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Geography

Geography is a subject that teaches students about the world they live in.  It teaches students about events in both the natural and human worlds and how these two worlds are linked.  It has an important role to play in developing an understanding of key global issues and helping students understand that there are a variety of perspectives from which these issues can be viewed.  Geography, therefore, has important links to citizenship – we are all global citizens, with responsibilities to the planet and to each other.

Aims

  • To stimulate an interest in, and understanding of, the natural and human worlds
  • To develop the skills, knowledge, and understanding necessary to engage with the world
  • To develop an understanding of interdependence – how actions in one part of the world affects others

Curriculum and Assessment Maps

Subject Leader: A Crampton email: acrampton@kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk

Year 7

Key Learning Constructs to be developed over the academic year Scheme of Learning

Autumn Term

 Scheme of Learning

Spring Term

 Scheme of Learning

Summer Term

Atlas and map skills

World Climate Zones

Classification of countries

Classification of issues

Causes and effects of tectonic hazards

Types of migration

Impacts of migration

 My World

·        Atlas skills

·        Location of major climate zones

·        Location of key countries and cities

Development

·        What is development?

·        How is development measured?

·        What is life like in countries at different stages of development?

 

 Earthquakes and Volcanoes

·        Distribution of tectonic hazards

·        Why do earthquakes and volcanoes happen?

·        Tectonics case studies

·        Responses to hazards

Multicultural Birmingham

·        What is migration?

·        What are the major migration movements affecting UK?

 Multicultural Birmingham

·        What problems and benefits does migration bring?

Map Skills

·        Grid references

·        Distance and direction

·        Height and relief
Assessment Pieces

Atlas test

Comparing countries assessment

 Assessment Pieces

Earthquake assessment

 Assessment Pieces

Multicultural Birmingham assessment
 

Key vocabulary

 

 Development indicator; Advanced Country, Emerging and Developing Country, Low Income Developing Country Tectonic, social, economic, environmental

Migration, multiculturalism

 

 Relief

 
 

Outside the taught curriculum

 Engage with the news on a regular basis especially if there are current stories about earthquakes, volcanoes, migration.  There are numerous documentaries about topics being studied.
 

Suggested reading

 

 See the geography section in the library.  BBC Bitesize has many relevant sections to these topics as does geographyalltheway.com and internetgeography.

Subject Leader: A Crampton email: acrampton@kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk

Year 8

Key Learning Constructs to be developed over the academic year Scheme of Learning

Autumn Term

 Scheme of Learning

Spring Term

 Scheme of Learning

Summer Term
Geographical skills

The river drainage basin

Importance of the Rainforest

Causes and impacts of deforestation

Using categories and classification

Urbanisation

 Rivers

·        The long profile

·        Formation of waterfalls

·        Causes/effects/responses of flooding

·        Flooding in the UK

Rainforests

·        What is the rainforest like?

·        Why are rainforests important?

·        Why are rainforests being destroyed?

 

 Rainforests

·        Why are rainforests being destroyed?

Urban Geographies

·        Geographies of urban growth

·        Urban growth in LIDCS

·        Challenges of rapid urbanisation

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 Urban Geographies

·        Urban growth in ACs

·        Urban issues in Birmingham

·        Fieldwork in Birmingham

Wild Weather

·        Causes/ effects/responses to a number of wild weather events.
Assessment Piece

Rivers test

 Assessment Pieces

Rainforest assessment

 Assessment Pieces

Urban assessment
 

Key vocabulary

 

 Drainage basin, flooding, hydrograph, ecosystem,

Social/ economic/ environmental

 Deforestation, Mega city, migration, urban, rural, informal housing. Deindustrialisation, urban decline.

Tropical storm, drought,
 

Outside the taught curriculum

 Engage with the news on a regular basis especially if there are current stories about rainforest destruction and preservation, extreme weather events, African society and climate. There are numerous documentaries about topics being studied.
 

Suggested reading

 

 See the geography section in the library.  Read a newspaper on a daily basis.  BBC bitesize has a wealth of resources for most of these topics.

Subject Leader: A Crampton email: acrampton@kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk

Year 9

Key Learning Constructs to be developed over the academic year Scheme of Learning

Autumn Term

 Scheme of Learning

Spring Term

 Scheme of Learning

Summer Term
Geographical Skills

Interdependencies

Causes of the development gap.

Sustainable development

Globalisation

Features of glaciated landscapes

Causes and impacts of climate change

 Development

·        What is development?

·        What causes the development gap?

·        Closing the development gap

·        Decolonising development thinking

Global Fashion

·        Where are your clothes made?

 

 Global Fashion

·        What the issues with sweatshops?

·        What is globalisation?

·        Globalisation and development.

Glaciation

·        Glacial landscape features

 Climate Change

·        Climate change in quarternary period

·        Natural and human causes of climate change

·        Global impacts of climate change.

·        UK impacts of climate change
Assessment Pieces

Development test

 Assessment Pieces

Global fashion test

 Assessment Pieces

Glaciation test
 

Key vocabulary

 

 Sustainable, interdependence Globalisation, interdependence, glaciation Quaternary, Enhanced Greenhouse effect, Milankovitch cycles, interdependence
 

Outside the taught curriculum

 Engage with the news on a regular basis especially if there are current stories about global development, sweatshops, fast fashion, climate change.  There are numerous documentaries about topics being studied.
 

Suggested reading

 

 See the geography section in the library.  Read a newspaper on a daily basis. BBC bitesize has a wealth of information on many of these topics as does geographyalltheway.com and internetgeography.

Subject Leader: A Crampton email: acrampton@kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk

Year 10

Key Learning Constructs to be developed over the academic year Scheme of Learning

Autumn Term

 Scheme of Learning

Spring Term

 Scheme of Learning

Summer Term
How can weather be hazardous?

How do plate tectonics shape our world?

What makes a landscape distinctive?

What influences the landscapes of the UK?

Why are some countries richer than others?

 ·        Distribution of climatic hazards

·        Causes/ effects/ responses to climatic hazards

·        Distribution of tectonic hazards.

·        Causes/effects/response to tectonic hazards

·        Upland and Lowland landscapes

·        Formation of river features.

·        Causes and management of flooding

·        Case study: River Tees.

 

 Coasts

·        Coastal processes.

·        Coastal landforms

·        Managing coast lines.

·        Case study Holderness Coast

Dynamic Development

·        Measuring Development

·        Reasons for development differences

·        Case study of development in Zambia

 River Enquiry (Field work)

Urban Futures

·        The growth of Birmingham

·        Migration and Birmingham

·        Sustainable development in Birmingham

·        The growth of Mumbai

·        Living in Mumbai

·        Sustainable development and Mumbai
Assessment Pieces

Changing climate test

 Assessment Pieces

Hazards Test

 Assessment Pieces

End of year exam
 

Key vocabulary

 

 See key terms section in text book See key terms section in text book See key terms section in text book
 

Outside the taught curriculum

 Engage with the news on a regular basis especially if there are current stories about earthquakes, volcanoes, coastal erosion, megacities.  Keep a newspaper cuttings file of relevant stories.  There are numerous documentaries about topics being studied which your teacher will point you towards.
 

Suggested reading

 

 Reading a daily newspaper is extremely valuable – the BBC and Guardian Apps are both free.  BBC Bitesize; internet geography, and Seneca are all useful sources of information to go over key ideas taught in class.   Geography resources are available in the library and extra readings are frequently put in the google classroom.

Subject Leader: A Crampton email: acrampton@kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk

Year 11

Key Learning Constructs to be developed over the academic year Scheme of Learning

Autumn Term

 Scheme of Learning

Spring Term

 Scheme of Learning

Summer Term
How is the UK changing in the 21st Century?

Is the UK losing its global significance?

Why are natural ecosystems important?

Why should tropical rainforests matter to us?

Is there more to polar environments than ice?

Will we run out of natural resources?

Can we feed 10 billion people by 2050?

 Urban Futures

·        The growth of Mumbai

·        Living in Mumbai

·        Sustainable development and Mumbai

UK in the 21st Century

·        Human and Physical geography of the UK

·        Changing population

·        UK economic changes

·        Birmingham Fieldwork

·        The UK and the wider world

·        Multicultural UK

 

 Sustaining Ecosystems

·        Global ecosystems

·        Tropical Rainforest

·        Rainforest destruction and management

·        Polar ecosystems

·        Sustainable management of polar ecosystems

Resource Reliance

·        Global resource shortages

·        Food Security

·        Food security in Tanzania

·        Approaches to food security

 Revision

Preparation for paper 3
Assessment Pieces

Mock Exam

 Assessment Pieces

Ecosystem test

 Assessment Pieces
 

Key vocabulary

 

 See key terms section in text book See key terms section in text book See key terms section in text book
 

Outside the taught curriculum

 Engage with the news on a regular basis especially if there are current stories about the UK population and economy, rainforests and the polar regions, global resource shortages. Keep a newspaper cuttings file of relevant stories.  There are numerous documentaries about topics being studied.
 

Suggested reading

 

 Reading a daily newspaper is extremely valuable – the BBC and Guardian Apps are both free.  BBC Bitesize; internet geography, and Seneca are all useful sources of information to go over key ideas taught in class.   Geography resources are available in the library and extra readings are frequently put in the google classroom.

Subject Leader: A Crampton email: acrampton@kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk

Year 12

Key Learning Constructs to be developed over the academic year Scheme of Learning

Autumn Term

 Scheme of Learning

Spring Term

 Scheme of Learning

Summer Term

Edexcel A Level Geography

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/geography-2016.html

 Dynamic Places

·        Causes of Globalisation

·        Impacts and consequences of Globalisation

·        Managing globalisation

Dynamic Landscapes

·        Why are some places more at risk from tectonic hazards

·        Why do some tectonic hazards develop into disasters?

·        How successful is the management of tectonic hazards and disasters?

