PAFG Geography Department curriculum overviews Year 7 (2-year KS3) Term Fertile Question Skill Term 1 Volcanoes: How do composite volcanoes form and erupt? Geographical processes and patterns/Places Key content 1. Baseline assessment 2. What is the Earth like inside? 3. What might happen on journey in a Mole Machine? Extended writing 4. How do the continents move? Keyword spelling test 5. What happens at plate boundaries? 6. What is a volcano? 7. What types of volcano are there? 8. What are the benefits of volcanoes? 9. What is a supervolcano? 10. Would a supereruption be the end of the world? 11. How did Vesuvius erupt? 12. What happened to Pompeii? Assessment Outdoor learning opportunity Natural History Museum, London Term 2 Settlement: Is there a pattern to land use in Portsmouth? Processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 1. Where shall I build my village? 2. What is the site of a settlement? Keyword spelling test 3. How might a Saxon Estate Agent have sold a piece of land? Extended writing 4. What is the function of a settlement? 5. What is land use in a settlement? 6. What are the land use zones in a city? 7. What does a model of land use in a city show? How well does Portsmouth fit it? 8. What problems does traffic cause in cities? 9. How can traffic problems be solved? 10. What is happening in Tipner? 11. Is Tipner an example of a sustainable community? Assessment - Term 3 Italy: Why is Northern Italy different from Southern? Places/geographical processes and patterns Term 4 Maps: What do maps show? Term 5 Exploration: Why do people want to explore? Places Geographical enquiry and skills 1. What do you know about Italy? 2. What is Italy’s physical geography like? Extended writing 3. What is the climate of Italy? Keyword spelling test 4. Where would a tour of Rome take in? 5. Where are all the Italians? 6. What is the north of Italy like compared with the south? 7. Where should Maria set up her jewellery business? (Introduction and assessment) 8. Where should Maria set up her jewellery business? Assessment 1. How can places and features on maps be located? (4&6 fig GRs) 2. How can places and features on maps be located? (4&6 fig GRs) Keyword spelling test 3. How is land use shown on a map? 4. What is the point of maps? Assessment 1. What is exploration? 2. How does it feel to discover new places? Keyword spelling test 3. How do explorers locate places? 4. How does latitude and longitude work? 5. How was Africa explored? 6. What is Africa like? 7. What climates are in Africa? 8. Is Mary Kingsley a good role model for young geographers? Extended writing using WAWOS 9. What is Antarctica like? 10. How was Antarctica explored? 11. What was the Race to the Pole? 12. Why did Scott lose the Race to the Pole? Assessment - - - Term 6 Tourism: How can tourism be sustainable? Geographical patterns and processes/Environmental change and sustainable development 1. What were the Wonders of the World? 2. What should the new Wonders be? Keyword spelling test 3. What is tourism? What places attract tourists? 4. Why is tourism growing? 5. How do tourist resorts change? 6. Is Southsea in boom or bust? Extended writing using WAWOS 7. What are National Parks? 8. What is mass tourism? What impact does it have? 9. What is extreme tourism? 10. Why do people want to visit Antarctica? 11. What is ecotourism? 12. How can tourism in the New Forest be sustainable? (Lord Montagu murder mystery) Assessment New Forest Assessment Opportunity Baseline assessment End of unit assessment: What happened to Pompeii? End of unit assessment: Is Tipner an example of a sustainable community? End of unit assessment: Where should Maria set up her jewellery business? End of unit assessment: What is the point of maps? End of unit assessment: Why did Scott lose the Race to the Pole? End of unit assessment: How can tourism in the New Forest be sustainable? Year 8 (2-year KS3) Term Fertile Question Term 1 Brazil – physical geography Where is Brazil, and what is its physical Geography like? Skill Geographical patterns and processes Key content 1. Why has Matilda stopped buying lip gloss and phone top-ups? (Introduction to Brazil) 2. Where is Brazil and what are its main physical features? Keyword spelling test 3. Where are the main ecosystems located in the world? Where are the rainforests? 4. How do different environments vary? 5. What is an ecosystem and how do they operate? 6. What is the climate of the rainforest and what is its structure? 7. How do plants adapt to life in the rainforest? 8. How do animals adapt to life in the rainforest? 9. What sort of animal would live in the rainforest? Design 10. What sort of animal would live in the rainforest? Show back and peer assessment Term 2 Brazil – human geography What is the human landscape of Brazil like, and what are the challenges facing the country? Places/Environmental change and sustainable development 1. Postcard from Brazil – what can we find out about the country and its culture? 2. How is the population distributed across the country? Why is it like this? Keyword spelling test 3. Why have people moved to the cities? 4. What are conditions like in the favelas of Brazil? 