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I'm a Head of Geography at a 11-16 secondary school in Leicestershire, UK. I enjoy creating lessons that students enjoy - so you will not find reams of text on the board for them to read or for you to transmit. I believe in a range of engaging activities per lesson.

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I'm a Head of Geography at a 11-16 secondary school in Leicestershire, UK. I enjoy creating lessons that students enjoy - so you will not find reams of text on the board for them to read or for you to transmit. I believe in a range of engaging activities per lesson.
1. Political geography of Asia
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1. Political geography of Asia

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Intended for Y8 but suitable for Y9, this lesson is part of a fully-resourced synoptic unit about Asia designed to draw together pupils’ learning from the past two years in Geography. The unit includes elements of coasts, rivers, climate change, development, urbanisation and looks at more challenging and contemporary issues such as the roots of the development gap between North and South Korea and also the abuse of Uighers in China. This lesson introduces the regions of Asia, counties and capital cities using a latitude/longitude skills task. It includes a video introduction, worksheets, a bingo-based plenary and an inference task.
Geography Cover Work: Geographical Regions of Asia
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Geography Cover Work: Geographical Regions of Asia

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Cover work for Geography, either KS3 or KS4. You will need to supply atlases (or a map on a PPT to be projected) and then pupils simply work through the tasks. Could not be easier - no more complaints from supply teachers or cover supervisors and no mores scratching aroundf at 7am when you are i ll - just set the worksheet and forget about it.
6. What is the UN and what does it do?
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6. What is the UN and what does it do?

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Intended forY9, this is a fully-resourced synoptic unit about international relations designed to support pupils as they move towards GCSE Geography. The unit examines international relations and the factors that affect these, superpowers, alliances, trade, hard- and soft-power, Belt and Road Initiative/debt-trap diplomacy, the causes, consequences and solutions of war and the role and efficacy of the UN. There is an optional final series of lessons to allow pupils to watch Hotel Rwanda to support their learning and provide a but of light relief at the very end of the year - the film is not provided and you should be sure to examine the accompanying PowerPoint that explains the premise to pupils and also states the exact time where the “N” word is used in the film so you can mute it. A selection of the various arms of the UN are introduced and compared with the Sustainable Development Goals. Pupils them examine a wide-range of historical examples of UN activity, from development to peacekeeping, to allow them to form a judgement on the utility and efficacy of the UN. The lesson ends with a “To what extent do you agree…” KS4 exam question to develop their GCSE Geography skills. The lesson closes with a reinforcement of the positive impacts of the UN for individuals.
Y9 Middle East - Preparation for GCSE Geography
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Y9 Middle East - Preparation for GCSE Geography

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This bundle has been designed for teaching at the end of Year 9. It brings together much of their learning from KS3 and also prepares them well for skills and knowledge at GCSE. The bundle includes a range of maps and graphs and core areas. Core areas: Ecosystems Weather & Climate Climate Change Rivers Coasts Conflict Resources (oil, water) Sustainability Urbanisation Population and migration Skills: Map skills Flow-line maps (desire line maps) Compound bar charts Line graphs Bar charts Pie charts Climate graphs Egan’s Wheel
Development: 13: Nike - a MNC
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Development: 13: Nike - a MNC

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This is part of a fully resourced scheme of work for the Eduqas GCSE (9-1) Geography specification, although it is easily adaptable for other specifications. Each lesson has all materials provided (with YouTube links) and is ready to teach out-of-the-box. This lesson uses Nike as an example of a MNC, the issue of out-sourcing and the advantages/disadvantages of MNCs for the company, the worker and the host-country.
Development: 17. Aid
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Development: 17. Aid

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This is part of a fully resourced scheme of work for the Eduqas GCSE (9-1) Geography specification, although it is easily adaptable for other specifications. Each lesson has all materials provided (with YouTube links) and is ready to teach out-of-the-box. This lesson examines the different types of aid, their intended use and includes a mini-decision making exercise.
Development: 1&2. Economic development
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Development: 1&2. Economic development

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This is part of a fully resourced scheme of work for the Eduqas GCSE (9-1) Geography specification, although it is easily adaptable for other specifications. Each lesson has all materials provided (with YouTube links) and is ready to teach out-of-the-box. This resources is a two-lesson sequence introducing the concept of economic development and asks pupils to handle data and create a map of selected countries based upon their GNI per capita. It then asks pupils to draw conclusions about the method (i.e. is there sufficient evidence) and, once the full map has been provided, patterns of economic development around the world. The lesson also includes the visual schema for this unit.
Development: 6: Sust. Development Goals
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Development: 6: Sust. Development Goals

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This is part of a fully resourced scheme of work for the Eduqas GCSE (9-1) Geography specification, although it is easily adaptable for other specifications. Each lesson has all materials provided (with YouTube links) and is ready to teach out-of-the-box. This lesson introduced the sustainable development goals and asks how they can be used to improve living conditions and quality of life around the world. It also includes the cycle of poverty and structured practice at an extended-answer 8-mark question.
Endangered Species - Coral Reef
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Endangered Species - Coral Reef

