Humanities and social sciences / Year 5 / Knowledge and Understanding / Geography

Curriculum content descriptions

The influence of people on the environmental characteristics of places in Europe and North America and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia (ACHASSK111)

Elaborations
  • using geographical tools (for example, a globe, wall map or digital application such as Google Earth) to identify the relative location of the major countries of Europe and North America and their environmental characteristics
  • using a printed or electronic atlas to identify the main characteristics of continents of Europe and North America
  • researching the changes made by people to a particular environment in a country in Europe and a country in North America
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
ScOT terms

Human impact,  Geographic location,  Europe,  North America

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