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China's One Child Policy
This lesson explores China's One Child Policy - the background, issues and different opinions. This lesson includes a range of activities, in particular reading through a short passage on the policy and blacking out irrelevant information, rather than highlighting the relevant - this is a really good activity if you want to challenge them!
I had originally planned this as one lesson, but students become so fascinated in the topic that it is much better to spend time debating the policy and spread over two lessons.
Used for 7th grade, but am also going to be using these activities with 9th grade too so could easily be adapted for other grades and abilities.
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Introduction to Geography
Two lessons covering the first introductory lessons to Geography:
L1: What is Geography? - introduction to geography and allows students to consider how geography is all around us.
L2: Human & Physical Geography - introducing students to the differences between human, physical and environmental geography, before locating various human and physical features around the world.
Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson.
Used with a new higher-ability Year 7 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities.
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Mount St Helens DME
A decision-making exercise created for year 9, but could easily be used with other age groups too. Students work in groups, taking on the role of hazard management response teams to make quick and effective decisions. All incoming messages are based on what actually happened when Mount St Helens erupted.
Air Masses & the UK Climate
Two lessons covering air masses and the UK climate - including ocean currents and the North Atlantic Drift
PLEASE NOTE: this is part 4 of a set of 14 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/our-changing-climate-set-of-14-lessons-11311826
A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles.
Used with a Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Every lesson has been fully differentiated, with challenge activities (in pink bubbles) included at various points.
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Flooding DME
A decision-making exercise created for year 7, but could easily be used with other age groups too. Students work in groups, taking on the role of flood management response teams to make quick and effective decisions. All incoming messages are based on real-life news reports and tweets made during the 2013/14 Christmas floods in Kent.
The Hydrological Cycle
Two lessons focusing on the hydrological cycle and the role of the biosphere and lithosphere. These lessons are fully differentiated and incorporate a variety of learning styles, including making a foldable water cycle.
Used for mixed-ability Year 9 (Edexcel B GCSE specification) but could easily be adapted for Key Stage 3.
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Slavery - set of 10 lessons
A full set of 10 lessons covering the topic of slavery:
L1: Intro & the Trade Triangle
L2: Sugar & the Slave Trade - including how Britain benefited from the slave trade
L3: The Middle Passage - includes a short assessment
L4: Slave Auctions
L5/6: The Life of a Slave - large focus on analysing sources in groups
L7: Slave Resistance & the Underground Railroad
L8: The Songs of Slaves - students share a slave song that they researched at home, before writing their own!
L9/10: The Abolition of Slavery - includes an end of topic assessment.
A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - sketch notes, talk4writing, code breaking, song-writing, poster-making and plenty of opportunities to work on source analysis and skills vital for GCSE. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson.
Used with a higher-ability Year 9 class (KS3), but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities.
Some parts, i.e. information, have been taken from other resources, but most activities are my own.
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Climate Change - set of 14 lessons
A set of 14 fully differentiated lessons covering the topic of Climate Change:
L1: Intro to Weather & Climate - including climate graphs
L2: Climate Change & the Distant Past - types of evidence
L3: Climate Change in the Recent Past - types of evidence
L4/5 - Natural Causes of Climate Change
L6: The Little Ice Age & the Vikings
L7: The Little Ice Age & Europe - frost fairs
L8: The Little Ice Age & Ecosystems - the impact on the dinosaurs
L9/10: Air Masses & the UK Climate - includes ocean currents and the North Atlantic Drift
L11: The Greenhouse Effect
L12: The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
L13: The UK's Future Climate
L14: The Impact of Global Warming on Egypt
A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - card sorts, jigsaw teaching, storyboards, cartoon strips and talk4writing.
Every lesson has been fully differentiated - usually to at least 3 levels and all resources have been included.
Used with a mixed-ability Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities.
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Water in the World - set of 9 lessons
A set of 9 fully differentiated lessons covering the topic of Water:
L1: Intro - The Blue Planet
L2/3: The Hydrological Cycle - creating a foldable (ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY SEPARATELY)
L4: Climate Change & Water Supplies
L5: Living with Chronic Water Shortages - The Sahel
L6: Threats to Water Quality
L7: Disruption of Water Services (human interference) - THE WATER GAME! (ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY SEPARATELY)
L8: Large-Scale Solutions to the Water Crisis - the Three Gorges Dam and Hoover Dam
L9: Small-Scale Management Strategies - pumpkin tanks
A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - card sorts, jigsaw teaching, creating a foldable and THE WATER GAME!
Every lesson has been fully differentiated - usually to at least 3 levels and all resources have been included.
Used with a mixed-ability Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities.
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The Spanish Armada
Two lessons covering the topic of the Spanish Armada:
L1: Causes of the Spanish Armada - introduces the Spanish Armada and students must consider the most important causes
L2: Why was the Spanish Armada defeated? - includes ranking causes in order of significance on a thermometer.
Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson.
Used with a higher-ability Year 8 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities.
Some parts, i.e. information, have been taken from other resources, but most activities are my own.
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Lagos: Urban Challenges Case Study (10+ lessons)
*NEW AQA GCSE GEOGRAPHY A SPEC*
These resources cover an in-depth focus on the urban case study of Lagos. I intend to use these resources to cover at least 10 lessons, with the students' aim to create a detailed A3+ academic poster by the end.
The PowerPoint includes all main activities and instructions, working through the research one stage at a time - covering:
- Background information/key facts about Lagos
- Challenges faced in Lagos
- Opportunities presented by urbanisation in Lagos
- How urban planning can be used to overcome particular challenges presented by urbanisation, e.g. Eko Atlantic and the Makoko Floating School
Used for high-ability Year 10, but can be easily adapted to any level. The controversial issues were particularly engaging for students.
