Subject: Geography – Long Term Planner
Year: 8
HT
Autumn
1
Autumn
2
Spring
1
Spring
2
Fertile question
Concept(s)
Description
Formative
assessments
Summative
assessment
Links to GCSE & A
Level requirements
Indigenous people
– are they worth
fighting for?
Location
Physical
processes
Human
interactions
Conservation
Place
SMSC
Numeracy
Focus – introduce students to an ecosystem
which is under threat from physical and human
influences.
DITS
Q&A
Peer assessment
3 stars and a wish
WWW and EBI
Rainforest animal
adaptation
Written letter to the
president of Brazil
about why more
should be done to
protect the rainforest
Economic
development –
economic activity
influence on
ecosystems (mining in
the rainforest) OCR B
DITS
Q&A
Peer assessment
3 stars and a wish
WWW and EBI
Decision making slums
Population and
settlement unit – OCR
B
Economic
development – OCR
B
Are the rich
getting richer and
the poor getting
poorer?
Economic
development
Demography
Location
Scale
Are the rich
getting richer and
the poor getting
poorer?
What is the point
of Fairtrade?
SMSC
Global
issues
Trade
They will learn about the global location of the
main rainforests and the reason for the climatic
conditions found within them, Kayapo tribe and
how their habitat is under threat, animal
adaptations to survive the extreme environment
and the human causes of rainforest destruction.
Finally the unit ends by looking at ways
rainforests can be conserved and protected.
Focus – introduce students to the concept of
development and how countries are categorised
in terms of development.
They will learn what development is and how
people’s lives differ depending on the level of
development, focus on the Kibera slum in Kenya
and how international aid has helped
development in this area.
The Brandt line is introduced so that students
understand how development is categorised,
students then will understand issues with the
Brandt line today and make an assessment on
whether it is still applicable. Students are
introduced to Hans Rosling, a current world
leading statistician of demography.
Focus – as part of Fairtrade fortnight we are
introducing the concept of trade, Fairtrade and
trafficking.
Students start off by playing the trade game and
reflect on how trade can be unfair, we then
introduce the concept of Fairtrade and human
trafficking. We look at the benefits of Fairtrade
for the farmer and the community
Should the Brandt line
be banned from
Geography
assessment
DITS
Q&A
Peer assessment
3 stars and a wish
WWW and EBI
Fairtrade or stop the
traffic poster, leaflet r
speech
Economic
development- OCR B
Summer
1
Summer
2
Why is it important
to go green?
Why are the
BRICS leading the
way in economic
development?
SMSC
Climate
change
Sustainability
Energy
Field work
opportunity
Focus – to introduce the idea of renewable and
non-renewable energy and how we can become
more sustainable.
Students will start off by looking at the
advantages and disadvantages of renewable
and non-renewable energy. We will then look at
how towns and buildings can be made
sustainable.
Fieldwork opportunity – looking at how
sustainable the school building is
Focus - students to explore the emerging
economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and
South Africa.
We start off by looking at the location of all 5
countries. We look at industry in Brazil, energy
and oil in Russia, working condition in India,
living condition in China and mining in South
Africa.
DITS
Q&A
Peer assessment
3 stars and a wish
WWW and EBI
Test on advantages
and disadvantages of
energy.
DITS
Q&A
Peer assessment
3 stars and a wish
WWW and EBI
BRICs booklet
Skills in fieldwork
techniques and
settlement unit of
work OCR B
Fieldwork
investigation.
Economic
development – OCR
B