A full set of 10 lessons covering the topic of slavery: L1: Intro & the Trade Triangle L2: Sugar & the Slave Trade - including how Britain benefited from the slave trade L3: The Middle Passage - includes a short assessment L4: Slave Auctions L5/6: The Life of a Slave - large focus on analysing sources in groups L7: Slave Resistance & the Underground Railroad L8: The Songs of Slaves - students share a slave song that they researched at home, before writing their own! L9/10: The Abolition of Slavery - includes an end of topic assessment. A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - sketch notes, talk4writing, code breaking, song-writing, poster-making and plenty of opportunities to work on source analysis and skills vital for GCSE. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson. Used with a higher-ability Year 9 class (KS3), but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Some parts, i.e. information, have been taken from other resources, but most activities are my own. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

A set of 11-12 fully differentiated lessons covering the topic of Ecosystems, with a focus on tropical rainforests: L1: Intro to Biomes - design your own plant/animal L2: Locating the Biomes L3: A Life-Support System - goods and services of the rainforest L4 - Locals vs. TNCs L5/6: Threats to the Rainforest L7: Mass Extinction - focusing on the orangutan L8: Conserving the Biosphere - CITES/RAMSAR L9 - Conserving the Biosphere - National Parks (also includes PEQ, with slow writing frame) L10: Sustainable Forestry - create your own forest L11: Revision A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - leaflets, maps from memory, Twitter, taboo, create your own forest and picture sorts. Every lesson has been fully differentiated - usually to at least 3 levels and all resources have been included. Used with a mixed-ability Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

Two lessons covering air masses and the UK climate - including ocean currents and the North Atlantic Drift PLEASE NOTE: this is part 4 of a set of 14 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/our-changing-climate-set-of-14-lessons-11311826 A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Used with a Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Every lesson has been fully differentiated, with challenge activities (in pink bubbles) included at various points. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

One lesson covering the upper course of a river, with the following learning objectives: 1. To develop confidence analysing photos and describing key features 2. To modify the process of waterfall formation into the significant stages 3. To apply processes of erosion to the landscape of a river’s upper course Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included. I've used this for an interview lesson with a high-ability Year 10 class - and rated Outstanding - but the activities can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Please rate my resources! Thank you :)

An interactive lesson focusing on how humans are disrupting and interfering with our water supplies. The main part of this lesson is the Water Game - like the jelly baby population game but for water, so you will need to buy sweets for this! I was intending to use blue millions for the water supply but had to resort to tallying on post-it notes instead. It can get quite loud, but students loved playing the game and were extremely engaged. Following the game, students then take a look at Coca-Cola as a case study to stretch their learning further. All resources are fully differentiated and include a support sheet with definitions of key words on for lower ability. Used for mixed-ability Year 9 (GCSE), but could easily be adapted for other year groups too. Please rate my resources! Thank you :)

A set of 9 lessons covering the topic of Development, focusing in particular on the causes of the development gap: L1: Intro to Development L2/3: Measuring Development - including the Happy Planet Index! L4/5: Theories of Development L6: Global Players & Organisations (case study - Apple Inc. and the Foxconn Factory) L7: The Millennium Development Goals L8: The Role of Trade in Development (case study - Mali) L9: Megacities (case study - Dhaka) A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - diamond 9 ranking, sketch notes, taboo, peer-teaching jigsaws and decision-making exercises. Challenge tasks and questions (in pink bubbles/squares) have also been included in each lesson, and homework tasks have been included throughout too. These lessons have been designed for A-Level, but could easily be adapted to fit GCSE specifications. Some parts, i.e. information, have been taken from other resources, but most activities are my own. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope you enjoy :)

Two lessons covering the topic of the Gunpowder Plot: L1: James I - explores who James I was and his role in Britain, then leads onto students designing their own flag. L2: The Gunpowder Plot investigation - students become detectives for the lesson to get to the bottom of the Gunpowder Plot mystery; strong focus on source work. L3: Assessment Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson. Used with a higher-ability Year 8 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Some parts, i.e. information, have been taken from other resources, but most activities are my own. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

These two lessons cover the topic of the 3 P's in Disaster Management, with particular focus on earthquake-proof/resistant buildings. PLEASE NOTE: these lessons are part 4 of a set of 15 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/natural-hazards-and-disasters-set-of-15-lessons-11311890 A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Used with a Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson, as well as homework. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

PLEASE NOTE: THIS LESSON IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY AS A BUNDLE WITH 8 OTHER LESSONS ON WATER IN THE WORLD. Full lesson covering the issue of water shortages, by focusing specifically on the Sahel region. This lesson includes a range of activities for different learning styles, including back-to-back photo analysis, video clips and rearranging sentences to form an exam answer. All resources are fully differentiated. Used for mixed-ability Year 9. Please rate my resources! Thank you :)

Two lessons covering the British Isles and ‘My World’: L1: The British Isles – explores the British Isles and its main countries. L2: My World – starts with a quiz to gauge students understanding of the world around them, before students work on their atlas skills to identify lots of countries and features and create a colourful world map. These lessons include a range of activities for different learning styles, including think-pair-share, locating places/features using an atlas and a lively maps from memory team game! Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson. Used for high-ability Year 7, but could easily be adapted for other year groups and abilities. Please rate my resources! Thank you :)

