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:
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
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
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
How to be an effective marker not an over-marker.
A CPD Session planned to show Geography teachers (can be adapted for other subject areas) how to cut down on marking workload. These are successful strategies I have used.
Go to https://twitter.com/teachgeogblog for more lesson ideas and marking strategies.
Credit for the 5minute marking plan @TeacherToolkit
Image credits slide added.
Taster sessions designed for Y5/6 students to experience Geography lessons at high school.
Earthquakes: Design an earthquake proof building
Mountains: Design a contour map mountain!
2 Lessons focusing on how African Americans were treated in 1920s America.
Lesson 1: Jim Crow Laws and the End of Slavery
Lesson 2: The rise of the KKK in 1920s America
lessons suit the AQA History GCSE Topic: 1920-1973 Opportunity and Inequality topic (USA)
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.
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.
A short 6 lesson topic taught to Y7/8 students on the problem with plastic pollution.
5A: Oceans as Global Ecosystems
5B: Increasing Plastic Waste
5C: Plastic UK Waterways
5D: Plastic Oceans
5E: Great Pacific Garbage Patch
5F: Midway Island- Albatross
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.
A PPT and resources for students to carry out a TRF escape room. I use this with a Y10 low ability group to inspire them in the topic~ works really well!
You will have to change my school badge from some slides.
I print the information slides in A3 and then laminate the key slides and ‘I BROKE OUT’ and ‘I DIDNT BREAK OUT’ slides. The pupil answer sheet also has the teacher answer sheet attached. I place the laminated key under my chair.
Equipment not provided:
You wil need a padlock with a 4 number combination and a suitcase/box to open.