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@tonycassidy

sharegeography.co.uk

[email protected]

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Simple

More preparation

Links to all the resources and ideas can be found at sharegeography.co.uk

Links to all the resources and ideas can be found at sharegeography.co.uk

Sensible

Silly

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Read news reports/passages from books aloud, ask students to

summarise the content as images.

Read news reports/passages from books aloud, ask students to

summarise the content as images.11

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Place games to develop ‘core knowledge’. Have a class

league.

Place games to develop ‘core knowledge’. Have a class

league.22

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

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http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html

For another 101 games/simulations see

http://goo.gl/qcjH6

For another 101 games/simulations see

http://goo.gl/qcjH6

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Send us a postcard.Send us a postcard.

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Ian Gilbert’s ‘thunks’ are thought provoking

statements that promote critical thinking and

discussion.

Ian Gilbert’s ‘thunks’ are thought provoking

statements that promote critical thinking and

discussion.

Has any ‘good’ resulted from the Japanese Tsunami?

Has any ‘good’ resulted from the Japanese Tsunami?

Do rivers ever end?Do rivers ever end?

Is it ever morally right to buy sweatshop made

products?

Is it ever morally right to buy sweatshop made

products?

Can people be rich and still live in a shanty settlement?Can people be rich and still live in a shanty settlement?

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TITLE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE IN BOLD YELLOW BLOCK CAPITALS.

Ceefax-For more news see page 102. 1/3

First paragraph must be in white text.

Further paragraph must be in light blue text.

Font Lucida Console 18.

No more than four paragraphs per page, maximum one hundred words. No images.

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Ask students to summarize a topic in 100 words or

less.

Ask students to summarize a topic in 100 words or

less.

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Watch the news summary, annotate the countries and

issues mentioned.

Watch the news summary, annotate the countries and

issues mentioned.66

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/

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Graph emotional responses to media.

Graph emotional responses to media.77

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Design a geographical recipe.Design a geographical recipe.88

Ingredients.

• Fossil fuels•Deforestation•Cattle•Rice

Global Warming Recipe.

Cooking Instructions

1.Liberally burn fossil fuels from the industrial revolution to the present. Making sure none of the carbon is offset.2. At the same time, cut down significant numbers of trees and replace with pastoral land.3. Put significant numbers of cattle on the pastoral land, ensuring they are fed with high protein feed, allow them to pass huge volumes of methane.4. Make sure you are growing significant amounts of rice as a side to the main dish.5. Continue to cook for at least a hundred years and serve piping hot.

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Produce a subversive ad campaign or job advertisement.

Produce a subversive ad campaign or job advertisement.

http://www.adbusters.org/content/nike-running

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Hanging valley our tune.Hanging valley our tune.1010

Old but not finished.

Seeking the love of a good women after her depart. Enjoy staring out to sea and wondering what could have been. I’m hard, but with some weaknesses.

Animal lover.

Lonely animal lover,

seeking companion,

into a diverse range

of activities,

particularly those that

make money. Good

with heights, but

dislikes harsh

weather. Will set-a-

side time for anyone

who wishes to

support my less

favoured life.

Foreign Advance.

Ex-secondary worker seeks hi-tech solution to my depression. Willing to accept foreign advances. Rich in culture, and looking for someone to give me a positive boost. Will thank my lucky stars.

Seeking Cold

front.

Looking for a partner

into feeling low, enjoy

spinning against the

norm. Especially

would like someone

cold to raise me up to

new heights. No time

wasters.

Raise me.

Londoner, looking for

a surge to raise me

quickly. Interested?

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1111Produce large sets for a

class round-robin exercise.Produce large sets for a

class round-robin exercise.

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In which country would it be impolite to

your host not to leave food on your

plate?

France

In which country is it rude to chat during a

meal?

When clinking glasses you should

always look the other person in the eye, but

in which country?

In which country must you not mix

your vodka?

In which country would it be impolite to

your host to leave food on the plate?

In which country is it acceptable to eat a peach with a knife

and fork?

In which country is it unacceptable to turn

your fish upside down whilst eating it?

In which county, whilst eating tapas, is it acceptable to throw your rubbish onto the

floor?

1

Start

China

Japan

Iceland Italy

Poland

Russia

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P

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

6

5

4

3

2

Stimulating creative writing idea by Steve Bowkett . This template by Noel Jenkins.

Stimulating creative writing idea by Steve Bowkett . This template by Noel Jenkins.

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Adapt lyrics to nursery rhymes or songs. Adapt lyrics to nursery rhymes or songs.

Hanging Valley you Little Star.

How I wonder what you are!Up above the valley so high,

Like a tributary in the sky.Hanging Valley you little star,How I wonder what you are!

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When the glacier is all gone,plucking has done its job.

Oh the valley sides so steep.water, water, down the

retreats.Hanging, Valley, little star,How I wonder what you

are!

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Abrasion has made the valley so deep,

how can you possibly compete.You could not see which way to

go,If you did not flow so.

Hanging, Valley, little star,How I wonder what you are!

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With your tiny glacier in the sky.

How could you compete with this mighty sight.

For you never eroded so far.

Leaving you hanging in the sky.

