A full and engaging scheme of work for The Challenge of Natural Hazards GCSE.
25 lessons in total that include a variety of tasks, videos, exam practice and interleaving of knowledge. Exemplar lesson uploaded to give you an idea of content.
Lesson breakdown:
Earth’s structure and plates
Plate boundaries
Earthquakes
Nepal/Chile: contrasting case studies
Why do people live on plate boundaries
Plan, predict, prepare
Revision (2 lessons)
Global circulation
Tropical storms 2 lessons
Haiyan mapping
UK weather hazards
UK extreme weather
Case study: extreme weather
Application of case study/map skills
Climate change
Natural causes of climate change
Human causes of climate change
Managing climate change
Adapting to climate change
Review lesson
Revision lesson
A full scheme of work for the Rights and Responsibilities unit. Includes interleaving, videos and various learning exercises. One lesson is uploaded in addition so you can see it as an exemplar.
Please check my page for all other SOW for the Citizenship units.
Lesson outline:
Citizenship and identity
Monarchy and rule
Local government
Voting and elections
Political parties
Government funding
Democracy and the UK constitution
Referendums
Review
Key structures and roles
Forming and structuring a government
How others govern themselves
How can people make a difference in society?
Key terms quiz
An engaging, in-depth full scheme of work of 30 lessons. It includes a variety of learning tasks, videos, exam practice and interleaving of knowledge. Exemplar uploaded so that you can preview the type of content.
Supported by Oxford Press textbook.
Breakdown of lessons
What is development?
Limitations of development measures
DTM
Development and population
Differences in development
Consequences of development: inequality
Consequences of development: migration
The development gap
Reducing the development gap: aid
Reducing the development gap: intermediate technology
Reducing the development gap: free and fair trade (2 lessons)
Reducing the development gap: debt relief and micro finance
Reducing the development gap: Tourism in Jamaica case study
Exam technique
Exploring Nigeria (2 lessons)
Nigeria: political and global links
Nigeria: TNCs
Nigeria: TNC environmental impact
Aid and quality of life
Review
UK: Changing UK economy
UK: Post industrial economy
UK: Science parks
UK: Environmental impact of industry
UK:Changing rural landscapes
UK: Transport improvements
UK: North-south divide
UK: Links to wider world
All you need to teach the GCSE AQA! No planning or knowledge needed, you are good to go with all four units. This will save you hundreds of hours of preparation and work. This helps cover large elements of PSHEE and British values as well as giving stuents another GCSE. This can be taught in 2 years with 4 hours a fortnight.
Lessons have diverse pedagogical activities and styles that include group/independent work, think pair share, questioning, exam application and comprehension.
Some tasks are supported by the AQA Citizenship textbook.
Unit names:
Unit 1: Politics and Participation
Unit 2: Rights and Responsibilities
Unit 3: Life in Modern Britain
Unit 4: Active Citizenship
Unit Lesson Breakdown:
Unit 1: Politics and Participation
Citizenship and identity
Monarchy and rule
Local government
Voting and elections
Political parties
Government funding
Democracy and the UK constitution
Referendums
Review
Key structures and roles
Forming and structuring a government
How others govern themselves
How can people make a difference in society?
Key terms quiz
Unit 2: Rights and Resonsibilities
Laws
Why Laws?
International Law
Rights and Responsibilities
Rights and Responsibilities lesson 2
Rights and Responsibilities lesson 3
Rights and Responsibilities lesson 4
Change in Citizen’s Rights
Trade Unions
Employers Associations
Industrial Action
Dealing with Crime
Youth Sentencing
Universal Human Rights
Universal Human Rights lesson 2
Unit 3 Life in Modern Britain
Principles and Values
British Values
British Identity
Identity and Migration
Identity and Multiculturalism
Assessment
Media and Free Press
Free Press
Free Press and Censorship
International Organisations
BREXIT
International Disputes
NGOs Responses to Humanitarian Issues
Assessment
Making a Difference to Society
Issues of Voter Turn Out
MPs and How to Make a Difference
Assessment/Peer marking
Unit 4 Active Citizenship
Active citizenship: This explores the unit, what it entails as well as different methods that can be used to affect change
Impact of social action: looking at previous action and how it affected change
Identifying an issue: this guides students through areas that they may wish to explore as well as looking at primary and secondary research.
Planning: here students are guided through the planning process of what they are going to do to formulate a well thought out action plan
Evaluation: looking at other social action as well as their own to evaluate how effective social action is.
Make revision more diagnostic and allow it to show progress.
These revision checklists can have a significant effect on your results.
They can be regularly RAG rated to show progress - this could be in class or set as homework
They ensure students revise all parts of the specification
They can be delivered either through printing, electronically or as a live document via Google classroom.
They are a student friendly version of the GCSE specification ensuring that all content is covered in revision.
If you use the Oxford Press textbook, there are links to the page numbers as well.
Topics covered:
Paper 1
Tectonic and weather hazards
Living world
River environments of the UK
Coastal environments of the UK
Paper 2
Urban issues and challenges
The changing economic world
Resource management
Energy
Please check my page for other resources such as a condensed presentation of all case studies as well as entire SOW.
