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Geography

 

Courses

Social Studies

Grade 7

 

Geography

Grade 8 ~  Grade 9

Grade 10 ~ Grade 11 ~ Grade 12

Staff

Kathleen Kellock - Department Head

Tamecia Murdock

 
 

COURSE OUTLINE

Social Studies - Grade 7 (4 periods per week)

Time

Arawaks

Mapwork

Tourism

Atlases

Latitude and Longitude

The Bahamas

The Sea

Farming

Fishing

The Golden Age of Greece and The Renaissance

 

Required texts:

The Collins-Longman Atlas

Exploring Geography 3 - The Global Community

Introduction to Physical Geography and Map Reading

The Making of The Bahamas

The People Who Came - Book 1

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Geography - Grade 8 (3 periods per week)

Earth-Sun Relationship

Structure of the Earth

Latitude and Longitude

Industry

Mapwork

Climate and Weather

Vegetation

 

Required texts:

The Collins-Longman Atlas

Exploring Geography 3 - The Global Community

Introduction to Physical Geography and Map Reading

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Geography - Grade 9 (2 periods per week)

Hazards - natural and man-made

Energy

Transport

Population

Settlement

Vegetation and Soil

 

Required texts:

The Collins-Longman Atlas

Exploring Geography 3 - The Global Community

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Geography - Grade 10 (4 periods per week)

Mapwork

Geology

Plate tectonics

Folding & Fold Mountains

Faulting & Resultant landforms

Volcanoes & Vulcanicity

Earthquakes

Continental Drift

Rocks

Bahamian Landscapes

Limestone Scenery

Water

Coral Reefs

 

Geomorphology

Weathering

Mass Wasting

The Sea

Fieldwork

Rivers

Required texts:

The New Wider World

Essential Mapwork Skills

Physical Geography in Diagrams

Geography Dictionary

Geography Revision Guide

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Geography - Grade 11 (4 periods per week)

Geomorphology

Deserts

Graph Work

Latitude & Longitude

Weather & Climate

Ecosystems

Vegetation & Soils

Development

Population & Migration

 

Required texts:

The New Wider World

Mapwork for GCSE

Physical Geography in Diagrams

Geography Dictionary

Geography Revision Guide

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Geography - Grade 12 (4 periods per week)

Settlement

Fieldwork

Industry

The Environment

BGCSE Revision

 

Required texts:

The New Wider World

Mapwork for GCSE

Physical Geography in Diagrams

Geography Dictionary

Geography Revision Guide

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