7 Geography

Key inquiry questions in 7 Geography

 How do people’s reliance on places and environments influence their perception of them?

• What effect does the uneven distribution of resources and services have on the lives of people?

• What approaches can be used to improve the availability of resources and access to services?

Topic 1: Geography skills - 2 weeks

• Asking geographic questions

• Using keywords to describe the physical and human environment

• The key components required to read and make a map

• Location and direction with bearings and coordinates

 Topic 2: Place and liveability

Place and liveability’ examines the concept of place through an investigation of liveability. Students evaluate the liveability of their own place and investigate whether it can be improved through planning. The liveability of places is investigated using studies drawn from Australia and Europe.

Liveability - 7 weeks

Factors that influence liveability and how it is perceived

Services and facilities needed to support and enhance our lives.

How spaces are planned and managed by people.

• indicators used to measure global inequality

• global patterns of inequality

• global economic power structures, multinational companies, and corporate responsibility

• government, non-government organisation (NGO), community, and corporate responses to global inequality.

• access to health care, education and family planning

Topic 3: Water in the world

Water in the world focuses on water as an example of a renewable environmental resource

Water - 4 weeks

• The many uses of water

• The ways it is perceived and valued, its different forms as a resource

• The ways it connects places as it moves through the environment

• The changes in availability and the effect of its scarcity.

Wetlands - 3 weeks

Wetlands are areas of permanent or periodic/intermittent inundation (ephemeral qualities). This means that the land is regularly water-logged for a short period of time or even permanently.

• The human and natural benefits of wetlands

• How wetlands 'clean the river'

• Conserving and restoring wetlands

The Big Humanities Project - 2 weeks