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DELLEGATION REGIONALE DES ENSEIGNEMENTS REGIONAL DELEGATION FOR SECONDARY
SECONDAIRES EDUCATION
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SYLLABUS COVERAGE PROGRESSION SHEETS

FOR GEOGRAPHY: FORMS 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

20 - 20 SCHOOL YEAR
 SYLLABUS COVERAGE PROGRESSION SHEET FOR FORM 1: 20 - 20 SCHOOL YEAR
FINAL COMPETENCE: Develop one’s curiosity and knowledge on efficient living in the environment.
Week
Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
1 Diagnostic Evaluation
Lesson 1- Definition: Geography (branches and sub branches, methods and importance) 1period
2-4 Lesson 2 - Our planet: The earth 2periods
Practical work 1: Locate a place on a map 1period
5 Partial Integration of resources
6 Evaluation/correction/remediation
Protect the environment Lesson 3-The earth A planet moving in space 2periods
Practical work 2: Calculation of time 1period
7 - 10 Further study 1: Influence of the moon on the natural environment and human activities. 1period
1st Lesson 4: The earth; A blue planet 1period
Lesson 5-Relief on the earth 1period
11 Partial integration of resources
12 Evaluation
correction/remediation
Practical work 3: Form of representation of the earth on the map 1period
Practical work 4: The relief map of Cameroon 1period
Lesson 6-The notion of the environment 2periods
13 - 16 Practical work 5: weather observation 1period
Partial integration of resources
Evaluation/correction/remediation
Adapt to climatic changes 17
18 Christmas break
Further study 2: Streams and rivers of Cameroon 1period
Practical work 6: Constructing and reading of a climograph (temperature-rainfall graph) 2periods
19 - 22 Lesson 7 - Natural regions (Bio-climatic zones) of Cameroon 3periods
Lesson 8 - Forms of degradation of the natural regions of Cameroon 2periods
Practical work 7: Degradation of the natural region of the locality of the school 2periods
23 Partial integration of resources
24 Evaluation/correction/remediation
2nd Practical work 8: Solid waste management 1period
Lesson 9 - The atmosphere 2periods
Lesson 10 - Atmospheric disturbances 2periods
25 - 28 Practical work 9: Mechanism (processes) of rain formation 1period
Lesson 11- Climate change and consequences 2periods
Further study 4: Climate change and consequences in Cameroon 1period
29 Partial integration of resources
30 Evaluation/correction/remediation
Management of 31
catastrophes Easter break
32
Further study 5: other agents of catastrophes (crickets, granivous birds, elephants) 1period
33 - 35 Lesson 12 - Tectonic movements 2periods
3rd Further study 6: Theories of earth movements 1period
Lesson 13- Consequences of the instability of the earth’s crust 2periods
36 - 38 Practical work 10: Manifestation of seismic and volcanic activities in Cameroon 1period
Further study7: What to do in case of an earthquake or volcanic eruption (adaptation 1period
and mitigation strategies)
39 Partial integration of resources
40 Summative evaluation
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SYLLABUS COVERAGE PROGRESSION SHEET FOR FORM 2: 20 - 20 SCHOOL YEAR
FINAL COMPETENCE: Develop one’s curiosity and knowledge for better utilization of geographic space and its resources.
Week
Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
1 Diagnostic Evaluation 2periods
Lesson 1- Rapid growth of the world’s population (historical evolution, factors of rapid
population growth, implications of rapid growth on resources) 2periods
2-4 Practical work 1: Population densities in Cameroon 1period
Lesson 2- uneven distribution of world population (concept of population density, spatial
distribution, factors of uneven distribution) 2periods
5 Partial integration of resources
-Adapt to climate change 6 Evaluation/correction/remediation
-Adopt healthy ecological Practical work2: Population densities in Cameroon 1period
behaviours Lesson3-Man in the equatorial zone (location, brief presentation of climatic
characteristics, resources, traditional methods of exploitation, problems faced and 2periods
1st proposed solutions.
7 - 10 Further study 1: Deforestation 1period
Lesson 4:- Man in the tropical zone (location, brief presentation of climatic
characteristics, resources, traditional methods of exploitation, problems faced and 2periods
proposed solutions.
