Course Description
The world’s population is growing, it is moving and intermixing, and it is increasingly
found in cities. This course explores these changes and the challenges that come with
them. It investigates the forces that are shaping the world’s communities, the patterns of
interaction between them, the quality of life within them, and their impact on the world
around them. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking, the geographic
inquiry process, and spatial skills and technologies as they investigate issues related to
population change and urban life and propose ways of enhancing the sustainability of
communities around the world.
Course Strands with links
- A. Geographic Inquiry and Skill Development
- B. Spatial Organization of Ecumenes
- C. Sustainability and Stewardship
- D. Systems: Interdependence of Ecumenes
- E. Changing Ecumenes
The Content
The course runs for a total of 110 hours. The lessons outlined below are all structured for 100 minutes of instruction time, unless otherwise stated.
The 110 hours also includes additional time that may be allocated for assignments, tests and the independent study unit, at the teacher’s discretion.
The first and second lesson are free! Then individual lessons are priced at $8 or the whole course at $105. If you buy individual lessons then decide to buy the whole course, make your purchase, contact us, and we will refund the individuals.
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- Introduction Materials
- First Day Handout [see whole course resources below]
- Independent Study Unit [see whole course resources below]
- Unit A – Geographical Inquiry and Skill Development [this unit will be taught within the other four units].
- A1. Geographic Inquiry: use the geographic inquiry process and the concepts of geographic thinking when investigating issues affecting ecumenes;
- A2. Developing Transferable Skills: apply in everyday contexts skills, including spatial skills, developed through geographical investigation, and identify some careers in which a background in geography.
- Unit B – Spatial Organization of Ecumenes.
- B1. Increasing Liveability: assess the liveability of ecumenes in Canada and other parts of the world, and analyse factors that influence liveability
- B2. Processes that Shape Ecumenes: describe interrelationships between the environmental, social, economic, and political processes that shape ecumenes
- B3. Understanding Ecumenes: describe the spatial distribution of land use in human settlements according to selected theories
- Unit C – Sustainability and Stewardship.
- C1. Working towards Sustainability: analyse impacts of human activity and human settlements on the environment, and assess the effectiveness of solutions to these impacts in selected ecumenes
- C2. Stewardship: assess ways in which stewardship practices can contribute to the sustainability of human settlements
- C3. Modifying the Environment: describe ways in which human societies modify their local environments in order to meet economic, social, political, and other needs, and assess the effects of these modifications on sustainability
- Lesson 1. Urban Growth Projections
- Lesson 2. Consequences of Urban Growth
- Lesson 3. Migration Trends
- Lesson 4. Impacts of Migration
- Lesson 5. Eco-cities and Smart Cities
- Lesson 6. Improving Economic Productivity
- Lesson 7. Resilient Cities
- Lesson 8. Resilience Against Natural Disasters
- Lesson 9. Sustainability of Hosting International Events
- Unit D – Systems: Interdependence of Ecumenes.
- D1. Policies and Change: analyse impacts of public opinion and policy on interactions within and between ecumenes
- D2. Population Change and Migration: analyse impacts of population change and migration on the social characteristics and built environment of cities
- D3. Challenges of Interdependence: analyse the effects of international assistance and formal and informal international economic activity on quality of life in developed and developing countries
- Unit E – Changing Ecumenes.
- E1. Quality of Urban Life: analyse interrelationships between urban environments and quality of life
- E2. Analysis of Solutions: assess from a geographic perspective the effectiveness of solutions to issues affecting the built environment
- Lesson 1. Measuring Quality of Life: HDI
- Lesson 2. Measuring Quality of Life: CQLF
- Lesson 3. The Role of Planning
- Lesson 4. Policy Responses to Urban Challenges: Crime
- Lesson 5. Policy Responses to Urban Challenges: Poverty
- Lesson 6. Quality of Life in Slums
- Lesson 7. Analyzing the Success of Megaprojects
Assignments
- Assignment 1.1 Rural-Urban Fringe DME
- Assignment 1.2 Reimagine Your City
- Assignment 2.1 Migration Debate
- Assignment 2.2 How Can You be More Sustainable?
- Assignment 2.3 STOP Disasters Simulation
- Assignment 3.1 International Trade Agreements and Organizations
- Assignment 3.2 Trade vs. Aid Debate
- Assignment 3.3 Deconstructing Consumerism
- Assignment 4.1 HDI Poster
- Assignment 4.2 Slums Debate
- Assignment 4.3 Olympics Legacy Essay
Whole Course Resources