Curriculum Relevance

England – Geography in the National Curriculum

Key Stage 3

Thematic Studies

• 7. Tectonic processes
  (d) the nature, causes and effects of volcanic eruptions
  (e) about human responses to the volcanic hazard

• 8. Geomorphological processes
  (b) the causes and effects of river floods and how people respond to and seek to control the flood hazard
• 12. The characteristics of settlements and the impact of change

• 13. Economic activities – the distribution of economic activity and the impact of change

• 14. Development
  (a) ways of identifying differences in development
  (b) differences in development and their effect on the quality of life of different groups of people

• 15. Environmental issues
  (c) how considerations of sustainable development, stewardship and conservation affect environmental planning and management

The Northern Ireland Curriculum

NI Geography Programme of Study Key Stage 3

• Relates to the two key geographical themes, Physical Environment and Human Environments. Also relevant to Places/Locational Knowledge and Issues.

Curriculum and Assessment in Scotland

Environmental Studies 5–14: Social Subjects: Understanding People and Place: Level E.

Supports the study of a less well-developed area outside Europe. Focus on: aspects of the physical and built environment; ways in which places have affected people and people have used and affected places; locations; linkages and networks; making and using maps.

Standard Grade Geography

May provide exemplars for Study Themes: The Physical Environment; The Human Environment; International Issues in the Global Areal Context.

Wales

National Curriculum Key Stage 3

The programmes support the requirement to study a country in a less economically developing country. They provide a resource for the following themes:

Earthquakes or Volcanoes (prog 5)

• the global distribution of tectonic activity and its relationship with the boundaries of crustal plates
• the nature, causes and effects of earthquakes and/or volcanic eruptions
• about human responses to the associated hazard

Weather and Climate (prog 4)

• the differences between weather and climate
• the components and links in the water cycle
• how and why aspects of weather and climate vary from place to place

Settlement (prog 3)

• the reasons for the location, growth and nature of individual settlements
• how and why the provision of goods and services in settlements varies
• how and why changes occur in settlements and how these changes affect different groups of people in different ways
• about urban land use patterns and changes

Economic Activity (prog 1, 3, 6)

• about different types and classifications of economic activity
• about the geographical distribution of one economic activity
• how and why the distribution has changed and is changing, and the effects of such changes

Environmental Issues (prog 2)

• how conflicting demands on the environment arise
• how and why attempts are made to plan and manage environments, and their effects
• how considerations of sustainable development affect environmental planning and management

Resource Issues (prog 2)

• about the sources and supply of a resource
• the effects on the environment of the exploitation of a resource
• how considerations of sustainable development affect resource planning and management