Mandatory Geography Year 10
Students in Stage 5 have opportunities to develop knowledge and understanding of:
· a sense of place about Australian environments
· the processes that form and transform Australian environments
· the interrelationships between people and Australian environments
· the physical and human elements of Australian environments
· the location of Australian environments
· environmental management, biodiversity and ecological sustainability
· the responsibilities and responses of individuals, groups and different levels of government to issues in the environment
· informed and active citizenship in relation to Australian environments.
· a sense of place about Australian environments
· the processes that form and transform Australian environments
· the interrelationships between people and Australian environments
· the physical and human elements of Australian environments
· the location of Australian environments
· environmental management, biodiversity and ecological sustainability
· the responsibilities and responses of individuals, groups and different levels of government to issues in the environment
· informed and active citizenship in relation to Australian environments.
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Managing Australian Environments
Focus: Ways in which geographical understanding contributes to the sustainable management of issues affecting the Australian environment. Thes include Land and Water Management, Waste Management, Coastal Living, Air Quality , Urban Growth and Decline, Spatial Inequality
Focus: Ways in which geographical understanding contributes to the sustainable management of issues affecting the Australian environment. Thes include Land and Water Management, Waste Management, Coastal Living, Air Quality , Urban Growth and Decline, Spatial Inequality
Issue 1 Air Quality OR Coastal Living
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Issue 2:Urban Growth and Decline
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Australia in Its Regional and Global Contexts
Focus: Australia in its regional and global contexts and the roles of individuals and groups in planning for a better future.
Focus: Australia in its regional and global contexts and the roles of individuals and groups in planning for a better future.
The place of Australia in the world
• Australia’s location in relation to its near neighbours and their territorial boundaries • Locate Australia in the Asia–Pacific region and the world Australia’s regional and global links • The ways Australia interacts with other nations including: – Aid – Communication – Culture – Defence – Migration – Tourism – Trade – Sport • Collect data to identify and locate nations with which Australia has regional and global links and describe the nature of the links • Communicate findings that demonstrate Australia’s links in its regional and global context ONE to be investigated in depth |
Human rights and reconciliation
Future challenges for Australia in relation to: § Human rights § Reconciliation § How other nations have responded to these challenges § Strategies to address the challenges § Identify human rights agreements § Describe responses of individuals, groups and governments in Australia to these challenges § Compare the responses of Australia and other nations to the challenges § Recognise implications for the international community § Suggest strategies Australia can adopt to address the challenges better in the future |