SUBJECT: Geography
YEAR: 7
1. Key topics/skills this half-term: CITIES AND
HOW THEY GROW.
2. Key topics/skills this half-term: POPULATION
3. Key topic/skills this half-term: KILLER FLOODS
The characteristics of cities globally-
Global population growth- Map skills locate
To identify and explain key points of the water
cycle – questioning Produce a cartoon version
of journey of a water droplet.
To explain the major causes of flooding –
planning Complete the news report
To label the main components of the river
system Making links, revising Map exercise on
world rivers
Understand the main components of the river
system- making links Information poster
How do developing country cope with flooding
How can we stop floods- planning Produce
poster for local people to help prepare for
floods
Explain the causes and effects of floodingmind maps NC preparation
Collaboration Design a poster showing the
attractions of the city
How and why do cities grow- map skills,,
Interdependence, oracy- Send a postcard to
your family about life in the city
London a developed global city – graph skills Newspaper article about life in London
Local area fieldtrip- Observation, graph skills,
collecting data, processing data, Presenting
data - Newspaper article about life in London
Doha a developing global city – map skills Complete a fact file on Qatar
How can cities be sustainable – satellite interpretation - Design a city that is
sustainable
Pre-assessment date: First lesson
Assessment Task Newspaper on the range of
sustainable approaches to growing cities
4. Key topic/skills this half-term: GOING GLOBAL
What is globalisation? – map skills and
justification What type of country do we live
in? Extended writing task.
Is gaming and wealth connected – ranking
Produce a poster showing wealth or talent
continents graphs Generation Booklet
Why does the population grown - Map and atlas
skills Key questions
Population densities vary between places
globally- Map skills
Mali is a country undergoing growth – Map
skills Map exercise
Population growth in the future will continue
but vary with development – tabulation Letter
from Mali
The effects of population growth vary –
Tabulation, graph construction, collaboration
interdependence Worksheet extended writing
task
Pre-assessment date: First lesson
Assessment Task: Extended writing task
5. Key topics/skills this half-term: CAN WE
MANAGE A CHANGING EARTH
How are landscapes changed – collaboration,
questioning – Title page
Local area investigation - – collaboration, map
skills, planning – Complete written task
What are the main soil forming processes - –
revising, listening – produce a rap/poem on soil
Pre-assessment date: First lesson
Assessment Task: Report to the UN about
flooding
6. Key topics/skills this half-term: WASTE NOT
WANT NOT
How water is used by people and industries –
Collaboration, Questioning- questionnaire
Why people use bottled water and the
impact on the environment - Collaboration,
Questioning Design a poster to encourage
formation
Understand that economic activities lead to Soil erosion is a global problem- – collaboration,
global trade –interdependence Produce an reasoning, listening – learn the map
How are coastal areas affected by erosion- –
advert
reasoning, empathy, map skills – Cartoon on life
Globalisation and the developing countries –
of a grain of sand
Categorising Complete a diary entry for a
How are coastal zones managed – capitalising
worker
planning – Speech
To evaluate the legacy left after rapid
economic growth – Cost V benefit analysis
Design your new product
Does globalisation exploit workers?- Justify,
collaboration, interdependent Mind map
preparation
Pre-assessment date: First lesson
Assessment Task: Essay
Pre-assessment date: First lesson
Assessment Task: Speech on how coastal zones
should be managed.
people to use less water
Should
bottled
water
be imported? Map skills, collaboration, questioning, reasoning
- Extended writing task “should we import
water from Fiji?”
The problems
of using landfill sites Collaboration, listening, making links, empathy
Complete the planning sheet for the oral
assessment
Investigate possible alternatives to
household waste – Collaboration, questioning,
reasoning
making links, listening - Lambeth flier to
encourage recycling survey recycling
How do we decide which approaches to make
– Planning, capitalising, reasoning, making links
Complete the assignment preparation
Pre-assessment date: First lesson
Assessment Task: “Should we create more
recycling facilities for the waste made by
Lambeth and Southwark residents?”