Curriculum Relevance

This series looks at significant geographical themes through the experiences of individuals or communities.

England – Geography in the National Curriculum

Key Stage 3

Thematic Studies

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

• 15. Environmental issues
  (d) the provision of a reliable supply of fresh water and the causes, effects and prevention of water pollution

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 Britain. 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 UK/Western Europe Areal Context.

Wales

National Curriculum Key Stage 3

The programmes support the geographical themes of:

Settlement

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Programme 3, The Price of Coal: Coal-mining in South Wales, supports the place study requirement to study Wales.