A lesson designed for KS3 Geography. This is lesson 6 from a unit titled Extreme Environments.
This lesson will allow students to answer the following key questions:
Who lives in extreme environments?
How are their cultures different?
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In this digital product:
You will find everything you need to teach Topic 9: The Environment and Where people live (third topic of Theme 3 of the new GCSE course (with AQA): Communication and the World around us.)
The Presentation (approx. 190 slides, including answer slides) covers the whole topic and is composed of 4 parts:
A: Where people live
B: My local area
C: Social and Environmental issues
D: Possible solutions
There are 4 folders (A, B, C and D) containing the relevant files for that part.
It includes:
• a range of Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing and Translation activities
• grammar points including: Revision of present, perfect, imperfect, near future and future tenses.
• Revision of most elements of phonics
• retrieval activities, cultural aspects and homework tasks
• QR codes/ links for independent study
• vocab lists (full topic list or 4 lists for the 4 parts) + link to online course
• comments under the slides for notes and worksheet location
• answers
• audio files and transcripts
• .pdf and editable versions of the worksheets (with the exception of the Puissance 4 games, which are only available as .pdfs)
Activities are differentiated and exam style.
The first 15 files are a preview of what is included in the .zip folder: Topic9.zip.
After downloading, save the .zip file in your computer (in “documents” for example), then right-click and select “extract all” to access all the resources.
For the full overview, you can check the free SOW available for download here
If you have any questions or if you are interested in more resources like this one, you can check this Facebook page: @Frenchresources, where links to resources and freebies are posted regularly.
Mountain Environments is a Geography unit suitable for KS2 (Y4-6) and has everything you need for covering a mountains topic.
The planning overview, topic title page and vocabulary page can be downloaded for free here. Lessons include:
L1 – Identifying the key features of mountains
L2 – Identifying the world’s major mountain ranges
L3 – Locating the world’s famous mountains using latitude and longitude
L4 – Understanding how fold mountains are formed
L5 – Investigating the structure of a volcano (FREE)
L6 – Researching famous world mountains (FREE)
L7 – Investigating mountain climates
Each lesson includes a presentation and differentiated activities/worksheets.
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This bundle includes all 4 lessons for Unit 9 Higher, each lessons including enough material to be used in (at least) 2 one-hour sessions.
9.1F Mi pueblo y mi ciudad
You can preview the powerpoint and the rest of the contents here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1f-mi-pueblo-y-mi-ciudad-13361889
The lesson includes:
-grammar explanations
-all the answers with animations
-a listening task with the answers, transcript, and audio file provided on the slide
-extra slides with quick practice for scaffolding (adverbs of place, expressions of weather)
-two starters and two plenaries
-a sentence builder for the writing task
-all the vocab for this lesson printed on a slide for ease of access
-handouts ready to be printed for the students
-a homework task, to be used on a specific website created to practice vocab specific for this lesson
9.1H Lo bueno y lo malo de mi region
You can preview the powerpoint and the rest of the contents here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1h-lo-bueno-y-lo-malo-de-mi-region-13387361
The lesson includes:
-grammar explanations
-all the answers with animations
-a listening task with the answers, transcript, and audio file provided on the slide
-extra slides with quick practice for scaffolding (using “desde hace”, “lo que”, etc))
-two starters and two plenaries
-a sentence builder that spans through 3 slides for the speaking/writing task
-all the vocab for this lesson printed on a slide for ease of access
-a single handout ready to be printed for the students
-a homework task, to be used on a specific website created to practice vocab specific for this lesson
9.2F El medio ambiente y yo
You can preview the powerpoint and the rest of the contents here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-2f-el-medio-ambiente-y-yo-13396009
The lesson includes:
-grammar explanations
-all the answers with animations
-a listening task with the answers, transcript, and audio file provided on the slide
-a “Guess the word” task which will grab the attention of everyone in the classroom
-extra slides with quick practice for scaffolding (imperative, the environment)
-two starters and two plenaries
-a sentence builder for the speaking task
-all the vocab for this lesson printed on a slide for ease of access
-handouts ready to be printed for the students
-a homework task, to be used on a specific website created to practice vocab specific for this lesson
9.2H Protegiendo el planeta
You can preview the powerpoint and the rest of the contents here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-2h-protegiendo-el-planeta-13413013
The lesson includes:
-grammar explanations
-all the answers with animations
-a listening task with the answers, transcript, and audio file provided on the slide
-two starters and two plenaries, one of them being a fun “Tick me quick” task
-sentence starters and an example for the writing task
-all the vocab for this lesson printed on a slide for ease of access
-handouts ready to be printed for the students
-a song your students will love
-a homework task, to be used on a specific website created to practice vocab specific for this lesson
Note: as mentioned, this lesson also includes a link to my vocab trainer, a website I have designed to set homework to my students that is becoming a great success, with very high rates of homework completion between my students. I am also including a file with instructions to students
Not sure if this resource is right for you? You can download my free lesson here to see the quality of my work for yourself: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13112067
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic of Environment and where I live in FRENCH, and follows the NEW GCSE AQA SPEC, with even extra chunks/words added! All exercises include the answers. The AQA mentions 293 words for Foundation, I have added 250+ of those words in this unit, constantly recycled.
