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Geography

Curriculum Intent

The Geography curriculum follows the National Curriculum and is designed to investigate the human and physical strands of this diverse and thought provoking subject. Our curriculum enables students to build knowledge, skills and understanding to face the emerging challenges of the modern world and help shape our societies and environments at local, national and global scales.

Students study a wide range of topics which cover current affairs – students need to see that Geography is all around them, and that our generations are impacting on our planet – both negatively and positively. The curriculum develops students’ geographical thinking through the sequence of lessons. To ensure that students are in the best position to retain new information, each unit is designed to build towards an end point which helps locate their theoretical understanding in the real world

KS3 Geography Curriculum Overview

Higher Education 

Careers

Maritime Academy Values in Geography:

Strength

In Geography, we show strength through acquiring Geographical knowledge, developing students' understanding and skills which provide the frameworks and approaches that explain how the Earth’s features at different scales are shaped, interconnected and change over time.

Pride

In Geography, we show pride through learning the geographical story of different places, at different scales. This will encourage students to consolidate their understanding, but also help them to contextualise their education; and develop a broader, global appreciation of places as a result.

Unity

In Geography, we show unity through understanding learning about different continents or regions of the world including Africa, The Middle East, and Russia. Throughout the units, there are opportunities for students to make geographical decisions, assess and evaluate different geographical issues and to think like geographers.

Useful Weblinks 

Images

Links

Oak Academy

English lessons for Key Stage 3 students - Oak National Academy (thenational.academy)

Royal Geographical Society

https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14754959 

 

Seneca Learning

https://app.senecalearning.com/courses?Price=Free

 

Carousel Learning

https://www.carousel-learning.com/

Geography BBC Bitesize

GCSE Geography - BBC Bitesize

 

Further Reading

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Links

When the Rivers Run Dry: The Global Water Crisis and How to Solve It 

by Fred Pearce

 

The Making Of The British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the Present  

by Nicholas Crane 

Artichoke Hearts

by Sita Brahmachari

The Power of Geography

by Tim Marshall

 

We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World 

by Malala Yousafzai