Directed (guided) work 1- Main food crops in Cameroon 1period
11 Partial integration of resources
12 Evaluation/correction/remediation
Directed (guided) work 2-Preservation of food stuff in Cameroon 1period
Practical work3: identification of biological resources (plants and animals) in Cameroon 2periods
13 - 16 Practical work4: Measures of soil conservation in Cameroon 1period
Further study 2: Firewood crises 1period
17
Adapt to climate change 18 Christmas break
Lesson 5 - Man in hot desert milieu (location, brief presentation of climatic
19 characteristics, resources, traditional methods of exploitation, problems faced and 2periods
proposed solutions.
20 Partial integration of resources
21 Evaluation/correction/remediation
Further study 3: Products gathered from the wild (nature) in Cameroon 1period
-Adopt healthy ecological
Lesson 6:- Man in Mediterranean (location, brief presentation of climatic characteristics,
behaviours
resources, traditional methods of exploitation, problems faced and proposed solutions. 2periods
2nd Further study 4: Traditional fishing in Cameroon 1period
22 - 24 Directed (guided) work 3 - Water problems in their region 1period
Lesson 7 - Countryside in Africa (agricultural landscape, rural settlements, attractive
and repulsive aspects of rural areas (countryside) 1period
Lesson 7 - Countryside in Africa (agricultural landscape, rural settlements, attractive and
repulsive aspects of rural areas (countryside) 1period
25 Partial integration of resources
26 Evaluation/correction/remediation
Lesson 8: Towns in Africa (urban landscapes, informal activities, problems of African
Limiting migrations cities). 2periods
27 - 30 Practical work 6: Urban landscapes in Africa 1period
 Further study 5: informal sector activities 1period
Practical work 7: location of regional headquarters of Cameroon and divisional
headquarters of their region 1period
Further study 6: Measures of managing urban problems in Cameroon 2periods
31
32 Easter break
33 Partial integration of resources
Limiting migrations 34 Evaluation/correction/remediation
3rd Lesson 9: Relationship between towns and countryside (Economic relationships, cultural
relationships, population information (newspapers). 2periods
35 - 38 Further study 7: External provision of fresh food supplies to towns 1period
Further study 8: Rural exodus in Cameroon 2periods
Practical work 8: Visit a quarter or village where the school is located 2periods
39 Partial integration of resources
40 Summative evaluation
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SYLLABUS COVERAGE PROGRESSION SHEET FOR FORM 3: 20 - 20 SCHOOL YEAR

FINAL COMPETENCE: Get acquainted with environmental variations to better adapt to natural processes operating within the environment
Week
Sequence Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
1 Diagnostic Evaluation 2periods
Lesson 1- The solar system (meaning & composition) 1period
Lesson 2- Our planet: the earth (size, shape, proofs of shape) 2periods
Further study 1: The universe and influence on the earth and its people 2periods
Lesson 3- Latitudes (definition, identification and illustration of major parallels,
characteristics, calculation of straight line distances with use of latitudes) 1period
2-4 Lesson 4: Longitudes (definition, identification and illustration of major meridians,
characteristics, differences between latitudes and longitudes 1period
Practical work 2: population densities in Cameroon 1period
Lesson 5- Great circles (meaning, illustrations, importance) 1period
Adapt to cosmic Lesson 6: Local time: meaning, changes of local time in relation to longitude) 1period
influences 5 Lesson7- standard time (meaning, illustrations, reason for time zones, why some
countries have more than one time zone) 1period
Partial integration of resources
Evaluation/correction/remediation
6 Lesson 8- The international dateline (IDL): meaning, illustration, significance of the IDL 1period
Lesson 9- Rotation of the earth: meaning & illustration, effects, sunrise and sunset, night
and day, deflection of ocean currents and winds, coastal tides 2periods
Lesson 10- Revolution of the earth: meaning, illustration on diagram. 1period
Lesson 11: Effects of revolution: changing altitude of the midday sun, changes in the
length of daylight and night, changes in seasons 2periods
Lesson 12- The internal structure of the earth: main layers of the earth, the internal
structure of the earth 1period
-Adapt to various 7 - 10 Lesson 13- Rocks: Definition, classification, formation and the rock cycle 2periods
1st environments Lesson 14- Theories of the earth’s structure: main ideas illustration of drifting evidence 1period
Lesson 15- Plate tectonics: Definition, main ideas (geometric and kinetic), plates, plate
margins and major landforms. 1period
Lesson 16- Volcanoes: definition and origin, types of volcanoes, processes and general
structure of a volcano 1period
Lesson 17- Features of a volcanicity: intrusive features on a generalized diagram with no
descriptions 1period
Lesson 18- Extrusive features 2periods
11 Partial integration of resources
Evaluation/correction/remediation
12 Lesson 19- Impact of volcanicity on man: volcanic hazards, importance of volcanoes,
adaptation, mitigation and preventive measures 1period
Lesson 20- Tectonism: Definition tension and compressional forces, main processes of
folding and faulting 1period
Lesson 21- Folding: meaning, illustration, main types, major landforms of folding
-Adapt to various
without details 2periods
environments and mitigate
