Geography Elective
Areas for Assessment
Research and communication
Geographical tools and skills
Geographical knowledge
Grade A
A student at this grade typically:
- displays sophisticated skills to select, gather and organise complex geographical information, and uses an extensive range of written, oral and graphic forms to communicate it effectively.
- demonstrates extensive skills to select and proficiently apply geographical tools appropriate to the spatial and ecological dimensions of their world.
- analyses features of local and world environments, and explains the geographical processes that form and transform them.
- analyses a wide range of contemporary events and issues and evaluates their impacts on communities at a range of scales.
- displays extensive knowledge of civics, and analyses links between civics and informed and active citizenship in relation to geographical issues at a range of scales.
Grade B
A student at this grade typically:
- displays high level skills to select, gather, organise and communicate complex geographical information in a broad range of written, oral and graphic forms.
- demonstrates high level skills to select and apply geographical tools appropriate to the spatial and ecological dimensions of their world.
- describes features of local and world environments, and accounts for the geographical processes that form and transform them.
- explains a range of contemporary events and issues and assesses their impacts on communities at a range of scales.
- displays thorough knowledge of civics, and explains links between civics and informed and active citizenship in relation to geographical issues.
Grade C
A student at this grade typically:
- displays sound skills to select, gather, organise and communicate geographical information using a range of written, oral and graphic forms.
- demonstrates sound skills to select and apply geographical tools appropriate to the spatial and ecological dimensions of their world.
- outlines features of local and world environments, and demonstrates some understanding of the geographical processes that form and transform them.
- describes contemporary events and issues and their impacts on communities.
- displays sound knowledge of civics, and describes links between civics and informed and active citizenship.
Grade D
A student at this grade typically:
- displays skills to select, gather, organise and communicate geographical information in written, oral and graphic forms.
- demonstrates limited skills to select and apply geographical tools appropriate to a range of spatial and ecological dimensions of their world.
- recognises local and world environments, and is aware of the geographical processes that form and transform them.
- recognises contemporary events and issues and some of their impacts on communities.
- displays basic knowledge of civics, and identifies links between civics and citizenship.
Grade E
A student at this grade typically:
- displays very limited skills to select, gather, organise and communicate geographical information.
- demonstrates very limited skills to select and apply geographical tools to some spatial and ecological dimensions of their world.
- identifies local and world environments and some geographical processes that form and transform them.
- identifies some contemporary events and issues and aspects of their impacts on communities.
- identifies some aspects of civics, and recognises some links between civics and citizenship.