I have been a teacher now for 14 YEARS. I have been Head of Geography and Head of Humanities, overlooking both the History and Geography departments. My passion is making engaging and thought-provoking lessons which aim to inspire and promote my subjects not only amongst the pupils but the wider school.
My lessons are designed to be dyslexia friendly.
Twitter: @teachgeogblog
I have been a teacher now for 14 YEARS. I have been Head of Geography and Head of Humanities, overlooking both the History and Geography departments. My passion is making engaging and thought-provoking lessons which aim to inspire and promote my subjects not only amongst the pupils but the wider school.
My lessons are designed to be dyslexia friendly.
Twitter: @teachgeogblog
A full series of 13 lessons, assessment, mark scheme, close the gap, feed forward activities and Knowledge organiser and revision tasks.
Lessons:
• 7A. What is the economy?
• 7B. Primary Industries- Farming in the UK
• 7C. Secondary Industries and change
• 7D. Tertiary Industries
• 7E. Quaternary Industries- Humans Needs Not Apply
• 7F. Chocolate Production- From bean to bar
• 7G. Globalisation
• 7H. Advantages and disadvantages of globalisation
• 7I. Impact of fast fashion- The Aral Sea
• 7J. Was globalisation to blame for the spread of COVID 19?
• 7K. How does globalisation affect me?
• 7L. Assessment
• 7M. Assessment Feedback
Knowledge Organiser
Revision Tasks
Lessons are arranged in the order of the specification:
7.1 Superpower characteristics
7.2 Timelines of Power and Mechanisms of control
7.3 Emerging Powers
7.4 IGOs, TNCs and Cultural Power
7.5 International Decision Making
7.6 Superpowers and the physical environment
7.7 Conflicts between superpowers
7.8 Changing Superpower Relationships
7.9 Costs of Military Superpowers
Lessons are arranged in the order of the specification:
3.1 Introduction to Globalisation and Development
3.2 Key Players and Organisations in Globalisation
3.3 The Role of TNCs and Those Switched Off
3.4 Costs and Benefits of Globalisation Deindustrialisation
3.5 Global Economic Migration
3.6 Cultural Diffusion and Anti-Globalisation
3.7 Data in Globalisation
3.8 Controlling and Managing Globalisation
3.9 Localism and Ethical Consumption
Its back again! The annual Christmas Quiz with old favourites and new rounds!
62 points available and an additional 10 points for tie-breaker!
Round 1: Name the 2022 Film
Round 2: Name the 2022 Song and Artist
Round 3: Name the Christmas covered celeb
Round 4: This year in pictures
Round 5: Spot the difference
Round 6: Name the Christmas City
Round 7: Guess the Carol from the Emojis
Round 8: Guess the language
Round 9: Christmas General Knowledge
Round 10: Christmas Numeracy Game
An Additional 10 point Tie-breaker round (can be added as an additional round)
An editable PowerPoint
An Editable Answer Sheet
Over 200 5* reviews of previous years quizzes!
Editable topic outlines for:
Natural Hazards
Changing Economic World
Coasts and Rivers
Living World
Paper 3 content
Resource Management and Food
Urban Issues and Challenges
10 FULLY RESOURCED LESSONS
Lesson 1: Global Atmospheric Circulation Model
Lesson 2: Tropical Storms
Lesson 3: Case Study: Typhoon Haiyan
Lesson 4: Reducing the effects of a tropical storm
Lesson 5: UK Weather
Lesson 6: Case Study UK Extreme Weather- 2022 Heatwave
Lesson 7: Evidence for Climate Change
Lesson 8: Natural causes of climate change
Lesson 9: Human causes of climate change
Lesson 10 (2 lessons): Mitigation and Adaptation of Climate Change
To discover seven geography mysteries shared on social media
To explore possible answers to those mysteries
To find out the truth on those mysteries!
Students loved this lesson as an alternative to a ‘Geography in the News’ or Quiz lesson!
