Geography
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Year 11
SUMMARY CURRICULUM PLAN
As a result, what students should know /understood
What students should be able to do
How students
will be assessed
By when
Understand the weathering process
Understand the mass movement processes
Understand the characteristics of constructive and
destructive waves
Understand the processes of coastal erosion
Understand deposition and explain the reasons for it
Understand the characteristics and formation of
headlands and bays
Understand the characteristics and formation of cliffs
and wave cut platforms
Understand the characteristics and formation of caves,
arches and stacks
Understand the formation of beaches, spits and bars
Explain the processes of coastal transportation –
longshore drift, traction, saltation, suspension and
solution
Past exam
question
1
Describe and explain the characteristics and formation of
headlands and bays
Describe and explain the characteristics and formation of
cliffs and wave cut platforms
Describe and explain the characteristics and formation of
caves, arches and stacks
Describe and explain the formation of beaches, spits and
bars. Explain the reasons for rising sea levels
Class
discussion
Coastal Flooding
Understand the social, economic, environmental and
political impact of coastal flooding
Discuss the social, economic, environmental and political
impact of coastal flooding
Presentations
1
Cliff collapse
Know and understand a case study of an area of recent
or threatened cliff collapse.
Describe rates of coastal erosion and explain reasons why
some areas are more susceptible to undercutting by the
sea and collapse, how people worsen the situation and
the impact on people’s lives and environment
Letter to ‘Mr
Rudge senior’
1
Engineering strategies
Understand the hard engineering strategies
Understand the soft engineering strategies Managed
retreat
Know a case study of coastal management to assess the
costs and benefits of the strategies adopted
Know a case study of a coastal habitat
Strategies to ensure the environment is conserved but
also allows sustainable use of the area
Compare effectiveness of hard and soft coastal
management strategies with clear reference to examples.
Past exam
question
2
Apply the case study of a coastal habitat to an exam
question relating to sustainable conservation.
Class
discussion
2
The Coastal Zone
Background theory
Landforms resulting
from erosion
Landforms resulting
from deposition
Coastal conservation
Quiz
1
1
Tourism
Background theory
UK NATIONAL PARK
Give a variety of reasons for the global increase in
tourism.
Understand the potential of cities, mountains and
coastal areas for the development of tourism.
Understand the importance of tourism to economies in
contrasting areas of the world.
Understand how tourism contributes to the UK
economy.
Understand the impact of external factors on visitor
numbers to the UK.
Learn a case study for a UK National Park.
UK COASTAL AREA
Know a case study for a UK coastal area.
MASS TOURISM
Know the meaning of mass tourism.
I know a case study of a tropical tourist area which
attracts large number of visitors.
EXTREME
ENVIRONMENTS
Know a case study of an extreme environment.
ECOTOURISM
Know the meaning of the term ecotourism.
Know a case study of ecotourism.
Understand how this can contribute to sustainable
development.
Globalisation
Manufacturing and
Understand how ICT has influenced the development of
Explain the potential of cities, mountains and coastal
areas for the development of tourism.
Explain the importance of tourism to economies in
contrasting areas of the world.
Explain how tourism contributes to the UK economy.
Explain the impact of external factors on visitor numbers
to the UK.
Past exam
question
2
Explain why it’s grown as a tourist destination.
Explain the effectiveness of the strategies to cope with
the large number of tourists.
Explain why it’s grown as a tourist destination.
Describe and explain the tourist area/resort life cycle
model specifically for this area.
Explain the effectiveness of the strategies to cope with
the large number of tourists.
Describe the plans to ensure the continued success of the
tourism industry in the area.
Explain the positive and negative effects of mass tourism
on the economy and the environment.
Describe and explain the strategies for maintaining
tourism in the area and reducing its negative effects.
Describe the attractions of extreme environments to
tourists.
Explain the increased demand for adventure holidays.
Explain the impact of tourism on an extreme
environment.
Explain the extent to which the area can cope with the
development of the tourist industry.
Explain the need for conservation and stewardship.
Explain how ecotourism can benefit the local economy,
the environment and the lives of the people.
Leaflet
3
Past exam
question
3
Discussion
3
Past exam
question
3
Research
poster
3
Explain why call centres have moved abroad.
Past exam
4
services have
developed throughout
the world
The importance of
manufacturing in
different countries is
changing
localised industrial regions
Know one case study for Transnational corporations.
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of
Transnational corporations.
question
Understand why there is industrial growth in some
parts of the world and de-industrialisation in other
parts.
Past exam
question
4
The increasing global
demand for energy
Understand the impact of world population growth,
increased wealth and technological advances on the
global demand for energy.
Class
discussion
4
Sustainable
development
Know a case study for one type of renewable energy.
Understand the importance of international directives
on pollution control and carbon reducing initiatives.
Group
discussion
4
The impact of Food
Miles
Understand the environmental impacts of food
production.
Understand the political impacts of water control
Understand the social impacts of farming.
Understand the economic impacts including the
increase in rural debt due to increasing need for
fertiliser, pesticide and insecticide
Describe and explain the effects of government
legislation, long working hours, health and safety
regulations, prohibition of strikes and tax incentives and
tax free zones.
Explain why China has grown as an economic giant.
Explain the impact of world population growth, increased
wealth and technological advances on the global demand
for energy.
Describe and explain the social, economic and
environmental impact of increased energy use.
Explain how sustainable development can be achieved
through renewable energy.
Explain how to the costs of globalisation are reduced
both locally (recycling/landfill) and globally (carbon
credits)
Explain the costs and benefits of importing food versus
local energy intensive food production.
Describe the hostilities between countries over the
control of water for irrigation.
Explain the impact of development of cash crop farming
on a subsistence economy.
Explain why we should encourage the increase in use of
locally produced food.
Past exam
question
4