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Threats to the Rainforest
Two fully differentiated lessons covering how tropical rainforests are used and their main threats.
PLEASE NOTE: this is part of a set of 11-12 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ecosystems-set-of-11-12-lessons-11306358
Used with a mixed-ability Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Every lesson has been fully differentiated - usually to at least 3 levels and all resources have been included. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson, as well as an assessment sheet.
Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)
The Tudors - set of 13 lessons
A full set of 13 lessons covering the topic of the Tudors and Life in Britain in the 1500s:
L1: Introductory lesson
L2: Life in the 1500s
L3: The Tudors & Henry VIII
L4/5: Henry VIII's Wives
L6: Why did Henry break with Rome?
L7: Dissolution of the Monasteries
L8: Changes to the Church
L9: How 'bloody' was Bloody Mary? - includes a mid-topic assessment
L10: Ye Olde Elizabethan Dating Agency!
L11-12 - Portraits of Elizabeth I - strong focus on source analysis
L13: Elizabeth vs. Mary Queen of Scots
A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - Facebook profiles, road maps, songs and plenty of opportunities to work on source analysis and skills vital for GCSE. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson.
Used with a higher-ability Year 8 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities.
Some parts, i.e. information, have been taken from other resources, but most activities are my own.
Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)
THE WATER GAME!
An interactive lesson focusing on how humans are disrupting and interfering with our water supplies. The main part of this lesson is the Water Game - like the jelly baby population game but for water, so you will need to buy sweets for this! I was intending to use blue millions for the water supply but had to resort to tallying on post-it notes instead. It can get quite loud, but students loved playing the game and were extremely engaged.
Following the game, students then take a look at Coca-Cola as a case study to stretch their learning further.
All resources are fully differentiated and include a support sheet with definitions of key words on for lower ability.
Used for mixed-ability Year 9 (GCSE), but could easily be adapted for other year groups too.
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Development - set of 9 lessons
A set of 9 lessons covering the topic of Development, focusing in particular on the causes of the development gap:
L1: Intro to Development
L2/3: Measuring Development - including the Happy Planet Index!
L4/5: Theories of Development
L6: Global Players & Organisations (case study - Apple Inc. and the Foxconn Factory)
L7: The Millennium Development Goals
L8: The Role of Trade in Development (case study - Mali)
L9: Megacities (case study - Dhaka)
A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - diamond 9 ranking, sketch notes, taboo, peer-teaching jigsaws and decision-making exercises. Challenge tasks and questions (in pink bubbles/squares) have also been included in each lesson, and homework tasks have been included throughout too.
These lessons have been designed for A-Level, but could easily be adapted to fit GCSE specifications.
Some parts, i.e. information, have been taken from other resources, but most activities are my own.
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Ecosystems - set of 11-12 lessons
A set of 11-12 fully differentiated lessons covering the topic of Ecosystems, with a focus on tropical rainforests:
L1: Intro to Biomes - design your own plant/animal
L2: Locating the Biomes
L3: A Life-Support System - goods and services of the rainforest
L4 - Locals vs. TNCs
L5/6: Threats to the Rainforest
L7: Mass Extinction - focusing on the orangutan
L8: Conserving the Biosphere - CITES/RAMSAR
L9 - Conserving the Biosphere - National Parks (also includes PEQ, with slow writing frame)
L10: Sustainable Forestry - create your own forest
L11: Revision
A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - leaflets, maps from memory, Twitter, taboo, create your own forest and picture sorts.
Every lesson has been fully differentiated - usually to at least 3 levels and all resources have been included.
Used with a mixed-ability Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities.
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Tropical Storms
3 lessons and homework (or an additional lesson) comparing tropical storms in an MEDC and LEDC (Hurricane Katrina and Cyclone Nargis).
L1: introduces tropical storms, covering both their formation and main characteristics. This lesson includes a range of activities for different learning styles, including a 3D pop-up tropical storm.
L2: introduces the case studies and sets students up for their individual research. Students can either complete the research for HW or continue into another lesson.
L3: explores the responses to both storms and looking at the more controversial side of these examples, e.g. the Ninth Ward in New Orleans and Burma's refusal for help following Nargis.
Used for high-ability Year 9, but can be easily adapted to any level. The controversial issues were particularly engaging for students.
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Large-scale water management strategies: Dams
Full lesson focusing on large-scale water management strategies, looking specifically at the Hoover Dam and the Three Gorges. This lesson includes a range of activities for different learning styles, including video clips, card sort of the costs and benefits and designing a poster/fact-sheet. Instruction sheets have been differentiated.
Used for mixed-ability Year 9 (Edexcel B GCSE specification), but could easily be adapted.
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Small-scale water management strategies
This lesson explores how water can be managed on a small-scale in the developing world, and focuses on pumpkin tanks (rainwater harvesters) in particular. This lesson includes a range of activities for different learning styles, including composing their own rules for what makes small-scale strategies effective, annotating photos and a code breaker starter!
Used for mixed-ability Year 9 (Edexcel B GCSE specification), but could easily be adapted for other year groups and abilities.
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Tourism in Kenya
Introductory lesson to tourism in Kenya before moving onto ecotourism. A range of activities within this lesson, including a group decision-making exercise/role play. Students really got into this exercise and it helped them to formulate their own ideas around the advantages and disadvantages of mass tourism. Used with high-ability Year 8, but could easily be adapted for other year groups :)
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