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Schemes of Work
QCA

Geography at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 6: World sport

QCA

Expectations

At the end of this unit

most pupils will: describe and begin to explain the distribution pattern of Premiership Clubs in England; begin to explore the relationship between success in World Cup football and a country's gross domestic product (GDP); describe and begin to explain location factors of football stadia and how changes in location may affect different groups of people; begin to suggest relevant geographical questions for study and begin to use a range of skills and secondary sources to investigate this economic activity; begin to reach plausible conclusions to their investigations and present their findings both graphically and in writing

some pupils will not have made so much progress and will: begin to describe the distribution pattern of Premiership Clubs in England and have some understanding of how to equate success in football and a country's wealth; identify some factors which affect the location of football stadia and describe how changes in location might affect different groups of people; begin to suggest suitable geographical questions for study and use some skills and secondary sources to investigate this economic activity; communicate their findings using appropriate vocabulary

some pupils will have progressed further and will: describe and explain the geographical patterns associated with the location of Premiership Clubs and those successful in the recent World Cup Championships; make appropriate comments about links between success in football and a country's GDP; describe and explain the factors favourable to the location of football stadia and appreciate the problems for different groups of people when there is a change of location; explain the links between a football club and other economic activities and appreciate the implications of its activities to be a profitable organisation; suggest relevant geographical questions for study and use effectively a range of skills and secondary sources of evidence to investigate this economic activity; present their findings in a coherent way and begin to reach conclusions that are consistent with the evidence


Sections in this unit

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1. What do we know about Premiership teams?
2. How do I get to the match?
3. Where is the stadium located?
4. What jobs are there in football?