Wellington High School

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Year 8

Unit 1: Global Change

Focus: The changing nature of the world and responses to these changes.

The changing nature of the world

  • Globalisation
  • Changing global relationships

People sitting in dirt


Global Inequalities

  • Extremes of poverty and wealth
  • Variations in the access of people to essential aspects of life
  • Variations in the distribution, access and use of natural resources
  • Different life opportunities and quality of life throughout the world.

Global Organisations

 

ICT

  • Use email for a specific geographical purpose
  • Practise ethical behaviour when using email and the internet.

 

Unit 2: Global Issues and the Role of Citizenship

Focus: Global geographical issues and appropriate methods of citizenship for their

management.

Global Geographical Issues

African Children helping raise awareness
  • Global geographical issues
  • The nature of the issue
  • Different perspectives relevant to the issues
  • The responsibility of governments to the issue
  • The actions of individuals, groups and governments
  • Implications for social justice and equity

 

 

ICT

Use a range of digital images, maps, sound and other appropriate multimedia sources to develop a multimedia presentation or webpage

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