A full scheme of work for the Rights and Responsibilities unit. Includes interleaving, videos and various learning exercises.
Please check my page for other resources.
Lesson outline
Laws
Why Laws?
International Law
Rights and Responsibilities
Rights and Responsibilities lesson 2
Rights and Responsibilities lesson 3
Rights and Responsibilities lesson 4
Change in Citizen’s Rights
Trade Unions
Employers Associations
Industrial Action
Dealing with Crime
Youth Sentencing
Universal Human Rights
Universal Human Rights lesson 2
This is an attractive condensing of all of the GCSE case studies for Paper 1 and Paper 2.
It highlights all of the key elements of the case studies for:
Paper 1:
Hazards - weather and tectonic
Living World
UK river landscapes
UK coastal landscapes
Paper 2:
Urban Issues
Changing economic world
Resource management
Energy
All lessons have diverse pedagogical techniques and activities. These include: Do it Now tasks, video tasks, independent work, group work, quizzes, maths skills, leaflet creation. There are key links to the GCSE specification - skills, fossil fuel case study, hot deserts and adaptations.
There is also a short written assessment included as part of the scheme of work.
Lesson 1: Countries
Lesson 2: Climate of the Middle East
Lesson 3 Adaptations
Lesson 4 Population distribution
Lesson 5: Oil
Lesson 6: How has the UAE developed?
Lesson 7: Why is Yemen so poor?
Lesson 8 Conflict in the Middle East
Lesson 9: Assessment
A complete scheme of work for GCSE AQA Citizenship. Lessons include interleaving, key terms, exam skills and numerous learning activities.
Please check my page for all other units of work for Citizenship.
Lesson outline:
Principles and Values
British Values
British Identity
Identity and Migration
Identity and Multiculturalism
Assessment
Media and Free Press
Free Press
Free Press and Censorship
International Organisations
BREXIT
International Disputes
NGOs Responses to Humanitarian Issues
Assessment
Making a Difference to Society
Issues of Voter Turn Out
MPs and How to Make a Difference
Assessment/Peer marking
Full scheme of work with lessons and additional wider reading articles for relevant lessons. Includes theory, lesson activities as well as homework tasks. There is also some exam practice and 20 mark framework lesson material as well.
I have also have all GCSE units if you are looking for those.
Lesson 1: Intro
Lesson 2: Megacities
Lesson 3: World cities
Lesson 4+5: Changes in Contemporary Urban Environments
Lesson 6+7: Reasons for change: deindustrialisation
Lesson 8: Reasons for change: decentralisation
Lesson 9: Reasons for change: Urban resurgence
Lesson 10 Urban form
Lesson 11+12: Social and economic issues
Lesson 13: 20 mark planning
Lesson 14: Urban climate
Lesson 15: Urban drainage
Lesson 16: River restoration
Lesson 17: Waste
Lesson 18: Air pollution
Lesson 19: Water pollution and dereliction
Lesson 20: Sustainable urban developments
Lesson 21: Case studies
Additionally in the folder are some mini quizzes using Google Forms and checklists/note reviews.
A full and engaging scheme of work for Urban Issues and Challenges.
19 Lessons in total that include a variety of tasks, videos, exam practice and interleaving of knowledge. Exemplar lesson uploaded to give you an idea of content.
Check my page for other geography schemes of work.
Lesson breakdown:
An urban world
Why do cities grow (2 lessons)
Rio: introduction
Rio: social challenges
Rio: economic challenges
Rio: environmental challenges
Rio: favelas
Rio: favela development
UK: urban areas
Bristol: location and importance
Bristol: social and economic opportunities
Bristol: environmental challenges
Bristol: dereliction and urban sprawl
Bristol: new housing
Bristol: regeneration
Bristol: creating a clean environment
Bristol: social inequalities
Freiburg: urban sustainability
In this amazing bundle is all that you need to teach the AQA GCSE in Geography and more. This will save you hundreds of hours of preparation (which is what it took to make). Many reviews are 5 star and I have used and adapted these resources over the years to achieve consistently positive progress figures. Buying this bundle will save you over £20.
Lessons have diverse pedagogical techniques and link to numerous past question applications. Lessons include exam structures for 4, 6 and 9 mark questions, videos, group work, individual focused work, questioning and application.
The units are:
Paper One:
The challenge of natural hazards
The living world
UK Landscapes: River landscapes
UK landscapes: coastal landscapes
Paper Two:
Urban issues and challenges
The changing economic world
Resource management
Energy
There are also other materials include.
Case study overview for revision
Learning checklists for revision
Revision booklets for some topics.
Lessons can utilise the textbook pictured. Enjoy!
A scheme of work that lasts a half term which includes a diverse range of lesson activities from videos, group work as homework. An assessment is also included.
Lesson outlines
Globalisation
TNCs
Globalisation and textile industry
Positives and negatives of globalisation
Globalisation leaflet lesson
Globalisation and development
Global food supply
If you need any further KS3 or GCSE SOW please do check out my page for 5* rated resources.
Something a little different but both engaging and foundational for introducing the themes in the GCSE course.
