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GCSE Geography Revision - Paper 2 (AQA)
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GCSE Geography Revision - Paper 2 (AQA)

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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. **Download contains PowerPoint **
Aid Positives and Negatives - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Aid Positives and Negatives - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on aid, introduction to different types of aid, when do we use it and how the UK gives aid to Pakistan Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define aid then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts about aid in Pakistan and students are to outline if the facts are positives of negatives to Pakistan Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what aid is, how it can benefit and be a negative to Pakistan. Then they are to state overall if aid is a good or bad thing and justify if the UK should keep giving aid. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how Pakistan can improve development in their country. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Effects and Reponses to Typhoon Haiyan - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Effects and Reponses to Typhoon Haiyan - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Introduction to Conflict - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Introduction to Conflict - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on conflict, an introduction into what conflict is, types of conflict and how they affect us on a local, national and global scale and how patterns of conflict have shaped the world today. Task 1: Starter - Define what conflict and war is. Task 2: Decide which conflicts are local, national and international Task 3: Interpret the map on which things are good about the map and which are bad. Task 4: Using an Atlas and the patterns of conflict to design their own map illustrating the patterns of conflict today Task 5: Main Task - Long form writing- students to use the map they have created to describe the patterns of conflict in the world today. Task 6: Plenary - Class discussion- which conflict was the worst and why? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Protecting the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Protecting the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to define what sustainability is and how social, economic and environmental factors must be taken into account to make something sustainable. Then students will read through the worksheet and choose which option is the best for sustainability. Finally, students will put everything they have learnt together in a final secondary assessment. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: On whiteboards, come up with a definition of sustainability Task 3: Identify which management strategy is the most sustainable and why. Task 4: Main Task - Secondary Assessment - Evaluate the protection of the Amazon Rainforest. Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - Class Discussion - Why do people cut down the rainforest? Lesson 8 out of 8
Life in a Favela - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Life in a Favela - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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
Adapting to Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Adapting to Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how humans are adapting to a changing climate. Students will define adaptation, learn about the three different types of adaptations then evaluate if adaptation is better than mitigation Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, using the pictures on screen students must choose which is a mitigation technique, how it works and how it mitigates climate change. Task 2: Students to write out their definition of adaptation on a whiteboard then the actual definition in their books. Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes about adaptation. Then make notes on the following slides about agricultural adaptation, water supply management and reducing risk from sea-level rise. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Evaluate if we should be mitigating climate change or adapting to it. Task 5: Plenary - As global citizens are we all doing enough to limit climate change? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Population Distribution in Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Population Distribution in Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe the distribution of population across Russia, using key terms such as dense and sparse to describe the spread. Students will then be able to use human and physical evidence as to why humans are distributed this way. Starter: True or False Task 1: Describe the distribution of population density using a map Task 2: True or False Task 3: Human and physical factors that affect population Task 4: Main Task: Explain one physical and one human factor to why Russia’s population is distributed this way. Task 5: Plenary: Peer assessment- swap books with partner and mark the question. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Fieldwork Skills for GCSE - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Fieldwork Skills for GCSE - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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.
Biomes of Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Biomes of Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will identify different biomes throughout Russia and understand how climate affects the locations of biomes. Students will also be able to describe the vegetation and animals that are located through the biomes of Russia. Task 1: Starter: Key words match up Task 2: Describe location of the biomes in Russia Task 3: Fill in sheet with characteristics of different biomes Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe what vegetation/ animals they would see throughout their journey. Task 5: Plenary: Quiz at the end of the lesson to summarise learning.
Hygiene and Keeping Clean - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Hygiene and Keeping Clean - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on hygiene during puberty and how to stay clean, students will learn the importance of hygiene and what routines they should keep in order to stay hygienic. Task 1: Starter - Create a definition of what hygiene is and examples of hygiene. Task 2: To label on an image areas that could end up unhygienic if not looked after. Task 3: Put hygiene options in order of importance to keep hygienic and clean Task 4: Main Task - Complete their own hygiene plan to ensure that students know what routines they need to do to stay hygienic Task 5: Plenary - Quiz about how to stay clean and tidy. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
The Population of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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The Population of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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.
TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Climate Change: Natural Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Climate Change: Natural Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the natural causes of climate change through Earth’s history. Task 1: Starter - 5 Quick Questions- students to recap on previously learnt information. Task 2: Students to write out how temperature has changed through time and make the link to CO2. Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes on the worksheet about the 4 causes of natural climate change. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Complete two exam questions “Using figure 3 which one of the following statements is true” “Give one nature cause of changes in global temperatures” Task 5: Plenary - Which natural cause of climate change do you think is most impactful and why. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Migration in Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Migration in Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe what a migrant is, along with examples of who would be classed as a migrant. Then students will identify the difference between, migrant, immigrant, refugee and emigrant. Finally students will learn the causes of migration and the use of the terms push and pull factors. Along with the impacts of migration on the host and country of origin. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Key term match up with migrant, emigrant, refugee with definitions. Task 2: Identification of push and pull factors in terms of migration Task 3: Impacts of migration for host and country of origin. Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the impact of migration of the country of origin and the host country. Task 5: Plenary: Purposeful retrieval of information from the lesson. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Nigeria and its Importance - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Nigeria and its Importance - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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.
York Flood Management Scheme - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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York Flood Management Scheme - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the flood management scheme in York, Yorkshire. Students will find out, why the scheme is needed, what the scheme entails and the social, economic and environmental impacts of the scheme. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Identify the location of York in England. Task 3: Students to read through information about why York floods so often. Task 4: On a map of York students write on it where the scheme is used and what type of management strategy is used. Task 5: Annotate the benefits and costs of the management scheme Task 6: Main Task - Practice exam questions- "Using a UK Flood Management Scheme you have studied, argue to what extent this management scheme has been successful (9+3).” 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 - Opinion Line, students to consider the statement and stand on a continuum line in the room. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
WW1 - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
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WW1 - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)

