Geography S2 Course Plan
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Curriculum Area:
Geography August-December
Curriculum for Excellence ‘Benchmark’
Level 3
- Identifies the processes which form landscapes across the world.
- Provides a simple explanation of at least three processes involved in the development of any chosen landscape, for example, coasts, volcanic, rivers or glaciated.
- Provides a simple explanation of at least three consequences of an environmental issue, and for each suggest how they could be managed.
Activity
Earth forces
- Space and the planet Earth
- Plate tectonics
- Plate boundaries
- Earthquakes
- Impacts of Earthquakes
- Case study
- Investigation
- Haiti Aid cooperative activity
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Curriculum Area:
Geography December- April
Curriculum for Excellence ‘Benchmark’
Level 3
- Identifies at least three social and economic differences between developed and developing countries, for example infant mortality rate, % adult literacy rate, Gross National Product per capita.
- Suggests possible ways these differences would be reduced, and provide valid opinions as to their likely success.
- Provides at least two explanations as to how landscapes influence human activity, using two contrasting areas.
- Reviews at least two simple graphical sources to interpret information and form a conclusion, for example, a map and a graph.
Activity
One world
- Indicators of development
- Causes of global inequality
- Conflict
- Trade
- Trading game
- Fair trade
