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

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 Intercultural Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

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

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