Year 8 Assessment Booklet 2017

IB MYP YEAR 8 – INDIVIDUALS IN SOCIETIES

SEMESTER STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

KEY CONCEPT/S

GLOBAL CONTEXT

CONTENT

ASSESSMENT

“Developments and change, even in remote parts of the world, can have long lasting historical and cultural impacts”. Medieval society was structured to maintain the power of a select minority of the population, and to ensure that the majority were ‘kept in their place’. Geographical processes affecting mountain areas distinct produce patterns within the landscape.

Orientation in Space and Time

1. Viking Europe NC History – Medieval society Medieval Europe NC History – Medieval society 2.

Time, Place and Space Systems

In class skills exercise 14.02.17

Identities and Relationships

Global Interactions

Research skills exercise 24.04.17

Scientific and Technical Innovation

Change / Development

ONE

Connections

Orientation in Space and Time

3..Mountain Environments NC Geography- Landscapes

End of Semester Exam Exam block - May

4..Black Death NC – Medieval society

A disaster such as the Black Death can trigger dramatic change that can have some positive longer term impacts, depending on how a society chooses to react.

Fairness and Development

1.

Coastal Landscapes

Change

Field Trip Report Due 16.08.17

NC Geography – # 1. Landforms and Landscapes

Globalisation and Sustainability

Communities

Library Research Task Progress check - 22.08.17

Fairness and Development

Global Interactions

TWO

2. Medieval Japan NC – Medieval society

Essay - 12.09.17

“Culture develops as a result of the way power is exercised.”

3. City Migration NC Geography – # 2. Changing Nations” – ‘Comparing Cities’

End of Semester Exam Exam block - November

Cities develop and grow in distinct ways as people migrate due social and economic pressures.

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