This is a full scheme of work that is ready to go and has been taught. It has a range of different pedagogical strategies throughout the scheme of work. It also builds skills around the describe, explain and evaluate command words needed for GCSE. This is suitable for Year 8 or 9.
Lesson Outlines
The geography of crime - exploration of crime and using the ‘explain’ command word
Crime and place - 4 mark exam question structure as well as evaluating a policing strategy in a specific place
Fear of crime - work on 4 and 6 mark exam question structures
Mapping crime - choropleth mapping exercise
Designing out crime - drawing exercise will need to be adapted to your location by changing the location)
Jack the Ripper - how human geography affected crime
Oceanic crime - modern day piracy, exploring development
Rainforest crime - group work task with evaluation
The heroin trail - atlas tasks as well as exploring development/GDP.
Civil war - explores Syria and the resulting migration
Assessment - full written assessment pro forma included
If you like this scheme of work, please do give it 5 stars and check out my other schemes of work as I have both KS3, KS4 and KS5 resources.
This is a full scheme of work for the ‘Resource Management’ unit. After this unit, teachers/students have a choice of specialising in Food/Water/Energy for questions 4/5/6. I have included my SOW lessons for Energy at no extra cost in case this is useful.
Lessons include starters, a range of learning exercises supported with exam application, as well as learning checks.
Resource management lessons.
Lesson 1+2 Essential resources
Lesson 3 UK demanded for food
Lesson 4 UK demand for water
Lesson 5 Water pollution
Lesson 6 UK energy
Lesson 7 Energy debate
Lesson 8 Exam practice
Energy lessons:
Lesson 1 Energy insecurity
Lesson 2 Impacts of energy insecurity
Lesson 3 Strategies to increase energy production
Lesson 4 Fossil fuel case study
Lesson 5 Sustainable energy use
Lesson 6 Micro hydro scheme: Chambamontera
A scheme of work that lasts a half term which includes a diverse range of lesson activities from videos, group work as homework.
Lesson outlines
Ice and ice ages
Melting ice
Glacial landforms
Tourism in Antarctica
Living with ice
Glacial map skills
Mapping landforms
Mapping landforms 2
Tourism in the Alps
Protecting Antarctica
If you need any further KS3 or GCSE SOW please do check out my page for 5* rated resources.
Here is a set of lessons and student resource booklet to guide teachers and students through this student led unit.
There are five lessons in total that accompany the booklet. Each aims to get students thinking about their project in a very guided, step by step manner to get the best results out of the action.
Active citizenship: This explores the unit, what it entails as well as different methods that can be used to affect change
Impact of social action: looking at previous action and how it affected change
Identifying an issue: this guides students through areas that they may wish to explore as well as looking at primary and secondary research.
Planning: here students are guided through the planning process of what they are going to do to formulate a well thought out action plan
Evaluation: looking at other social action as well as their own to evaluate how effective social action is.
I have the three other units for Citizenship so please do check those out as well. They have been rated 5 stars.
Three out of the four units of work for the GCSE AQA Citizenship course. The final unit is ‘Active Citizenship’ which is a little more bespoke in the teaching of it hence that needing to be more teacher planned.
Full lessons with various learning activities including videos, comprehension tasks and exam application.
**Politics and Participation: **
Citizenship and identity
Monarchy and rule
Local government
Voting and elections
Political parties
Government funding
Democracy and the UK constitution
Referendums
Review
Key structures and roles
Forming and structuring a government
How others govern themselves
How can people make a difference in society?
Key terms quiz
Rights and Responsibilities
Laws
Why Laws?
International Law
Rights and Responsibilities
Rights and Responsibilities lesson 2
Rights and Responsibilities lesson 3
Rights and Responsibilities lesson 4
Change in Citizen’s Rights
Trade Unions
Employers Associations
Industrial Action
Dealing with Crime
Youth Sentencing
Universal Human Rights
Universal Human Rights lesson
Life in Modern Britain
Principles and Values
British Values
British Identity
Identity and Migration
Identity and Multiculturalism
Assessment
Media and Free Press
Free Press
Free Press and Censorship
International Organisations
BREXIT
International Disputes
NGOs Responses to Humanitarian Issues
Assessment
Making a Difference to Society
Issues of Voter Turn Out
MPs and How to Make a Difference
Assessment/Peer marking
A fun, engaging and relevant Easter quiz. The rounds are:
Chocolate quiz - general trivia on chocolate
Guess the chocolate brand - Easter eggs unwrapped, which brand are they?
Guess the cost - what is the cost of the most expensive Easter egg?
Easter trivia - general Easter themed questions
Who is the famous bunny? - famous people behind bunny nose and ears
Word search - who can be the fastest to find the correct words?
Fun for all age groups.
A complete working document for students to complete either as revision or as a working from home document.
It is created in Powerpoint to allow students to be a little more interactive with it through setting it on Google classroom etc.
It could just as easily be set as a Word or paper based document if needed.
Includes different revision exercises and links to application through exam questions. Case studies are: Malaysian rainforest and Thar desert.
Powerpoint and PDF files are included.