Geography Domain

This Geography Domain page contains links to:

Victorian Essential Learning Standards
Geography-related learning and teaching support materials such as web sites, publications and other online resources
Geography assessment maps and sample tasks
Professional learning support including links to Geography teachers’ associations
Current research in the area of geography education.

Victorian Essential Learning Standards

Level 3 Humanities

Students in a library

At Level 3, basic concepts related to History, Geography and Economics are included under the general umbrella of ‘The Humanities’.

Introduction, learning focus statements - Levels 1-3 and standards for the Humanities – Level 3 - Provides the introduction, learning focus statement, standards and description of the overall structure of the Humanities.

Standards and progression points for the Humanities - Level 3 - Lists the Standards and progression points for the Humanities at Level 3.

Level 4 - 6 Geography

Learning Focus statements and Standards for Geography are introduced at Level 4.

Student reading geography text book

Introduction, learning focus statements and standards for the Humanities - Geography Levels 4-6 - Provides the introduction, learning focus statement and structure of Geography (Levels 4–6).

Standards and progression points for Geography - Levels 4-6 - lists the standards and progression points for the Geography domain for Levels 4, 5, 6 and beyond.

Relationships with other Domains - focuses on the relationships between the domains to provide students with multi domain learning opportunities that will help support their deeper understanding of the essential knowledge and skills.