Geography / Year 7 / Geographical Knowledge and Understanding / Unit 2: Place and liveability

Curriculum content descriptions

Factors that influence the decisions people make about where to live and their perceptions of the liveability of places (ACHGK043)

Elaborations
  • investigating their and others’ interpretations of the concept of liveability and choices about where to live (for example, connections to cultural groups, adolescent ‘bright lights’ attraction, retiree tree change and families with children locating near schools, and other facilities)
  • discussing the concept of liveability and the ways it is measured and comparing objective measures such as transportation infrastructure with subjective measures such as peoples perceptions
  • comparing student access to and use of places and spaces in their local area and evaluating how this affects perceptions of liveability
  • discussing that many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples choose to live on their Country/Place or might prefer to if they had the choice
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Attitudes,  Decision making,  Human settlements,  Wellbeing

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