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Geography: programming ideas

Geography Stage 6 syllabus
View or download the Geography Stage 6 syllabus.

NSW HSC Online
NSW HSC Online is a web site developed through the collaborative efforts of educational agencies and instrumentalities in NSW, Australia. The units of work and support material provided on the NSW HSC Online site are to support the NSW HSC course, Geography.

Geography: Using newspapers as a resource
Article from Curriculum Support 1999 Volume 4 No.4
The nature of the syllabus enables changes in the real world to be part of the geography teaching and learning activities. Indeed, all of the skills outcomes, H8 & H13, indicate that for students to be able to develop skills to communicate and investigate geographically, a link between up-to-date text and skills is necessary. An article looking at the most current texts available on a daily basis newspapers and other forms of media.

Democracy and Geography
Article from Curriculum Support 2000 Volume 5 No.2
The article gives practical ideas on the use of the Internet unit on democracy designed by the Curriculum Support Directorate.

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