hazards Lesson 22- Faulting: meaning, illustration, main type, major landforms of faulting
(escarpments, block mountains & rift valleys, without details 2periods
 Lesson 23- Earth quakes (seismicity) definition, structure, causes 1period
13-16 Lesson24- Impact of earthquakes on man: earthquakes effects with reference to tsunamis
and landslides, adaptation and mitigation or preventive measures 1period
Practical work3- Volcanic landscapes and rocks 2periods
Lesson25- denudation (degradation): definition, major processes of denudation as
weathering, mass movement and erosion, transportation & deposition-aggradations 1period
(meaning and processes)
Lesson26- weathering: types, general factors of weathering 1period
Lesson27- Weathering processes and products: physical (mechanical) including
physically induced biological weathering 2periods
Partial integration of resources
17
18 CHRISTMASS BREAK
Evaluation/correction/remediation
Lesson 28- Chemical processes including chemically induced biological weathering 1period
Lesson 29- Erosional and depositional processes and features produced; main agents or
types of erosion, major processes of erosion, major processes of transportation, main 2periods
19 - 22 processes of deposition
Lesson 30- The limestone area: general characteristics, general surface and underground
features on generalized diagram. 2periods
Lesson 31 - Man in the limestone areas: importance, problems and adaptations 1period
Further study 3- Rain water action in tropical areas 1period
Lesson 32 - Running water (action of water on the landscape): the long profile of the
river 2periods
Lesson 33- Upper course of a river (youthful or mountain stage): erosional processes &
features produced 2periods
Lesson 34- Middle course (maturity or valley stage) of a river: main processes & features
produced 2periods
23 - 24 Partial integration activities
Lesson35- Lower (old age or plain stage): main processes & features produced 1period
Evaluation/correction/remediation
Lesson 36- Man and flood plain interaction: importance of rivers and flood plains to
man, problems of living in flood plains, solutions of living in flood plains 1period

2nd Lesson 37- Wave action in coastal areas: meaning, characteristics of waves 1period
Lesson 38- Main erosional features of wave action: major erosional processes and
features 2periods
Lesson 39- Main depositional features of wave action: major depositional processes and
25 - 28 features 2periods
Lesson 40- Impact of wave action on human development along coastal areas:
importance of coasts, coastal hazards coastal management strategies 1period
Lesson 41- Desert landscapes- Location on world map and reasons for their occurrence 1period
Lesson 42- Erosional features of wind action: main processes and erosional features 2periods
Lesson 43- Depositional features of wind action: main processes and features 1period
Lesson 44- Man in the hot desert environment: resources, challenges, adaptations 1period
Partial integration of resources 1period
Lesson 45- Glaciation- definition, types of glaciers, main erosional processes, products,
29 - 30 erosional features, depositional features mainly interpreted on diagrams and maps 2periods
Evaluation/correction/remediation 2periods
Lesson 46- Glaciers and man-importance, challenges, adaptations 1period
 Further study 4 lakes: definition and classification, importance, harmful effects 1period
Lesson 47- The atmosphere: definition, structure, thermal characteristics in the
troposphere and the stratosphere 1period
Lesson 48- Weather and climate: definition of terms, classification of weather elements,
instruments and measurements 1period
-Adapt to various Lesson 49- Weather elements: air temperature-calculations and measurements 2periods
environments and hazards 31 - 34 Lesson 50- Weather elements: rainfall totals atmospheric humidity, wind direction, wind
speed, atmospheric pressure, amount of sunshine to be drawn and read on sketches, 2periods
graphs and climate maps
Lesson 51- Condensation: meaning and forms 1period
Lesson 52- Precipitation: definition, types, types of rainfall 2periods
Lesson 53- Planetary distribution of pressure belt and winds: meaning of pressure, major
pressure belts, meaning of winds, planetary or prevailing winds. 1period
Lesson 54- Local winds: Definition & main types 1period
Lesson 55- Factors affecting elements of weather and climate: temperature and rainfall 1period
35
36 Easter break
-Mitigate hazards Lesson 56- The hydrological cycle: meaning, major sources of water, diagram of
3rd hydrological cycle at drainage basin, major components. 1period
37 Lesson 57- Global warming: meaning, causes, consequences, adaptations and mitigations 1period
Partial integration of resources 1period
Lesson 58- Floods, drought and desertification: meaning, causes, consequences,
38 adaptations and mitigations 1period
Evaluation/correction/remediation 2periods
Lesson 59- Water scarcity: meanings, occurrence, consequences, water conservation
methods 1period
39 - 40 Guided or directed work-problems of portable water in our communities and solutions 1period
Further study 8: Rural exodus in Cameroon 2periods
Practical work 8: visit a quarter or village where the school is located 2period
Partial integration of resources 1period
41 Summative evaluation 2periods

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 SYLLABUS COVERAGE PROGRESSION SHEET FOR FORM 4 : 20 - 20 SCHOOL YEAR
FINAL COMPETENCE: Enables learners to adapt actions that can improve on their livelihoods through resources exploitation and also preserve the health
of the environment.
