PROGRAMME OF STUDY: Geography

Secondary Transition: 6°de Primaria  Form 1

Knowledge, skills and understanding

Overview:

Students will develop their geographical knowledge and skills

At this level students

through investigation and research into both physical and human

will learn how the

Geography aspects of the Geography Curriculum with a specific

world around them

focus on practical case studies from Mexico and the world

works.  They will

Human Geography

study important world

q       Settlement

issues effecting

q       How rivers effect humans

Mexico and the planet.

q       Environmental issues

They will learn

Physical Geography

independent study skill

q       Volcanoes

by investigating the

q       Hydrological Cycle

most powerful forces

q       Climates

on our planet like

Geographical Skills

volcanoes, earthquakes

q       Mapping Skills

and hurricanes.

q       Orienteering

q       Fieldwork

Breadth of Study

Curricular Links:

Through the study of the areas outlined above students will be

Geography can be

given the chance to develop a wide range of geographic skills

considered to be at the

through varied classroom and field activities.

center of many

Activities relating to Human Geography

subjects. Therefore it

q       Independent research and investigation

has many cross-

q       Classroom debates, developing communication skills

curricular links.

q       Game to promote active learning

ICT through

Activities relating to Physical Geography

geographic

q       The drawing and modeling of geographical features

information systems.

q       Using graphical and statistical information

English and drama

q       Fieldtrips

through role-plays,

Activities relating to Geographical Skills

debates and literacy

q       Using geographical information systems to analysis data

work. Science

q       Interpreting maps at local to global scales

through the study of

the earth. Geographical

Mathematics though

statistics