KS3 Africa Topic Cover Pack

This fully-prepared Africa resource pack includes 5 one-page cover lessons perfectly aligned with the KS3 Geography National Curriculum.

**Perfect for: **

• KS3 (Years 7–9)
• Geography departments
• Emergency cover or homework tasks

Topics include:

• Madagascar: Unique biodiversity & conservation
• Nigeria: Rapid urbanisation & development (Lagos)
• Sahara Desert: Climate Challenges
• The Sahel: Desertification & sustainability
• The Horn of Africa: Drought, famine & conflict

Each lesson requires no preparation — ideal for cover lessons, non-specialists, or revision sessions.

Every sheet includes:

• Curriculum-aligned extracts
• Literacy, numeracy and data skills
• Comprehension questions
• Opinion-based ‘Think Bigger’ tasks
• Creative extension activity

Links to National Curriculum:

• Locational knowledge of Africa
• Urbanisation, population and economic development
• Climate change, ecosystems and environmental challenges
• Geographical skills: interpreting data, applying numeracy

Updated and expanded February 2026 – now includes an additional Botswana Poverty to Progress Cover Lesson