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JC Geography CBAs: Running Geography in the News and My Geography

Plan, support and judge the Junior Cycle geography CBAs: Geography in the News and My Geography.

2 hours
4 short lessons
Online, at your own pace
Certificate

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About this course

A two-hour course for Junior Cycle geography teachers on the two CBAs. In 2026/27, third years complete at least one CBA, your school decides on one or two, and there is no Assessment Task. It shows what the three weeks of Geography in the News and My Geography look like in a real class, pair and group work included, and the help the NCCA guidelines allow so the work stays the student's own. You judge a sample against the Features of Quality and prepare for the SLAR meeting. Every template is yours to download and adapt.

What you will be able to do

By the end you will be able to plan both geography CBAs back from your SLAR date, agree each student's news event or local topic, help students go beyond their first source and gather data of their own, judge a sample on balance against the Features of Quality, and bring your samples to the SLAR meeting ready.

What's in the course

4 lessons, about 30 minutes each. Take them in order, whenever suits you.

How the geography CBAs run now, how to run each inquiry with a whole class, and how to judge the work and take it to SLAR.

1 The Geography CBAs as They Run Now Free preview 30 min
2 Running Geography in the News 30 min
3 Running My Geography 30 min
4 Judging the Work and Getting SLAR Right 30 min

What you get

A certificateFor 2 hours of professional learning, when you finish.

Your own portfolioEverything you write in the course collects in one place to keep.

Templates to adaptEvery template in the course is yours to download and adapt.

Try it firstOpen the whole first lesson free, before you enrol.