both small and growing businesses. Opportunities for notes or the completion of a table included.
Exam question adapted from Surridge and Gillespie GCSE Business Studies (2009)
Written for AQA GCSE Business Studies
Rivers and Coasts Case Studies (Swanage / River Severn / Storm Hydrograph)
I’ve made this booklet for my Year 11 in preparation for their Unit 2 exam this summer. Contained within it is -
6 page case study on Swanage with revision notes on coasts
6 page case study looking at the River Severn and the Twekesbury flood with revision notes on rivers
3 longer answers exam style questions
Strom hydrograph question
Thanks for taking the time to read this, any feedback is greatly appreciated, either positive or negative, just let me know.
Why is the product life cycle important?
Differentiated lesson looking at the Product Life Cycle, introducing it to the learners as well as explaining how it can be used to extend the life of products. Interactive and very colourful with activities for individual and paired work.
Contains, two differentiated worksheets, a simple homework activity and a fully explained lesson plan - used as this lesson was internally observed - grade 'Outstanding'
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Natural Hazards Case Studies (Hurricane / Cyclone / Earthquake / Exam Questions)
I’ve put together a revision booklet for my Year 11s looking at the case studies for their Unit 1 Edexcel Specification B Unit 1 exam. Each case study is three plus pages looking at both before and after the natural hazard. Contained within -
Hurricane Katrina
Cyclone Nargis
Mount Pinatubo
Mount Kilauea
Haiti 2010 earthquake
Tohoku 2011 earthquake
3 exam longer answer exam questions
QR codes that link to Youtube revision videos
Glossary
Tectonic revision images
Any feedback is greatly appreciated, both positive and negative, let me know how you’d improve the resources if they’re not to your liking. Thanks for taking the the time to read this.
Thanks
Bundle
Development (5 lessons) - Ageing Population / Aid / Poverty
Several lessons covering Development - from the Edexcel 1-9 GCSE Specification.
Social Costs and Benefits - Ethical Shopping
Looking at the cost and price of different products - how our products are made and whether we truly care where they come from. Comparison of cheap and cheerful products to ethically made products.
Interviews, successfully, for my current job with lesson and set of resources. Contains, videos, images, discussion pieces and British values stop and check points.
Marketing Mix - PLACE
Lesson looking at Channels of Distribution and when each is suitable.
Lesson includes - starter activity looking at other elements of the Marketing Mix - 5 review questions. Theory on the different Places a business can sell its products, matching them up to products that learners will be familiar with.
Activity and theory on the rise of the internet and what it is doing to our high street. Differentiated activities, based on ability. Exam question with model answer and student-friendly self-assessment guide. Explanation based multiple choice questions to finish the lesson off.
Management Style - Autocratic and Democratic
Single lesson looking at Autocratic and Democratic styles of management.
Starter activity questioning learners on Off-The-Job and On-The-Job training - testing prior learning.
Activity asking learners how they'd deal with three scenarios and how they think they'd get the best out of three disinterested employees.
Introduction of Autocratic theory - look at Steve Jobs - link to YouTube clip of film. How does he deal with an employee? How does this compare to what they'd expected?
Comparison to Richard Branson and Democratic management. Multiple choice questions - where learners must justify their response - all answers potentially correct. Return to three employees from the start of the lesson - how would an autocratic and democratic manager deal with them?
Exam question to finish. Any questions please ask - feedback positive or otherwise... welcomed.
Causes of Inequalities
Why are some countries richer than others?
Introduction to some countries that have a low GDP or are considered by learners to be 'poor' - why are they not as rich as us?
Four case studies for learners to research with reasons that have negatively impacted on their ability to develop. Two links to videos on Migration - one showing the the journey of an a girl from El Salvador and the other showing the reasons why UK subjects wanted to leave the UK - focusing on the impact of migration.
Exam question - drawing and interpreting a chart looking at the distribution of wealth in four different nations.
Does giving aid work?
Two / three lessons on international aid, depending on length of lesson or ability of group.
