Unit 4 Overview
Unit Description
In Unit 4, students develop an understanding of population change, movement and distribution over space and time, and how governments, organisations and individuals respond to the challenges posed by demographic change.
Through a geographic inquiry and a case study, students investigate, using demographic concepts and models, the key dynamics of populations and the impacts of demographic change on places of origin and destination at global, regional and local scales. Students propose action for sustainable management of a challenge posed by demographic change for a place in Australia.
The use of data and spatial and information and communication technologies is integral to this unit. It contributes to students’ development as global citizens who recognise the challenges of population change and implications for managing these changes.
The learning for this unit consists of two separate and interrelated topics. Each is of equal importance in providing students with the required knowledge and skills.
Through a geographic inquiry and a case study, students investigate, using demographic concepts and models, the key dynamics of populations and the impacts of demographic change on places of origin and destination at global, regional and local scales. Students propose action for sustainable management of a challenge posed by demographic change for a place in Australia.
The use of data and spatial and information and communication technologies is integral to this unit. It contributes to students’ development as global citizens who recognise the challenges of population change and implications for managing these changes.
The learning for this unit consists of two separate and interrelated topics. Each is of equal importance in providing students with the required knowledge and skills.
Unit Requirements
A minimum of two case studies must be conducted in this unit, with at least one case study for each topic. The case study for Topic 1: Population challenges in Australia must investigate a specific demographic challenge for a selected place in Australia at either a local or a regional scale.
Common formulas used to represent demographic change that are the focus of this unit include:
Common formulas used to represent demographic change that are the focus of this unit include:
Students must be able to recall and apply these formulas to unseen data in preparation for items that may appear in the external examination.
Unit Objectives
Unit objectives are drawn from the syllabus objectives and are contextualised for the subject matter and requirements of the unit. Each unit objective must be assessed at least once.
Students will:
Students will:
- explain geographical processes by describing the features, elements and interactions of demographic processes that shape the identity of places and result in patterns of population change
- comprehend geographic patterns by recognising spatial patterns of demographic change for places at global, regional and local scales of study, identifying relationships and the implications for people and place
- analyse geographic data and information by selecting and interpreting demographic data to infer how patterns, trends and relationships represent a geographical challenge for a specific place in Australia and in relation to global population change
- apply geographical understanding by extrapolating from their analysis to generalise about the impacts of demographic change for a specific place in Australia, and places of origin and places of destination globally
- synthesise information from their analysis to propose justified action/s in response to managing the impacts of demographic change for people and places
- communicate geographical understanding of global, regional and local demographic change and the challenge for sustainable management by selecting and using cartographic, graphic, written and mathematical skills in short and extended responses, including a data report.
Geography 2019 v1.1 General Senior Syllabus p47-48