2013
Scope and Sequence
Subject:
History/Geography
Year:
7
Due
Weight
1: Skills Test
Week 9
30%
1: ‘Day in the life’ writing
task
Week 4
30%
Progressive
throughout
Terms 1 & 2
20%
Task
Due
Weight
1: World Heritage research
task
Week 8
30%
2: Exam
Week 6
20%
Task
Semester 1 Topics
Term 1: Investigating History
This topic introduces the nature of History and the methods used by historians to investigate the past. Students
will focus on the use of primary and secondary sources to gather evidence to answer questions about the past
and to understand historical and heritage issues. Students will become confident in the use of historical skills
such as dating, timelines and source analysis. Students will have the opportunity to complete an Archaeological
dig using the knowledge that they gain.
Term 2: Ancient Society (Egypt)
Students will explore Ancient Egyptian society in depth analyzing such features as the origins of the society and
period, daily life in Egyptian society, rights and freedoms and values and traditions. Students will ask the
following questions during their studies of Ancient Egypt: What can we learn about societies and civilizations of
the past? What have been the legacies of past civilizations and societies?
2: Term 1 and 2 Classwork
Semester 2 Topics
Term 3: Introductory Skills and World Heritage Sites
Students will be given an introduction to the discipline of Geography and the nature of geographical inquiry.
They will learn to distinguish physical elements of the environment from the human ones. Students will then
begin to develop geographical skills that will be imperative to their studies. These skills include global
representation using maps, the importance and use of using longitude and latitude and the development of
fieldwork skills. Students will also focus on World Heritage Sites and their increasing importance throughout the
world.
Term 4: Biomes (Deserts and Wetlands)
Students will gain an understanding of the geographical processes that form and transform global
environments, and human interaction with the environment. This topic will focus on a variety of natural
environments and where they can be found. Students will then focus on one environment from a list including
coasts, coral reefs, tundra, deserts and rivers. They will look at how this environment was formed and also
threats that this environment may be faced with presently or in the future.
1: Topic test.
Week 6
2: Term 3 and 4 Classwork
Progressive
throughout
Terms 3 & 4
30%
20%