Schemes of work: Citizenship at key stage 3

Citizenship at key stage 3 through geography at key stage 3

Justify orally and in writing a personal opinion about such issues, problems or events

Geography programme of study

1. In undertaking geographical enquiry, pupils should be taught to:
5. appreciate how people's values and attitudes [for example, about overseas aid], including their own, affect contemporary social, environmental, economic and political issues, and to clarify and develop their own values and attitudes about such issues
6. communicate in ways appropriate to the task and audience [for example, by using desktop publishing to produce a leaflet, drawing an annotated sketch map, producing persuasive or discursive writing about a place]
2. In developing geographical skills, pupils should be taught:
1. to use an extended geographical vocabulary [for example, drainage basin, urban regeneration]
6. to communicate in different ways, including using ICT [for example, by writing a report about an environmental issue, exchanging fieldwork data using e-mail]

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

Understanding, explaining and being able to justify their own opinions and views about geographical issues
[Unit 8 Coastal environments, Unit 14 Can the earth cope? Ecosystems, population and resources, Unit 18 The global fashion industry, Unit 19 Tourism - good or bad?, Unit 23 Local actions, global effects; and in the citizenship scheme of work Unit 10 'Debating a global issue']