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Globalisation: An introduction

The globalisation of jeans

Food production and supply chains

The drivers of globalisation

The importance of trade

The UK's imports and exports

Global transport routes

Transnational corporations

TNCs: Advantages and disadvantages

Analysing patterns of globalisation using digital maps and data

Globalisation opportunities

Globalisation challenges

This unit introduces pupils to the concept of globalisation and develops their understanding of how people and places are connected through economics and culture. Pupils will evaluate how the benefits and challenges brought by globalisation differs over global space.

Globalisation: Is the world shrinking?

Geological timescales

The rock cycle

The geology of the UK

GIS: Visualising the geology of the UK

Weathering and rocks

Limestone landscapes

The importance of soil

Fieldwork: Planning a soil enquiry and collecting data

Fieldwork: Presenting soil data

Fieldwork: Analysing, concluding and evaluating soil data

Mass movement

Geology and the economy

The impacts of using geological resources

This unit teaches pupils about the physical processes that create and alter different types of rocks and soils over time. Pupils will also develop their understanding of how humans use different rocks and soils and why this can affect geographical patterns of wealth and population.

Rocks, weathering and soil: Why is geology important?

Inside Earth

The movement of tectonic plates

Plate boundaries

Types of volcanoes

Volcanic hazards

Living close to volcanoes

The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo

Earthquakes

The effects of earthquakes

Living in earthquake regions

The 2025 Myanmar Earthquake

The 2018 Sunda Strait Tsunami

This unit teaches pupils about the physical processes that lead to tectonic hazards and investigates the geographical pattern of hazards across the world. Pupils will also learn how tectonic hazards affect people in different places and how people seek to manage hazards.

Tectonic hazards: Why is Earth restless?

Lives around the world

Perspectives on inequality and development

Measuring and mapping development

GIS: Analysing inequality at different scales

Changes in wealth and quality of life over time

Physical geography and development

Past and present causes of inequality

Inequality and migration

Gender and inequality

Climate justice and environmental inequality

Strategies to support development

Grassroots movements and development

This unit teaches pupils about the patterns, causes and impact of inequality around the world. Pupils will investigate how patterns of inequality affect people and places and how attempts have been made to reduce the development gap.

Global inequalities and development: how does life vary around the world?

The growth of cities

GIS: Visualising and analysing the growth of cities

Urban structure and land use

Global cities and megacities

Population in cities

Benefits of living in cities

Challenges of living in cities

Regenerating cities

Steel cities: Tangshan and Sheffield

Cities and climate change

Sustainable cities

The future of cities

This unit teaches pupils about how cities have grown and developed over time. Life in contrasting cities is explored through focussing on Manila and London.

Cities: What are they like to live in?

GIS: Visualising the physical and human geography of the DRC

Population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Colonial history and legacy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Climate and biomes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical landscapes of the Democratic Republic of Congo

The tropical rainforest in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The impact of resource exploitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Climate change and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A sustainable future for the Democratic Republic of Congo

This unit teaches pupils about the physical and human geography of the DRC and how natural resources bring both opportunities and challenges. Pupils will also learn about the Congo rainforest and how conservation efforts are trying to protect this important biome.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo: What are its opportunities and challenges?

GIS: Visualising the physical and human geography of Nigeria

The climate of Nigeria

Contrasting physical landscapes of Nigeria

Population of Nigeria

Life in Nigeria

Colonial history and legacy of Nigeria

Lagos: the largest city in Nigeria

Lagos: challenges and solutions

The Nigerian economy

Oil in Nigeria

Climate change and Nigeria

Nigeria's future in a changing world

This unit teaches pupils about how the physical and human geography of Nigeria has led to its current status within the African continent. Pupils will learn about how people and places differ within Nigeria and how this affects development patterns across the country.

Nigeria: An African superpower?

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