5. What is life like for the people that live in the rainforests of Brazil? Extended writing 6. Why are the rainforests so valuable? 7. What is happening to the rainforests? 8. How can we manage the rainforests in a sustainable way? 9. Should Margarita move to the city? Assessment Term 3 Earthquakes What are earthquakes and what impact do they have? Term 4 China What is China like and how is it changing? Term 5 Fashion and food What are the significant issues in the world of fashion and food? Term 6 Coasts What are the processes acting on our coastline? Geographical patterns and processes/Places Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development Geographical patterns and processes/Environmental change and sustainable development 1. Where were your jeans made? What is globalisation? 2. What are multinationals and how do they operate? Keyword spelling test 3. What do we mean by more and less economically developed? 4. Why did a clothes factory collapse in Bangladesh? Who was to blame? Extended writing 5. How could the global fashion business change? 6. Could Portsmouth ever be a global city or fashion capital? Possible extended writing 7. How does the banana chain operate? 8. What are the problems facing farmers in LEDCs? 9. How can we solve the problems of a hungry world? 10. How do global table manners vary? Geographical patterns and processes/ Environmental change and sustainable development 1. What is the coast? What types are there? 2. How does the sea attack the land? Keyword spelling test 3. Is Britain getting smaller? (Cliff retreat) 4. How did Old Harry form? (Old Harry and his wife mystery) 5. How can stacks be shown as a model? 6. How did Old Harry form? Extended writing 7. How does the sea move rocks? 8. What happened to the engagement ring? (Longshore drift mystery) 9. How do spits form? 10. How is Portsmouth defended from the waves? 11. What type of sea defences does Portsmouth need? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. What happened in San Francisco in 1906? Where do earthquakes happen? Keyword spelling test Why do earthquakes happen? What were the effects of the Haiti earthquake? Extended writing How can we help the victims of earthquakes? Could the L’Aquila earthquake have been predicted? Possible Extended writing What are tsunamis and what happens when they occur? Should Japan continue to use nuclear power? Possible extended writing How can we make buildings earthquake proof? What happened in the Kobe earthquake? Why did so many people die in the Kobe earthquake? 1. What is China like? 2. Where is China and what are its main physical characteristics? Keyword spelling test 3. What is Southern China Like? 4. What is Eastern China like? 5. What is Shanghai like? Extended writing 6. What is China’s cultural heritage? (1) 7. What is China’s cultural heritage? (2) 8. How has China managed its population? 9. How effective was the One Child Policy? 10. What have been the impacts of the One Child Policy? Outdoor learning opportunity Assessment opportunity Marwell Zoo - - - End of unit assessment: What sort of animal would live in the rainforest? End of unit assessment: Should Margarita move to the city? End of unit assessment: Why did so many people die in the Kobe earthquake? End of unit assessment: What have been the impacts of the One Child Policy storyboard 11. What are the problems with bushmeat? 12. Why in a world of plenty are people starving? Assessment - End of unit assessment: Why in a world of plenty are people starving? Old Harry Rocks and Swanage End of unit assessment: What type of sea defences dopes Portsmouth need? Year 9 (3-year KS4) Term Fertile Question Skill Key content Term 1 The Restless Earth How have tectonic processes affected people and the planet? Geographical processes and patterns/Places Term 2 The Restless Earth How have tectonic processes affected people and the planet? Geographical processes and patterns/Places Term 3 Skills What skills does geography need? 1. How is the Earth structured? 2. Must learn facts test What types of crust are there? 3. What happens at constructive and destructive plate boundaries? 4. What happens at collision and passive plate boundaries? 5. What is an ocean trench? How do they form? 6. What are fold mountains and how do they form? 7. Where are the Alps and how did they form? Case study: the Alps Exam answer extended writing 8. How do people use the Alps? 9. How are the Alps used for farming? 10. How are the Alps used for industry? 11. How are the Alps used for tourism? Exam answer extended writing 12. What is a volcano and 17. What were the effects of the eruption of Mt St Helens? 18. How did people recover from the eruption of Mt St Helens? Exam answer extended writing 19. How do people monitor, predict and respond to a volcanic eruption? 20. What is a supervolcano? Case study: Yellowstone, USA 21. What might be the impact of a supereruption? Exam answer extended writing 22. What is an earthquake and where do they strike? 23. How has an earthquake affected an MDR? Case study: Kobe, Japan, 1995 24. How did Kobe recover? 25. How has an earthquake affected an LDR? Case study: Haiti, 2010 26. How was Haiti helped after the earthquake? 27. Why do earthquakes vary in their impact? 