Department: Geography  Homework Enrichment Tasks

Year 7

Read

  • Sonia Nazario: Enrique’s Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother
  • The Horrible Geography Books

Research

  • How has your local area changed? Include annotated photographs and maps.
  • Two different farming styles – what do they have in common? How are they different? Why?

Watch

Do

  • Visit a local farm and create a fact file on it.
  • Go for a walk in your local area. Take 2-3 photographs and annotate them with geographical features (physical and human).
  • Revise the spellings and definitions of Year 7 key terms.

Year 8

READ

  • Hans Rosling: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World – And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
  • Tim Marshall: Prisoners of Geography

Research

  • How has the population of China changed over 70 years?
  • Top 5 largest cities in the world – what do they have in common?

Watch

Do

  • Create a model of a sustainable city – use various craft materials that you can find around your house.
  • Revise the spellings and definitions of Year 8 key terms.

Year 9

Read

  • Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata: It’s a Continent: Unravelling Africa’s history one country at a time
  • Michael Morpurgo: Running Wild

Research

  • Two earthquakes/ volcanic eruptions – what do they have in common? How are they different? Why?
  • One African country and create an infographic about it.

Watch

Do