All nine of my geography themed retrieval practice starter slides. All can be edited and used in different ways. Hope they prove useful. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

For AQA GCSE geography. The resource is for The Changing UK Economy topic, in Unit 2 and is best printed out in A3. You can change the questions and the rules as it is editable to make it harder or easier. The rules are:- "Use your class notes, textbooks and/or the Internet to answer questions on your way from Lands’ End to John O’ Groats. Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper or in your notes. Once you have answered the question, colour in the corresponding area on the map. Move onto the next neighbouring area. You cannot ‘jump’ an area. However, you must visit England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at least once on your journey. You must also use the ferry routes to travel across water." hope this helps! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

GCSE Geography worksheet on which the pupils create a choropleth map to show the distribution of the numbers of people affected by the tropical storm. It also has some GCSE-style questions for the pupils to answers. Please feel free to download and adapt. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

This is a worksheet that I use with the old Landforms: Rivers video (linked). We fill in the appropriate sections as we progress through the video. Hope it proves useful.

A research sheet that is best printed out in A3 for the pupils to find out about a chosen megacity. Please feel free to download and adapt to suit your needs. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Works really well with Hodder textbook or pupils notes from their exercise books. The activity is differentiated so pupils choose a different starting point on the Nigerian border depending on the difficulty and make their way towards Lagos, colouring in the states when they have answered a question. The activity can be used in different ways, pupils can even go after every state! Instructions are:- *Use your class notes, textbooks and/or the internet to answer questions on your way to Lagos. Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper. Once you have answered the question, colour in the corresponding state on the map. Move onto the next state on your journey towards Lagos. Choose a starting state from green (easy), orange (medium) or red (hard). * Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

A sheet to compare both the effects of and responses to the 2010 earthquake in Chile and the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Please feel free to download and use. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE geography resource. This is a revision sheet for pupils studying London as part of the Urban Change in the UK section in Unit 2. The rules for the revision are:- Use your class notes, textbooks and/or the Internet to answer questions on your way across London. Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper. Once you have answered the question, colour in the corresponding borough on the map. Move onto the next borough on your journey to the finish. You must answer the question in the City of London on your journey. Choose a starting borough from blue (easiest), orange (medium) or red (hard). Hope proves useful. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

This is a simple template that can be edited or adapted. Sometimes it works well as a glacial features starter as well. Feel free to download and use. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

I use this for revision after teaching the Hot Deserts topic in the AQA GCSE Geography Spec (1B). Hope you find it useful. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Key Stage 3 History lesson on The Reformation, but could easily be adapted to suit other key stages. The lesson focuses on Martin Luther and how he played a key role in starting The Reformation. There are several activities included and all worksheets and video clips are in the resource. The lesson includes: Instagram starter. Video quiz sheet on Martin Luther’s life and beliefs. Consolidation activity “Who would have said what?” Differences in types of church labeling task Extended writing task Emoji’s plenary. Hope this proves useful. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Just a simple PowerPoint starter slide for retrieval quizzes. It’s editable so please feel free to download and use. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

A Key Stage 3 one hour lesson, but can easily be stretched to a double or two singles. This is an alternative way of teaching this subject and the pupils just love it. The presentation includes the scripts, characters and sound effects for amusement. There is a variety of roles for pupils of different reading abilities and confidence. The pupils can fill in a worksheet as the play progresses. There is also a feedback summary activity for pupils to choose to answer an question on an aspect of the story. The lesson is a lot of fun and could even be done as a play or assembly. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

A simple coasts retrieval practice starter using a geography field sketch. Please feel free to use and adapt as you see fit. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

An Ordnance Survey themed retrieval practice starter slide. With differing levels of question difficulty according to the contour lines and various map symbols for the pupils to try to recall. Please feel free to download and adapt. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Another simple retrieval practice starter slide. Can also prompt discussion about how stacks form etc. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

This is the template I use to get the pupils to predict what a physical landform might look like in the future. Please feel free to adapt and use!

A template for a poster on the literature on which we draw for our KS3 curriculum. Please feel free to download and edit. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Another retrieval practice slide that is fully editable so please feel free to download and adapt. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE history lesson for The Power & The People thematic unit. In this lesson we look at the causes of the General Strike in 1926. We start with a retrieval practice grid which has been filled in for the unit so far. We then briefly look at conditions in the mines in the 1920’s and how the mines were privatised after WWI. We then look at the causes of the strike. The pupils complete a strikeometer, a visual scale to show to what extent that cause the miners. We then look at a picture caricature of a mine owner published in a union publication and the pupils answer some questions on the source. We then have a time question and answer session on the lesson content so far and finish with a ‘placard plenary’ where the pupils need to think of the likely slogans the strikers would have placed in their placards. I hope that this saves you some valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer