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China's One Child Policy - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to recap the key learning from previous lessons on Asia and population features, students will also be asked to identify features on a population pyramid and identify the mean of the data.
Students will recap what overpopulation is from the previous lesson and then describe what was happening to China before the One Child Policy.
Students then investigate the two ways that were used to limit population before the policy and then they will investigate the rules and the punishments of the policy.
Finally students will identify if the one child policy was effective and if it outweighs the cost in a newspaper article.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1:Recap the term overpopulation
Task 2: Describe what the population was like before the One Child Policy and what efforts were used before the policy.
Task 3: To understand the rules and the punishments that were in place to ensure the Once Child Policy was enforced.
Task 4: Main Task: Create a newspaper article to evaluate the effectiveness of the One Child Policy.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
GCSE Geography Revision - Paper 2 (AQA)
A fully resourced PowerPoint for Paper 2- Challenges in the human environment for AQA GCSE Geography. This PowerPoint contains 36 slides with full information and case studies for each topic.
Content Includes:
Urban Issues and Challenges
Definition and causes of urbanisation
Emergence of megacities
Case Study of Rio as an NEE along with opportunities and challenges.
Case Study - Urban change in a Major UK City - Leeds
Sustainable Urban Living - Leeds Greenhouse Project
Traffic Management in Leeds
The Changing Economic World
Measuring development
Measuring population and causes of uneven development
Tourism in Jamaica
UK national and global links
Case Study- Nigeria - TNCs causing development
Economic and Industrial Change in the UK
Modern Industrial Developments in the UK - Cambridge Science Park and Torr Quarry.
Resource Management
Types of resources
Food overview
Agribusiness
Energy overview
Water Overview
China - North - West Water Transfer Scheme
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GCSE Geography Revision - Paper 1 (AQA)
A fully resourced PowerPoint for Paper 1- Living in the Physical Environment for AQA GCSE Geography. This PowerPoint contains 30 slides with full information and case studies for each topic.
Case studies include:
Ecosystems - UK Pond
Tropical Rainforest - Malaysia
Hot Desert - Thar Desert
Rivers - River Tees
Coasts - Holderness Coast
Tectonic Hazards - Christchurch vs Haiti
Weather Hazards - Typhoon Haiyan
UK Weather Hazards - Beast from the East
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The Migrant Crisis in Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the land and sea routes that migrants take to get into Europe using geographical terms. They will be able to describe the location of Calais and the issues that boat crossings cause including migrant deaths and the dangers of crossing with identification of graphs. Finally students will condense the text of a news article about the migrant crisis and identify the stakeholders points of view. Students will be asked to demonstrate their learning by creating a profile for each of the stakeholder groups.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning.
Task 1: Describe the routes that migrants take to get into Europe
Task 2: Using the bar graph describe the dangers of boats crossing into Europe.
Task 3: Condense the newspaper article about the dangers of migrant crossings.
Task 4: Main Task: Create a stakeholder profile about each of the stakeholders and why they might feel that way.
Task 5: Plenary: Using the red and green planner sheets students are to show true or false answers.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Effects and Reponses to Typhoon Haiyan - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on Typhoon Haiyan, the location, case study, primary and secondary effects along with planning, preparation and monitoring.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Students to accurately describe the path of the typhoon.
Task 3: Read through the information sheet and add the effects and responses on their sheet.
Task 4: Main Task - Exam question practice, "Using an example, describe the primary and secondary effects of a tropical storm. (6 marks)
Task 5: Exam Question Practice - "Using an example, describe the short-term responses to a tropical storm (4 marks)
Task 6: Plenary - Explain why planning and preparation is the best option for reducing the effects of tropical storms.
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Introduction to the EU - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe what the European Union is, when it formed and its purpose. INtroduction to the concepts of Freedom of Movement and Single Market. They will also be able to explain why it formed and its main countries that made up the EU.
Starter: Knowledge retention from previous learning
Task 1: Assessment for learning - Students to write down everything they know about the EU.
Task 2: Explain the history of the EU and its formation through time.
Task 3: Difference between the EU and Europe (geography misconception)
Task 4: Main Task: Create a newspaper article for Newsround about what the EU is and what it does.
Task 5: Plenary: Fill in the spider diagram from the start of the lesson with new learning about the EU.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
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Human Features of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
For KS3 geography, this bundle is great for Year 9 in their second term back at school, and is designed to flow with the “Physical Features of Africa Bundle”. This bundle allows students to investigate the human side of Africa with specific looks at countries as case studies with links to key geographical concepts such as development, population and slums.