Week
Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Diagnostic evaluation 2periods
Lesson 1- Concept of the soil: Definition, components & soil system 1period
Sustainable 1 Lesson 2 - Soil characteristics: Meaning and major properties 1period
management of natural Lesson 3 - Soil formation: Stages, factors & a simple soil profile 1period
resources Lesson 4 - Soil erosion: Meaning, types & causes 1period
Lesson 5 - Soil conservation: Meaning and measures 1period
Lesson 6 - The ecosystem: definition, components& characteristics 1period
2-4 Lesson 7 - Functioning of ecosystem: Energy flow & trophic levels 1period
Lesson 8 - Material cycling: meaning of nutrients & nutrient cycles,
classification of ecosystem nutrients & carbon cycle 2periods
Lesson 9 - Tropical Rainforest(selvas)Biome: Location(characteristics,
climate, vegetation , soils, animal life) and human activities 2periods
Lesson 10 - Tropical Wet and Dry(savannah) Biome: Location(characteris-
5 tics, Climate, vegetation, soils, animal life) 2periods
Partial Integration Activity 1period
Lesson 11 - Tropical Monsoon Biome: Location(characteristics, climate,
6 vegetation , soils, animal life) and human activities 2periods
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 1period
1st Lesson 12 - Tropical Dry(hot desert) Biome: Location(characteristics,
- Sustainable climate, vegetation , soils, animal life) and human activities 2periods
management of natural Lesson 13 – Mediterranean Biome: Location(characteristics, climate,
resources 7-8 vegetation, soils, animal life) and human activities 1period
- Adaptation to various
Lesson 14 - Steppe Biome: Location(characteristics, climate, vegetation, soils,
biogeographical zones
animal life) and human activities 1period
Lesson 15 - Boreal(Taiga)Biome: Location(characteristics, climate,
vegetation, soils, animal life) and human activities 1period
Lesson 16: Situation of Cameroon: location & site and brief history 1period
Lesson 17 - Administrative set up: Region, Division and Subdivision in which
the school is located 1period
Lesson 18 - Relief: Locate main relief units and main relief characteristics 1period
Lesson 19 - Drainage: Principal watersheds, main drainage basins and main
drainage characteristics 1period
9 - 10 Practical work 1 - Relief and drainage maps of Cameroon 1period
Lesson 20 - Climate - Identification & location of main types, the main
characteristics of climatic types & factors of climate in Cameroon 1period
Lesson 21 - Vegetation: Identification & location of main types and the main
characteristics of each type 1period
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Week
Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Lesson 22 - Soil: : Identification & location of main types and the main
11 characteristics of each type 1period
Practical work 2 - Climate, Vegetation and Soil maps of Cameroon 1period
Further study1- The biogeographic Regions of Cameroon 1period
Partial Integration Activity 1period
Practical work 3 - Basic principles of map analysis: Definition of a map &
12 map reading & interpretation and marginal information & importance 1period
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 1period
Practical work 4 - Conventional signs & symbols: Meaning, what they
represent and significance of colours 1period
Practical work 5 - Gridlines and locational references: Meaning &
- Sustainable 13 -14 presentation of gridlines(Eastings & Northings) & locational references 1period
1st management of natural Practical work 6 - Direction on maps: Compass directions & bearings 1period
resources Practical work 7 - Scales & map measurements: Meaning, ways of
- Adaptation to various expressing scales, linear measurements & area measurements 3periods
biogeographically
Practical work 8 - Map copying, reduction and enlargement 2periods
zones
Practical work 9 - Interpreting relief forms from maps: Ways of
representation of relief on maps, principles of contours & identification of 1period
landforms from contours
15-16 Practical work 10 - Classification of gradients & cross section drawing
from maps 2periods
Practical work 11 - Description of relief & sketching of relief areas from
maps 1period
Practical work 12 – Description of drainage on maps 1period
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18 CHRISTMASS BEAK
