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KS3 & KS4 geography curriculum

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Year 8

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

12 lessons

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  • Globalisation and interconnection
  • Human systems and processes
  • Inequality
  • Physical systems and processes
  • Representation and identity
  • Risk and resilience
  • Sustainability and climate change

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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.

This unit allows pupils to investigate a country at a lower stage of development and challenge preconceived ideas about what life is like in a lower income country. The unit gives pupils knowkedge of both the physical and human geography of the DRC and asks pupils to consider its opportunities and challenges. Pupils will draw on past physical geography knowledge from units on weather and climate, tectonics and forest biomes and also knowledge from units on development and globalisation to make sense of the DRC's economy and society.

  1. GIS: Visualising the physical and human geography of the DRC
  2. Population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  3. Colonial history and legacy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  4. Life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  5. Climate and biomes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  6. Physical landscapes of the Democratic Republic of Congo
  7. The tropical rainforest in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  8. Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  9. Resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  10. The impact of resource exploitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  11. Climate change and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  12. A sustainable future for the Democratic Republic of Congo
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