Unit 4: Global transformations Geography
This unit focuses on the process of international integration (globalisation) as a conceptual ‘lens’ through which to investigate issues in human geography. In doing so, it integrates the sub disciplines of economic and cultural geography, and political …
Unit 4: Global transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 2: Sustainable places Geography
This unit examines the economic, social and environmental sustainability of places. While all places are subject to changes produced by economic, demographic, social, political and environmental processes, the outcomes of these processes vary depending …
Unit 2: Sustainable places | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of General capabilities Geography
The general capabilities encompass the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that, together with the Geography curriculum content and the cross-curriculum priorities, will help students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. The …
Representation of General capabilities | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 3: Land cover transformations Geography
This unit focuses on the changing biophysical cover of the earth’s surface, its impact on global climate and biodiversity, and the creation of anthropogenic biomes. In doing so, it examines the processes causing change in the earth’s land cover. These …
Unit 3: Land cover transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Rationale/Aims Geography
Rationale The study of Geography draws on students’ curiosity about the diversity of the world’s places and their peoples, cultures and environments. It enables students to appreciate the complexity of our world and the diversity of its environments, …
Rationale/Aims | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Structure of Geography Geography
Units In Senior Secondary Geography, students develop their understanding about themes of immediate relevance to them and which have scope for application at a variety of scales, from the local to the global. There are four units: Unit 1: Natural and …
Structure of Geography | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards Geography
Natural and ecological hazards represent potential sources of harm to human life, health, income and property, and may affect elements of the biophysical, managed and constructed elements of environments. This unit focuses on identifying risks and managing …
Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Links to Foundation to Year 10 Geography
The senior secondary Geography curriculum builds on the knowledge, conceptual understandings and inquiry skills developed in the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum: Geography. Through a carefully selected series of units and their associated …
Links to Foundation to Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE110
the spatial, economic, social and geopolitical consequences of these responses.
ACHGE110 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4: Global transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE118
the spatial, economic, social and geopolitical consequences of these responses.
ACHGE118 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4: Global transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities Geography
While the significance of the cross-curriculum priorities for Geography varies, there are opportunities for teachers to select contexts that incorporate the key concepts from each priority. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Students …
Representation of Cross-curriculum priorities | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE085
the selected program’s environmental, economic, and social benefits and costs
ACHGE085 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: Land cover transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE011
proposes individual and collective action, taking into account environmental, social and economic factors; and predicts the outcomes of the proposed action
ACHGE011 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE020
the environmental, economic and social impacts of the hazard in a developed country such as Australia compared with at least one developing country or region
ACHGE020 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE026
the environmental, economic and social impacts of the hazard in a developed country such as Australia compared with at least one developing country or region
ACHGE026 | Content Descriptions | Unit 1: Natural and ecological hazards | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE038
proposes individual and collective action, taking into account environmental, social and economic factors; and predicts the outcomes of the proposed action
ACHGE038 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2: Sustainable places | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE064
proposes individual and collective action taking into account environmental, social and economic factors; and predicts the outcomes of the proposed action
ACHGE064 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3: Land cover transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum
ACHGE098
proposes individual and collective action, taking into account environmental, social and economic factors; and predicts the outcomes of the proposed action
ACHGE098 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4: Global transformations | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum