I am a Geography specialist who has also been teaching GCSE history for the past few years. I have uploaded some lessons for History and Geography. I hope people find them useful.
I am a Geography specialist who has also been teaching GCSE history for the past few years. I have uploaded some lessons for History and Geography. I hope people find them useful.
AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at the environmental challenges facing Lagos. Air pollution, waste management, traffic congestion and water supply/pollution.
We start with a simple true or false retrieval practice quiz.
We then look at the environmental issues facing Lagos one at a time. The pupils have an A3 sheet with all 4 challenges in sections divided into problems and solutions. The pupils work their way through the sheet using video clips and photos to help them guided by the teacher.
We finish with a GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
True/false starter
Activities on the environmental challenges and potential solutions
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question with guidance on how to respond.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification. The lesson introduces the concept of irrigation and then looks at the Indira Ghandi Canal in the Thar Desert. We then look at the challenges of the desert environment, extreme temperatures, water supply and accessibility. We finish with a GCSE style question on irrigation with guidance. All worksheets and photocopying resoources included.
At a glance lesson includes
Irrigation question starter
Task in the Indira Ghandi Canal
Three tasks on the challenges in the desert to development
A guided 4 mark GCSE style question on irrigation.
Hope this helps.
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A sheet to compare both the effects of and responses to the 2010 earthquake in Chile and the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.
Please feel free to download and use.
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A worksheet/revision activity on the structure of the rainforest and plant adaptations. Aimed at GCSE but would work for KS3 aswell. Mixture of questions and colouring to be done too.
Hope you find it useful.
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AQA GCSE geography resource. This is a revision sheet for pupils studying London as part of the Urban Change in the UK section in Unit 2.
The rules for the revision are:-
Use your class notes, textbooks and/or the Internet to answer questions on your way across London. Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper. Once you have answered the question, colour in the corresponding borough on the map. Move onto the next borough on your journey to the finish. You must answer the question in the City of London on your journey. Choose a starting borough from blue (easiest), orange (medium) or red (hard).
Hope proves useful.
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I use this for revision after teaching the Hot Deserts topic in the AQA GCSE Geography Spec (1B).
Hope you find it useful.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson on the Nigeria: a Newly-emerging Economy unit. The lesson is approximately one hour long, but can be extended or shortened. In the lesson we look at What Nigeria’s economy looks like and how it has changed over time. The pupils will do some interpretation of pie charts. They will then create a graph to show Nigeria’s employment structure. We move on to create a diagram that is annotated to explain why Nigeria’s economy is developing, before looking at the growing manufacturing sector. The pupils will then answer a GCSE -style question using points for guidance. Included in the lesson is:
Starter activity
Pie Chart interpretation activity
Graphical skills task
Creating an annotated diagram task around Nigeria’s developing economy
Answering a 6-mark GCSE-style question with guidance.
Hope this helps.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson from the Nigeria: A Newly Emerging Economy section. Second lesson in this unit of work. In this lesson we start by looking at the different environments in Nigeria and the pupils work to create an annotated map of the country. We then use information cards to complete a knowledge organiser. Looking at Nigeria’s social, political, cultural and environmental context the pupils fill out their organiser from the cards. We then move on to answer a GCSE style question and the pupils have some guidance on how to answer this sort of question. Included is:
All the information cards
Starter
annotated map task on Nigeria’s environments
Knowledge organiser task using info cards activity
4-mark GCSE style question with guidance.
Hope this helps.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at the economic challenges in Lagos with special attention paid to the informal economy and the Olusosun Landfill site.
We use elaborative questioning on a photo of rubbish collectors at Olusosun as a starter, the pupils may be able to work out that the rubbish tip employs informally, many people.
We then look at the employment structure of Lagos, and how it compares with Nigeria. The pupils will be plotting their own pie charts and answering questions relating to them. We then look at the formal and informal economies. Focusing on the informal economy and the Olusosun landfill site, pupils look at the problems and benefits of working on the landfill site, there are 2 video clips to support this.
We finish with a GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Photo interpretation starter
Pie chart plotting activities
Video clips from Olusosun.
Problems and benefits of Olusosun.
GCSE-style question with guidance on how to respond.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at how Lagos has grown in the last 50 years and why.
We start with a population pyramid of Nigeria and the pupils can choose questions to answer as we explore the population structure of the country.
We then look at the growth of Lagos through the pupils plotting the data onto a graph and answering questions about Lagos’ population growth. We then move onto the physical growth of the city. Here pupils use colours to make an isoline map and again there are questions for the pupils to answer. We then look at push & pull factors for rural-urban migration. The pupils create a graph as a visual tool to see which are the main pull and push factors. We finish with an emoji annotation plenary about the reasons for Lagos’ population growth.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Population pyramid starter
Video clip
Graph plotting task with questions on population data.
Isoline map task with questions.
Push-pull factors bar chart.
Annotating emojis plenary.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1A: In this third lesson in the section we look at the human causes of climate change.
We start with a retrieval practice grid which you can populate with your own questions.
We then look at the greenhouse effect and how this works. The pupils will create an annotated diagram as the teacher goes through the stages. We then look at the three main greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxides. Taking each one in turn the pupils annotate around their hexagons what the human sources of these gases are. There are some video clips to support this.
We finish with 9 mark GCSE-style question with the command word “to what extent”. the pupils have a suggested content and strictire guide to help them if they need it.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Retrieval practice starter
Annotated diagram task on the greenhouse effect
Hexagon task on the greenhouse gases
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question with guidance on suggested content
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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This is a template for analysing geographical issues by examining what we should stop doing, what we should start doing and what we should continue to do.
It works for most geographical issues though of course.
I hope it proves useful.
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This is a collection of GCSE revision sheets, best printed A3 for the following units.:-
Unit 1:
Tectonic Hazards: Comparing the earthquakes in Chile and Nepal
Hot Deserts: The Thar Desert
Rainforests: Characteristics of Tropical Rainforests
Unit 2:
The Urban World: Lagos revision map
Urban Change in the UK: London revision map
The Changing UK Economy: Revision map
A starter activity that makes the pupils think about words in context by firstly working out which word goes where, but then they must use the words verbally in another sentence within the context of the subject.
Hope it proves useful
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Template for the rating sliders worksheet. Can be used for a variety of subjects and tasks. Fully editable.
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Another quick retrieval practice slide based on field sketches. This one is High Force Waterfall on the River Tees. Hope it proves useful.
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Revision task for geographical/historical issues. The sails are factors that contribute to progress, the anchors are factors that hinder progress in tackling the issue.
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This is a simple template that can be edited or adapted. Sometimes it works well as a glacial features starter as well. Feel free to download and use.
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Simple retrieval practice starter slide for use in geography lessons. Please feel free to download, use and adapt.
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