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Geography DP Taster Lesson March 2021

This document provides an introduction to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Geography course. It outlines that Geography is a group 3 subject that can be taken at Standard Level or Higher Level, and that both involve papers, core and optional units, as well as an Internal Assessment based on river fieldwork in Morocco. The main aims of the course are also summarized as developing understanding of relationships between people, places and environments at different scales; considering complex issues around resources and development; and evaluating sustainable planning and management of resources. The document then provides an overview of concepts covered in Geography and an example student inquiry activity focusing on issues related to place, processes, power and possibilities.

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Geography DP Taster Lesson March 2021

This document provides an introduction to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Geography course. It outlines that Geography is a group 3 subject that can be taken at Standard Level or Higher Level, and that both involve papers, core and optional units, as well as an Internal Assessment based on river fieldwork in Morocco. The main aims of the course are also summarized as developing understanding of relationships between people, places and environments at different scales; considering complex issues around resources and development; and evaluating sustainable planning and management of resources. The document then provides an overview of concepts covered in Geography and an example student inquiry activity focusing on issues related to place, processes, power and possibilities.

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An introduction to Geography

Geography DP
See-Think-Wonder
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What do we study at
DP?

1. Geography is a group 3 (I&S) subject.


2. SL has 2 papers: Two options and three core
units
3. HL has 3 papers: Three options, three core units
and three extended units
4. Both have an IA based on a river fieldwork in
Morocco (The Atlas mountains).
These aims have been taken directly from the guide.

Develop an understanding of the dynamic interrelationships


between people, places, spaces and the environment at
different scales.

Develop a critical awareness and consider complexity


The main aims thinking in the context of the nexus of geographic issues,
including: 
of Geography • acquiring an in-depth understanding of how geographic issues, or wicked
problems, have been shaped by powerful human and physical processes.
• synthesizing diverse geographic knowledge in order to form viewpoints
about how these issues could be solved.

Understand and evaluate the need for planning and


sustainable development through the management of
resources at varying scales.
Concepts in
Geography
You will be working on a small
inquiry that is similar to what you do
in Geography.

What are we We are going to focus on the 4 Ps:


Place, Processes and if we have time
going to do Power and Possibilities

today?
You will create a small PowerPoint
presentation on one of the
following issues/topics
Research/
inquiry into USING THE WEBSITE
ABOVE, CLICK ON TO
ONE OF THE
HTTPS://OURWORLDIND
ATA.ORG/LIFE-EXPECTA
NCY
HTTPS://OURWORLDIND
ATA.ORG/PLASTIC-POLL
UTION
HTTPS://OURWORLDIND
ATA.ORG/WATER-ACCES
S

some issues/
FOLLOWING TOPICS:

topics that we
study in
Geography
HTTPS://OURWORLDIND HTTPS://OURWORLDIND HTTPS://OURWORLDIND
ATA.ORG/ECONOMIC-IN ATA.ORG/ ATA.ORG/
EQUALITY-BY-GENDER LITERACY
Give some background to the
issue/ topic:

Background
and Definitions
Definitions are important
Place

1. Identity the main places that are impacted by


the issue/topic. Copy and paste maps to show
the main patterns.
What have been the main causes/
consequences with the issue/topic. 

Add some graphs, or maps to show


Processes the changes.

Can you suggest reasons/ explain


some of the changes you can see in
the maps/ graphs? 
Linking to the SDGs

1. Which Sustainable development goals do you think


your issue/topic relates to. Explain why?
2. https://sdg-tracker.org/
Power and Possibilities
1. Who has the power to change the situation?
2. What can different groups do to change the situation?
3. Different groups:
4. Multinational governments
5. Government
6. TNCs
7. Civil society
You have access to the Geography
handbook in Teams and in ManageBac.

What next? To study Geography you need to keep up


with what is going on. In class we shall
use an online app called Flipboard to save
news articles to use as examples and case
studies. 

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