Do now Natural increase, birth and death rate intro Factors that affect biorth and death rates, card sort/colour sort. Country ranking on how pupils think birth rates are. Calculate natural increase (possible calculator needed) Possible plenary “Play your life expectancy right”

A three page summative assessment with mark scheme. Nice and short, rigorous and easily marked.

Do now - factors that affect population Video link Possible Gapminder exercise (I think it is valuable)

TWO lessons worth of material here really Do now Gap fill sentences Video (youtube link) Keyword match up e.g Wet point site = Photo analysis of site factors - can they spot them? Create your perfect settlement from what you have learned

Do now - graph reading Interim Assessment -> use and interpretation of graphs. Describe how the global rural and urban population has changed from 1950-2015 WAGOLL follows this Tasks on rural to urban migration, with video link to BBC

Do now Two videos (Youtube links) Latitude and longitude skills task for plotting megacities

Do now Keywords 2 x videos with links T/F statement Basic map work for India and Mumbai Guided reading and questions Sketch of a squatter settlement from a photo then annotate

Do now Keywords Child diary - guided reading and questions

with mark scheme

Map of school and locations of key areas - you will, of course, need to replace it and put your own map of your own school in. Then an environmental quality survey of your own school grounds. Pick three differing areas around your own school. From this you can create a radar graph as data presentation. Then a mini interim assessment follows as they do a short write up.

An understanding of all geographies from this lesson. A focus, this lesson, on physical geography.

Video clip on megacities Latitude and longitude work - plotting megacities Written question on the distribution of megacities

With mark scheme

Physical characteristics that were important for early settlers.

HIC LIC NEE definitions BBC Teach video on urbanisation in India True/False statements Basic map work on India My Life in Dharavi - diary extract Field sketch in a squatter settlement

This is most likely two lessons of work with many classes: Definitions Graph work with a written task Reasons for increasing urbanisation BBC video on urbanisation Task on push and pull factors Effects of migration

Short summative assessment with mark scheme

Use of compass directions. With two printable activities.

What do we use an atlas for? Map work. Task to complete understanding of continent names and ocean names, and locations. Optional homework.

Understanding the basics of a fieldsketch and then completing one, with basic annotations.

Relief. Major mountain ranges. Major rivers. Using atlases to label the above.