Geography-Programme-of-Study

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Within the geography department we aim to inspire students about the varied, exciting and constantly changing world we live in. Through the study of both physical and human topics, students develop a deep knowledge and understanding of places and environments from across the globe. A mix of enquiry based, decision-making and challenging activities provide the framework for students to expand their geographical, literacy and critical thinking skills whilst also encouraging a reflective approach to their learning. As a result, students leave us as well-informed, open minded, responsible citizens who can play a positive and active role in the 21st Century and flourish in life.

Year 7

Term 1 Cartography: How can maps be used to solve geographical problems?

Global locations.

Types of maps.

Explaining population density.

Fieldwork

Term 2 Physical Geography of the UK Regions and relief of the UK. Climate of Britain.

Weather in Britain.

Term 3 Landscapes of Britain: Rivers Geological Timescales.

Types of Rock Geomorphological processes.

River basin & long profile.

River landforms

Term 4 Geography of Gloucestershire Key locations.

OS map skills: directions, distances, grid references, symbols, contour lines.

Term 5 What is Asia like?

How do places vary (AC, LIDC, EDC) Physical and human characteristics of Asia, India and China Economic Activities in Britain Types of economic activities.

Farming and soils.

Location of Industry.

Growth of the tertiary and quaternary sectors.

Term 6 Global Economic Activities Economic Activities in SW China.

Causes and impacts of globalisation in Britain, India, Bangladesh & China.

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Know how to describe and explain variations in population density.

Understand how and why climate varies in Britain at a national and local scale including the impact of air pressure on weather.

Understand how geomorphological processes and geology can create a range of landscapes in the UK with a particular focus on river landforms.

Understand the factors affecting the location of the four types of economic activities.

Understand economic growth in Asia.

Know how countries vary in terms of development.

Understand how countries are interconnected and the consequences of economic connections.

Know major locations on the globe.

Know the physical features of the UK including relief and weather patterns.

Know the key characteristics of Asia, India, China and SW China.

Know how to complete a guided fieldwork investigation within the school grounds.

Know how to use map skills to identify human and physical features in the local area.

Know how to describe, analyse and/or present geographical data using simple techniques.

Know how to identify reasons and begin to explain geographical features.

Know how to apply geographical knowledge to begin to make balanced judgements.

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Population and Migration Causes of population growth.

Patterns of life expectancy.

Causes and impacts of migration.

Coastal Landscapes Coastal processes; formation of wave-cut platforms, stacks and spits; Coastal management

Urbanisation Growth of settlements.

Urban land use in AC and LIDC cities.

Challenges of urban areas.

Fieldwork

Hydrology & Flooding

Geography of Africa

Water Cycle.

Causes of flooding.

Hydrographs.

Impacts of flooding.

Management of floods.

Key locations.

Characteristics of Eastern Africa; Physical Geography: climate and biomes.

Influence of physical geography on aspects of life e.g. tourism, piracy

International Development

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Variations in global development.

Causes of variations.

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Understand how and why populations change over time.

Understand the causes and effects of internal and international migration.

Understand how geomorphological processes and geology create varied coastal landscapes and that these short term changes need to be managed in a sustainable manner.

Understand how urban areas have grown, the resulting characteristics and how urban areas can be improved sustainably.

Understand how changes in the hydrological cycle and human activity cause flooding.

Understand how the impacts and responses to flooding vary between countries.

Understand the characteristics and locations of selected ecosystems / biomes such as coral reefs, hot deserts, tropical grasslands.

Understand how economic activities can be dependent on physical factors (farming in Africa, tourism in Kenya, piracy in Somalia) and international links (tourism, Chinese investment in Africa).

Know how and why development levels vary between countries.

Know the physical and human characteristics of Africa and factors influencing these characteristics.

Know the key locations in the Middle East.

In groups, know how to plan and complete a fieldwork investigation within the school grounds.

Know how to use OS map evidence to describe landscape features and explain locations of economic activities.

Know how to describe, present and/or analyse geographical data using more complex techniques.

Know how to provide partly developed explanations for geographical features.

Know how to apply geographical knowledge in order to make balanced judgements.

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​ Year 9

Term 1

Term 2

Tectonics and Development

Glaciated Landscapes

Earth’s Structure.

Processes at plate boundaries.

Causes, consequences and responses relating to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

Methods to improve development levels

Distribution of global ice.

Glacial processes.

Erosional landforms.

Changes in glaciers and the impact on human activity.

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Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

21st Century Issues: 21st Century Issues: Climate Change Resource Use

GCSE Sustaining Ecosystems

GCSE Sustaining Ecosystems

Causes of climate change.

Global variations in emissions.

Global variations in impacts.

Appropriate solutions to global warming.

What is an Ecosystem?

Characteristics of world biomes.

Characteristics of Tropical Rainforests

Human use of rainforests. Threats to Rainforests. Case study of sustainable use of rainforests.

