Geography 7-10 / Year 10 / Knowledge and understanding / Geographies of human wellbeing

Curriculum content descriptions

the methods used to measure spatial variations in human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to determine differences between places at the global scale (AC9HG10K05)

Elaborations
  • identifying the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2015–2030 relevant to human wellbeing
  • comparing different measurements of human wellbeing (for example, comparing rankings of selected indicators such as Gross Domestic Product [GDP], Human Development Index [HDI] and Physical Quality of Life Index [PQLI] for Australia, India and a country in the Pacific) and explaining trends in the different measurements
  • interpreting and explaining trends in human wellbeing in a developed country and a developing country over time; for example, Australia compared with a country in Asia or the Pacific
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
ScOT terms

Wellbeing,  Human settlements,  Social indicators

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