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Year 8
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. For detailed information about the specific knowledge and skills taught in each unit, please visit our Knowledge and Skills page.
| Half Term | Unit(s) of Work | Key Assessments |
| Autumn 1 | Should we preserve our tropical rainforests? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment |
| Rainforest exploitation writing task | ||
| Autumn 2 | End of unit assessment | |
| Are we heading for a population crisis? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment | |
| Pedro Morales writing task | ||
| Spring 1 | End of unit assessment | |
| How are our frozen worlds changing? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment | |
| End of unit assessment | ||
| Spring 2 | Is our understanding of the world wrong? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment |
| Stereotypes speech writing assessment | ||
| Summer 1 | End of unit assessment | |
| How does a river change as it travels towards the sea? | Mid topic multiple choice knowledge assessment | |
| DME Coastal protection | ||
| Summer 2 | End of unit assessment | |
| Revision and assessment | End of year assessment |