Population » Starters and plenaries

a) Changing population dominoes
These dominoes help pupils to revise key terms seen throughout the topic and make an excellent starter or plenary activity.

b) Population trumps
These trumps work just like top trumps. Cut out the cards and pupils use them to play a card game. There are playing instructions included with the worksheet.

c) Global lights question time
These question time activities provide a quick, sharp start to a lesson. Pupils need to try and answer the three questions about the image, before asking any questions that they may have.

d) Hong Kong question time
These question time activities provide a quick, sharp start to a lesson. Pupils need to try and answer the three questions about the image, before asking any questions that they may have.

e) India train question starter
These question time activities provide a quick, sharp start to a lesson. Pupils need to try and answer the three questions about the image, before asking any questions that they may have.

f) Little emperor question time
These question time activities provide a quick, sharp start to a lesson. Pupils need to try and answer the three questions about the image, before asking any questions that they may have.

g) Population pyramid question time
These question time activities provide a quick, sharp start to a lesson. Pupils need to try and answer the three questions about the image, before asking any questions that they may have.

h) Shanty town question time
These question time activities provide a quick, sharp start to a lesson. Pupils need to try and answer the three questions about the image, before asking any questions that they may have.

Talk about changing population
In this resource, pupils need to talk about the chosen keyword or concept for 60 seconds (a step up from the 30 seconds at KS3). They do have the added advantage of seeing the word to structure their answer prior to starting.
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