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An introductory topic for KS3 & 4 in geography about WW1 and its features. This bundle contains 6 lessons that are fully resourced. Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe who fought during WW1, which countries were affected and investigate the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and look into propaganda and recruitment. Lesson 1: Introduction to WW1 Lesson 2: Events That Led to WW1 Lesson 3: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lesson 4: Causes of WW1 Lesson 5: Propaganda in WW1 Lesson 6: Recruitment Processes in WW1 Students will develop language skills, map reading, sources analysis, investigation skills and able to write full assessments using key terms accurately. This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
The East African Rift Valley
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The East African Rift Valley

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Students will be able asked to recap the layers of the Earth and their characteristics, then students will recap plate tectonic and locate the African plate, this will then quickly cover the 3 types of plate boundaries of constructive, destructive and conservative. Finally students will be asked to explain the formation of a rift valley and explain the two types of volcanoes that occur on these boundaries. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Recap on structure of the Earth and plate tectonics Task 2: Recap on the three types of plate boundaries. Task 3: Describe the location of the Great African Rift Valley. Task 4: Main Task: Explain the formation of the East African Rift Valley and give one physical feature within. Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Amazon Rainforest Characteristics - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Amazon Rainforest Characteristics - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe where tropical rainforests are located globally using lines of latitude and other descriptors of location that students have learned. Then students will describe the location of the Amazon Rainforest in South America using the same skills as before. Next students will investigate why rainforests are in that area and how convectional rainfall occurs. After that students will learn about the layers of the rainforest and then describe what they have learnt about the Amazon Rainforest in their books. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Describe where tropical rainforests are located globally Task 2: Describe where the Amazon Rainforest is located in South America Task 3: Create a comic about how convectional rainfall creates rainforests Task 4: Match the layers of the rainforest to its description. Task 5: Main Task: Describe your learning about tropical rainforests and their characteristics. Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.