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AC9HG8S01: Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Content Descriptor – Questioning and researching using geographical methods
AC9HG8S01 Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences

AC9HG8S01 – Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences: Questioning and researching using geographical methods

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Questioning and researching using geographical methods

This Content Descriptor from Year 8 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

develop questions for a geographical inquiry related to a phenomenon or challenge

Elaborations

  • • developing questions to investigate why a geographical phenomenon has changed or why a challenge may arise; for example, “How does urban development affect the sustainability of wetlands?”, “Why is biodiversity declining in urban places?”
  • • planning an investigation of a geographical phenomenon or challenge being studied, at a range of scales using digital planning tools; for example, how geomorphological processes produce significant landforms at the local scale, or the causes and consequences of urbanisation at the national scale

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 8 ASHASGEOY8
Year 8 Humanities and Social Sciences Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 8, students explain how the interactions of people and environmental processes impact on the characteristics of places. They explain how the characteristics of places are perceived and valued differently by people. They describe the effects of human activity or hazards on environments. They explain the features of a distribution and identify implications. They explain the interconnections between people and places and environments. They explain how these interconnections change places or environments. Students explain responses or strategies to address a geographical phenomenon or challenge, referring to environmental, economic or social factors. Students develop relevant questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge. They collect, organise and represent relevant and reliable data and information using primary research methods and secondary research materials. They interpret and analyse data and information to explain patterns and trends and infer relationships. They draw reasoned conclusions about the impact of the geographical phenomenon or challenge. They decide on appropriate strategies for action and explain potential impacts. Students use geographical knowledge, methods, concepts, terms and reference findings from sources to create descriptions, explanations and responses.