What are the main types of aid? Why do we give them? Is it only to benefit the recipient?
Notes and activities, delivered by myself over two lessons.
Please browse the other resources I've listed to see if these paid resources are what you're looking for, they're of a similar quality, thanks.
Why Grow / Methods of Expansion / Stakeholder Conflict (3 LESSONS)
Three lessons looking at the reasons why businesses grow, how they can grow and what problems can arise if they grow too quickly.
Why grow - reasons why businesses should want to grow, the benefits and drawbacks of doing so with a case study and set of questions based around Starbucks. Examples of businesses that have grown from small enterprises to multinationals to begin the lesson.
Methods of Expansion - detailed notes and examples of business growth, research activity for learners to find real-life examples of businesses that have grown using the different types of growth. Exam question based on Primark.
Stakeholder Conflict - thorough look at how different stakeholder groups are impacted by the growth of a business and how each of these groups can react and influence business' decisions. Group work with a choice of activity based on learner's preferred styles and an exam question to finish - recently observed with this lesson - went very well - lots of activities, will keep you busy for more than one period.
All lessons include notes and activities - lessons are engaging, with lots of visual queues and examples learners will be familiar with. All lessons have a set of questions to do as they enter the room based on prior learning.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Shaun
Measuring Development GDP HDI Gini and Social Measures
Lessons introducing and developing the themes of development of nations and how we can compare them.
First lesson looks at GDP, GDP per capita and HDI - what they mean and what this tells us about the nations - all based around a key question. Visual starter game included.
Gini Coefficient homework - worksheet to read and questions to start the next lesson.
Second lesson is more notes based, reintroducing some key terms with the use of images to help develop learner's understanding. Scatter graph question - helping tick a numeracy box -great way to demonstrate learning. Exam style questions to finish the lesson off.
Any questions please let me know - check out my free resources for a more simplified versions of my lessons.
What are the Consequences of Poverty?
Investigation into the impact of Poverty on people in the developing world.
How is it possible to survive on $1 a day? What impact does this have on people and their development? What impact does illiteracy have? Is the worst thing in the world? How would your life be different?
Videos looking at life in North Korea - why does living in dictatorship impact on people's lives? Recap activities looking at migration and the USA - why to the USA?
Differentiated questions and map activity at the end of the lesson.
Ageing Population / Aging Population & Population Pyramids
Lesson 1 - introduction to an Ageing Population - looking at the causes, issues and benefit of a population that is going grey. Case study to look at the actions that France have taken - aimed at a higher ability class - may need some work to differentiate. Two brief exam questions to finish lesson.
Lesson 2 - population pyramids - what do they show and how can we use them to make judgements on a nation and its development? Data included to discuss and draw pyramids for both the UK and Gambia. Lesson is sequenced after learners have an understanding of GDP, HDI, Gini, literacy rate, birth rate etc.
Homework - how does migration impact on a nation's population? Introduction to Push / Pull factors.
Both lessons revolve around a key question.
Profit and Loss with Profitability Ratios (3 LESSONS)
Lesson 1
Introduction to Costs, Revenues and Profit - two whole class activities to work through with answers looking at how to complete basic financial calculations and the ways businesses can boost their profit. Two slides on here printable as worksheets
Lesson 2
Introduction to Profit and Loss accounts, moving on from basic financial calculations. Putting together a Profit and Loss accounts using just the numbers in the first question and then more complicated activity where learners have to pick out key information from a case study. Also includes an exam style set of questions, with 9 mark evaluation question.
Lesson 3
Profit and Loss case study question, learners need to complete the basic financial calculations and put the information into a Profit and Loss account. Whole class activity / game putting together sales pitches then their Profit and Loss Accounts. Examples of how to calculate Gross and Net Profit Margins then activity to complete.
Worksheet 1 - matching key terms activity and then Profit and Loss Accounts / Profitability Ratios question.
Worksheet 2 - complete a Profit and Loss Account and then the ratios linked to it, some exam questions based on the case study.