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

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Curriculum content descriptions

reasons for, and consequences of, spatial variations in human wellbeing in Australia, including for First Nations Australians (AC9HG10K07)

Elaborations

explaining the environmental factors (access to resources – fossil fuels, water, fertile soils), the social factors (adequate food, health and education services), the economic factors (employment, income) and the technological factors (information and communications technology) that influence human wellbeing and development between and within countries
interpreting and analysing similarities, differences, patterns and trends in human wellbeing data for communities of First Nations Australians compared to non-Indigenous Australians, and explaining the links between human wellbeing and Closing the Gap initiatives
explaining how a person’s wellbeing is influenced by where they live, with reference to interconnections of environmental, economic, social and technological factors in at least 2 different places in Australia, such as urban and remote places

General capabilities

Intercultural Understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities

ScOT terms

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Wellbeing, Communities, Social indicators, Australia

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Radio National: Indigenous perspective on sustainability

TLF-IDM017255

Find out about some Indigenous sustainability practices and perspectives on land management in this audio interview with a spokesperson from the 2007 Caring for Country conference. Listen as he explains how traditional knowledge of the land and cultural significance guide Aboriginal environmental sustainability. Also discover ...

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