Year 13

	Topic(s)	Key content to be learned	Assessment
Autumn Term	Superpowers The water cycle	What are superpowers and how have they changed over time? What are the impacts of superpowers on the global economy, political systems and the physical environment? What spheres of influence are contested by superpowers and what are the implications of this? What are the processes operating within the hydrological cycle from global to local scale? What factors influence the hydrological system over short- and long-term timescales? How does water insecurity occur and why is it becoming such a global issue for the 21st century?	End of unit assessments for each enquiry question Ongoing practice essay questions
Spring Term	Migration, identity and sovereignty The carbon cycle Paper 3 – the synoptic paper	What are the impacts of globalisation on international migration? How are nation states defined and how have they evolved in a globalising world? What are the impacts of global organisations on managing global issues and conflicts? What are the threats to national sovereignty in a more globalised world? How does the carbon cycle operate to maintain planetary health? What are the consequences for people and the environment of our increasing demand for energy? How are the carbon and water cycles linked to the global climate system? What is the synoptic paper and how do I answer it?	End of unit assessments for each enquiry question Ongoing practice essay questions Paper 3 - Synoptic paper practice
Summer Term	Superpowers The water cycle	What are superpowers and how have they changed over time? What are the impacts of superpowers on the global economy, political systems and the physical environment? What spheres of influence are contested by superpowers and what are the implications of this? What are the processes operating within the hydrological cycle from global to local scale? What factors influence the hydrological system over short- and long-term timescales? How does water insecurity occur and why is it becoming such a global issue for the 21st century?	End of unit assessments for each enquiry question Ongoing practice essay questions

Topic(s)

Key content to be learned

Assessment

Autumn Term

Superpowers

The water cycle

What are superpowers and how have they changed over time?
What are the impacts of superpowers on the global economy, political systems and the physical environment?
What spheres of influence are contested by superpowers and what are the implications of this?
What are the processes operating within the hydrological cycle from global to local scale?
What factors influence the hydrological system over short- and long-term timescales?
How does water insecurity occur and why is it becoming such a global issue for the 21st century?

End of unit assessments for each enquiry question

Ongoing practice essay questions

Spring Term

Migration, identity and sovereignty

The carbon cycle

Paper 3 – the synoptic paper

What are the impacts of globalisation on international migration?
How are nation states defined and how have they evolved in a globalising world?
What are the impacts of global organisations on managing global issues and conflicts?
What are the threats to national sovereignty in a more globalised world?
How does the carbon cycle operate to maintain planetary health?
What are the consequences for people and the environment of our increasing demand for energy?
How are the carbon and water cycles linked to the global climate system?
What is the synoptic paper and how do I answer it?

End of unit assessments for each enquiry question

Ongoing practice essay questions

Paper 3 - Synoptic paper practice

Summer Term

Superpowers

The water cycle

What are superpowers and how have they changed over time?
What are the impacts of superpowers on the global economy, political systems and the physical environment?
What spheres of influence are contested by superpowers and what are the implications of this?
What are the processes operating within the hydrological cycle from global to local scale?
What factors influence the hydrological system over short- and long-term timescales?
How does water insecurity occur and why is it becoming such a global issue for the 21st century?

End of unit assessments for each enquiry question

Ongoing practice essay questions