Environment & Society
Departmental Staff
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- Head of department – Geography: Mrs A Mackin
- Head of department – History: Mr E McCaffery
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- Mrs A M Murray
- Mr D McKenna
- Mrs B Cunningham
- Mr N McArdle
- Mrs V Hillen
Curriculum
Key Stage 3 (Years 8,9 & 10)
For Years 8 and 9 the subjects of Geography and History are combined into the one subject of Environment and Society.
Year 8
Topics covered include:
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- 1. Geographical Skills: Latitude and longitude, continents and oceans and map skills.
- 2. Classification of Geographical Features: Human and physical features and identification.
- 3. Historical features: Time and sources as well as timelines.
- 4. Graphs and Enquiry skills: Collecting primary data and constructing graphs, analyzing and interpreting data.
- 5. My Identity Project: Research and managing information about family and place.
- 6. Normans and Medieval Life: Battle of Hastings, castles, Norman conquest of Ireland.
- 7. Settlement: Patterns, process of urbanisation, hierarchies.
- 8. Castlefergus Castle Project: Following a field trip to Dromore Motte and Bailey and Carrickfergus Castle
Year 9
Topics covered include:
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- Kenya: Attracting tourists to Kenya, tribal lifestyles, migration, development indicators.
- Reformation: The role of Martin Luther and Henry VIII, consequences of the reformation.
- Tudors
- Plantation of Ireland: Cromwell’s actions, legacy of the Williamite wars.
- Economic activities: Primary, secondary and tertiary activities, global warming, renewable energy. There is also a study of, and a trip to the Marble Arch Caves.
In Year 10 the subjects are divided again into the two separate subjects of Geography and History.
To view the information on the History department please visit the History department page here.
Year 10
Topics covered include:
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- 1. Plate Tectonics: Volcanos
- 2. Earthquakes
- 3. Tsunamis
- 4. Ecosystems: Factors
- 5. Affecting climate
- 6. Tropical Rainforest
- 7. Rivers: Processes and features
- 8. Flooding: Causes effects and Human responses