This bundle contains 6 lessons that are fully resourced, with powerpoints and worksheets.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will firstly begin by identifying population densities and sparsities in different countries in Africa as well as introducing population pyramids to students to link to development. Then students will investigate the importance of Nigeria and why it is globally and nationally important. Next students will find out what development is, and why some countries are less developed than others, which will directly link to colonisation and the reason some countries struggle to develop. Then once students are clear with population and development the concept of slums is introduced and linked to favelas in Brazil and what issues these cause for the people and how to fix them
Lesson 1: The Population of Africa
Lesson 2: Nigeria and its Importance
Lesson 3: Development in Africa
Lesson 4: Colonisation of Africa
Lesson 5: Slums in Africa
Lesson 6: Solutions to Slums
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data collection and manipulation along with creation of graphs and reading OS maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Fieldwork Skills for GCSE - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
In this lesson students will be introduced to what fieldwork skills are, how to do them and why we do them. This is to get them farmiliar with the types of sampling and data collection ahead of a fieldtrip and why they choose that.
In this lesson students cover:
Primary vs Secondary Data
Qualitative vs Quantative Data
Types of sampling: Cluster, Stratified, Systematic and Random, along with the benefits and drawbacks of each type of sampling.
Finally students cover why we do risk assessments and why it is important.
Students finish off with an exam question practice that will be completed in their booklets.
Data & Fieldwork - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the difference between Primary and Secondary data as well as give examples for each type. Then students will investigate Quantitative versus Qualitative data and what types of data these represent. Finally students will explain why it is important to display data in different methods, specifically bar chart. This lesson was created to be part of a two lesson plan, so the previous lesson will be included in the download to help with planing.
Starter: Knowledge Retention on previous learning
Task 1: Testing the difference between primary and secondary data
Task 2: Testing the difference between quantitative and qualitative
Task 3: Why do we choose to present data in a certain way?
Task 4: Main Task: Describe the quality of the environment at our school
Lesson contains two powerpoints and one worksheet.
The Population of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to use key terms such as dense, sparse and distribution then describe the distribution and density for different countries in Africa. Students will then be given key terms with population such as birth rate, death rate, life expectancy and infant mortality rate. Then students will be introduced to population pyramids and asked to compare the three different areas of Africa that have these population pyramids. Finally using factors used in HDI students will compare which is the best country to live in Africa according to statistics and why.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the density and distribution of populations of a football match, then the countries in Africa
Task 2: Join the key word with the definition.
Task 3: Explain the population pyramid for the continent of Africa, then describe the population pyramids between Uganda, Botswana and Tunisia.
Task 4: Using the profile of Africa you have built up over the lesson, describe which of the three countries in Africa would be the best place to live currently and why.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Resources in Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
In this lesson students will be able to explain what resources are, describe the difference between renewable and non-renewable and identify the distribution of resources throughout Russia. Then students will explain why these resources are important to the Russian economy then investigate why there are negatives of extracting these resources.
Task 1: Starter: Recap on previous lessons and 4 figure OS map practice
Task 2: Teacher assessment of whole class knowledge - Teacher to ask students to define resources to check for misconceptions
Task 3: Teacher assessment of whole class knowledge - teacher to ask students to give as many examples of resources as possible
Task 4: Students to describe the distribution of resources in Russia
Task 5: Students to identify the importance of resources on Russia’s economy
Task 6: Students to read through the work sheet and annotate key information then evaluate which of the impacts of mineral extraction is the most significant and why
Task 7: Main Task- “Explain how the resources that Russia has are both positive and negative” (6 marks)
Task 8: Purposeful retrieval - A chance for students to recap the low tariff, progression essential knowledge of the lesson
Task 9: Exit Ticket - A quick recap of key geographical information that students will have covered up to this point.
Evidence of Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: On whiteboards come up with theories about how we know the climate has changed in the past.
Task 3: Using the worksheet, students evaluate which is the most accurate/ best proxy for climate reconstruction and place them in a diamond 9.
Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe how we know our climate is changing through evaluation of proxies.
Task 5: Plenary: What do we think our planet was like during the last Ice Age?
Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Introduction to Fieldwork - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the importance of fieldwork along with why do fieldwork in geography. This lesson contains the basis for a fieldwork investigation around your school that includes a liter count and bi-polar environmental quality survey.
Task 1: Describe which is more accurate data sample set
Task 2: Writing a hypothesis
Task 3: Conducting research at 3 different locations along with the research sheet.
Task 4: Main Task: Write up _ Describe what the research found about the school site.
