I am a Geography specialist who has also been teaching GCSE history for the past few years. I have uploaded some lessons for History and Geography. I hope people find them useful.
I am a Geography specialist who has also been teaching GCSE history for the past few years. I have uploaded some lessons for History and Geography. I hope people find them useful.
Another retrieval practice slide that is fully editable so please feel free to download and adapt.
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A worksheet/revision activity on the structure of the rainforest and plant adaptations. Aimed at GCSE but would work for KS3 aswell. Mixture of questions and colouring to be done too.
Hope you find it useful.
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This is a collection of GCSE revision sheets, best printed A3 for the following units.:-
Unit 1:
Tectonic Hazards: Comparing the earthquakes in Chile and Nepal
Hot Deserts: The Thar Desert
Rainforests: Characteristics of Tropical Rainforests
Unit 2:
The Urban World: Lagos revision map
Urban Change in the UK: London revision map
The Changing UK Economy: Revision map
Revision task for geographical/historical issues. The sails are factors that contribute to progress, the anchors are factors that hinder progress in tackling the issue.
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A variation of the popular learning journey idea, but with a river instead. Obviously you start from the top (source) though with this one!
Hope that it proves to be useful.
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A template for revising geographical case studies, with guidance on how to complete the sections.
*Please note that some of the fonts displayed may not work on your version of Power Point. But it is all editable.
Hope it proves useful!
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Another quick retrieval practice slide based on field sketches. This one is High Force Waterfall on the River Tees. Hope it proves useful.
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A template for a worksheet I use with GCSE and A-Level students to highlight the regional impacts of climate change and rate their severity. It is fully editable so can be adapted when new statistics come to light!
Hope this proves useful.
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A tropical storm-themed retrieval practice starter slide. With differing levels of question difficulty according to the storm category. Please feel free to download and adapt.
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Template for the rating sliders worksheet. Can be used for a variety of subjects and tasks. Fully editable.
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Simple retrieval practice starter slide for use in geography lessons. Please feel free to download, use and adapt.
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Sailboat analysis but with potential future problems (rocks) and helpful factors (fair winds).
Hope it proves useful.
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This is a template for analysing geographical issues by examining what we should stop doing, what we should start doing and what we should continue to do.
It works for most geographical issues though of course.
I hope it proves useful.
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A starter activity that makes the pupils think about words in context by firstly working out which word goes where, but then they must use the words verbally in another sentence within the context of the subject.
Hope it proves useful
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An editable template to use when looking at the forces for and against a change from occurring. The driving and restraining forces can be scored to allow pupils to predict what the outcome might be.
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A Key Stage 3 lesson from a climate change unit of work which looks at the causes and impacts of wildfires with a focus on the recent California Wildfires in 2025 and the role climate change has to play in increasing the risk from wildfires.
There is a retrieval practice starter followed by an introduction to wildfires. We look at the types of wildfires and sort the causes into human and physical causes. We then look to see if climate change has had an effect on wildfires. There is a video notes sheet to assist with this. We then look at California, the students complete a colouring by numbers task on the distribution of wildfires throughout the state. We then look at the impacts of the 2025 fires and the students sort these into social, economic and environmental. We then sort some responses into short-term and long-term.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1A: In this first lesson in the section we look at what the evidence is for climate change.
We start with a picture interpretation around frost fairs on the River Thames and how this might be evidence for climate change.
We then look at the graphs that scientists have composed that show how our climate has fluctuated over the years. The pupils will have a large A3 activity sheet to fill in as the lesson progresses. The second section looks at ice cores and how they have helped the scientists formulate records of past climates. We then look at the impacts of global climate change and how they might also be evidence for climate change too. The pupils will write down their own ideas then elaborate with the help of the slides and some video clips.
We finish with GCSE-style question with some suggested content if they need help.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Picture interpretation starter
A3 activity sheet on the evidence for climate change
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question with guidance on suggested content.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1C: In this lesson we look at types of hard engineering and where they are best applied.
The starter is a quiz where the pupils need to select the squares that have a depositional landform. There are sound effects too so it’s all very exciting.
We begin by looking at why certain areas of the coast need protecting and what factors go into consideration when planners are deciding whether or not to protect the coastline. The pupils are then given some information cards and a worksheet to fill in on the different types of hard engineering, they also have a visual scale to shade in for each one according to it’s effectiveness and durability, cost and sustainability. This can be done in a number of ways (group work, round the room, carousel etc). We then seek to apply this knowledge though the pupils completing a decision making exercise. This is based on a fictional town (Sandytown). The town has been divided into zones, the pupils read the information on each zone and decide what type fo hard engineering that zone needs and justify this.
We finish with a 6 mark question on hard engineering with some guidance on how they can answer this.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Interactive starter quiz on depositional landforms.
Video clip.
Hard engineering worksheet with visual scale.
Decision making exercise activity.
6-mark GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1C: In this lesson we look at beaches and how their profiles can be altered and sand dune succession and formation…
We start with a simple retrieval practice grid which is good for spaced practice.
We then discuss why some beaches have different profiles to other beaches and what difference the size of sediment makes. We then look at the different types of waves and how they affect beach profiles. The pupils will make annotated diagrams of winter and summer beaches. We move onto sand dune systems. The pupils have an outline profile of sand dune succession. We use info slides which can either be teacher led, or use as a round the room activity, group activity etc, the pupils add the appropriate info onto the diagram from the slides. We then look at what conditions are needed for the dune system to form. The pupils have a hexagon task. I usually get the pupils to think about each factor first, the next slide has the answers but they still need to match them up
We finish with a GCSE-style question on the formation of sand dunes with some guidance on how to answer.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Retrieval practice starter
Beach profile diagram activity
Sand dune succession annotated round the room/group diagram task.
Formation of sand dunes hexagon task.
4 mark GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1A: In this sixth lesson in the section we look at how we can adapt to climate change.
We start with a simple retrieval practice quiz on international agreements from last lesson,
We then look at 3 ways in which we may have to adapt in the future to cope with climate change, in agriculture, water supply and sea-level rise. We look at specific examples for water supply (the artificial glaciers in the Himalayas) and sea-level rise (the Maldives).
We finish the lesson with a GCSE-style question post-it plenary.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Retrieval prctice starter
Photograph annotation task for agriculture
Video notes task for artificial glaciers in the Himalayas
Hexagon task for sea level rise in the Maldives
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question post-it plenary.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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