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GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
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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:

  • Location
  • Formation and types of mountains (including reference to structure of the earth)
  • Key landscape features
  • Climate
  • Adaptation - focus on wildlife
  • Living in mountain environments
  • Mountain environments as tourist destinations - opportunities and impact

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