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.
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.
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 introduces HDI in the context of the enquiry process (specifically, developing a hypothesis and testing correlation on a scatter graph).
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 introduces the concept of employment sectors and examines how we can use these to judge rates of develoment, or more accurately, how these affect levels of development. The lesson includes a step-by-step construction of the dreaded ‘triangular graph’ that Eduqas include in the specification.
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 social development indicators and utilises the “so what” elaboration technique to ask pupils to interrogate what each might tell us. It also examines the concepts of relative and absolute poverty.
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 lessons examines the impacts of trade (using chocolate as an example). inequalities in the states of production and issues of protectionism.
The eleventh 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 species posed by disease. It is an ICT-based guided independent research lesson.
The ninth 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 various species as a result of plastic pollution by humans.
The tenth 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 native species posed by introduced species, focusing on the cane toad in eastern Australia. This is a very fun lesson that students enjoy.
The eighth 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 a range of species used in traditional Chinese medicine, the ethical issues surrounding the use of these animals and the cultural issues involved in dismissing their efficacy to protect species.
The fourth lesson in a 13-lesson KS3 Geography unit about Endangered Species. All lessons are fully resourced with a range of engaging activities. This lesson is guided ICT research about the 8 different ways that humans may be causing mass extinction events. Students are introduced to the concepts and then guided to research specific species at risk and possible solutions.
The final lesson in a 13-lesson KS3 Geography unit about Endangered Species. All lessons are fully resourced with a range of engaging activities. This lesson provides an exam-style assessment including multiple choice, extended answer and use of a resource paper. Examination and mark scheme are included.
This is a set of 15 lessons designed for the Eduqas GCSE Geography B 9-1 specification easily adapted for all other specification. Students are introduced to Sydney as a global/world city and take an enquiry-based approach to each lesson. The unit covers the growth of Sydney, the aboriginal population, socioeconomics (Sydney vs. the rest of Australia, also divergence within Sydney), the transport issues and solutions, the water supply issues and solutions, an environmental issue and solutions, the housing issues and outcomes (increased density) and finally the proposed 3-Cities plan to divide Sydney into three seperate cities, each with a “30-minute lifestyle”.
My lessons are ready to teach and fully resources, including video links. There is a range of teaching and learning activities so students will not get bored.
A 13-lesson KS3 unit on endangered species. This unit introduces the concept of extinction and the related categories, mass extinction events, the historical precedents, the overview of human causes of extinction then individual lessons to fully explore these causes. Each lesson is fully resourced and has a range of engaging activities, research, active learning, etc. The unit includes a revision lesson and an exam-style assessment with mark scheme and resource booklet. I created this because I could find no other decent unit about endangered species - I hope you are find it really useful.
This lesson supports understanding of the concept of sustainability, a core component of all GCSE Geography specifications. It leads from the sustainability of different types of infrastructure (leading on from the previous lesson in this series) to investigate public investment in infrastructure (and how sustainable this may be), then leads onto core components of a GCSE course and examines the concept of sustainability in those contexts. It is fully resourced with engaging developmental activities.
The twelfth lesson in a 13-lesson KS3 Geography unit about Endangered Species. All lessons are fully resourced with a range of engaging activities. This lesson revises the key concept studied during this unit ready for a test the following lesson.
Introducing different types of map from an atlas. This includes political, physical and choropleth. It includes an activity for pupils and an explanation of the etymology of the British Isles/UK/etc. 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.
A lesson introducing the Israel-Palestine issue and examining its roots and impacts through a mystery activity.
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).
A lesson examining the advantages and disadvantages of three proposed solutions to the Israel-Palestine issue through a DME activity.
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).
The use of 4- and 6- figure grid references. 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.
A lesson revising coastal management strategies and evaluating the effectiveness and impacts of the defences adopted in Dubai.
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).
A lesson examining oil dependency and uses a range of types of map, including flow-line (desire) maps. The lesson introduced Dubai and examined how Dubai has diversified its economy.
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).