Task 5: Plenary: Homework for litter pick for further data
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Solutions to Slums - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will recap the issues present in Kibera the slum that was previously investigated. Then they will choose which area they want to improve in their slums and why. Next they will categorise the solutions to slums into social, economic and environmental. Then students will evaluate which of the solutions have been the most successful rating them 1-8. Finally students have a silent debate where they write down which of the improvements has been the most successful and why, then pass the book around to debate the next point.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Recap the issues of living in slums.
Task 2: Explain which part of Kibera should be improved and why on whiteboards.
Task 3: Categorise the solutions to slums into social, economic and environmental.
Task 4: Evaluate which of the solutions have been the most successful rating them 1-8
Task 5: silent debate where they write down which of the improvements has been the most successful and why, then pass the book around to debate the next point…
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Colonisation of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to explain what colonisation is, where in Africa was colonised and by which country/ empire. Students will then learn about the scramble for Africa post slave trade and the reasons for the scramble. Students will then identify the social, economic and environmental. issues that colonisation caused for Africa. Then students will evaluate which is the worst effect and why. Finally they will create a newspaper article about the effects of colonisation on Africa.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the countries that were colonised and by which country/ empire.
Task 2: Identify the social, economic and environmental. issues that colonisation
Task 3: Evaluate which of the effects of colonisation was the worst and why.
Task 4: Create a newspaper article explaining what colonisation is, why it happened and its effects on the African people.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Map Skills for GCSE - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the different cartographic skills for students at GCSE. This lesson includes:
Atlas Skills including reading longitude and latitude and identification of physical and human atlas maps.
Ordnance Survey Maps including using a key, scale, four and six figure references and reading contours and spot height.
Maps in association with photographs including direction of photograph, identification of features, use of satellite imagery and sketch/ field maps.
Task 1: Identify the longitude and latitude of 12 points on an atlas.
Task 2: Measuring the distance between features on an OS map
Task 3: Identifying four and six figures on a simple OS map
Task 4: Identify the maximum and minimum height of the OS map
Task 5: Identify the direction the photograph was taken
Task 6: Explain the social, economic and environmental impacts of a earthquake from satellite imagery.
If you get time you could take your students outside and get them to do a sketch map of the school ground and a birds eye view of the school.
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TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on an what Transnational corporations (TNC’s) are and why they have chosen Nigeria to develop in. Students will be able to explain the positives and negatives of Nigeria and then answer the question on if TNCs are a positive force in Nigeria.
Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how ox-bow lakes are formed
Task 2: Outline the positives and negatives of TNCs on the worksheet.
Task 3: Geography Skills: Describe the distribution of oil fields in Nigeria (3 marks)
Task 4: Students to watch a video explaining the positives and negatives of Shell in Nigeria.
Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “To what extent are TNCs a positive force for the host country?" (6 marks)
High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words.
Task 5: Plenary - Revision on exam question about ox-bow lakes.
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Life in a Favela - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students to write down the characteristics of pictures of favelas and describe what the conditions look like in these areas. Students will identify why people live there and why they have moved there. Advantages and disadvantages of living in a favela and jobs that are there.
Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning
Task 2: Identify why people live in favelas and identify the characteristics of favelas.
Task 3: Advantages and Disadvantages of living in a favela along with the jobs there.
Task 4: Main Task - Describe the opportunities and challenges of living in a favela
Task 5: Plenary: Class question - How would the government fix this issue?
Lesson 4 out of 8
Beast from the East - UK Weather Hazard - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the Beast from the East - an extreme weather event in England in 2018. Students will investigate the location, causes of the storm, the social, economic and environmental impacts along with the short term and long term responses.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Using the images on the screen, come up with what you think caused the Beast from the East.
Task 3: Complete the learning clock with information in the PowerPoint starting with identifying where the beast was affected. Then identify the causes of the storm, next to
the social and economic and environmental factors and finally the long term and short term responses.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how extreme weather in the UK can have economic and social impacts.” "(6 marks)
Task 5: Plenary - How could we have responded to the event better?
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Nigeria and its Importance - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to locate Nigeria using the locational information from previous lessons as well as the map on the board. Students will then read through the information sheet and highlight why Nigeria is important socially, economically and environmentally. Students will then identify the scale on Nigeria’s importance between nationally or globally and then create a tourist brochure about why people should visit Nigeria.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the location of Nigeria
Task 2: Identify on the information sheet the social, economic and environmental importance of Nigeria.
Task 3: Explain the global and national importance of Nigeria.
Task 4: Create a travel brochure on Nigeria and why tourists should visit there.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.