Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 9 Rationalized Social Studies Term 2 Schemes of Work 2026 - Smart Minds. The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  These schemes of work provide an insightful path through the Term 2 2026 Grade 9 Social Studies curriculum.

  • Number of Weeks: 14 weeks. Week 9 is assigned for a Half Term break, and Week 14 concludes with the End Term One Assessment/Closing.
  • Number of Lessons/Periods per Week: 4 lessons.

  It covers the following strands and sub-strands:

  • Population structure (Week 1)
    • Significance:
      • Significance of population structure in the distribution of national resources in a society.
  • Peaceful Conflict Resolution (Weeks 1-3)
    • Types of peace and conflict resolution:
      • Types of peace in society (personal and cultural).
      • Barriers to conflict resolution in daily life.
      • Ways of managing emotions to promote peace in the community.
      • Applying emotional intelligence for peaceful conflict resolutions.
      • Embracing peace initiatives and agreements at the community level.
  • Healthy relationships (Weeks 3-4)
    • Sustaining healthy relationships:
      • Ways of sustaining healthy relationships in the community.
      • Barriers to harmonious relationships.
      • Strategies to overcome barriers to healthy relationships.
  • Natural and Historic Built Environments (Weeks 4-5)
    • Topographical maps:
      • Human activities on topographical maps.
      • Enlarging and reducing parts of topographical maps.
      • Illustrating cross-sections from topographical maps.
  • Internal Land Forming Processes (Weeks 6-7)
    • Earth movements and faulting:
      • Types and causes of earth movements (Rift valley, Block mountain, Faults).
      • Theories of continental drift and plate tectonics in the formation of continents.
      • Formation of features due to faulting in the environment.
      • Effects of faulting on human activities.
  • Multi-purpose River Projects in Africa (Weeks 8-10)
    • Selected projects and evaluation:
      • Selected multipurpose river projects (River Tana Projects in Kenya, Aswan High Dam in Egypt).
      • Conditions that led to the establishment of multipurpose river projects.
      • The economic importance of multi-purpose river projects in Africa.
      • Challenges facing multi-purpose river projects and their solutions.
  • Management and conservation of the environment (Weeks 11-12)
    • Conservation measures:
      • Factors that led to the degradation of the environment in the community.
      • Effects of environmental degradation in society.
      • Measures to manage and conserve the environment for sustainability.
      • Applying creative thinking skills in managing and conserving the environment.
      • The importance of managing and conserving the environment.
  • World Heritage sites in Africa (Week 13)
    • Locating sites:
      • Locating selected world heritage sites in Africa (Rock-Hewn Churches, Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve, Serengeti National Park, Robben Island, and Victoria Falls).
• File Size:

  71.83 KB
• Length:

  16 pages
• Category:

  Schemes of Work
• Level:

  Grade 9
• Subject:

  SOCIAL STUDIES
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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