Year 7 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 7 curriculum for Geography: ‘Water in the world’ and ‘Place and liveability’. ‘Water in the world’ focuses on water as an example of a renewable environmental resource. This unit examines the many uses of water, …
Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 8 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 8 curriculum for Geography: ‘Landforms and landscapes’ and ‘Changing nations’. ‘Landforms and landscapes’ focuses on investigating geomorphology through a study of landscapes and their landforms. This unit examines …
Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 9 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 9 curriculum for Geography: ‘Biomes and food security’ and ‘Geographies of interconnections’. ‘Biomes and food security’ focuses on investigating the role of the biotic environment and its role in food and fibre …
Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Year 10 Geography
There are two units of study in the Year 10 curriculum for Geography: ‘Environmental change and management’ and ‘Geographies of human wellbeing’. ‘Environmental change and management’ focuses on investigating environmental geography through an in-depth …
Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Rationale Geography
In a world of increasing global integration and international mobility, it is critical to the wellbeing and sustainability of the environment and society that young Australians develop a holistic understanding of the world. This requires deep knowledge …
Rationale | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Aims Geography
The Australian Curriculum: Geography aims to ensure that students develop: a sense of wonder, curiosity and respect about places, people, cultures and environments throughout the world a deep geographical knowledge of their own locality, Australia, the …
Aims | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
Structure Geography
The Australian Curriculum: Geography is organised in two related strands: geographical knowledge and understanding, and geographical inquiry and skills. Geographical knowledge and understanding strand Geographical knowledge refers to the facts, generalisations, …
Structure | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
PDF documents Geography
Resources and support materials for the Australian Curriculum: Geography are available as PDF documents. Geography: Sequence of content 7-10 Geography: Sequence of achievement 7-10
PDF documents | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK039
The quantity and variability of Australia’s water resources compared with other continents
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ACHGK039 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK040
The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa
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ACHGK040 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK047
Strategies used to enhance the liveability of places, especially for young people, including examples from Australia and Europe
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ACHGK047 | Content Descriptions | Year 7 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK055
Differences in urban concentration and urban settlement patterns between Australia and the United States of America, and their causes and consequences
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ACHGK055 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK056
Reasons for, and effects of, internal migration in both Australia and China
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ACHGK056 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK058
Reasons for, and effects of, international migration in Australia
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ACHGK058 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK059
Management and planning of Australia’s urban future
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ACHGK059 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK062
Environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world
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ACHGK062 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK063
Challenges to food production, including land and water degradation, shortage of fresh water, competing land uses, and climate change, for Australia and other areas of the world
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ACHGK063 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK072
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ approaches to custodial responsibility and environmental management in different regions of Australia
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ACHGK072 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK080
Reasons for, and consequences of, spatial variations in human wellbeing in Australia at the local scale
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ACHGK080 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum
ACHGK081
The role of international and national government and non-government organisations' initiatives in improving human wellbeing in Australia and other countries
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ACHGK081 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Geography | Humanities and Social Sciences | F-10 curriculum