Year 7 Overview
Topic/Big Question
Theme(s)
Key Knowledge
Key Skills
Pupils build on primary map skills, explore the UK’s human and physical geography, and conduct urban fieldwork in Chorley. They study Africa with a focus on Kenya and examine climate change and sustainable living.
Trinity 2Michaelmas 1 Michaelmas 2Lent 1Lent 2
Geographical Skillls
Geographical Skills
• Understand what geography is and why it is important.
• Identify continents/oceans and important lines of latitucde and longitude.
• Understand how to read and interpret OS maps.
Rivers and flooding
Physical geography
• Decribe and explain processes in the water cycle.
• Identify features of the river system and descibe the journey from source to mouth.
• Describe and explain river processes of erosion, transportation and deposition.
• Describe and explain the causes, impacts and responses to flooding in countries at different levels of development.
• Understand what can be done to mitigate the impacts of floods.
The UK
Physical and human geography
• Understand the main physical characteristics of the UK.
• Understand why the UK is like a jigsaw by describing and identifying nations and counties.
• Describe what the UK's climate is like and explain why some areas recive more precipitation that others.
• Understand how the UK has been populated over time.
• Describe the differences between rural and urban areas.
• Understand why some areas have experienced urban decline and understand what can be done to reduce inequalities.
Africa
Physical and human geography
• Understand where Africa is the world and identify countries and capital cities that make-up Africa.
• Identify and describe Africa's main physical features, including the Sahara Desert and River Nile.
• Describe Africa's population distribution and density.
• Understand what colonalism is and understand the impact this has had on Africa.
• Understand where Kenya is describe the human characteristics of the city.
• Understand who the Maasi are and decribe their way of life.
Assessment
Careers
Personal and Spiritual Development
Any other key information (If relevant)
• Use a variery of OS map skills including; symbols, grid references, scale, direction and contour lines.
• Use a variety of graphs and maps to help explain the causes of river flooding.
• Use a varity of images to help explain the impacts and reponses to river flooding.
• Use a variety of graphs such as climate graphs.
• Use a variety of maps include political maps and relief maps.
• Use a variety of maps to help describe the human and physical landscape of Africa.
• Use a variety of images to describe what life is like in Kenya.
Key word test, end of unit test and year 7 exam.
Key word test , year 7 exam and flooding news report.
Key word test and end of unit test.
Key word test.
Hydrologist Compassion.
Town planner.
Key vocabulary will be given for this topic.
Key vocabulary will be given for this topic.
Key vocabulary will be given for this topic. Chorley fieldwork will be uindertaken at the end of this topic.
Key vocabulary will be given for this topic.