Lesson 23 - Development: Definition of development, underdevelopment
- Good governance 19 poverty & sustainable development; Principles of sustainable development 1period
- Improvement in Partial Integration Activity 1period
living standards Lesson 24 - Indication of development & underdevelopment: Traditional
2nd - Proper Regional 20 indicators & Human development indices(HDIs) 1period
planning & Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 2periods
development Lesson 25 - Classification of nations in terms of development levels: -Low
- Sustainable income countries, -Newly industrialized countries, - Advanced industrialized 2periods
development 21-22 countries
Lesson 26 - Rostow’s Model of Economic growth: -Characteristics of main
stages, - Examples of countries at each stage 1period
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Week
Sequence Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Lesson 27 - Challenges of development: - Causes of poverty &
underdevelopment, - Solutions to poverty & underdevelopment 1period
21-22 Lesson 28 - Global solutions to poverty & underdevelopment: -The
millennium development goals(MDGs), - Other solutions 1period
Lesson 29 - Success story of solving underdevelopment: The econo- mic
miracle of NICs E.gs Thailand, Brazil, Malaysia, South Africa etc 1period
Lesson 30 - Economic Activities: - Meaning, - Classification of economic
activities into sectors 1period
Lesson 31 - Agriculture: - Meaning, - Importance, - Agriculture as a system
1period
Lesson 32 - Intensive Agriculture(Arable farming): - Meaning,
-Types, - Characteristics, - Examples, -Factors, Problems & solutions 1period
23-24 Lessons 33 - Intensive Agriculture(Pastoral farming): - Meaning,
2nd -Types, - Characteristics, - Examples, -Factors, Problems & solutions 1period
Lesson 34 - Extensive Agriculture(Arable farming): - Meaning,
-Types, - Characteristics, - Examples, -Factors, Problems & solutions 1period
Lesson 35 - Extensive Agriculture(Pastoral farming): - Meaning,
-Types, - Characteristics, - Examples, -Factors, Problems & solutions 1period
Sustainable Lesson 36 - Impact of Agriculture on the economy 1period
management of Natural Lesson 37 - The Green Revolution: - Meaning, - Aspects,
Resources 25 - Significance, - Weaknesses 1period
Partial Integration Activity 1period
Lesson 38 - Impact of Agriculture on the environment: -Negative & Positive
impacts 1period
26 Lesson 39 - Spatial pattern of Agriculture: Von Thunen’s Model of
Agricultural Land use: - Aim, - Principle, Three main assumptions, - 2periods
Conclusions & some spatial outcome, - diagram, some areas applicable
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 1period
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28 EASTER BREAK
Lesson 40 - Arable Agriculture in Cameroon: - Subsistence & Commercial 2periods
Lesson 41 - Pastoral Agriculture in Cameroon: - Intensive & Extensive
29-30 Systems 2periods
3rd Lesson 42 - Impact of Agriculture on the Economy of Cameroon 1period
Lesson 43 - Forest Resources & Management: - Meaning, Global stock &
31 Distribution -Major producers -Methods of exploitation -Factors influencing
exploitation -Importance to the economy -Current problems of the exploitation 3periods
of the resources -Conservation methods
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 Week
Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Lesson 44 – Fish Resources & Management: - Meaning - Global stock &
32 Distribution -Major producers -Methods of exploitation -Factors influencing
exploitation -Importance to the economy -Current problems of the exploitation 3periods
Sustainable of the resources - Conservation methods
management of Natural Lesson 45 - Mineral Resources & Management: - Meaning - Global stock &
Resources Distribution -Major producers -Methods of exploitation -Factors influencing
33 exploitation -Importance to the economy -Current problems of the exploitation 3periods
of the resources - Conservation methods
Partial Integration Activity 1period
Lesson 46 - Management of Forest Resources in Cameroon: - Distribution, -
Methods of exploitation, Importance to the economy, 2periods
34 -Problems, - Recent efforts to conserve the resources
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 1perion
Further study 2 - Deforestation in Cameroon & consequences: - Causes,
