HASS - Geography: 12 Lesson Plans + 1 Summative Assessment Task (Year 8)

HASS - Geography: 12 Lesson Plans + 1 Summative Assessment Task + Worksheet Suggestions (Year 8)

Covering ALL the content descriptors for this unit:

Landscapes and landforms
AC9HG8K01 - geomorphological processes that produce different landscapes and
significant landforms.
AC9HG8K02 - the location and distribution of Australia’s distinctive landscapes and
significant landforms.
AC9HG8K03 - the spiritual, aesthetic and cultural value of landscapes and landforms for people, including Country/Place of First Nations Australians.
AC9HG8K04 - the interconnections between human activity and geomorphological
processes, and ways of managing distinctive landscapes.
AC9HG8K05 - the causes and impacts of a geomorphological hazard on people, places
and environments, and the effects of responses.

Changing nations
AC9HG8K06 - causes of urbanisation and its impacts on places and environments, drawing on a study from a country such as the United States of America, and its implications.
AC9HG8K07 - differences in the distribution of urban settlements and urban concentration in Australia compared with another country such as the United States of America, and their implications.
AC9HG8K08 - reasons for, and effects of, internal migration and international migration in Australia, China or other countries.
AC9HG8K09 - strategies to manage the sustainability of Australia’s changing urban places.

Each lesson plan offers: cross curriculum opportunities, explicit teaching content, hands-on learning tasks, outdoor/ real life learning (if applicable), assessment suggestions, differentiation strategies, extension tasks, career education opportunities.

Also included: 1 Summative Assessment Task (incl. marking rubric) and worksheet suggestions for all lessons.

(122 pages)