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Form 1 and 2 Revised Syllabus

The document outlines the syllabus for a geography course covering Form One and Two levels based on the Cambridge syllabus. It includes 3 main themes: population and settlement, the natural environment, and economic development. For each term and topic, it provides the content to be covered, including definitions, concepts, processes, and case studies related to places and environments. The content will enable students to understand locations, physical and human environments, human-environment interactions, and appreciate the environment and Earth's systems.

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Form 1 and 2 Revised Syllabus

The document outlines the syllabus for a geography course covering Form One and Two levels based on the Cambridge syllabus. It includes 3 main themes: population and settlement, the natural environment, and economic development. For each term and topic, it provides the content to be covered, including definitions, concepts, processes, and case studies related to places and environments. The content will enable students to understand locations, physical and human environments, human-environment interactions, and appreciate the environment and Earth's systems.

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FIRST CHOICE GROUP OF SCHOOLS

SCHOOL SYLLABUS: CAMBRIDGE


SUBJECT:GEOGRAPHY
LEVEL: FORM ONE & TWO
AIMS
The aims describe the purposes of a course based on this syllabus.
The aims are to enable students to:
 An understanding of location on a local, regional and global scale.
 An awareness of the characteristics, distribution and processes affecting contrasting
physical and human environments
 An understanding of the ways in which people interact with each other and with their
environment
 An awareness of the contrasting opportunities and constraints presented by different
environments
 An appreciation of and concern for the environment
 An appreciation of the earth including its people, places, landscapes, natural processes
and phenomenon.

CONTENT OVERVIEW
The syllabus is divided into three themes:
Theme 1: Population and settlement
Theme 2: The natural environment
Theme 3: Economic development
TERM ONE [FORM ONE]
TO CONTENT DURATION
PIC
Term 1  Purpose of studying 1 week
Introduction Geography
Weather  Describe how Weather 7 Weeks
elements are measured
 Rain gauge,max min
thermometer,wet dry bulb
thermometer,barometer,an
emometer and wind vane
and cloud measurement.
 Weather station siting and
use of Stevenson screen.
 Weather statistics and
interpretation of Weather
symbols and graphs.
 Definition andloaction of
climate
 Characteristics of desert
and equatorial climate
 Factors affecting climate.
 Interpretation of graphs
 Vegetation characteristics
of deserts and equatorial.

Term2  Explain the main 3 Weeks


Rivers hydrological
characteristics in the
drainage basin
 Give the importance and
Problems caused by rivers
 River processes
 River Landforms.
Coasts  Waves and marine 2 Weeks
processes of erosion and
deposition
 Give the Landforms
Earthquakes and Volcanoes  Draw the internal 3 Weeks
structure of the earth
 Plate boundaries and
distribution of earthquakes
and Volcanoes
 Types of volcanoes
 Effects and benefits of
volcanoes
Population  Definition of terms 2 Weeks
 Growth rate, reasons for
high birth rate and reasons
for low birthrate
 Overpopulation and under
population
Term 3  Hierarchy of settlements 2 Weeks
Settlement and Urbanisation  Rural settlements
 Urban settlements
Food Supply  Definition of Agriculture 1 Week
 Agriculture as a system
 Types of agriculture
Industry and Tourism  Types of industries 2 Weeks
 Industrial systems
 Informal sector:
advantages and
disadvantages
 Formal sector :
characteristics ,advantages
and disadvantages
Energy and Water  Uses of energy 2 Weeks
 Problems resulting from
higher uses of energy
 Non-renewable fossil
fuels: coal, oil and natural
gas.
Development 

FORM TWO
TOPIC CONTENT DURATION
Weather  Weather hazards: drought, tropical cyclones, 2 Weeks
floods and lighting
 Desertification
 Types of climates
Rivers  River channel 2 Weeks
 Measuring River characteristics ie velocity
depth,discharge width particle size
 Benefits of rivers
 Impacts of rivers
 Case studies
Coasts  Coastal hazards 2 Weeks
 Managing coastal hazards
 Landforms in coastal areas
 Benefits of coastal areas
 Case studies
Earthquakes and  Causes of earthquakes 2 Weeks
Volcanoes
 Tsunamis: causes and effects
 Case studies

Population  Population policies 3 Weeks


 Migration
 Population structures
 Case studies
Settlement and  Urban structures in MEDC cities 3 Weeks
urbanisation  Land use Models: Burgess, Hoyt’s and Latin
American
 Urban structures in LEDCs
 Problems associated with the growth of urban
areas
 Squatter settlements
 Effects of urbanization on the environment

Food Supply  Causes of food shortages 2 Weeks


 Effects of food shortages
 Case studies
Industries and  Definition 3 Weeks
Tourism  Causes of success in tourism
 Disadvantages of tourism
 Eco-tourism
 Threats caused by industries to the natural
environment

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