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• Geography: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, the curriculum continues to develop students’ mental map of the world and their understanding of place through examining the major characteristics of Australia, Australia's neighbouring countries and Africa and South America. The concept of place is developed by examining...

  Level description | The Humanities | Geography

• VCHHK156

  Continuity and change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in securing and achieving civil rights and freedoms in Australia

  Elaborations

  • identifying areas, for example, education, health, work, that are the focus for continued civil rights action for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
  • investigating the legacy of children’s experiences in ‘care’ including their placement in orphanages, children’s homes, foster care and other forms of out-of-home care, and the significance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990)

  VCHHK156 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The modern world and Australia | Rights and freedoms (1945 – the present)

• VCCCC037

  Discuss how and why groups, including religious groups, participate in civic life

  Elaborations

  • researching the work of a non-government organisation (NGO), philanthropist or community group, and how and why they contribute to the Australian community
  • investigating the concept of 'the common good' using examples of how religious groups participate to foster interfaith understanding or social justice

  VCCCC037 | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship | Levels 9 and 10 | Citizenship, Diversity and Identity

• VCGGK148

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ approaches to custodial responsibility and environmental management in different regions of Australia

  Elaborations

  • researching the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in environmental management
  • explaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander models of sustainability that contribute to broader conservation practices
  • discussing why land management agencies are working with Traditional Owners to manage environmental change and challenges

  VCGGK148 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Environmental change and management

• VCGGK123

  The causes and consequences of urban concentration and urban settlement patterns between Australia and the United States of America and reasons for these similarities and differences

  Elaborations

  • researching the causes of urban concentration in Australia and the United States of America. For example, the history of European settlement, migration, the export orientation of the economy, the centralisation of state governments, environmental constraints and the shape of transportation networks
  • applying the concept of place to explain why urbanisation produces different spatial outcomes in different countries

  VCGGK123 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Knowledge | Changing nations

• VCHHC068

  Describe perspectives of people from the past

  Elaborations

  • creating and editing a presentation to record and explain the past using, for example, text, images and sounds
  • recounting the experiences of an individual based on researched facts, for example, a biography, diary or journal of a navigator or convict on the First Fleet
  • creating charts, pictorial stories, maps, digital and oral presentations to explain the past

  VCHHC068 | The Humanities | History | Levels 3 and 4 | Historical Concepts and Skills | Historical sources as evidence

• Geography: Levels 7 and 8 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 8, students explain processes that influence the characteristics of places. They identify, analyse and explain interconnections and spatial characteristics and identity and explain their implications.

  They compare strategies for a geographical challenge, taking into account...

  Level description | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8

• Civics and Citizenship: Levels 5 and 6 description

  The Level 5 and 6 curriculum introduces students to the key values of Australia’s liberal democratic system of government and the key institutions of Australia’s democratic government, including state/territory and federal parliaments, and the court system. Students learn about representative...

  Level description | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship

• VCCCG019

  Discuss the freedoms that enable active participation in Australia's democracy within the bounds of law, including freedom of speech, association, assembly, religion and movement

  Elaborations

  • explaining how each freedom supports active participation in Australia's democracy and discussing how and why the 'bounds of law' can limit these freedoms
  • considering the circumstances that can lead to dissent in a democracy

  VCCCG019 | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship | Levels 7 and 8 | Government and Democracy

• VCEBE019

  Identify relationships and trends, and generate a range of alternatives for an economic or business issue or event, evaluating the potential costs and benefits of each alternative and the consequences of proposed actions

  Elaborations

  • interpreting tables, charts and graphs containing economic or business data to identify trends and using the data to make predictions about future trends, for example, trends in online shopping
  • examining the trade-offs involved in making choices
  • investigating how businesses identify opportunities in the market
  • undertaking a cost-benefit analysis of alternatives proposed and making a decision about which one to recommend
  • discussing the consequences of an economic or business decision, and reflecting on whether this was the ‘best’ decision and what might be the effect of alternative actions
  • developing skills to contest and debate ideas and to express opinions on economics and business issues that interest and/or affect them or society

  VCEBE019 | The Humanities | Economics and Business | Levels 7 and 8 | Economic and Business Reasoning and Interpretation

• VCGGK133

  Distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, soils, vegetation and productivity

  Elaborations

  • identifying and describing the major aquatic and terrestrial biomes of Australia and the world, and their spatial distribution
  • examining the influence of climate on biomass production (as measured by net primary productivity) in different biomes

  VCGGK133 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Knowledge | Biomes and food security

• VCGGK117

  Geomorphic processes that produce landforms, including a case study of at least one landform

