Secondary Year 7 – Year 10: Geography

Human Rights Examples for the Australian Curriculum: Secondary
Year 7 – Year 10

Geography

GEOGRAPHY YEAR 7
Code	Content Description	Human Rights Example
ACHGK038	The ways that flows of water connect places as it moves through the environment and the way this affects places.	Investigating the social importance of water and how access to safe drinking water is a human right.
ACHGK040	The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa.	Investigating the social causes of water scarcity such as people who may be experiencing disadvantage having less access to water resources than others including the potential impact on remote communities.
ACHGK041	The economic, cultural, spiritual and aesthetic value of water for people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and peoples of the Asia region.	Exploring the connection between water and cultural rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Examining the cultural significance of the water bodies of Kakadu National Park which is World Heritage listed for natural and cultural values and has significant floodplains, billabongs, tidal flats and coastal areas.
ACHGK042	The causes, impacts and responses to an atmospheric or hydrological hazard.	Explaining the social and human rights impacts of an atmospheric or hydrological hazard such as a flood, cyclone or tsunami. Consider how people affected by the hazard were able to participate in reconstruction, and how rights to water and education were impacted.
ACHGK043	The factors that influence the decisions people make about where to live and their perceptions of the liveability of places.	Investigating the factors that impact on the rights of people with disability to live in communities such as accessibility of buildings and public transport. Identifying that when we have our human rights respected and protected that this makes places more liveable such as feeling safe and having access to quality education and medical care. Discussing initiatives that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have taken to live on their country such as the establishment of community run schools.
ACHGK044	The influence of accessibility to services and facilities on the liveability of places.	Comparing the accessibility and availability of quality education, health services and facilities in communities that are urban, rural and remote. Examining how socio-economic status of a neighbourhood can affect liveability. For example, wealthier areas have greater access to services such as good public transport, health services and schools. Examining the role that accessibility of transport plays in the ability of people with disability to access services and participate in community life.
ACHGK045	The influence of environmental quality on the liveability of places.	Researching how air pollution can impact on people’s right to the highest attainable standard of health by causing respiratory diseases. Explaining how good water quality and a clean environment impacts on the right to the highest attainable standard of health and the right to food.
ACHGK046	The influence of social connectedness, community identity and perceptions of crime and safety on the liveability of places.	Identifying that when rights are respected people are more likely to feel safe and connected to a community. Discussing why some groups of people may not feel safe in some places because of discrimination including sexism, disability discrimination, racism, age discrimination and homophobia.
ACHGK047	The strategies used to enhance the liveability of places, especially for young people, including examples from Australia and Europe.	Developing a proposal to improve the liveability of your local community, consider the rights of children and young people, people with a disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, women, sex and gender diverse people and older people. Consider how people will participate and how you will involve vulnerable groups that may not get their voices heard. How will you empower people to take action and how will your proposal make your community more liveable for everyone.
ACHGS048	Collect, select and record relevant geographical data and information, using ethical protocols, from appropriate primary and secondary sources.	Identifying how ethical research methods and protocols are based on human rights. For example, Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies developed by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and relate to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
ACHGS054	Reflect on their learning to propose individual and collective action in response to a contemporary geographical challenge, taking account of environmental, economic and social considerations, and predict the expected outcomes of their proposal.	Proposing actions to respond to a geographical issue related to rights such as ensuring a sustainable water supply.