Activities include:
Sentence builder
White board translations
Fill in the missing letters
Beat the teacher
Multiple choice
Gapped translation
Choose the missing words (x2 slides)
Spot the difference (x2 slides)
Choose the correct translation
Narrow Reading: 5 different texts based on the sentence buidler (100% comprehensible input)
Reading 1: Find the French for
Reading 2: Answer the questions in French
Reading 3: True or false
Reading 4: Multiple choice
Reading 5: Bad translation - Find and correct the mistakes in the English
Mind Reader
Multiple choice quiz
Sentence Bingo
Narrow Listening: 4 different listening tasks
Listening 1: Find the French for (audio included)
Listening 2: Multiple choice (audio included)
Listening 3: Fill the gaps (Audio included)
Listening 4: Listen and answer in French (audio included)
NEW Added October 2025 - Listening Podcast
Podcast Exercise 1: Listen and multiple choice
Podcast Exercise 2: Listen and tick who says what
Podcast Exercise 3: Choose the 4 correct statements
Podcast Exercise 4: Answer in French
Structured production: Narrow translation
Sentence Stealer
One pen one di
Oral Ping Pong
Trapdoor
Delayed dictation
Autonomy Routinisation: Full circle
Autonomy Routinisation: Paragraph translation (Eng - FR)
Spontaneity: Speaking challenge (2 minutes)
Spontaneity: Speed dating
Spontaneity: Interactive city planning (conditional practice)
Spontaneity: Social media simulation
Spontaneity: Vocabulary word hunt
Spontaneity: Problem solver
Spontaneity: Flashcard race
8 part lesson series for the whole of the GCSE module People and the Biosphere. This is first unit in the module to be taught alongside Forests Under Threat and Consuming Energy Resources. Specifically designed for the new Edexcel Geography GCSE but also suitable for AQA and OCR. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Biomes
2 - Local factors and biomes
3 - How does change affect ecosystems?
4 - Desert biomes (hot and cold)
5 - Challenges in a biomes
6 - Development in a biome
7 - Sustainable management of the world
8 - Population vs resource theories
KS3 Geography lesson all about how human activity over the last two hundred years has effected our environment. The lesson investigates the processes behind the effects as well as possible solutions to minimize future damage, e.g cutting meat and dairy consumption, recycling and cutting down on plastic use.
The lesson is adaptable, easy to follow and fully differentiated. This resource pack includes an hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, well differentiated activities, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
More free and inexpensive Humanities lessons can be found here.
Full unit of work for Hazardous Environments. Specifically designed for the new Edexcel IGCSE. This is to be taught alongside coastal or river environments. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - What are hazards?
2 - Structure of the earth
3 - Types of volcano
4 - Why we live in hazardous areas
5 - Volcano case study
6 - Earthquakes
7 - LIC earthquake case study
8 - HIC earthquake case study
9 - Atmospheric circulation and ocean current
10 - Coriolis effect and the ITCZ
11 - Measuring the weather
12 - Weather and climate in the UK
13 - Tropical storms
14 - Hurricane Katrina enquiry project
15 - Hurricane Katrina assessments and group work
Ancient China for Junior History - Stage 4 - Years 7 and 8
Included in this Zip are two files.
18 Page Word document Handout for students - worksheets and information.
Word Document answers for all questions
The Student booklet includes;
Introduction to Ancient Chinese Architecture - with a selection of famous buildings that embody the principles of Chinese design.
Understanding architecture and philosophy
Domestic dwellings
Chinese peoples relationship with the land
There are 13 Short Response Questions for students - All answers included
Sources included for students are both historical visual sources and written sources.
Wonderful overview for students with inquiry questions based on information presented in the booklet. Students will understand the important role of both landscape and architecture to the ancient Chinese.
A set of four worksheets to practise the vocabulary linked to the topic of ‘the environment’.
Exercises include:
Match the vocab
Translate into English
Complete the sentence with the missing words
Unscramble the phrase
Find the Spanish
These are made in line with the new AQA GCSE Spanish syllabus vocabulary for the topic ‘The enviornment and where people live’.
The worksheets are intended for vocabulary introduction / retrieval and help students to work out meanings of words from context / previous knowledge.
Answers are included.
Other GCSE topics available on my shop or as a bundle through this link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13210366
A3 revision sheet and ppt running through all of the content for this section of the specification:
Characteristics and distribution of two key zonal soils to exemplify relationship between soils and human activities especially agriculture. Soil problems and their management as they relate to agriculture: soil erosion, waterlogging, salinisation, structural deterioration.
2 practice exam questions with indicative content.
Full KS3 unit of work for Extreme environments. This unit explores Extreme Environments across the globe including Death Valley, Antarctica, Kuwait and the Sahara. All lesson are suitable for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and learning objectives. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 – What are extreme environments?
