Year 10 Subject Guide 2020

Structure Semester 1

Semester 2

Environmental change and management

Geographies of human wellbeing

Environmental change and human wellbeing  Geography’s contribution  The environment: life’s support system  Towards a sustainable future  World population growth  Pollution  Land degradation  Exploited oceans  Habitat loss  Our warming planet  Human environments  Environmental worldviews  Human wellbeing  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: environmental management  Global citizenship Case study of environmental change and management Human management of rivers – The Murray Darling Basin, The Aswan Dam and The Three Gorges Dam.  Managing water resources sustainably. In the field • Field investigation of the impact of river management on the Nerang River. Inland Water 

Human wellbeing 

Development and human wellbeing Measuring and mapping human wellbeing

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Changes in spatial wellbeing

 Causes of spatial wellbeing: external factors  India’s colonial legacy  Causes of spatial inequality  India’s booming population  India’s caste system

Issues in human wellbeing 

Human wellbeing: the issues NGOs: making a difference Access to water in India

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Access to sanitation, Mumbai, India

Child exploitation in India

India’s squatter settlements and slums

Human wellbeing: India 

An emerging economic giant Patterns of human wellbeing Contrasts in human wellbeing Enhancing human wellbeing World Vision: making a difference

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Assessment In Year 10 Geography students complete four summative assessments. Summative assessments Semester 1

Criteria Assessed

Criteria Assessed

Semester 2

Stimulus paper

A, C

Essay

B, C, D

Field study report

A, B, C, D

Exam

A, C, D

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