 

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 Diverse Places

·        How different people view diverse places

·        Demographic and cultural tensions in Diverse Places

·        Management of conflict and change in diverse places

Landscapes, processes and change

·        Coastal landscapes and tehir processes

·        Coastal Landforms and landscapes

·        Coastal Risks

·        Coastal Management

 NEA preparation
Assessment Pieces

Dynamic places test

Dynamic Landscapes assessment

 Assessment Pieces

Diverse places test

Landscapes processes and change assessment

 Assessment Pieces

End of year exam
 

Key vocabulary

 

 Globalisation, glocalisation, coca-colonisation, migration, megacity

Intraplate earthquakes, slab pull, lithosphere, asthenosphere, mitigation.

 Migration, place, connections, gentrification.

Near shore, offshore, eustatic, isostatic, management

  
 

Outside the taught curriculum

 Engage with the news, watch current affairs programmes and numerous documentaries linked to the specification.
 

Suggested reading

 

 Students are provided with a detailed list of suggested reading, some of which is available in the library.

Geography Review, New Internationalist, and quality newspapers like the Guardian, Financial Times, Independent. Extra readings are frequently put on the google classroom.

Subject Leader: A Crampton email: acrampton@kingedwardvi.bham.sch.uk

Year 13

Key Learning Constructs to be developed over the academic year Scheme of Learning

Autumn Term

 Scheme of Learning

Spring Term

 Scheme of Learning

Summer Term
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/geography-2016.html Superpowers

·        Changing superpower geographies

·        The global impacts of superpowers

·        Contested speheres of influence

 

Water Insecurity

·        Causes of water insecurity

·        Consequences of water insecurity

The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security

·        The carbon cycle and terrestrial health

NEA

 

 Migration, Identity, Sovereignty

·        Globalisation and international migration

·        The evolution of nation states

·        The impacts of global organisations

·        Threats to national sovereignty in a globalised world.

The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security

·        Consequences of the increasing demand for energy

·        Climate change

 ·        Revision

·        Preparation for paper 3
Assessment Pieces

Superpowers assessment

Water assessment

 Assessment Pieces

Mocks

 Assessment Pieces
 

Key vocabulary

 

 Colonialism, imperialism, neo-imperialism, dependency, spheres of influence

 

Brackish, hydrosphere, cryosphere, pedosphere, adaptation

 Sovereignty, nationalism, migration, identity, inter-governmental  
 

Outside the taught curriculum

 Engage with the news, watch current affairs programmes and numerous documentaries linked to the specification.
 

Suggested reading

 

 Students are provided with a detailed list of suggested reading, some of which is available in the library.

Geography Review, New Internationalist, and quality newspapers like the Guardian, Financial Times, Independent.  Extra readings are regularly put onto google classroom.

Further information

  • Dr A Crampton (Subject Leader for Geography) 

  • Mr B Taylor (Teacher of Geography) 

  • Mr T Golden (Teacher of Geography) 

How to Improve

  • Read the teacher comments on your work and where relevant act on them.
  • Listen actively in lessons and fully engage in all class activities.
  • Ask questions when you do not understand something.
  • Act on the targets you are set and review targets from previous assessments.
  • At Key Stage 4 and 5 look closely at exam board mark schemes, moderator reports, and exemplar answers.  Ensure your answers are following the structure assessments laid out in the mark schemes and address the command word in questions.
  • At KS4 and 5, use the text book to read ahead to be ready for new topics.
  • Review your work frequently. Make revision materials as you progress through units of work.  Test yourself on these regularly.
  • At KS4 and 5, use the text book to consolidate classroom learning.
  • Watch the news, read a newspaper, and make links to topics you are studying.
  • Read widely using resources in the library and on the internet.
  • Explain your lessons to your parents.
  • Geography is a popular television topic.  Encourage your daughter to watch programmes such as those by David Attenborough, or current affairs documentaries like Many of the BBC Science programmes also cover geographical issues, especially topics such as volcanoes and earthquakes and weather and climate
  • The single most important thing that will improve geographical understanding is an understanding of global affairs.  Read a newspaper or watch the news with your daughter to engage her with local and global issues.
  • Talk to your daughter about climate change and encourage her to get involved in the school climate change movement.
  • Natural History Museum, London has excellent displays of geological history and tectonic activity.
  • Turn off the satnav and navigate by map.
  • Geography combines well with both arts and science subjects and so fits well with most potential university and career choices.  Many medical and law schools like students to have Geography A Level.
  • Geography-specific careers may be in the fields of sustainability, urban regeneration, energy supply, water management, hazard management, climate change, development, and global economics to name a few.  Have a look at the careers board outside room 32 for further ideas.
  • Periodicals such as: Geography Review, New Internationalist, National Geographic, Geographical Magazine.
  • There are a good selection of reference books for key stages 3,4 and 5 in the library
  • Year Gifted and Talented trip to Nettlecombe Court in Somerset
  • Villiers Park for year 12 students looking to study Geography at university
  • Year 8, 11 and 12 fieldtrips
  • Geography club
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