  Elaborations

  • describing the influence of folding, faulting or volcanism on a chosen landform
  • contrasting the effects of geomorphic processes that lower the land surface (weathering and erosion) and those that raise the land surface (transportation and deposition)

  VCGGK117 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 7 and 8 | Geographical Knowledge | Landforms and landscapes

• VCGGC130

  Collect and record relevant geographical data and information, using ethical protocols, from reliable and useful primary and secondary sources

  Elaborations

  • gathering relevant data about challenges to food production or the effects of people’s travel, recreational, cultural or leisure choices on places from a range of primary sources such as from observation and annotated field sketches, conducting surveys and interviews and experiments, or taking photographs
  • collecting geographical information from secondary sources. For example, topographic, thematic, choropleth, and weather maps, climate graphs, compound column graphs and population pyramids, scatter plots, tables, satellite images and aerial photographs, reports, census data and the media
  • collecting quantitative and qualitative data using ethical research methods, including the use of protocols for consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
  • evaluating the reliability and usefulness of data and information by considering how and when it was collected, by whom and for what purpose, and comparing this to the purpose of the research

  VCGGC130 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Data and information

• VCCCL013

  Explain how and why laws are enforced and describe the roles and responsibilities of key personnel in law enforcement, and in the legal system

  Elaborations

  • identifying different types of laws in our community and explaining who enforces them (road laws – police; health laws – public health department; pollution laws – environmental protection officer)
  • investigating how laws protect human rights, for example sex, disability, race and age discrimination law
  • identifying and researching the different people associated with law enforcement (such as quarantine and customs officials, and police) and the legal system (such as judges and lawyers)

  VCCCL013 | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship | Levels 5 and 6 | Laws and Citizens

• VCCCL032

  Explain how Australia’s international legal obligations shape Australian law and government policies, including in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  Elaborations

  • listing some of the international agreements Australia has ratified and identifying examples of how each one might shape government policies and laws, for example the protection of World Heritage areas
  • researching the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  • identifying how international conventions and declarations have shaped Australian government policies with regard to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  VCCCL032 | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship | Levels 9 and 10 | Laws and Citizens

• VCGGC127

  Predict changes in the characteristics of places over time and identify the possible implications of change for the future

  Elaborations

  • researching the potential of agricultural production in northern Australia
  • discussing the effects of people's cultural and leisure choices on towns and cities or heritage areas. For example, predicting how changing choices may affect these and other places in the future
  • evaluating the effects of international demand for food products on biodiversity throughout the world, in the places of their production
  • identifying trends in human wellbeing in countries over time

  VCGGC127 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 9 and 10 | Geographical Concepts and Skills | Place, space and interconnection

• VCGGK077

  Location of major countries of Africa and South America in relation to Australia and their major characteristics including the types of vegetation and native animals in at least two countries for both continents

  Elaborations

  • using geographical tools, such as a globe, a wall map or electronic atlas, to identify the major countries of Africa and South America and their relative locations
  • using a globe to investigate the Great Circle routes of aeroplane travel between Australia and the major countries of Africa and South America
  • researching the main types of natural vegetation and native animals in a climate zone in Australia and comparing them with those found in a similar climate in Africa or South America
  • using a printed or electronic atlas to identify the main characteristics of the continents of Africa and South America

  VCGGK077 | The Humanities | Geography | Levels 3 and 4 | Geographical Knowledge | Diversity and significance of places and environments

• VCCCG028

  Discuss the role of political parties and independent representatives in Australia’s system of government, including the formation of governments, and explain the process through which government policy is shaped and developed

  Elaborations

  • investigating how the contemporary party system operates in Australia’s liberal democracy and how governments are formed in parliament
  • discussing the meaning of key concepts such as parliamentary majority, the opposition, hung parliament, minority government, party platform, and mandate
  • investigating the role of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the bureaucracy and the parliament in policy-making
  • discussing the development of government policy such as health, education, disability

  VCCCG028 | The Humanities | Civics and Citizenship | Levels 9 and 10 | Government and Democracy

• The Humanities | Geography: Rationale and Aims

  The VCAA has published the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0. To view the curriculum, familiarisation resources and support material, go to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 website.
  
  Go to the VCAA website to explore the timeline for familiarisation and implementation of...

  Overview material | Geography

• VCHHK139

  Causes of World War I, the reasons why men enlisted to go to war, and how women contributed in the war effort

  Elaborations

  • creating a concept map to analyse the causes of World War I
  • investigating the rise of nationalist sentiment as well as the values and attitudes towards war in the period 1750–1918, for example idealistic notions of war or sense of adventure

  VCHHK139 | The Humanities | History | Levels 9 and 10 | Historical Knowledge | The modern world and Australia | Australia at war (1914 – 1945): World War I