Geography Year 7 | Rye College

What our students will learn in Year 7

Our work begins building on locational knowledge from Primary school learning. This is with the aim of ensuring that all students have good knowledge of continents, countries and places. Students will learn and practice map skills by looking at different countries. This programme of study will help students make sense of people and places using a wide range of geographic knowledge and skills.

Our termly overview

Term	Topic	Content Overview	Vocabulary	Vocabulary
1 & 2	Fantastic Places and Where to Find Them	Developing locational place knowledge at a range of scales (Global, national and local) What is a Geographer? Human and physical geography OS map skills Geography of the UK/Europe/World Environmental Quality Fieldwork	Physical Human Environmental Compass Directions Contrast Favelas 4 and 6 figure grid reference Contour lines Spot heights Scale	Distance Measure Routes Compass Rose Reef Enquiry Environment Visual Pollution Noise Pollutions Bar Graph Conclusion Evaluation
3 & 4	Shaping the Land	Developing knowledge of how our landscapes are shaped by river, coastal and glacial processes Weathering and erosion Rivers: physical processes and landforms, case study – River Severn Coasts: physical processes and landforms, case study – Maldives Glaciers – physical processes and landforms, case study - Norway	Landscape Uplands Foreground Land use National Park Ice Age Geology Rock Cycle Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic Weathering Erosion Transportation Deposition Limestone Pavement Gryke Clints V-Shaped River Valley River Channel Source Tributary Confluence Watershed	Mouth Drainage Basic Waterfall Gorge Meander Floodplain Cliff Beach Tombolo Longshore Drift The Pennines Igneous Rock Limestone Glacier Freeze-thaw Weathering Corrie Scree Tarn Ice Sheet
5 & 6	Globalisation and Me	Developing an understanding of the changing economic world and how countries are coming more interdependent due to globalisation Globalisation – how are we individually connected to the rest of the world? India – Population, urbanisation including Dharavi slum, hopes for the future China – Population including policy, urbanisation, issues and environmental concerns	Brands Possessions Globalisation Jungle Trans-National Corporation Sweatshop Illegal Labour Supply Chain Recession Ethical Sustainable Chain Store	Central Business District Town Centre Disaster Responsibility Moral Manufacturing Globalisation Connections Communications Infrastructure