These lessons cover the topic of Ecosystems, with a focus on tropical rainforests: L1: Intro to Biomes - design your own plant/animal L2: Locating the Biomes L3: A Life-Support System - goods and services of the rainforest PLEASE NOTE: this is part 1 of a set of 11-12 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ecosystems-set-of-11-12-lessons-11306358 Used with a mixed-ability Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Every lesson has been fully differentiated - usually to at least 3 levels and all resources have been included. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson, as well as homework. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

Two lessons covering contrasting case studies on the impacts of global warming: L13: The UK's Future Climate L14: The Impact of Global Warming on Egypt PLEASE NOTE: this is part 6 of a set of 14 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/our-changing-climate-set-of-14-lessons-11311826 A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Used with a Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Every lesson has been fully differentiated, with challenge activities (in pink bubbles) included at various points. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

An End of Unit assessment for Coasts. A variety of questions included from short 1 mark answers to extended 12 markers, photo analysis, annotation and use of labelled diagrams. Used with a GCSE Year 10 class. PLEASE NOTE: this End of Unit Assessment is part of a set of 14 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/coasts-set-of-13-14-lessons-11282789 Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

A full set of 10 lessons covering the topic of World War I: L1: The Long-Term Causes of WWI L2: Europe in 1914 - the short-term causes L3: Did 2 bullets kill 20 million people? - Franz Ferdinand L4/5: Why did men choose to go to war? - WWI propaganda, with a large focus on analysing sources in groups L6: Trench Life L7: Key battles of WWI - a Talk4Writing activity! L8/9: The Treaty of Versailles - L9 includes an assessment L10: Peer Assessment and DIRT A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Examples of activities include - sketch notes, talk4writing, poster-making, the use of Dulux colour charts for ranking and plenty of opportunities to work on source analysis and skills vital for GCSE. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson. Used with a higher-ability Year 9 class (KS3), but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Some parts, i.e. information, have been taken from other resources, but most activities are my own. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

These lessons cover the topic of Natural Hazards & Disasters: L12: Inside a Volcano L13: Types of Volcanoes L14: Mount St. Helens DME (ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY SEPARATELY) L15: End of Topic Assessment - Mount St. Helens vs. Mount Pinatubo PLEASE NOTE: this is part 5 of a set of 15 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/natural-hazards-and-disasters-set-of-15-lessons-11311890 A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Used with a Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson, as well as homework. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

These lessons cover the topic of Water: L1: Intro - The Blue Planet L2/3: The Hydrological Cycle (ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY SEPARATELY) PLEASE NOTE: this is part 1 of a set of 9 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/water-in-the-world-set-of-9-lessons-11311849 Used with a Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Every lesson has been fully differentiated - usually to at least 3 levels and all resources have been included. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson, as well as homework. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

These lessons cover the topic of Natural Hazards & Disasters: L1: Intro - What is a Disaster? - natural vs. man-made L2: Why is Indonesia such a dangerous place to live? - introducing the Boxing Day tsunami L3: Where in the World? - distribution of volcanoes/earthquakes PLEASE NOTE: this is part 1 of a set of 15 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/natural-hazards-and-disasters-set-of-15-lessons-11311890 A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Used with a Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson, as well as homework. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

These lessons cover the topic of Ecosystems, with a focus on tropical rainforests: L4 - Locals vs. TNCs L5/6: Threats to the Rainforest (CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY) L7: Mass Extinction - focusing on the orangutan PLEASE NOTE: this is part 2 of a set of 11-12 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ecosystems-set-of-11-12-lessons-11306358 Used with a mixed-ability Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Every lesson has been fully differentiated - usually to at least 3 levels and all resources have been included. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson, as well as homework. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

These lessons cover the topic of Climate Change: L6: The Little Ice Age & the Vikings L7: The Little Ice Age & Europe - frost fairs L8: The Little Ice Age & Ecosystems - the impact on the dinosaurs PLEASE NOTE: this is part 3 of a set of 14 lessons. The full set can be purchased at a discounted bundle rate here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/our-changing-climate-set-of-14-lessons-11311826 A variety of activities have been included within these lessons to maximise engagement and cater for differing learning styles. Used with a mixed ability Year 9 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Every lesson has been fully differentiated, with challenge activities (in pink bubbles) included at various points. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)

Two lessons covering the topic of the English Civil War: L1: Causes of the English Civil War - introduces the Civil War and students must categorise the causes, create sketch notes, before finally considering which causes were the most significant in the build up. L2: Assessment L3: Peer Assessment + DIRT - an easy-to-use grid has been included that makes peer assessment more meaningful to both students. Challenge activities (in pink bubbles) have also been included in each lesson. Used with a higher-ability Year 8 class, but can easily be adapted to fit other ages and abilities. Some parts, i.e. information, have been taken from other resources, but most activities are my own. Please rate my resources! Thank you and I hope your students enjoy these lessons as much as mine did :)