K10 GEOGRAPHICAL CONCEPTS CONTINUUM

Place

Space

Environment

Interconnection

Scale

Sustainability

Change

the significance of
places and what
they are like

the significance
of location and
spatial distribution,
and ways people
organise and
manage the
spaces that we
live in

the significance of
the environment in
human life, and the
important
interrelationships
between humans
and the
environment

no object of
geographical study
can be viewed in
isolation

the way that

geographical
phenomena and
problems can be
examined at
different spatial
levels

the capacity of the

environment to
continue to support
our lives and the
lives of other living
creatures into the
future

explaining
geographical
phenomena by
investigating how
they have
developed over
time

local and global

v arious scales by

Stage Students demonstrate an understanding of:

ES1

places students

location of a

how and w hy

location and

w here activ ities

natural and

natural and

settlement

how climate and

characteristics of global patterns of how the

liv e in and belong

to and w hy they
are important

features of local
places and other
places in the w orld

human features
and
characteristics of
different places
and their
similarities and
differences
how peoples
perceptions about
places influence
their responses
and actions to
protect them

places on a
global lev el

place in relation
to other familiar
places

are located and

how spaces can
be organised

patterns w ithin
Australia,
neighbouring
countries and
other countries

spatial
distribution
how people
organise and
manage spaces
in their local
env ironment

places should be
looked after

human features
of a place
daily and
seasonal w eather
patterns of places

links people hav e

w ith places and
the special
connection
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander Peoples
maintain w ith
Country /Place

w hich places can

be defined such
as local suburbs,
tow ns and large
cities

interconnections ty pes of
env ironment
betw een people,
settlement across
influence
places and
a range of scales
settlement
env ironments
the influence of
patterns
influence of
climate across a
interconnections
peoples v alues
range of scales
betw een people
on the
and env ironments
management and
protection of
differing w ay s
places and
people can use
env ironments and
env ironments
the custodial
sustainably
responsibilities of
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander Peoples

env ironment
influences people
and places

how people

influence the
env ironment
the effect of
natural disasters
on the
env ironment

how

env ironments
influence w here
people liv e
w ay s people
influence the
characteristics of
their
env ironments
div ersity of
cultures and
peoples around
the w orld

env ironmental

and human
characteristics of
places on local,
regional and
global scales
the effect of
global ev ents on
people and
places locally ,
regionally and
globally

w ay s in w hich

people, including
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander
Peoples, use
and protect
natural
resources
differing v iews
about
env ironmental
sustainability
sustainable
management of
w aste

ex tent of

env ironmental
change
env ironmental
management
practices

sustainability
initiativ es

changes to

env ironmental
and human
characteristics of
places