German B - Copenhagen International School

Quarter 1
Quarter 2
Topic Skills Covered Criteria Assessed
Geography
All units
A, B, C, D
The five themes of
Possible assessment tasks:
geography
and · Cooperative group · Mapping project
vocabulary associated work
· Oral presentations
with continents,
· Test
landforms and oceans. · Technical skills ­
maps, diagrams,
Our world – Plates and
models , scale and A, B, C, D
Volcanoes
tables
Possible assessment tasks:
This unit is designed as
· Dynasty Newspaper
an introduction to ‘Our · Research skills · Test
World, Planet Earth’. Its
· Timeline group
aim to increase
project
awareness for the
· Analytical skills · Billboards of the Silk
awesome power of the · Decision­making
Road
earth and to build a
skills
respect for our planet. · Investigative skills
We will follow the process
through and look at how
ocean ridges, mountain
ranges and volcanoes are
created and where they
are
Quarter 3
Civilizations
This unit on civilizations is
a chance to investigate
old civilizations and how
they rose to power, also,
what can we discover
about how civilizations
sustain themselvessocially,
culturally and
religiously. This unit
focuses on aspects of
different civilizations
culture and traditions,
including religion,
holidays, calendars,
family and social
organization, international
and domestic trade,
literacy, health and
medicine, and foreign
interactions. The aim is to
expose students to
cultural traditions and
achievements and
compare the ancient
eastern and western
worlds.
A, B, C, D
Possible assessment tasks:
· Violence in Rome
essay/debate
· Civilization
achievements project
· Test
Quarter 4
Individual Country Study
Project
This unit is a culmination
unit designed to allow
students to utilize the
knowledge about culture
in two different civilization
A, B, C, D
Possible assessment tasks:
· Written report
· Multiple projects
· Oral presentation
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