Secondary Geography

Secondary Geography – A Level Essays

Tackling ‘A’ level Essay Writing The start of Year 13 for me always begins with trying to teach A Level students how to write a successful essay. We do AQA and there is a lot of emphasis in terms of marks on the one essay they have to write for… Read More

Secondary Geography – Creating Landscapes

Box Clever I recently purchased some burger boxes from my local cash and carry, for a few pence each. The following lesson, Year 7 pupils were each issued with an empty box, and an instruction: I asked them to put a ‘landscape’… Read More

Secondary Geography – Creating Landscapes

Box Clever I recently purchased some burger boxes from my local cash and carry, for a few pence each. The following lesson, Year 7 pupils were each issued with an empty box, and an instruction: I asked them to put a ‘landscape’ of some kind inside the box. There… Read More

Secondary Geography – The Drawing Game

Using photographs as a visual aid in the classroom is an obvious and vital technique for a geography teacher but also one that can often be overlooked. Talking about cities, countries, landforms and even people is all well and good, but actually seeing what they look like is crucial to… Read More

Key Stage 3 Geography – Views on the coast

According to the popular BBC series, ‘Coast’, nowhere in Britain is more than seventy miles from the sea. Our coastal margins offer plenty of potential for interesting geography. We love being beside the seaside apparently: houses with a sea-view sell… Read More

KS3 Geography – Changing fortunes on the High Street

Have you seen our brilliant new KS3 Geography case studies from the Geographical Association? This 8-page resource about changing fortunes on the high street includes up-to-date information on this topical theme and 10 activities for you to do with your class.  Get cracking now!… Read More