Geography for the Australian Curriculum - Year 8: Print & Digital

Part of the series Geography for the Australian Curriculum - Year 8.

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Written by Australia’s leading geography educators, Geography for the Australian Curriculum is a comprehensive and compelling series for years 7–10 that caters for the different learning styles and abilities in Australian classrooms without sacrificing the depth and quality of content needed to successfully understand geographical concepts and skills. This series encourages students to pose questions, reflect and propose actions to enrich their understanding of Australia and the world, and shape a better future. Using this inquiry framework, they will develop geographical knowledge and understanding, explore key concepts and apply essential skills as they study the places, peoples, cultures and environments that make up our world.

Features

• Explicitly written for the Australian Curriculum to provide a fresh inquiry-based approach to support the study of geography.
• Helps students to become informed, responsible and active citizens who can contribute to the development of an environmentally sustainable, economically resilient and socially-just world.
• Written by highly experienced teachers and renowned academics from across Australia who are experts in their specialty areas and know what works in the classroom.
• Caters for multiple learning styles and abilities without sacrificing depth and quality of content.
• Provides learning strategies and tips to help students think and read like geographers.
• Offers a suite of stimulating print and digital resources.

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Geography for the Australian Curriculum Year 8

Contents

• Geographical skills toolkit
• UNIT 1 LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES
  • Chapter 1 Landscapes and their landforms
  • Chapter 2 Shaping landforms
  • Chapter 3 Value of landforms and landscapes
  • Chapter 4 Managing landscapes
  • Chapter 5 Landscape hazards
• UNIT 2 CHANGING NATIONS
  • Chapter 6 Consequences of urbanisation
  • Chapter 7 Urban settlement patterns
  • Chapter 8 Internal migration in Australia and China
  • Chapter 9 International migration in Australia
  • Chapter 10 Managing Australian cities

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Chapter 1: Landscapes and Their Landforms

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Year 7
Year 9
Year 10