Distribution of global resources.

Competition for resources.

Conflicts arising from resource use.

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Understand the causes and consequences of tectonic events.

Understand how impacts and responses to tectonic events may vary according to levels of development.

Understand how glacial landscapes can change over long periods of time and how human activity can adapt sustainably to these changes.

Understand the causes, effects and responses to global climate change.

Understand how competition for resources can lead to conflict (Middle East, Arctic).

Know how global agreements can be used to tackle climate change.

Know the characteristics of global ecosystems and understand the impacts to, and management of, tropical rainforests.

Understand the basic processes occurring at four types of plate boundaries.

Know the key locations in Bangladesh and Russia.

Know how to describe, analyse and present geographical data using complex techniques including statistical testing.

Know how to provide developed explanations for geographical features.

Know how to apply geographical knowledge in order to make balanced judgements and evaluations.

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GCSE Specification: OCR Geography B Year 10

Term 1 Sustaining Ecosystems – Polar environments.

Polar climates with foci on the Arctic and Antarctica.

Tectonic Hazards Processes at plate boundaries.

Causes. effects and management of volcanoes and earthquakes

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Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

Changing Climates

Distinctive Landscapes

Urban Fieldwork – Gloucester

Rivers Fieldwork – Forest of Dean

Geomorphic processes in coasts, Holderness case study, management strategies

Fieldwork write-up tasks.

Preparing for fieldwork, Carrying out fieldwork in the Forest of Dean, Fieldwork write-up tasks

Climatic Hazards Global atmospheric circulation. Extreme Weather: drought, tropical storms, floods

Changing Climates Long term changes in temperature.

Evidence for climate change.

Human and physical causes of climate Change. Impacts of climate change.

Distinctive Landscapes Characteristics of landscapes, human and physical impacts on landscapes

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Urban Fieldwork – Gloucester

Distinctive Landscapes Geomorphic processes in rivers.

River Tees case study including human actions.

Preparing for fieldwork and carry out fieldwork

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River Tees case study including human actions.

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Know the characteristics of polar environments.

Understand the impacts to, and management of, polar environments.

Understand how global air circulation affects weather patterns and the global distribution of biomes.

Understand the causes and impacts of extreme and hazardous weather events.

Understand the causes, impacts and management of volcanic and seismic events.

Understand the long and short term causes of climate change; the evidence to support climate change, and the effects on the UK and wider world.

Understand the characteristics of landscapes which make them distinctive.

Understand how geology and climate can influence the morphology of river and coastal landscapes, and how human activity, including management, can alter these landscapes.

In groups, know how to complete guided fieldwork investigations in human and physical environments outside of the school grounds.

Know how to use OS map skills to describe physical landscapes in less familiar situations.

Know how to apply analytical skills to a wide range of geographical data.

Know how to provide well-developed explanations for varied geographical features.

Know how to select and apply relevant knowledge in order to discuss, assess and evaluate geographical issues and reach balanced judgements.

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Dynamic Development Factors affecting development, Zambia an LIDC, Rostow’s model /Millennium Development Goals/ Transnational Corporations and trade with the context of Zambia

Urban Futures

Resource Reliance

Urbanisation in LIDCs and ACs, Opportunities and challenges in London and Lagos

Overview of demand and supply for resources (food, water, energy) Food security, food security in Tanzania

UK in the 21st Century

Revision Final exams

UK population change, UK’s changing socioeconomic, cultural and political structure

Revision Final exams

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Understand the nature and causes of differences in development between countries and how these differences can be addressed.

Understand how the processes of migration, urbanisation and urban growth affect the characteristics of global cities.

Understand how ways of life vary in cities, how this creates challenges in global cities and that these challenges can be addressed sustainably.

Understand the causes and impacts of the demand for resources outstripping supply with particular reference to achieving a sustainable food supply and food security.

Understand how the UK has changed economically, demographically and socially in the 21st Century including its global connections.

Know the physical and human characteristics of the UK including population density, land use, relief and the associated issues of water stress and housing shortages.

Know how to use OS map skills to describe human landscapes in less familiar situations.

Know how to apply analytical skills to a wide range of geographical data.

Know how to provide well-developed explanations for varied geographical features.

Know how to select and apply relevant knowledge in order to discuss, assess and evaluate geographical issues and reach balanced and reasoned judgements.

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A Level Specification: OCR Year 12 Teacher 1 (4 lessons per fortnight)

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Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

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Exploring Oceans

Exploring Oceans

Exploring Oceans

Exploring Oceans

Earth’s Life Support Systems

Earth’s Life Support Systems

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Characteristics of Oceans

Marine resources.

Socio-economic and political factors.

Socio-economic / political factors (continued).

Climate change.

Pollution How important are water and carbon cycles to life on earth?

How important are water and carbon cycles to life on earth?

