Mid/Short Term Scheme of Work
Subject:
History
Autumn 1
Number of Sessions:
12
Title:
Settlement
By the end of this unit;
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NC Curriculum References:
Most children will be able:
Describe and explain why people settled.
Describe and explain what urbanization is and what push and pull factors are.
Some children who have not made much progress will be able:
Some children will have developed further and will be able:
IB Foci:
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Learning Objectives:
Lesson 1
Week of Sep 27th
To learn the rules and
classroom expectations.
Planned Learning Experiences:
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To be able to describe what
is involved in secondary
school Geography
Lesson 3
Week of Oct 4th
To define what settlement
is.
To be able to describe and
explain why people chose
to settle.
Success Criteria:
Cross-Curricular
Links:
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Lesson 2
Assessment
Opportunities of Learning
Outcomes:
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Introduction Lesson. What is
Geography
What is topics do we study in
Geography – Human/Physical/
Environmental Geography
Create a title page with images
demonstrating the three key elements
of geography.
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Students will write their own definition
of settlement and nomadic.
Students will work in pairs to create a
list of reasons why people settle and
rank these by importance.
Lesson 4
To identify factors which
contribute to the process of
urbanization
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Correct homework from the last lesson.
Read p32 and 33 of Geog.2
Students to answer question 1-6.
Homework: p18 of workbook 2.
Lesson 5
Week of Oct 11th
To identify factors that
contributed to the success
of urbanistation in
Manchester.
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Read p 34 and 35.
Students to answer questions 1-5
Teacher assessment
through questioning – can
students give an example
of what is involved in the
study of human, physical
and environmental
Teacher assessment.
.Students will write down
two main reasons for
people to settle on a post
it. Teacher will then be
able to see if students
have grasped the task.
Use of questions
throughout the lesson.
Peer assess the answers to the
questions.
Links with Arabic social
studies
To be able to list
3 reasons why
people move to
the city.
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Week of Oct 11th
Lesson 8
To describe the workers
housing.
To evaluate 4 ways in which
Manchester stimulated
regeneration.
To identify different levels
of urbanization around the
world.
To interpret changes in
population by reading a bar
chart.
To define push and pull
factors.
Lesson 9
Week of Oct 18th
To identify, rank and
evaluate three benefits and
three disadvantages of
living in a city.
Lesson 10
To define sustainable.
To identify at least 5 ways
of making areas more
sustainable, ranking this in
order.
To investigate the problems
in slums.
To evaluate different ways
to improve slums.
Lesson 11
Week of Oct 25th
Lesson 12
To rank aims for
sustainability of a new city.
To create your own
sustainable city.
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Discuss graphs and how to read them.
Read p 36 and 37.
Answer questions on p37.
Discuss how to read a map and the
importance of a title and a key.
Answer questions.
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Read p40 and 41.
Answer questions.
Peer assessment of
answers.
Assessment by outcome
Questioning
Group – poster describing the advantages and
disadvantages of living in a city.
Class discussion on how we can make Abu Dhabi
more sustainable.
Peer assessment
P42 and p43. Read and answer questions.
Teacher assessment
Study the diary entry of someone that went to
visit a slum.
Answer questions
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Study masdar city. Now design your
own sustainable city with an annotated
diagram.
Teacher assessment by
outcome
Self assessment
Key Words: Industry, Industrial Revolution, market town, settlement,
Rural, urban, urbanization, slums, decline, regeneration, push factors, pull
factors, , sustainable, self-help, shanty town, solar panel, recycling, renewable
resources