MYP Humanities Course Outlines
2011-2012

An overview of the curriculum for MYP Humanities 2011-12 can be viewed in the table below.   

 

Year 7 Humanities

Year 8
 Humanities

Year 9 Humanities

Year 10 Humanities  (order varies according to classes in rotation)

Unit 1

Weeks 1-3
Basic Skills – Maps, Timelines, etc

Weeks 1-7
Tectonics  (Volcanoes & Earthquakes)

Weeks 1-7
Industrial Revolution

Weeks 1-6 Environmental Threats

Unit 2

Weeks 4-6
Improving our school environment 

Weeks 8-15
Cultures under threat

Weeks 8-12
Water on the Land 1 – Rivers

Weeks 7-11
Industry & Development

Unit 3

Weeks 7-9
IDU - United Nations

Weeks 16-22 Weather & Climate

Weeks 13-18
Water on the Land 2 – Water as a resource

Weeks 12- 21
Revolutions

Unit 4

Weeks 10-16 The History of Medicine

Weeks 23-29
History of cities 

Weeks 19-26 Russia Transformed 

Weeks 22 – 26
What is business? (3)
How should firms behave? (2)

Unit 5

Weeks 17-22       Farming

Weeks 30-33
Wilderness:
Fragile environments 1 – Antarctica

Weeks 27-33 Population 

Weeks 27 – 31
Is there a market? (3)
Who’s right for the job? (2)

Unit 6

Weeks 23- 27
Coasts

Weeks 34-38
Survival:
Fragile Environments 2 – Deserts

Weeks 34-38
19th Century Asia: China /Japan/ Korea project

Weeks 32-34
IDU - The global fashion industry

Unit 7

Weeks 28-33
China in the 20th Century 

OR   IDU - Crime

 

Weeks 35-38
IDU

Unit 8

Weeks 34-38
IDU