28. How can people reduce 1. What do Ordnance Survey maps show? 2. How are four-figure grid references used? 3. How are six-figure grid references used? 4. How are six-figure grid references used (consolidation)? 5. How can distance and scale be worked out? 6. What do Atlas maps show human and physical features and patterns? 7. Mid-unit test 8. How are photographs (including ground, aerial and satellite) used? 9. How are sketch maps made and used? 10. How are graphs made and used in geography? 11. What do command words mean? 12. What is stimulus material? How is it used? 13. How can points be developed in exams? 14. End of unit test Various cartographic, graphical, communication and examination skills Term 4 Changing Urban Environments How do people benefit from, yet cope with living in cities? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 1. What is urbanisation? 2. Must learn facts test What are push and pull factors? 3. How do land use and function vary in an urban area? 4. What is the location, function and land use of the CBD? 5. What is the location, function and land use of the inner city? 6. What is the location, function and land use of the suburbs? 7. How can enough homes be provided and where should they go? 8. What problems does the inner city have? 9. Case study: what problems did London’s Docklands have? Case study: London Docklands 10. Case study: How was London’s Docklands transformed? Case study: Docklands Exam answer extended writing 11. How was New Islington, Term 5 Changing urban Environments How do people benefit from, yet cope with living in cities? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 15. What problems does the CBD have? 16. How is Commercial Road changing? Case study: Portsmouth’s CBD Exam answer extended writing 17. Why might the multicultural mix be a problem? 18. How is Portsmouth encouraging multiculturalism? Case study: Portsmouth 19. What problems does rapid urbanisation cause in LDRs? 20. What are the problems of squatter settlements? 21. How can a squatter settlement be improved? Case study: Rocinha, Rio Exam answer extended writing 22. How can pollution be reduced in cities in LDRs? Case study: Shanghai 23. How can urban living be sustainable? Case study: Tipner, Portsmouth 24. How can waste be dealt with? 25. How can historic townscapes be Term 6 Population Change How can countries and the planet cope with population change? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 1. How has the world’s population changed? 2. What does the Demographic Transition Model show? 3. Must learn facts test What does a population pyramid show? 4. How do countries’ population structures change? 5. What are the causes of population change? 6. What are the effects of rapid population growth? 7. How do countries control population growth through birth control programmes? Exam answer extended writing 8. How do countries control population growth through immigration laws? 9. Why do countries use birth control programmes? Case study: China’s One Child Policy 10. How has the One Child Policy changed? 11. How effective was the One Child Policy? where are they found? 13. What are the products of a volcano? 14. What types of volcanoes are there and where do they form? 15. Mid-unit test 16. How and why did Mt St Helens erupt? Case study: Mt Helens, USA, 1980 the impact of earthquakes? 29. What is a tsunami? 30. What were the effects of the tsunami? Case study: Indonesia, 2004 31. How did people recover from the tsunami? 32. End of unit test Outdoor learning opportunity Natural History Museum, London - Assessment opportunity Must Learn Facts Test Mid-unit test (devised in school) End of unit test (devised in school) transformed? Case study: New Islington, Manchester 12. What problems does traffic cause? 13. How does London cope with its traffic? Case study: Transport for London 14. Mid-unit test preserved? Case study: Portsmouth’s historic dockyard and Gunwharf Quays 26. End of unit test - - Portsmouth tour 12. Why do countries try to move populations? Case study: the Indonesian Transmigration Programme 13. How effective was the Transmigration Programme? 14. What are the effects of an ageing population? 15. How is the UK coping with its ageing population? 16. Mid-unit test - Mid- and end of unit tests (past paper questions) Must Learn Facts Test Mid-unit test (past paper question) End of unit test (past paper question) Mid-unit test (past paper question) Year 10 (2-year KS4) Term Fertile Question Skill Key content Term 1 The Restless Earth How have tectonic processes affected people and the planet? Geographical processes and patterns/Places Term 2 The Restless Earth How have tectonic processes affected people and the planet? Geographical processes and patterns/Places 1. 17. What were the effects of the eruption of Mt St Helens? 18. How did people recover from Mt St Helens? Exam answer extended writing 19. How do people monitor, predict and respond to a volcanic eruption? 20. What is a supervolcano? Case study: Yellowstone, USA 21. What might be the impact of a supereruption? Exam answer extended writing 22. What is an earthquake and where do they occur? 23. How has an earthquake affected an MDR? Case study: Kobe, 1995 24. How did Kobe recover? 