2 – Why is it so cold?
3 – Glaciers
4 – The coldest place on earth – Antarctica
5 – Antarctica ICT fact file
6 – Why is so hot?
7 – Desertification
8 – Case study – the Sahara desert
9 – The hottest place on earth – Death Valley
10 – Water in extreme environments
11 – Climate change and the Arctic - ICT
12 – Does the UK have extreme environments?
13 – End of unit assessment
Also includes Geography Literacy mat and Geography Numeracy/Map Skills mat.
AQA GCSE 9-1 Elizabethan England, 1568-1603, Historic Environment Question 2026
This lesson explores the significance of the Globe Theatre in Elizabethan England and will prepare students fully for the historic environment question in 2026. This lesson has 38 slides and therefore is best to be delivered over at least two. The lesson has been revised since I first published it in 2019
Students will discover how the Globe became a major hub of entertainment, attracting audiences from all levels of society and helped shape the popularity of the English theatre. Through the works of playwrights like William Shakespeare, the theatre reflected the values, culture, concerns and politics of the time, making it a powerful mirror of Elizabethan society.
The lesson begins by examining two previous student answers, which students have to annotate and decide the marks they could award for each. They will show the common mistakes they make on this question from previous years. There is a simplified markscheme to consult as well as that supplied from AQA.
Two model answers are also analysed which will reflect the higher Level 4 marks awarded for a ‘complex explanation of the consequences leading to a sustained judgement’. Students are given tips and focus on how to achieve these higher marks.
Students are also required to fill in a grid to help them research the ‘5 P’s’, which focus on the main concepts of location, function, structure, design, people connected with the site, how the site reflects culture, values and fashions of the time and how the site links to important events and/or developments of the Elizabethans in the 16th Century. This will help them to gain the knowledge needed to write the question set from the exam board. The answer will also include the
Students are finally given a choice of 6 GCSE practice exam questions to complete with some scaffolding to help if required. Tips are given how to make a sustained line of argument rather than list the people, plays and the entertainment on offer from the Globe and other surrounding theatres.
The resource is differentiated and gives suggested teaching strategies. It comes in PowerPoint format which can be edited and changed to suit.
Any reviews on the resource would be greatly appreciated.
A comprehensive student booklet to accompanying the People and The Biosphere topic of the new Edexcel B specification.
Includes a whole range of independent, structured tasks and activities that can be completed either at home or in the classroom. Also includes a Personal Learning Checklist for the topic.
This booklet accompanies the CGP revision guide and students will need a copy or photocopies of the relevant pages to complete the tasks.
Introduction to the environment - 1 - 2 hour PP, worksheets, clips, well differentiated, best suited to KS3.
These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each.
This Revision Guide on the Globe Theatre is aimed at students to help them study, revise and be prepared for the AQA Elizabethan Historic Environment question for 2026.
I have broken down the main details into manageable chunks using an amalgamation of P words including place, patronage, protests, popularity and purpose.
This guide has been revised from my 2019 version and these P words focus on the main concepts of location, function, structure, design, people connected to the Globe, the culture, values and fashions of the time and how the site links to important events of the period.
There is clearly a lot more information in the AQA guidance now included from 2019, such as the construction and function of the Globe, the surrounding theatres and their patrons, the famous actors and companies linked to each and the messages included in the plays written. I have added this to expand the Guide from 6 to 8 pages and considered the exam questions that may be asked.
Therefore, this Revision Guide on the Globe Theatre is perfect for busy teachers as it includes all the key information needed and is tailored to support students of all abilities.
Furthermore, with a strong emphasis on how the site connects to the broader themes of the Elizabethan era, this resource will not only save you hours of planning but also help students gain a deeper understanding of how to approach the Historic Environment question with clarity and precision.
The Guide comes in Word and PDF format and can be edited and changed if required. Please feel free to edit and adapt the guide if needed.
I would welcome any reviews on this resource, which would be much appreciated.
Community Matters is an exciting new free resource from the Archbishop of York Youth Trust providing activities and ideas to help pupils explore why community matters and how children and young people can play their part in creating positive change, particularly as we rebuild our communities post-Covid restrictions.
The KS1 resource has two packs focusing on Social Issues and Environmental Issues with a range of activities designed to ignite, inspire and empower children and young people to make community matter and explore what it means to live in the wider world, as active citizens. Each pack also contains ideas for collective worship.
Each pack contains:-
PowerPoint Presentation
PDF document with Teacher Notes
This activity is perfect for Art and Design students in Key Stage 5 (aged 16-17).
How does your environment make you feel? In this project you’ll explore the relationship between space and emotion.
Artists, designers and makers often challenge our understanding of space, place and the environment. Artists such as Olafur Eliasson transform spaces to explore people’s relationship to the environment.
Use recycled materials to create different spaces on a small scale. Consider colour, texture, light and dark. Adjust, repair, customize and repurpose found objects.
Students cut out the boxes and match the impacts of drought with the descriptions. Could be used as a starting point, for revision or for making posters.
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