Schemes of work: Citizenship at key stage 3

Citizenship at key stage 3 through geography at key stage 3

The work of community-based, national and international voluntary groups

Geography programme of study

3. Pupils should be taught:
5. to explain how places are interdependent [for example, through trade, aid, international tourism, acid rain], and to explore the idea of global citizenship

6. During the key stage, pupils should be taught the knowledge, skills and understanding through the study of two countries and 10 themes:
7. the changing characteristics of settlements, including:
4. patterns and changes in urban land use
10. environmental issues, including:
1. how conflicting demands on an environment arise
2. how and why attempts are made to plan and manage environments
3. effects of environmental planning and management on people, places and environments [for example, managing coastal retreat, building a reservoir]
11. resource issues, including:
1. the sources and supply of a resource
2. the effects on the environment of the use of a resource
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]

Participating in environmental action with local consequences, eg in a local conservation society campaign against a new road building scheme, or with global impacts, eg by participating in fair trade campaigns as part of an investigation into world trade
[Unit 16 What is development?, Unit 18 The global fashion industry]

Investigating the role of aid agencies in responding to disasters, eg earthquakes, volcanoes, and in development issues generally
[Unit 2 The restless earth - earthquakes and volcanoes, Unit 4 Flood disaster - how do people cope?, Unit 21 Virtual volcanoes and internet earthquakes]

Investigating the work of environmental groups, eg Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Wildlife Trusts, BTCV, in environmental and resource issues at local, national and global scales
[Unit 23 Local actions, global effects]

Exploring topical issues, eg the movement of refugees, the patterns and consequences of world trade, and the role of voluntary groups in them
[Unit 16 What is development?, Unit 18 The global fashion industry]