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 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.
Attached are a series of revision strategies I used with my Y11 and Y10 classes in the lead up to their GCSE exams and mock exams.
Strategies include:
Blockbuster
Guess Who
Case Study Bingo
Catchphrase
Knowledge Retrieval Grid
Linguistic Equations
Lonely Hearts Corner
Paper 2 Revision Board Game
Pointless Scrabble Showdown
Revision Pong
Who am I?
Speak Like a Geographer
The Chase
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.
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 Christmas 2020 quiz with 10 rounds
Answer Sheet also attached.
Rounds:
ROUND 1: NAME THE 2020 FILM
ROUND 2: NAME THE 2020 SONG + ARTIST
ROUND 3: NAME THE CHRISTMAS COVERED CELEB
ROUND 4: THIS YEAR IN PICTURES
ROUND 5: WORD RIDDLES
ROUND 6: CHRISTMAS CATCHPHRASE
ROUND 7: CHRISTMAS TV SPECIALS
ROUND 8: CHRISTMAS TRIVIA
ROUND 9: CHRISTMAS PAST
ROUND 10: FIND THE CHRISTMAS ITEMS
TIE BREAKER
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!
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 lessons, resources, Knowledge Organiser and Assessment.
We teach 2hr lessons so each lesson will take between 1-2hrs
Lesson 1: The Geography of North America
Lesson 2: Natural Hazards in North America
Lesson 3: The San Andreas Fault
Lesson 4: San Andreas Film- Fact or Fiction?
Lesson 5 and 6: Mexico/USA Migration
Lesson 7: Impacts of Migration + Assessment
Assessment
Working from Home Booklet
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.
IT’S BACK… for the 5th year in a row!
Brand new rounds and all new questions!
Round 1: Name the 2021 Film
Round 2: Name the 2021 Song and Artist
Round 3: Name the Christmas Covered Celeb
Round 4: This Year in Pictures
Round 5: Elf on the Shelf
Round 6: Christmas Anagrams
Round 7: Christmas TV Specials
Round 8: Christmas Films Trivia
Round 9: Christmas General Knowledge
Round 10: Christmas Memory Game
A Tie Breaker round with 10 additional questions.
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!