Year 10
Curriculum Map
This curriculum map provides an overview of the geography journey students will experience throughout the academic year. It outlines the sequence of physical and human geography topics alongside key assessment points designed to monitor and support student progress. The curriculum is carefully sequenced to build knowledge progressively, with each unit providing the foundation for future learning, ensuring all students develop geographical understanding, spatial awareness, and environmental consciousness appropriate to their age and stage.
Half Term | Unit(s) of Work | Key Assessments |
Autumn 1 | Urbanisation in contrasting global cities | Mid topic assessment - extended writing |
Multiple choice knowledge test | ||
Autumn 2 | End of unit assessment | |
Urban and rural processes and change in the UK | Mid topic assessment - extended writing | |
Multiple choice knowledge test | ||
End of unit assessment | ||
Spring 1 | Shaping the landscape - rivers and river management | Mid topic assessment - extended writing |
Multiple choice knowledge test | ||
End of unit assessment | ||
Spring 2 | Water resources and management | Mid topic assessment - extended writing |
Multiple choice knowledge test | ||
End of unit assessment | ||
Summer 1 | How ecosystems function - Tropical rainforests and semi-arid grasslands | Mid topic assessment - extended writing |
Multiple choice knowledge test | ||
End of unit assessment | ||
Summer 2 | Applied fieldwork enquiry | End of year assessment |