A lesson looking at the impacts of globalisation on the UK high street. It could be used as a stand alone or as part of a SOW on globalisation or the UK economy. Could also be adapted to suit different countries if the shop examples were changed. Lesson starts with an activity which asks students to vote for whether they would shop at a high street shop or an online equivalent for certain items. It is then revealed that all the high street stores shown have recently closed down or announced partial closures and job losses. There is a skills task getting students to describe the changing trend of UK internet sales, a card sort looking at positives and negatives of the trend and an evaluation essay question. Differentiated with extension tasks and sentence starters.

All resources needed for a reading list display covering all key stages. Includes book covers of recommended books and summaries. Also includes lettering with geographically themed patterns for both the reading display and an achievements display.

Lesson using data to map the north south divide in the UK. Part of a KS3 SOW on the social and economic geography of the UK

A lesson looking at the physical, social, political, historical and economic factors affecting development. Lesson structures an assessment on the topic, getting the pupils to identify which type of factor each is; explain the factor (with key words as prompts); identify countries which experience each of the issues e.g. hot climate/corruption and a low GDP; and link to development indicators. Assessment help sheet and mark scheme also provided.

A two part lesson looking at the features of sustainable living. Includes: Task to identify and explain features of sustainable urban living Introduction to BedZED and homework research task A ‘using the figure’ exam style question A recap Kahoot on BedZED A nine mark question evaluating BedZED- this is scaffolded with sentence starters and connectives. A homework research task on sustainable transport strategies. Made to follow AQA geography GCSE but could be applicable to other exam boards.

Key term lists for 12 topics: Population Migration Urbanisation Develoment Economics Coasts Rivers Glaciers Tectonics Weather and Climate Natural Resources Map Skills

AQA Geography: Global Systems and Governance Full Lesson with workbook and answers to activities.

A lesson looking at the impact of deindustrialisation on the UK. It specifically looks at the impact on coal mining communities in Wales and the miners strike. Taught as part of AQA A-level Changing places- impact of globalisation on place but could be adapted to suit other exam boards or topics.

Full lesson with differentiated tasks and work book. Includes What are the 4 employment sectors? A look at how the economy has changed by watching segments of the Olympic opening ceremony Video clips Analysis of Clarke Fisher model and Pie charts to describe changes Consolidation- explaining the changed Extension- predicting future changes and suggesting advantages and disadvantages.

Contains a lesson introducing 3 project options for a year 8 population unit. Projects options: Windrush generation research project Refugee creative writing Sparsely and densely populated areas research project. For each lesson there are some slides of information, video links, structured guidance for what the students need to include and how to structure the projects, and success criteria/marking grids for ease of teacher feedback. Check out my store for the whole unit of population lessons and COVID workbook to accompany them.

Part of a unit on the geography of conflict, this lesson looks at the complex causes of war in Sudan. Lesson includes- A cartoon analysis starter A description of the location of Darfur task Two video links looking at the causes of the conflict A differentiated card sort (high and low ability) with venn digram. This gets students thinking about the interconnected causes of conflict- in this instance, ethnicity, climate change and oil. 7 questions and 2 challenge questions based upon the card sort getting students to explain the causes if the war at at both a regional, national and global scale. A true or false activity to be played in pairs. A short homework task. All resources included within the PPT.

A fully resourced and up to date lesson on food inequality and insecurity around the world. Tasks include: A map analysis exercise getting pupils to identify patterns in global hunger and obesity. A marketplace activity which uses adapted newspaper articles on countries currently experiencing food insecurity from a variety of global regions and of varying levels of wealth. Most articles are from March- April 2021 with one a little older from 2019 so all currently relevant and draw upon a range of factors from climate change and conflict to the COVID 19 pandemic. Countries included are- Yemen, Nigeria, Canada, Chad and the UK. A table for pupils to take notes on each of the countries is also included, as is an example of a completed one. A short quiz to test pupils at the end and a plenary.

Fully resourced lessons looking at human causes of climate change and globl effects. Activities Photo analysis starter Three video clips with cloze passages on fossil fuels, cows and deforestation Card sort on effects Mapping task to locate places in card sort Extension writing on effects. Printable as worksheets

Population pyramid assessment. Students to draw and analyse population pyramids for countries of contasting wealth. Includes DIRT sheet.

Fully resourced lesson. Lots of activities so takes 2 lessons. Includes differentiated tasks, scaffolded writing task, and all resources and answers. Also includes a video link to learn about sparsely populated places around the world and apply it to factors affecting population density, and a second example on Hong Kong with video link.

Over 40 key terms. Lessons for this unit can be found in my store :)

Assessment covering weather and global issues including climate change and plastic pollution

A PPT and worksheet to go along with the BBC documentary Life at 50’C