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The Middle East: How have natural resources shaped the Middle East?

This unit teaches pupils about the physical and human geography of the Middle East and demonstrates the diversity of people's lives across the region. Pupils will investigate how natural resources affect the economy of the region and study how climate change is shaping its future.

This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.

Prior knowledge

  • The Middle East is a region that lies mainly in western Asia but includes parts of North Africa and south-eastern Europe.
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can give us information about differences across the world.
  • There are significant inequalities in wealth and quality of life between countries and within countries.
  • Colonialism was a system in which wealthier countries controlled other countries around the world.
  • Global warming is caused by the increase in greenhouse gas emissions released by humans.
  • The world has different climate zones.
  • High pressure areas lead to low precipitation totals.
  • Places on tectonic plate boundaries are vulnerable to earthquakes.

Source curriculum references

  • Extend locational knowledge and deepen spatial awareness of the world’s countries using maps of the world.
  • Extend locational knowledge of Africa, Russia, Asia (including China and India), and the Middle East, focusing on their environmental regions, including polar and hot deserts.
  • Extend locational knowledge of Africa, Russia, Asia (including China and India), and the Middle East focussing on key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities.
  • Understand key processes of physical geography relating to weather and climate, including the change in climate from the Ice Age to the present.
  • Understand key processes of physical geography relating to glaciation, hydrology and coasts.
  • Understand key processes of human geography relating to population and urbanisation.
  • Understand key processes of human geography relating to economic activity in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors; and the use of natural resources.
  • Use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to view, analyse and interpret places and data.
  • Communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.

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