Year 9 mandatory geography
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Stage5 Geography moves from a global to a domestic focus. Students are looking closely at the geographical nature of the Australian Landscape investigating the difference sin physical and cultural aspects of this continent we call home. They learn about the huge diversity found in the continent, the causes and effect of this diversity. They also have the opportunity to investigate aspects of the continent in detail.
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Investigating Australia’s Physical Environments
Focus: The unique characteristics of Australia’s physical environments and the responses of people to the challenges they present.
This unit allows students to investigate the wide variety of physical environments and the impact they have had on the development of the Nation of Australia, and how these environments continue to impact on settlers
Learn aboutThe Australian continent
- Australia’s geographical dimensions:
relative size and shape
latitude and longitude
- the origins of the continent:
- patterns of:
Focus: The unique characteristics of Australia’s physical environments and the responses of people to the challenges they present.
This unit allows students to investigate the wide variety of physical environments and the impact they have had on the development of the Nation of Australia, and how these environments continue to impact on settlers
Learn aboutThe Australian continent
- Australia’s geographical dimensions:
relative size and shape
latitude and longitude
- the origins of the continent:
- Aboriginal perspective
- geographical perspective
- patterns of:
- climate
- weather
- natural
resources - vegetation
- - unique flora and fauna
At least ONE Australian natural hazard bushfires tropical
cyclones, droughts storms, earthquakes floods
- the nature of the natural hazard in Australia
- the geographical processes involved
- the impacts of the natural hazard:
economic - environmental
- social
- the responsibility and responses of individuals, groups and various levels of government to the impact of the natural hazard
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Changing Australian Communities
Focus: Ways in which communities in Australia are responding to change
- 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.
Human characteristics that make Australia unique
§ demographic characteristics: - age structure
- distribution
- ethnic composition
- gender
- growth rate
- population size
§ describe past and current population patterns in Australia
§ describe trends in Australia’sdemographic characteristics, incorporating the use of graphs and statistics
§ explain how Australia’s changing demographic characteristics are influencing the nature and identity of Australian society
Types of communities
§ types of communities in Australia including indigenous communities
§ differences within and between Australian communitie
§ identify a range of Australian communities based on shared space and/or social organisation
Factors causing change in Australian communities
§ Factors causing change including an overview of:
§ changing nature and patterns of work
§ cultural integration
§ demographic change
§ globalisation of economic activity
§ lifestyle expectations
§new technologies
§ recognition of native title
§ resource depletion
§ describe the factors causing change in Australian communitie
At least ONE Australian community:
§ factors that contribute to the community’s sense of identity
§ factors causing change in the community
§ individuals, groups and levels of government involved in the process of change
§ community responses to change
§ purpose, structure and actions of community groups responding to change
§ define the community in terms of its shared space and/or social organization
§ describe the factors causing change and the impacts of change on the community
§ analyse the strategies and actions of individuals, groups and different levels of government in responding to change
§ explain the impacts of change on the community identify a community group and describe how it responds to change