Geography

Competencies

C1: Geographical Place Knowledge

C2: Geographical Understanding

C3: Geographical Enquiry and Application of Skills

Course Overview

In Y7 Geography we cover:

• What is Geography?

• Global to local

• Identity - My place in the world

• Map work skills

• Weather and Climate

• What makes the UK's landscape so diverse?

Assessment

The competencies are addressed through class work and homework and are formally assessed in end of topic common assessments.

• Global to local - (C1) Place Knowledge

• Identity - My place in the world - (C1) Place Knowledge, (C2) Geographical Understanding , (C3) Graphical and Geographical Skills

• Map work skills - (C3) Graphical and Geographical Skills

• Microclimate Enquiry - (C2) Geographical Understanding, (C3) Enquiry Skills.

• CHS is Crumbling - (C2) Geographical Understanding

Recommended Reading

Attenborough, D. A Life On Our Planet: my witness statement and a vision for the future (2020)

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