Plans, resources and teaching ideas for Geography (11-14 years)
Geography and Personal Learning and Thinking Skills
The attached resources support a sequence of ten fifty minute lessons that form part of a year nine unit of work examining human responses to earthquakes. The lessons focus on the development of speaking and listening skills (particularly persuasive speech), and include elements of group work, empathy, personal presentation, imagination and creativity. They act as a powerful stimulus to a piece of creative poetry writing that serves as a key assessment for the unit.
The initial motivation for planning this unit came from a desire to development work-related skills with year nine students, at a time when they were considering their options and possible future career paths.
After receiving extremely encouraging feedback from the students (as well as some impressive results), it was decided that the unit could be slightly re-jigged to focus on personal learning and thinking skills. All subject areas now have a responsibility to contribute to this aspect of learning, and it was not difficult to make some of these skills explicit in the planning and assessment of the unit. The QCA Personal Learning and Thinking Skills Framework has been attached, and a future upload will explain in more detail how this has been done.
Prior to this lesson sequence, a number of lessons cover elements of ‘background theory’, including the structure of the earth, plate tectonics, recent earthquakes, and the Richter scale.
It may be preferable to mix and match some of the content rather than follow the lessons as they are – it really depends upon the students.
The initial motivation for planning this unit came from a desire to development work-related skills with year nine students, at a time when they were considering their options and possible future career paths.
After receiving extremely encouraging feedback from the students (as well as some impressive results), it was decided that the unit could be slightly re-jigged to focus on personal learning and thinking skills. All subject areas now have a responsibility to contribute to this aspect of learning, and it was not difficult to make some of these skills explicit in the planning and assessment of the unit. The QCA Personal Learning and Thinking Skills Framework has been attached, and a future upload will explain in more detail how this has been done.
Prior to this lesson sequence, a number of lessons cover elements of ‘background theory’, including the structure of the earth, plate tectonics, recent earthquakes, and the Richter scale.
It may be preferable to mix and match some of the content rather than follow the lessons as they are – it really depends upon the students.
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Dragons Den Personal Learning Skills.doc, 938 KB -
BBC Earthquake.wmv, 19.9 MB -
Dragons Den.ppt, 2.4 MB
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Permalink Reply by Paul Berry on -
Additional resources for the Earthquakes Personal Learning and Thinking Skills Unit.
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Dragons Den Quick Chipper.wmv, 2.5 MB
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Dragons Den You Do Doll.wmv, 18.1 MB
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Listening Skills.ppt, 104 KB
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Permalink Reply by Paul Berry on
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Final resources for Earthquakes Personal Learning and Thinking Skills unit.
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Earthquake Emergency Kit Memory Game.ppt, 598 KB
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Observation Skills.ppt, 3.1 MB
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Permalink Reply by Nick Boyd on -
These resources look really engaging and something I know my Y9 students will enjoy.
Next year I will be sure to incorporate elements of the learning skills lesson plans following our own unit that focuses on earthquakes and volcanoes.
Many thanks, Nick
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Permalink Reply by Lesley Werb on -
Paul,
Really am thrilled to have joined Ning, not least because it is so inspiring to learn about and be able to share your engaging ideas and resources. Thank you so much!
Best Wishes,
Lesley
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