GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM BY NATION
ENGLAND - KS3
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Teaching
should equip
pupils with
knowledge
about diverse
places,
people,
resources and
natural and
human
environments,
together with a
deep
understanding
of the Earth’s
key physical
and human
processes. As
pupils
progress, their
growing
knowledge
about the
world should
help them to
deepen their
understanding
of the
interaction
between
physical and
human
processes.
Pupils should
be taught to
communicate
geographical
information in
a variety of
ways,
including
through maps,
SCOTLAND –
Curriculum for
Excellence , Social
Studies
People, places and
environment
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Wales – KS3
Communicating
Pupils should be
Having studied given opportunities
to:
an economic
activity, I can
 develop
explain its
opinions and
development
understand
and assess the
that people
impact of
have different
change within
values,
its locality and
attitudes and
beyond. SOC
points of view
4-10c
on
geographical
issues, eg:
I can consider
about buying
the
local or global
advantages
produce
and
disadvantages
of a proposed
 assess bias
land use
and reliability
development
of
and discuss
geographical
the impact this
evidence to
may have on
weigh
the
arguments,
community.
make
SOC 2-08b
decisions and
solve
problems,
eg:.about a
proposed route
for a new
bypass
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communicate
findings, ideas
and
information
using
geographical
terminology,
maps, visual
NORTHERN
IRELAND - KS3 –
Environment and
Society: Geography
Young people
should have
opportunities to:
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Investigate the
causes and
consequences
of an
environmental
event making
the news and
evaluate how it
is reported in
the media.
Create a
video/news
bulletin to
inform about,
for example,
an earthquake,
volcano,
extreme
weather event,
local pollution
incident etc.
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Challenge
stereotypical,
biased or
distorted
viewpoints with
appropriately
sensitive,
informed and
balanced
responses.
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Take
responsibility
for choices
and actions.
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Challenge
stereotypes
numerical and
quantitative
skills and
writing at
length.
images, a
range of
graphical
techniques
and ICT, eg:
use extended
terminology,
construct
graphs,
conduct a
debate,
produce a
PowerPoint
presentation.
Pupils should be
given opportunities
to:
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Study
tomorrow’s
citizens issues in
Wales and the
wider world of
living
sustainably
and the
responsibilities
of being a
global citizen
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carry out
investigations
into
‘geography in
the news’,
topical events
and issues in
the locality and
the wider
world.
and
perceptions of
different
places,
peoples and
environments,
for example,
by creating a
photo gallery
and/or factfile
etc.