AIMS FOR THIS TERM

Are to:
 Promote skills of enquiry, observation and interpretation of information
 Stimulate interest in pupils in the sustainable use and conservation of resources
 Encourage pupils to apply basic spatial concepts on a range of scales in a variety of environments
 Develop in pupils positive attitudes towards the economic activities within their own societies and elsewhere in the world
 Develop in pupils skills of informed judgement, decision making and problem solving in the environment

OBJECTIVES
Pupils should be able to:
 Demonstrate an understanding of the relationships of geographical phenomena and how they change
 Describe processes responsible for shaping the physical and human landscape
 Explain how human processes bring about change in the landscape
 Explain the economic activities and cultural behaviours of various societies in different parts of Zimbabwe and the Southern African Development
Community
 Explain how resources are used sustainably
 Demonstrate the skills of informed judgement, decision making and problem solving in different environmental issues

METHODOLOGIES
 Exposition
 Group work and discussion
 Case studies

TOPICS TO BE COVERED THIS TERM

 Weather and Climate
 Ecosystems
 Natural Resources
 Landforms and Landscape Processes
TEXTBOOKS / REFERENCE AND SOURCE OF MATTER USED
 Geography Syllabus- Zimbabwe Junior Certificate
Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture (2007)

 School syllabus

 Geography Today – A Complete course for junior secondary schools

W. D. Michie and E. S. Nhandara
Z.E.B Publishers (1998)

 Step Ahead Junior Secondary Geography – A Comprehensive Textbook

E. M. Munowenyu
Longman, Zimbabwe (2001)

 Dynamics of Junior Secondary Geography

P. S. Ngwazikazana
College Press (2013)
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