YEAR 10 GEOGRAPHY: GENERAL CAPABILTIIES

Source: ACARA, 2018, Learning area specific advice http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/HASS_-_GC_learning_area.pdf

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Personal and social Ethical Intercultural
Creative thinking capability understanding understanding
Informational, Scaled timelines, Access and use INQUIRY BASED Understanding Investigate the Learn the
persuasive and including those digital technologies, LEARNING about people, ways that diverse importance of
imaginative texts in involving negative including spatial places, processes values and understanding
multiple modes. and positive Develop and clarify
technologies, as an and phenomena. principles have their own and
These texts include numbers, as well as investigative
stories, narrative calendars and investigative and Through historical, influenced human others' histories,
questions, and to
recounts, reports, dates, to recall creative tool. They geographic, civic activity and recognising the
question sources
explanations, information on seek a range of and economic recognise that significance of
arguments, topics of historical and assess
digital sources of inquiry, examining the Aboriginal and
debates, timelines, significance and to reliability when
information to collaboration and nature of evidence Torres Strait
maps, tables, illustrate the selecting
resolve inquiry reflective practice, deepens their Islander peoples’
graphs, images, passing of time. information from
questions being students develop an understanding of histories and
often supported by sources.
references from Collect data aware of appreciation of the ethical issues. cultures and the
primary and through methods intellectual Discipline-specific insights and contribution of
Learn ethical
secondary sources. such as surveys and property. They ways of thinking, perspectives of Australian
field tests, and procedures for
critically analyse including others, past and migrants.
Language and text construct and investigating and
evidence and interpreting the present; and an
choices. interpret maps, working with Learn about the
trends and critique past from understanding of
models, diagrams people and places, historic benefits
source reliability. incomplete what informs their
Language features and remotely including with and challenges of
and text structures sensed and satellite Present and documentation, personal identity
Aboriginal and interacting with
to comprehend and images, working developing an and sense of
represent their Torres Strait other countries
compose cohesive with numerical argument using belonging, including
texts. concepts of grids, learning; and Islander Peoples. and cultural
evidence, place and their
scale, distance, area collaborate, discuss cultural and
groups over time,
interpreting and Students critically
Topic-specific and projections. and debate to co- and come to
analysing economic national heritage. explore ethical
vocabulary; construct their understand the
appropriate tense Analyse numerical knowledge. data and/or Inquiry-based behaviour of nature, causes and
verbs; and complex data to make information, and learning assists people of different consequences of
sentences that meaning of the They plan, organise,
systems thinking to students to develop times and places cultural
describe sequential, past; to test create, display and
inform predictions their capacity for that may be the interdependence,
cause-and-effect relationships in communicate data
and comparative patterns and and propose self-management, result of differing dispossession and
and information
relationships between variables, solutions. directing their own standards and conflict.
digitally using
such as the effects learning and expectations and
of location and multimodal Think logically Learn of
providing changing societal
They recognise distance; and to elements for a when evaluating Australia’s
opportunities to attitudes.
how language and draw conclusions. variety of reasons and using evidence, economic and
express and reflect
images can be used and audiences. testing Evaluate findings political
on their opinions,
to make and Make predictions explanations, about consumer relationship with
manipulate and forecast Students enhance beliefs, values and
analysing choices, and about other countries
meaning and outcomes based on their questions
arguments and current and the role of
evaluate texts for information and understanding of appropriately.
shades of meaning represent their making decisions, geographical issues intercultural
ICT by exploring
and opinion. findings in and when thinking As students work against the criteria understanding for
the increasing use
numerical and deeply about independently and of environmental the present and
Participate in graphical form. of technology and
questions that do collaboratively, they protection, future.
debates and the effects of
not have are encouraged to economic
discussions, and Use numeracy to technologies on Investigate the
straightforward develop personal prosperity and
develop a understand the people, places and interconnections
answers. and interpersonal social
considered point of principles of civic and economic between people
view when financial skills, behaviours advancement,
activity over time Value and process and the
communicating management, and and dispositions raising ethical
and place. of developing significance that
conclusions to make informed that enable questions about
financial and creative questions places hold, they
They learn about communication, human rights and
business decisions and the importance learn how various
and have empathy, citizenship.
of speculation. cultural identities,
opportunities to teamwork,
Discuss and apply including their
use social media to Apply concepts and negotiation and
ethical concepts own, are shaped.
collaborate, skills to new conflict resolution
such as equality,
communicate, and contexts and learn to maintain positive respect and See the critical
share information, to develop new relationships. fairness, and role of shared
and build interpretations to examine shared beliefs and values
Learn and apply
consensus on explain aspects of beliefs and values, in an evolving
enterprising
issues of social, the past and which support Australian
behaviours and
civic, economic and present that are Australian identity. Reflect on
capabilities such as
environmental contested or not democracy and their own
leadership,
significance, whilst well understood. citizenship. intercultural
resilience, goal-
using an awareness experiences and
Encouraged to be setting and Develop informed,
of personal security explore how
curious and advocacy skills and ethical values and
protocols and people interact
imaginative in informed, attitudes as they
ethical across cultural
investigations and responsible explore different
responsibilities. boundaries,
fieldwork, and to decision-making. perspectives,
considering how
consider multiple ambiguities and
Develop the factors such as
perspectives about ethical
capacity to achieve group
issues and events. considerations
desired outcomes membership,
related to social
They imagine peacefully and to traditions,
and environmental
alternative futures make a contribution customs and
issues, they
that require to their religious and
become aware of
problem solving communities and cultural practices
their own roles,
and innovative society more impact on civic
rights and
solutions, broadly. life.
responsibilities as
proposing
participants in Recognise
appropriate and
their social, similarities as well
alternative courses
economic and as differences
of action and
natural world. within and across
considering the
cultural groups,
effects on their own Consider the
lives and the lives consequences of recognising the
of others. personal and civic importance of
decisions, for practising
Develop
individuals, society empathy and
enterprising
and other forms of learning to
behaviours and
life that challenge
capabilities and
share the stereotypical or
learn to apply
environment. prejudiced
decision-making
representations of
processes including
social and cultural
negotiation and
groups where they
conflict-resolution.
exist.

Demonstrate
respect for
cultural diversity
and the human
rights of all people
and learn to
facilitate dialogue
to understand
different
perspectives.