GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM OVERVIEW - 2021/22
TERM 1: AUTUMN TERM | TERM 2: SPRING TERM | TERM 3: SUMMER TERM | ||||
YEAR GROUP | T1a | T1b | T2a | T2b | T3a | T3b |
Year 5 | Geographical Skills 1 An introduction to key geographical skills: - Use of maps and atlases - Direction - Map symbols - Grid references - Scale - Latitude and Longitude | Global Biomes: Mountain Environments Mountain environments are an important global ecosystem:
| Settlement and Trade - Types of settlement - Location factors and distribution - Comparing rural and urban settlements - Land use in the UK - Trade links (with the UK and beyond) - Distribution of natural resources (link to population distribution) | Climate Change and the Environment 1 - Causes of climate change - Plastic pollution - Renewable and non-renewable energy - Impact of climate change - Reducing the impact of climate change | ||
Year 6 | Geographical Skills 2 - Naming continents, countries, cities using atlas - Grid refs up to 6 figures - Keys for maps - Aerial photographs - Sketch maps | Rivers - The water cycle - Rivers - from the source to the mouth - Case study: The River Thames (including the use of the Thames) - Map work | Country Study: Norway - Location - Map skills (including grid references) - Physical and geographical features of Norway | Environmental Issues and Stewardship - The seas and oceans - Problems facing the planet - Stewardship and the planet | Deserts - Desert Biomes (including types of desert) - Location of the deserts - Characteristics and landforms of deserts - People of the deserts | |
Year 7 | Geographical Skills 3 - Interpreting photographs - Investigating maps - OS maps revisited - Using scale and direction - Applying skills | Coasts - Understanding waves - Coastal processes - Coastal landforms (erosional and depositional) - Coastal erosion - Coastal management | Economic Activity and Development - Types of economic activity - Secondary economic activity: retail - Retail connections - supplier and consumer - Consumer behaviours - The role of TNCs - Child labour - Sustainable consumerism | Country Study: Kenya - Mapwork - physical and human features - Population distribution - Urban growth - LIfe in the Shanty Towns - Improving Shanty Towns - Tourism in Kenya - Ecotourism in Kenya - Comparing regions of Kenya | ||
Year 8 | Hazardous World: Volcanoes and Earthquakes - Structure of the earth - Plates and plate boundaries - Formation of volcanoes - Cause, effect and response to volcanic eruptions - Causes of earthquakes - Cause, effect and response to earthquakes - Living in hazardous areas | Ecosystems: Tropical Rainforests - Distribution of Tropical Rainforests - Features of the ecosystem - Climate of the rainforests - Vegetation structure - Plant and animal adaptations - Deforestation - Managing the rainforests | The Climate Crisis - What is climate change? - Causes of climate change - Impact of climate changes - What can be done about climate change? | Country Study: India - Mapwork - human and physical features - Population growth - Managing population - Life in urban India - Life in rural India - Flooding in India |