Grade 6

Grade 7
Grade 8

1
What is Geography?
Coasts
Development

Erosion, Transport, Deposition, Holbeck Hall

Development Pathway, Development Indicators,

or similar, Conflicts, Coastal Management.

Development Gap, Aid.

Atlas and Map Work

Longitude and Latitude, Scale, Direction,

Population and Resources

Map Symbols, Grid References, Height,

Globalisation
2
Planning a journey.
Global Population Growth, Population

Transport and Communication, TNCs, Child Labour,

Pyramids, Migration, Resources, Ecological

Fair Trade.

Footprint.

Settlement
Weather and Climate
Hazards
3
Local Area Study (fieldwork), Location,
Microclimates (fieldwork), Measuring,
Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis.

Patterns, Burgess Model, Settlement

Forecasting, Climate Graphs, Depressions and

Hierarchy.
Anticyclones, Rainfall, One Weather Hazard.
Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Drought.

Could be developed to Human Hazards of Disease

Rich and Poor Countries

Rocks
and Crime.

4
A project based unit comparing the lives of

Structure of the Earth, Rock Cycle,

people in two countries of differing economic

Could be general or focused upon one tectonic, one

Weathering and Erosion, Geological time.

status: for example Japan and Brazil.

atmospheric and one human.

5
Economic Activities
Ecosystems
Tourism

Employment, Industrial Change, Industrial

To include Antarctica as a fragile ecosystem,
Global Tourism Trends, Tourism and the

Location, Shopping, Basic Tourism.

Equatorial Rainforest and Savannah.
Environment, Tourism as a aid too development.

Rivers and Flooding

Energy
Environmental Issues
6
Usage, Renewable vs Non-Renewable,

Water Cycle, Drainage Basin, Erosion,

Global Warming, Acid Rain, Ozone Layer, Air

Location of a power station or wind farm

Landforms, Floods LEDC and MEDC.

Quality, Recycling, Sustainable Development.

debate.

Content under each topic would be suggested minimum requirements. Free-styling is more than welcome. 38 weeks a year gives about 3-4 weeks per unit.