Rationale
In a world of increasing global integration and international mobility, it is critical to the wellbeing and sustainability of the environment and society that young Australians develop a holistic understanding of the world.Aims
The Australian Curriculum: Geography aims to ensure that students develop:a sense of wonder, curiosity and respect about places, people, cultures and environments throughout the world
a deep geographical knowledge of their own locality, Australia, the Asia region and the world
Structure
The Australian Curriculum: Geography is organised in two related strands: geographical knowledge and understanding, and geographical inquiry and skills.Geographical knowledge and understanding strand
Geographical knowledge refers to the facts, generalisations, principles, theories and models developed in Geography.
PDF documents
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Geography are available as PDF documents.Geography: Sequence of content 7-10
Geography: Sequence of achievement 7-10