manifestations, Consequences & solutions 1period
35 Lesson 47 - Management of Fish Resource in Cameroon:
3rd -Distribution -Methods of exploitation, Importance to the economy, 2periods
-Problems, - Recent efforts to conserve the resources
Lesson 48 - Management of Mineral Resource in Cameroon:
-Distribution -Methods of exploitation, Importance to the economy, 2periods
-Problems, - Recent efforts to conserve the resources
36 Guided or Directed Work 1: Non Agricultural Resources of the Region of
the school; - Inventory of the resources of vegetation, rivers, and sub soil in
their region, Restitution in class, current efforts of conservation of these 1period
resources in their locality
Practical Work 13: Description of vegetation on maps; - Identification of
types, -Description of spatial patterns, -Stating of simple reasons for the 1period
observed patterns
Lesson 49 – Energy & Power Resources: - Meaning of energy, - sources of
37-38 energy(traditional & modern resources) – Problems associated with sources 3periods
energy, - Energy conservation Methods
Lesson 50 - Energy Resources of Cameroon: - Sources & Distribution, -
Efforts to develop HEP, solar, wind, natural gas, petroleum 2periods
Final Integration Activity 1period
39 Summative Evaluation 1period
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SYLLABUS COVERAGE PROGRESSION SHEET FOR FORM 5 : 20 - 20 SCHOOL YEAR

FINAL COMPETENCE: It builds the learners the various management actions that would increase the economic productivity of the environment; sustain the
wellbeing of the society and health of the environment in which they live in.
Week
Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Diagnostic Evaluation 2periods
1 Lesson 1 - Manufacturing Industries: - Meaning, - Classification of
industries, - Global distribution of industries 1period
Lesson 2 - Industrialization in the LICs: - Characteristics, - Reasons for low
level of industrialization 1period
Lesson 3 - Industrialization in the AICs: Characteristics, - Reasons for high
level of industrialization 1period
Lesson 4 - Factors affecting the agglomeration of industries(Industrial
regions) 1period
Lesson 5 - Weber’s Industrial Location Model: - Aims, main assumptions,
-Production of goods Major conclusions 1period
-Conservation of Lesson 6 - Secondary (manufacturing) Industries in Cameroon: - Types of
natural resources 2-4 manufacturing industries, - Distribution & reasons, importance to the economy,
problems faced government efforts to boost the industrialization in Cameroon. 3periods
1st Further study 1-Recent Development in the Manufacturing Sectors: -The
growth of the Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs), - The rise of Hi- 1period
technology industries and Multi-national Corporations (MNCs).
Practical work 1 - Location of economic activities & description of land
use: -Identify, describe, and explain types of land and economic activities and
land uses. - Draw sketch map to illustrate distribution of physical & human 1period
activities & land uses
Lesson 7 - Communication: - Meaning of communication & transport, -
General factors of transport 1period
Partial Integration Activity 1period
-Better management of Lesson 8 - Development of Road Transport: - Varieties, - Condition for
transport, trade and development of road transport, - Advantages & disadvantages of road transport 2periods
tourism 5-6 Lesson 9 - Development of Rail Transport: - Varieties, - Condition for
-Production of services development of rail transport, - Advantages & disadvantages of rail transport 2periods
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation
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Week
Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Lesson 10 - Impact of Road and Railway Transport on the Economy: -
Recent developments in road & rail transport models. 1period
7 Lesson 11 - Air and Water Transport: - Types, - General factors of
development, -Advantages & disadvantages, - Impact of air and water transport 2periods
on the economy, - Recent developments in air transport models
Further studies 2 - Containerization: - Meaning, - Reasons for development,
- Advantages and disadvantages 1period
8 Lesson 12 - Transport Network, Specialized forms of transport
(motorways, cable ways) - Describe motor and cable ways, - Reasons for their
creation, - Advantages & disadvantages, - Impact on the economy 2periods
Lesson 13 - Pipelines: - Describe the nature, - Reasons for development, -
Advantages & disadvantages, - impacts on the economy 1period
Lesson 14 - Telecommunication (internet communication): -The nature and
-Better management of uses, - Advantages & disadvantages, - Socio-economic impacts 1period
transport, trade and Lesson 15 - Transport Development in Cameroon (e.g. road, rail, air,
1st tourism water. Pipeline): -Types of transport networks, -Distribution of transport 2periods
-Production of services 9 - 10 network, -Problems of transport development, - Government efforts to improve
on transport network development
Practical work 2 - Communication on maps: -Identification of types of
transport forms on the map, - Identify forms of telecommunication, 1period
-Description of distribution, - Explanation for distribution patterns
Lesson 16 - Volume of Trade: - Meaning, - Types of trade, - Major trade
routes, - Global trade patterns, - Reasons for global trade patterns 2period
Lesson 17 - Trade Blocs (Illustrate with case studies from LCDs as ECOWAS
11 or CEMAC & in the AICs as the European union) :
-Definition & types, - Examples & aims, - Reasons for creation, 3periods
-Advantages and disadvantages
Partial Integration Activity 1period
Lesson 18 - Tourism: -Meaning, - Types, - Tourist destinations,
12 -Major characteristics, -Tourist attractions (physical, social and economic 2periods
tourist potentials)
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 1period
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Week
Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Lesson 19 - Factors for the promotion of mass tourism 1period
Lesson 20 - Impact of Tourism(positive & negative): - On the people, - The
economy, - On the environment 2periods
Lesson 21 - Development of Tourism in Cameroon: -Identification and
location of potentials, -Description of tourism infrastructural development, -
-Better management of Difficulties encountered by tourists in Cameroon, 2periods
1st transport, trade and 13 -16 - Impact on the environment & economy, - Government efforts to promote
tourism tourism
-Production of services Lesson 22 - Economic Growth of Cameroon & Constraints: -The level of
economic development, - The reasons for the slow rate of economic growth, - 2periods
Ways to uplift economy to emergence
Lesson 23 - Meaning of Resources: - Definition, - Classification, - Methods of 2periods
natural resource conservation(water, soil & fish),
- Challenges to the conservation of natural resources
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18 CHRISTMASS BREAK
Lesson 24 - Land Reclamation: - Meaning, - Examples, - Methods, 2periods
-Advantages & disadvantages of such schemes, - Challenges
Lesson 25 - Multi Purpose River Development Project( MPRDP): 2periods
19 -Meaning, - Reasons for the project, - Objectives, - Method,
- Achievements, - Problems caused by the project & attempted solutions. NB:
Case study from an NIC to illustrate
Sustainable of resources Partial Integration Activity 1period
and waste Lesson 26 - Multi Purpose River Development Project in Cameroon 2periods
20 Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 1period
2nd Lesson 27 – Pollution: - Definition, - Types, - Causes & sources of each type, -
Consequences & solutions 2periods
21 Guided or directed work 1 - Managing pollution in our community: -
Inventory of pollution sources in their locality(enquiry), - Attempted solutions 1period
to clean pollution in the locality, - Restitution in class
Lesson 28 - Basic Concepts of Population: - Definition, State of world’s
population 1period
Further study 4 – Sources of population Data: - Census(meaning, methods,
advantages & disadvantages) - Survey(meaning, methods, advantages &
weaknesses), Vital Registration(meaning, types & sources, advantages & 1period
22 weaknesses), Migration Records(meaning, types, advantages & weaknesses)
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Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Lesson 29 - Population Distribution and Density:- Meaning of population
distribution and density, - Measures of population density, 1 period
-Appraisal of crude density.