UPDATE: CORRUPTED FILES FIXED- PLEASE RE-DOWNLOAD IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED
80 QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS ON THEIR GEOGRAPHY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AT THE END OF THE YEAR!
Comes as a choice of either one big PowerPoint with all 8 rounds and answers or separate PowerPoints if you wouldf like to split the quiz over a series of lessons as either a starter or lesson quiz at the end.
The Rounds:
Round 1: Where is the Christmas Bauble (Picture Round)
Round 2: General Christmas Knowledge (Multiple Choice)
Round 3: Geography General Knowledge (a hard one- no multiple choice- allow thinking time for this one!)
Round 4: Flags of the World (multiple choice)
Round 5: Animals of the world (multiple choice)
Round 6: Name the geographical feature (physical geography- multiple choice)
Round 7: Name the geographical landmark (human geography- multiple choice)
Round 8: Geography Dingbats (Picture Round)
Team Sheet
A full scheme of 10 lessons on rocks and weathering complete with an Assessment with Banding Criteria.
Includes:
- Geological Timescales
- The Rock Cycle
- Sedimentary Landforms (and Case Study)
- Igneous Landforms (and Case Study)
- Metamorphic Landforms (and Case Study)
- Weathering
- International Case Studies (Russia and Jordan)
+ Assessment and 3 Homeworks!
Image credits slide added.
Pictures show preview of 22 page PDF with links to editable lesson resources (all available in the bundle).
This is a digital product which compromises of 10 chapters of teaching aids, with direct links to over 70 editable lesson ideas which can be copied into already established lesson plans.
I have produced this document to aid teachers at all stages of their career, a refresher for those established, well qualified educators to the new young generation of teachers looking for a selection of ‘how-to’s’ when beginning a career as dynamic as ours! This document has over 90 ‘hacks’, most can take you to editable documents/PowerPoints to help you add them to already established lessons. Simply click on the picture icon next to the idea and open hyperlink.
The chapters covered are:
- Mastering Marking
- Starter Solutions
- Perfect Plenaries
- Provision 4 Progress
- Quality Questioning
- Choose 2 Challenge
- Supporting SEND
- Revision Remedies
- Literacy/Numeracy Aids
- Lesson Planning
Zip Folder includes:
PDF of Teaching and Learning ‘Hacks’ which includes all hyperlinks
77 editable lesson ideas including: PowerPoints (69), Word Documents (4) and Publisher Documents (4)
Full Lesson [should take two one hour lessons to complete] and resources in topic of ‘Environmental Mysteries’ used with Y8.
Includes Groupwork Activity for all students.
Tourism in the Cayman Islands
a 43 Slide PowerPoint (adapted so Copyright content is removed and most extracts from the pre release)
A Quiz and Answers to help students engage with the booklet
A spreadsheet of all data contained in booklet so pupils and teachers can manipulate
PowerPoint of Exam Skills for Paper 3
Model 9 mark answer
A topic designed to support the sustainability element of the KS3 Geography curriculum.
New topics added:
Lesson 1/2 Global Fashion Industry
Lesson 3: The Aral Sea Mystery
Lesson 4: The Geography of Disease
Lesson 5: The Geography of the CVD-19 pandemic
Lesson 6: The Global reaction to the pandemic
Lesson 7: The Link between globaliosation and CVD-19
Knowledge Organiser
Working From Home Booklet
An assessment which has 20 multiple choice questions on the KS3 curriculum and an extended writing piece based on this unit.
A way of revising which can break a topic down into 12 sub-categories.
Ask a student to make notes in each chunk of the clock. Revise each slot for 5 minutes, turn the clock over and ask the student to recite back to you certain sections of the clock. ‘e.g. what was in section 2-3’.
Works well with GCSE students.
A marking sticker used on the front of student folders to act as a reminder of marking expectations in GCSE Geography.
Can be adapted for other subjects.