25. How has an earthquake affected an LDR? Case study: Haiti, 2010 26. How was Haiti helped after the earthquake? 27. Why do earthquakes very in their impact? How is the Earth structured? 2. Must learn facts test What types of crust are there? 3. What happens at constructive and destructive plate boundaries? 4. What happens at collision and passive plate boundaries? 5. What is an ocean trench? How do they form? 6. What are fold mountains and how do they form? 7. Where are the Alps and how did they form? Case study: the Alps Exam answer extended writing 8. How do people use the Alps? 9. How are the Alps used for farming? 10. How are the Alps used for industry? 11. How are the Alps used for tourism? Exam answer extended writing Term 3 Changing Urban Environments How do people benefit from, yet cope with living in cities? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 1. What is urbanisation? 2. Must learn facts test What are push and pull factors? 3. How do land use and function vary in an urban area? 4. What is the location, function and land use of the CBD? 5. What is the location, function and land use of the inner city? 6. What is the location, function and land use of the suburbs? 7. How can enough homes be provided and where should they go? 8. What problems does the inner city have? 9. Case study: what problems did London’s Docklands have? Case study: London Docklands Exam answer extended writing 10. Case study: How was London’s Docklands transformed? Case study: 11. How was New Islington, transformed? Case Term 4 Changing urban Environments How do people benefit from, yet cope with living in cities? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 13. What problems does the CBD have? 14. How is Commercial Road changing? Case study: Portsmouth’s CBD Exam answer extended writing 15. Why might the multicultural mix be a problem? 16. How is Portsmouth encouraging multiculturalism? Case study: Portsmouth 17. What problems does rapid urbanisation cause in LDRs? 18. What are the problems of squatter settlements? 19. How can a squatter settlement be improved? Case study: Rocinha, Rio Exam answer extended writing 20. How can pollution be reduced in cities in LDRs? Case study: Shanghai 21. How can urban living be sustainable? Case study: Tipner, Portsmouth 22. How can waste be dealt with? 23. How can historic townscapes be Term 5 The Coastal Zone How do people and the coast threaten each other? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 1. How do waves form and what types are there? 2. Must learn facts test What is the fetch? 3. What coastal processes operate on the land? 4. What coastal processes operate in the sea? 5. How do cliffs and wavecut platforms form? 6. How do arches, stacks and stumps form? 7. How do beaches form and what is longshore drift and how does it operate? 8. How do spits form? Exam answer extended writing 9. What are salt marshes and what is their vegetation succession? 10. What threatens salt marshes? 11. How are coastal features shown on an OS map? 12. Mid-unit test 13. Why are the cliffs at Barton-on-Sea eroding so quickly? Case study: Barton, Hampshire 14. How will sea-level rise Term 6 The Coastal Zone How do people and the coast threaten each other? Plus Controlled Assessment Processes and patterns/ Places/Environmental change and sustainable /Enquiry and skills 15. How can the coast be protected by hard engineering? 16. How can the coast be protected by soft engineering? 17. How is the coast at Barton being protected? Case study: Barton, Hampshire 18. Controlled assessment: What is the Controlled Assessment about? What needs to go in the introduction? 19. Where is Hayling Island? What processes and keywords are involved? 20. How should the introduction be written? 21. What research needs to be carried out? - Trip to Hayling Island 22. How should the methodology 1 and 2 be written up? 23. How should the methodology 1 and 2 be written up? 24. How should data be presented? (1) 25. How should data be presented? (2) 12. What is a volcano and where are they found? 13. What are the products of a volcano? 14. What types of volcanoes are there and where do they form? 15. Mid-unit test 16. How and why did Mt St Helens erupt? Case study: Mt Helens, USA, 1980 28. How can people reduce the impact of earthquakes? 29. What is a tsunami? 30. What were the effects of the tsunami? Case study: Indonesia, 2004 31. How did people recover from the tsunami? 32. End of unit test study: New Islington, Manchester 12. Mid-unit test preserved? Case study: Portsmouth’s historic dockyard and Gunwharf Quays 24. End of unit test affect coasts? Exam answer extended writing Outdoor learning opportunity Natural History Museum, London - Portsmouth tour - Barton-on-Sea and Old Harry Assessment opportunity Must Learn Facts Test Mid-unit test (devised in school) End of unit test (past paper question) Must Learn Facts Test Mid- unit test (past paper question End of unit test (past paper question) Must Learn Facts Test Mid- unit test (past paper question 26. How is data analysis carried out? What is the data suggesting? (1) 27. What is the data suggesting? (2) 28. What is the data suggesting? (3) 29. What is the data suggesting? (4) 30. How is the evaluation carried out? How could the research be improved? (1) 31. How could the research be improved? (2) 32. How could the research be improved? (3) Hayling Island Controlled assessment task Year 11 (2-year KS4) Term Fertile Question Skill Key content Term 1 Population Change How can countries and the planet cope with population change? