Buckswood School IB Diploma Programme Mon P1 L6SL Tues P1 L6SL P4/5 U6 SL Weds P4/5 L6 SL – switch to HL Thurs P2/3 U6 HL P8 U6 SL Fri P1 L6 SL (remove till Oct Subject Geography HL / SL SL (new 2017) Text book Course Companion Lesson per week 3 hours Teacher M Shaw Students TBC Paper one – SL – 2 Optional Themes – Freshwater – drainage basins and Leisure Sport and Tourism – 60 hours – HL – 1 Optional Theme – Urban Environments – 30 hours – Finish Easter Yr 1 Paper 2 – Geographic Perspectives – Global Change – 70 hours – Easter 2018 Christmas Term Week Units covered Weekly Focus Lesson Key tasks/activities TOK Question Connections Prep 1 Introduction to the course Unit 1: Changing Populations 1.1 How Population varies between places - Intro - Physical and Human factors affecting population distribution at global scale Weds P4 Discuss syllabus and make a note of units plus weighting and exam structure – Hand out folders and discuss organisation – What is Geography task? -Describe Figure 1.1 page 389 – Where do we live -Make a note of the Key Factors from p388 – Why do people live in these locations -Produce an annotated map – Choose 8 pieces of important information to display on your map Why is the understanding of the subject important in the today’s world Biology, Business and History History and Business Look at text book Read p390, make a list of the key Economic classifications 2 - Global patterns and classification - What are LDC, LEDCs,NICs,MEDCs – where are they found? Add to map (use maps in room as a resource) What is the link between
12 2.3 Responding to climate change Disparities in exposure to climate change risk and vulnerability….. Examples of 2 or more societies 13 Government led adaption and mitigation…. Geo political Carbon emissions Technology 14 (Ass week) Civil Society strategies Case study of one country – non governmental stakeholders
Spring Term Week Units covered Weekly Focus Lesson Key tasks/activities TOK Question Connections Prep 1 Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security 3.1 Global trends in consumption Global and Regional/Continental progress towards poverty reduction…… Ecological Footprints 2 Overview of global patterns and trends in – Water, Land 3 Overview of Global Patterns and trends - Energy 4 3.2 Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption The Water- Food – energy ‘nexus’ National Water and Food security 5 (Ass Week) National Energy security Detailed examples of two countries with contrasting levels of resource security 6 Half Term 7 3.2 Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption Detailed examples of two countries with contrasting levels of resource security continued….. Disposal and recycling of consumer items 8 3.3 Resource Stewardship Malthusian and Boserup views 9 Resource Stewardship – Circular economy 10 (05 Mar) UN Sustainable Devt Goals (complete over Easter) 11 (Ass) 12 Easter
Summer Term Week Units covered Weekly Focus Lesson Key tasks/activities TOK Question Connections Prep 1 Part One: Optional Themes Freshwater – Drainage Basins Drainage Basin hydrology and geomorphology The Drainage basin as an open system…… 2 River Discharge and processes of erosion….. 3 River Landform Formation… 4 Flooding and Flood mitigation Hydrograph characteristics….. 5 How Urbanisation, deforestation etc affect flood risk. Flood Prediction 6 (Ass) Flood mitigation, including structural changes 7 Half Term 8 Water scarcity and water quality Physical and Economic Water scarcity 9 Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality 10 ) Revision Week 11 (Mocks)