GEOGRAPHY The Year 9 course develops the students complex understanding of global issues and events, the ways they can be managed, and the impact of management on people, economics and the environment.
The extended writing and enquiry tasks pave the way to success at iGCSE.
COURSE CONTENT Term 1 ● Challenges to the planet Term 2 ● Development Term 3 ● Conflict and geopolitics SKILLS DEVELOPED ● Argumentative writing ● Map skills ● Debating ● Critical thinking ● GCSE style essay writing RESOURCES ● Mapzone Website ● BBC Bitesize - KS3 Geography ● GeoGuessr SETTING Teaching will be delivered in mixed ability groups in Year 9.
ASSESSMENTS Formative mini assessments throughout the year when the class teacher deems appropriate and an end of unit assessment for each topic studied. End of year exam is based on: Development and the sustainable earth. The paper will be approximately 1 hour in length.
