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"Implementation from 2020: Geography Elective Years 7-10 Syllabus (2016): 2019: Continue teaching Geography Elective Years 7-10; Geography Elective Years 7-10 Syllabus (2019): 2019: Familiarisation and planning; 2020: Start teaching 100-hour or 200-hour elective courses in Years 7 to 10; Note: There is no optional implementation year; the only students studying the 2016 syllabus in 2020 are those who commenced the 200-hour course in 2019." -- (NSW Education Standards Authority)
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"In the Australian Curriculum, the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area comprises five subjects: F–6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences, and Years 7–10 History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business. [...] In these years, students are introduced to history and geography from Foundation Year, civics and citizenship in Year 3 and economics and business in Year 5. In Years 7-10, the curriculum is organised by subject. In Years 9 and 10, student access to Geography, Civics and citizenship and Economics and Business will be determined by school authorities or individual school." -- (Page 7)
"In the Australian Curriculum, the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area comprises five subjects: F-6/7 Humanities and Social Sciences, and Years 7-10 History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business. [...] In these years, students are introduced to history and geography from Foundation Year, civics and citizenship in Year 3 and economics and business in Year 5. In Years 7-10, the curriculum is organised by subject. In Years 9 and 10, student access to Geography, Civics and Citizenship and Economics and Business will be determined by school authorities or individual school." -- (Page 7)
"The humanities and social sciences are the study of human behaviour and interaction in social, cultural, environmental, economic and political contexts. The humanities and social sciences have a historical and contemporary focus, from personal to global contexts, and consider challenges for the future. In the Australian Curriculum, the Humanities and Social Sciences learning area includes a study of history, geography, civics and citizenship and economics and business." -- (Introduction)
"This document contains Material prepared by the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW for and on behalf of the State of New South Wales." -- (Back of title page)