Geography Year 9 Term 1 Risky World A classic unit on plate tectonics. It’s all here – Yellowstone supervolcano, Montserrat, Haiti’s killer quake and the deadly Japanese tsunami. Lesson Objectives Scale & case studies Numeracy/literacy focus & key terms Skills Resources 1 Where is the most risky place on Earth? To describe the location of volcanoes and earthquakes To discover the four different types of plate boundaries Global Literacy focus Key terms: Crust, convection currents, destructive boundary, constructive boundary, conservative boundary Labelling atlas maps Annotating diagrams Independent Enquiry The Plates (map); Structure of Earth (sheet); natural disasters 2011 (clip); San Francisco quake footage (clip) 2 Do all volcanoes kill? To distinguish between composite and shield volcanoes To explain how lava type affects how violent volcanoes become Regional Mount St Helens, USA Kilauea, Hawaii Literacy focus Key terms: composite volcano, shield volcano, basalt, andesite Labelling diagrams Reflective Learning Features of a volcano (sheet); 2 types of volcanoes (sheet); Dantes Peak (clip); Lava
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Geography Year 9Term 1 Risky World A classic unit on plate tectonics. It’s all here – Yellowstone supervolcano, Montserrat, Haiti’s killer quake and the deadly Japanese tsunami. Lesson Objectives Scale & case
studiesNumeracy/literacy focus & key terms
Skills Resources
1 Where is the most risky place on Earth?
To describe the location of volcanoes and earthquakesTo discover the four different types of plate boundaries
Features of a volcano (sheet); 2 types of volcanoes (sheet); Dantes Peak (clip); Lava in Hawaii (clip); Pyroclastic flow (clip); Merapi eruption (clip); Volcano (clip)
3 Can you save Montserrat?
To reinforce your understanding of volcanic landforms & processesTo apply and stretch your essential Geography skills: QWC, specialist terms, map skills, annotation, data analysis & decision making
Extracting information from sourcesIndependent enquiry
How the Japan tsunami happened (video and sheet); Japan tsunami (sheet); clips x2
7 Assessment To assess and level students’ progress
Humanities Independent Project (HIP) accessed via blog‘As an employee of USGS (United States Geological Survey) you have been asked to write a report on a hazard of your choice’.
Geography Year 9
Term 2 Conflicted World A unit on population change and conflict. We start by looking at how the UK’s population has changed through time. We then look to conflict zones around the world to discover how war, drug trafficking and religion has affected populations. Lesson Objectives Scale & case
studiesNumeracy/literacy focus & key terms
Skills Resources
1 How does a country’s population change through time?
To discover how the UK’s population has changed through timeTo understand the factors that affect birth rate
International/nationalUK
Numeracy focusKey terms: Birth rate, death rate, natural increase, population density
Choropleth mappingExtracting information from sourcesIndependent enquiry
Choropleth map (sheet); population UK (clip, sheet & notes); birth and death rate clip, 7 billion clip
2 How do war, heroin and religion affect Afghanistan’s population?
To compare the population structure of the UK with AfghanistanTo discover the impact of war, heroin and religion on population structure
National Afghanistan
Numeracy focusKey terms: Population structure, population pyramid, opium, Shariah Law
Drawing and labelling sketch mapsInterpreting population pyramids
Population structure (sheet); Afghan farmers and traffickers (clips x2)
3 How did genocide affect Rwanda’s population?
To discover the dark history behind Rwanda’s genocideTo explain the affect the genocide had the population structure of RwandaTo understand what is meant by forced migration
Extracting information from sourcesInterpreting line graphs and population pyramids
Rwanda (sheet & clip)
4 Who are asylum seekers?
To explain why people are forced to seek asylumTo understand the effects asylum seeking has on the UK
National Iraq
Literacy focusKey terms: Immigration, asylum seeking, country of origin, destination country
Decision makingExtracting information from sources Reflective learning
Asylum seeking pros and cons (sheet); Iraq (clip)
5 Who’s taken all the jobs?
To discover why people move from Poland to the UK To understand the benefits and the drawbacks
International/regionalEUPolandUKPeterborough
Numeracy focusKey terms: Economic migration, migrant worker, EU, standard of living
Interpreting choropleth mapsCommunicate information clearlyForm opinions, debating
Polish People in the UK (clips x3); Polish migration (sheet)
6 Assessment To assess and level
Geography Year 9
Term 3 Urbanised World An introduction to the global growth of urban areas. The unit covers the phenomenon of rural to urban migration, the growth of squatter settlements and their problems and ends with a look at sustainable cities.Lesson Objectives Scale & case
studiesNumeracy/literacy focus & key terms
Skills Resources
1 What is meant by an urbanised world?
To explain what is meant by urbanisationTo discover the reasons why so many people are moving from rural areas to the cityTo understand what is meant by bright light syndrome
4 What are the problems of living in squatter settlements?
To discover how people living in a squatter settlement in Bhopal, India were suffocated as they slept.
