This document provides guidance for teachers in developing a new curriculum for Key Stage 3 geography. It outlines key principles for selecting content, including focusing on places, themes, and issues that are geographically significant based on factors like scale of impact, importance over time, and relevance to students. Example units are provided on topics connected to Africa, China, Britain, water resources, the Olympics, landscapes, climate change, population changes, and how geographers can make a difference. Teachers are encouraged to ask questions to promote inquiry, address controversial topics, and make lessons personally relevant through real-world case studies.

1. A teacher’s toolkit for Key Stage 3 GA Secondary Phase Committee University of Surrey 29 th March 2008

3. Selecting and justifying content

4. Planning using concepts

6. Using geographical pedagogy Make it personal Ask the right questions Address contentious issues Detect bias in different media Focus on real world place studies Learn through talk

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