Identify curriculum Content descriptions to be taught General capabilities and crosscurriculum priorities Geographical Knowledge and Understanding Geographical Inquiry and Skills Collecting, recording, evaluating and The application of the general capabilities and The causes and consequences of , drawing on a study from Indonesia, or another country of the representing cross-curriculum priorities in this include may Asia include: Evaluate sources for their reliability and usefulness The differences in and urban settlement patterns and represent in a range of appropriate forms, Literacy between Australia and the United States of for example, graphs, compound column graphs, Use geographical terminology to explain the America, and their causes and consequences population pyramids, tables, field sketches and causes and consequences of urbanisation annotated diagrams, with and without the use of The reasons for and effects of in Australia Numeracy digital and The reasons for and effects of in China Interpret population pyramids to identify Represent the of different types of geographical The reasons for and effects of international demographic trends phenomena by constructing appropriate maps at migration in Australia ICT capability different scales that conform to cartographic The management and planning of urban Australia’s Use spatial technologies to explore the conventions, using as appropriate future population distributions of urban centres in Interpreting, analysing and concluding Australia Analyse geographical and other information using Critical and creative thinking qualitative and , and digital and as appropriate, Evaluate data and information gathered from to identify and propose explanations for spatial sources for reliability and bias distributions, patterns and and infer relationships Personal and social capability Apply geographical concepts to draw conclusions Collaborate to develop a management plan for based on the analysis of the and information urban centres. Australia’s collected Ethical understanding Communicating Reflect on personal values and attitudes Present findings, arguments and ideas in a range of towards international migration communication forms selected to suit a Intercultural understanding particular audience and purpose, using Investigate why international migrants settle in geographical terminology and digital Australia technologies as appropriate
Identify curriculum Content descriptions to be taught General capabilities and crosscurriculum priorities Geographical Knowledge and Understanding Geographical Inquiry and Skills The causes and consequences of , drawing on a study from Indonesia, or another country of the Asia The differences in and urban settlement patterns between Australia and the United States of America, and their causes and consequences The reasons for and effects of in Australia The reasons for and effects of in China The reasons for and effects of international migration in Australia The management and planning of Australia’s urban future Collecting, recording, evaluating and representing Evaluate sources for their reliability and usefulness and represent in a range of appropriate forms, for example, graphs, compound column graphs, population pyramids, tables, field sketches and annotated diagrams, with and without the use of digital and Represent the of different types of geographical phenomena by constructing appropriate maps at different scales that conform to cartographic conventions, using as appropriate Interpreting, analysing and concluding Analyse geographical and other information using qualitative and , and digital and as appropriate, to identify and propose explanations for spatial distributions, patterns and and infer relationships Apply geographical concepts to draw conclusions based on the analysis of the and information collected Communicating Present findings, arguments and ideas in a range of communication forms selected to suit a particular audience and purpose, using geographical terminology and digital technologies as appropriate The application of the general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities in this include may include: Literacy Use geographical terminology to explain the causes and consequences of urbanisation Numeracy Interpret population pyramids to identify demographic trends ICT capability Use spatial technologies to explore the population distributions of urban centres in Australia Critical and creative thinking Evaluate data and information gathered from sources for reliability and bias Personal and social capability Collaborate to develop a management plan for Australia’s urban centres. Ethical understanding Reflect on personal values and attitudes towards international migration Intercultural understanding Investigate why international migrants settle in Australia
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