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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 – industry: the distribution of
economic activity and the impact of change
- 12. Settlement – the characteristics of settlements and
the impact of change
(a) the reasons for the location,
growth and nature of individual settlements
(c) how changes in function of settlements occur and how these
changes affect different groups of people
- 8. Geomorphological Processes
(c) coastal landforms, and the processes that form them
(d) the causes and effects of cliff collapse and how people
respond to seek to control the hazard
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 a study of the following themes:
Rivers or Coasts (Programmes 2 and 3)
- the processes responsible for the development of rivers and the
role of rock type in their development
- the causes and effects of one or more geomorphological hazards,
and human responses to it/them
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
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