Year 10 – Geography

Level: Year 10
Prerequisites: None
Assumed knowledge: None

Course Summary:

Geography is a course that is so much more than capital cities and naming flags, although knowing these are useful things. Geography is a subject designed to inspire curiosity and wonder about the diversity of the world’s places, peoples, cultures and environments. Geography enables students to question why the world is the way it is, and reflect on their relationships with and responsibilities for that world. This course involves two units, on Environmental and then Human Geography.

Course content:

Semester 1:

  • Coastal Management
  • Human Well-being

Assessments:

  • Skills and applications tasks
    • Inquiry tasks
    • Tests
    • Bookwork
    • Reflections
  • Field work