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Geography / Year 9 / Geographical Knowledge and Understanding / Unit 2: Geographies of interconnections

Curriculum content descriptions

The perceptions people have of place, and how these influence their connections to different places (ACHGK065)

Elaborations
  • comparing students perceptions and use of places and spaces in their local area, particularly at different times of day, between males and females, different age groups, people with and without disability, and people from diverse cultures including Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and reflecting on the differences
  • investigating how people in places in other countries perceive, use and are connected to their place and space
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Attitudes,  Communities,  Sense of place,  Cultural awareness

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