AC9HG10K06 Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG10K06 – Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences: Geographies of human wellbeing

Strand

Knowledge and understanding

Substrand

Geographies of human wellbeing

This Content Descriptor from Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

reasons for, and consequences of, spatial variations in human wellbeing at a regional and national scale, drawing on studies such as from within India or another country in Asia

Elaborations

• interpreting and analysing measures of human wellbeing, and identifying and describing the causes and consequences of inequality
• identifying and describing the economic, social, technological, political or environmental causes of variations in human wellbeing within India or another country compared to Australia
• interpreting and analysing spatial data on human wellbeing in India or another country in Asia to identify the regions with high and low levels of human wellbeing, explaining similarities and differences; for example, rural Rajasthan compared to urban Mumbai
• interpreting and analysing measures of human wellbeing, such as the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), Press Freedom Index (PFI) and Fragile States Index (FSI), and making inferences about the level of wellbeing at different scales; for example, for child labour and child slaves at the local scale or for Syria or Afghanistan at the national scale

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 10 ASHASGEOY10

Year 10 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard

By the end of Year 10, students explain how the interactions of people and environmental processes at different scales change the characteristics of places. They explain the effects of human activity on environments, and the effect of environments on human activity, over time. They evaluate the implications of a distribution. They evaluate the extent of interconnections occurring between people and places and environments. They analyse changes that result from these interconnections and their consequences. Students evaluate strategies to address a geographical phenomenon or challenge using environmental, social and economic criteria. Students develop a range of relevant questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge. They collect, represent and compare relevant and reliable geographical data and information by using a range of primary research methods and secondary research materials, using appropriate formats. They interpret and analyse data and information to make generalisations and predictions, explain significant patterns and trends, and infer relationships. They draw evidence-based conclusions, based on relevant data and information, about the impact of the geographical phenomenon or challenge. They develop and evaluate strategies using criteria, recommend a strategy and explain the predicted impacts. Students use geographical knowledge, concepts, terms and digital tools as appropriate to develop descriptions, explanations and responses that synthesise research findings.