Year 9 Outline of the Year
Please note: Subject to term dates/changes, the number of weeks may vary slightly
Term
Week
Topic
Lesson One
Lesson Two
One
One
Geography of
Crime
Geography of
Crime
Introduction to
crime
Where does
crime happen
(GIS)
Mapping crime
(GIS)
Fieldwork
preparation
Fieldwork: Data
Presentation
Fieldwork: Low
control write-up
Fieldwork: High
control write-up
Different types
of crime
Geographical
patterns of crime
(GIS)
Crime Prevention
Introduction to
development
GDP as a measure
of development
The Development
Gap
Measuring
development
HDI as a measure
of development
How does
employment
affect
development
Debt relief
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Half Term
Two
Christmas
Three
Half Term
Four
Geography of
Crime
Geography of
Crime
Geography of
Crime
Geography of
Crime
Geography of
Crime
Half Term
One
Development
Two
Development
Three
Development
Four
Development
Five
Development
Six
Seven
Christmas
One
Two
Three
Development
Development
Four
Coasts
Five
Coasts
Six
Half Term
One
Coasts
Coasts
Coasts
Debt &
Development
Millennium
Development
Goals
Water Aid
Revision
Fieldwork: Data
Collection
Fieldwork: Low
control write-up
Fieldwork: High
control write-up
Aid &
Development
Akosombo Dam
Exam
Waves
Erosion
Transport &
Deposition
Cliff collapse case
study
Coastal
Management DME
Coasts
Intro to coasts
Weathering
Landforms of
Erosion
Landforms of
deposition
Coastal
Management
Strategies
Revision
Into Africa
Intro to Africa
Characteristics of
the African
Exam
Easter
Five
Half Term
Six
Two
Into Africa
Three
Into Africa
Four
Into Africa
Five
Into Africa
Easter
One
China
Two
China
Three
China
Four
China
Five
China
Six
China
Half Term
One
Two
Equatorial
Guinea’s
Resource Curse
(1)
Mobile Phones &
Africa: The DRC
(1)
Blood diamonds:
Sierra Leone (1)
Urbanisation:
The Slums of
Kibera (Kenya)
continent
Equatorial
Guinea’s Resource
Curse (2)
Mobile Phones &
Africa: Nigeria
(2)
Blood diamonds:
Botswana (2)
Controlled
Assessment:
resources – a
blessing or a
curse?
China today – an
introduction
China’s Past – a
short history
The One Child
Policy
Mobile China –
migration &
urbanisation
China’s Grand
Safari – investing
in Africa
The Three
Gorges Dam
China’s Physical
Geography
China’s Population
Revision
Tourism
Revision
Intro to Tourism
Three
Tourism
Four
Tourism
Five
Tourism
Six
Tourism
Seven
Tourism
Development of
Tourism in
Benidorm (The
Butler Model)
Tourism in the
Gambia (LEDCs)
Managing
Tourism in the
Lake District
Tourism in
Antarctica (2)
Planning a holiday
(1)
End of year exam
Growth of
Tourism
The Economic
Importance of
Tourism
China’s Growth &
Development
Rural vs Urban
China
Sustainable China
Submit reading
logs & share
findings
National Parks in
the UK
Tourism in
Antarctica (1)
Ecotourism: The
Ese’eja
Planning a holiday
(2)
Year 9 students’ work is largely supported by the geog.3 textbook published by
Oxford University Press.