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 1. How has the world’s population changed? 2. What does the Demographic Transition Model show? 3. Must learn facts test What does a population pyramid show? 4. How do countries’ population structures change? 5. What are the causes of population change? 6. What are the effects of rapid population growth? 7. How do countries control population growth through birth control programmes? Exam answer extended writing 8. How do countries control population growth through immigration laws? 9. Why do countries use birth control programmes? Case study: China’s One Child Policy 10. How has the One Child Policy changed? 11. How effective was the One Child Policy? 12. Mid-unit test Term 2 Population Change then Tourism How can countries cope with and benefit from tourism? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 1. Why do people migrate and what types are there? 2. What are the positives and negatives of migration? 3. Why are people migrating to and within the EU? 4. End of unit test Tourism 1. What is tourism? What places attract tourists? 2. Must learn facts test Why is tourism growing? 3. What affects tourist numbers? 4. How do tourist resorts change and what does the Butler Model show? 5. Does Southsea fit the Butler Model? 6. What are National Parks? 7. Why do so many countries want mass tourism? 8. What is mass tourism? What impact does it have? Case study: Kenya 9. What impact does tourism have in Kenya? Term 3 The Living World How can ecosystems such as deserts and forests be managed sustainably? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 1. What is an ecosystem? 2. Must learn facts test What eats what in an ecosystem and how can a change in one part affect the rest of it? 3. Where are temperate deciduous forests and what is their climate? 4. How is deciduous forest vegetation structured and adapted? 5. How are deciduous forests managed? Case study: the New Forest, Hampshire Exam answer extended writing 6. Where are equatorial rainforests and what is their climate? 7. How is rainforest vegetation structured and adapted? 8. What are the causes of deforestation in tropical rainforests? 9. Mid-unit test 10. What are the effects of deforestation? 11. How can rainforests be sustainably managed (1)? Term 4 The Living World then Revision How can ecosystems be managed sustainably? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development 13. How is an example of a rainforest being managed? Case study: Solomon Islands Exam answer extended writing 14. Where are deserts and what is their climate? 15. How is desert vegetation and adapted? 16. How are deserts in a poor region being managed? Case study: Kalahari 17. How are deserts in a rich region being managed? Case study: Australia 18. End of unit test Revision (plus after-school and holiday sessions) 1. Restless Earth: volcanoes, supervolcanoes and case studies 2. Restless Earth: Fold mountains and case study 3. Restless earth: earthquakes and tsunamis and case studies 4. Changing urban environments: urban Term 5 Revision What do you need to know and how can you remember it? Geographical processes and patterns/Places/ Environmental change and sustainable development (Plus after-school and holiday revision sessions) 7. Coastal Zone: Processes 8. Coastal Zone: Landforms 9. Coastal Zone: Management 10. Population Change: Population change, pyramids and the DTM 11. Population Change: Population control and case studies 12. Population Change: Migration and case studies 13. Tourism: Types and reasons and the Butler Model 14. Tourism: Case studies 15. Living World: Deciduous forests 16. Living World: Rainforests 17. Living World: Deserts 18. Restless Earth: essentials 19. Changing urban environments: essentials 20. Coastal Zone: essentials 21. Population change: essentials Term 6 13. Why do countries try to move populations? Case study: the Indonesian Transmigration Scheme 14. How effective was the Transmigration Scheme? 15. What are the effects of an ageing population? 16. How is the UK coping with its ageing population? 10. 11. 12. 13. Exam answer extended writing What is extreme tourism? Why do people want to visit Antarctica? Case study: Antarctica What is ecotourism? Case study: Kenya End of unit test 12. How can rainforests be sustainably managed (2)? zones 5. Changing urban environments: problems in cities in LDRs (inner city, traffic) 6. Changing urban environments: problems in cities in LDRs (squatter settlements) 22. Tourism: essentials 23. Living World: essentials - Outdoor learning opportunity - - - - Assessment opportunity Must Learn Facts Test and Mid-unit test (past paper question) Must Learn Facts Test End of unit tests (past paper questions) Must Learn Facts Test and Mid-unit test (past paper question) Must Learn Facts Test End of unit test (past paper question)