I have been a Geography teacher for many years and enjoy reshaping schemes of learning and creating corresponding lessons. I hope to share these with others who need them! Please ask any questions and rate my resources for others to see! :)
I have been a Geography teacher for many years and enjoy reshaping schemes of learning and creating corresponding lessons. I hope to share these with others who need them! Please ask any questions and rate my resources for others to see! :)
Geography AQA Paper 2- The Changing Economic World.
Nigeria Case study. Includes: Location, key terms, economic development, TNCs- Shell, environmental challenges and opportunities.
Please ask questions- there are videos, images, differentiated tasks, exam practice questions that have peer marking opportunities and homework tasks embedded.
Very detailed lessons with many tasks and opportunities for teaching- can be split into two lessons per one lesson to support lower ability and shorter classes, or to stretch out the scheme of learning- some of these lessons require two sessions to teach.
Perfect bunch of lessons to use for Year 11 revision as well as teaching new to other GCSE classes.
A Level Geography- Urban Waste- AQA Contemporary Urban Environments
LOs: To know the types of urban waste.
To understand how economic development affects urban waste.
To be able to evaluate the environmental impacts of different approaches to urban waste disposal.
Lesson teaches types of waste (industrial, lifestyles, attitudes), factors influencing disposal and how this is managed + the environmental impacts of waste disposal.
Final exam question with sentence starters:
Evaluate the environmental impacts of different approaches to urban waste disposal. [9 marks]
Includes graphs, figures, images- skills embedded. Engaging and prompts research and discussion.
Please ask if you have questions.
Geography Lesson- Links to AQA spec- Paper 2- Changing Economic World- NEE Case study- Nigeria.
Topics in this lesson: economic growth and environmental impacts, rapid urbanisation.
Differentiated tasks: mindmaps, images, key terms, fill in the gaps, extended writing and exam practice.
Lesson as part of a scheme of learning for the case study Rio- Development and TRF- See my shop.
This lesson focuses on Poverty and Jobs in Rio. Differentiated with key words, challenge tasks and objectives.
Scheme of Learning SOL- Where in the World? Year 7 Geography- KS3
Document that outlines key lessons and skills for a Year 7 introduction to geography. Encompasses key skills for location, maps, graphs, grid referencing and more!
Embeds current event lessons to ensure global citizens are created.
Most lessons are uploaded in my shop- minus the grid referencing lesson as I do not own that.
Any questions, please ask.
LOs: To outline why central Italy is prone to earthquakes.
To know the details of the L’Aquila earthquake 2009.
To assess how the character of place you have studied has been changed by its hazardous setting.
Addresses the fault lines in Italy and impacts upon specific cities. Focus upon L’Aquila.
Addresses how the character of the place has changed and applies to an exam question.
Question: Assess how the character of a place you have studied has been changed by its hazardous setting. (9 marks)
LOs: To know the common characteristics of hazards.
To understand the terms ‘risk’ and ‘vulnerability’.
To be able to identify and understand factors influencing the perception of natural hazards.
Address peoples perception of hazard risk and vulnerability.
Uses Iceland as an example of tourism and economic benefits when addressing why people continue to live in these areas despite the risk.
LOs: To understand the difference between primary and secondary (short term and long term) impacts of natural hazards.
To understand key ideas relating to the management of natural hazards.
To explain the Park Response Model and the Hazard Management Cycle.
Interactive tasks with diagrams, opportunities for oracy and AFL.
LOs: To know the causes and effects of the Volcanic eruption in New Zealand 2019.
To describe the spatial and temporal setting of the event.
To analyse the effectiveness of short and long-term responses.
To evaluate the technology and responses used to respond.
Maps New Zealand, addresses the case study and then followed by application to a case study.
Main task is completed with students having access to the internet- independent lead.
Interactive video lesson with information collection sheet on human uses of the tropical rainforest.
Logging, mining, cattle ranching and slash and burn addressed. All videos embedded.
Differentiated exam question at the end to check progress.
Full lesson. Focus on: Marine and sub-aerial processes, wave steepness, breaking points, wave energy, fetch, sea depth, coastal configuration, Beach presence and the Dorset Coast as an example, discordant and concordant coastlines.
A LEVEL Geography- Sustainable Urban Development + Mumbai case study- Contemporary Urban Environments.
Detailed lesson- will take 2-3 lessons (including 45 minute video and 20 mark exam question).
LOs: To know how cities impact the environment on a global scale.
To describe challenges to urban sustainability.
To be able to assess to which extent cities can be made sustainable.
First tasks: establishing what is an ecological footprint and how individuals and cities can be more sustainable + the challenges that surround this. Engaging tasks with challenge tasks added for higher ability.
Second half of the lesson focuses on the case study for Mumbai: social and economic inequalities, vulnerability to natural hazards, current conditions making it unsustainable and strategies in place to make it more sustainable. Interactive discussion tasks, written tasks and videos embedded.
Final exam question: “For every problem caused by urbanisation there is an effective solution.”To what extent to you agree with this view? [20 marks]
exam question structured out with hints for lower ability and a suggested structure which can be adapted.
First lesson for year 7 topic.
Asks questions such as : What is geography? What is human and physical geography? + In depth thinking about why we study it and why it is useful in the wider world.
Starts learning with the location of countries and capital cities in the British Isles and the UK.
Clear SOL embedded within + homework options.
Please ask if you have any questions.
