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
Stage 4
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.
Use relevant geographical concepts
Engage in geographical inquiry using geographical information
Use relevant geographical tools
Create written texts to explain and analyse the interconnections that people have to each other, and with places and environments
Personal, recreational and cultural connections that link individuals to people, places and environments
Transportation networks that connect people to goods, services, places and people in different locations
Technologies that connect people to goods, services, places, information and people in different locations
The nature and spatial patterns of trade flows
Economic, political and environmental influences that shape trade flows
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ connections to local, national and international economies
Investigation of ONE type of good or service across a supply chain.
Environmental, sociocultural and economic impacts of the production and consumption of the selected good or service throughout the world
Strategies to manage sustainability related to the production and consumption of the selected good or service
Perspectives of different groups on the management of the selected good or service