Geography. Level 1 to 17.
Places, people and the planet: reading maps, understanding land, weather and cities, and caring for the environment. All of it is planned and not yet written.
11 strands (1 beyond school) · 57 topics · about 245 modules planned · 0 specified · 0 with a sample lesson. From Primary 1 to 400–500 Level.
Maps and map-reading
Drawing, reading and using maps, from the village path to topographic sheets.
Previews Geography, Surveying and Geoinformatics
Directions and the compass
GE-MAP-DIR · Primary 1 to Primary 4 · about 3 modules planned
North, south, east and west, using the sun and a compass to find the way.
- About 3 planned
Plans and simple maps
GE-MAP-PLN · Primary 1 to Primary 5 · about 4 modules planned
Drawing a map of the classroom, the compound and the route to the market.
- About 4 planned
Scale and distance
GE-MAP-SCA · Primary 5 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned
Using a map's scale to measure real distances between places.
- About 4 planned
Grid references and symbols
GE-MAP-GRD · Primary 6 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned
Finding places with grid references and reading a map's key.
- About 4 planned
Relief and contours
GE-MAP-REL · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned
Reading hills, valleys and slopes from contour lines.
- About 5 planned
Interpreting topographic maps
GE-MAP-TOP · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned
Reading land use, settlement and drainage from a full map sheet.
- About 5 planned
GIS
Geographic information systems: maps as layers of data that computers can analyse.
Previews Geography, Surveying and Geoinformatics, Geomatics
Latitude, longitude and GPS
GE-GIS-LAT · JSS 1 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned
Pinpointing any place on Earth with coordinates and a phone's GPS.
- About 4 planned
What GIS is
GE-GIS-LAY · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned
Stacking layers such as roads, rivers and wells to answer questions about a place.
- About 4 planned
Collecting field data
GE-GIS-FLD · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
Recording the location of boreholes, farms or clinics with a phone.
- About 4 planned
Open mapping
GE-GIS-OPN · SSS 1 to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 3 modules planned
How volunteers put villages on open maps, and how to add your own area.
- About 3 planned
Spatial analysis
GE-GIS-ANA · SSS 2 to A level / JUPEB / foundation year · about 5 modules planned
Measuring distance, buffers and overlap to plan where a new well should go.
- About 5 planned
Physical geography
Landforms, rocks, rivers and coasts, and the forces that shape them.
Previews Geography, Geology
Landforms
GE-PHY-LAN · Primary 3 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned
Hills, plateaus, valleys and plains, and how to recognise them around us.
- About 4 planned
Rocks and weathering
GE-PHY-ROC · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned
Rock types, and how heat, rain and roots break rocks down into soil.
- About 5 planned
Rivers
GE-PHY-RIV · Primary 5 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 6 modules planned
From source to mouth: how rivers erode, carry and drop material.
- About 6 planned
Coasts
GE-PHY-COA · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned
Waves, beaches, cliffs, lagoons and deltas along Africa's shores.
- About 5 planned
Plate tectonics
GE-PHY-TEC · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned
How moving plates build mountains and rift valleys, such as East Africa's.
- About 5 planned
Deserts and dry lands
GE-PHY-DES · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
How wind and heat shape dry lands such as the Sahara and the Sahel.
- About 4 planned
Weather and climate
Measuring the weather, understanding seasons and comparing climates.
Previews Geography, Meteorology
Observing the weather
GE-WEA-OBS · Primary 1 to Primary 5 · about 3 modules planned
Sun, rain, wind and cloud: keeping a class weather chart.
- About 3 planned
Weather elements and instruments
GE-WEA-INS · Primary 6 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 5 modules planned
Measuring rainfall, temperature and wind with simple home-made instruments.
- About 5 planned
Rain and seasons
GE-WEA-RAI · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned
Why rainy and dry seasons come and go, and what brings the harmattan.
- About 4 planned
Climate zones of Africa
GE-WEA-ZON · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned
Equatorial, savanna, desert and highland climates, and how they differ.
- About 5 planned
Climate change
GE-WEA-CHA · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned
What is changing in the climate, why, and what it means for our region.
- About 5 planned
Africa's regions
The countries, landscapes and peoples of the continent, region by region.
Previews Geography, African Studies
Countries and capitals
GE-AFR-CON · Primary 3 to JSS 2 · about 4 modules planned
Finding our country and its neighbours on the map of Africa.
- About 4 planned
Africa's biomes
GE-AFR-BIO · Primary 5 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned
Rainforest, savanna, Sahel and desert: what grows and lives in each.
- About 4 planned
West Africa
GE-AFR-WES · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned
Rivers, coasts, climates and livelihoods from Senegal to Nigeria.
- About 5 planned
East Africa
GE-AFR-EAS · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned
Highlands, great lakes, the Rift Valley and the lives they support.
- About 5 planned
North, central and southern Africa
GE-AFR-OTH · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 5 modules planned
Deserts, the Congo Basin and southern plateaus compared.
- About 5 planned
Population and settlement
Where people live, how populations change, and why people move.
Previews Geography, Demography
People in our community
GE-POP-COM · Primary 1 to Primary 4 · about 3 modules planned
Who lives in our village, what they do and how homes are arranged.
