The document discusses priorities for revising a geography department's curriculum. It lists big concepts in geography and priorities identified by the department. It then poses questions to guide mapping the current curriculum, considering what teachers want to teach, what interests students, and how geography fits into the wider school curriculum. Teachers are asked to develop ideas for revising their geography curriculum.

1. Why I Geography

3. Getting this across students

7. Big Concepts in Geography Place Space Scale Interdependence Physical and Human processes Environmental interaction and sustainable development Cultural understanding and diversity Bias Causation Change Conflict Development Distribution Futures Inequality Interdependence Landscape Scale Location Perception Region Environment Uncertainty Cause and Effect Classification Decision Making Development Inequality Location Planning Systems 2008 KS3 Curriculum Geography Advisor’s and Inspectors’ Network (2002) Leat (1998)

8. How can we make sense of these concepts?

12. Map your current curriculum

14. Dangerous World Threatened World My World Shrinking world Diverse World Water world Crime Coping with flooding Global warming Environmental concerns My local environment Tourism Italy and the EU World climates Global fashion My footprint on the world How rivers work Extreme weather Natural Hazards Wet weather Our local area Football Brazil Conservation Year 9 Year 8 Year 7