Ewan Laurie's presentation for RGS Teachmeet about getting other people teaching geography across school, pop-up classrooms, and taking over the school!

1. Hijack Geography
Get other people to teach Geography for you!
Ewan Laurie - Head of Sixth Form - King’s College School, Wimbledon
@drlauriegeog
(also experimenting with stripped down presentations)

2. If Hijack Geography is the answer, what is the question?
Hijack Geography partially cures:
- reductions in lesson time and SMT ambivalence
- underpopularity and low take up of Geography at GCSE
- misconceptions about what Geography really is and why it’s relevant

3. Go beyond cross-curricular inter-departmental stuff
(Jedi initiate)
- Providing development datasets (e.g. Gapminder) to Maths so they can use it
in their teaching.
- Combining with other subjects (e.g. Design Technology designs earthquake-
proof buildings whilst you teach tectonic hazards).
- Working on core skills (e.g. Travel writing competition based on summer
holidays judged jointly by English & Geography).

4. Use an opportunist approach - be daring!
(Jedi Knight)
- School has “off-timetable day” with “ Global/Environment/World/something
similar” in the title. Major opportunity!
- Get current, then act. Pop up classroom, lunch queue (e.g. mini lesson on
refugee crisis). Mangle the syllabus if you need to.
- Relevant geography behind school charity events. A 10 minute assembly to
600 pupils is worth several days of teaching.
- “Snow day” competition (use email, VLE, whatever).

5. Get someone else to do it…
(Jedi Master)
- ICT department spends significant portion of KS3 teaching GI/GIS packages
(not just Google Earth)
- Your senior students run your Geography club/magazine/etc. under your
supervision.
- Department-based charity initiative.
- Other subjects are now coming to you to feed on your success! Home for tea
and medals!