I have a confession, I really like post-apocalyptic fiction. Last year I wanted to take some of this enjoyment and create some tension and fun in the classroom.
I decided to make my favourite resource of all time, a geographical scheme of work based on the concept of a disease spreading around the world, through Europe and into the UK. I wanted to add a sense of excitement and tension through challenges that led to learning and the practice of key geographical skills.
I spent a number of hours last summer creating the perfect project and thoroughly enjoyed teaching it. Unfortunately my students at the time didn’t quite get my enthusiasm and eagerness, oh well.
Within this scheme of work is a booklet, as students work through the activities they have challenges to complete in order to find their way to safety.
They start with 12 hours (6 lessons), each mistake they make in the work costs them 1 day. Their challenge is to make it to the end with as many ‘days’ left as possible.
Ideally students work in groups to complete the challenges, sharing the workload and supporting one another through the tasks. Each mission is essentially a lesson depending on the ability of your students.
Missions look something like this…
Mission Objective 1 – Map Infected Cities across the World
Mission Objective 2 – Decode the message, find the identified locations
Mission Objective 3 – create a map to show the spread of the disease in the UK
Mission Objective 4 – Locate supplies and feed directions to the team on foot
Mission Objective 5 – Locate and Find Survivors
Mission Objective 6 – Locate to Safety
There’s plenty of room for extension for your more able students with Missions to Extend at the end and possibility for differentiation throughout.
In addition each mission has success criteria and resources for self/peer assessment.
So I guess here’s the part you’re waiting for… the resources.
Yes… they’re coming.
You can find them here for free, all I ask is that you do not edit and share.
Feedback is welcomed!!!
Hope you can make use of it.
MrsHumanities Zombie Map and Atlas Skills by Victoria Hewett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Jan 5, 2017 at 12:38 pm
Fantastic resource which has saved me hours of work. Thank you!
I’m going to trial this with my year 8 groups this half term.
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Jan 9, 2017 at 2:46 am
This is really exciting work for students and really helps with that extra bit of magic! I too have written a SoW for Year 8 geography. If you would like a copy please email me timothy.spear@regents-pattaya.co.th I can forward resources that I have developed too.
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Jan 9, 2017 at 8:08 am
Fantastic.
Thank you.
Have a good day.
David
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May 10, 2017 at 7:58 pm
These look fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing! Can’t wait to deliver to my year students.
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Jul 7, 2017 at 9:45 am
This looks great fun, is the picture on the front of the booklet from a clip that can be watched or has it been mocked up
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Jul 10, 2017 at 6:54 am
It’s a mock up using Russel Tarr’s classtools website. V.
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Jul 10, 2017 at 6:53 am
Hi Mrs Humanities,
Thank you for your generosity in sharing this incredible resource. I’m just wondering for mission objective 1 do you have a link to the report? Is is a youtube video?
Thanks again!
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Jul 10, 2017 at 6:56 am
It’s part of the Powerpoint that’s included. The PowerPoint had everything you need to run alongside the booklet. V.
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Aug 15, 2017 at 10:16 pm
This resource is more than amazing! I am excited to use this in Sept with Year 7. I am just wondering where I can find the PPT?
Thank You!
Joanne
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Aug 16, 2017 at 8:24 am
The PowerPoint is in the same folder. 😀
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Apr 30, 2018 at 1:19 am
This is awesome! I have an Intensive English class so am looking forward to using this! Thanks very much for sharing your work – very collegial! As for the first broadcast for Objective 1, I can’t see it in the Powerpoint I’ve downloaded – is there a separate link for it?
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Aug 27, 2017 at 2:26 pm
This is great and will form part a great introduction when lessons resume! is there a scheme of work that comes with it? I cant seem to find it on the link.
Thank you,
Andy
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Nov 6, 2017 at 8:47 am
Hi,
Thank you for sharing these resources they look fantastic.
I am struggling to find the map that would enable my students to provide grid references and distance (M.O 4). How can i locate this?
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Nov 6, 2017 at 1:31 pm
It’s in the Google drive. Entitled Mission Objective 4 Map.
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Nov 6, 2017 at 1:31 pm
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5pQrYe3v4uxMzd6MU5UeVBmS0k/view?usp=drivesdk
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Feb 5, 2018 at 12:16 am
This is brilliant! Thank you for sharing:)
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Feb 5, 2018 at 7:19 pm
My pleasure.
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May 21, 2018 at 1:48 am
Hi again, where can we find the original outbreak report? I can’t seem to find a link for it. Thanks! 🙂
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May 21, 2018 at 7:07 am
All of the materials are in the same google drive. The initial reports are on the first slide of the PowerPoint
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Mar 6, 2018 at 6:25 am
Link to my ‘Emergency Broadcast’ video
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MYvVE0HsN9DocWgb_o–es6WptZNYH42
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Apr 19, 2018 at 8:33 am
Hello, this looks amazing and so engaging! I’ve downloaded the resource so I can aspire to reach this outstanding level as I’m not yet a teacher. Hope that’s ok and thank you.
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Jun 18, 2018 at 8:14 pm
This is great! I have a SEN KS4 option group who will love this so thanks very much!
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Jun 18, 2018 at 8:18 pm
That’s great to hear. I’d suggest with the latitude and longitude activity each groups finds 3 or 4 locations. Makes it easier for them.
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Jun 17, 2020 at 5:16 pm
Perfect activity for my lockdown bubble.
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Mar 7, 2021 at 7:23 pm
It’s kind of scary to do this during the pandemic!
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Mar 7, 2021 at 7:33 pm
It was created in 2016.
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Jan 9, 2023 at 11:20 pm
Great resource! I am looking for a fun revision activity to pull together map skills with my year sevens and this hit the mark. I tried to access the Google Drive folder with all the resources, but it seems restricted though. Is there any way to gain access?
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Jan 10, 2023 at 6:23 am
If you download the resources you will then have access to them and be able to edit.
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Jan 10, 2023 at 6:25 am
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5pQrYe3v4uxVGE3S1MtNUhYSGM?resourcekey=0-gm7siRZDMxGs5Z_OkbY5JA
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