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12 Teacher 2 (4 lessons per fortnight)

Changing Places, Making Spaces

Changing Places, Making Spaces

Changing Places, Making Spaces

Coastal Landscapes

Coastal Landscapes

Coastal Landscapes

Place Identity including built environment, physical landscape, demographic, socio-economic, cultural and political characteristics

Understanding places: perception, representation, emotional attachment.

Social Inequality Impact of changes in economic activity on places

Impact of changes in economic activity on places. Place making; rebranding

Erosional and depositional landforms (continued).

Coasts as systems

Emergent and submergent landforms

Human activity on coastlines

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Geomorphic processes, Erosional and depositional landforms

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Understand how flows and connections shape the characteristics of places and result in changes to places and people's perceptions of those places.

Understand how places can be represented in different ways.

Understand how social inequality varies at a local, national and international level.

Understand how economic change can impact places and how this is influenced by different players.

Understand how places are created through placemaking processes.

Understand how coastal landscapes can operate as a system. Understand how coastal landforms develop in high and low energy environments.

Understand how climate change and human activity can affect coastal landscapes.

Understand how climate change is affecting coastal landscapes and ocean systems including island nations and the Arctic Ocean region.

Understand the physical and biological characteristics of oceans.

Understand the consequences of human activities on oceans.

Understand how socio-economic and political factors have influenced the use of oceans.

Understand why carbon and water are important to life on Earth.

In groups, know how to plan and complete fieldwork investigations in unfamiliar physical and human environments Know how to create GIS maps using primary fieldwork data.

Know how to apply and evaluate analytical skills to a wide range of geographical data.

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12 NEA (2 lessons per fortnight)

Introduction to fieldwork Planning fieldwork Writing an Introduction Writing methods Northleach fieldwork

Writing up fieldwork investigations Presenting Data ArcGIS maps Analysing Data Writing Conclusions Evaluating fieldwork

Analysing fieldwork data

Fieldwork Preparation

Statistical Tests Data Presentation Initial research for own investigations Safety Investigations

Analysing data from safety investigation Planning Swanage fieldwork Swanage follow-up work

Urban Fieldwork

NEA Preparation

Writing questionnaires Birmingham fieldwork Use of Excel to analyse data

Completing own proposal forms Planning data collection

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Term 6

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Know how to explain in detail a variety of geographical processes and features including independently identify and explain links between Exploring Oceans and other A level topics.

Know how to apply knowledge and understanding to unknown situations and to construct well-developed, evidenced arguments which reach reasoned conclusions.

Understand how to plan, undertake and evaluate an individual investigation.

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13 Teacher 1 (4 lessons per fortnight)

Powers and Borders Challenges to sovereignty and territorial integrity, global governance of conflicts

Hazardous Earth

Hazardous Earth

Hazardous Earth

Processes and features at plate boundaries

Vulcanicity; volcano case studies, management of volcanic hazards

Seismicity; earthquake case studies, management of seismic hazards

Revision

Final Exams

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13 Teacher 2 (3 lessons per fortnight)

13 NEA (2 lessons per fortnight)

Global Migration

Global Migration

What are the contemporary patterns of global migration, why has it become increasingly complex and what are the associated issues with unequal flows of global migration?

What are the contemporary patterns of global migration, why has it become increasingly complex and what are the associated issues with unequal flows of global migration?

Writing up NEA: Introduction; Methods

Data Presentation and analysis

Earth Life Support Systems How do the water and carbon cycle operate in contrasting locations.

(Tropical rainforest and Arctic Tundra).

How much change occurs over time in the water and carbon cycle.

Writing conclusion and evaluation

Earth Life Support Systems

Revision

Final Exams

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To what extent are the water and carbon cycle linked and how are they managed globally

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Final checks; contents page; bibliography

Revision for final exams

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Understand how sovereignty and territorial integrity can be challenged, and how global governance can address the consequences of these challenges.

Understand how the water and carbon cycles operate in contrasting locations.

Understand how water and carbon cycles can change over time.

Understand how the water and carbon cycles are linked.

Understand contemporary patterns of migration and how these are increasing in complexity.

Understand the impacts and issues arising from unequal flows of migrants.

Understand the theory of plate tectonics and the evidence to support this theory.

Understand the processes occurring at plate boundaries.

Know the main hazards generated by volcanic and seismic activity.

Understand the impacts, responses and mitigation strategies associated with tectonic hazards.

Understand how the risk of a hazard changes over time and is linked to the occurrence of disasters.

Know how to create GIS maps independently using own fieldwork data.

Know how to explain in detail a variety of geographical processes and features including independently identify and explain links between Tectonics and other topics.

Confidently know how to apply knowledge and understanding to unknown situations and to support well-developed, thoughtfully evidenced arguments which reach substantiated conclusions.

Know how to plan, undertake and evaluate an individual investigation.