Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics

Teaching Primary Geography

Dr Stephen Scoffham (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK), Dr. Paula Owens

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Bloomsbury Education
04 February 2025

Primary & middle schools; Teaching of a specific subject; Educational: Geography

Series: Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics

The Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics series provides non-specialist primary school teachers with subject knowledge and full teaching programmes in a variety of key primary curriculum subjects.

This book is a revised and up-to-date hands-on guide to planning and delivering primary geography lessons that will inspire your class and extend their knowledge in lively and effective ways. Updates include:

- Biodiversity - Climate change

- Diverse and up-to-date case studies and resources, from Jamaican landscapes in KS1 to the Turkey-Syria earthquake for KS2

Fully updated and in line with National Curriculum guidelines for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, the book provides easy-to-follow lesson plan ideas that are packed full of guidance and activities, alongside helpful summaries, interesting facts, key vocabulary, useful websites and cross-curricular links.

If you are a primary practitioner or a subject co-ordinator who wants to plan and deliver an engaging and informed programme in your classroom or across your whole school, this book is for you!

By: Dr Stephen Scoffham (Canterbury Christ Church University UK), Dr. Paula Owens
Imprint: Bloomsbury Education
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 189mm,
ISBN: 9781801993982
ISBN 10: 180199398X
Series: Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 04 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Children/juvenile , Professional and scholarly , Primary , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Stephen Scoffham has published widely for schools and teachers in the field of primary geography. He is the editor for the Geographical Association’s Primary Geography Handbook (2004, 2010), chief consultant and author for the Collins Junior Atlas, UK in Maps and World in Maps, and joint author of the newly issued Collins Primary Geography textbook scheme. In 2014, he won an award for his work on devising and Teaching Geography Creatively (Routledge), a resource book for teachers. He is currently based at Canterbury Christ Church University where he is a Visiting Lecturer in Sustainability and Education. Follow him @StephenScoffham Dr Paula Owens is an education consultant and author. Her career has spanned teaching and leadership in primary schools and curriculum development lead for the Geographical Association. Follow her @primageographer