Social Studies

Settlements- This resource looks at the settlement patterns in rural areas (nucleated, dispersed, linear), the physical and human factors that influence the site of a settlement, a consideration of settlement functions and why they change over time...

Urban Land Use and Urban Models  This resource looks at the characteristics of the different zones found in urban areas. It describes and explains the theory behind the Concentric Circle model (Burgess), Sector model (Hoyt), and LEDC urban model...

Content: - A description of the growth of the proportion of people living in urban areas since 1700. - A comparison of rates of urbanization between continents and countries at different levels of development. - Reasons for urbanization including...

Settlements- This resource looks at the settlement hierarchies and how they influence services provided. It includes application to the case study of George Town, Penang, Malaysia.   Content: - Placing settlements, services and goods into...

Global Warming Solutions This resource focuses on solutions to global warming.    Content: - Identifies a range of strategies that can help to mitigate or adapted to the impacts of global warming. - Considers strategies at a range of...

This resource focuses on the social, economic and environmental impacts around the world and at a range of scales.    Content: - Identifies some of the social, economic and environmental impacts of the climate crisis on Asia, Europe and the...

River Processes: Erosion, Transportation, Deposition.    Content: - Diagrams and definitions of the key processes of erosion: Hydraulic action, attrition, abrasion, solution. - Diagrams and definitions of the key processes of...

Content: - Focuses on the key inputs, flows, stores and outputs within the hydrological cycle. - Identifies the key features of a drainage basin. - Definition of key terminology with links to an interactive quiz. - Application of terminology to the...

Content: - The characteristics of a wave including key terminology. - The key characteristics of constructive and destructive waves and the impact they have on a coastline. - The factors that influence the size/type of wave...

This resource focuses on the greenhouse effect and five human causes of global warming.    Content: - A look at the greenhouse effect at a range of scales. - The macro-scale factors that are increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. -...

This resource focuses on the long and short term history of climate change and global warming.   Content: - A look at ancient climate change throughout the Cenozoic Period. - How scientists accurately measure ancient climate change. - Climate...

This resource is AMAZING!! This worksheet uses a scholastic website that is an INTERACTIVE map that has students investigate the difference between the North and the South at the start of the Civil War. You can have students do this individually in class...