Radnor House Sevenoaks - Curriculum Overview Geography Key Stage 3
In the first three years at Radnor House Sevenoaks all pupils study Geography. The curriculum is designed so pupils engage with the wider world through a range of media
and sources. Relevant topical issues in the news are embedded into lessons so pupils are constantly considering the changing dynamic world we live in. Geographical skills
are taught in all years so pupils are well equipped to interpret a range of quantitative and qualitative data. They will also have the opportunity to carry out geographical
enquiry and decision making exercises. Pupils are encouraged to work together to enhance their understanding, but are also given numerous opportunities to work
independently, particularly when researching key geographical issues.
A wide range of topics are taught that incorporate both human and physical geography. This ensures pupils develop a strong foundation of geographical knowledge that
prepares them for studying the subject at GCSE if they choose.
Useful sources of information:
Geog.1 textbook
Geog. 2 textbook
Geog.3 textbook
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrw76sg
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/
Radnor House Sevenoaks - Curriculum Overview Geography Key Stage 3
Autumn Term 13 WEEKS
Year 7
2 hours
per week
Spring Term 12 WEEKS
Summer Term 10 WEEKS
Introduction
Antarctica
Industry
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Skills: Decision Making Exercise
Skills: Pie graph
Types of Geography, what is means to us as
individuals.
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The 4 types of industry.
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How industry has changed in the UK over
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The global location of Antarctica.
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Ice sheets and Ice shelves in Antarctica.
Map Skills based on the UK
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The seasons.
Skills: OS map skills
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The Antarctic food web.
Define the UK & map our perceptions of it.
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Natural resources.
Different types of maps of the UK and why they are
useful.
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Tourism.
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Map symbols and direction.
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Hi tech industry in HICs.
Climate change.
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Case study of Apple: Factors that
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Using scale and measuring distance.
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Antarctic Treaty.
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Grid references based on maps of London.
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The future of Antarctica.
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Relief based on maps of Ben Nevis.
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Creating a map of a UK island.
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Longitude and latitude
Settlement
Skills: Proportional symbols map
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Site and situation
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Case study of Machu Picchu: Why people settled
there and why it was abandoned.
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Settlement hierarchy and the emergence of
megacities.
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Case study of a Jakarta: Growth of the city,
advantages and disadvantage of living in the city.
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Land use models.
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Settlement shape & function
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Case study of Dubai: Changing function
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Sustainable cities
time – what work do our families do?
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Factors that determine where industries
are located
influence location
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Cottage industry in LICs
Weather & Climate
Skills: locating data, isolines, recording data
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The difference between weather and climate.
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The climate of the UK.
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Relief and convectional rainfall.
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Pressure systems.
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Weather forecasting.
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Measuring the weather and presenting primary
data.
Geography of Crime
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Categorising crime
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How crime is connected to Geography
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Why some areas are prone to crime
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Preventing crime
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Crime in our local area
Radnor House Sevenoaks - Curriculum Overview Geography Key Stage 3
Autumn Term 13 WEEKS
Year 8
2 hours
per week
Spring Term 12 WEEKS
Summer Term 10 WEEKS
Brazil
Conflict and resources
Coasts
Skills: Line graph, describing distribution
Skills: Choropleth map
Skills: Geographical enquiry, proportional symbols,
scatter graphs, constructing a cross section, divided
bar graph
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The country of Brazil – location perceptions
and facts.
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The difference between war and conflict.
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Mapping conflict.
Regions and associated climates.
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Variety of coast lines and their uses.
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Climate war.
Population change and distribution.
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Contrasting areas of wealth.
Case study of Sudan: Conflict due to climate
change, impacts of conflict.
Coastal erosion, transportation and
deposition.
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How waves are formed.
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Life in a favela – contrasting opinions.
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Types of wave.
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Improving favelas DME.
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Tides.
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Structure and features of a tropical rainforest.
Case study of the The Democratic Republic of
the Congo: Conflict over minerals, impacts of
conflict.
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Deforestation in the rainforest.
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Sustainable use of the rainforest.
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Child soldiers
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Landforms associated with erosion.
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Conflict resolution
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Landforms associated with deposition.
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Coastal management - hard and soft
engineering.
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Case study of Pevensey Bay: How the
coast is managed.
Tourism
Skills: Flow chart
Rivers
Skills: Hydrographs
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Hydrological cycle.
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Infiltration and influencing factors.
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Key features of a drainage basin and
identifying them on an OS map.
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Erosion transportation and deposition.
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Landforms associated with erosion.
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Landforms associated with deposition.
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How a river changes as you move
downstream.
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Case study of Boscastle: Cause and effects of
the flood.
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What is tourism and why has it grown?
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Advantages and disadvantages of tourism.
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UK tourism including national parks.
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Case study of Thailand: Who goes and why,
how tourism generates income, impacts.
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Butlers model.
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Extreme tourism.
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Ecotourism.
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Case study of the Galapagos islands: How
tourism can be managed.
Coasts enquiry
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The process of enquiry.
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Primary data collection and project write
up: Hypothesis, data presentation,
analysis, conclusion.
Radnor House Sevenoaks - Curriculum Overview Geography Key Stage 3
Autumn Term 13 WEEKS
Year 9
3 hours
per
fortnight
Globalisation
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The concept of globalisation and the effects it
has.
Connecting places through the production of a
mobile phone.
TNCs and the impacts they have.
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Advantages and disadvantages of TNCs.
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Case study of pupil’s choice to illustrate the
global impacts of TNCs.
Spring Term 12 WEEKS
Arid environments
Skills: Climate graph, calculating range and averages
Summer Term 10 WEEKS
Tectonic Hazards
Skills: GIS
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Types of hazards and how they can be
categorised.
Climatic characteristics.
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Plate tectonic theory.
Animal and vegetation adaptations.
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Weathering, erosion and transportation
processes.
Global distribution of earthquakes and
volcanoes – how they relate to plate
margins.
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Landforms of erosion and deposition.
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Case study of the Sahel: Causes and effects of
desertification. How desertification is being
managed.
Physical processes at plate boundaries
(destructive, constructive, and
conservative) that lead to earthquakes
and volcanoes.
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Primary and secondary effects of
earthquakes.
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Immediate and long term responses to
earthquakes.
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The location of arid environments.
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Development
Skills: Radar graph
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Defining and measuring development.
Migration
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Mapping development. Is the Brandt line still
relevant?
Skills: Decision making exercise
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Barriers to development
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Different types of migration and how it can be
classified.
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Case study of Afghanistan: Issues that have
prevented development.
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Case study of an earthquake in an LIC:
Cause, effects, responses.
Factors that enable and hinder migration.
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Push and pull factors.
Case study of an earthquake in a HIC:
Cause, effects, responses.
The trade game and how it relates to real life.
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International migration and rural urban
migration.
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Types of aid
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DME based on rural urban migration.
Comparison of the effects and responses
between earthquakes in the two
contrasting case studies.
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Reasons why people continue to live in
areas at risk of tectonic hazards.
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How monitoring, prediction, protection
and planning can help to reduce the risks
from a tectonic hazard.
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How earthquakes are be measured.
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Factors affecting hazard risk.
Radnor House Sevenoaks - Curriculum Overview Geography Key Stage 3