Year 7 · Geography · beta

India: a global superpower?

This unit teaches pupils about the human and physical geography of India, how this leads to diverse lives within the country, and how it affects its power and status around the world. Pupils will learn about different places in India and how migration patterns influence their society.

This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.

This Oak index uses an earlier export and lists 5 source lessons. DASKEREL has 12 original lessons for this unit, including 7 linked to source lessons absent from that export. Read the full DASKEREL unit.

Prior knowledge

  • India is a country in South Asia.
  • India is the most populous country in the world.
  • India has a diverse culture with many languages, religions, and traditions.
  • The capital city of India is New Delhi.
  • The Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range, are located in northern India.
  • The River Ganges is an important river in India, both geographically and culturally.
  • India has a varied climate, with monsoons bringing heavy rains in some regions.

Source curriculum references

  • Extend locational knowledge of Africa, Russia, Asia (including China and India), and the Middle East, focusing on their environmental regions, including polar and hot deserts.
  • Extend locational knowledge of Africa, Russia, Asia (including China and India), and the Middle East focussing on key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities.
  • Understand key processes of physical geography relating to weather and climate, including the change in climate from the Ice Age to the present.
  • Understand key processes of human geography relating to population and urbanisation.
  • Understand key processes of human geography relating to international development.
  • Understand key processes of human geography relating to economic activity in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors; and the use of natural resources.
  • Understand how human and physical processes interact to influence, and change landscapes, environments and the climate; and how human activity relies on effective functioning of natural systems.
  • Use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to view, analyse and interpret places and data.
  • Communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.

Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.

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