RegionalBhopal, India
Literacy focusKey terms: Transnational corporation, Union Carbide, Methyl Isocynate, asphyxiation
Extracting information from sourcesDrawing and labelling sketch maps
Bhopal Gas Tragedy (video); Bhopal report; Bhopal disaster (clip starter)
5 Can cities be made to be more sustainable?
To discover how some cities are being built with the environment in mindTo understand how Bristol and Curitiba are sustainable cities
Regional/localLondonBristol Masdar, Abu Dhabi
Literacy focusKey terms: Hydrogen, public transport, sustainable, zero emissions
Extracting information from sourcesCreative thinking Team work
Bristol Green Capital (sheet); Cycling city (x3 clips); London’s Hydrogen buses (sheet & clip); Top Gear hydrogen car (clip); Masdar (sheet)
6 Assessment To assess and level students’ progress
Humanities Independent Project (HIP) accessed via blog‘Bristol City Council have asked you to create a plan to make their city more sustainable’.
Geography Year 9
Term 4 Flooded World A wet and watery tour of global flooding. We start by looking at the flood hydrograph and the factors affecting river discharge. We revisit Boscastle and Pakistan and end by taking a look at the world’s largest dam – The Three Gorges in China. Lesson Objectives Scale & case
studiesNumeracy/literacy focus & key terms
Skills Resources
1 What is a flood hydrograph?
To explain what is meant by the term flash floodTo label the features of and be able to read a hydrograph To explain how different factors affect river discharge
NationalToowoomba, Australia
Numeracy focusKey terms: Flash flood, hydrograph, discharge, lag time, peak discharge, peak rainfall
Interpreting hydrographsAnnotating maps
Student hydrograph sheet (ppt slide); Toowoomba clips x2; Toowoomba mapping the causes (ppt); train vs flood (clip)
2 What are the causes of flooding?
To model flood eventsTo understand what conditions cause flooding
Regional/National Taroko Gorge, TaiwanIndonesia
Literacy focusKey terms: Surface runoff, deforestation, v shaped valleys, impermeable
Modelling Extracting information from sourcesTeam workCreative thinking
Cress, tables, water bottles, scissors, platesTaroko flood (clip); Indonesia flood (clip)
3 Why was Boscastle washed out?
To explain the causes of a flash flood To describe the impacts and responses to the floods in Boscastle
Three Gorges Dam (sheet x2); dams in films (sheet); Goldeneye (clip); Ungorgeous China (video); news clip
6 Assessment To assess and level students’ progress
Humanities Independent Project (HIP) accessed via blog‘The MET Office has asked you to create a report of a flood of your choice’.
Geography Year 9Term 5 Warming World An introduction to global warming and the impact on our coastal zones. We take a look at the disappearing island of Tuvalu and the storm surges that threaten New Orleans. We end by studying the Thames Barrier and the defence it gives to London. Lesson Objectives Scale & case
studiesNumeracy/literacy focus & key terms
Skills Resources
1 What is global warming?
To distinguish between climate change and global warmingTo explain the factors are causing global warming
Global Numeracy focusKey terms: Greenhouse gases, atmosphere, climate change, global warming
RankingInterpreting line graphsDrawing and labelling diagrams
Extreme weather cards (laminated); Global warming (sheet); Global warming clips x3; climate change (video)
2 Why are our oceans and seas rising?
To know by how much our seas are expected to rise To explain the phenomena of thermal expansion, glacier melting and post-glacial rebound
Which cities will flood? (infographic); Greenland melt (clip); Day After Tomorrow (clip); Maldives cabinet (clip); thermal expansion (clip); Simon Reeve Maldives (full episode)
3 Why are people fleeing
To discover why Tuvalu is at the forefront of sea level rise
RegionalTuvalu, Polynesia
Literacy focusKey terms: Salt water intrusion, coral bleaching,
Team workingReflective learningExtracting
Twelve Tuvalu Questions (sheet and notes); how to get
Geography Year 9Tuvalu? To outline the impacts of
sea level rise on the island forced migration information from
sourcesrescued from an island (starter clip); Tuvalu clips (x2)
4 Was Katrina created by global warming?
To discover how Hurricane Katrina flooded New OrleansTo explain the link between hurricanes, storm surges and global warming
Interpreting mapsExtracting information from sources
Flood (clip); BBC Five Disasters Waiting to Happen (video, sheet and notes); 1953 newsreel (clip)
6 Assessment To assess and level students’ progress
Humanities Independent Project (HIP) accessed via blog‘You work for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). You have been asked to create a report on the impacts of rising sea levels on different parts of the world’.
Geography Year 9Term 6 Extreme World An overview of adventure tourism. We start by looking at extreme environments and adventure activities. We head to Blue Canyon Utah, Antarctica and Kenya. Two major heroes make an appearance too – Aaron Ralston and Ed Stafford. Legends. Lesson Objectives Scale & case
studiesNumeracy/literacy focus & key terms
Skills Resources
1 What is an extreme environment?
To understand what makes an extreme environmentTo know what is meant by adventure tourismTo understand why it as a sector is growing
NationalVenezuela, South AmericaSahara, South AfricaIceland
Report writing Extracting information from sources
You are a wimp compared to Ed Stafford (sheet); Ed Stafford website
6 Assessment To assess and level students’ progress
Humanities Independent Project (HIP) accessed via blog‘You work for BBC Three. Write an article exposing the darker side of mass tourism in Kenya, East Africa to go alongside Stacey Dooley’s documentary. Outline the specific problems of tourism and suggest a way forward’.