Explore places. Understand people.

Suggested ages 6–7

1. 1Me and my communitiesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Describe different groups a child can belong to
   • Explain a fair rule using a familiar example
   • Listen to a different preference respectfully

   Planned application: Create a fictional community agreement

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Places and simple mapsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish a real place from its map
   • Use symbols and a key on a simple plan
   • Follow a route using position words

   Planned application: Draw a fictional playground map without a home address

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Then and nowPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Order familiar events using before and after
   • Compare an old and new object from supplied pictures
   • Ask what a photograph can and cannot tell us

   Planned application: Make a three-event fictional timeline

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Needs choices and helpingPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish a need from a want in context
   • Identify people who provide useful services
   • Explain a choice when resources are limited

   Planned application: Plan supplies for a fictional class picnic

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5People around the worldPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Compare everyday activities without assuming everyone is alike
   • Locate land and water on a globe
   • Ask a respectful question about an unfamiliar custom

   Planned application: Create a similarities-and-differences picture book

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Caring for shared placesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Identify a problem in a shared place
   • Compare two helpful actions
   • Explain a choice using an observation

   Planned application: Design an accessible tidy-up plan for a fictional park

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 7–8

1. 1Communities and cooperationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain roles and responsibilities in a group
   • Compare fair ways of making a shared decision
   • Distinguish disagreement from unkind behaviour

   Planned application: Run a fictional class decision with reasons

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Maps and environmentsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Use a compass rose and map key
   • Locate continents and oceans on a supplied map
   • Compare how environments affect everyday activities

   Planned application: Plan a map-based journey between fictional landmarks

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Finding out about the pastPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish a present observation from a past account
   • Use two sources to describe a change
   • Explain why a single source may leave questions

   Planned application: Build a small object-history display from supplied images

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Work goods and servicesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish a good from a service
   • Trace a simple product journey
   • Explain a trade-off in a small budget

   Planned application: Design a fictional market stall with labelled choices

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Culture and belongingPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Compare celebrations using specific evidence
   • Recognise variation within a country or community
   • Describe respectful behaviour towards different traditions

   Planned application: Create a sourced celebration comparison without stereotypes

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Local inquiryPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Ask a question about a shared place
   • Collect observations without personal information
   • Recommend one feasible improvement

   Planned application: Present a fictional neighbourhood improvement poster

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 8–9

1. 1Geographic toolsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Use grid references on a simple map
   • Distinguish physical and human features
   • Compare maps drawn for different purposes

   Planned application: Create two maps of one imaginary island

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Why people settlePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Link water land and transport to settlement choices
   • Compare rural and urban places without ranking their value
   • Explain how people modify and adapt to environments

   Planned application: Choose a settlement site using a supplied map

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Evidence and timelinesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Place events on a timeline with consistent intervals
   • Distinguish a source from an interpretation
   • Compare accounts that agree or differ

   Planned application: Build an evidence board about a fictional historical mystery

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Rules and participationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain why communities need shared decisions
   • Compare roles in local decision-making
   • Support a proposal while listening to another view

   Planned application: Hold a fictional council meeting about a park

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Resources and exchangePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain scarcity with a concrete example
   • Trace interdependence in a product supply chain
   • Compare choices using costs and benefits

   Planned application: Create a resource-sharing plan for an imaginary community

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6World connectionsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Locate places relevant to a supplied story
   • Compare cultural practices using reliable examples
   • Explain one connection between distant communities

   Planned application: Make a sourced product-journey map

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 9–10

1. 1Reading the worldPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Use latitude longitude and map scale with support
   • Compare climate and landscape patterns
   • Explain a limitation of a map representation

   Planned application: Prepare a map-based travel briefing for fictional travellers

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Early communities and changePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Compare how early communities obtained food
   • Use archaeological evidence to infer everyday life
   • Explain change without assuming all societies followed one path

   Planned application: Create a museum panel using supplied archaeological evidence

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Rivers cities and exchangePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain why rivers supported some settlements
   • Compare selected settlements from different world regions
   • Trace how exchange moves goods and ideas

   Planned application: Design an evidence-labelled river settlement model

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Decision-making and fairnessPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish a rule right and responsibility in context
   • Compare ways groups resolve conflicting needs
   • Evaluate a proposal from more than one viewpoint

   Planned application: Write a fair-use plan for a shared resource

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Trade and choicesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain production consumption and exchange
   • Use opportunity cost in a simple decision
   • Compare a claim in an advertisement with supporting facts

   Planned application: Plan a fictional community event within a budget

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Historical and geographic inquiryPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Ask a question answerable with supplied sources
   • Select evidence and acknowledge what is missing
   • Present a conclusion with a source list

   Planned application: Create a small comparative community exhibition

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 10–11

1. 1Patterns on EarthPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Interpret population and physical maps together
   • Explain how climate and resources influence activity
   • Compare regions without treating borders as cultural uniformity

   Planned application: Create a regional comparison using maps and evidence

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Civilisations in contextPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Place selected societies on a shared timeline
   • Compare evidence about government technology and daily life
   • Recognise both achievements and unequal experiences

   Planned application: Produce a balanced two-society comparison from curated sources

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Movement and encounterPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish voluntary movement from forced displacement
   • Explain how trade routes connected communities
   • Compare perspectives on an encounter

   Planned application: Map a historical exchange and include more than one viewpoint

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Citizenship and institutionsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain how institutions organise shared services
   • Compare rights and responsibilities across fictional cases
   • Use evidence to debate a community choice

   Planned application: Prepare a reasoned proposal for a fictional council

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Economies and sustainabilityPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain a supply chain and its dependencies
   • Compare resource choices using benefits and harms
   • Distinguish a short-term saving from a longer-term cost

