We aim to provide the students at Wigston Academy with a topical, challenging curriculum designed to equip them with an understanding of local, national & international issues, which shape their lives now and in the future. We want our students to; • Develop an understanding of the awe and wonder of the world, to enable them to understand how people are living and changing where they live, for the better and worse. • Understand what it means to live in a globalised world. • Develop a strong sense of social and environmental responsibility. • Be inquisitive and develop the skills of working independently and collaboratively to be able to carry out research, analysis and presentation of information in a variety of forms. • Leave in Year 9 with a lifelong interest in the world and global issues. Students receive four hours a fortnight and one homework. Programme of study for 2019-2020 is below, amendments will be made for 2020-2021 onwards.
What is geography
• Types of geography
• Continents and oceans
• UK geography
• Religions of UK
• Geographical scale/Categories
Maps & Mapping
• Atlas skills, longitude and latitude.
• Direction, Map symbols
• 4&6 figure grid reference
• Distance, height, scale
Development including Africa
• What is development
• How development is measured
• LIDC, EDC and AC examples
• Millennium development Goals
• Where is Africa?
• What life is like for people in Africa
• Case studies of Maasai people/pirates.
Endangered ecosystems and environments
• What are ecosystems & biomes?
• Endangered ecosystems
• Tropical rain forest – species, destruction and management.
• Our deciduous ecosystem
• Coral reefs
• Antarctica study
Urbanisation & local study of Wigston
• Types of settlement
• Where people live
• Greenfield and brownfield debate
• What is urbanisation?
• LIDC shanty towns
• Counter urbanisation
• Fieldwork to Wigston.
Russia & Natural resources
• Russia – Location, climate, biomes, where people live.
• Tourism
• Chernobyl
• Superpower status
• Resources are and why running out
• Oil & Gas in Russia
• Solutions to resource depletion.
Weather and Climate
• Weather vs climate
• Water cycle, rain and clouds
• Beaufort scale
• Micro climate investigation.
Climate change
• Causes
• Impacts
• Mitigation and adaptation
• Personal responsibility
Economic activities
• Primary, secondary, tertiary Quaternary.
• Farming
• Location of industry
• Call centres & science parks
Globalisation
• TNCs
• Sweatshops
• Food miles
• Trade & fair trade.
China & India
• Physical geography
• Population
• Issues; pollution, housing, water, culture.
• Superpower status.
Glaciation, Rocks, Weathering & Soils
• Rock types
• Landscapes
• Soil erosion
• Glacial processes & features.
Coasts and Rivers
• Water cycles.
• Flooding
• Processes & features
• Management
Endangered Ecosystems
• What are ecosystems & biomes
• Endangered ecosystems
• Coral reefs
• Palm oil
• Plastic pollution.
RGS Project – Careers in Geography
• Why study geography
• Careers
• Skills
• Submit project for national judging at Royal Geographical Society.
Population
• Demographic Transition Model
• Population Pyramids
• Ageing population
• MigrationEndangered Ecosystems
• What are ecosystems & biomes
• Endangered ecosystems
• Coral reefs
• Palm oil
• Plastic pollution
Rivers, Coasts & Glaciation
• Water cycle
• Flooding
• Processes & features
• Management
• Glacial processes & features
GCSE unit Dynamic Development
• Development indicators
• Colonialism
• Millennium Development Goals
• Zambia case study
• Top down, bottom up, aid, trade
Arctic
• Where?
• Polar Bears
• Explorers
• People who live there
• Climate changeSkills
• Global organisations
• Geopolitics
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Graphicacy