- About 3 planned
Rural settlements
GE-POP-SET · Primary 5 to JSS 3 (BECE) · about 4 modules planned
Why villages grow where they do: water, farmland, roads and markets.
- About 4 planned
Population distribution and density
GE-POP-DIS · JSS 1 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned
Why some places are crowded and others empty, using maps and counts.
- About 4 planned
Population change
GE-POP-CHG · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
Births, deaths and how a country's population grows or shrinks.
- About 4 planned
Migration
GE-POP-MIG · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
Why people move between villages, cities and countries, and what changes.
- About 4 planned
Cities and urbanisation
How towns and cities grow, and how they work for the people in them.
Previews Urban and Regional Planning, Geography
Villages, towns and cities
GE-CIT-TOW · Primary 2 to Primary 6 · about 3 modules planned
How a village differs from a town and a city, and what each offers.
- About 3 planned
Transport networks
GE-CIT-TRA · JSS 1 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned
Roads, rail, rivers and air links, and how they connect places.
- About 4 planned
Urban growth
GE-CIT-GRO · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned
Why African cities are growing, and how land use inside a city is patterned.
- About 5 planned
Informal settlements
GE-CIT-INF · SSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
How people build homes and livelihoods where planning has not reached.
- About 4 planned
Urban services
GE-CIT-SER · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
Water, power, waste and housing: the challenge of serving a growing city.
- About 4 planned
Resources, trade and development
What the land provides, how goods move, and how we measure development.
Previews Geography, Economics, Development Studies
Natural resources
GE-RES-NAT · Primary 3 to JSS 2 · about 4 modules planned
Water, soil, forests, fish and minerals: what we use and where it comes from.
- About 4 planned
Mining and energy
GE-RES-MIN · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 5 modules planned
Oil, gas, minerals, hydropower and solar, and their effects on places.
- About 5 planned
Industry
GE-RES-IND · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
Where factories locate and why, from food processing to manufacturing.
- About 4 planned
Trade
GE-RES-TRD · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
What countries buy and sell, and the routes goods travel.
- About 4 planned
Tourism
GE-RES-TOU · JSS 2 to SSS 2 · about 3 modules planned
Parks, beaches and heritage sites, and who benefits from visitors.
- About 3 planned
Measuring development
GE-RES-DEV · JSS 3 (BECE) to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
Income, health and schooling as ways of comparing how places are doing.
- About 4 planned
Natural hazards
Floods, droughts, earthquakes and storms: why they happen and how to stay safe.
Previews Geography, Disaster Risk Management
Staying safe
GE-HAZ-SAF · Primary 2 to JSS 2 · about 3 modules planned
Warning signs, safe places and family plans for floods, storms and fires.
- About 3 planned
Floods
GE-HAZ-FLO · Primary 4 to SSS 1 · about 4 modules planned
Why rivers burst their banks, and how communities prepare and recover.
- About 4 planned
Drought
GE-HAZ-DRO · Primary 5 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned
When the rains fail: causes, effects on farms and ways to cope.
- About 4 planned
Earthquakes and volcanoes
GE-HAZ-EAR · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
Where they happen, why, and how buildings and people can be protected.
- About 4 planned
Landslides and storms
GE-HAZ-LAN · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 3 modules planned
How heavy rain, slopes and strong winds cause damage, and how to reduce it.
- About 3 planned
Environmental geography
How people change the environment, and how to look after it.
Previews Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Geography
Caring for our surroundings
GE-ENV-CAR · Primary 1 to Primary 5 · about 3 modules planned
Keeping the compound, stream and school clean, and why it matters.
- About 3 planned
Water resources
GE-ENV-WAT · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned
Where village water comes from, and how to keep wells and streams clean.
- About 4 planned
Pollution
GE-ENV-POL · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned
Air, water, land and plastic pollution, and what causes each.
- About 4 planned
Deforestation
GE-ENV-FOR · Primary 6 to SSS 2 · about 4 modules planned
Why forests are cleared, what is lost, and how replanting helps.
- About 4 planned
Desertification
GE-ENV-DES · JSS 2 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
How dry land loses its soil and plants, and efforts to hold it back.
- About 4 planned
Conservation and protected areas
GE-ENV-CON · JSS 1 to SSS 3 (WASSCE) · about 4 modules planned
National parks, reserves and community-led conservation.
- About 4 planned
Beyond school (Beyond school, university level)
University-level geography: a head start, or a way to keep learning.
Previews Geography, Remote Sensing, Urban and Regional Planning, Development Studies
Remote sensing
GE-BYD-REM · A level / JUPEB / foundation year to 400–500 Level · about 7 modules planned
Reading satellite images to map land cover, crops, floods and change over time.
- About 7 planned
Urban planning
GE-BYD-URB · A level / JUPEB / foundation year to 400–500 Level · about 8 modules planned
Land use, housing, transport and services: how planners shape towns.
- About 8 planned
Development studies
GE-BYD-DEV · A level / JUPEB / foundation year to 400–500 Level · about 7 modules planned
Theories of development, aid, poverty and inequality, with African case studies.
- About 7 planned
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Every module here is written to be learned at a Lantern, offline, at a child’s own pace. Four Lanterns are planned and waiting for light.