Task Description:

This assessment requires you to write a 2000 word essay on the importance of teaching geography to children in the primary years. Your essay should include an explanation of how the geographical concepts set out in the Australian Curriculum: Geography F-10 build children’s curiosity and understanding of the world in which they live. Your essay must appropriately reference a range of relevant contemporary academic literature.

Criteria & Marking:

1. Explain key geographical; concepts and these build children’s curiosity and understanding of the world in which they live
2. Discuss the importance of teaching geography to children in the primary years
3. Interpret curriculum requirements in relation to teaching geography in the primary years
4. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of geographical literacies
5. Demonstrate skills of geographical research