GEOGRAPHY YEAR 8
Code	Content Description	Human Rights Example
ACHGK049	The aesthetic, cultural and spiritual value of landscapes and landforms for people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.	Exploring how material, cultural and spiritual wellbeing associated with landscapes and landforms for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples has links to economic and social rights. Explore aspects of this in the Community Guide to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
ACHGK052	The ways of protecting significant landscapes.	Investigating Indigenous Protected Areas and how they can provide more than environmental benefits including protecting cultural values for future generations and associated health, education, economic and social benefits.
ACHGK056	The reasons for and effects of internal migration in Australia.	Examining the social impacts of resource development on communities. Use ABS data Towns of the Mining Boom and Australian Human Rights Commission resources to consider issues such as gender and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
ACHGK058	The reasons for and effects of international migration in Australia.	Identifying and explaining the push factors such as human rights abuses experienced by refugees and asylum seekers that lead to forced migration. Interviewing community members from diverse backgrounds about their reasons and experiences of migrating to Australia and identify if there were push or pull factors.
ACHGS061	Present findings, arguments and ideas in a range of communication forms selected to suit a particular audience and purpose, using geographical terminology and digital technologies as appropriate.	Presenting an oral report supported by an audio-visual display to communicate an evidence based argument about Indigenous Protected Areas and jointly managed national parks in Australia. Identify how these can benefit the cultural, economic, education and health rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
ACHGS062	Reflect on their learning to propose individual and collective action in response to a contemporary geographical challenge, taking account of environmental, economic and social considerations, and predict the expected outcomes of their proposal.	Developing inquiry questions that address human rights issues linked to geographical challenges such as what are the impacts of urbanisation on human rights, what are the impacts of environmental degradation on the right to food and water and what are some of the human rights impacts of geomorphological hazards such as earthquakes. Propose actions to respond to these issues.

GEOGRAPHY YEAR 9
Code	Content Description	Human Rights Example
ACHGK062	The environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world.	Investigating how high crop yields can have either a positive or negative impact on working conditions and have an impact on Indigenous peoples and habitats.
ACHGK063	The challenges to food production, including land and water degradation, shortage of fresh water, competing land uses, and climate change, for Australia and other areas of the world.	Exploring human rights impacts of land degradation and climate change and how this can impact on food production. Exploring contemporary case studies of competing land use such as coal seam gas mining and farming in Australia. Exploring human rights related issues such as the right to food and the right to water and the importance of people giving free, prior and informed consent.
ACHGK064	The capacity of the world’s environments to sustainably feed the projected future population to achieve food security for Australia and the world.	Exploring the concept of the right to food and food security. Investigating food insecurity in Australia and identify why some population groups are more vulnerable to food insecurity. Investigating the human rights impacts of global food production and the benefits of fair trade.
ACHGK065	The perceptions people have of place, and how this influences their connections to different places.	Developing a survey of perceptions and use of places based on demographics relating to gender, age, culture, people with or without a disability. Students identify if human rights issues such as racism, sexism, homophobia, access for people with a disability impact on their feelings of connection.
ACHGK066	The way transportation and information and communication technologies are used to connect people to services, information and people in other places.	Describing differences in people’s access to technology by age, disability status, socio-economic background and location. Analysing the impact on people’s ability to participate actively in society.
ACHGK068	The effects of the production and consumption of goods on places and environments throughout the world and including a country from North-East Asia.	Exploring the human rights and environmental impact of timber and paper products that are logged in Papua New Guinea or Indonesia. Investigating a Fair Trade Certified food or clothing product or a Forest Stewardship Council Certified paper product and track where it is from and the human rights impacts of production. Investigating the effects of palm oil production in Indonesia on biodiversity and human rights. Identifying the human rights impacts of the clothing or technology industry by exploring a case study from Asia.
ACHGK069	The effects of people’s travel, recreational, cultural or leisure choices on places, and the implications for the future of these places.	Investigating a popular tourist hotspot and identifying the impacts that large amounts of tourists can have on local culture, human rights of women and the environment.
ACHGS063	Develop geographically significant questions and plan an inquiry that identifies and applies appropriate geographical methodologies and concepts.	Developing questions relating to the connection between the right to food and a healthy environment.
ACHGS064	Collect, select, record and organise relevant geographical data and information, using ethical protocols, from a range of appropriate primary and secondary sources.	Referring to the Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies developed by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Gathering relevant data on human rights impacts of food production or travel in the Asia Pacific potential issues include sustainable forest products and Indigenous peoples or the impact of tourist hot spots on local culture.
ACHGS065	Evaluate sources for their reliability, bias and usefulness, and represent multi-variable data in a range of appropriate forms, for example, scatter plots, tables, field sketches and annotated diagrams, with and without the use of digital and spatial technologies.	Developing a diagram to show trade in common products such as chocolate, coffee, timber or minerals. Exploring some products that have fair trade certification.
ACHGS067	Evaluate multi-variable data and other geographical information using qualitative and quantitative methods, and digital and spatial technologies as appropriate, to make generalisations and inferences, propose explanations for patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies, and predict outcomes.	Comparing maps showing transport networks with survey responses about personal mobility based on access to transport for people with disability or those living remotely.
ACHGS070	Present findings, arguments and explanations in a range of appropriate communication forms, selected for their effectiveness and to suit audience and purpose; using relevant geographical terminology, and digital technologies as appropriate.	Presenting an oral response, supported by visual aids on a human rights issue such as people with disability and access to services in different geographic locations.
ACHGS071	Reflect on and evaluate the findings of the inquiry to propose individual and collective action in response to a contemporary geographical challenge, taking account of environmental, economic and social considerations; and explain the predicted outcomes and consequences of their proposal.	Exploring alternative responses to food production and security such as sustainable farming methods and certification systems aimed at protecting human rights and the environment such as fair trade certification.

