Geography
Below is a basic description of what Rosemary Musker students will learn in Geography over the course of their time here.
Year 7
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What is Geography?
Base Line Assessment—’Geography’ - nothing to do with me?! Basic locational knowledge. Who are we? Where are we? How do we fit in? Learn how to use maps and satellite images. East Anglia and Norfolk. What makes a place special? What gives somewhere an identity? Skills—photo interpretation. Literacy—extended writing & level 5 answers. Numeracy—climate graphs. Thetford - A Special Place (Assessment) |
Basic coastal processes:
erosion, LSD, deposition, identifying coastal landforms on pictures and maps. Possible fieldwork MHV assessment Settlement: |
Re-cap what makes Thetford special
Power Point enquiries about RMHS Who are we? Why are we here? The Hythe challenge |
Year 8
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Base line assessment — where are all the people?
Europe — Physical Geography - Human Geography What makes a good border? Journey down the River Rhine France — Basic Human & Physical Geography Urban life — Lyon Issues of asylum & racism Rural life — Chamonix Farms into hotels Assessment |
Africa:
Physical geography Human geography Machines, land use and climate Life in the Sahel G8 MPH Kenya: |
Development
Progress or not? Group work study |
Year 9
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Base line assessment - what a disaster! How do we damage the environment? How does it damage us?
Globalisation - meeting our needs - effects of our actions on others Global consumers - where do we get our food, clothes etc. from? What does this mean for the environment? Should we buy local? Fair trade or no trade? Power Point assessments |
Act local -- think global.
What is your global footprint? How can we have a greener cleaner life? What is the school’s global footprint? |
What kind of future is there for our Planet? Its up to you!
Easter Island—lessons from the past. Antarctica—hope for the future? Individual or group work study |
GCSE
GCSE Geography not for you? Think again……. GCSE Geography might be a good option for you.
So think and talk to your parents and teachers before you decide not to do it.
What will you be opting for?
Year 10: My Place: What makes Norfolk special? What is Thetford like? Why is Thetford ‘a dump’? What do you want to do about it?
Alaska: What makes Alaska an extreme place? How are extreme landscapes used for extreme sports? How do people and animals survive? What is global warming doing to Alaska?
Shopping: Where do we shop? Why? What is Fair Trade? How are local people affected by your shopping choices? How are other countries affected?
One piece of coursework on each.
Exam: In May the exam board will send a booklet of information to school. We look at it in class. In June you take the booklet into the gym and answer questions.
Year 11: Two pieces of coursework chosen from a variety of options, eg. Leisure and Tourism, flooding, geography in the news, transport,
GIS …..and more!
There is no exam in Year 11 so you will have no mock exam or revision classes in Year 11.