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Geography
NESA Stage 5 Syllabus
Students will apply knowledge and skills acquired in Year 8 to increase the depth of study on the physical and economic geography of Australia Case studies are taken from a variety of Australian industries and ecosystems.
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By the end of Stage 5, students can explain geographical processes that change features and characteristics of places and environments over time and across scales through the collection, analysis and evaluation of primary data and secondary information. Students will also analyse interconnections between people, places and environments and propose explanations for distributions, patterns, and spatial variations
Students compare changing environments, analyse global differences in human wellbeing, explore alternative views to geographical challenges and assess strategies to address challenges using environmental, social and economic criteria
Students will propose explanations for significant patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies in geographical phenomena and propose solutions, taking into account contemporary points of view and predicted outcomes. Students participate in relevant fieldwork to collect primary data and enhance their personal capabilities and workplace skills
History
NESA Stage 5 Syllabus
History aims to build on the skills from Year 8 (Stage 4). Students study topics in global history, while still maintaining a focus on the way these events and ideas have had an impact on Australian life They will discover the links that Australia has with the rest of the world based on past events.
A core topic of ‘Australians at War’ is studied, which deals with Australia’s involvement in both World War I and II, and the legacy of these periods of combat Students will also trace the migration patterns of many groups in the world throughout the Victorian Age (from 1750 -1900) and the impacts these movements have had on the Industrial Revolution through to convict transportation and the slave trade This is facilitated through the unit of study ‘The Movement of People’
