Schemes of work: Citizenship at key stage 3

Citizenship at key stage 3 through geography at key stage 3

Central and local government, the public services they offer and how they are financed, and the opportunities to contribute

Geography programme of study

3. Pupils should be taught:
4. to explain how and why changes happen in places, and the issues that arise from these changes


6. During the key stage, pupils should be taught the knowledge, skills and understanding through the study of two countries and 10 themes:
2. tectonic processes and their effects on landscapes and people, including:
3. human responses to the hazards associated with them
3. geomorphological processes and their effects on landscapes and people, including:
2. the causes and effects of a hazard [for example, flooding, landslides], and human responses to it
7. the changing characteristics of settlements, including:
2. how and why the provision of goods and services in settlements varies
4. patterns and changes in urban land use
8. changing distribution of economic activity and its impact, including:
3. how and why the distribution has changed and is changing [for example, the impact of new technologies], and the effects of such changes
10. environmental issues, including:
2. how and why attempts are made to plan and manage environments
11. resource issues, including:
3. resource planning and management [for example, reducing energy use, developing alternative energy sources]

Examples of opportunities for citizenship through geography
[and relevant units in the geography scheme of work]

Investigating government responses to hazards, eg volcanoes, flooding, coastal erosion, and the impact on people in different countries

Investigating planning issues at local scale, eg the routing of a bypass; at regional scale, eg a new housing development in South-East England; or at national scale, eg the location of wind farms
[Unit 3 People everywhere]

Investigating access to public services in work on settlement, eg health care, education, and the implications for different groups of residents