GEOGRAPHY YEAR 10
Code	Content Description	Human Rights Example
ACHGK070	The human-induced environmental changes that challenge sustainability.	Identifying the direct, indirect, and intrinsic value of biodiversity and how it relates to the human rights of Indigenous peoples.
ACHGK071	The environmental worldviews of people and their implications for environmental management.	Exploring world views that connect human rights to environmental sustainability by looking at the concept of environmental justice and the relationship that Indigenous peoples have with their environment. Consider how this is reflected in the Community Guide to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
ACHGK072	The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ approaches to custodial responsibility and environmental management in different regions of Australia.	Researching Indigenous Protected Areas and the joint management of national parks such as Kakadu and Uluru Kata Tjuta.
ACHGK073	The application of human-environment systems thinking to understanding the causes and likely consequences of the environmental change being investigated.	Describe Indigenous peoples relationship with the forests in PNG, the effects of logging on sustainability of the forests, human rights and traditional ways of life and how intact forests can be valuable in the storage of carbon
ACHGK074	The application of geographical concepts and methods to the management of the environmental change being investigated.	Exploring how human rights considerations have or have not been taken into account in developing solutions to environmental change. Exploring how human rights standards can be taken into account for environmental sustainability and Indigenous communities by investigating the Community Guide to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
ACHGK075	The application of environmental economic and social criteria in evaluating management responses to the change.	Explaining the detrimental effects on human rights when governments do not consider the needs of communities.
ACHGK076	The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places.	Examining human rights indicators and the Millennium Development Goals to compare human wellbeing. Identifying how the close the gap initiative has measured the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Identifying areas such as life expectancy, access to food, water, shelter, safety, health and education as indicators of wellbeing. Using Gap Minder to identify trends in wellbeing over time at a country level.
ACHGK077	The reasons for spatial variations between countries in selected indicators of human wellbeing.	Investigating how the abuse of human rights including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights leads to inequality. Comparing levels of violence against women, homophobia and trans phobia within Australia and across selected countries.
ACHGK078	The issues affecting the development of places and their impact on human wellbeing, drawing on a study from a developing country or region in Africa, South America or the Pacific Islands.	Identifying access to a safe home, clean water, sanitation, health services and adequate food as human rights issues. Investigating how the protection of women’s rights is linked to human wellbeing and poverty reduction by exploring the work of UN Women and a community organisation such as the International Women’s Development Agency.
ACHGK079	The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing on a regional scale within India or another country of the Asia region.	Examining identified patterns in spatial wellbeing by considering poverty, gender, ethnicity, homophobia, access to education and racism. Examining equality in school enrolments of girls.
ACHGK080	The reasons for and consequences of spatial variations in human wellbeing in Australia at the local scale.	Using human rights indicators to measure wellbeing. Examining the concept of place based disadvantage by exploring ABS data and other research. Examining the social determinants of health and explain how someone’s socio-economic background can influence their health and wellbeing.
ACHGK081	The role of international and national government and non-government organisations’ initiatives in improving human wellbeing in Australia and other countries.	Exploring a rights based community development program. Discussing the objectives and outcomes of an Australian organisation program that focuses on improving peoples’ human rights in the Asia Pacific region. Exploring Indigenous controlled community development programs to improve wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
ACHGS072	Develop geographically significant questions and plan an inquiry that identifies and applies appropriate geographical methodologies and concepts.	Planning an investigation identifying variation in human wellbeing within one country and consider the social determinants of health.