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The fifth lesson in a 13-lesson KS3 Geography unit about Endangered Species. All lessons are fully resourced with a range of engaging activities. This lesson introduces the threats to coral reefs due to climate change and examines some possible solutions.
Graphicacy - types of Graph/map
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Graphicacy - types of Graph/map

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This lesson introduces the a wide range of graph types to support the Eduqas B Geograph 9-1 specification, although it is directly transferable to all specifications. It introduces the graph types and asks students to select appropriate types based upon certain criteria. The lesson covers: Axis Bar, line and pie charts Pictographs Histographs Divided bar charts Scatter graph Population pyramid Flow line graph Located bar chart Kite diagrams Star or radial diagrams
Geopolitics
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Geopolitics

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This lesson supports students’ wider global knowledge about geopolitics and international relations, why some countries cooperate and how political systems differ. This is designed to support their knowledge of issues such as aid and trade later in the Development unit. The lesson is fully resourced with engaging developmental activities.
Infrastructure
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Infrastructure

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This lesson develops an understanding of infrastructure, an oft-named element of GCSE Geography but one which is rarely explained properly to allow students to access higher-level explanations of, for example, differing levels of development. This lesson introduces the concept of infrastructure, explains the difference between hard and soft infrastructure then investigates how infrastructure may affect development (and vise versa). The lesson is fully resources with engaging developmental activities.
13. Will Kurdistan ever be a country?
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13. Will Kurdistan ever be a country?

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A lesson examining what actually constitutes a country by examining Kurdish separatism and its impacts in Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Pupils use pie charts to examining the size of Kurdish populations and the amount of land potentially lost to a proposed Kurdish country. This is a part of a fully-resourced unit with a range of styles of activity and unashamedly embracing aspects of thinking skills (they still work) and dual coding. The unit was designed for Y9 and synoptically revises their KS3 course whilst using skills and concepts from their KS4 Geography studies (specifically, for Eduqas Geography B but relevant to all boards).
1. What are the basics of studying Geography?
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1. What are the basics of studying Geography?

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An initial Geography lesson to introduce Y7 to Geography, developing an understanding of human, physical and environmental Geography and looking at the various aspects of Geography that they will study over the KS3 National Curriculum. Ideally you would have the cover of the Hodder Progress in KS3 Geography so they could study the photo on the front more thoroughly but it is the cover photo of this lesson so you do have a copy in case you have not got copies of those books to hand. The lesson is from a Y7 introduction to Geography skill-based unit. It is fully resourced with a range of engaging activities to introduce pupils to the subject and its core skills.
2. How can we use an atlas?
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2. How can we use an atlas?

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Introducing the use of atlases and an atlas skills activity. The lesson is from a Y7 introduction to Geography skill-based unit. It is fully resourced with a range of engaging activities to introduce pupils to the subject and its core skills.
12. Why is the population of the Middle East so diverse?
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12. Why is the population of the Middle East so diverse?

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This lesson examines ethincity and the development of faiths in the region, including the Sunni/Shia divide and the impacts this has today. A compound bar chart activity is used to examine faith groups in each country in the region. This is a part of a fully-resourced unit with a range of styles of activity and unashamedly embracing aspects of thinking skills (they still work) and dual coding. The unit was designed for Y9 and synoptically revises their KS3 course whilst using skills and concepts from their KS4 Geography studies (specifically, for Eduqas Geography B but relevant to all boards).
9. How has Dubai been affected by migration?
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9. How has Dubai been affected by migration?

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This lesson introduces the scale and types of migration to Dubai and pupils complete a flow-line (desire line) map activity. The Kafala system of migration to Dubai is also discussed. This is a part of a fully-resourced unit with a range of styles of activity and unashamedly embracing aspects of thinking skills (they still work) and dual coding. The unit was designed for Y9 and synoptically revises their KS3 course whilst using skills and concepts from their KS4 Geography studies (specifically, for Eduqas Geography B but relevant to all boards).
Where is Mumbai and how has it grown?
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Where is Mumbai and how has it grown?

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This is a triple-lesson introducing students to Mumbai before using a variety of graphicacy techniques to understand how Mumbai has grown over time. Students will complete a pictograph, a choropleth map and located bar charts and will then examine a scatter graph, choropleth map, flow-line map, bar chart and compound line graph. They will consider the role of natural increase in Mumbai’s growth together with the impact of rural-to-urban migration. These lessons are fully resourced and students are provided with a worksheet to help them to develop their conclusions. Includes a homework (living graph) and a selection of graphs electronically for students to complete Lesson 3 if required.
2. What is the physical geography of the Middle East?
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2. What is the physical geography of the Middle East?

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This lesson uses maps and atlases to examine the physical geography of the region. This is a part of a fully-resourced unit with a range of styles of activity and unashamedly embracing aspects of thinking skills (they still work) and dual coding. The unit was designed for Y9 and synoptically revises their KS3 course whilst using skills and concepts from their KS4 Geography studies (specifically, for Eduqas Geography B but relevant to all boards).