   Planned application: Evaluate two fictional product designs

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Investigating a world questionPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Frame a question with geographic and historical dimensions
   • Evaluate source relevance and reliability
   • Present a qualified answer with evidence

   Planned application: Create a short inquiry report on a curated global topic

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 11–12

1. 1Thinking geographically and historicallyPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Use scale chronology and source provenance
   • Distinguish description inference and explanation
   • Identify a question that needs more than one source

   Planned application: Investigate a supplied place-change case

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Ancient worlds in comparisonPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Compare evidence from Africa Asia and the Americas
   • Explain how environment and institutions interacted
   • Avoid treating one society as the universal model

   Planned application: Create a multi-region evidence-based museum display

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Networks and migrationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Trace exchange across selected land and sea routes
   • Distinguish causes and consequences of migration
   • Explain how contact can involve cooperation and coercion

   Planned application: Build a route map with contrasting source perspectives

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Power rules and participationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Compare forms of decision-making without a country-ranking exercise
   • Explain accountability with a fictional example
   • Evaluate whose voice is missing from a decision

   Planned application: Design a more inclusive fictional consultation

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Resources and developmentPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Interpret a simple resource and population dataset
   • Explain why one indicator cannot describe wellbeing fully
   • Evaluate a development proposal using trade-offs

   Planned application: Write an evidence-led recommendation for an imaginary town

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Inquiry and responsible communicationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Cross-check an online historical or geographic claim
   • Separate evidence from persuasive presentation
   • Communicate uncertainty and cite sources

   Planned application: Produce a source-checked world-issue briefing

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 12–13

1. 1Evidence and interpretationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain how context affects a source meaning
   • Compare primary and secondary sources without ranking by label alone
   • Build a causal explanation with more than one factor

   Planned application: Write a short investigation using a conflicting-source pack

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Connected medieval worldsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Locate selected African Asian European and American societies in time
   • Compare trade knowledge and everyday life across cases
   • Evaluate a generalisation against counterexamples

   Planned application: Create an interconnected-world timeline without a Europe-only frame

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Geography of populationsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Interpret population structure and movement data
   • Distinguish push and pull factors with limitations
   • Explain how urban growth changes demands on services

   Planned application: Propose a fictional city service plan using data

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Institutions and public choicesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Compare how rules are made and challenged
   • Distinguish a factual claim from a policy preference
   • Assess a proposal for representation and accountability

   Planned application: Run an evidence-based fictional public hearing

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Markets work and interdependencePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain incentives and constraints in a simple market
   • Trace consequences of a supply disruption
   • Compare economic measures without equating income with all wellbeing

   Planned application: Analyse a fictional supply-chain shock

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Environment and societyPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain different stakeholder interests in a resource issue
   • Evaluate evidence for two possible actions
   • Propose a feasible response with a stated limitation

   Planned application: Prepare a balanced resource-management briefing

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 13–14

1. 1Historical reasoningPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Distinguish chronology from causation
   • Evaluate continuity and change over a defined period
   • Compare interpretations using provenance and evidence

   Planned application: Write a qualified explanation of a supplied historical change

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Exchange empire and resistancePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Trace selected early-modern exchanges across regions
   • Explain coercion resistance and unequal power using age-appropriate sources
   • Compare affected groups rather than presenting one viewpoint

   Planned application: Create a multi-perspective exhibition with content notes

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Industry cities and changePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain links between technology work and urbanisation
   • Compare benefits and harms for different groups
   • Use maps and data to investigate an industrial change

   Planned application: Produce a sourced city-change case study

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4Rights media and participationPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Compare a right in principle with its implementation in cases
   • Analyse how media framing influences a public issue
   • Evaluate a civic proposal without party-political persuasion

   Planned application: Prepare a neutral information guide for a fictional community

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Global economic choicesPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain specialisation trade and interdependence
   • Compare costs shifted onto different groups
   • Interpret development data with attention to missing information

   Planned application: Evaluate two fictional investment options for a community

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6World issue inquiryPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Frame a question that can be answered with available evidence
   • Compare sources with conflicting claims
   • Defend a recommendation and acknowledge uncertainty

   Planned application: Complete a geographic and historical inquiry portfolio

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

Suggested ages 14–15 · A transition level; Grade 9 is high school in some systems.

1. 1Methods and contested evidencePlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Evaluate reliability relevance and representativeness separately
   • Distinguish a justified interpretation from misinformation
   • Explain the limits of a causal claim

   Planned application: Build a transparent evidence dossier

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

2. 2Modern transformationsPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Compare selected revolutions reforms and industrial changes
   • Analyse multiple causes and uneven consequences
   • Situate a regional case within wider connections

   Planned application: Write a comparative change-and-continuity study

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

3. 3Conflict cooperation and memoryPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain how competing interests can lead to conflict
   • Compare civilian experiences through age-appropriate sources
   • Analyse remembrance without assuming one account is complete

   Planned application: Create a balanced historical interpretation with safeguarding notes

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

4. 4People places and sustainabilityPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Analyse interactions among climate settlement and resources
   • Evaluate geographic risk without confusing exposure and hazard
   • Compare policy options using evidence and uncertainty

   Planned application: Design a resilience proposal for a fictional region

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

5. 5Economics governance and mediaPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Explain incentives institutions and external effects in simple cases
   • Evaluate a quantitative public claim and its source
   • Compare proposals against explicit criteria

   Planned application: Write a nonpartisan decision brief with trade-offs

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.

6. 6Independent global inquiryPlanned＋

   Learning goals

   • Define a manageable research question
   • Synthesise historical geographic and civic evidence
   • Present a defensible conclusion and a limitation

   Planned application: Complete a capstone report with a source audit and oral defence

   This is a curriculum outline, not a released video or activity.