Hanging, Valley, little star,How I wonder what you

are!

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Home Profile Inbox Friends Settings Logout Search

View photos

Info Photos Boxes

What’s on your mind?

Share

Name

Information

Friends

10hrs ago

View videos

Older posts

Wall

Recent Activity

Ads

Groups

Add a picture here

Add personal information here

Who would they be friends with?

Last status update here

What would they be typing now?

What have they been doing on

Facebook?

Two interactions with friends

What groups are they in?

What ads would be

targeted to them?

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Home Profile Inbox Friends Settings Logout Search

View photos

Info Photos Boxes

Ouch, that stung

Share

Old Harry

Information

Friends

Cave Arch Sea

All calm today......... 10hrs ago

View videos

Older posts

Wall

Recent Activity

Really annoyed with corrasion at the moment- ripping me apart.

I’ll be lapping around your base later ;)

Ads

Groups

Chalk Headland, recently lost wife to the sea.Located in Dorset.

Numerous weaknesses, enjoy being exposed.

Old Harry and Spit are now friends.

Old Harry joined stop photographing me!

Resistant Rock

Visit Dorset

Insurance

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Ask students to develop nine Iphone/Ipod Apps for a

character, feature, place or issue...

Ask students to develop nine Iphone/Ipod Apps for a

character, feature, place or issue...

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What are you doing? 140

Update

Summarize the content of the lesson in 140 characters.

Summarize the content of the lesson in 140 characters.

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Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out

What are you doing?

Update

Home

Unknown

Home

Following Followers Tweets

100 89 100

@unknown

Direct Messages

Favourites

Search Q

RSS Feed

140

More

Name of Twitter user and image here.

Most recent Tweet here.

Oldest Tweet here.

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Can you name the Twitter user from

their tweets?

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Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out

What are you doing?

Update

Home

Unknown

Home

Following Followers Tweets

100 89 100

@unknown

Direct Messages

Favourites

Search Q

RSS Feed

140

I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.

I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out

What are you doing?

Update

Home

Unknown

Home

Following Followers Tweets

100 89 100

@unknown

Direct Messages

Favourites

Search Q

RSS Feed

140

I have 77 active volcanoes.

I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.

I have 77 active volcanoes.

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Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out

What are you doing?

Update

Home

Unknown

Home

Following Followers Tweets

100 89 100

@unknown

Direct Messages

Favourites

Search Q

RSS Feed

140

My main island is Honshu.

I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.

I have 77 active volcanoes.

My main island is called Honshu.

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Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out

What are you doing?

Update

Home

Unknown

Home

Following Followers Tweets

100 89 100

@unknown

Direct Messages

Favourites

Search Q

RSS Feed

140

My capital is Tokyo.

I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.

I have 77 active volcanoes.

My main island is called Honshu.

My capital is Tokyo.

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Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out

What are you doing?

Update

Home

Unknown

Home

Following Followers Tweets

100 89 100

@unknown

Direct Messages

Favourites

Search Q

RSS Feed

140

My currency is the Yen.

I’m a country in the Northern Hemisphere.

I have 77 active volcanoes.

My main island is called Honshu.

My capital is Tokyo.

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Take a humanistic approach to physical

geography.

Show a range of images and ask students to write

a poetic response.

Take a humanistic approach to physical

geography.

Show a range of images and ask students to write

a poetic response.

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‘The River’ recorded using Audacity.

‘The River’ recorded using Audacity.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

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Model features, maps and diagrams.

Model features, maps and diagrams.

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Landscape in a box by Alan Parkinson.

Landscape in a box by Alan Parkinson.

Map on a plate by Wendy North.

Map on a plate by Wendy North.

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Design pop-up diagrams.Design pop-up diagrams.

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2020

Ask students to produce stop motion animations related to concepts and

topics.

Ask students to produce stop motion animations related to concepts and

topics.

Earthquake by George.Earthquake by George.

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2121 Develop actions and movements to help remember concepts.

Develop actions and movements to help remember concepts.

Hand plates

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Text conversations between two interested parties,

alternate form of audience.

Text conversations between two interested parties,

alternate form of audience.

http://transl8it.com/

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d movemnt of material frm 1 plce 2 nothA

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Adopt a webcam, a simple way of looking at how

seasons or places change through the year. Students

could save images and produce a time-lapse movie.

Adopt a webcam, a simple way of looking at how

seasons or places change through the year. Students

could save images and produce a time-lapse movie.

http://www.ifever.org.uk/camera/

‘In the line of defence’ project at Bawdsey.

‘In the line of defence’ project at Bawdsey.

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Andrew Field’s contengenerator games are a great starter, plenary and

revision tool.Some are free, but

individual programs and licenses are available to

purchase.

Andrew Field’s contengenerator games are a great starter, plenary and

revision tool.Some are free, but

individual programs and licenses are available to

purchase.Also see

http://www.games4geog.com/Also see

http://www.games4geog.com/http://www.contentgenerator.net/

Penalty

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2525http://www.missionexplore.co.uk/missions

Range of out of the box fieldwork ideas and

activities.

Range of out of the box fieldwork ideas and

activities.

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Produced using Crazy Talk software

http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/

Produced using Crazy Talk software

http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/