WORK SCHEDULE: Geography Grade 8 Term 1

WORK SCHEDULE – GEOGRAPHY GRADE 8

TERM 1 (10 WEEKS)
TIME FRAME DATE TOPIC/UNIT CONTENT BASELINE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY: PAGE
COMPLETED TO DETERMINE: NO:
Week 1 Orientation of • Revise concepts from Grade 7 Term 1 content eg, local maps and
AT SCHOOL Learners to street maps, line scales and word scales, different scales for
16-19 Feb Grade 8 different maps – small and large scale maps, calculating
(4 days) distances on maps

UNIT 1 • Latitude and Longitude – degrees and minutes Activity 1.1 2

Maps and • Using the atlas index to find places on a map Activity 1.2 3
atlases
UNIT 1 • Kinds of scale in an atlas (world, regional, local) Activity 1.3 3
Maps and • Scale – review line and word scales Activity 1.4 5
atlases • Introduce ratio scales (number scales)
Week 2 ➢ Complete all activities that were not completed in class
22-26 Feb
Home
Week 3 UNIT 1 • Calculate distances between settlements using different scales Recap on work completed Activity 1.5 5
AT SCHOOL Maps and (global and South Africa) in week 1 and work Activity 1.6 6
1-5 March atlas • Locate major current events or places in the news on a map (NB: through activities
(5 days) this should be ongoing throughout the year) completed at home

UNIT 2 • Hemisphere: (review from Grade 6) Diagnostic Analysis of how Activity 1.7 9
The Globe • The earth’s rotation on it’s – day and night. World time, time learners understand
zones and the international date line South African Standard concepts of unit 1 before
Time starting new work
UNIT 2 • The earth’s revolution around the sun: The angle of axis, Equinox, Activity 1.8 13
The Globe solstice and the change in angle of the midday sun Activity 1.9 14

Week 4 ➢ Complete all activities that were not completed in class

AT HOME
8-12 March
WORK SCHEDULE: Geography Grade 8 Term 1

TIME FRAME DATE TOPIC/UNIT CONTENT BASELINE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY: PAGE

COMPLETED TO DETERMINE: NO:

Week 5 UNIT 2 • The earth’s revolution around the sun: The angle of axis, Equinox,
AT SCHOOL The Globe solstice and the change in angle of the midday sun
15-19 March
(5 days)

UNIT 2 • Seasonal changes in lengths of day and night

The Globe • Seasonal temperature changes

UNIT 3 • What satellite images look like Activity 1.10 16

Satellite • Information from satellite images – water, vegetation, land use
images and cloud patterns
UNIT 3 • How satellite images are used Activity 1.11 17
Satellite
images
Week 6
AT HOME
(5 days)
Week 7
29 March -1 REVISION & ASSIGNMENT
April (4 days)
Week 8
AT HOME
6-9 April
(5 days)
Week 9 REVISION & TEST 1
12-16 April
(5 days)
Week 10
19-23 April
AT HOME