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 interconnections and trade through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts
Personal ways people connect with each other
Different groups people can belong to and connect with
Transportation used to connect people to goods and services
Digital technologies that connect people to goods and services
Cyber safety when connecting people to goods and services
Types of goods and services accessed through trade
Factors that affect access to goods and services
Goods and services that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples continue to trade
The functions of trade within the economy
Effects of trade on places and environments
Impacts of producing and using goods or services on places and environments
Types of sustainable practices used in production and consumption
Ways to manage sustainability related to the making and use of goods or services
Personal responsibility to minimise the effects of consumption