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Geography

Title: GCSE Geography (8035) for exams from

2018 onwards

Exam Board: AQA

 

In Years 10 and 11, students work towards gaining their GCSE Geography qualification. Lessons include the application of examination skills to prepare students for GCSE examinations. The GCSE course is a linear course. This means that all examinations are taken at the end of Year 11.

This qualification is split into 3 distinct components, each of which is assessed by a separate examination.

Paper 1 Living with the Physical Environment (1 hour 30 mins)

  • Section A: The Challenge of Natural Hazards
  • Section B: The Living World
  • Section C: Physical Landscapes in The UK (Coasts & Rivers)

Paper 2 Challenges in the Human Environment (1 hour 30 mins)

  • Section A: Urban Issues and Challenges
  • Section B: The Changing Economic World
  • Section C: The Challenge of Resource Management (Food, Water & Energy)

Paper 3: Geographical Applications (1 hour 15 mins)

  • Section A: Issue Evaluation
  • Section B: Fieldwork & Geographical Skills

To help prepare students with GCSE Geography we offer a KS3 curriculum that links closely with the GCSE and provides students with the opportunity to develop their geographical knowledge and skills. In addition, students at Key Stage 3 follow a History course in accordance with the National Curriculum that seeks to underpin the skills required for their GCSE studies.

KS3 Humanities & Geography GCSE Long Term Plan

 

 

Autumn 1

(7 weeks)

Half Term

Autumn 2

(7 weeks)

Christmas Holidays

Spring 1

(6 weeks)

Half Term

Spring 2

(5 weeks)

Easter Holidays

Summer 1

(7 weeks)

Half Term

Summer 2

(6 weeks)

7

Introduction to the UK

 

Our Island - Land’s End to JOG. The UK & Europe. Exploring local Envronment. UK OS Maps

 

 

Medieval Realms

 

The Norman Conquest & Medieval Life. Crusades, Church v Crown, Black Death, Peasants Revolt.

Physical Landscapes in the UK

 

Physical processes, Rock Cycle, mountains, lakes, rivers & coasts.

Making of the UK

 

The Tudors & Stuarts.

Religion, Reformation, Dissolution, Tudor Life, Rebellion, Civil War & Restoration.

Work Rest and Play in the UK

 

Work, employment, transport, communication, sport

 

UK Weather

climate, effects on us, local differences, rain

Fieldwork Skills

 

Mapwork, using atlases, where in the world? Rivers & urban fieldwork skills.

(incude school sustainability project or river study)

8

18th & 19th Centuries

 

Empire & Transatlantic Slave Trade, plantation life and emancipation.

 

Living World

 

Small & large ecosystems. Biomes, bamboo, coral reefs, rainforests, our food.

 

Industrial & Agricultural Revolution.

 

Impact of change, rural to urban migration, new technology, manufacturing, transport etc,

 

Global Issues

 

Plastics, Global Warming, Climate Change (Bangladesh case study), Wilderness areas and sustainable tourism.

 

WWI

 

Causes of WWI, propaganda, Trench life, nature of warfare etc.

 

 

Our Physical World

 

Hazards, earthquakes, volcanoes & extreme weather.

 

9

Rise of the Nazis

 

Treaty of Versailles, Hitler’s rise to power, Nazism, life in Nazi Germany.

 

World Cities

 

Urbanisation, migration, megacities, housing the poor (India case study).

 

WWII & The Home Front

 

Key events – Dunkirk, Pearl Harbour, D-Day, Hiroshima etc.

The Home Front

 

 

The Holocaust

 

Kristallnacht, Genocide etc.

 

The Post War World

Communism V Capitalism, Arms Race, Cuba, Berlin Wall, JFK & Britain in 1960s

 

Living World

 

Eco systems, tropical rainforests. Malaysia Case Study.

 

 

Living World cont.

 

Hot deserts option. Thar Desert case study.

 

 

10

Natural Hazards

 

Tectonics, weather and climate change.

 

 

Resource Management

 

Food, water & energy in UK plus world food as option.

 

 

 

Economic Pt1

 

Development gap

Measuring Development

DTM

 

UK Physical Landscapes – Rivers

 

River processes, erosion, deposition, landforms, flood risks & management.

 

 

UK Physical Landscapes – Coasts

 

Coastal processes, erosion, deposition, landforms and coastal management.

 

 

Familiar & Unfamiliar Fieldwork

 

Field trip preparation, visit & write up (Brewery Square Dorchester & Lyme Regis)

 

11

Human - Urban Studies

 

Urbanisation, Urban UK and sustainable development.

Rio case study

Case study: Southampton or Bristol

 

 

 

Mock Preparation

 

Revision, re-visit key areas for development (use Personal Pupil Checklists).

 

 

Economic Pt2+3

 

Nigeria case study and UK economy.

 

 

 

Revision Programme & Pre-Release

 

Mock Review,

Pre-Release Paper, targeted revision

 

Final Revision.

 

Exams

 

Dates tbc.

 

 

KS3 Humanities Grade Descriptors

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