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Christ’s College
Canterbury
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Geography
Geography studies the world we live in and how
people relate to the environment. The environment
is a set of natural and cultural phenomena all
interacting with each other.
WHAT SKILLS WILL YOU LEARN IN GEOGRAPHY?
Geography used to be a subject where you had to
learn long lists of facts. It is much more interesting
than that today. It allows you to enquire into the
world you live in.
The course involves:
• field trips, local surveys, case studies
• models, simulation activities
• observing, looking, listening, writing,
summarising
• reading aerial photographs and using weather
maps, topographical maps, graphs, statistics
• investigatingothercountriesatdifferent levels
of development
• interviewing, recording, research
• gathering resources, using newspapers, texts,
magazines, year books
• problem solving, current issues, resource
conflict
YEAR 9
Status
Compulsory
Prerequisites
None
Periods per week
Four
Description
The course analyses:
An introduction to Geography that looks at the
natural and cultural environment. The themes are
aimed to help students understand how the world
they live in interacts with people.
Topics taught include:
• Natural environment - tropical cyclones
• Cultural environment - mobility and migration
• Skills