Directorate: Curriculum FET
SUBJECT and GRADE GEOGRAPHY GRADE 10
TERM 4 Week 3
TOPIC FLOODS
AIMS OF LESSON Causes, Flood hydrographs and Management of floods.
RESOURCES Paper based resources Digital resources
• Text book: Floods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PXj7bOD7IY
• The mind map on the following page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwNb56OFz3Q
INTRODUCTION You should know the following from previous grades:
• You have studied floods in Grade 7 at Primary School.
• Floods are regularly in the news when a hurricane moves over land.
CONCEPTS AND SKILLS You must know: You must be able to:
• The definitions of a flood. • Apply knowledge and skills on
• The physical and human causes of floods. various sources
• How to interpret a flood hydrograph. • Read and interpret case studies
• How to manage floods. • Interpret and answer data-response
questions.
ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENT • Case study in this lesson.
• Activities in your textbook
CONSOLIDATION Study these topics by asking the key Geography questions such as: What is it? What was the impact? How
can it be managed?
VALUES Awareness: Floods cause destruction and death.
SUBJECT and GRADE GEOGRAPHY GRADE 10
TERM 4 Week 3
TOPIC FLOODS
AIMS OF LESSON Causes, Flood hydrographs and Management of floods.
RESOURCES Paper based resources Digital resources
• Text book: Floods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PXj7bOD7IY
• The mind map on the following page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwNb56OFz3Q
INTRODUCTION You should know the following from previous grades:
• You have studied floods in Grade 7 at Primary School.
• Floods are regularly in the news when a hurricane moves over land.
CONCEPTS AND SKILLS You must know: You must be able to:
• The definitions of a flood. • Apply knowledge and skills on
• The physical and human causes of floods. various sources
• How to interpret a flood hydrograph. • Read and interpret case studies
• How to manage floods. • Interpret and answer data-response
questions.
ACTIVITIES/ASSESSMENT • Case study in this lesson.
• Activities in your textbook
CONSOLIDATION Study these topics by asking the key Geography questions such as: What is it? What was the impact? How
can it be managed?
VALUES Awareness: Floods cause destruction and death.