Practical Work 3 - Population Densities in Cameroon: - Calculation of
population densities, - Interpretation of results, - Draw map of spatial 1period
distribution of the population densities in Cameroon
23 Lesson 30 - Spatial Distribution of the World’s Population: - Uneven picture
(dense, moderate & sparse area ) 1 period
Lesson 31- Factors of Spatial Distribution:- Physical, -Economic,
- human 1period
Lesson 32 - Age and Sex Composition of Population: -Definition,
-Control of population -Main age groups & their demographic & economic implications 1period
2nd growth and movement 24 Lesson 33 - Basic Types of Age-Sex Pyramids: - Meaning, types,
in space(migration) -Diagrams & examples of Countries, -Main characteristics 1period
-Control of rural exodus Lesson 34 -Population Growth: - Meaning, - Determinants,
-Rural development -Measurement of population growth 1period
-Plan towns Lesson 35 - The Demographic Transition Model(DTM): - Meaning,
25 - stages, - Weaknesses 2periods
Partial Integration Activity 1period
Lesson 36 - Rapid Population Growth in Less Industrialized Countries
(LICs): - Reasons, - Implications 1period
Further Study 5 - Control of Population Growth: - Measures of birth control,
26 - Population Control Policies in modern China( A successful case of control of 1period
population growth in the Newly Industrialized Countries)
Evaluation/Correction/Remediation 1period
27
28 EASTER BREAK
Lesson 37 - Migration: - Meaning, - Types(internal external), - General causes,
- General consequences of internal migration at source and destination 2periods
29 - 30 Lesson 38 - Concepts of Optimum Population, Over Population, and Under
Population: - Meaning, - Examples of areas, Implications 2periods
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Term Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Lesson 39 - Population and Resource Model(Malthus & areas applicable): -
31 - 32 Main idea, - Examples of areas applicable 1period
Lesson 40 - Population: - Growth pattern & structure, - Spatial pattern of
distribution, - Reasons for distribution 2periods
Lesson 41 - Migration patterns: -Identify pull migration zones/destina tions, -
General migration patterns, - Factors of rural exodus 2periods
Practical Work 4 – Calculation of the Determinants of Population Growth:
Theoretical Basis; Recall of definitions of birth rates, death rates & natural
growth rate & population growth
Practical Exercise & Contextualization with life situations: 1period
33- 34 - Calculation of birth rate, - Calculation of death rate, - Calculation of natural
population increase, - Calculation of population growth rate
-Control of population Use concrete data on the population of Cameroon
growth and movement Lesson 42 - Settlement: - Meaning, - General evolution, - Classification into
in space(migration) types 2periods
-Control of rural exodus Lesson 43 - Location of Settlements: -Meaning, - Notion of site and situation,
3rd -Rural development - Factors, - Examples of influence of site & situation on settlement development 2periods
-Plan towns Lesson 44 - Concept of Rural Settlement: - Meaning, & types 1period
Lesson 45 - Rural Settlement Form: - Meaning & shapes 1period
35 Lesson 46 - Settlement Distribution & Patterns: - Meaning, - Types,
-Factors 1period
Lesson 47 - The Concept of Urban Settlement: - Meaning,
-classification into types 1period
36 Lesson 48 - Urbanization: - Meaning, - Factors 1period
Lesson 49 - Consequences of the Urbanization process: - Positive,
-Negative, - Solutions 2periods
Further Study 6 - Shanty Settlements(ghettoes) in the World:
- Pictures of examples in Africa, their characteristics & attempted solutions, -
Pictures of examples in other parts of the Newly Industrialized Countries 1period
(NICs), their characteristics & attempted solutions, - Ghettoes & slums in the
37 Advanced Industrialized Countries (AICs), their characteristics & attempted
solutions.
Guide or Directed work 2 - Field Investigation on Consequences(problems)
of Settlement Growth: - Enquiry & identification at home, - Restitution in 1period
class
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Sequence Level of competence No. Week span Teaching/learning units (Lessons-practical work - guided work -further study) Duration Instructions
Lesson 50 - Functions of Urban Settlement: - Definition,
38 -Classification 1period
Lesson 51- Urban Fields or Sphere of Influence: - Meaning,
- Functional relationships within urban fields 1period
Guide or Directed work 3 - Functional Relationships between their
39 Settlement & Neighbouring Settlements: - Enquiry & identification at home, - 1period
Restitution in class
Lesson 52 - Settlement Size-functional relationships:- the relationship and
-Control of population examples, reasons 1period
growth and movement Lesson 53 - Differences between urban and rural settlement:- demographic
in space(migration) characteristics, functions, way of life, morphology 1period
3rd -Control of rural exodus Practical Work 5 - Settlement on Maps: - Identification & description of
-Rural development types of patterns & size of settlement, - Identification & description of the site
-Plan towns & situation of the main settlements, Identify & justify the functions of 3periods
settlement using map evidence
40 - 41 Lesson 54 - Settlement in Cameroon:- distribution of rural urban settlements,
reasons for disparities in rates of urbanization in Cameroon 1period
Lesson 55 - Urban sphere of influence:- identification and description of
major urban spheres of influence, reasons why they serve as sphere of influence 1period
Further Study 7 - Site & situation of EITHER Douala OR Yaoundé -
Diagrams, Description, - How have they influences the growth of the settlement 1period
REVISIONTOWARDS THE GCE EXAMS: - PAST QUESTIONS,
42 - 43 - QUESTION INTERPRETATION ETC.

Done by: - ATONGNONG EGOTA

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