7–10Geography 7–10 Syllabus
The new Geography 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027.
2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – Start teaching new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Life Skills
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
Content in Thinking and working geographically outlines how geographical concepts, inquiry skills and tools are to be integrated with the content in this focus area.
Engage with relevant geographical concepts
Participate in geographical inquiry for the purpose of observing data, collecting and recording data and information, presenting findings and drawing conclusions
Use relevant geographical tools
Communicate ideas about the movement of people or the features of places where people settle through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts
Factors that influence international migration
Impacts of international migration to Australia
Factors that influence internal migration within Australia
Personal connections for movement within the local community or wider environment
Natural and human features of the local environment
Features of an urban area
Features of a rural area
Location of urban and rural areas nearby
Reasons why people live in urban, rural and remote places
Opportunities and challenges for employment and work experience in urban, rural and remote places
Types of urban communities
Considerations when planning urban areas
Sustainable practices used in an urban community
Impacts of population changes on a place
Ways urban planning caters for diverse experiences, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples